no A Botanical Trani^. [zok. 



Linion Lczuisii, which gives promisee some day of being of consid- 

 erable commercial value. 



Negundo aceroides grows luxuriantly all over this region and is a 

 favorite tree for front yards in the city of Helena. 



Rhus arornatica var. trilobaia was found growing up little gullies, 

 but had just gone out of bloom. 



Thertnopsis rhombifolia and niontana were not found on this trip 

 or region; but the writer knows that they were both in bloom at 

 this time on regions but little remote from the range of the trip. 



Lupiiuis leucophylhis surprised us by showing its blue racemes 

 much earlier than was expected. 



Asiragalus caryocarpus was found both in bloom and in fruit, its 

 large globular juicy pods giving promise of service as food for 

 man: it is reported from some sections as used for pickles. 



Ash'a^alus Canadensis was only in bud ; as also A. adsurgens, 

 hypogloUis, and Drummondii. 



Astragalus Missouriensis is very common on our plains, and al- 

 ways attracts the botanical eye both for its beauty of bloom and' 

 grace of pods. It clings close to the soil in its struggle for exis- 

 tence on our hot waterless plains. 



Astragalus PursJiii was abundant in fruit, but its bloom had gone- 

 The bloom is very scant, yellow; but the pods are turgid and cov- 

 ered with glossy white long wool, giving them a very strange ap- 

 pearance as they lie flat upon the ground. 



Astragalus tripliyllus is also to be found on these gulch sides, 

 but at this season out of bloom. One strange experience belongs to- 

 the writer, namely: while he has seen this plant by the thousands 

 in bloom, he has never yet gathered it in fruit. Many a time has 

 he bent down to search for its fruit, but thus far in vain. 



Astragalus inflexus w-as seen, but not \\\ bloom. Astragalus 

 bisulcatus and flexuosus were just beginning to open. 



Oxytropis lagopus was in full bloom, as also O. La'mberti, our 

 dreaded ' loco weed." Besides these the writer knows to be in 

 bloom at this time in other regions of the State Oxytropis nana, and 

 nearly ready to bloom O. deflexa and splendens. 



Hedysarum boreale'is also in bloom, but our specimens instead ol 

 being purple, as says Coulter's description, are invariably creamy 

 white. I^ater, the writer finds this growing plentifully at an eleva- 

 tion of 8,300 feet. 



