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Rosa ceras.
294.- Prunus Androceol, 9c. (Proc. Am. Acad. A.S. VII. 33.) Abounds on the foothills
of the Wasatch or Trinity Mts. Leaves from Lancashire, tapering to a slender
petiole; oblong-ovate, compressed, sharply ridged on the margin, abruptly
tipped with a sharp beak. Fruit scarcely edible.
a) Apr. 23, 1864. Foothills near Carson City.
4'/h.
b) May 27, " " of Trinity Mts., near Orano.
2".
c) June 9, " " of W. Humboldt Mts., near Unionville.
2".
295.- P. densiflora, var. wald. (Crawfurd, Sutt. T. 68.73. I. 411) Frequent in moist mountain
cañons; 2-10° high; leaves dense; fruit resembling that of P. sibirica, shr.
a) Sept. 9, 1867.- W. Humboldt Mts., near Unionville Cañon.
6,000 ft.
2'/h.
b) May 16, 1868.- Trinity Mts., near Bear Creek.
"
1".
c) June 5, " W. Humboldt Mts.- Unionville or Cayote Cañons
"
5".
d) July 20, " E. Humboldt Mts., near Carson aton Camp Ruby 7,000 ft.
1".
e) Sept. 21, " Mts. aton Humboldt Pass
"
3".
f) May 19, 1869.- Washoe Mts., Wash. City Creek cañon
6,000 ft.
4".
g) June 30, " Antelope Island, Salt Lake
5,000 ft.
2".
297.- P. densiflora, var. wald. Tree comparatively tall (12') slender & graceful; raceme
long & pendulat; fruit light red, larger, more juicy & thinner skinned than
usual.
Sept. 10, 1867. W. Humboldt Mts.- Unionville cañon
6,000 ft.
3'/h.
300
298.- P. Virginiaca, var. Wald. Very different in habit from the ordinary form; 10° high
by 6' in Diameter; semi-deciduous (alders-like) at the bank of a high mountain
stream, when the true P. densiflora D.S. not exceed 2-3'; leaves small.
June 9, 1868.- W. Humboldt Mts., near Unionville Cañon.
9,000 ft.
5'/h.
299.- P. mollis, Doug. ? A straggling bush, 4° high, a stream bank of
high granite cañon in Washoe Mts., near Carson City, May 4, 1867.
Not yet in leaf but with the habit of a Prunus of this section
2'/h.