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Under the above title, for the purpose of citation easily
abbreviated to PL Baker., it is proposed to issue a series of
lists of plants collected by Mr. Carl F. Baker and his col-
leagues and distributed to various herbaria on both sides of
^ the Atlantic.

vs The first volume of these Catalogues will include

the collections of 1898 by Messrs. C. F. Baker, F. S.

>i Earle and S. M. Tracy in Southern Colorado. The sets

S were distributed nearly two years since, and, as regards the

•V flowering plants, under names in a very great many cases

v\ far from correct. Nearly all were subsequently submitted

to me for determination ; and this list, in so far as I have

^ edited it, will be approximately correct as to the identity

V and nomenclature of the species.

EDW. L. GREENE.

i Catholic University of America,
^ Washington, D. C., 23 Jan., 1901.

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NARRATIVE.

By F. S. EARLE.

In planning a botanical collecting trip to Southwestern
Colorado our objects were first, to secure sets of plants rep-
resentative of the flora of this interesting region ; and,
second, to study in the field the effect of altitude and
exposure on the variability and the distribution of species.
It was at first hoped that we might be able to examine some-
what critically the La Plata Mountains in the extreme South-
western part of the State, and also considerable portions
of the larger neighboring range of the San Juan. Lack
of time prevented carrying out the latter plan, the work
being confined exclusively to the La Plata Range, and
the neighboring lower levels. The region proved ad-
mirably adapted to the purposes of the expedition. The
Range is isolated, and though small in area is of consider-
able altitude, the central peak, Mt. Hesperus, holding its
rugged snow-streaked crest at the height of 13,300 feet. As
seen from the west this mountain presents a peculiar and
fantastic appearance. The portion above timber line is a
regularly outlined rock pyramid formed of nearly horizontal
strata of various colors giving a curious banded effect ; while
numerous gulches filled with snow mark it with vertical
lines of white. Mt. Hesperus is flanked and supported on
the North by Shark's Tooth, a pinnacle of rock well deserv-
ing its name ; on the South by the jagged double peak of
Mt. Moss, or Mt. Hayden as it is locally called, and on the
East by Snowstorm Peak, which justified its cognomen dur-
ing our stay in its neighborhood by covering itself with a
fresh coat of white in the middle of July. None of these

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outlying peaks rival the central mass of Mt. Hesperus,
but all reach nearly or quite 13,000 feet, and their sheltered
gulches hold abundant snow far into the summer to feed
the mountain brooks, and furnish moisture for the luxuri-
ant alpine vegetation that springs up like magic as the
snow line retreats. From the basins between these peaks
arise many streams. The La Plata River rises to the east-
ward of Hesperus and flows nearly due South ; East,
Middle, and West Mancos creeks flow from its western
flanks, all uniting above the town of the same name to
form the Mancos River, which flows in a southwesterly
direction. Bear Creek rising North of Hesperus, between
that peak and Shark's Tooth, flows to the northwestward,
while the drainage from the eastern side of Shark's Tooth
and Snowstorm Peak and is tributary to the Las Animas.

Two of our party reached the little town of Mancos on
the Rio Grande Southern railway on Tuesday, June 21,
1898, and went into camp near the river to await the com-
ing of the third member who had been detained at his
home in Mississippi by a suddenly-imposed yellow fever
quarantine.

The valley at Mancos is from one to two miles wide. For-
merly a sage plain, it is now, thanks to irrigation, mostly
covered with green wheat and alfalfa fields. Owing to its
elevation. 7,000 feet, corn and the more tender vegetables
can not be grown on the Mancos. To the North and East
the valley is bounded by the foot hills and lower ridges of
the La Plata Range, the snow-streaked top of Hesperus
being plainly visible. The hills bounding the valley to
the South are strikingly different from these in conforma-
tion, being flat-topped with precipitous sides, evidently
belonging to the great mesa formation of the Southwest.
The steep northern slopes of these mesas facing the valley

NARRATIVE. 3

are covered by a dense growth of chaparral, giving them in
the distance a deep blue or almost black effect. This cha-
parral consists largely of scrub oak Quercus undulata inter-
spersed or sometimes almost replaced by clumps of Ame-
lanchier, Peraphyllum, Rhus, Fendlera, and Cercocar-
pus. The summits of the lower foot hills on either side of
the valley support a scattered growth of nut pine and red
cedar, Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma. Looking west-
ward the eye wanders over great stretches of undulating
sage plains and piiion-covered ridges to the Blue Mountains
of Utah a hundred miles away. Southwestward the view
is limited by the less elevated Ute Mountain Range, lying
distant some thirty miles.

The five days of a necessary detention at Mancos were
devoted to the flora of the valley ; and ' these proved quite
as instructive as any equal portion of time spent at higher
altitudes. Three well-defined floral belts were reached from
this riverside camp. First, the flood plain of the Mancos, a
narrow bottom, varying from a few yards to a quarter of a
mile in width. Some parts of it are grassy and meadow-
like ; others occupied by swampy thicket. The largest trees
are those of the narrow-leaved poplar, Populus angustifolia ;
and this was the only member of its genus seen here,
except the aspen. The buffalo berry, Lepargyrea argentea,
conspicuous by its silver-gray foliage, is abundant, forming
large clumps, and reaching the height of fifteen and even
twenty feet. The thickets are composed of various willows,
interspersed with some choke-cherry trees, Cerasus demised,
and dogwoods, Cornus stolonifera ; these supplemented by
dense masses of Distegia involucrata reminding one of the
hedges of so-called "buckbrush," Cephalanthus, bordering
the banks of swampy lakes in Mississippi River bottoms.

At this elevation the Distegia (the Lonicera involucrata of

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some authors) attains the height of eight or ten feet; but up
near the timber-line it is a dwarf of sometimes not more
than one or two feet. The more conspicuous herbaceous
plants of these thickets are Mertensia ciliata, Geranium Rich-
ardsonii, a new species of buttercup, Ranunculus Earlei
(Greene), and Polemonlum filicinum, a species originally from
southern New Mexico, and which here it may be assumed,
reaches its northern limit of distribution. Among such as
these were also gathered a few herbaceous plants, notably
Carex aurea and Collomia lanceolata, and several more, which
are more properly subalpine and alpine. And as we after-
wards grew familiar with the whole region, including the
higher elevations about the headwaters of this stream less
than twenty miles away, the wonder constantly grew, not
that only a few alpine or subalpine plants should occur in
the valley below, but that so few of these species had been
able to adapt themselves to the condition of the lower levels
even where the cool thickets furnished such excellent shade
with abundant moisture, and the rapidly flowing stream
offered such abundant facilities for the downward distribution
of seeds. As a rule the Mancos specimens of species having
a considerable altitudinal distribution were taller and more
slender than those subsequently taken in mountain mea-
dows ; which variation seems attributable partly, at least, to
their having grown in the shade. But in other cases, such
as the Collomia and Carex aureo,, the low elevation seemed
to have had the opposite effect of dwarfing the plants ; speci-
mens from about Mancos being much smaller than those
taken at elevations greater by a thousand feet.

Separated from the flood-plain by a steep bank five to fif-
teen or even twenty feet high, and constituting a more
elevated secondary bottom, the sage plain stretches away
for a mile or more on either side of the valley to the foot-

NARRATIVE. 5

hills. This tract, as I have said, has in part been reclaimed
and brought under cultivation. Originally it was covered
with low-growing gray-green chenopodiaceous and composite
shrubs, such as constitute what is commonly called sage
brush. Those portions not under cultivation exhibit these
growths, intermixed with clumps of bushy Amelanchier and
Peraphyllum representing the family of the Pomacese; and
it also supports a peculiar and most interesting herbaceous
flora, made up of Lupinus argenteus and other lupines,
numerous species of Astragalus and other papilionaceas,
several Pentstemons and Castilleias, Allium acuminatum
and Calochortus Gunnisonii representing the lily family.

The pinon belt occupies the low foothills from 100 to 400
or 500 feet above the valley. Here Pinus edulis and Juni-
perus monosperma combine in not unequal proportions to
form a low scraggy woodland growth. Neither species often
exceeds twenty feet in height, and each is frequently
adorned by its own species of parasitic Razoumoffskia and
Phoradmdron. Herbage is scanty in this belt, and the her-
baceous species quite characteristic, like Lescuriella Palmeri,
Pentstemon linarioides, Astragalus scopulorum and Picradenia
Richardsonii.

Our belated Mississippian, Professor Tracy, arrived in the
morning of June 26 and we started at once for the western
flank of Mi Hesperus, our wagon piled high with boxes of
paper, presses, bundles of driers and camp equipage. Our
plan was to make a somewhat permanent camp as near
timber line as we could go with a wagon, and then to take
time to thoroughly explore the country both above and
below. Our road started due north from Mancos but soon
bore northeast and followed up a rather narrow ridge or
divide between the deep rocky canon of the West Mancos
on the right, and Chicken Creek, a smaller tributary of the

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Mancos, on the left. About four miles from town, and at
an elevation of some 7,500 feet, we left the pifions and the
chaparral-covered hillsides through which we had been
traveling, and came suddenly into magnificent open pine
woods. Our driver told us that the lumbermen distin-
guished two kinds of pine, but all seemed to be Pinus sco-
pulorum the difference in the timber being probably due to
differences in the age and condition of the trees. Many of
the pines are of large size and the ground between them,
while mostly clear of brushwood, yields a sufficient growth
of grass and herbage to give it an attractive park-like effect.
Though the collecting in this lower part of the pine belt
was not specially interesting, it furnished a few charac-
teristic plants, such as Lotus Wrightii and Lithospermum
multiflorum.

Advancing toward higher ground, the winding road
brought us to an elevation of about 9,000 feet, where the
pines give place to aspen thickets. At this point we ob-
tained our first impression of the riches of vegetation
belonging to the higher mountains; for the aspen thickets
of limited extent were found to alternate with considerable
stretches of native meadow brilliant with a great diversity of
flowers blooming among the abundant grasses. Fields of
the large sunflower-like JFye£/mi Arizonica, clumps of purple
lupine bordering these, red Castilleias and white Polygonum
bistortoides, Potentillas of several sorts along with other
things as show}' combined to form a beautiful and most
inviting botanical landscape.

Still continuing the gradual ascent, spruces (Picea Engel-
mannii) began to intersperse themselves in groups among
the aspen clumps, becoming gradually more and more pre-
ponderant, until finally the aspens cease altogether at 11.000
eet, where the spruces thenceforward hold undisputed sway

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up to the timber-line which, in this latitude, is at about
11,500 feet.

Having made a late start, on this first day of the ascent,
we covered only about fifteen miles, camping for the night
near the head of Chicken Creek. A little beyond this point
our road descended abruptly into the West Mancos Canon,
thence following that stream up to Jackson's stamp mill,
at the very base of Mt. Hesperus. The difficulty of getting
our heavy outfit back out of this deep canon seemed so
great that we decided to keep on up the ridge, following
some old cattle and pack trails as far as it should prove
practicable to take the wagon. We succeeded in getting
three or four miles further, and made our second camp on
the headwaters of a little tributary of the West Mancos
locally known as Bob Creek. We had reached an elevation
of 10,500 feet and were about two and a half miles due west
of the main peak of Mt. Hesperus, but with the deep and
rugged valley of Slide Rock Creek lying between. The
laborious climb out of this valley with a heavy load of
plants, after a day's collecting on Hesperus convinced us
that we had made a mistake in not taking the lower road
and so pitching our camp in the canon, when the home-
ward trip would always have been down hill.

The region above timber was reached in three different
places from this Bob Creek camp, on the southwest face of
the ridge between West Mancos and Slide Rock Creeks,
which constitutes the westernmost spur of Mt. Hesperus, on
the north face of the same ridge farther east near the head
of Slide Rock Creek, and on the Bear Creek divide north-
east of camp. In all these places the ground was rather
dry and exposed. Many interesting plants were taken, but
the full glory of the alpine vegetation was not seen till we

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reached the moister basins at the head of the La Plata
River on the eastern side of the range.

One of the most interesting features of this western flank
of the range was the great reaches of verdant mountain
meadow stretching away in every direction between the
scattered clumps of spruces and aspens. The grass, con-
sisting largely of Poas and Festucas, was exceedingly
luxuriant and was everywhere sprinkled or crowded by
showy species of Mertensia, Polemonium, Valerianella,
Frasera, Veratrum, Aconitum, Delphinium and numberless
other smaller flowering plants.

The morning of July 6 found us breaking camp and
starting on the return trip to Mancos. The season was now
at its height, and it was marvelous to see how rapidly vege-
tation was developing at these high altitudes. Had time
permitted we should gladly have lingered longer at this
camp, for each day brought new species into bloom, and it
seemed to our regretful eyes that we were leaving more still
undeveloped species behind us than we had found in con-
dition to collect. The trip back to Mancos occupied two
days, as much time was consumed in collecting on the way
the things that had opened during our brief absence. A
further stop of two days in Mancos enabled us to pack and
ship the dried plants that had accumulated, and to take a
short side trip over the sage plains to the south westward along
the road toward Cortez, in the direction of the Ute Moun-
tain. This day's collecting proved to be the richest in the
number of specimens taken and in the number of new
species of flowering plants discovered of any on the entire
trip, thus showing that in planning future work in this
region the lower levels should receive careful attention.

The afternoon of July 9 found us again under way for
a trip up the La Plata Valley on the east side of Mt.

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Hesperus. Our route lay over some low divides through a
rather uninteresting country, part of the time in oak
chaparral, and at times getting up into the open pine belt.
During the afternoon of July 10 we passed Dix P. O.
and reached the old mining camp of Parrott City at the
foot of the mountains, just at the entrance to the canon
of the La Plata River. Continuing a few miles further, we
made camp in the bottom of the canon about two miles
south of La Plata City. This was one of the richest spots
visited. The bottom of the valley is only a few hundred
yards wide, and it is walled in on either side by the pre-
cipitous slopes of the mountains. It is very moist, and is
filled with a luxuriant tangle of vegetation. Rubus Nutkanus
here grows to perfection, and the ground is fairly carpeted
with the showy Erigeron coulteri and Penstemon glaucus
stenosepalus. The gravel banks in the stream also furnished
conspicuous and abundant species, including Epilobium
latifolium and Senecio atratus. The elevation here was about
9,000 feet.

On July 12 we again moved camp going toward the head
of the valley. Above the town of La Plata the canon grows
much narrower and the grade is much steeper. The road is
soon forced to leave the stream and is cut into the hillside.
For a considerable distance no suitable place for a carnp
could be found, but finally just below the mouth of Basin
Creek, at about 10,000 feet elevation, a projecting ledge of
rock gave us just room to put up the tent and get the wagon
out of the road. Stakes being out of the question tent ropes
were made fast to boulders, and our quarters, though re-
stricted, proved sufficiently comfortable. Wagon roads have
been constructed several miles farther to reach various
stamp mills, but they were so rough and steep that we
did not attempt to take our heavy outfit beyond this

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point but made daily trips above timber line in various
directions.

The basins of the small streams far above timber line
were here all veritable alpine gardens well stocked with
Mertensias, Polemoniums, Trifoliums, Erigerons, Castilleias
and many other showy alpine genera. Even the most
rugged slopes exhibited a great diversity of species ; for
every nook and crevice among the rocks where any soil had
found a lodgment was filled with plants. On the very
summit of Ml Hayden at 13,000 feet we gathered excel-
lent specimens of Trifolium nanum, Chionophila Jamesii,
Ligusticum Eastwoodiae and Pentstemon Harbourii.

It is to be noted that about three-fourths of the plants
collected here were of species not represented at any of the
lower altitudes.

It was with much regret that on July 16 we took leave
of this interesting locality and made our way to Durango.
Each little sheltered slope and basin that we visited fur-
nished some plant not seen elsewhere, and, had time per-
mitted a thorough exploration of the region our list of
species would have received many additions. Furthermore,
the flowering season had not yet reached its fullness. Very
many species were not yet beginning to bloom, and it was
manifest that a month's sojourn would have enabled us to
nearly double our collections.

This Alpine research was disappointing in respect to only
two groups of plants. Of ferns we took but two species,
Cystopteris fragilis and Oryptogramme acrostichoides ; and the
number of lichens was much smaller than had been antici-
pated. The bare rocks supported a fair number of crusta-
ceous species, which, owing to the early loss of our chisel,
we were unable to collect ; and terrestrial and arboreal
species were very scarce.

NARRATIVE. 11

Durango is a thriving town located in the valley of the
Las Animas river at an elevation of 6,500 feet. South of the
town the hills rise 1,000 or 1,500 feet higher. They are
mostly composed of beds of shale with a few coal-bearing
strata and so give but few plants of interest during the hot
midsummer months, even along the narrow ravines and
arroyas. The Grindelias, Mentzelias and Eriogonums
found within the city limits proved fully as interesting as
the plants of these nearby hills. In some places they sup-
port a considerable growth of Juniperus monosperma with
scattered trees of pinon. Near the eastern edge of the
town one small hill was noticed that had been covered by a
rather dense growth of this juniper, but now only a few of
the trees were living, the others having apparently been
killed by Gymnosporangium speciosum Peck, which had left
the swollen and distorted trunks marked with its peculiar
plicate tumors.

North of town toward Trimble Springs the Animas valley
is somewhat broader, though bounded on each side by pre-
cipitous mountain walls which rise from 2,000 to 2,500 feet
above the stream. Every acre of irrigable land is in a high
state of cultivation, hay or green fields and orchards filling
all the valley from Durango to where the Hermosa River
joins the Animas. Here we noted similar willows to those
found at Mancos and at the base of the cliffs were box elders
and Ribes cereum.

Through the kindness of Col. Thomas Hamor, of Durango,
we were enabled to make a somewhat hasty trip to Colum-
bine, twenty-five miles north of Durango, on the old Silverton
trail, and only a few miles to the eastward of our Upper
La Plata camp. The place is near the head of the valley,
and Hamor's Lake, a picturesquely beautiful sheet of water,
is one of the sources of the Las Animas river. The lake

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seems to have been formed by the sudden closing in of the
canon wall so that though not large it is of great depth. It
is as clear as crystal and even after our visit it still contains
some magnificent trout. The elevation here is about 9,000
feet and the hills and wet meadows near the lake yielded a
greater number of species than any other equal area that
we visited. In the water of the lake itself was an abun-
dance of Chara Hippuris and Potamogeton while on its
borders were Thalictrum alpinum,Gentiana heterosepala,Swertia
scopulina, Agastache urticsefolia, Lilium montanum and many
other species not taken elsewhere.

Mr. Tracy, who was the last to arrive, remained in the
neighborhood of Durango until July 28. Messrs. Earle
and Baker departed on the 18th and 19th respectively,
making about an even month in the field for each of the
three members of the expedition.

Perhaps the most striking impression gained by the trip,
aside from that produced by the abundance and beauty of
the high alpine flora, is that of the distinctness with which
the different altitudinal floral zones are marked out and
limited. It is true a few species were found all the way
from the Mancos River bottoms at 7,000 feet to timber line
at 11,500 feet, but these instances are rare. In the great
majority of cases each species observed had an altitudinal
range of not to exceed 1,000 feet, even with similar con-
ditions of soil and moisture. In a general way these life
zones seemed to be the same here as in the not far distant
San Francisco Mountains of Arizona, where they have been
so carefully studied by Dr. Merriam, of the U. S. Biological
Survey. We could easilv distinguish the pinon-cedar belt,
the pine belt, the aspen-spruce belt and the timber line belt
as designated by him, and we found this division a very
useful one in the prosecution of our work.

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While we endeavored to make our work as thorough as
possible for the very limited region actually explored, we
realize fully that it is only a beginning. The number of
plants collected serves to illustrate the great floral richness
of the region, and our experience suggests that for future
work the higher mountains should be visited during the
period from July 15 to September 1, when an almost
entirely new set of plants would be in bloom; and that
work in the lower levels, especially in the canon and mesa
region south and west of Mancos is greatly needed earlier
in the season, say from May 1 to June 15. It is hoped
that at least some of our party may be able to continue the
work another season.

CATALOGUE.
FUNGI.

By S. M. TRACY and F. S.

Among the more striking features of the fungus flora of
the region which the collection represents may be men-
tioned the great abundance of the Uredinales and Sphserlales.
The Erysibacese would have been abundant later in the
season, though only two species were found in condition to
collect. Perisporacese were entirely lacking, as were also the
Hysteriales, though the latter were persistently sought for
everywhere. The Pezizales are represented by only two
species. The Helvellales do not appear in the list, but fine
specimens of Morchella and Gyromitra were observed in the
high spruce woods. The Agaricacese are very scantily rep-
resented in the list, but they were really quite abundant in
moist locations at the higher altitudes. Lack of time and
of facilities for properly drying the specimens prevented
collecting them. Among the Sphseriales which constitute
nearly a third of all the species collected, and of which con-
siderably over one-half proved to be undescribed, the almost
entire absence of such common eastern genera as Hypoxylon
and Valsa is to be noted, as well as the great abundance of
Lopliiostomatacese, a family rarely found by eastern col-
lectors. The Dothideales and Hypocreales are each repre-
sented by a single species only.

It is interesting to note that of the entire collection only
the following five species were taken above timber line:
Schizonella melogramma, Puccinia acrophila, P. Claytoniatum,
P. Pimpinellas and Patinella Crandallii. The smallness of this
list is to be accounted for in great part by the fact that our

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time above timber line was always limited and that the
beauty and abundance of the flowering plants claimed our
attention, to the neglect of the Fungi.

In the following list the sequence of families is that of
Engler & Prantl. In the few cases in which the generic
name used by us is another than that employed by Saccardo
in the Sylloge Fungorum, the latter is added in parenthesis.

PERONOSPORACE.E.

ALBUGO CANDIDUS (Pers.), Kuntze, Rev. Gen. ii: 658.
Little Kate mine, La Plata Mts., 11,000 feet, July 13, on
Sophia, n. 1084.

BREMIA LACTUCJS, Hegel, Bot. Zeit. St. 39. Tab. 3. Man-
cos, 7,000 feet, June 24, on Agoseris, n. 1,089.

PERONOSPORA ARENARI.E MACROSPORA, Farlow, Bot. Gaz.
ix : 38. Bob Creek, west of Mt. Hesperus, 11,000 feet, July
5, on Silene, n. 340. This corresponds very closely to speci-
mens collected in Illinois, and so determined by Farlow, 1. c.
The differences he so clearly pointed out between this and
the European P. Arenarise indicate it to be a distinct species,
but as our specimens are mostly without oospores we decline
to make the change, and write the name as above.

PERONOSPORA PARASITICA (Pers.), Fr., Sum. Veg. 493.
Chicken Creek, west of Mt. Hesperus, 9,000 feet, July 6, on
Arabis, n. 1,085; also on Sophia, at Mancos, 7,000 feet, June
24, on Sophia, distorting the stems; n. 1087. This common
parasite was observed on various cruciferous hosts through-
out the region.

USTILAGINACE.E.
SCHIZONELLA MELOGRAMMA (DC.), Schroet, Pilz. Schles.

FUNGI. 1 7

275. Bob Creek, west of Mt. Hesperus, 10,500 feet, July 5,
on Carex atrata, n. 1,032; Little Kate mine, La Plata Mts.,
11,500 feet, July 14, on Carex, n. 1,035.

TILLETIA ASPERIFOLIA, Ell. & Ev., Jour. Myc. iii., 1,055,
Durango, 6,500 feet, July 26, n. 1,034, on Sporobolus asperi-
folius.

USTILAGO BROMIVORA, Fisch. Apercu, 22. On hills
above Parrott City, July 10, on Bromus ciliatus, n. 1,033.

USTILAGO HILARLE, Ellis & Tracy, Journ. Myc. viii, 77.
At Mancos, 7,000 feet, July 8, on Hilaria Jamesii, n. 1,080.

USTILAGO SEGETUM (Bull.) Dit. in Sturm, DC. Fl. Fr. iii, 67.
On Chicken Creek, 7,000 to 8,000 feet, July 7, on Dan-
thonia, n. 385.

UREDINACE^E.

J?ECIDIUM ABUNDANS, Peck, Bot. Gaz. iii. 38. Upper La
Plata River, at 10,000 feet, July 13, on Symphoricarpus,
n. 1070.

ALBUM, Clint. Rep. N. Y. Mus. xxvi. 76. On
Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, on Vicia, n. 1048.

^ECIDIUM CLEMATITIS, DC. Fl. Fr. ii. 243. Foothills above
Dix, 8,000 feet, July 10, on Clematis Douglasii, n. 1051.

./ECIDIUM COMPOSITARUM LACTUCLE, Burrill, Bull. 111. State
Lab. ii. 232. Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet, July 10, on Laduca,
n. 351 ; also Mt. Hesperus, 10,000 feet, June 30, on Agoseris>
n. 342.

EPILOBII, DC. Fl. Fr. ii. 238. Bob Creek, at
10,000 feet, June 28, on Epilobium, n. 178.

-ZEcioiuM FENDLERI, n. sp. Mostly hypophyllous ; spots
large, often 1 cm broad, deep red, bordered with yellow,

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substratum not thickened, pseudoperidia scattered thickly
over the entire lower face of the spot but not crowded,
bright yellow, height about equalling diameter (400/*), mar-
gin irregularly lacerate, recurved, cells loosely joined,
irregularly polygonal, walls thick, 4-5/t, conspicuously
roughened, 20-3JV ; spores subglobose, bright yellow,
• minutely roughened, about 20/x; spermagonia honey-yel-
low, inconspicuous, barely 200/x. Mancos, 7,000 feet, July
7, on leaves of Berberis Fendleri, n. 381. This differs from
JK. Berberidis in the larger, not thickened spots, the less
crowded perithecia, the larger and more ornate peridial
cells, and in its slightly roughened spores.

jEciDiUM HEMISPHERIC™ Peck, Bot. Gaz.iii.34. Durango,
6,500 feet, July 26, on Lactuca, n. 1072. These specimens also
show what seems to be Puccinia Prenanthis (Pers.), Fckl. II
& III. They are from leaves of the same plant as No. 1071.

jEcioiuM HYDROPHYLLI Peck, Rep. N. Y. Mus. xxvi. 78.
La Plata River, 9,000 feet, July 11, on Hydrophyllum, n.
1067.

jEciDiUM INCURVUM n. sp. Amphigeiious ; spots none ;
irregularly clustered, deeply buried, scarcely emergent,
opening of pseudoperidium very narrow, limb short, irregu-
larly lacerate, incurved, cells thin, striate, 40-50x20-25^ ;
spores globose or broadly oval, dark colored, epi spore thick,
slightly echinulate, 40-50x20-25/1*; spermagonia not seen.
Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet, July 7, on* Erigeron flagellaris,
n. 1055.

INTERMIXTUM Peck, Bot. Gaz. iv. 231. At
Limon, June 24, on Iva axillaris, n. 1037.

JSciDiuM MONOICUM, Peck, Bot. Gaz. iv. 320. At 10,000
feet, on Mt. Hesperus, July 6, the host some species of
Arabis, n. 1086.

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OROBI, Pers., in Rcemer Mag. i. 82. At Man-
cos, on Lathyrus. 1 July, n. 1049.

jfEciDiUM PHACELLE, Peck, Bull. Torr. Club, xi. 50.
Chicken Creek, at 9,500 feet, common on a Phacelia, n.
1068.

^ECIDIUM PRENANTHIS, Pers. Syn. 208. La Plata River,
at 9,500 feet, on Helenium Hoopesii, 16 July, n. 1075.

JEcimuM SOMMERFELTII, Johans. Swampe Icl. 161. La
Plata River, 9,000 feet, July 11, the host a Thalictrum, n.
1065.

^ECIDIUM URTKLE, Schum. Fl. Saell. ii. 223. At Mancos,
on Urtica gracilis, 22 June, n. 41.

C^OMA CONFLUENS (Pers.), Schroet. Pilz. Schles. 376. La
Plata River, 9,000 feet, 11 July, on Ribes, n. 1076.

CHRYSOMYXA PIROL.E, Rostr. Mycol. Notiz. 126. Slide
Rock Canon, west of Mt. Hesperus, 11,000 feet, 2 July, on
Pirola, n. 1040.

GYMONSPORANGIUM sp. No. 1079, on twigs of Juniperus
monosperma, at Mancos, July 8, seems to be an undescribed
species of this genus, but our specimens are all old and
sterile. They form globular swellings an inch or more in
diameter. Spots of an undeveloped Rcestelia were found
near this, on leaves of Amelanchier.

GYMNOSPORANGIUM, sp. No. 1078, on twigs and branches
of Juniperus nana, Bob Creek, 11,000 feet, July 5. This
causes fusiform swellings of the limbs much like those
formed by G. clavipes, but the spore-masses are different in
shape and of a lighter color, and the spores lack the swollen
pedicel characteristic of that species. It is probably new,
but our specimens are not in a condition to insure correct
diagnosis.

20 PLANTS BAKERIAN.E.

GYMNOSPORANGIUM SPECIOSUM Peck? Bot. Gaz. iv. 217.
On branches and trunks of Juniperus monosperma, Durango,
6,500 feet, July 20, n. 1079. This forms large fusiform,
plicate swellings on the trunks or larger branches, frequently
causing the death of the tree. The specimens were too old
for positive identification.

MELAMPSORA LINI (DC.), Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. (1854) 93.
On Linum Lewisii, Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet, July 7, n.
1039.

PHRAGMIDIUM MUCRONATUM (Pers.), Lk. Spec. Plant, ii.
84. At Hamor's Lake, north of Durango, 9,000 feet, July
24, on Rosa, n. 1062.

PHRAGMIDIUM RUBI-IDE.E (DC.), Winter? II. Die Pilze.
231. No. 1043, on Rubus Nutkanus, La Plata Canon, 9,000
feet, July 11. Similar to the form of this species credited
to this host, but the Uredo spores are larger, 20-28xl5-20/A,
and prominently reticulated, not echinulate. We found no
teleutospores.

PUCCINIA ABERRANS Peck Bot. Gaz. iv. 217. No. 1050,
on Draba, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, July 1.

8 PUCCINIA ACROPHILA Peck 1. c. vi. 227. No. 1069, on
Synthyris Ritteriana, Cumberland Mine, La Plata Mts., 12,000
feet, July 15.

PUCCINIA BALSAMORRHIZ.E Peck, Bull. Torr. Club. xi. 49.
No. 1036, on Balsamorrhiza deltoidea, Mancos, 7,000 feet,
June 23.

PUCCINIA CALOCHORTI Peck, Bot. Gaz. vi. 228. No. 1056,
on Calochortus Gunnisoni, Mancos, 7,000 feet, July 9.

PUCCINIA CLAYTONIANUM (Schw.) N. Am. Fungi, No.

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2892, p. 294. (P. Marise-Wilsoni Clinton). Cumberland
Mine, La Plata Mts., 12,000 feet, July 15, on Claytonia
megarrhiza, n. 1045.

PUCCINIA CONGLOMERATA (Str.), Schm. & Kze. Crypt.
Exsie. No. 191. No. 1057, on Senecio, upper La Plata River,
10,000 feet, July 12. Not before reported from America,
but the specimens agree closely with Sydow Uredineen, No.
461, and with published descriptions.

PUCCINIA FRAGILIS Tracy & Galloway, Journ. Myc. iv. 20.
No. 423 A, teleutospores, 423 B, aBcidial stage, on Aren-
aria (?) sage plains west of Mancos, July 8. The generic
identity of the host could not be determined with certainty.
This seems to be the first collection of the aacidial stage of
this fungus, and we give it the following description:
Amphigenous but more abundant below; spots none;
pseudoperidia scattered or clustered, cylindrical, length
about equal breadth, border narrow, spreading, coarsely
lacerate ; spores subglobose, light colored, epispore thin,
slightly roughened, 16-16xl9/A.

PUCCINIA GAYOPHYTI Billings, Bot. King Exp. 414. No.
1046, on Gayophytum, Parrott City, July 16. We find no
published description of the Uredo stage of this species.
Our specimens show the following characters : Amphi-
genous ; sori small, round, scattered, yellowish ; spores
globose to oval, often somewhat angular, slightly echinu-
late, 14-16xl2-14/A.

PUCCINIA HIERACII (Schum.) Mart. Fl. Mosq. 226. No.
72, on Orepis, Mancos, 7,000 feet, June 23. No. 57, on
Taraxacum officinale, Mancos, June 23.

PUCCINIA HOLWAYII Diet, in Hedw. xxxii. 29. I and III

22 PLANTS BAKERIANJ2.

No. 1077, on Allium, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, June 28. The
secidial stage of this species has not been described. We
find the following characters : Amphigenous; spots yellow ;
pseudoperidia in irregular elongated clusters, nearly white,
short cylindrical, border somewhat lacerate, cells irregularly
polygonal, 25-30x1 5-20/x, walls thick, 3-4/A, roughened ;
spores light yellow, subglobose or oval, epispore thin, nearly
or quite ^smooth, 20-22x16-1 8/x ; spermagonia not seen.

PUCCINIA MIRABLISSIMA Peck, Bot. Gaz. vi. 226. No.
1060, on Berberis nana, Greene, Mancos, June 23.

PUCCINIA PIMPINELL.E (Strouss), Lk. Sp. Plant, ii. 77.
No. 1064, on Glycosma occidentalis, Little Kate Mine, La
Plata Mts, 11,500 feet, July 14.

PUCCINIA PRENANTHIS (Pers.) Fckl. Symb. 25. At Du-
rango, on Lactuca, n. 1071.

PUCCINIA TANACETI, DC. Fl. Fr. ii. 222. Little Kate
Mine, La Plata Mts., 11,000 feet, on some Helianthaceous
composite, 16 July, n. 1054.

PUCCINIA TANACETI ACTINELL^E, Webber, Nebr. Rep. for
1889, p. 66. At Mancos, 23 June, on Adinella leptoclada,
u. 74.

PUCCINIA THALICTRI, Chev. Fl. Par. i. 417. At Mancos,
24 June, on Thalictrum Fendleri, n. 1066.

PUCCINIA TROXIMONTIS, Peck, Bot. Gaz. vi. 227. West
Mancos Canon, at 9,000 feet, 3 July, on Agoseris, n. 1074.

UROMYCES ASTRAGALI (Opig.), Sacc. M. S. 208. At Man-
cos, 8 July, on Astragalus, n. 437.

UROMYCES ERIOGONI, Ell. & Harkn. Cal. Acad. 1884,
p. g. (I only). Foothills, near Dix, 9,000 feet, 10 July, on
Eriogonum, n. 1044.

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UROMYCES EUPHORBIA, C. & P. Rep. N. Y. Mus. xxx. 90.
At Durango, on Euphorbia, n. 1042.

UROMYCES GLYCYRRHIZ.E (Rabh.) Magn. Ber. Deutsch.
Gesell. 1890, p. ' 383. Durango, July 18, on Glycyrrhiza,
lepidota, n. 1063.

TREMELLACE^E.

GUEPINIA ALPINA n. sp. Cup-shaped, short-stipitate ;
disc orange yellow, about 6 mm (when dry), margin slightly
involute ; stipe 3mm, like the outside of the cup pruinose
from thick standing, vessiculately swollen hairs, that are
about 50x16/1, simple, or sometimes once septate and con-
stricted, minutely roughened ; hymenium of closely com-
pacted cylindrical basidia filled with yellow granules,
seemingly simple, but forking at base, about 40x3|/*;
spores oblong, continuous, about 12x4/t (immature). On
decayed wood of Picea Engelmanni, in a snow bank, Slide
Rock Canon, 11,000 feet, July 2, n. 1109.

GUEPINIA MONTICOLA n. sp. Cup-shaped, ferruginous,
short-stipitate, thin, expanded when wet, involute when
dry, 3-8 mm, exterior sulcate-ribbed, surface scarcely dis-
tinguishable to the naked eye from the hymenium, clothed
with vessicular hairs 50fi long, with base globose, 20-25/i
wide, abruptly contracted above into a long beak ; hyme-
nium of closely packed, cylindrical, yellowish basidia
40-50x3 J/u,, forking near the upper end; spores cylindrical,
slightly curved, continuous (?), guttulate, 12-16x4/A, on
slender sterigmata about 10/* long. On sound, decorticated
wood of Picea Engelmanni, Slide Rock Canon, 10,500 feet,
June 30, n. 241. Quite common.

BOLETACE.E.
BOLETUS BAKERI n. sp. Pileus 10-20cm, regularly con-

24 PLANTS BAKERIAKE.

vex, uniformly bright brick-red verging toward salmon,
viscid, becoming somewhat dry and occasionally cracking
areolately with age, flesh pure white, slowly changing to
pinkish purple when cut; pores at first pure white stuffed
and plain, becoming ventricose and tawny, turning purplish
and then greenish blue when bruised, deeply sinuate; stem
stout, enlarged below, tapering abruptly upward for the
upper one-fourth, 3-4cm thick below, lj-2cm above,
8-12cm high, solid, pure white within, externally white,
but beset with upward pointing, brown tipped scales, usually
smooth above. On the ground, common in moist aspen
thickets. No. 355, Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet, July 6. Also
seen on the upper La Plata at 10,000 feet. Some three
dozen specimens of this magnificent Boletus were taken, but
owing to constant showers, and lack of drying facilities, all
but one were lost. Two other species of the genus were
seen, but it was not possible to preserve them.

POLYPORACE.E.

By L. M. Underwood.

LENZITES SEPIARIA, Fries, Epicr. 407. On logs of Picea
Engelmannii, Bob Creek at 10,000 feet, 27 June, n. 797.

MERULIUS sp. On logs of Picea Engelmannii in Slide
Rock Canon, 30 June, n. 10,52. Probably new, but too old
for satisfactory determination.

POLYPORUS ADUSTUS (Willd.), Fr. Syst. i. 363. Logs of
Populus tremuloides, Bob Creek, 10,000 feet, 28 June, n. 778.

POLYPORUS PINICOLA, Fr. Eleuch. 105. Logs of Picea
Engelmannii, La Plata Mts., July, n. 794 and 796.

POLYPORUS SALICINUS (Pers.), Fr. Syst. i. 376. On stand-

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ing dead trunks of aspen, upper La Plata River at 10,000
feet, 13 July, n. 795.

POLYPORUS, sp. On logs of Populus tremuloides, La Plata
Mts., June and July, n. 186 and 799. Perhaps new, but
approximating some thick forms of P. pergamenus.

POLYPORUS PINI (Brot.), Fr. 1. c. 336. On logs of Picea
Engelmannii, La Plata Mts., July, n. 800.

AGARICACE^:.

NAUCORIA COLORADOENSIS n. sp. Pileus 3-6cm, convex,
becoming expanded, slightly umbonate, tawny yellowish-
brown, often darker on umbo, densely clothed with felted
yellowish hairs, margin not striate, strongly incurved when
young; veil arachnoid, soon evanescent; gills adnate, sub-
crowded, tawny- white, changing to dark-brown; spores oval,
dark rusty-brown, usually with a large oval vacuole, about
10x6/u, ; stem 4-6cm high by 4-8mm thick, slightly bul-
bose below, colored and clothed like the pileus, but hairs
closely appressed and less felted.

On moist shaded ground near the river at Mancos, June
21, n. 22.

EXOACACE.E.

TAPHRIA CCERULESCENS (Mont.) Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1866.
p. 127. No. 32, on Quercus undulata, Mancos, 7,000 feet,
June 22. Common in oak thickets on hillsides near the
river.

HELOTIACE^E.

LACHNUM ENGELMANNI n. sp. (Trichopeziza). Scattered
or gregarious, subsessile or short stipitate, l-4inm in
diameter, flat and expanded when wet, incurved when dry,
exterior thickly clothed with dark fuscous, septate, rigid
hairs, 200 or more by 5/n, becoming attenuate toward the

26 PLANTS BAKERIANjE.

subhyaline tip; disc wax}7, bright yellowish orange; asci 8-
spored, clavate, obtuse, nearly sessile, about 50x6^, ex-
ceeded by the numerous ascicular yellowish minutely
guttulate sharp-pointed apophyses, ' these measuring about
60x2fi; ascospores monoetichous or partly distichous, hyal-
ine, continuous, oval, about 6x4/i.

Very common on dead bark of PiceaEnglemannii at 10,500
feet in Bob Creek, 3 July, n. 1058.

PATELLARIACE.E.

PATINELLA CRANDALLII, Sacc. Syll. xi. 434. At Little
Kate Mine, La Plata Mts., on dead stems of Sieversia tur-
binata, at 12,000 feet, 14 July, n. 1100. An elegant little
species, often occurring, on the dead and dry calyxes of the
preceding year, of the rosaceous host named.

ERYSIBACE^:.

ERYSIBE CICHORACEARUM DC. Fl. Fr. ii. 274. No. 1081,
on Mertensia, Mancos, June 23.

ERYSIBE GRAMINIS DC. 1. c. vi. 106. No. 384, on Poa
nemoralis, pine belt north of Mancos, 8,500 feet, July 7.

HYPOCREALES.

CHARONECTRIA PEDICULARIS n. sp. Scattered or subgre-
garious, perithecia prominent but long covered by the thin
epidermis, orbicular, at length subdepressed, bright coral-
red, smooth, soft, perforated by an obscure ostiolum, about
400/i; asci numerous, cylindrical, short-pedicellate, apara-
physate, (?) about 100x8/* ; ascospores obliquely monostich-
ous, hyaline, minutely guttulate, equally uniseptate, nar-
rowly oval, ends acutish, about 17x4/i.

On dead stems of Pedicularis crenulata, Bear Creek Divide,

FUNGI. 27

11,000 feet, June 29, n. 230. This is a new genus to North
America. Only three species have heretofore been de-
scribed, one from Terra del Fuego and two from France.

DOTHIDEACEJE.

ROPOGRAPHUS HYSTERIIFORMIS (Karst) Sacc. Syll. ii. 648.
On decorticated branches of Picea Engelmannii, Bob Creek,
10,500 feet, June 28, n. 202. This peculiar fungus has
heretofore been found only in Northern Europe on decorti-
cated wood of juniper and pine. Our specimens agree
closely with published descriptions. We have not seen
European specimens.

SORDARIACE.E.

HYPOCOPRA FIMICOLA (Rob.) Sacc. 1. c. i : 240. On cow
dung, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, July 2, n. 1105.

HERPOTRICHIA NIGRA Hartig Hedw. xxvii. 13. On living
leaves of Picea Engelmannii, Bear Creek Divide, 11,000 feet,
June 29, u. 232.

This has not before been reported from America. The
asci soon vanish, and at full maturity the ascospores are
fuliginous. In our specimens the perithecia often reach
5mm. In other respects it closely agrees with the descrip-
tion given by Hartig. It was also observed on Mt. Hes-
perus near timber line, but was not seen below 11,000 feet.
This was previously collected by C. F. Baker on spruce in
northern Colorado, July 13, 1896, at Cameron Pass, 10,000
feet, and distributed by him under the name of Lasiosphseria
Coulteri, Peck. It closely resembles that pine-inhabiting
species externally, but the spores are entirely different.

ROSELLINIA PARASITICA Ell. & Ev. Proc. Phil. Acad.

28 PLANTS BAKERIAN^E.

] 890, p. 227. On dead branches of Symphoricarpus, Bob
Creek, 10,500 feet, June 27, n. 1073. On the same twigs
were also Gibberidia Symphoricarpi, Tricosphseria Barbula
and Strickei-ia Symphoracarpi (B. & Br.) Winter, Pilze, ii. 206.
On dead bark of Picea Engelmannii, Bear Creek Divide,
11,000 feet, June 29, n. 1082. It has previously been re-
ported only on pine bark from Europe. Our specimens
agree so closely with published descriptions, especially with
that in Winter ii, that we so name them, but we have not
seen European specimens.

ZIGNOELLA POTENTILL.E n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
erumpent becoming superficial, black, depressed globose,
roughened, Jmm in diameter; ostiolum conical; asci cylin-
drical or fusiform, short stipitate, 8 spored, 4 5-5 Oxl 0-1 2/x;
paraphyses filaform, longer than the asci ; ascospores hyaline,
oval or elliptical, faintly f -septate, 11-12x4-5^,.

On decorticated stems of Potentilla fruticosa, Bob Creek,
10,500 feet, July 3, n. 1039.

CUCURBITARIACE^E.

GIBBERIDIA RIBIS n. sp. Perithecia loosely clustered on
large blackened areas, erumpent-superficial, globose, black,
Jmm in diameter, ostiolum short conical, roughened; asci
numerous, short-stipitate, oblong or elliptical, 90-1 OOx
12— 14/i; ascospores fuliginous, elliptical, 5-7-septate, some-
what constricted at each septum, 28-32x6-7/x.

On decorticated wood of Ribes, at same station as the
last. June 28, n. 1101.

GIBBERIDIA (?) SYMPHORICARPI n. sp. Perithecia clus-
tered, two or three to twelve or more forming more or less
elongated pustules, these partially covered by the shredded
epidermis, clothed with long, deflexed, strigose, occasionally

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septate, fuscous hairs about G/M in diameter, carbonaceous,
not collapsing, ostiolum minutely papillate, inconspicuous,
stromatic material black, scanty, perithecia nearly free, about
f mm; asci cylindric-clavate, short stipitate, 80-100x14-1 6/*;
paraphyses abundant, thread like; ascospores obliquely
monostichous, oval, fuliginous, 3-septate, slightly constricted
at each septum, often somewhat curved, 30-35x8-10/A.

On dead twigs of Symphoricarpus, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet,
June 27, n. 173, with Rosellinia parasitica and Strickeria Sym-
phoricarpi. The true generic position of this species is
somewhat doubtful. Its scanty imperfect stroma suggests
that it should be placed in the CucurbitariaceaB rather than
in Mellogramma, but the vestiture of the perithecia would
exclude it from Gibberidia, as that genus is now denned.
Since perithecial hairs are present in the nearly related
Gibbera, from which our species is excluded by the spore
characters, we prefer to widen the definition of Gibberidia
rather than to propose a new genus based only on the pres-
ence of perithecial hairs.

OTTHIA DISTEGI^E n. sp. Densely cespitose in oval clus-
ters of 4 or 5 to 20 or more, on a scanty subiculum of
fuscous threads, breaking through the epidermis, black,
rugose, collapsing, ostiolum minutely papillate inconspicu-
ous, about £mm in diameter ; asci 8-spored, clavate, sub-
stipitate, about lOOxlS/*; paraphyses thread-like abundant ;
ascospores obliquely monostichous or partly distichous,
oval or ovate, often curved, light fuliginous, about equally
uniseptate, somewhat constricted, about 25x8/t.

On dead twigs of Distegia involucrata, Mancos, June 25,
in river bottoms, n. 1090.

OTTHIA (OTTHIELLA) RIBIS n. sp. Perithecia densely
cespitose, erumpent, partially surrounded by the trans-

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versely ruptured epidermis, black, rugose, globose, £ to Jmm
in diameter ; asci cylindrical, 8 spored, stipitate, 80-100
xl2-15/u,; ascospores distichous, elliptical, hyaline or slightly
yellowish, uniseptate, constricted, 18-20x5-6ju,.

On Ribes, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, June 28, n. 1102.

AMPHISPH^ERIACE^.

AMPHISPH.ERIA JUNIPERI n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
superficial, globose, carbonaceous, not collapsing, ostiolum
short-papillate, about 6mm ; asci clavate-cylindric, snort
stipitate, 100-120x20/n; paraphyses abundant thread-like;
ascospores distichous, broadly fusiform, light fuliginous,
uniseptate, constricted, usually with two large guttae in each
cell, ends sub-acute, 30-3 5x1 0-1 2/x.

On the outer shredded bark of Juniperus monosperma, hills
near Mancos, July 8, n. 780.

AMPHISPH^RIA POPULI n. sp. Perithecia thickly scat-
tered, small, globose, black, shining, not collapsing, ob-
scurely perforate, base sunk in the whitened wood fibres,
about 250-300/*; asci cylindrical, short stipitate, 80-90x8^;
paraphyses abundant thread-like; ascospores monostichous,
oval or ovate, ends rounded, fuliginous, equally uniseptate,
much constricted, about 12x6 .

Decorticated branches of Populus angustifolia at Mancos,
June 21, n. 1103.

STRICKERIA INSECURA (Ell.) Tracy & Earle, (Tdchospora
insecura, E. & E. N. A. Pyr. 214). Dead twigs of Salix,
Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, July 4, n. 1059.

STRICKERIA SYMPHORICARPI n sp. (Teichospora Fckl.)
Perithecia scattered or somewhat clustered on irregular
blackened areas, large, £ to 1mm, black, carbonaceus, glo-
bose, rugose, not collapsing, ostiolum minutely papillate, in-

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conspicuous; asci cylindrical, short stipitate, 150-200xl6/u,;
paraphyses abundant, delicate, thread-like; ascospores mono-
stichous, broadly oval, at first yellow 1-septate and much
constricted, becoming dark fuscous and 3-, 5- and finally
7 -septate, the middle, but not the comparatively large end
cells, longitudinally divided, constricted only at the middle
septum, about 25xl2/*.

Dead bark or decorticated twigs of Symphoricarpus, Bob
Creek, 10,500 feet, June 27, with DOS. 173 and 1073, n.
1076. The size and septation of the spore is much as is in
Teichospora strigosa E. & E. on the same host.

TRAMATOSPH.ERIA JUNIPERI n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
subtree, suborbicular, black, carbonaceous, not collapsing,
^mm or more in diameter, ostiolurn tuberculate, prominent,
black, shining; asci clavate,short-stipitate, soon evanescent,
about lOOxlO/*; paraphyses abundant, threadlike, guttulate;
ascospores obliquely monostichous or subdistichous, fuli-
ginous, obtuse-fusiform or subcylindric, often curved, 5—7-
septate, somewhat constricted especially at the middle sep-
tum, 30-35x6-8/*.

On weather-worn wood of Juniperus monosperma, foot hills
near Mancos, July 8, n. 1093.

LOPHIOSTOMATACE.E.

LOPHIOSTOMA OCCIDENTALS n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
prominent, black, roughened below smooth above, oval,
1-l^xf-lmm, ostiolum compressed; asci clavate-cylindric,
stipe long and slender, 150-160x20/x; paraphyses long
filiform; ascospores elliptical, rounded above, more slender
below, fuscous, becoming opaque, 5-septate, 30-40x1 0-1 5/*,
when immature with a large vacuole in each cell.

On barkless branches of Juniperus monosperma, Mancos,.
June 24, n. 1111.

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PLATYSTOMUM ACERIS n.sp. (LophidiumSacc.) Perithecia
scattered, black, rough, compressed, f-lxj-fmm, ostiolum
depressed, elliptical; asci oblong, stipitate, 100-1 20x14-1 6/x;
paraphyses numerous filiform; ascospores obliquely mono-
stichous, oval, 3-septate, deeply constricted at the middle
septum, muriform, dark brown, 17-18x9-10/A.

Dry decorticated twigs of Acer glabrum, upper La Plata
River, 10,000 feet, July 13, n. 1107.

PLATYSTOMUM ALPINUM n. sp. (Lophidium Sacc.). Peri-
thecia widely scattered over considerable areas, becoming
subsuperficial, black, rough, hemispherical or slightly oval,
fxl mm, ostiolum obscurely papillate, inconspicuous, slightly
elongated; asci cylindrical, short-stipitate, 140-160x12-14^;
paraphyses numerous, filiform; ascospores obliquely mono-
stichous, broadly elliptical or ovate, brown becoming opake,
5-septate, sharply constricted at the middle, central cells
with long longitudinal septa, 20-22x8-1 0/x.

Dead barkless wood of Populus tremuloides, Bob Creek,
10,500 feet, June 27, n. 170. The asci and spores are much
as in Lophidium trifidum E. & E., but the gross characters
are very different.

PLATYSTOMUM AMELANCHIERIS n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
deep seated, black, rough below shining above, nearly hemi-
spherical, J-lmm, ostiolum inconspicuous, often irregularly
elongated; asci cylindrical, stipitate, 14 0-1 50x1 3-1 5/*; as-
cospores obliquely monostichous, fuscous, becoming opaque
elliptical with usually acute ends, 3-5-septate, muriform,
slightly or not constricted, 22-24x7-8/A.

On decorticated branches of Amelanchier at Mancos, June
23, n. 1110.

PLATYSTOMUM DESERTORUM n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
subsuperficial, black, rough, usually hemispherical but some-

FUNGI. 33

times oval, fmm in diameter, ostiolum elliptical or nearly
circular; asci cylindrical, long stipitate, 135-150x11-13^;
parapbyses very numerous, filiform, much longer than the
asci; ascospores obliquely monostichous, oval, dark-brown,
5-7-septate, much constricted at the middle septum, muri-
form, 22-24x8-9/*.

No. 1108,on dead stems of "Sage Brush" (Artemisia, sp. ?),
Mancos, June 24.

MYCOSPH;ERELLACE,E.

MYCOSPH^RELLA COERULEA (E. & E.) Tracy & Earle.
(Sphserella coerulea, E. & E. Proc. Phil. Acad. 1894, n. 334.)
Dead stems of Aquilegia coerulea, Bob Creek, at 10,500 feet,
n. 1116. The dimensions are somewhat larger than those
given in the description, and the spores are decidedly yel-
lowish. We find the perithecia 120-140//., asci ovate,
65-75x20/x, and ascospores 25x5/x.

MICOSPH^RELLA FENDLERI n. sp. (Sphserella). Perithecia
minute, scattered, solitary, at first covered by the cuticle
becoming slightly erumpent; asci oblong, short-stipitate,
40-45x1 0-1 2//,; paraphyses none ; ascospores fusiform, ob-
tuse, uniseptate, hyaline, slightly constricted, 15-17x3.5-4^.

On dead stems of Thalictrum Fendleri, Bob Creek, 10,500
feet, June 28, n. 1091.

MYCOSPH^ERELLA GLYCOSOM.E n. sp. (Sphserella). Spots
none; perithecia thickly scattered over large areas, black,
spherical, firm not collapsing, about 100//,; asci sessile,
broadly obovate, obtuse, aparaphysate, 8 spored, about 50x
IO/A; ascospores inordinate, narrowly ovate, larger end ob-
tuse, smaller end subacute, about equally uniseptate
hyaline, guttulate, about 16x5/*.

Dead weather-worn stems of Glycosoma ocddentalis. Same
station and date with the last, n. 1047.

34 PLANTS BAKERIAN.E.

MYCOSPH^RELLA IRIDIS (Aud.) SchrcBt. (Sphserella) in
Eugl. & Prantl. i. 425. On dead leaves and stems of Iris
Missouriensis, Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet. July 7, n. 1096.

MYCOSPH^ERELLA TASSIANA (DeNot.). Johans. in Engl.
& Prantl. Slide Rock Canon, 11,000 feet, July 2, on
Festuca, n. 1098.

PLEOSPORACE.E.

OPHIOBOLUS CASTILLEI.E n. sp. Spots none; perithecia
scattered, finally erumpent, black, 200-250/A; asci clavate,
short-stipitate, 90-120xl2/*; paraphyses flexuous, thread-
like; ascospores yellowish brown, guttulate, 50-55x5/*,
nearly straight in the ascus.

On dead steins of Castilleia confusa, Greene, Mt. Hesperus,
10,000 feet. June 30. Also common on Bob Creek, n. 1095.

OPHIOBOLUS FESTIHLE n. sp. Spots black, 1mm long,
mostly on the upper half of the leaf; perithecia immersed,
finally rupturing the epidermis, 200-250/*; asci broadly
clavate, short-stipitate, 110-130x20-25;*; paraphyses nu-
merous, coiled at the apex; ascospores very slender fusiform,
guttulate, 40-50x3-4/i.

No. 361, on dead leaves of Festuca, Chicken Creek, 9,500
feet, July 6. '

PLEOSPORA BALSAMORRHIZ^E n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
at length partially erumpent, somewhat fibrillose below,
glabrous and depressed above, 300-400/n, ostiolum short,
conical; asci 4-8, broadly clavate or obovate, 200-250x
70-80/i; ascospores 8, inordinate, each surrounded by a yellow
gelatinous coat, 7-septate, constricted at each septum, but
more deeply at the center, each cell 2-4 times vertically
divided, quite variable in size, in the same perithecium from
60x28/* to 38xl6/x, averaging 45x22/*.

FUNGI. 35

No. 1097, on dead stems of Balsamorrhiza deltoidea,
Mancos, June 24.

PLEOSPORA HERBARUM (Pers.) Rabh. Herb. Myc., 547.
On dead stems of a Vicia, n. 1092. La Plata River, 9,500
feet, July 11.

PLEOSPORA MEGALOTHECA n. sp. Perithecia scattered,
erumpent, glabrous, depressed-globose, ostiolum short, coni-
cal; asci 15-20, oblong, rather long-stipitate, very thick
walled, 8-spored, 200-250x40-45/A; ascospores obliquely
inonostichous or distichous, ovate, yellowish-brown, becom-
ing opaque, 11-13 septate, «the cells with 2-3 longitudinal
septa, 40-45x1 6-20ft.

No. 172. On dead stems of Achillea millefolium, Bob
Creek, 10,500 feet, June 27, n. 172.

VALSACE.E.

VALSA BOREELLA Karst. Myc. Fenn., ii. 141. On dead
branches of Salix, upper La Plata River, 10,000 feet, July
13, n. 1117.

MUCEDINACE.E.

MONILIA CERASI n. sp. Covering the entire fruit with a
white coating, which becomes ash-colored with age ; fertile
hyphae very short, ascending, hyaline, widely branching;
conidia often as many as 10 or 12-catenulate, hyaline, lemon-
shaped, 10-12 x 8-1 Ofi.

On immature fruit of Cerasus (wild cherry), Parrott City,
July 11, n. 1083.

OVULARIA COMPACTA Ell. & Ev. Journ. Myc., v. 68.
On living leaves of Agoseris, Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet, July
6, n. 353.

OVULARIA SPELEROIDEA Sacc. Mich. i. 130. On living

36 PLANTS BAKERIA1SLE.

leaves of Lupinus, Chicken Creek, 9,000 feet, July 6, n.
368.

RAMULARIA CREPIDIS, Ell. & Ev. Jour. Myc. iv:46. On
living leaves of Agoseris, Mt. Hesperus, 10,000 feet, June
30, n. 1088.

TUBERCULARIAC.E.

EXOSPORIUM SAMBUCI, n. sp. Sporodochia scattered,
finally rupturing the epidermis longitudinally, sometimes
confluent in lines 1cm long, usually convex and irregu-
larly tuberculate; sporophores 5-6/* in diameter, septate,
yellowish, often deciduous remaining attached to the coni-
dium; conidia oval or obovate, brownish yellow, 3-septate,
not constricted, 40-44x1 7-20/u,.

On dead twigs of Sambucus melanocarpa, upper La Plata
River, 10,000 feet, July 13, n. 1104.

SPHjEROIDACE^E.

DIPLODINA ERASERS (Ell. & Ev.), Tracy & Earle, Bull.
Torr. Club, xxiv. 289. (Ascochyta Fraserte, Ell. & Ev). No.
171, on dead stems of Frasera, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, June
27. Common. Our specimens agree with the amended
description given by Ellis & Everhart, Bull. Torr. Club,
xxiv. 464. The habitat on dead stems, and the spherical
black carbonaceous perithecia determine it to be a Diplo-
dina rather than an Ascochyta.

PHOMA DELPHINIICOLA n. sp. Perithecia scattered, or
sometimes two. or three together under the whitened epider-
mis, black, large, ^ to Jmm, partially collapsing, at length
somewhat erumpent, often bordered by a narrow brown
stain; sporules cylindrical, minutely guttulate, 8-10x2/x.

Dead stems of Delphinium. Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, June

LICHENES. 37

28, n. 1094, and on dead stems of Aconitum Columbianum,
Bear Creek Divide, 11,000 feet, June 29, n. 231.

PHOMA INULINA Sacc. Mich. ii. 91. On dead stems of
Pyrrocoma crocea, Bob Creek, 10.500 feet, June 28, n. 204.

PHOMA SCEPTRI Karst. Hedw. xxiii. 159. Dead stems
of Pedicularis, Bob Creek, June 27, n. 1106.

SEPTORIA OSMORRHIZ^E Peck, Rep. N. Y. Mus. xxxix. 46.
Leaves of Glycosoma occidentalis, Bob Creek, 10,500 feet,
July 3, n. 1038. Abundant, mostly infesting the lower
leaves ; agreeing well with eastern specimens, see Ellis n.
3137.

CHARACE.E.

CHARA CONTRARIA, A. Br. In Hamor's Lake, near Du-
rango, n. 1115.

LICHENES.

Determined by Prof. BRUCE FINK.

BIATORA DECIPIENS, Fr. On dry open ground, Bear Creek
Divide, at 11,000 feet, n. 232.

BIATORA SANGUINEVATRA, Tuckerm. Moist ground in
spruce woods, Slide Rock Canon, 11,000 feet, n. 286.

BUELLIA PARASEMA, Th. Fr. Near Mancos, on dead
branches of Juniperus monosperma, n. 785.

CLADONIA FIMBRIATA, Fr. On a decaying log, Bob Creek,
10,000 feet, n. 779.

CLADONIA PYXIDATA, Fr. Moist ground on Bob Creek,
10,000 feet, n. 201.

CLADONIA SYMPHYCARPA, Fr. Terrestrial in spruce woods,
Bear Creek Divide, 11,000 feet, n. 337.

LECANORA PACIFICA, Tuckerm. Mancos; n. 789 on dead

38 PLANTS BAKERIAN^E.

branches of juniper ; n. 790 on bark of Populus angustifolia.
Prof. Fink remarks, concerning the specimens that "They
are more pruinose than other herbarium specimens, and
the locality is new."

PANNARIA LEPIDOTA, Fr. On dry ground, Mt. Hesperus,
11,000 feet, n. 1114.

PARMELIA CONSPERSA, Ach. Rocks on Bob Creek, 10,500
feet, n. 1113.

PELTIGERA CANINA, Hoffm. Moist ground in Slide Rock
Canon, n. 242.

PERTUSARIA COMMUNIS, DC. At Maiicos, on dead branches
of juniper, n. 784.

PHYSCIA STELLARIS, Tuckerm. Habitat, etc., same as the
last, n. 788.

PLACODIUM AURANTIACUM, Nseg. & Hepp. On juniper ; n.
793 on the bark ; n. 783 on dead wood of same, all in the
vicinity of Mancos.

PLACODIUM CERINUM, Nasg. & Hepp. At Mancos, on bark
of Populus angustifolia ; n. 792.

RHINODINA SOPHODES, Nyl. At Mancos on juniper, n.
786.

THELOCHISTES POLYCARPUS (Ehrh.) At Mancos, on living
bark of Populus angustifolia, n. 791, on Atrip lex*? n. 781. At
Bob Creek on dead twigs of Picea Engelmannii, n. 203.

USNEA CAVERNOSA, Tuckerm. At 10,000 feet on the up-
per La Plata, n. 778.

FlLICES.1

CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHIOIDES, R. Br. App. Frank.

1 The reports on mosses and hepatics of this collection will appear
elsewhere later. E. L. G.

CONIFERS. 39

Jo urn. 767. In clefts of dry rocks on Mt. Hesperus, at
11,000 feet, also in like situations on the upper La Plata,
but nowhere common, n. 245.

CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS, Bernh. Schrad. Journ. Bot. i, part
2, 27. Rather common on moist cliffs of the upper La
Plata and elsewhere, at about 10,000 feet, n. 988.

EQUISETACE^E.

EQUISETUM ARVENSE, Linn. Sp. 1061. On Bob Creek at
10,000 feet and frequent along alpine or subalpine cold
streamlets, n. 989.

EQUISETUM PYEMALE, Linn. 1. c. Common in wet
meadows at Mancos ; also seen at Trimble Springs, n. 103.

EQUISETUM , No. 1129, a few plants only, in a

wet meadow at Mancos, not well in fruit.

CONIFERS.

PINUS EDULIS, Engelm. Wislizenu's Rep. 88. Mancos,
at about 7,200 feet, constituting along with Junipenis mono-
sperma, the low sparse woodland growth of the first foot-
hills, n. 93.

PINUS PONDEROSA scopULORUM, Engelm. in Bot. Calif, ii.
126. This common pine of the Rocky Mountains is said
by the collectors to begin on the hills north of Mancos, at
an elevation of about 8,000 feet, and to mark its own dis-
tinct floral belt or zone lying between that of the pinon and
cedar belt below, and of the aspen-spruce zone above, the
former beginning at about 7,500 feet, the latter at approxi-
mately 9,000 feet. The species is the only timber pine of
the region, n. 376.

40 PLANTS BAKERIANJi.

PICEA ENGELMANNII (Parry) Engelm. Trans. St. L. Acad.
ii. 212. This is the common spruce of the country, consti-
tuting the principal timber growth at from 10,000 to 11,500
feet, this last elevation marking almost the limit of trees.
The specimens are from Bob Creek, at 10,500 feet, n. 320.

PSEUDOTSUGA TAXiFOLiA, Britton, in Trans. N. Y. Acad.
viii. 74. Tree chiefty confined to the precipitous sides of
deep canons within the pine belt. The specimens are from
8,000 feet, in the West Mancos Canon, n. 387.

ABIES CONCOLOR, Parry in Am. Nat. ix. 204. A large but
rather scarce tree, with light-gray trunk ; specimens from
Bob Creek, La Plata Mts., at 10,500 feet, n. 22.

JUNIPERUS NANA, Willd. Sp. iv. 854. A dwarf, sometimes
almost trailing shrub of the higher mountains; the speci-
mens from some 10,500 feet along Bob Creek, 11. 335.

JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA, Sargent. The red cedar of the
foothills, ranging between 6,500 and 7,500 feet, associated
with Pin-as edulis. The specimens are from Mancos, and
were distributed as /. occidentalis, Hook., n. 77.

JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM, Sargent, Gard. & Forest, x. 420.
In the vicinity of Durango, but rather rare ; only a few
small trees seen, and these associated with /. monosperma,
for which it was mistaken in making the distribution, n. 484.

GNETACE.E.

EPHEDRA . Sterile branches only, the species

hardly determinable. Mancos, said to be frequent in low
foothills, n. 397.

TYPHACE.E.

TYPHA LATIFOLIA, Linn. Sp. 971. A few plants in a small
pond at Bob Creek, the altitude about 10,000 feet.

GKAMINR£. 41

NAIADACE.E.

POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS, Linn. Sp. 127. Hamors' Lake,
north of Durango, 24 July, n. 499.

TRIGLOCHIN PALUSTRE, Linn. Sp. 338. Hamors' Lake,
24 July, n. 501.

TRIGLOCHIN MARITIMUM, Linn, Sp.339. Trimble Springs,
near Durango, 26 July, n. 476.

ALISMACE.,E.

ALISMA PLANTAGO AQUATICA, Linn. Sp. 342. Lower La
Plata Canon, 11 July. Specimens poor, just beginning to
flower, n. 1127.

GRAMINE.E.

By S. M. Tracy.1

PANICUM VIRGATUM, Linn. Sp. 59. Occasional on rail-
way embankment near Trimble Springs, Colo., n. 962.
The only Panicum seen on the expedition.

PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA, Linn. 1. c. 55. Abundant along
Humors' Lake, and occasional in wet places near Trimble
Springs, n. 918.

ARISTIDA PURPUREA, Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. v. 145.
On dry hills about Durango, n. 974.

A. PURPUREA HOOKERI. With the type, but also at
lower altitudes, n. 973.

STIPA COM AT A, Tr. & Rupr. Mem. Acad. Petr. Ser. 6,
vol. v. 75. Rocky slopes in West Mancos Canon, 7,000 to
9,000 feet, n. 358.

STIPA NELSONII, Scrib. Bull. Dep. Agr. xi. West Mancos
Canon, and also at Poncho Pass, n. 954.

by Dr. Tracy in 1899 ; amended and brought to date by E. I/.
Greene, January, 1901.

42 PLANTS BAKERIAN.E.

ORYZOPSIS MICRANTHA, Thurb. in Porter Fl. Colo. 145.
On dry hills about Durango and on Chicken Creek, n. 961.

ORIZOPSIS CUSPIDATA, Vasey, Gram. U. S. 23. Common
on sage plains, and on dry hills below 8,000 feet, n. 436.

PHLEUM PRATENSE, Linn. 1. c. 59. Commonly naturalized
in fields and by waysides, n. 430.

PHLEUM ALPINUM, Linn. 1. c. Common inhabitant of
mountain meadows at 9,000 to 10,500 feet, n. 972.

ALOPECURUS ARISTULATUS, Michx. Fl. i. 43. By streams,
up to 10,500 feet, n. 972.

SPOROBOLUS BREVIFOLIUS (Nutt.), Scribn. Occasional in
dry fields at Mancos and Durango, ascending to 9,000 feet
in the mountains, nn. 325, 425.

SPOROBOLUS AIROIDES, Torr. Marcy's Rep. 300. Common
in adobe soils about Mancos, Parrott City and Durango, and
also at higher elevations, below 9,000 feet, n. 398.

SPOROBOLUS ASPERIFOLIUS, Nees & Meyen, in Nov. Act.
Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. I, 141. Occasional along the Las
Animas near Durango, n. 964.

AGROSTIS EXARATA, Trin. Gram. Unifl. 205. With the
last, but not common, n. 950.

AGROSTIS HYEMALIS, BSP. Catal. 68. Common along
streams and ditches below 10,000 feet, n. 951.

CALAMAGROSTIS HYPERBOREA, Lange in Fl. Dan. t. 2942.
Muddy banks about Hamor's Lake, n. 951.

CALAMAGROSTIS HYPERBOREA AMERICANA, Kearney, Bull.
Agrost. xi. 41. On Panther Creek, near Durango, n. 967 ;
rare.

DESCHAMPSIA C^SPITOSA, Beauv. Agrost. 91, t, 18, f. 3.

GRAMINEJ2. 43

Common along the La Plata ; very luxuriant in wet mead-
ows near Hamor's Lake, n. 982 ; a peculiar dwarf from
(n. 983) near Little Kate Mine, 11,500 feet.

TRISETUM SUBSPICATUM, Beauv. 1. c. 88. Abundant in the
canon of the upper La Plata, and on hills about Hamor's
Lake up to 12,000 feet, nn. 955, 957. The variety MOLLE,
much dwarfed, only 5-7 inches high at 12,000 feet and
upwards, n. 956.

AVENA STRIATA, Michx. Fl. i. 72. Little Kate Mine, at
10,000-11,000 feet; not common, n. 976.

DANTHONIA PARRYI, Scribn. Abundant in the pine
belt along Chicken Creek, 8,500-8,900 feet, but not seen
elsewhere, 11. 349.

BOUTELOUA OLIGOSTACHYA, Torr. in Gray Man., 2 ed.,
553. Occasional near Durango, and on the plains west
of Mancos, n. 971.

BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA, Torr., Emory's Rep. 153. Dry
gravelly soil along the La Plata and Las Animas Rivers,
n. 970.

BECKMANNIA ERUCLEFORMIS, Host. Gram. Austr. iii. 5.
Rather common in wet places at Durango and Trimble
Springs, n. 959.

KCELERIA CRISTATA, Pers. Syn. i. 97. One of the com-
monest grasses up to about 9,000 feet; rare above that;
extremely variable as to length of leaf, nn. 99, 114, 324.

MELICA PARVIFLORA, Scribn. Mem. Torr. Club, v. 50. On
shaded rocks, in the canon of the La Plata, at 9,500 feet,
rare, n. 969.

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA, Linn. Sp. 71. Along roadsides
here and there; barely naturalized, n. 960.

44 PLANTS BAKERIAN.E.

POA ANNUA, Linn. Sp. 68. Observed only in a field near
Hamor's Lake, n. 940.

POA LAXA, Hsenke in Jirasek, Beob. 118. Summit of Mt.
Hayden, 13,000 feet, n. 938.

POA ALPINA, Linn. Sp. 67. Rare below 9,000 feet, com-
mon at higher elevations, very strong and luxuriant near
Little Kate Mine, 11,000 feet, but becoming much dwarfed
above 12,000 feet, nn. 925, 928, 929.

POA CENISIA, All. Auct. 40. Only at summit of the
divide above Cumberland Mine, 12,000 feet, n. 933.

POA PRATENSIS, Linn. Sp. 67. Abundant below 9,000
feet, and variable. A form from the La Plata Canon, near
the upper limit of the species, has a very close panicle, with
glaucous glumes; while another, from dry gravelly soil about
Parrott City, has the panicle short and still more slender,
and the glumes dark -purple, nn, 930, 932.

POA NEMORALIS, Linn. Sp. 69. Occasional on dry banks,
9,000-11,000 feet, n. 935.

POA ARIDA, Vasey, U. S. Herb. i. 270. Occasional at
Mancos, 7,000 feet, and in La Plata Canon, 9,500 feet, n. 327.

POA BUCKLEYANA, Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, xxii. 465.
On dry hills, 7,000-9,500 feet; rather rare, n. 110.

POA LONGIPEDUNCULATA, Scribn. Bull. Agrost. xi. 54.
A characteristic, species of the region of the West Mancos
and its tributaries at from 9,000 to 10,000 feet altitude; not
seen above 11,000 feet, or on the easterly slope of the
mountains, nn. 138, 160, 194, 326.

POA LUCIDA, Vasey, U. S. Herb. 274. Common about
Mancos in dry soil ; also a peculiar form, with very hairy

GRAMINE.E. 45

glumes, in the La Plata Canon, this at about 9,000 feet, nn.
434, 937.

POA OCCIDENTALIS, Vasey, 1. c. Occasional along Bob
Creek, 10,000-11,000 feet, n. 317.

POA GRAYANA, Vasey, 1. c. 272. In meadows near the
limit of trees on Mt. Hesperus, n. 266.74.

POA FENDLERIANA, Vasey, Bull. Dept. Agric, xiii. Oc-
casional at 10,000-11,000 feet on the western slope of Mt.
Hesperus, n. 262.

POA EPILIS, Scribn. Circ. ix. 5. Abundant about Little
Kate Mine, 11,500 feet, n. 934.

POA RUPESTRIS, Vasey. On both eastern and western
slopes of Mt. Hesperus, at about the limit of trees, n. 932.

POA LEPTOCOMA, Scribn. Common along the upper La
Plata at 9,000 to 11,500 feet. A very slender form with
widely divergent-branched panicles occurs at about 11,000
feet near the Little Kate Mine, nn. 347, 926, 927.

PANICULARIA NERVATA, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 783. Along
streams and irrigating ditches in abundance, n. 953.

PANICULARIA PAUCIFLORA, Kuntze, 1. c. In a bog near
Bob Creek, 10,000 feet, n. 279.

PANICULARIA . No. 281 ; in bog with the last.

PUCCINELLIA DISTANS, Parl. Fl. Ital. i. 367. Along the
Las Animas near Durango; rare, n. 963.

FESTUCA RUBRA, Linn. Sp. 74. Rather common along
the sides of the La Plata Canyon, 9,000-12,000 feet, nn. 920,
921.

FESTUCA OVINA, Linn. 1. c. 73. Very common in moun-
tain meadows, n. 334. The Alpine variety BREVIFOLIA

46 PLANTS BAKERIAN.E.

abundant in large tufts above Cumberland Mine at 12,300
feet, n. 965.

FESTUCA SCRABELLA, Torr. in Hook, Fl. ii. 252. The most
common species of the genus ; found everywhere between
7,500 and 10,500 feet, n. 443.

FESTUCA ELATIOR, Linn. 1. c. 75. In a field near Trimble
Springs; doubtless introduced, n. 919.

FESTUCA VASEYANA, Hack. In open woods along the
West Mancos River, 9,000-10,000 feet, n. 328.

FESTUCA THURBERI, Vasey in Wheeler's Rep. 292. Very
plentiful on the hills upon Chicken Creek and the La Plata,
9,000-10,000 feet, nn. 344, 356.

BROMUS CILIATUS, Linn. Sp. 76. The common species at
7,000-10,000 feet, along watercourses; very rank forms
occurring in higher altitudes, nn. 332, 987. The var.
MONTANUS, Vasey, at from 7,000 to 9,000 feet, and mostly
near the summits of the ridges rather than by streams, n.
382. Also var. MINOR, Munro, on dry hills near Durango,
not common, n. 986.

BROMUS BREVIARISTATUS, Buckl. Proc. Philad. Acad. for
1862, 98. Characteristic species of the pine belt and vari-
able. A smooth form with strict panicle occurs near Dix,
while an opposite extreme, with widely open panicle and
weak drooping pedicels was obtained at Trimble Springs,
nn. 333, 984, 985.

BROMUS PORTERI, Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, xxii. 512. In
the pine belt above Mancos, and at Parrott City, 8,000-
9,000 feet, n. 432.

AGROPYRUM VIOLACEUM, Vasey, Gram. U. S. 45. Occa-
sional along Chicken Creek at about 9,000 feet, but not else-
where noticed; n. 949.

GRAMINE.E. 47

AGROPYRUM TENERUM, Vasey, Bot. Gaz. x. 258. Com-
mon in dry land below 9,000 feet; also a very slender and
short-awned form at Trimble Springs and at Poncho Pass,
nn. Ill, 948.

AGROPYRUM OANINUM, Beauv. Agrost. 102. Common on
the plains about Mancos and among the foothills; seldom
occuring at elevation greater than 9,000 feet. Among the
more notable deviations from the type is one with very
pubescent sheaths, this from the Canon of the La Plata;
and there is one from Mancos with rigidly divergent leaves;
nn. 431, 440, 977.

AGROPYRUM PSEUDO-REPENS, S. & S. On hills near Du-
rango; not seen elsewhere, n. 946.

AGROPYRUM SCRIBNERI, Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club, x. 128.
Abundant on the divide above Cumberland Mine, at 12,000-
12,300 feet, n. 978.

HORDEUM PUSILLUM, Nutt. Gen. i. 87. Occasional in dry
fields about Mancos and Durango.

HORDEUM ADSCENDENS, HBK. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. i. 180.
Abundant on dry land above the river at Mancos ; riot before
known as occurring within the United States except along
irrigating ditches at Glendale, Arizona, n. 109.

ELYMUS CANADENSIS, Linn. Sp. 83. Occasional along the
Las Animas, n. 980.

ELYMUS GLAUCUS, Buckl. Proc. Philad. Acad. (1862) 99.
A state of this species showing compound spikes; found
only at Hamor's Lake, n. 981.

ELYMUS MACOUNII, Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club, xiii. 119.
Hills near Durango; seemingly rare, n. 979.

SITANION BREVIFOLIUM, J. G. Smith, Bull. Agrost. xviii.

48 PLANTS BAKERIAN.E.

17, t. 3. Abundant on dry sterile soil about Hatnor's Lake,
n. 4274; Mancos, n. 429; Durango, n. 4272.

HILARIA JAMESII, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 62.
Common in the plains about Mancos, and on dry hills near
Durango, n. 427.

CYPERACE.E.

CAREX ALPINA, Swartz. Upper La Plata River, 10,000
feet, July 13, n. 726.

CAREX ATRATA, Linn. Mt. Hesperus, 11,500 feet, June
30; n. 261 ; Little Kate Mine, La Plata Mts., 11,000 feet,
July 13, a large form ; n. 709; Mt. Hesperus, 11,500 feet,
July 2, a small form; n. 736; Mt. Hesperus, 10,000 feet,
June 30, an unusual form approaching the var. DISCOLOR,
n. 244.

CAREX ATRATA DISCOLOR BAILEY? Upper La Plata,
10,000 feet, July 13, n. 725; also observed near Bob Creek.

CAREX AUREA, Nutt. Mancos, 7,000 feet, July 8. A
small form common in swampy river bottoms, n. 721 ; also
in West Mancos Canon, 9,000 feet, a much larger plant, n.
330.

CAREX CANESCENS, Linn. Bob Creek, La Plata Mts.,
10,500 feet, July 3, common in bogs, n. 693.

CAREX CAPILLARIS, Linn. West Mancos Canon, July 4,
n. 329.

CAREX DEFLEXA FARWELLII, Britton. Little Kate Mine,
11,500 feet, July 14, n. 685.

CAREX DOUGLASII, Boott. La Plata River, 9,000 feet.
July 11, n. 697.

CAREX FESTIVA, Dewey. With the last. n. 699.

CYPERACEJS. 49

CAREX FESTIVA PACHYSTACHYA, Bailey. Bob Creek, 10,500
feet, June 28, n. 731.

CAREX FCETIDA, All? Little Kate Mine, 11,500 feet.
July 14, n. 708.

CAREX GEYERI, Boott. Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, July 1,
n. 700. A common and characteristic plant of the dryer
ridges and meadows.

CAREX HOOKERIANA, Dewey. Dry meadows at Dix, 10
July, n. 701.

CAREX KELLOGGII, W. Boott. Bob Creek, 10,500 feet,
June 28, n. 191.

CAREX LANUGINOSA, Michx. Durango, 6,500 feet, July
26, n. 707.

CAREX LUPULINA, Muhl. With the last, n. 706.

CAREX MARCIDA, Boott. Same place and date, n. 712.

CAREX MONILE, Tuckerm. Hamor's Lake, 9,000 feet,
July 24, n. 719.

CAREX NOVA, Bailey. Upper La Plata, 10,000 feet, July
13, n. 702.

CAREX OBTUSATA, Lilje. Chicken Creek, 9,500 feet, July
6, n. 352.

CAREX OCCIDENTALIS, Bailey. La Plata River, 9,000 feet,
July 12, n. 722. Mt. Hesperus, 10,000 feet, June 30, n. 264.

CAREX PRESLII, Steud. La Plata River, 10,000 feet, July
13, n. 724.

CAREX ROSTRATA, Stokes. Hamor's Lake, July 24, n. 705.

CAREX RUPESTRIS, All. Cumberland Mine, 12,300 feet,
July 15, n. 739.

CAREX SICCATA, Dewey. La Plata River, 10,000 feet, July
12, n. 730.

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CAREX STRAMINIFORMIS, Bailey. West Mancos Canon,
9,500 feet, July 4, n. 322.

CAREX TENELLA, Schk. Bob Creek, 10,500 feet, June 28,
n. 193.

CAREX TERETIUSCULA, Gooden. Hamor's Lake, July 24,
n. 717.

CAREX UTRICULATA, Boott. Bob Creek, 10,000 feet, July
1, in a bog, n. 280.

CAREX VIRIDULA, Michx. Hamor's Lake, July 24, n. 713.
ERIOPHORUM POLYSTACHYUM, Linn. With the last, n. 483.

JUNCACE.E.

JUNCUS BALTICUS, Willd. Berl. Mag. iii. 298. About
Mancos, 7,000 feet, 8 July, n. 438.

JUNCUS LONGISTYLIS, Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 223. At
Trimble Springs north of Durango, 26 July, n. 599.

JUNCUS NODOSUS, Linn. Sp. 2 ed. 466. Same station and
date, n. 704.

JUNCUS MERTENSIANUS, Bong. Veg. Sitch. 167. On the
upper La Plata, at 10,000 feet, 13 July, n. 661.

JUNCUS TENUIS, Willd. Sp. ii. 214. Common on the
lower sage plains about Mancos, 8 July, n. 424. The
variety CONGESTUS on Chicken Creek at 9,000 feet, 7 July,
n. 742^

JUNCUS XIPHIOIDES, E. Mey. Syn. June. On the upper
La Plata at 9,000 feet, 11 July, n. 741.

LUZULA PARVIFLORA, Desv. Joum. Bot. i. 144. At Little
Kate Mine, La Plata Mts. ; very common along streamlets
at 11,000 feet; 14 Julv, n. 740.

MELANTHACE^E. 51

LUZULA SPICATA, DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 161. Cumberland Mine,
La Plata Mts., at 12,300 feet, 15 July, n. 738.

MELA NTH ACE^E.

ZYGADENUS DILATATUS. Two feet high or more, the
rather copious foliage mostly a foot long, oblanceolate,
tapering to an elongated petiolar basal portion, the dilated
upper parts nearly acutish, the leaf as a whole but indis-
tinctly and finely nervose ; bracts of the raceme scarious,
lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels or shorter ; seg-
ments of the perianth oval, obtuse, scarcely unguiculate,
faintly striate, mainly white ; the green nectariferous spot
at base broad and retuse, scarcely obcordate.

Little Kate Mine, La Plata Mountains, 13 July, 1898.
Plant pale and glaucesant, this and its loose rather few-
flowered raceme indicating its near relation to Z. elegans,
from which its dilated and oblanceolate foliage, broad
sessile perianth-segments and merely retuse nectary require
that it should be separated, n. 522.

VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM, Durand, Journ. Philad. Acad.
2 ser. iii. 103. Hesperus City, 16 July. Not numbered ;
therefore probably not in the sets.

LILIUM MONTANUM, A. Nelson, Bull. Torr. Club, xxvi. 6.
In moist thickets of the La Plata Canon, 12 July. Said to
be rare; n. 1124, distr. as L. Philadelphicum, and none too
distinct from that.

ERYTHRONIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Pursh, Fl. i. 231. In the
La Plata Mts., on the Bear Creek Divide at 11,000 feet, 29
June, n. 213. Also at 10,500 feet near the Cumberland
Mine, 15 July ; not numbered ; probably not in the sets.

LLOYDIA SEROTINA, Sweet, Hort. Britt. 2 ed. 527. At

52 PLANTS BAKERIANJ5.

timber line on Mt. Hesperus, 2 July ; the specimens large,
6 or 7 inches high, the perianth more than J inch ; n. 256.

CALOCHORTUS GUNNISONII, Wats. Bot. King Exp. 348.
Sage plains about Mancos, 8 July, n. 1125.

ALLIUM ACUMINATUM, Hook. Fl. ii. 184, t. 196. Plains
near Mancos, 21 June, n. 89.

ALLIUM DICTYOTUM. Bulbs ovoid, not deep-seated, clothed
with thinnish fibrous-papery dry outer coats, these strongly
reticulate: scapes stoutish, commonly 1 to 2 feet high,
sometimes only 8 or 80 inches : leaves of two-thirds the
length of the scape, ligulate, striate, obtusish : umbel com-
paratively small and dense, the stout pedicels short and
uncommonly fleshy; perianths flesh-color; segments oval,
acutish or obtuse : stamens much shorter ; filaments broadly
subulate to above the middle.

Cumberland Mine, La Plata Mts., at 10,500 feet, n. 479.
Also on Mt. Hesperus at like elevation, n. 253; this dis-
tributed for A. mutabile, but only a smaller A. dictyotum.
evidently. The species is subalpine, and a fine large one,
related, of course, to A. reticulatum and mutabile.

VAGNERA STELLATA, Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, v. 114,
At 9,500 feet, on Chicken Creek, n. 147.

VAGNERA AMPLEXICAULIS, Greene, Man. 316. On the La
Plata, altitude not given, n. 547.

IRIDACE.E.

IRIS MISSOURIENSIS, Nutt. Journ. Philad. Acad. vii. 58.
At 8,000-9,000 feet, on Chicken Creek, n. 140.

SISYRINCHIUM MONTANUM, Greene, Pitt. iv. 33. Meadows
along the Mancos River, 25 June, n. 113; also at 9,000
feet, in Chicken Creek, 7 July, n. 377.

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