ALPINE POINTVETCH 



Oxytropis podocarpa Gray 



FRUIT OF PLATE iSl 



Alpine pointvetch is adorned, a little later in the season, with in- 

 flated pods. As the slender stems are unable to bear their weight, the 

 pods lie on the ground, and sometimes, if the plant is especially sturdy, 

 make a circle of fruit around the gray silky leaves. The tiny peas soon 

 ripen, and finding lodgment in some cranny among the stones and 

 rocks, produce new plants. 



We find this member of the Pea Family in Labrador, and in the 

 west from Colorado and Idaho northward to British Columbia and 

 Alaska. 



The specimen sketched was collected near Bow Lake, twenty-five 

 miles north of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, at an altitude of 7,800 

 feet. 



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