368 Mr. Bentham's Observations on the Genus Hosackia, 6fc. 



4. L. sERicEus (Pursli, Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. 489.), pubescens, foliis subtrifolio- 



latis, pedunculis elongatis apice bracteatis. 

 Trigonella americana. Nutt. Gen. ii. 120. 

 Hosackia Purshiana. Benth. in Bot. Reg. sub t.l257 



Widely spread over North America from the North-west (Douglas), to the 

 Rocky Mountains and South Carolina (Torrey). 



5. L.r UNiFOLioLATus, hirsutus, foliis unifoliolatis, pedunculis brevibus apice 



bracteatis. 

 Hosackia unifoliata. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 135. 



Columbia river. Scouler. [Hooker.) 



I have not seen this plant ; the above character is from Dr. Hooker's de- 

 scription. 



