of L . bicolor are often granulated, and the upper surface of the lower leaves
is nearly smooth. In the dried state the two plants do not appear very
distinct.
13. L. bicolor (Lindl.) : hairy ; leaflets narrowly somewhat lanceolate,
canaliculate ; peduncle elongated, the flowers somewhat verticillate ; calyx
ehracteolate, the upper lip 2-cleft ; the lower entire, half tiré length of the
wings, scarcely longer than the pedicels ; legumes 6-7-seeded. Agardh.__
Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1109; Hook.! ft. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 162; Agardh ! 1. c.
p . 14. - ,
In the shade of pine trees, Oregon, common, Douglas ! Nuttall ! Also in
California, Menzies ! Douglas !—Stems low, procumbent, branching. Stipules
long, subulate. Flowers blue and white, verticillate in a short raceme ;
the wings much longer than thevexillum.
l'f* L. pusillus (Pursh.) : very hirsute, dwarf, much branched from the
base ; leaflets 5—7, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base, the upper
surface nearly glabrous ; raceme spicate, on a short peduncle, the flowers alternate
; bracts nearly the length of the calyx, persistent ; calyx ehracteolate ;
the upper lip 2-cleft, shorter than the obscurely 3-toothed lower one ; legumes
hirsute, about 2-seeded.—Pursh! ft. 2. p. 468; Nutt. ! gen. 2. p. 93;
Torr. ! in ann. lyc. New York, 2. p. 191 ; Hook! ft. Bor.-Am. 1. « .1 6 2 ;
Agardh ! 1. c. p. 15.
Barren argillaceous plains of the Missouri, Lewis ! Nuttall ! Dr. James !
and on the barren grounds of the Oregon, Douglas !—Plant 4-6 inches high.
Stipules adnate. Raceme scarcely longer than the leaves, 8-12-flowered.
Corolla bright blue.
§ 2. Perennial : leaflets several : legumes dehiscent at maturity ; the valves
often hoisting spirally.
* Legumes several-seeded : seeds somewhat ovate ; the hilum occupying nearly
the whole narrower extremity of the seed : cotyledons erect and petiolate in
germination : primordial leaves not evident in the seed, alternate : stem
annual or persistent, not shrubby. Agardh.
t Stem mostly tall and erect, fistulous, somewhat glabrous, herbaceous : stipules
setaceous : racemes much elongated : flowers not very large : calyx mostly
ehracteolate, the lips nearly entire. Agardh.
15. L. minimus (.Dougl.) : small ; stem somewhat leafless; leaflets 7-9, ob-
ovate-lanceolate, silky on both sides ; stipules setaceous ; flowers somewhat
verticillate in an elongated spike ; bracts nearly as long as the calyx ; calyx
ehracteolate ; the upper lip somewhat 2-cleft, the lower 3-denticulate ; keel
ciliate. Agardh.—Hook. ft. Bar.-Am. 1. p. 163 ; Agardh ! 1. c. p. 16.
Mountain vallies near Kettle Falls, and along the Oregon near the Rocky
Mountains, Douglas ! (v. sp. in herb. Lindl.)—Plant 6—8 inches high, silky-
pubescent ; the leaves nearly all from the base. Scape 1-2-leaved : spike-
densely flowered. Flowers purplish, 16 *
16. £ . lepiclus (Dougl.) : stem few-leaved ; leaflets 7—9, linear-lanceolate,
silky on both sides ; stipules setaceous-filiform ; flowers somewhat scattered
in a much elongated spike ; bracts nearly equalling the calyx ; calyx
bracteolate, the upper lip somewhat 2-cleft, the lower entire ; keel ciliate.
Agardh— Dougl.! in bot. reg. t. 1149 ; Hook. ! 1. c. ; Agardh! l. c.p. 17.
Oregon from Fort Vancouver to the valleys, of the Blue- Mountains,
Douglas ! Mr. Tolmie !—Plant a foot or more in height, very silky. Spike
very many-flowered ; the upper flowers somewhat verticillate. Calyx hirsute.
Corolla violet.
17. L. polyphyllus (Lindl.) : tall; stem smoothish, mostly striate; leaflets
13-15, lanceolate, nearly glabrous above, silky-pubescent beneath; stipules triangular
subulate ; flowers in a very long raceme, scattered ; bracts shorter
than the pedicels, very caducous; calyx ehracteolate, silky, the lips nearly
entire ; keel glabrous ; legumes densely hairy.—L in d l.! bot. reg. t. 1097, 4*
(ft. albiflorus) t. 1377 ; Hook. ! ft. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 164 ; Agardh ! 1. c. p. 17.
0. grandifolius : leaflets 9-11 ; stipules broader; flowers somewhat verticillate,
in a more dense raceme ; calyx more pubescent.—L. grandifolius,
Lindl.! in Agardh! 1. c. p. 18. L. polyphyllus, Hook. Sf Am. bot.
Beechey, p. 138 ? excl. syn. L. macrophyllus, Benth. mss.; Don, in Brit,
ft. gard. (ser. 2.) t. 356.
In rich often overflowed plains near the mouth of the Oregon and at Puget
Sound ; common, Douglas !. Dr. Scouler ! Nuttall! 0. California, Douglas
!—A tall showy plant (3-5 feet high), with racemes of blue or purple,
sometimes white flowers a foot or more in lefigth; now common in gardens.
Flowers large, on rather long pedicels ; the u-pper ones somewhat verticillate.
The L. grandifolius, Lindl: is said to retain its characters in cultivation.
18. L. latifolius (Agardh): tall; stem very smooth and shining, glabrous;
leaflets 5-7, obovate, narrowed at the base, glabrous above, and nearly so
beneath ; stipules setaceous ; bracts longer than the flowers, setaceous ; raceme
on an elongated peduncle, long, the flowers scattered ; calyx ebracte-
olate, silky, the lips nearly entire ; keel glabrous. Agardh ! 1. c. p. 18 ;
Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1891.
California, Douglas !—Stem not striate, stout. Pedicels the length of the
flowers. Flowers purplish-violet.
19. L. cytisoides (Agardh) : tall; stem striate, a little scabrous, branching
; leaflets 7-9, obovate-lanceolate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath;
stipules setaceous ; flowers in a long loose long-pedunculate raceme, scattered;
bracts setaceous, scarcely longer than, the pedicels ; calyx ehracteolate, pubescent,
the lips nearly entire ; keel glabrous. Agardh ! 1. c. p. 18.
California, Douglas!—Pedicels longer than the flowers. Bracts ncit very
caducous. Flowers yellow ?
20. L. parviflorus (Nutt.! mss.) : tall, erect, branching; somewhat hirsute-
pubescent, or at length glabrous ; leaflets 5-9, oblong-obovate, obtuse or sometimes
acute, longer than the petiole ; stipules minute, setaceous, somewhat
persistent; racemes elongated.; flowers (small) somewhat scattered ; bracts
subulate, about the length of the pedicels, caducous; -calyx silky-pubescent,
minutely bracteolate; the lips nearly equal, the upper one 2-toothed, the
lower entire ; keel ciliate ; legume hirsute, 2-3-seeded.—Hook. Sp A m .! bot.
Beechey, suppl.p. 336.
“ Plains of the Rocky Mountains towards the Oregon, Nuttall! Between
Henry and Smith’s Rivers, Snake Country, Mr. Tolmie!—“ A very distinct
large and branching species, with long, rather crowded racemes of small pale
blue flowers, and large smooth leaves; the leaflets often 14 inch in length
and half an inch wide, broader upwards. Pedicels rather shorter than the
flowers : keel small.” Nuttall.
t t Stems somewhat decumbent, loose, leafy, herbaceous, but somewhat persistent
; stipules mostly large; racemes thick and dense: flowers large: calyx
mostly bracteolate; the lips more or less cleft. Agardh.
21. L. Nootkatensis (Bonn) : stem herbaceous, villous with long spreading
hairs ; leaflets obovate-oblong, glabrous above, shorter than the petiole ;