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20 MOLLISSIMI. 
Densely tufted perennials of dry plains, mostly with scapose 
peduncles, with pods nearly 2-celled except at tip, with walls ra- 
¡ber fleshy to coriaceous, pods inclined to be somewhat. inflated, 
with cross-section cylindrical to a little obcompressed, rather sul- 
cate ventrally,mostly straight, oval to oblong or rarely broadly 
linear, never very small, never reflexed, sessile, mostly felted- or 
shaggy-pubescent. Flowers spicate, mostly cream-colored, rarely 
red, large. Pedicels almost none. Pubescence attached by the base, 
mostly shaggy or felted and inclined to turn yellowish in age. 
Leaves narrow and with many flat and rather thick leaflets. A. 
anisus has broad leaflets and hairs fixed by the middle. 
KEY 
A. Pods ovate to cylindrical or linear, mostly narrow. 
AB. Pods shaggy or velvety, rather thin-coriaceous, seldom in- 
ated, conspicuously oblique or arcuate, sulcate at both sutures, 
with truncate to cordate base. Leaves with rather large 
leaflets which are almost never acute, narrow nor obovate. 
Pubescence of kinky and jointed hairs which are appressed 
except on the calyx of A. Bigelovii. i 
ABC. Calyx loosely shaggy. : 
E 188 Bigelovii- 
AB2C. Calyx closely appressed-hairy. Pods sträight, dense- 
ly hairy, with sides even and straight. : 
189 Phoenicis. 
AB3C. Pods, calyx and leaves with close and felted pubescence 
of tangled hairs, pods with uneven sides. Leaflets in- 
clined to b^ acute. Flowers narrow. Bracts short. 
This group blooms early and continues till fall accor- 
ding to the rains. y 
Pods nearly linear, not inflated. Flowers purple. 191 mollissimus. ` 
: Pods broad and inflated. Flowers ochroleucous. - 192 giganteus. 
2A. Pods conspicuously inflated, nearly globose. — 
AB Pods straight or a little arcuate, ovate to globose, large, 
