LEGUMINOSiB. (PULSB FAMILY.) 



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the pink to white corolla, lobes lanceolate-subulate, somewhat connate 

 at base, twice as long as tube, at length stellate-spreading, fruiting-tube 

 at length closed by villi — Spring — Grassy places ; common. 



§. T. Telivolum, Paine. .2 sparingly silky; stem simple, 

 erect ' ^imMl^s ovate-lanceolate, scarious, setaceous at tip ; leaflets Zmmr- 

 lanceolate, acute. Heads ovate ; calyx-lobes as long as^a?* -cioZ^i corol- 

 la thrice as long as tube, setaceous, plumose, m fruit stellate-spread- 

 ing, tube closed in fruit- Spring — Mountams of Moab. 



Fig. 108. Fig. 109. 



Head of T. augustifolium, at Head of T.purpureum, var. genumum. 



conameiicement of fruiting. 



9. T. augustifolium, L. © .3 to .5, appressed-hirsute, erect. 

 Stipules narrow, the free portion setaceous ; leaflets linear. Heads ob- 

 long-conical, in fruit oblong, often .08 long, .02 broad, calyx-lobes subu- 

 late, apinescent, the lowest somewhat longer than the other four, short- 

 er than the pinh corolla — Spring — Fields ; common. 



10. T. purpureum, Loisel. .3 to .5, appressed-hairy, erect. 

 Stipules membranous, narrow, the free portion awl-shaped ; leaflets li- 

 near-lanceolate to elliptical-oblong, obtuse or acute. Heads ovate, in 

 fruit oblong ; calyx one-third to one-half as long as purple corolla, 

 lobes subulate, plumose, truncate at tip, the lowermost longer than 

 tube — Spring — A variable species. 



Var. genuinum, Post. Tall erect, showy. Leaflets elliptical-ol)- 

 long, acute or obtuse. Heads ovate, .04 long, .03 broad ; lower lobe of 

 calyx twice as long as rest ; fruiting spikes often .05 long, .03 broad — 

 Fields ; common. 



Var. laxiu§culuiii, Boiss. Ascending or procumbent. Stip- 

 ules and leaflets narrower. Heads less perfect, smaller ; fruiting spikes 



