4. A. Drummondii AX Gray. Stems 40-60 cm. tall, @ 
short perennial crown, glabrous and sanewhat p aucous exce 
i a_few forked or branching fhe ee 
basal leaves tufted, oblanceolate, 
2-3 ome long, narrowed to an ind 
the petioles more or less ciliate Ee! 
é¢ leaves narrowly oblong, tapering somewhat iowand the apesctehd hd 
: buriciled wimetupaime, the auricles claspings dethmasiamss ”V--4 
flowers purple, sepals glabrous, 3 mm. long, te 
$y cuneate; pods erect or ascending, 6=7 om. 1 
2-5 mms wide, glabrous, subacute at the apex, the midvein usual) evident 
two irregular rows, 1.5-2 mme in diameter, 
™ be 
oval, narrowly margined. 
On open gravelly slopes at higher elevations often smong 
tenax. 
Xerophyl lum 
a 
Stems 30-40 om. tall 
» glabrous <x feet eae; basal leaves in a 
‘ rosette, 2.5-6 cm. long, oblanceolate to spatulate, the petiole margined, 
beth ‘surfaces more or less pubescent with forked hairs samargins entire or 
Sinuat@ly dentate; cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 om. long, the lower 
obtuse, the upper acute, auricled, @@is clasping, both surfaces hirsute with 
simple and forking hairs or only the margins of the upper ciliate; flowers 
whitish, commonly 5-6 mm. long, variable, the petals half again as long as : 
the sepals; pods strictly erect, 3-4 cm. long, 2 mm. wide, veiny, the midvein 
prominent, on pedicels 4-5 mme long$ seeds rotund, margined, 1 mm. in diameter, 
in a single row. 
solitary or several, 
+ 
2 
(CHa Ae hirsuta (L.) Scop. 
' | hispid ax 
Frequent on rock outcrops and rocky ridges in thin soil, 2500-5000 feet; 
seen only in the northern part of our regione 
