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banner densely villous, keel naked or ciliate ; ovules 5-6. — From the 

 Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington Territory eastward to Utah 

 and New Mexico. 



23. L. Palmeri. Densely rough-pubescent with rather rigid, 

 straight, spreading hairs, more appressed upon the leaves ; stipules very 

 small ; leaflets 6-8, oblanceolate, acute, } 2 - 1/ long, the petioles 3-4 

 times longer ; raceme peduncled, rather loose ; bracts subulate, shorter 

 than the calyx, deciduous ; flowers scattered or subverticillate, on pedi- 

 cels 1" long ; calyx with broad subequal lips, the upper 2-toothed, the 

 lower subentire and mostly erect ; petals 4 - 5" long, equal, deep-blue, 

 the broad banner with a dark spot in the centre, somewhat hairy on 

 the back ; keel naked ; ovules 5-6. — San Francisco Mts., Arizona 

 (Dr. E. Palmer). 



24. L. lepidus, Dougl. Slender, 9' - 2° high, leafy at base, densely 

 appressed-silky ; stipules setaceous ; leaflets 7-9, narrowly oblanceo- 

 late, § - 1 y long, acute, petioles much elongated ; raceme 2-8' long ; 

 bracts not exceeding the calyx, caducous ; flowers in near verticils or 

 scattered, pedicels 1 - 2" long ; upper calyx-lip 2-toothed or deeply 

 cleft, the lower 3-toothed or subentire ; petals violet, whiter at base, 

 equal, 5" long, the keel ciliate ; ovules 4 - 6 ; pod 1' long. — Wash- 

 ington Territory and Oregon, from Puget Sound to Klamath Lakes. 



25. L. confertus, Kellogg. Erect or ascending, 1° high or more, 

 branching ; pubescence silky-villous, appressed or spreading ; leaflets 

 5-8, cuneate-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, f - If' long, acute ; 

 raceme usually dense, 2-9' long, rather long-peduncled ; bracts persist- 

 ent, about equalling the calyx, setaceous ; flowers verticillate, nearly 

 sessile ; upper calyx-lip 2-cleft, lower slightly 3-toothed ; petals equal, 

 blue or pink, 4 - 5" long, the banner rather narrow, keel ciliate ; * 

 ovules 4 - 6 ; pod -f ' long, 2 - 4-seeded. — In the Sierra, from Yosem- 

 ite Valley to Washoe Lake and Donner Pass. 



e. Stems leafy ; petioles short ; racemes short-peduncled ; bracts 

 deciduous, mostly short ; flowers usually small, not yellow ; ovules 

 3-5. 



26. L. FLEXUOSUS, Lindl. Stems ascending or decumbent, 1J° 

 high, branching ; pubescence short, silky, and appressed, or subvillous 

 on the leaves ; stipules linear-setaceous ; leaflets 6-8, oblanceolate, 

 1 - I}/ long, acute, silky on both sides ; raceme 3-6' long or more ; 

 bracts lanceolate-setaceous, equalling or much exceeding the calyx ; 

 flowers subverticillate, pedicels 2 - o" long ; calyx-lips nearly equal, 



