354 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
17. Parosela glaberrima (S. Wats.) Rose, Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb, 10: 103, 1906. 
Dalea glaberrima 8. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad, 22: 470, 1887. 
Type LocaLiry: ‘On sand hills 30 or 40 miles south of Paso del Norte,’’ Chihuahua, 
Rance: Southern New Mexico to Chihuahua. 
New Mexico: Mesilla (Wooton 35). Sandy fields, in the Lower Sonoran Zone. 
In the original description Doctor Watson says the plant is erect and branching, a 
statement in which he is probably wrong. Dalea arenaria Jones,’ is doubtless very 
near this species, as the author suggests. Our plant has the prostrate, matlike havit 
of D. arenaria and grows on the sands, but is certainly perennial and the bracts are 
very different. 
18. Parosela aurea (Nutt.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Club 5: 196. 1894. 
Dalea aurea Nutt. Gen, Pl. 2: 101. 1818. 
Type LocALitry: ‘On gravelly hills, near White River, Missouri.”’ 
Ranae: From the Upper Missouri to the eastern borders of the Rocky Mountains, 
south to western Texas. 
New Mexico: Cross L Ranch; Las Vegas; Nara Visa; Portales; Redlands. Open 
hills and plains, in the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. 
19. Parosela lachnostachys (A. Gray) Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. ed. 2. 6. 1900. 
Dalea lachnostachys A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 46, 1852. 
Type LOCALITY: Hills about 80 miles west of the Pecos, Texas. 
Ranae: Western Texas and southwestern New Mexico to southern Arizona and 
adjacent Mexico. 
New Mexico: Dog Spring (Mearns 2387). Lower Sonoran Zone. 
Characterized by the very densely flowered hispidulous thick spikes 5 to 8 cm. 
long and the peculiar glands. The gtems are thickly beset with black tuberculate 
conical glands and the leaflets bear a¥inglo row of glands near the margin, with occa- 
sionally a few scattered over the back. 
20. Parosela jamesii (Torr.) Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 16. 1897. 
Psoralea jamesiit Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 2: 175, 1828. 
Dalea jamesii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 308. 1838. 
Type Locairy: ‘‘Sandy plains of the Canadian.’? (Oklahoma ?). 
Rance: Western Texas and New Mexico to Colorado, 
New Mexico: Pecos; Las Vegas; west of Santa Fe; Willard; Carrizozo; Hillsboro; 
Apache Teju; Silver City; Mangas Springs; Knowles; Queen; Torrance. Dry plains 
and hills, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 
21. Parosela wrightii (A. Gray) Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 16. 1897. 
Dalea wrightii A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 49. 1852. 
Tyrr Locauiry: ‘Dry hills 80 miles west of the Pecos, and on the mountains near 
El Paso,’’ Texas, 
Ranae: Western Texas to southern Arizona, and adjacent Mexico. 
New Mexico: Hillsboro; Tortugas Mountain; Bishops Cap. Dry hills, in the 
Lower Sonoran Zone, 
22. Parosela nana (Torr.) Heller, Bot. Expl. Texas 49. 1895. 
Dalea nana Torr.; A. Gray, Mem, Amer. Acad. n. ser. 4: 31. 1849. 
Tyre Locauiry: ‘Sandy soil, Willow Bar, on the Cimarron,’’ New Mexico? 
Rance: Kansas to Texas and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Nara Visa; Organ Mountains; south of Roswell. Dry plains and 
hills, in the Lower and Upper Sonoran zones, 
Parosela neomexicana (A. Gray) Heller,? notwithstanding its name, probably does 
not come into New Mexico, although it may occur in the extreme southwest corner 
along with other species of similar distribution. 
1 Contr. West. Bot. 12: 8. 1908. 
2 Dalea mollis neomexicana A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 47: 1852. 
