seen by us.-P. Thea. 

 troduclion by Mr. Sw-i 



PSOEALEA(Grf-. 



's. BuRTT Davy. 

 11!; to glands on th 



(Wbirh 1- ;il -.. . ,,;L .1 I'l, 



Indian or ^iisNouri Hrrud 

 from Goodale's " Wild Klowers of Amer- 

 ica": "In the autumn the top of the 



k 1461 



iionly 10-15 lines lon^ 

 ■. solitary or clustered, 

 liite wings. S. Africa. 



iig the Pomnie Blanche 

 de, Prairie Turnip and 

 taken 



ul'ter (towering: standard ovate or orbicular 

 clawed ; wing oblong or falcate ; keel in^ 

 curved, obtuse: ovary sessile; pod ovoid 

 .short, indehiscent, 1-seeded. Useful bordei 

 plants. 



A. Plants hardy. 

 B. No. or Ifts. 7. 



subacatlis, Torr. & 

 Gray. Perennial herb, 

 stemless or nearly so, 

 about 1 ft. high, with nu- 

 merous, usually purple fls. 

 in ovate or oblong, dense 

 spikes: Ifts. 7, digitate, 

 obovate-oblong, 1 in. long: 

 tl.stem longer than Ivs., 

 rigid. April-June. Rocky 

 hills, Teun. 



BB. No. of Ifts. S. 



c. Lrs. digitately com- 

 pound. 



ianceoiata, Pursh. Per- 

 ennial herb, much 

 braiiclieil. glabrous oi 

 nearly so, densely dark- 

 glundiilar, 1-2 ft. high: 

 Ifts. sessile, bright green, 

 entire, linear or olihince- 

 olate: Hs. bluish whit,-, :! li 



N. W. 



Wash. 



etc. 



cv. Lvs. pinnately compound. 

 physddes, Dougl. Perennial herb 

 der, 1-2 ft. high: Ifts. 

 long: fls. in short, close 

 in. long, becoming enlarged and inHate^ 

 until nearly }4 in. long; corolla Ji in. lone 

 white or p\irplish. Mts. of 



escuUnta, Pursh. 

 ceous perennial 4- Is i 

 stalked, oval or obc.\ 

 1-2 in. long: fls. bin 

 root large, often i-lu 

 Manitoba and Dak. .la 



.\A. I'linils lender, cult, in S. Calif. 



B. -Vo. of Ifts. S. 



c. Habit JierbaceoHS. 



bitumindsa, Linn. Perennial herb, IK-.'? ft. high, ap- 



pressed hirsute: Ifts. nearly entire; lower ones ovate. 



obtuse; upper ones much narrower, acute: peduncles 



longer than Ivs.; fl. -heads dense, involucrate. becoming 



elongated in fruit: Hs. nearly 1 in. long. Spring and 



early summer. Poor soil, Arabia. 



01-. Bubit shrubby. 

 glanduldsa, Linn. Petioles scabrous: Ifts. 3. digitate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: fls. blue and white, in usu- 

 ally axillary racemes. Chile and Peru. B.M. 990. 



BB. No. of Ifts. 7-11. 

 pinn&ta, Linn. Arborescent or shnibbv. C-12 ft., 

 den.sely branched and leafy: Ifts. 7-II, pinnate, linear 



cious, solid and tm \ - i 

 Blanche was pmi ■- - 1 

 claims to considir:iii. II 

 de I'Aeademie des Si-i 

 " Le Potager d'un (lur 



jme 



„).-■-, r~ . •..,;.,T,.. Its 



' by Paiileux and Hois, with 

 d to offer no possibilities of 

 F. W. Bai«i.ay. 



