84 BOTANY OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



Lotus nevadensis (Wats.) Hot. Cal. i. 138 (1876), as TTonarkia dernmhens neva- 

 (tenuis; Greene, Pittonia, ii. 149 (1890). Type locality, "in the Sierra Nevada from 

 the Yosemito to Sierra Co.," California. 



Ill the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California (No. 1838). 



Lotus oblongifolius (Benth.) PI. Hartw. 305 (1848), under Hosackia; Greene, 

 Pittonia, ii. 146 (1890). Type locality, "in vicinibus Monterey/' California. 



Near Lone Pine (No. 900). This species is closely related to L. torreyi, yet our 

 specimens, notwithstanding their locality, have the characters of the former. After 

 the description of L. torreyi, Dr. Gray says, 1 " Hut a comparison, which has been 

 obligingly made at Kew, * * * shows that [L. oblonf/ifoUns] to be a different 

 species of more southern habitat, to which a specimen collected in Owens Valley or 

 at Fort Tejon seems to belong." 



Lotus procumbens Greene, Hull. Cal. Acad. i. 82 (1885), under HosacMa; Greene, 

 Pittonia. ii. 149 (1890). Type locality, " Tehachapi, Kern County," California. 

 Walker Pass (No. 1017). 



Lotus tomentellus Greene, Pittonia, ii. 140 (1890). Type locality, "at Los Angeles 

 Bay, Lower California." 

 In Johnson Canon, l'anamint Mountains (No. 526). Authenticated by E. L. Greene. 



Lotus torreyi (Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. viii. 625 (1873), under Ifosadia ; 

 Greene, Pittonia, ii. 146 (1890). Type locality, "Sierra Nevada, California, along 

 the shady banks of streams, at the elevation of 4,000 feet and upwards." 



In the Sierra Nevada (Nos. 1848. 2090). In this species the keel and wings, as ob- 

 served by us, were not white, as they are described, but of a pale cream-yellow in 

 striking contrast with the lemon-yellow of the standard. 



Psoralea californica Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. xii. 251 (1877). Type locality, 

 "at McGinnis' Ranch, near head of Salinas River, 25 miles from San Luis Obispo, 

 California." 



In the southern Sierra Nevada, near Kernville (No. 1047). 



Psoralea castorea Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad, xiv.291 (1879). Type locality, "near 

 Heaver City. S. Utah, on sandy ridges." 

 Valley of the Virgin River, Nevada (No. 1930). 



Dalea fremontii Gray, PL Thurb. 316 (1854)— Torr. MS. Type locality, "moun- 

 tains of the Pah-Utah country, S. W. California," a very indefinite locality. 



An abundant shrub on the lower mountain slopes in the Lower Souoran zone. It 

 was observed on the first divide north of Daggett, extending down into Paradise 

 Valley; at the western foot of Pilot Knob: in the mountains west of Lone Willow 

 Tanks, from 675 to 1,430 meters; ou Browns Peak; in the mountains east of Rest- 

 ing Springs, at 750 meters; in the northern part of Resting Springs Valley; in the 

 Funeral Mountains, west of Amargosa, from 760 to 1,575 meters; between Furnace 

 Creek and Ash Meadows; near the Devil Hole, Ash Meadows; between Ash 

 Meadows aiid Pahrump, beginning at 850 meters; on the east side of Pahrump 

 Valley, beginning at 910 meters; on the eastern slope of the Charleston Mountains, 

 extending up to 1,370 meters; in the northern part of Vegas Valley at about 1,050 

 meters; on the divide between Townei-'s and Ash Meadows; near the mouth of 

 Johnson Canon, at about 350 meters, extending up the canon to about 1,500 meters; 

 in Willow Creek and Mill Creek canons, Panamint Mountains; at several points 

 between Lone Pine and Walker Pass, beginning at 600 meters. Dr. Merriam reported 

 the plant from Deep Spring Valley, California; and from Pahranagat, Fish Lake, 

 and Indian Spring valleys, and Gold Mountain, Nevada. 



Troc. Amer. Acad. viii. 626 (1873). 



