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2. O. splendens, Dougl. 



Densely white silky-villous, 6-12 in. high, in clumps; leaflets numeroua, 

 usually in fascicles of 3-5; flowers very showy, in dense spikes, rose-pink 

 to purple; scapes exceeding the leaves; pod erect, 2-celled or nearly so, 

 villous-pubescent. Dry prairies, Man.-Alta. 



3. O. deflgxa, DC. 



Low, with leaves prostrate and scapes ascending, never more than 1 ft. 

 high, loosely pubescent throughout; leaflets 25-33, lanceolate to oblong; 

 flowers small, scarcely seen, in a short close spike which becomes much 

 lengthened in fruit; scapes exceeding the leaves; pod 1-celled, longer than 

 the calyx. Sandy soil, local, Man.-Alta. 



12. HEDtSARUM. 



Calyx 5-eleft; standard and keellonger than the wings ; stamens 

 diadelphous, 9 and 1 ; pod flat and jointed, being composed of seve- 

 ral separable parts. Perennial herbs with a tendency to become 

 shrubby, with odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers in axillary 

 racemes or spikes. 



1. H. boreale, Nutt. 



Erect, 1-2 ft. high, smooth ; leaflets 13-21 ; flowers purplish red to whitish, 

 deflexed, in a long raceme; calyx teeth shorter than the tube; pods of 3 or 

 4 joints. Prairies, N. Man.-Alta. 



2. H. Mackenzii, Richards. 



Resembling the preceding, but the stem frequently decumbent, minutely 

 pubescent; leaflets 11-19; flowers slightly larger, violet-purple, calyx teeth 

 longer than the tube or at least equalling it; pod 3-8-jointed. Prairies, 

 Sask. and Alta. 



13. GLYCYRRHiZA. Liquorice. 



Calyx 5-toothed, the two upper shorter or partly united; corolla 

 long and narrow, the standard reflexed at the sides; stamens 

 diadelphous, the anthers alternating larger and smaller; pod ovate, 

 compressed, sessile, covered with prioldes, hboks or glands. Per- 

 ennial herbs from thick sweet roots, with odd-pinnate leaves, 

 flowers in axillary spikes and foliage spotted with glands. 



1. G. lepiddta, (Nutt.) Pursh. Wild Liotjokice. 



Erect, 1-3 ft. high, branching; leaflets 15-19, sprinkled with scales or 

 dots; flowers whitish, in peduncled spikes; pods oblong, covered with 

 hooks. Edges of thickets or moist ground generally, common, Man.-Alta. 



