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Close silvery-silky ; lfts. oblanccolate, very silky 

 both sides ; fls. often very small ; calyx slightly 

 spurred ; banner pubescent ; keel ciliate . 



Densely silky-tomentose ; lfts. silky both sides ; 

 bracts ovate ; fls. very small ; calyx campanulate ; 

 banner naked ; ovules 3-4 

 1 1 1 Dwarf, short-stemmed and mostly ca;spitose ; bracts 



subpersistent ; fls. subverticillate, short-pedicelled ; 



keel ciliate; ovules 3-6. 

 Stems very short ; racemes sessile ; bracts exceeding 



the calyx ; banner narrow 



Stems with rather long internodes, herbaceous ; ra- 

 cemes peduncled. 



Loosely villous ; bracts nearly equalling or exceed- 

 ing the short calyx ; lower lip subentire ; ovules 

 4-6 



Loosely villous ; bracts short ; calyx nearly equal- 

 ling the petals ; lower lip equally 3-toothed ; 

 banner short, narrow, rhomboidal ; ovules 2 - 3 ; 

 pod ovate 



Appressed villous ; bracts short, deciduous ; calyx 

 short, upper lip bifid ; petals equal ; banner orbic- 

 ular 



Stems leafy, from a spreading woody caudex; ra- 

 cemes very short ; bracts short ; pubescence 

 dense, appressed. 



Lfts. 7-10, obtuse ; petioles short ; peduncles 

 equalling the leaves ; banner orbicular 



Lfts. 5-6, acutish ; petioles elongated ; peduncles 

 exceeding the leaves ; banner elliptical 

 * * * Annuals ; leaflets 5 - 10 ; upper calyx-lip 2-parted 

 or bifid. — Spec. 40 - 50. 

 t Fls. verticillate ; bracts deciduous. 



Puberulent; lfts. cuneate-obovate, mostly obtuse, 

 smoother above ; bracts short .... 



Usually villous ; lfts. linear to oblanceolate, acute, 



- pubescent both sides ; bracts elongated ; fls. 

 3-6" long ; banner broad .... 



Villous ; lfts. linear, pubescent ; bracts short ; ped- 

 icels very short ; fls. 2-3" long, narrow . 

 1 1 Fls. scattered ; bracts persistent in Nos. 46, 49, 

 and 50. 



a. Rather tall, slender ; lfts. linear. 



Lfts. 8-10, smooth above ; bracts very long 

 Villous ; lfts. 5-9, much reduced upward ; 

 bracts short, subpersistent .... 



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32. L. holosericeus. 



33. L. meionanthus. 



34. L. ccespitosus. 



35. L. aridus. 



36. L. Kingii. 



37. L. minimus. 



38. L. Breweri. 

 39. L. Lyallii. 



40. L. offinis. 



41. L. nanus. 



42. L. rnicranthus. 



43. L. leptophyllus. 



44. L. sparsiflorus. 



