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tricose with a tooth-like swelling on each side near the base and 

 subtended by a ring which extends to the wings of the anthers; 

 truncate along the top, not open down the back; horn inserted 

 along the entire length of the back with the body protruding in 

 the shape of a camel's back from the opening in the hood and 

 often with a distinct tooth where the hump curves down to the 

 slender acuminate upturned horn which extends above the stigma. 

 Capitate stigma and leaf-like appendages which cover it, greenish 

 white. Abortive ovaries glabrous, fertile ones white-tomentose. 

 Pods erect, pendent or horizontal, on deflexed pedicels which are 

 inclined to be curved at the bend, obliquely ovate-acuminate with 

 the apex curved upwards, about 10 cm. long and 3-4 cm, wide 

 near the base, the broad veins visible beneath the velvety tomen- 

 tum. Seeds ovate or spatulate, reticulate, the margin narrow. 



This is near A. eriocarpa Benth. (PI. Hartw. 325), which was 

 originally collected at Tularcitos, near Monterey. It differs in 

 pubescence, shape of leaves and stems, and especially in the dif- 

 ferent form of the hoods and horns. 



Dr. J. W. Hudson of Ukiah, from whom it was received, sug- 

 gests that it be given the name by which it is known 

 to the Indians, the Yo-kai-a tribe of the Pomas. He 

 writes about it as follows: "The Yo-kai-a call it Ko-to-lo 

 Ka-li, Kotol meaning twice or double-leaved while Kali 

 is the general name for plant. The Ca-nel tribe name 

 it Du-wi-cim-ma which means night-ear. It grows on 

 poor soil, usually on hillsides. The stalks are shredded and 

 manufactured into twine, rope, etc. The fiber is soft and fine 

 but of medium strength." Dr. Hudson collected the specimens 

 from which the description was drawn, along the Russian river, 

 near Ukiah, in both flower and fruit, in the later part of August, 

 of last year. 



The species is represented in the Herbarium of the California 

 Academy of Sciences by the above type, by a specimen collected 

 on Cobb mountain by C. F. Leithold, and by one from near 

 Bartlett Springs, donated by Mrs. Alexander McCallum. 



