8. L . polyphyllus; herbaceus, elatus, foliolis 11-15 lanceolatis subtus hirsutis, floribus
altemis longissime racemosis rarius subverticillatis ebracteolatis, pedicellis bractea lanceolata
decidua longioribus, calycis utroque labio integro, leguminibus densissime pilosis.—Lindl. in
Bot. Beg. t. 1097.—L. regius. Rudolphi. (according to Mr. Douglas.)
Hab. Common in plains that are occasionally overflowed at the month of the Columbia, and at Puget
Sound, sometimes with white flowers. Douglas, Dr. Scouler.—This is indeed a splendid plant; and one of
the greatest ornaments to our gardens that has been introduced for a long time. It grows 3-4 feet high,
with racemes a foot or more long.
9. L: sericeus; perennis, caule foliisque sericeo-tomentosis, foliis digitatis, foliolis 7-8
lanceolatis acutis utrinque sericeis, calycibus subverticillatis inappendiculatis, labio superiore
inciso, inferiore integro. Pursh, Fit Am. v. 2. p . 468. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 408.
Hab. Banks of the Kooskooskye, one of the southern branches of the Columbia. M. Lewis. On the
undulating grounds of the Columbia ? Douglas.—Flowers pale purple or rose-coloured. Ph.
10. L . argenteus; perennis, foliis digitatis, foliolis 5-7 lineari-lanceolatis acutis supra
glabris subtus argenteo-sericeis, calycibus alternis inappendiculatis, labio superiore obtuso,
inferiore integro. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 468. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 408.
Hab. Banks of the Kooskooskye. M. Lewis.—Flowers small, cream-coloured. Ph.
11. L . omatus; perennis, floribus verticillatis appendiculatis, calycis labio superiore bi-
fido, inferiore integro elongato, foliolis 7-12 lineari-lanceolatis undique argenteis sericeis,
leguminibus 4-5-spennis. Douglas in Bot. Reg. t. 1216.
Hab. Near the source of the Columbia, sparingly: plentiful at Kettle Falls, and in the vallies of the
Spokan river. Douglas.
12. L . arbustus ; perennis, floribus altemis pedicellatis bracteolatis, calycis labio superiore
bifido, inferiore integro acuto, foliolis 7-13 obovato-oblongis utrinque sericeis, leguminibus
3-5-spermis.—Douglas in Bot. Reg. t. 1230.
Hab. Under the shade of solitary Pine and Oak trees, near Fort Vancouver and the Plains of the Multnomah
river, North-West America. Douglas.
13. L . laxiflorus ; perennis, herbaceus, undique pilosus, floribus subalternis ebracteolatis,
calycis labio superiore integro basi saccato, inferiore longiore ovato-acuminato, carina im-
berbi, vexillo obcordato, foliolis 7-9 lineari-lanceolatis, stipulis minimis subulatis. Lindl.—
Douglas in Bot. Reg. 1.1140.—/s. foliolis linearibus, calyce basi minus saccato.—L. tenellus.
Douglas, MSS. in Herb, nostr.
Hab. a. and /3. Frequent in gravelly soils about Fort Vancouver. Douglas.—The gibbous or saccate
base to the calyx of this species is very remarkable; in the var. «. it almost becomes a spur, though not so
represented in the figure above quoted, which on that account, as well as in the narrowness of the leaflets,
agrees better with what I here make the var. p>. than with my original specimen of L. laxiflorus received
from Mr. Douglas.
14. L . littoralis; perennis, floribus verticillatis pedicellatis ebracteolatis, calycis labio
utroque integro, foliolis 5-7 lineari-spathulatis utrinque sericeis, leguminibus 10-12-spermis
transversim sulcatis, radicibus granulatis.—Douglas in Bot. Reg. t. 1198, in Bot. Mag.
t. 2952.
Hab. Common on the shores of the Pacific, between 40° and 49° north latitude, or from Cape Mendocino
to Puget Sound. Douglas.-—The granulated roots of this species, when roasted on the embers, yield a
farinaceous substance, which is in high esteem among the Chenook Indians as an article of food, and is called
in their language “ Somuchtan.” Douglas.
15. L . albicaulis; caule elato foliisque numerosis minute pubescenti-sericeis pube sub-
fulvescente, foliolis 7-9 spathulato-lanceolatis mucronatis, floribus plerisque verticillatis
ebracteolatis, bracteis subulatis subpersistentibus pedicellos sericeos eequantibus, calycis
fulvo-sericei labio utroque integro.—Douglas, MSS. in Herb. Hort. Soc.
Hab. About Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. Douglas.—Specimens of this, exclusive of the root,
are two feet long, erect, clothed (as is the whole plant) with a short tawny silky down, and bearing
many short leafy branches. The racemes are from eight to ten inches long, remarkable for their numerous
persistent bracteas, and the fulvous silky dense spreading hairs with which the calyx and pedicels are clothed.
The petals appear to have been purple, and to have changed in drying to a tawny brown. This species is a
very handsome and distinct one, although its character, and that of all of the genus, is very difficult to be
described in words, On that account, I have much satisfaction in being able to refer to the numerous and
excellent figures and descriptions in the Botanical Register, taken from the living plants, of so many of Mr.
Douglas’s discoveries. The present is one of the few, however, which does not appear to be in cultivation. In
the dry state of the plant there is nothing to account for the specific name which its author has assigned to it.
16. L . aridus; herbaceus, (sericeo-) hirsutissimus, floribus verticillatis pedicellatis bracteolatis,
calycis labio superiore bifido, inferiore integro, foliolis 5-9 lineari-lanceolatis villosis,
stipulis subulatis.—Douglas in Bot. Reg. t. 1242.
Hab. Dry sandy barren deserts of the Columbia; extending from the Great Falls of that river to the
sources of the Missouri. Douglas.
17. L . leucophyllus; herbaceus, villosissimus, floribus alternis pedicellatis bracteolatis,
calycis labio superiore bifido, inferiore integro, foliis digitatis, foliolis 7-9 oblongo-lanceo-
latis, stipulis subulatis lanatis. Lindl.—Douglas in Bot. Reg. t. 1124.
Hab. Woodless sandy deserts from the Great Falls of the River Columbia, in North-West America, to
the sources of the Missouri, among the Rocky Mountains. Douglas.—This is a very fine species, having
white flowers, or tinged with pink, and the whole stem and foliage and dense racemes (save the corollas)
clothed with compact silky hairs. Mr. Lindley observes that this species should rank next to the L. alope-
curoides of Desrousseaux, a native of Quito.
18. L. plumosus; perennis, (sericeo-) villosissimus, floribus alternis breviter pedicellatis
bracteolatis, calycis labio superiore bifido, inferiore integro, foliolis 5-7 lanceolatis, leguminibus
glabris 3-5-spermis, bracteis floribus longioribus villosis deciduis.—Douglas in Bot
Reg. t. 1217.
Hab. “ In North California, lat. 45°, growing in gravelly soil, at the sources of the Wallahwallah river,
near the Blue Mountains.” Douglas.—Allied to the preceding, “ from which it is principally distinguished by
its larger and less crowded flowers, and by the long, deciduous, shaggy bracteas, which clothe the upper
unexpanded part of the raceme so closely as to give it a comose appearance.” Lindl.