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Slender; stems usually glabrous, the leaflets and calyx 
sparingly villous; leaflets narrowly obong in_ the 
species but wider in the variety, serrulate; flowers 
ochroleucous or tinged with purple, a clover occasion- 
ally met with among the Cottonwoods along the river 
seems to belong to this species. 
5. Psorauea, L. 
Perennial herbs, palmately 2 to 5 foliate leaves, blue- 
purplish or white flowers in spikes or racemes. 
P. Cusprpata, Pursh. Stout and tall from a deep 
seated tuber, hoary with appressed hairs; leaflets usual- 
ly broadly oblanceolate, obtuse; flowers large, petals 
1-2 to 2-3 in. long, exceeding the lanceolate-lobed calyx. 
6. AmorpHa, L. False Indigo. 
Shrubs with violet or purple flowers crowded in 
clustered terminal spikes. 
A. Fruricosa, Z. Pubescent or nearly glabrous; 
leaflets 8 to 12 pairs, oblong to elleptical, scattered ; 
calyx somewhat pubescent, the lower tooth acuminate 
and longest, the others commonly obtuse; standard 
purple, deeply emarginate; pod 2-seeded. In the al- 
kali soil along the river, especially west of Barelas 
bridge. A pretty shrub. 
7. Dasa, L. 
Herbs or shrubs with odd pinnate (rarely palmate) 
leaves, small entire leaflets; flowers in terminal pe 
duncles spikes. 
Calyx very villous, with long subulate teeth. 
Glabrous (except the calyx). 
Low shrubs; spikes few-flowered (1) p. FoRMOSA. 
Herbs, Pree ay flowered, 
4 . (2) D, ALOPECUROIDES. 
a lil aS or tomentose. 
iain very dense, thick and veryvillous 
- . (3) D. NANA. 
pee usher lax ; corolla purple, (4) D. LANATA. 
Calyx pubescent or canescent, with short teeth, shrub 
by plants -  - -.. - + (5)D. scopanta. 
D. Formosa, Torr. Much branched; leaflets about 
5 pairs, very small, about 1-6 inch long, thick and very 
narrow, cuneate oblong, retuse; spikes loose, 6 to 10 
flowered on short peduncles; bracts ovate, shorter than 
the flower, silky villous on the margin; calyx teeth 
plumose; corolla large and showy, bright purple. A 
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