Papilionaceae 175 



Densely silky, silver y-villous, 



acaulescent, and tufted. Leaves 

 splendens 



(Dougl.) 4~9 inches long, erect; leaflets 

 Greene. very numerous, in verticels of 



Showy 2-6, OD long or oblong-lanceolate, 



Oxytrope. 



acute or acutish at the apex, 

 rounded at the base, J to nearly an inch long. 

 Flowers deep purple, about J an inch long 

 in dense spikes on peduncles exceeding the 

 leaves. 



A very showy plant frequently flowering 

 in considerable masses in the open grounds 

 on the eastern slopes of the Rockies and dry 

 alpine meadows; flowering in June. 



Aragallus Tufted, with parts of the old 



viscidulus leaves remaining. Leaves all 



Rydb. basal, 4-6 inches long with 8-15 



Sticky pairs Q i ea fl ets> loosely villous- 



Oxytrope. 



pubescent, oblong, obtuse or 

 acutish, J to nearly J an inch long, glandular 

 on the margins. Flowers nearly J an inch 

 long varying from pink to dark purple, in 

 loose spikes on glandular sticky scapes, 



