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fornia, common. No. 615 Thurber, from San Pasqual, has stout, elon- 

 gated, few-leaved stems, the raceme over 1° long, and the leaflets 2\' 

 long, but it evidently belongs here. 



5. L. Douglasii, Agh. Apparently less woody; pubescence 

 short, tomentose or silky, appressed ; leaflets 7-9, oblanceolate, 1 - 1 V 

 long, obtuse or acute, sometimes cuneate-oblong, pubescent on both 

 sides ; racemes often long-peduncled ; bracts linear-setaceous, exceeding 

 the calyx ; flowers blue or purple, scattered or subverticillate ; pedicels 

 3 - 5" long ; calyx with long setaceous bractlets, the upper lip nearly 

 2-parted, the lower entire ; petals equal, 6 - 7" long, keel ciliate ; 

 ovules 8-9. — Sacramento Valley to Southern California. 



f f Stems wholly herbaceous, more or less elongated, in (a) mostly 



succulent and fistulous. 

 a. Leaflets glabrous above, or nearly so, oblong to oblanceolate, 1^' 



long or more (except in L. littoralis) ; flowers subverticillate ; 



bracts deciduous ; calyx-lips usually but slightly toothed ; ovules 



8 or more. 



6. L. Nootkatensis, Donn. Stems often stout, 1 - 2° long, more 

 or less decumbent, leafy ; pubescence densely villous, spreading or sub- 

 appressed; stipules elongated, setaceous-acuminate; leaflets 6-8, 

 cuneate-oblong, obtuse and mucronulate or acutish, 1^-2' long, about 

 equalling the petioles ; raceme elongated, nearly sessile ; bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, equalling the calyx ; flowers blue or purplish, verticillate or 

 scattered ; pedicels 2 - 6" long; calyx large, with long setaceous bract- 

 lets, the upper lip rather deeply bifid and the lobes often erosely trun- 

 cate, the lower usually strongly 3-toothed ; petals 8 - 9" long, the keel 

 a little shorter and usually naked; ovules 9-12; pod 1^' long. — 

 From Vancouver to the Aleutian and St. Paul Islands ; " Kurile 

 Islands " (Ledebour) ; " Ft. Youkon " (Rothrock) ; Jasper House 

 (Burke). 



Var. Unalaskensis. Stems slender ; pubescence wholly short, 

 silky and appressed ; raceme short and few-flowered. — Unalaska 

 Island (Eschscholtz, Rudolphi, and Harrington) ; Port Mulgrave 

 (Barclay). 



7. L. poltphyllus, Lindl. Stout, erect, 2 - 5° high, sparingly 

 villous, the pedicels, calyx, and youngest leaves silky-pubescent ; stip- 

 ules large, triangular to subulate ; leaves distant, long-petioled ; leaflets 

 10-16, in the upper leaves often but 8 - 10, glabrous above, 2 - 6' 



