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6. Aragallus sericeus (Nutt.) Greene. (Oxytropis sericea Ntitt.) On 

 hills and table-lands from N. D. and Wyo. to N. M. and Ariz. — Alt. 4000- 

 9000 ft. — Estes Park; Sargents; La Veta; Cimarron; Grayback mining 

 camps and Placer Gulch; Platte Canon; Horsetooth Gulch; Campton's 

 ranch; west of Rist Canon; Wray; Pinkham Creek. 



7. Aragallus monticola (A. Gray) Greene. (O. monticola A. Gray) On 

 mountain ridges from Sask. and Wash, to Colo. — " Colorado " ; exact locality 

 not given. 



8. Aragallus albiflorus A. Nels. In mountain valleys of Wyo. and Colo. 

 — Alt. 5000-11,000 ft. — Cucharas Valley, near La Veta; butte five miles 

 southwest of La Veta; Iron Mountain; Placer; Ft. Collins; Buena Vista; 

 Chambers' Lake; west of Rist Cafion; Palmer Lake; Pennock's mountain 

 ranch; Campton's ranch. North Poudre. 



9. Aragallus Richardsonii (Hook.) Greene. (Oxytropis splendens 

 Richardsonii Hook.) In mountain valleys from Sask. and Yukon to Colo. 

 — Alt. 8000-10,000 ft. — North Park; Georgetown; Middle Park; Como, 

 South Park; mountain near Veta Pass; Twin Lakes; Indian Creek Pass; 

 Arkansas Junction, near Leadville ; Eldora to Baltimore ; Empire. 



28. GLYCYRRHIZA L. Wild Liquorice. 



i. Glycyrrhiza lepidota Nutt. Among bushes and in rich meadows from 

 Ont. and Wash, to N. Y. and Ariz. ; also in Mex. — Alt. 4000-8000 ft. — Colorado 

 Springs ; Parlin, Gunnison Co. ; Alamosa ; Grand Junction ; Huerfano Val- 

 ley, near Gardner; Arboles; Ft. Collins; Walcott; Pueblo; Denver; Poudre 

 Caiion; Rist Canon; near Boulder. 



29. AMORPHA L. False Indigo, Lead-plant. 



Tall shrub; leaflets 2-5 cm. long; pods usually 2-seeded. i. A. angiistifolia. 



Low shrubs ; leaflets 5-1.5 cm. long ; pods i-seeded. 



Glabrous or nearly so ; spike usually solitary at the ends of the branches. 



2. A. nana. 



Densely canescent ; spikes usually clustered. 3. A. canescens. 



1. Amorpha angustifolia (Pursh) Boynton. {A. fruticosa angustifolia 

 Pursh; A. fruticosa James; not L.) Along streams from S. D. and Mont, to 

 Fla. and Colo. — Alt. 4000-5000 ft. — Sterling, Logan Co. ; river flats and plains 

 east of Ft. Collins. 



2. Amorpha nana Nutt. {A. microphylla Pursh) On dry prairies from 

 Man. to Iowa and Colo. — Palmer Lake. 



3. Amorpha canescens Pursh. Sand-hills and prairies from Ind. and Man. 

 to La., Tex. and Colo. — Along Platte River. 



30. PSORALEA L. Pome Blanche, Indian Bread-root. 



Flowers small, less than 8 mm. long, in racemes or interrupted spikes ; root not 

 tuberous. 

 Flowers in racemes ; leaves not silvery. 



Racemes short and dense, elliptic or oblong; fruit globose, i. P. lanceolata. 

 Racemes lax, more elongated ; fruit ovoid. 2. P. tenuiHora. 



Flowers in interrupted spikes ; leaves silvery. 3. P. argophylla. 



Flowers large, over i cm. long, in dense head-like spikes ; plant with a deep-seated 

 tuberous, farinaceous root. 



