308 PAPILIONACEAE. (Vou. II. 
2. Spiesia miulticeps (Nutt.) Kuntze. Tufted Oxytrope. (Fig. 2157.) 
Oxytropis multiceps Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 
341. 1838. 
Spiesia mulliceps Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 207. 1891. 
Nearly acaulescent, with a deep root, tufted 
and matted, silky-canescent, 3’ high or less. 
Stipules membranous, acute, adnate to the peti- 
ole; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-9, oblong, 3//-6/” 
long, 1/’-2/’ wide; scape %4’-134’ long, about 
equalling the leaves, or shorter, 1-3-flowered; 
flowers purple, nearly 1’ long; calyx slightly 
pubescent, its teeth short; pod short-stalked in 
the calyx, coriaceous, little inflated, about 14” 
long, I-celled, acute, pubescent, enclosed by the 
swollen calyx. 
Western Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. 
Summer. 
3. Spiesia arctica (R. Br.) Kuntze. Arctic Oxytrope. (Fig. 2158.) 
Oxytropis arctica R. Br. App. Parry’s Voy. 278. 1823. 
Spiesia arctica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 206. 1891. 
Acaulescent, tufted, villous-pubescent, 1/-4’ high. 
Stipules membranous, lanceolate, imbricated, pubes- 
cent; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-21, linear, or linear-ob- 
long, obtusish, 2’/-4’/’ long, about 34’” wide; peduncles 
exceeding the leaves, 2-5-flowered at the summit; flow- 
ers violet (?), 6’’-10’” long; calyx pubescent; pod coria- 
ceous, little or not inflated, oblong or ovoid-oblong, 
sessile, pubescent, incompletely 2-celled. 
Wc] AL 
=, 
Shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Hudson Strait, and 
along the Arctic seacoast. Summer. 
4. Spiesia campéstris (L.) Kuntze. Yellow 
Oxytrope. (Fig. 2159.) 
Astragalus campesiris I, Sp. Pl. 761. 1753. 
Oaytropis campestris DC. Astrag. 74. 1802. 
Spiesia campestris Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 206. 1891. 
Acaulescent or nearly so, much tufted, sparingly pu- 
bescent, or glabrate, 6’-9’ high. Stipules membranous, 
lanceolate, acuminate, imbricated, 3//-4’’ long; leaves 
pinnate, 3/-6’ long; leaflets 13-27, lanceolate or oblong, 
acute or obtusish at the apex, rounded at the base, sessile, 
3//-10’ long, 1/’-214’’ wide; peduncles generally exceed- 
ing the leaves; flowers several or numerous in short 
spikes or heads, white, yellowish white, or blue, 6//-8’’ 
long; pods sessile, papery in texture, ovoid or oblong, 
blackish-pubescent, 6’/-9’’ long, acuminate with the subu- 
late style, incompletely 2-celled. 
In rocky places, Quebec, northern Maine and New Bruns- 
wick to Labrador and Hudson Strait. Also in Europe. 
Summer, 
