east, empties itself 



the northern end of Lake 



due 

 Winnipeg 



X 



It is an unpretending, hardy, herbaceous plant, growing 

 freely in peat, among other plants, and flowering in June. 



Its fruit is not certainly known. We suspect it to be 

 of the same nature as that of Astragalus 

 figured at fol. 176 of th 



work 



caryocarp 



at least there is in 



Mr. Douglas's collection a fruit of such a kind, which does 

 not appear to belong to any other of his species. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 



Society 



Prost 



with a slight hairiness 



pon 



y part 



Leaves ascending; leaflets in 10 or 12 pairs, oblong, obtuse. 

 stipules membranous, triangular. Peduncles ascending 

 raceniose at the extremity, many-flowered. Bractea: ovatC; 

 acuminate, scarious. Calyji: pedicellate, tubular, 5-toothed 



covered with a few black hairs 



turn oblongr 



Flowers purplish 



Vea:il 



J. L. 



