Vol. XIII. pp. 129 132 April 6, 1900 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



EIGHT XEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN 



PLANTS.* 



1 



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Lupinus psoraleoides ii. s]). 



Perennial, 1-li dm. hi.n'h, subacaiilesceiil. wilii a multicipital caudex 

 and slender woody root: whole plant densely villous with lon.ii- white 

 hairs; leaves lontf-petioled, the blades o-7-foliolate: leaflets oblanceolate, 

 somewhat acute at the apex, 2-8 cm. lonjj-: spike \ery densely flowered, 

 almost sessile, scarcely surpassin,<j- the foliage: flowers violet purple, 1 

 cm. long, subtended by narrowly linear scarious bracts: calyx one-halt' 

 the length of the corolla, markedly bilabiate, the teeth acute: standard 

 suberect, shorter than tlie keel: legume olilong. 1| cm. long, tipped 

 with the slender persistent style: seeds few, apparently nearly orbicular. 



Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, No. 201, .182, collected in open 

 gravelly soil at (iunnison, Colorado, by Elam Bartholomew, August ;50, 

 189!) (No. 2(;80). In aspect the plant suggests certain species of Psoralea: 

 its marked peculiarities are the slender nearly sessile spike, the small 

 slandard and I he long villous jmbescence. 



Viola amorphophylla n. sp. 



Plant acaulescent, about 1 dm. high, from a stout, vertical roolstock, 

 absolutely glabrous throughout and semisucculent; blades of the leaves 

 elliptical or oblong-elliptical, the margins entire or sometimes obscurely 

 crenale ncarlhe very obtuse apex, rarely with a small lobe or incision 

 near the rounded or slightly tapering base; petioles narrowly margined, 

 ecpuilling the blades or shorter; stipules scarious, elongated-linear; 

 scapes surpassing the foliage; flower purple, about 2J cm. broad: sepals 



"■Publislied by permission of 1li(^ Sccrelary of Hie Smilhsoniaii Inslitu- 

 t ion. 



•Jit— Hior.. Soc. Wash. Vor,. XIII. I'.too. (129) 



