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Et fit in /<//* (Lentil ; Winter lentil). An annual legume, native 

 to and widely cultivated in Europe. The leafy stalks make good 

 forage. Its seeds are palatable and nutritious as food for man and 

 domestic animals. It is suited for cultivation in cold climates and 

 in the mountains at high elevations. The seeds retain their vitality 

 for about four years. The variety called the "winter lentil" is more 

 prolific than the " summer lentil." In common with most other 

 leguminous plants, a calcareous soil is essential for its prolific growth. 



FIG. 10. Winter fat, or sweet sage (Eurotia Janata). 



Enrotia lanata (Winter fat ; white sage ; sweet sage. Fig. 10). 

 A perennial half-shrubby plant growing a foot or two high, 

 abundant throughout the Rocky Mountain region from British 

 Columbia to Mexico. Its slender woolly twigs bear narrow leaves 

 an inch and a half long, with velvety grayish surfaces, and with the 

 margins rolled back. The flowers are minute, in small clusters in 

 the axils of the leaves, chiefly on the upper parts of the stem. In 

 western Texas and in the more arid regions of Arizona, Nevada, and 

 Utah this plant is very highly valued for winter forage. An 



