288 PAPILIONACEAE. (Von. Il. 
2. Parosela lanata (Spreng.) Britton. 
Wooly Parosela. (Fig. 2105.) 
Dalea lanata Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 327. 1826. 
D. lanuginosa Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 307. 1838. 
aif Janata Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 196. 
1894. 
Decumbent, branching, softly and densely 
pubescent throughout, 1°-2° long. Leaflets 9- 
13, obovate, obtuse, truncate or emarginate at the 
apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, nearly 
sessile, 4/’-6’’ long, about 2’ wide above; spikes 
numerous, short-peduncled, 1/-4’ long, rather 
loosely flowered; bracts oval or cbovate, long- 
acuminate or mucronate, about 14’’ long; 
flowers 3’’ long; corolla deep purple or red; 
calyx-teeth subulate, plumose; standard cor- 
date, slightly exceeding the wings and keel} 
stamens Io. 
\ y _ Prairies, Kansas to Texas, Utah and New Mex- 
=> WAZ ico, Summer. 
3. Parosela Dalea (L.) Britton. Pink 
; Parosela. (Fig. 2106.) 
Psoralea Dalea ¥,. Sp. Pl. 764. 1753 
Dalea alopecuroides Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1336. 1803. 
Parosela Dalea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, §:196. 1894. 
Erect, branched, 1°-2° high, foliage glabrous. 
Leaflets 15-41,oblanceolate or linear-oblong, obtuse 
at the apex, narrowed at the base, sessile or nearly 
so, 2//-3’/ long, %//-1’’ wide; spikes terminal, ob- 
long, very dense, 1/-2’ long, about 5’ thick, pe- 
duncled; bracts ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, 
deciduous, about equalling the calyx, hyaline mar- 
gined; calyx very silky-pubescent, its teeth linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, plumose; corolla pink, or 
whitish, about 2’’ long; keel about equalling the 
wings. 
Prairies, Illinois to Minnesotaand Nebraska, south 
to Texas, Mexico and New Mexico. Aug.—Sept. 
4. Parosela atrea (Nutt.) Britton. 
Golden Parosela. (Fig. 2107.) 
Dailea aurea Nutt. Fraser’s Cat. 1813. 
Psoralea aurea Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 4: 590. 
1816. 
Parosela aurea Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 196. 
1894. 
Erect, pubescent, simple, 1°-2° high. Leaflets 
5-9, sessile, rather distant, obovate, oblong or ob- 
lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the 
base, 4’’-6’’ long, 114/’-2%’’ wide; spikes soli- 
tary, short-peduncled, ovoid or globose, very 
dense, 1-3’ long, 6’’-8’’ thick; bracts ovate, mu- 
cronate, shorter than the densely plumose and pu- 
bescent calyx-teeth; corolla yellow, 4’’-5’’ long; 
standard much shorter than the wings and keel. 
Prairies, Missouri to Texas. Summer. 
