Pineforest Prairie Clover

Parosela urceolata (Greene) Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb 13: 194. 1910. Dalea urceolala Greene, Leaflets 1: 199. 1905.
A slender glabrous annual; stem branched from the base, 1-1.5 dm. high; leaves 2-4 cm. long; stipules setaceous, 2 mm. long; petiole about 3 mm. long; rachis slightly margined, glabrous; stipels minute, gland-like; leaflets 11-21, oblong to cuneate-oblong, emarginate, 3-5 mm. long, glabrous, sparingly and minutely glandular-dotted beneath; peduncles at the ends of the branches, 1-3 cm. long; spikes dense, 1-2 cm. long, 1 cm. thick; bracts lance-ovate, slightly membranous-margined, acuminate; calyx-tube ellipsoid-campanulate, 3-3.5 mm. long; lobes triangular, acuminate, ciliate, half as long as the tube; corolla light-blue; blade of the banner rounded-cordate, 2 mm. long, nearly equaling the claw; blades of the wings oblong, 1.5 mm. long, the claws very short; pod obovate, glabrous and with a few glands, ciliate above.
Type locality: Mogollon Mountains, New Mexico.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Parosela barberi Rose, sp. nov
A slender annual; stem about 3 dm. high, glabrous, striate, sparingly glandular-dotted; leaves 3-5 cm. long; stipules minute, subulate; petiole 5-6 mm. long; rachis glabrous, glandless; stipels wanting; leaflets 9-17, elliptic, 8-10 mm. long, rounded or retuse at the apex, glabrous on both sides, yellowish-green above, glaucous and minutely glandular-dotted beneath; peduncles terminating the branches, 1.5-5 cm. long; spikes dense, 1-2 cm. long, 1 cm. in diameter; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, scarious-margined, fuscous and glandulardotted on the back, caducous; calyx-tube ellipsoid-campanulate, 3 mm. long, straw-colored; lobes deltoid-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the tube; corolla blue; blade of the banner cordate, retuse at the apex, 4.5 mm. long, the claw 2 mm. long; blades of the wings 2-2.5 mm. long, rounded at the apex, the claws 1 mm. long; stamens 7 or 8, unequal; pod slightly pubescent.
Type collected in the Sierra Madre near Colonia Garcia. August 22, 1899, Townsend &■ Barber 27S (U.S.Nat. Herb.).

Annual, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Plants gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate , Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences spikes or spike-like, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracteoles present, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Petals clawed, Petals white, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Banner petal narrow or oblanceolate, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Fertile stamens 5, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit enclosed in calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit hairy, Fruit gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Fruit 1-seeded, Seeds reniform, Seeds cordiform, mit-shaped, notched at one end, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.