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very many-flowered ; the upper flowers sonnwliai vrrii. illaic C.ilvx liir- 

 sute. Corolla violet. 



17. L. poh/pln/lliis (Lindl.) : tall; slim -niiiniiiisli, umsilv strinie; itaflcts 

 13-15, laiifcdliite, nearly chibroiis above, t;ilky-pni)esf(i)l bcneatli ; stipules iri- 

 angular-sn!)ulate ; flmver.s in a very long raceme, scattered ; bracts sborier 

 than the pedicels, very caducous; calyx ebracteolate, silky, the lips tnarlv 

 entire ; keel slfibrous ; leeiimes densely hairy. — Lindl. ! hoi. re/r. I. 1097, iy 

 (/?. albiflonis) /. 1377 ; Hook. ! fl. Bof.-Ant.'l. p. 1G4 ; J/rardli ! I c. p. 17. 



/?. grand ijhlius : leaflets 9-11 ; stipules broader ; flowers somewhat ver- 

 ticillat^e, in a more dense raceme ; calyx more jiubescent. — L. grandifolius, 

 Lindl..' in Agardh ! I. c. p. 18. L. polyphyllus. Hook. A- Arn. hot. 

 Beechei/, ]}. 138.' excl. syn. L. macrophyllus, Bcnth. mss. ; Don, in Brit, 

 fi. gar'd. (ser. 2.) t. 356. " 



In rich often overflowed plains near the moutli of the Oregon and at Piicet 

 Sound; common, Don irlas ! Dr. Scolder .' jS'iittull! 0. Califi)niia, Doug- 

 las ! — A tall showy plant (3-5 feet high), with racemes of blue or j)urpie, 

 sometimes wliite flowers a foot or more in length ; now common in gardens. 

 Flowers large, on rather long pedicels ; the u])i)er ones somewliat verticillate. 

 The L. grandifolius, Lindl. is said to retain its characters in cultivation. 



18. Z. Za///o//MS (Agardh): tall; stem very smooth and sinning, glabrous; 

 leaflets 5-7, obovate, narrowed at the base, glabrous above, and nearly so 

 beneath ; stipules setaceous ; bracts longer than the flowers, setaceous ; ra- 

 ceme on an elongated peduncle, long, the flowers scattered ; calyx ebracte- 

 olate, silky, the lips nearly entire; keel glabrous. Agardh ! I. c. p. 18; 

 Lindl. hot", reg. t. 1891. 



California, Douglas! — Stem not striate, stout. Pedicels the length of the 

 flowers. Flowers purplish-violet. 



19. L. cytisoides (Agardh) : tall ; stem striate, a little scabrous, branch- 

 ing ; leaflets 7-9, obovate-lanceolate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; 

 stipules setaceous ; flowers in a long loose long-jiedunculaie raceme, scattered ; 

 bracts setaceous, scarceh'' longer tJian the pedicels ; calyx ebracteolate, pu- 

 bescent, the lips nearly entire ; keel glabrous. Agardh ! I. c. p. 18. 



California, Douglas \ — Pedicels longer than the flowers. Bracts not very 

 caducous. Flowers yellow ? 



20. L. parviflorus (Nutt. ! mss.) : tall, erect, branching; somewhat liirsute- 

 pubescent, or at length glabrous ; leaflets .5-9, oblong-obovate, obtuse or some- 

 times acute, longer than the petiole ; stipules minute, setaceous, somewhat 

 persistent ; racemes elongated ; flowers (small) somewhat scattered ; bracts 

 subulate, about the length of the pedicels, caducous; calyx silky-pubescent, 

 minutely bracteolate ; the lips nearly eijual, the upper one 2-tooihed, the 

 lower entire ; keel ciliate ; legume liirsute, 2-3-seeded. — Hook, if Arn. ! hot. 

 Beechey, suppl. p. 336. 



" Plains of the Hocky Mountains towards the Oregon, Nuttall! Between 

 Henry and Smith's Rivers, Snake Country', Mr. Toln,ie ! — " A ver\' distinct 

 large and branching species, with long, ratlier crowded racemes of small j)ale 

 blue flowers, and large smooth leaves; the leaflets often li inch in length 

 and half an inch wide, broader upwards. Pedicels rather shorter than the 

 flowers : keel small." Nuttall. 



i t Stems somewhat decumbent, loose, leafy, herbaceous, but somewhat persis- 

 tent ; stipules mostly large ; racemes thick and dense : flowers largo : calyx 

 mostly bracteolate ; the lips more or less cleft. Agardh. 



21. L. Nootkatensis (Donn) : stem herbaceous, ^^llous with long spread- 

 ing hairs ; leaflets obovate-oblong, glabrous abo%e, shorter than the jietiole ; 



