RHINANTHACEAE. 
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12,000 ft.—Summit of North Park Range, Routt Co.; four miles west of 
Cameron Pass; Silver Plume; Little Kate Basin, La Plata Mountains; Trap¬ 
pers’ Lake; near Pagosa Peak; Seven Lakes; Marshall Pass; Tennessee Pass; 
Mirror Lake; Alpine Tunnel; Silverton; Beaver Creek; Leroux Creek; 
Berthoud Pass. 
4. Veronica serpyllifolia L. In fields, thickets and open woods from Lab. 
and Alaska to Ga., Colo, and Calif.; also in Europe and Asia.—Alt. 8000- 
11,000 ft.—Caribou; Marshall Pass; Red Mountain, south of Ouray; Gray- 
back mining camps and Placer Gulch; headwaters of Sangre de Cristo Creek; 
Bob Creek, West La Plata Mountains; Silverton; Beaver Creek; Hotchkiss; 
Gore Pass. 
5. Veronica xalapensis H. B. K. (V. peregrina A. Gray, in part; not L.) 
In sandy soil from Sask. and B. C. to Tex. and Calif.—Alt. 5000-8500 ft.— 
Ft. Collins; Table Rock; Manitou; foothills, Larimer Co.; Mancos; Pagosa 
Springs; Ft. Collins; Idaho Springs; Cerro Summit; Veta Pass; Boulder; 
Grizzly Creek. 
6. Veronica Buxbaumii Tenare. In waste places from N. S. and N. Y. to 
Colo.; adventive from Europe and Asia.—Boulder. 
11. BESSEYA Rydb. 
Corolla present. 
Flowers not reflexed; calyx-lobes 3-4. 
Upper lip of the purple corolla twice as long as the calyx; plant 1-1.5 dm. 
high. 1. S. alpina. 
Upper lip of the corolla only slightly longer than the calyx; plant 1.5-3 
dm. high. 
Corolla purple or pink, not ciliate; divisions of the lower lip obtuse. 
2. S’. plantaginea. 
Corolla white or yellowish, ciliate on the margin ; divisions of the upper 
lip acute. 3. S. Ritteriana. 
Flowers reflexed ; calyx-lobes 2 ; corolla greenish-white. 4. 6'. reflexa. 
Corolla lacking. 5. V. gymnocarpa. 
1. Besseya alpina (A. Gray) Rydb. (Synthyris alpina A. Gray) On the 
higher mountains of Wyo. and Colo.—Alt. 10,000-14,000 ft.—Mt. Harvard; 
West Spanish Peak; Gray’s Peak; Massif de l’Arapahoe; headwaters of 
Clear Creek; Ethel Peak. 
2. Besseya plantaginea (Benth.) Rydb. (Synthyris plantaginea Benth.) 
On hillsides and mountains from Wyo. to N. M. and Ariz.—Alt. 6000-13,500 
ft.—Mountain near Veta Pass; Pike’s Peak; mountains above Ouray; hills 
southeast of La Veta; mesas near Colorado Springs; South Cheyenne Canon; 
butte, 5 miles southwest of La Veta; Wahatoya Canon; Manitou; Gray’s 
Peak; Minnehaha; Cascade; Artist’s Glen; Mt. Garfield; headwaters of Clear 
Creek; Como; Bear Creek Canon. 
3. Besseya Ritteriana (Eastw.) Rydb. (Synthyris Ritteriana Eastw.; S'. 
Uavescens A. Nelson) On the higher mountains of Colo.—Alt. 7000-12,000 
ft.—Red Mountain; Bear Creek Divide, West La Plata Mountains; Cimar¬ 
ron ; Cumberland Basin. 
4. Besseya reflexa (Eastw.) Rydb. (Synthyris reflexa Eastw.) On the 
mountains of Colo.—Kendall Basin, near Silverton. 
5. Besseya gymnocarpa (A. Nels.) Rydb. (Wulfenia gymnocarpa A. 
Nels.; Synthyris rubra A. Gray, in part; not Benth.) On hills from S. D. 
and Alb. to Colo, and Utah.—Wood’s ranch. 
