Glycyrrhha. LEGUAflNOSyE. 243 



long, linear-oblong: flowers pnrplo, 4 lines long, on short pedicels: calyx half as 

 long, the ovate acute teeth shorter tlian tlio tube. — Proc. Am. Acad xi IS*? 



ul:^::iVri:s:.:v:2 ''"""" '^""^^^'^' '^' ^^-^^ ^° ^^^ ^^■^^^•^^ ^^ *''^ «- ^-''^-d'- 



^; P'J'f®^®"*"'^'''''- Shrubby, much branched, silky-puberulent or pubes- 

 cent: leaflets 1 to 3 pairs, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 2 or 3 lines 'long : flowers purple 4 

 ines long, very nearly sessile : calyx half as long, somewhat pubescent ; the teeth 

 triangular, acute, nearly equalling the tube : pod 4 to G lines long. — Gray PI 

 ihurb. 310; Watson, Jk)t. King Kxp. 05. ^ ' 



On rocks near Muddy River, S. Nevada (Pirmonl) ; also l>y Lieut. Whcdcr in the same region. 



9. D. Kingii, Watson. Low, somewhat shrubby, diffusely branched, sparingly 

 appressed silky, the lax spinulose branches and foliage yellowish-green : leailets 1 to 

 4 pairs, oblong, obtuse, 2 or 3 lines long; the terminal longer, linear-oblong : flowers 

 scattered upon the branchlets, nearly sessile, purple, 3 or 4 lines long : calyx flnely 

 pubescent; the shortly acuminate teeth equalling the tube, shorter than the corolla- 

 pod small, pubescent. — Bot. King Exp. 64, t. 10. 



On drifting sand in the Hot Spring Mountains, Nortliwcstern Nevada, Walson. 

 -f- -J- Leaves simple. 



10 D. Schottii, Torr. Shrubby, slender, nearly glabrous, somewhat spinose, 

 the branches nearly glandless : leaves scattered, narrowly linear, an inch long • 

 llowers few, on short slender pedicels in an open raceme, sometimes solitary, purple 

 4 hues long : calyx half as long, obscurely glandular ; the teeth very short, acutish • 

 ovary pubescent, 2-ovuled : pod 4 lines long, with a single large seed. — Bot. Mex. 

 Bound. 53. 



Banks of the Colorado, near Fort Yuma {Schott) ; Colorado Desert, Palnicr. 

 11. D. spinosa, Gray. A shrub, much branched and very spinose, 4 to 15 feet 

 Jiigh, iioary with a minute appressed pubescence : leaves scattered, cuneate- oblong 

 or nearly linear, obtuse, nearly sessile, 4 to 8 lines long, very deci.luous : flowere 

 nearly sessile, in a loose spike, purple, 5 lines long : calyx half as long, marked by 

 a row of conspicuous glands, the broadly ovate obtusish teeth much shorter than the 

 tube: ovules 6: pod twice longer than the calyx, 1-seedod. — Ph Tliurb 315- 

 lorrey, I ucil. ]{. Rep. vii. !), t. 3. Asaprwa spinosa, Baillon, A.lansonia, ix. 232. ' 



a d^slincf'ppnnThVn 1r"^' "• V'° ^"\"'"l'° ^''''^ (Thurbcr), and ra^twanl on the Gila. Made 

 a distinct genus by Baillon, mainly on the larger number of ovules and the simple leaves. 



12. GLYCYRRHIZA, Linn. Liquorice. 



Flowers nearly as in Astragalus. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous : anther- 

 cells confluent at the top, the alternate anthers smaller. Ovary sessile, 2-many- 

 ovuled : style short ami rigid, curved at the tip. Pod ovate or oblong-linear, com- 

 pressed and often curved, scarcely dehiscent, few-seeded, glandular or somewhat 

 prickly. — Erect perennial herbs, glandular-viscid ; leaves unequally pinnate ; stip- 

 ules deciduous ; flowers in dense axillary pedunculate spikes, with caducous bracts ; 

 root large and sweet. 



About a dozen species, found in all quarters of the globe btit Africa ; only one North American. 



1. Cx. lepidota, Nutt. Tall and stout (2 or 3 feet high), somewhat glanrhilar- 

 puh.M-ulcnt. ur the younger leaves sliglitly silky : leaflets punctafe, to 8 pairs, oblong- 

 Janceolate, mucronate and often acuminate, usually an incli or two lout: : spikes 

 short: flowers ocliroleucous, nearly 6 lines long: '.-alyx half as long; tlTo shuider 

 teeth much longer than the tube : pod tl.i.-kly b.-s.-t with hooked prickles, oblong, 

 lines long, 2 - 0-seeded. — Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2150 ; Torr. & Grav, Fl. i. 298 



