VOL. 5 | Rediscovery of Thermopsis Macrophylla. 77 
Horace Davis, near his country place in the Santa Cruz Moun- 
tains, about four miles from Glenwood. 
This is a region where the cafions are filled with redwoods and 
their ever-accompanying vegetation; the hills are covered with 
chaparral; while here and there appear stretches of sand, white 
like that on the shores of the ocean. ‘These sandy outcroppings 
are the remains of an old sea beach and tell some of the geological 
history of the country in bygone ages. 
On one of these old beaches, in the dry sand and far from 
springs or running water, this Thermopsis lifts its erect stems to 
a height of three or four feet, somewhat surpassing the surround- 
ing vegetation. It agrees with the description of the type as 
given in the foot-note below. 
Not far away, the remains of an old Indian trail can be dis- 
tinctly seen, in some places almost as wide as a road. ‘This trail 
is said to have extended from Santa Cruz to Santa Clara and 
connected the two missions, though tradition claims that it was 
traveled before the missions existed. 
It is not likely that the early botanical explorers made their 
way through the almost impenetrable brush or indeed went out 
of the beaten paths to any extent. So long as there were trails 
they would keep to them, when they made distant journeys. If 
we could discover these old trails, from one settlement to another, 
we would doubtless find all the rare and doubtful species which 
were collected by Douglas and others, the habitats of which are 
now unknown. It is not unlikely that this region may be the 
very place where Douglas collected 7. macrophylla. 
It differs from 7. Californica Watson in the following points. 
T. Californica grows in wet, springy places, with stems generally 
decumbent; leaflets obovate, minutely mucronate at the obtuse 
‘apex, 1-2 inches long, silky tomentose on both surfaces; stipules 
‘* Thermopsis macrophylla; caule angulata, petiolis calycibus ovariisque hirsutissimus, foliis 
trifoliatis, foliolis obovato-ellipticis utrinque acutis supra glabris subtus pubescentibus, stipu- 
lis maximis (biuncialibus) ovatis acutis. 
“Leaflets 4 inches long. Calyx angled, deeply 2-lipped; upper lip ovate, bidentate, lower 
3-partite, the segments lanceolate-subulate. Stamens to, free. Ovary linear, densely sericeo- 
villous, on a short glabrous stipes. A very fine and distinct species, with apparently white, 
but probably, when recent, yellowish flowers. Leaves much longer than in any hitherto 
known species.’ (Hooker & Arnott.) Bot. Beech. 329. © 
