332 fellow to Orange Flowers 



cate both in shape and hue, and are borne on tall branch- 

 ing stems, which frequently attain a height of three or even 

 four feet. The leaves are trifoliolate and smell very sweet 

 when dried. They droop in a peculiar fashion at night- 

 time, the upper leaflet and one side leaflet closing together, 

 until the vertical surface of each comes in contact with that 

 of the other, while the third leaflet is left alone, exposed 

 to the chills and rains of the hours of darkness. This is 

 an introduced plant. 



LOCOWEED 



Oxytropis Lamberti. Pea Family 



Silky-pubescent with appressed hairs, aculescent, tufted. Leaves: 

 odd-pinnate ; leaflets linear, oblong, acute ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves. Flowers: in large dense heads, or spikes. Fruit: pods incom- 

 pletely two-celled, coriaceous, sessile, erect, ovoid-cylindric, long-acum- 

 inate. 



A handsome rich cream-coloured or yellowish species of 

 Oxytropis, with soft whitish silky foliage and very fine 

 large flower-spikes. It usually grows on the dry alpine 

 meadows. 



Oxytropis monticola, or Mountain Oxytrope, is silvery- 

 pubescent throughout with very fine hairs. The leaflets are 

 oblong and pointed, sometimes rather blunt at the apex, and 

 the flowers are pale yellow and grow in dense heads on 

 long stalks. The calyx is covered with long white and 

 short black hair^. This species grows in the high alpine 

 meadows. 



SCOULER'S ST. JOHN'S-WORT 



Hypericum Scouleri. St. John's-wort Family 



Stems: simple or sparingly branched above, often with small branch- 

 lets growing from running rootstocks. Leaves: opposite, obtuse, clasp- 



