LEaUMIKOS^. (PTJLSK FAMILY.) 235 



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. 



S T velivolum, Paine. © .3 sparingly silky; stem simple, 

 erect 'stipules ovate-lanceolate, scarious, setaceous at tip ; leaflets liTiear- 

 laneeolate, acute. Heads ovate ; calyx-lobes ^slong as pale molet corol- 

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

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



Fig. 108. Fig. 109. 



Head of T. augustifolium, at 

 commencement of fruiting. 



Head of T. purpureum, var. genuinum. 



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

 Stipules narrow, the free portion setaceous ; leaflets U?iear. Heads ob- 

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

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

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



10. T. purpureum, Loisel. © .2 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-o'b' 

 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. laxiusculum, Boiss. Ascending or procumbent. Stip- 

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



