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BOTANY. 
Mountains, ticketed O. campestris^ DC. |," are nearly the same, but less 
viscid and with scapes exceeding the leaves. Found in the East Humboldt 
Mountains, ISTevada ; 10,000 feet altitude ; August. (292.) 
Glycyekhiza lepidota, Isutt. From Arkansas and Missouri north to 
Hudson's Bay and the Saskatchewan and w^est to Northern Mexico, Califor- 
nia and Oregon. In Humboldt and Goose Creek Valleys, Nevada, and in 
the Wahsatch Mountains and Salt Lake Valley, Utah ; 4,200-6,000 feet alti- 
tude ; June-October. Known by the Mormons as ''Deseret weed." (293.) 
Hedysarum Mackenzii, Rich. Stems 2° high, suberect, simple or 
branched, minutely pubescent ; stipules, at least the lower ones, connate ; 
leaflets 5-8 (usually 5) pairs, canescently pubescent, oblong or lanceolate, 
nearly glabrous above ; racemes loosely 7-30-flowered, elongating in fruit ; 
flowers large, 6-9" long, light purple, the keel somewhat exceeding the 
banner and wings ; calyx-teeth subulate, longer than the wdngs ; legume 3-4- 
jointed, minutely pubescent. — Durand unites this species with ho?-eale^ 
Nutt., but it is kept distinct by Dr. Hooker. From the Saskatchewan north- 
w^ard to the Arctic Sea and Alaska ; Utah, (Stansbury.) Found only in the 
Wahsatch Mountains ; 5-6,000 feet altitude ; May-July. (294.) 
ViciA Americana, Muhl. Foliage very variable, even upon the same 
plant ; the lower leaves usually narrower than the upper, which vary from 
linear to ovate, and are acute, obtuse, or truncate, always mucronate. Con- 
fined to the banks of streams, sometimes abundant; known as the '^Peavine." 
From New York and Kentucky north to the Arctic Circle and west to the 
Pacific ; New Mexico, (Fendlcr.) In the Washoe Mountains and Pah-Ute 
Range, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas, Utah; 4,500-6,000 feet 
altitude; May-October. (295.) 
Lathyrus polyphyllus, Nutt. Closely resembling L. maritimus, Big., 
but taller, (2° high,) the stipules semi-cordate or semi-sagittate and usually 
much smaller than the leaflets, the peduncles longer than the leaves, (4-6',) 
and the lower segment of the calyx setaceous. Oregon, California, (Brewer,) 
and Utah. Frequent in the Wahsatch Mountains ; 5-10,000 feet altitude ; 
May-July. (296 ) 
Lathyrus palustris, L. Stems narrowly winged ; peduncles 4-10- 
flowered. From Canada south to Virginia and west through the Saskat- 
chewan region to Washington Territory and Northern California. Varieties 
are reported from Colorado, Western Texas, and thence west to Arizona and 
