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L,retrorsus Henders, Stems several, erect, 40-100 om, tall, ashy-green or 
ometimes silvery, very leafy at the base, bearing a soft long wool which is 
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spreading or retrorse, internodes 3-6 cm, long; stipules setaceous, 1.2-5 
em, long; petioles of basal leaves 15-25 cm, long, those of the uppermost 
2-3 cm, long, all clothed like the stems; leaflets 9-11, 3-11 cm. long, 
8-25 mm, wide, mostly oblanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, softly 
hirsute on both surfaces, the upper more velvety; spikes dense, very erect, 
10-25 cm, long, 2205 cm. wide, the rachis woolly with short hairs; 
pedicels spreading—pubescent, 2-5 mm, long; bracts subulate, 5-15 mm, long, 
silky hirsute, spreading or recurved in the bud, giving the undeveloped spike 
a characteristic aspect, persistent; calyx silky, the upper lip 6-7 mm, long, 
shallowly incised, rounded at the base, the lower lip commonly 8 mm, long, 
decurved-arcuate; flowers 10-12 mm, long, the corolla violet-blue, veined 
with blue, the banner strongly reflexed, hirsute on the back, 8-10 mn, 
in diameter; keel ciliate; pods silky-hirsute, 1-2 cm, long, 8-10 m,. 
wide with usually about 4 seeds, 
Common in pastures and meadows at low elevation verging on the grass- 
lands. The type coll. was made at Harrison by L. i. Henderson, 
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