W ATSON-—Plants of Bernalillo County 
Exsert stipate, glabrous, (4) a. scopuLoruM. 
Sessile, pubescent (5) A. MISSOURIENSIS. 
**Pod 1-celled, neither suture being inflexed or the 
ventral more than the dorsal, - (6) A. TRIFLORUS. 
1. A Mexicanus, A. D. C. (Mexican Ground 
Plumb). Leaflets roundish to oblong; flowers 4-5 to 
1 in. long. Cream color, bluish at tip; calyx softly 
hairy; pod globular, very obtuse and pointless, 1 in. 
or more in diameter, indehiscent, sessile, completely 
2-celled. Mesa. Not common. 
2. <A. diphysus, Gray. (Mottled A.) Nearly 
globrous thruout; leaflets 6 to 11 pairs, obvate or ob- 
long; flowers blue or purple; pod curved, frequently 
mottled. (in all ours). Common on the mesa. 
3. A. Moxutsstmus, Torr. (Loco.) Stout decum- 
bent, densely silky thruout; leaflets 19 or 20, ovate- 
oblong. Violet flowers 1-2 to 1 in. long; pod 1-2 to 3-4 
in. glabrous; very common on the mesa especially 
“Terrace Heights.” 
4, A. Scoputorum, Porter. Pubescent, calyx gib- 
bous at base, pilose with blackish hairs, corolla yellow 
or ochroleucous; pod oblong, arching with age, stout, 
sharply three angled, dorsal suture reaching the mid- 
dle. Stem erect, stout, very leafy. A species of Ti- 
eras Canon aparently belongs here. 
5. T. Missouriensis, Nutt. Short-stemmed, hairy ; 
leaflets 5 to 15 oblong; flowers few, 2-5 to 3-5 in. long; 
calyx oblong, teeth very slender; pod oblong, 1 in. long. 
6. A. TRIFLOoRUS, Gray. Low, very much branched 
from base; gray; leaflets linear or oblong; flowers few, 
whitish or yellowish, tinged with purple; small pod, 
oval, 1-2 to 1 in. long. 
12. Guycyrruiza, Tourn. (Liquorice). Peren- 
nial plants with long sweet roots, glandular viscid her- 
bage, minute stipules, white flowers in axillary spikes. 
G. tepipota, Nutt. (Wild Liquorice.) Tall 2 to 3 
feet; leaflets 15 to 19 oblong lanceolate, mucronate- 
pointed ; pod resembles a cocklebur but smaller. 
18. Victa, Tourn. (Vetch. Tare). 
Climbing herbs with half sagittate stipules, axillary 
flowers on peduncles, a flat, several-seeded pod. 
V. Americana, Muhl. A rather stout perenial, 1-4 
ft. high, glabrous; leaflets 4 to 8 pairs. Linear to 
ovate-oblong; peduncles 4 to 8 flowered; flowers pur- 
plish; pod oblong, 3 to 6 seeded. Quite common near 
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