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Show 241 dentatisve, ramealibns plerisque minimis subulatis integerrimis; pani-calis subthyrsoideis floribundis calyoiJ> usque parum glandolosis; corolla ciBruleo- purparea gracili infundibulari- tubulosa ( ultra, semipollicari), tubo lobis suis ovatis calyceque 3- 4- plo longiore; antheris oblongo-sagittatis subsessilibus fauci insertis; ovarii loculis 8- 9- ovulatis; semi-nibus pancis oblongis, tegumento humectato nee spirillifero nee mucila-ginoso! A handsome species common upon the mesas of the Mancos, the western slope of the Mesa Verde, and about El Late, 5,000 to 7,000 feet altitude. GILIA CONGESTA, Hook., var. crebrifolia, Gray. McElmo Greek, 6,000 feet. GILIA GUNNISONI, T. & G. San Juan Valley, common. GILIA BRANDEGEI, Gray, new species, Proc. Am. Acad., xi., 85. EUGILIA, perennis, pube glandulosa fragrante viscosissima ; caulibus erectis spithamseis vel subpedalibus thyrsifloris ; foliis circumscriptione linearibuspinnatisectis, segmentis plurimis sessilibusparvis autoblongo-linearibus rarius ovalibus integerrimis aut bipartitis verticillos 3- 4- folio-latos simulantibus; corolla aurea infundibuliformi- tubnlosa calyce cylin-draceo semiquinquefido 2- 3- pio longiore, fauce parum ampliata, lobis ovalibus brevibus; ovulis in loculis pancis. A showy species, very common at Wagonwheel Gap on the Rio Grande, and also seen near the base of the Sierra Madre on the Los Pinos trail, eastern slope. DATURA METELOIDES, DC. « Hovenweep Canon, 5 miles above Hovenweep Castle. The large white flowers seemed wonderfully beautiful contrasted with the surrounding 44 greasewood and sage- brush ". LYCITJM PALLIDUM, Miers. San Juan Valley- common. CUSCUTA UMBELLATA, Kunth. Hovenweep Canon- parasitic upon Portulaca retusa. ERYTHRJEA CHIRONIOIDES, Torrey. Base of Cariso, Arizona. FRASERA ALBOMARGINATA, Watson, King's Rep., 280. Mesa Verde and San Juan Valley, 6,000 to 4,500 feet. FRAXINUS ANOMALA, Torrey. Mesa Verde, 5,700 feet; Hovenweep, 5,200 feet. FORESTIERA ACUMINATA, Poir. Banks of the San Juan. ATRIPLEX PowELLn, Watson, Proc. Am. Ac, ix, 114. Alkaline flats of the San Juan and Mancos. ATRIPLEX NUTTALLII, Watson. Southwestern Colorado. ATRIPLEX CONFERTIFOLIA, Watson. Caiion City and Southwestern Colorado. |