Eastwoop: New Species oF WESTERN PLANTS 491 
pedunculate ; pedicels as long as the stipes, curving outwards, the 
stipes deflexed toward the stem : sepals ovate, tipped with a slender 
bristle of the same length, at length deciduous: petals yellow, 
oblong-ovate, 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, obtuse, sessile : filaments 
8 mm. long, anthers linear, a little more than 1 mm. long, mu- 
cronate : ovary with 2 ovules in each cell: style curved, 3-4 mm. 
long : capsules horizontal, castle-shaped, tuberculated at summit, 
ribbed about the middle, but smooth on the lower third: seeds 
1~2 in each cell : pods deciduous from the axis, leaving a perfora- 
tion at base. 
This was collected at Tucson, Arizona, August 20, 1894, by 
J. W. Toumey, who distributed it as W. refracta Engelm. It 
differs from this species in the scabrous pubescence and the shape 
and position of the two parts of the fruit. It is also related to W. 
Falmeri Gray but differs in the shape of leaves and fruit. 
‘Lathyrus Brownii 
Perennial from slender, running rootstocks, with stems appar- 
ently erect, climbing, 1-2.5 dm. high, glabrous throughout and 
glaucous, striate but scarcely angled : leaflets 4-8, opposite, ellip- 
tical to narrowly oblong, pale green on both sides, the younger 
ones somewhat glaucous, veiny, glabrous, 1-2 cm. long, 5-9 mm. 
wide, aristate ; petiolules 1 mm. long, petioles 5-10 mm. ; stip- 
ules semi-sagittate, entire or with few teeth, acuminate at each end, 
the lower part slightly shorter than the upper, 10-14 mm. long, 
about 3 mm. wide : tendrils abortive and reduced to a short bristle, 
or short and bifurcate: peduncles equalling or shorter than the 
leaves, spreading or declined, terminated by 2-3 violet flowers : 
calyx 7 mm. long, glabrous except for the ciliate margins, the two 
upper teeth deltoid, separated by a broad sinus, the three lower 
about twice as long, subulate, the middle division narrowest and 
2-toothed at apex : corolla 1.5 cm. long, thin in texture ; banner 
with sides reflexed, 12 mm. wide when spread out, twice as broad 
as deep, the claw 7 mm. long, 9 mm. wide; wings 6 mm. broad, 
surpassing the keel by 3 mm., with a claw 7 mm. long: stamineal 
tube 2 mm. in diameter, loosely surrounding the ovary: pistil with 
incurved style hairy for half its length ; ovary smooth, containing 
about 12 ovules. 
This was collected in 1890, on the north side of Mount 
Shasta, by H. E. Brown, in whose honor it is named. It is no. 
391 of his collection. 
This species is readily distinguished from other Californian 
species to which it is allied by the rudimentary tendrils, pale 
