R.B.T. finds (20x) no sign of ciliation on keel any- where. Corolla 6-7 mm long. Effect as if it seems growing is bright blue with white spot above violet spot (elongated & narrow) below. This is produced by wings blue, shading to lavender at edges (20x); the shorter standard white or slightly yellowish in main portion (blue dots visible along fold hardly, if at all, visible to R.B.T.'s naked eye though evident (20x)); its edges toward base shading into same color as wings; keel whitish except at dull purplish tip. Racemes short (about 2cm long) of about 7 flo, on pedicels 3-4.5cm, well surpassing subtending lf. Bracts 3mm long, fall as soon, at least, as flo opens. L-fs 7-9, oblanceolate, largest 14x3 mm. Lowest leaf or petiole to 4.5cm, st. petioles short. to 2cm or less. Stems throughout with new branches fre- quently starting axially. Stipules narrowly linear & subulate, free portion 2-3mm. Pedicels 2mm. Of species probably focus acc to M. the most likely seem 10, 11, 12, 16 of these perhaps #16 is L. sparsiflora Benth. J527; M 250 comes closest (this far from exact) * Oldest fr. now 12 mm., silvery hairy; ovules (in the one pod opened) 6. Keel with longish, narrow tip which is almost at right h. with base line (if that is what he meant by "curved".) [Mr.G. ident. this spec. as L. bicolor Lindl var microphyllus C.P.Smith J523; M 249. See 3-25-39 3-20-39 Trifolium amplexens. Tv G var stenophyllum Jeps J537; M 2551. T.H. Croat. Fl(d purplish) young fr. Bracts (somewhat lobed) with no "remarkably wide scariosus margins" (M) hence var.