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Tonate at the apex, subcordate or truncate at the base, 5-10 cm. long, tomentose; 

 corolla-lobes oval-oblong, greenish white; hoods oblong, truncate, with a tri- 

 angular tooth on each margin; follicles miberulent, 5-10 cm. long. In sandy 

 soil: Neb.— Tex.— Colo.; n Mex. Son.—Fluin. Je-S. 



7. A. erosa Torr. Stem 5-10 dm. high, puberulcnt when young; leaves 

 canescent with white wool when young, glabrate in age, sessde, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, 10-15 cm. long, thick, rounded or subcordate at the base; corolla- 

 lobes oval 6-7 mm. long, greenish white; colunm fully 1 mm. long; hoods yellow- 

 ish, obovate, truncate; follicles about 7 cm. long, lance-ovoid, curved, canescent- 

 puberulent when young. River valleys: s Utah— Ariz.— Cahf.; Sonora. 6an. 



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8. A, ovalifolia Dec. Stem simple, erect, 3-6 dm. high, finely tomentose; 

 leaf -blades oval, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, acute at both ends, 

 finely tomentose or the upper surface glabrate in age; lobes of the corolla greenish 

 white or purphsh, ovate-oblong, obtuse, about 5 mm. long; hoods orange or yellow, 

 oval-oblong, with a large tooth on each margin; follicles pubescent. Woods and 

 prairies: Man.— 111.— Neb.— Alta. Plain— SubiiwnL Je-Jl. 



9. A. curvipes A. Nels. Stems usually several, ascending or erect, 4^8 dm. 

 high obscurely puberulent, in age glabrous; leaves short-petioled; blades ovate- 

 lanceolate, rounded or acute at the base, minutely pubescent beneath, glabrate 

 above 7-15 cm. long; corolla purple; its lobes ovate-elUptic, obtuse oremarginate, 

 6-7 mm. long; hoods yellowish, with piuplish middle, ovate, obtuse, round- 

 lobed on the sides; folUcles lanceolate, acummate, 7-10 cm. long, densely white- 

 tomentose. Sandy banks: Wyo. Jl. 



10. A. Hallii A. Gray. Stem stout, 3-4 dm. high, finely puberulent; leaf- 

 blades lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded or acute at the 

 base 5-12 cm. long, puberulent or in age glabrate; corolla greenish, tinged with 

 purple; its lobes oblong, about 6 mm. long; hood oblong, hastately 2-gibbous at 

 the base, entire, obtuse; foUicles about 8 cm. long, lanceolate, tomentulose, m 

 age glabrate. Gravelly soil in the mountains: Colo. Submont,—MonL Jl. 



11. A. brachystephana Engelm. Stems several, usually branched, ascend- 

 ing or spreading, 1.5-2.5 dm. high, minutely puberulent; leaf-blades narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, long-attenuate, 5-8 cm. long, puberulent or in age glabrate; 

 coroUa greenish purple; its lobes about 4 mm. long, oblong, acute; column a most 

 none; hood ovate, obtuse, with large triangular lobes on the margins; folhcles 

 lance-ovoid, acuminate, 5-7 cm. long, tomentose. Dry soil: Kans.— lex.— 

 Ariz.— Wyo.; n Mex. Son, Ap-Au. 



12 A uncinalis Greene. Stems usually several, less than 1 dm. high, 

 puberulent; leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly hnear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 

 cm lonf^ sparingly puberulent or soon glabrate; corolla dull greenish purple; 

 eolmnn very short; hood orbicular, obtuse, with large tnangular-ovate lobes. 

 Dry places: N.M.— Wyo. Submont. Ap. 



13. A. macrosperma Eastw. Stems several from a woody rootstock, de- 

 cumbent ' 5-3 dm. high, tomentulose; leaves alternate; blades lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, obtuse, truncate or subcordate at the 

 base 3-7 cm long, glabrous or nearly so above, tomentulose beneath; corolla- 

 lobes 4r-8 mm- long, purphsh beneath, greenish and puberulent above, membran- 

 ous-margined and notched; column short; hoods rounded at the summit; folhcles 

 f^rm lonff lance-ovate, acuminate, tomentulose. Sandy soil: se Utah. 'L.bon. 



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14. A. labriformis IM. E. Jones. Stems erect, glabrous; leaves 

 lower 'alternate; blades glabrous, Unear-lanceolate or lanceolate, 7-1:^ cm. lon^ 

 _i-i ««„+^ ^^ Krw^-K i^nHc- r»nrnllf\-lnhps nval. white. 5 mm. long: colum 



mm. long; hood oblong, truncate, greenish white; folhcles glabrous 

 ong, acuminate, 3-4 cm. long. Sandy gulches: s Utah. L, Son. JL 

 incamata L. Stem glabrous or minutely puberulent, 6-20 dm. high 

 r leaves opposite; leaf-blades 4-17 cm. long, oblong-lanceolate to bnear 

 J .^^iTfo fn GnhpnrHn.tp at the base: coroUa deep rose-purple to pink oi 



