308 PAPILIONACEAE. [Vol.. II. 



2. Spiesia multiceps (Nutt.) Kuntze. Tufted Oxytrope. (Fig. 2157.) 



Oxytropis multiceps Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 

 341- 1838. 



Spiesia multiceps Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 207. 1891. 



Nearly acaulescent, with a deep root, tufted 

 and matted, silky- canescent, 3' high or less. 

 Stipules membranous, acute, adnate to the peti- 

 ole; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-9, oblong, 3 // -6 // 

 long, i // -2 // wide; scape ^ / ~ I X / l u g> about 

 equalling the leaves, or shorter, i-3-flowered; 

 flowers purple, nearly i' long; calyx slightly 

 pubescent, its teeth short ; pod short-stalked in 

 the calyx, coriaceous, little inflated, about J^' 

 long, i -celled, acute, pubescent, enclosed by the 

 swollen calyx. 



Western Nebraska, Wyoming and 

 Summer. 



Colorado. 



3. Spiesia arctica (R. Br.) Kuntze. Arctic Oxytrope. (Fig. 2158.) 

 Oxytropis arctica R. Br. App. Parry's Voy. 278. 1823. 

 Spiesia' arctica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 206. 1891. 



Acaulescent, tufted, villous-pubescent, i'-4' high. 

 Stipules membranous, lanceolate, imbricated, pubes- 

 cent; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-21, linear, or linear-ob- 

 long, obtusish, 2 // -4 // long, about Yt" wide; peduncles 

 exceeding the leaves, 2-5-flowered at the summit; flow- 

 ers violet (?), 6"-io" long; calyx pubescent; pod coria- 

 ceous, little or not inflated, oblong or ovoid-oblong, 

 sessile, pubescent, incompletely 2-celled. 



Shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence; Hudson Strait, and 

 along the Arctic seacoast. Summer. 



4. Spiesia campestris (L.) Kuntze. Yellow 

 Oxytrope. (Fig. 2159.) 



Astragalus campestris L. Sp. PI. 761. 1753. 

 Oxylropis campestris DC. Astrag. 74. 1802. 

 Spiesia campestris Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 206. 1891. 



Acaulescent or nearly so, much tufted, sparingly pu- 

 bescent, or glabrate, 6 / ~9 / high. Stipules membranous, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, imbricated, $"-4" long; leaves 

 pinnate, $'-6' long; leaflets 13-27, lanceolate or oblong, 

 acute or obtusish at the apex, rounded at the base, sessile, 

 $"-\o" long, i // -2>^ // wide; peduncles generally exceed- 

 ing the leaves; flowers several or numerous in short 

 spikes or heads, white, yellowish white, or blue, 6 // -8" 

 long; pods sessile, papery in texture, ovoid or oblong, 

 blackish-pubescent, 6 // -9 // long, acuminate with the subu- 

 late style, incompletely 2-celled. 



In rocky places, Quebec, northern Maine and New Bruns- 

 wick to Labrador and Hudson Strait. Also in Europe. 

 Summer. 





