PAPILIOUACEAE 



of the uses of this plant reads like a fairy tale. It has been 

 used for all sorts of medicinal purposes. The wood has been turned 

 into many small articles, such as spindles and bric-a-brac. It 

 gives water in -which it has been soaked a peculiar iridescence. 



*Galactea wrightii is a pea vine with grayish, somewhat silvery 

 leaflets and heavy woody root and very numerous stems. The leaves 

 arc trifoliate; the pods are rather long and narrow and quite hairy. 

 It is an excellent ground cover and erosion control plant and prob- 

 ably is good forage although this has not boon established. It is 

 found in considerable abundance in extreme southern Arizona, espec- 

 ially in the foothills of the Baboquivari Mountains and in Sycamore 

 Canyon. It is very drought resistant but not suitable for alkali 

 land. This is a species well worthy of extensive trials in the nur- 

 sery end observational plots. 



Daloa spp., Pea Bushes. This genus includes some of our most 

 valuable leguminous shrubs. Host of them are lev/ spreading plants 

 with heavy woody crowns. 



* Da lea formosa is a low shrub (frequently owing to direct action 

 by cows and horses, very low) with dark green small leaflets and 

 handsome heads of purple flowers. It is not infrequently used as 

 an ornamental. Its natural range is confined to the mountains of 

 western Texas and southern New Mexico and Arizona. It is usually 

 not sufficiently abundant to be considered of any great value on the 

 range as a browse plant. Since, however, it is quite abundant in 

 some localities, it should be used in our observational work with 

 the thought ever in mind that a grass range without browse plants 

 is never a good range. 



* Daloa f rutes cens is similar in habit to D # formosa but is 

 a lower, more spreading shrub. It is found in abundance in the 

 region of Fort Stanton, he?: Mexico and in the canyons of the Guada- 

 lupe Mountains, ITcw Mexico and Texas. Its habit of forming low 

 spreading clumps on the slopes and in the dry bottoms make it an 

 excellent soil binder. It is comparable in forage value to B, 

 formosa, 



Daloa s anct ao - o r ue i s Is similar in habit to the last two 

 discussed but is a somewhat taller and more widely spreading plant. 

 It is confined to extreme southwestern ranges such as the Baboqui- 

 vari s .and the Santa P.itas and adjacent mountains. Vilhat has been 

 said of the last two species applies equally well to this one. 



* Da l ea sp. A remarkable Dalea was recently found in the 

 foothills south of the Guadalupe Mountains of southern New Mexico 

 and adjacent Texas. It is often more heavily browsed than other 



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