when they are tied up in small bundles, and will keep 



for several months. For eating, the roots are roasted in 



the embers, when they become farinaceous. The ver- } 



nacular name of the plant is Somuuchtan. It is the 



liquorice spoken of by Lewis and Clarke,* and by the 



navigators who have visited the north-west coast of 



America." ' 



" Root somewhat fusiform, with fleshy tubercles. Stem 

 decumbent, silky. Leaflets 5-7, linear - spatulate, both 

 sides covered with silky hairs ; stipulcB subulate, their 

 hairs longer than those of the leaves or stem.. Flowers 

 whorled ; pedicels hirsute, double the length of the calyx. 

 Calijx without bracteolae, both lips entire, nearly of equal V 



length. Veiillum ovate, purple ; ala hatchet-shaped, blue, 

 double the length of the v.exillum; carina pallid, ciliated, 



acute. Pod linear, covered with bristly brown hairs ; 

 seeds linear, brown, with black spots." 



A hardy perennial, flowering from June to October, \ 



propagated by cuttings, division, of the roots, and seed. 

 Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society, in August 1828. 



J. L. 



* The liquorice of this country does not differ from that common to the 

 United States ; it here delights in a deep loose sandy soil, and grows very- 

 large and abundantly. It is prepared by roasting in the embers, and 

 pounding it slightly with a small stick, in order to separate the strong liga- 

 ment in the centre of the root, which is then thrown away : the root is 

 chewed and swallowed. — Lewis and Clarke^ p. 452. 



