126 LlilGUMINGSiE. mtpinus. 



lower one subentire: petals eqvlal, 5—7 lines long, blue, violet or whit- 

 ish, the upper one acute, naked, keel strongly falcate, nakea: »'«^»es 

 5—7: pods 1-2 inches long, 4—6 lines wide, 3-6 seeded. From the Co- 

 lumbia to the Sacramento Valley. 



L. ornatus Dougl. Bot. Reg. xiv, t, 1216. Stems decumbent or as- 

 cending: pubescence short, more or less silky, mostly appressed: 

 stipules setaceous: leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate or cuneate-oblong, 8-24 

 lines long, acute or acutish: racemes 3-8 inches long, usually short- 

 peduncled: bracts short, subulate or ovate; pedicles 2—3 lines long: 

 calyx-lips nearly equal, the upper rather shortly toothed or bihd, the 

 lower subentire; petals blue, equal, 5—7 lines long, the upper one 

 acutish, subsilky on the back; keel ciliate: ovules 5—8. pods 15 Imes 

 long, 3—4 lines broad. From the Columbia river to California. 



+- ^_ H- ^- H_ Leaves distant lower petioles elongated; leaflets 

 not smooth above: racemes mostly dense. 



L. sulphnreus Dougl. _^ook. Fl. i, 166. Stems erect slender, sul- 

 cate, silkv: leaflets 13—15, nan'owly lanceolate, densely sericeous on 

 both sides, shorter than the petiole, whitish: stipules subulate, short: 

 flowers somewhat verticillate, in a dense thick raceme: calyx ebrac- 

 teolate, very silky: flowers small, pale sulphur-color, keel glabrous. 

 On the Blue Mountains of Oregon. 



I., sericeus Pursh Fl. 468. Rather stout, subereet, 1—2 feet high: 

 pubescence more or less coarsely villous or subsilky, spreading: stipules 

 usually long-setaceous: leaflets 5—8, rarely 10, narrowly oblanceolate, 

 1—3 inches long, acute; racemes short-.peduncled; bracts deciduous, sub- 

 ulate-setaceous often much exceeaing the calyx; flowers subverticiUate 

 or scattered, on short pedicels blue, pink or white; calyx strongly 

 gibbous, minutely bi'acteolate, densely silky-vlUous, the lips nearly 

 equal, 6 lines long, keel ciliate: ovules 4 — 6: • pods densely hairy, an 

 inch long. Common from Washington to northern California and 

 Nevada. 



li. sasosns Howell Eryth. i, 110. Stems simple, decumbent or as- 

 cending, 4—10 Inches long, soft-pubescent with spreading hair s: stipules 

 subulate: leaflets 8 — 12, densely appressed-silky beneath, sparsely so 

 above, 6—12 lines long, acute or obtusish: racemes dense, 2 — 3 inches 

 long, short-peduncled: bracts lanceolate, acuminate, caducous: flow- 

 ers subverticiUate, on short slender pedicels: upper lip of the calyx 

 bifid, the lower a little longer, trifld: petals equal, 6 lines long, bright 

 blue, the upper one obLuee, smooth, keel ciliate: ovules 4—5: pods 

 villous. On high stony ridges in the John Day Valley, eastern Oregon, 

 and the Klickitat hills, Washington. 



Ii. leucophyllus Dougl. Bot. Reg. xiii. t, 1124. Stout, 2—3 feet high, 

 branching, leafy, densely white-silky throughout: stipules long-setace- 

 ous or subulate: leaflets 7-10. oblanceolate or cuneate-oblong, 1—3 

 inches long, acute, the petioles about equalling the leaflets or the lower 

 ones twice longer: racemes sessile or nearly so, very dense. 6—12 

 inches long: bracts subulate or linear, subpersistent or deciduous, 

 longer than lae buds: flowers scattered or subverticiUate, nearly 

 sessile: calyx minutely bracteolate, upper lip rather broad more or 

 less villous, keel ciliate. On damp hillsides, Brit. Columbia to Califor- 

 nia and iNew Mexico. Flowering from May until heavy frosts in au- 

 tumn. 



r. canescens Howell, 1. c. Rather stout, strict, 2—3 feet high at 

 length branching, silky-canescent or the inflorescence hirsute- leaflets 

 8—12, lanceolate, acuminate, 1—3 inches long, densely appressed-villous 

 on both sides: racemes short-peduncled, dense, 8—10 inches long- 



