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S e S %Zl^TlS ^''"^"^^^ ^PP"" '' ''^ y^"-- 'The species is nearly 

 dren L aW of v' « / • J'T'' '=°^'-«" «->tli a more dense inflorescence, and the iu- 

 anT a r ^«'--f^«», from which it differs in its fewer leaflets, in inflorescence 



hi' nf • **^'e,<»P**ypa> ^- ^^«ell. Herb. Apparently perennial, with dif- 



ImobovTfn"^ ''T\ r^'' ^ ^'- ^^"- ^^^^*^y ^'-^- Leaflets 5 to 9, 

 Ws man i r.r t "^^-y «^*;'^«' * t'^ * "^- '«"»-• Stipules smalL 



thP r.\ ' • "^ racemes, on peduncles sometimes scarcely exceeding? 



en mi 111"" v""-! *"'''' '''J ^'"^- ^alyx-tube very short, with a promi^ 



Imosr h iV y''^ ^'''^ descending from each lobe, the lobes narrow, 



iL If -fi ' \ °' ^ *""'' '^^ ^°"8" ^' the tnbe. Standard about 4 lines 



S sC; ! \ti7^^'"f .caUosity or thickening of the top of the claw j 



StvY T A ' f^ """^h incurved, obtuse, slightly exceeding the wings! 



!5tye slender, much incurved. Pod sessile, broadly oblong, turgid, about ^ 



verv peifecT''^'^'' ^^""^^ *''^ "^^^'" ^"^"'"*^ ^^^^'^'^^^ indented, but not seen 



S "a,; Y""}^^' ^^'''•^i"? "^er, FeV^^jrr^K Expedition. 

 N.W. inteno'i-?^^oS//!srwr'''' ^' '^^ ^^'"''"^'"'-^ ' *°''°'^' ^^'°''''' ^"'^' ^'''''•^«'-^''« ' 



snmp,?' ,*^^™Pylantha, i?'. 3fmll. in Rep. Greg. Pi. 6. Glabrous and 

 umewbat glaucous, with rather rigid stems of about 1 ft. in our specimens. 

 J^anets usually about 5, lanceolate or litiear, acute, 1 to 1} in. long, or those 



not nil ''' -^^ ^^"^^^ ^'■^'^ °^^^^^- Stipules small. Flowers (purple ?) 



Pedip 1 ^'°A'^' "1 peduncidate racemes longer than the leaves. Bracts small. 

 2' lin i" ' ^ ' ^'"^ctcoles subulate, close to the calyx. Calyx 2 to 

 tube ^ "^' ^^^^'^^ glabrous outside; lobes acute, nearly as long as the 

 thickeui c.^^7"i* ^^^^'^^' Standard about 5 lines diameter, With a callosity or 

 dard ""l^ ? *°P "^ ^^^ *^^'*^^ ' ^^i'^o^ twisted, nearly as long as the stan- 

 Stvle 7i • V '^^'^ exceeding the keel; keel with a short obtuse oblique beak, 

 etui V ' ""^^'^ inflected at the base, hooked and almost involute at the 

 ^- ■^«^"?: pod sessile, glabrous. 



4eutoT '^ ^''^'''' Creek, J. C 



Peitnn^'i ®*^**^^^®'^*^^^^» ^- ^^"^^^- ^''"g^^- "i- ^^- ^ glabrous or pubescent 

 bent in ' ^ t^"""^ 2 or 3 ft. but often shorter, the stems usually erect aud 

 oblon ^'P^» ^* *1'^ "odes. Leaflets 11 to 1 7 or in some specimens more, 



Purplf T^ "^^ ?^^^**^' ^'"^^ ^ ^^ 4 1'"^^ ^^ "<^^'"'y ^ ^°- ^°°^- Flowers 

 imnutp ""r'T°"^' ^"" ^°"= peduncnhte racfemes. Bracts small; bracteoles 

 lines In u'^'^ spi-iiikled with a few white or rarely black hairs, about 2^ 

 •Ji'ond b^t' ^°^^^ shorter than the tube, hirsute inside. Standard 6 lines 



tte'cla "^-^ ^° ^^"^' ^^^*'' ^ prominent transverse callosities inside above 

 trite l^t ^y^"oS obovate, aLnost as long ; keel much incurved, almost ros- 

 ovules t*^] ?^* ^^''^'■y stipitate, glabrous or hairy at the base, with few 

 |. style hard, flattened, inflexed and readily twisting, the slender extre- 



Bouall 



'incs long, hard and ru-ose. tb^ 



Pod almost sessile, broadly ovate, about 



"Pper sut ^•' ~ r ""'■* ^^^q*^^^' ^l^'^ lower suture on the outer face keeled, the 



Lu-e indented, divided internally by a complete longitudinal partition 



