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corolla ochroleuca ; legumine glabro (subpollicari vel sesquipollicari) 

 basi in stipitem calyce bis longiorem subattenuato. — Coast of Cali- 

 fornia from Santa Barbara southward. — Calyx more or less pubes- 

 cent, not silky. Ovary canescent. Legume often appearing as if acute 

 or acutish at the apex, more so at the base. Stipe slender, five or six 

 ines long. 

 G9. A. LEUCOPHYLLUS, Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 236. Phaca lenco- 

 phylla. Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech, p. 333. Sericeo-incanus ; foliolis 

 10 - 18-jugis lato-Iinearibus lanceolatisve obtusis vel acutiusculis ; den- 

 tibus calycis sericei attenuato-subulatis tubo oblongo dimidio breviori- 

 bus ; corolla ut videtur flavescente ; legumine demum glabro (sesqui- 

 pollicari) ovali-gibboso utrinque obtusissimo, stipite gracillimo ultra 

 calycem pi'^elonge (poUicem) exserto. — California, probably in the 

 northern part of the State. The fruit is now known from the collection 

 of Wilkes's Exploring Expedition (Sacramento Valley) and of a cor- 

 respondent of the Rev. John Blake. Ovary silky-canescent, this pu- 

 bescence remaining on the filiform stipe, which is fully as long as the 

 half-grown legume. 



70. A. TRiCHOPODUS. Phaca trichopoda, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, 

 1. c. Cinereo-puberulus, glabratus ; caule sesqui - tripedali ; foliolis 

 12- 19-jugis lineari-oblongis obtusis ; calycis nigricanti-pubescens den- 

 tibus subulatis tubo campanulato multo brevioribus ; corolla ochro- 

 leuca ; ovario glaberrimo ; legumine ellipsoideo utrinque obtusissimo 

 haud poUicari stipite tenuissimo e calycem prtelonge (semipollicem) 

 exserto paullo longiore. — California, Santa Barbara and Monterey, 

 Nuttall, Dr. Gambell, Dr. Brewer. Flowers 4i to nearly 6 lines long. 

 Legumes only two thirds or three fourths of an inch long, much less 

 gibbous than in the related species, a line from base to apex being 

 nearly axial ; the ventral suture only slightly convex to near the apex, 

 ■where it is strongly convex. Stipe minutely pubescent. 



b. Stipes calycem bi'evius superans. Legumen utrinque acutatum. 



71. A. OXYPHYSUS (Gray in Proceed. Acad. Calif, ined.), sp. nov. 

 Elatus, mollissime canescenti-villosus ; stipulis scariosis ; foliolis 8-11- 

 jugis oblongis, junioribus incanis, adultis viridescentibus ; pedunculis 

 folium longe superantibus ; racemo elongato ; bracteis subulatis parvis ; 

 calycis sericei dentibus subulatis tubo cylindraceo dimidio brevioribus ; 

 corolla " alba sen viridulo-alba " (lin. 9 longa) ; legumine obovato- 

 clavato glabrato apice acute acuminalo basi longe attenuato, stipite 

 recurvo calycem parum superante. — California, Arroyo del Puerto, in 



