78 BOTANY. 



Mountains, ticketed "(9. campestris, DC. ?," are nearly the same, but less 

 viscid and with scapes exceeding the leaves. Found in the East Humboldt 

 Mountains, Nevada; 10,000 feet altitude; August. (292.) 



Glycyeehiza lepidota, Nutt. From Arkansas and Missouri north to 

 Hudson's Bay and the Saskatchewan and west to Northern Mexico, Califor- 

 nia and Oregon. In Humboldt and Goose Creek Valleys, Nevada, and in 

 the Wahsatch Mountains and Salt Lake Valley, Utah; 4,200-6,000 feet alti- 

 tude; June-October. Known by the Mormons as " Deseret weed." (293.) 



Hedysaeum Mackenzii, Rich. Stems 2° high, suberect, simple or 

 branched, minutely pubescent; stipules, at least the lower ones, connate; 

 leaflets 5-8 (usually 6) pairs, canescently pubescent, oblong or lanceolate, 

 nearly glabrous above ; racemes loosely 7-30-flowered, elongating in fruit ; 

 flowers large, 6-9" long, light purple, the keel somewhat exceeding the 

 banner and wings ; calyx-teeth subulate, longer than the wrings >; legume 3-4- 

 jointed, minutely pubescent. — Durand unites this species with H. horeale, 

 Nutt., but it is kept distinct by Dr. Hooker. From the Saskatchewan north- 

 ward to the Arctic Sea and Alaska ; Utah, (Stansbury.) Found only in the 

 Wahsatch Mountains ; 5-6,000 feet altitude ; May-July. (294.) 



ViciA Ameeicana, Muhl. Foliage very variable, even upon the same 

 plant ; the lower leaves usually narrower than the upper, which vary from 

 linear to ovate, and are acute, obtuse, or truncate, always mucronate. Con- 

 fined to the banks of streams, sometimes abundant ; known as the "Peavine." 

 From New York and Kentucky north to the Arctic Circle and west to the 

 Pacific ; New Mexico, (Fendler.) In the Washoe Mountains and Pah-Ute 

 Range, Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas, Utah ; 4,500-6,000 feet 

 altitude; May-October. (295.) 



Lathyeus polyphyllus, Nutt. Closely resembling L. maritimus, Big., 

 but taller, (2° high,) the stipules semi-cordate or semi-sagittate and usually 

 much smaller than the leaflets, the peduncles longer than the leaves, (4-6',) 

 and the lower segment of the calyx setaceous. Oregon, California, (Brewer,) 

 and Utah. Frequent in the Wahsatch Mountains; 5-10,000 feet altitude; 

 May-July. (296.) 



Lathyeus palusteis, L. Stems narrowly winged ; peduncles 4-10- 

 flowered. From Canada south to Virginia and west through the Saskat- 

 chewan region to Washington Territory and Northern California. Varieties 

 are reported from Colorado, Western Texas, and thence west to Arizona and 



