§. Hedysarmm (Tourn.) Le 
Erect perennial herbs from stout rootstocks with alternate odde> = | q 
pinnate leaves, Flowers showy in axillary racemes, yellow or rosegs =/ 
purple, Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes subequal, Keel of | 
corolla obliquely truncate. Uppermost stamen free, the remaining 9 
united. Pod very flat, reticulately veined, segmented transversely, 
the segments rounded, indehiscent, 
o Corolla rose-purple; pod hirtellous |. He occidentale 
o Corolla sulphur-yellow; pod glabrous 2.>Hs sulphure scens 
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1. He occidentale Greene. Stems erect, 40-70 om. tall, bearing several 
scales at the base; leaflets mostly opposite, 9-11 pairs, oval to oblonge> =] 
lanceolate, 1,5-3 cm, long, obtuse, mucronate, both surfaces sparingly 
hirtellous, the-wprer-wtebraswa, the lower rather glossy, the veins 
prominent, borne on stalks about 1m, long, stipules lanceolate, 1-1,5 
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em. long; raceme rather lax, 8-15 cm, long, bracts linear-subulate, 4-8 
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mn, long,pedicels slender, 5-4 mm, long; calyx hirtellous, the tube 3,5 
mme long, the teeth subequal, 2-3 mm, long, the lower longest; corolla 
rose=purple, 16-20 mm, long, the keel exceeding the banner and wings, 
abruptly bent at nearly a right angles pod 5,5-4 cm, long, canescent 
in youth, ‘at maturity, hirtellous, the segments mostly oval, 12-15 mm, 
long, bearing a margin nearly 1 mm. wide, the reticulations mostly pent- 
agonal, the stipe about equal to the calyx. (Hs. marginatum Greene fide 
Rollins). 
Usually on moist herbaceous subalpine ledges, frequently lower in 
similar situations. Inteorcsting for its discontinuous distribution 
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between northern Idaho and Olympic Peninsula. Ridges south from Weissners 
Peak, 6500 fte, Leiberg 1366; divide betw. St. Joe and Clearwater Res 
5300 ft., Leiberg 1213; Ste Joe Forest, 5950 ft., G. Lewis; Fish Lake, 6000ft., 
Epling and louck 9506, 
