7 Glycyrrhiza (Tourne) Le Wild Licorice, 
Erect perennial herbs with thickened sweet roots and alternate odd > j 
pinnate glandular-dotted leaves; stipules deciduous, Flowers in axillary 
spikese Calyx 5-lobed, the upper two lobes shorter and partly united, 
Uppermost stamen free, the remaining 9 united, the alternate anthers 
genie, Pod oval, sessile, armed with prickles, bur-like,. 
1. Ge lepidota (Nutt.) Purshe. Stems 40-60 om, tall, erect, glandular; 
leaves 10-25 om. long, oblong in outline, the leaflets opposite in 7-9 
pairs, 2.5-4 cm, long, 6-10 mn, wide, lanceolate, acute, on stalks 
about 1 mm, long, the leaf surfaces nearly glabrous and glandular, 
stipules 3-4 mm, long, narrowly triangular-lanceolates racemes spicate, 
about 3 cm. long, the peduncles sparingly glandular-villous, bracts ovate® «= 7 
lanceolate, membranous; flowers sessile, calyx 6 mm, long, the lobes 
narrowly lanceolate, very acute, glandular, somewhat unequal; corolla 
yellowish, scarcely twice as long as the calyx, the ovary prickly; pods 
reflexed, indehiscent =nd bur-like, 1.5-2 om. long, flattened, bearing 
the persistent style and densely covered with stout hooked bristles 5 mn, 
long; seeds brown, flattened, reniform, 2.5 mm, in diameter. 
An occasional weedy plant in waste places in the northe Ge ee 
with naked stems and persistent brown burs suggest small-fruited Cockleburse 
Sandpoint; Bonners Ferry; Clark Fork Valley, 2200 ft. 
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