1923] Ottley: A Revision of the Calif ornian Species of Lotus 237 



5052; part of Kellogg 's type of Hosackia argentea; Kaweah Kiver, 

 eighteen miles east of Yisalia, WooJsey, March 20, 1898 ; Hot Springs, 

 Eastwood 2617 ; Bear Creek, Tulare County, Purj^us 1711 ; Toll House, 

 Fresno County, Hall and Chandler 46. 



Var. fremontii Ottley n, comb. (pi. 81, figs. 9-14). Umbels dense 

 and confined to the ends of the branches, giving them a top-hea^y 

 appearance ; calyx teeth filiform, as long as the tube and obscured by 

 the dense matted hairs ; blade of banner shorter than its claw ; leaves 

 slightly longer than those of the species, leaflets broadly oblanceolate 

 or obovate to elliptical, acute. — Sierra Nevada from Placer County 

 to Mariposa County. Also possibly occurring in the Santa Lucia 

 Mountains on the western coast. May-July. 



Localities. — Hite's Cove road, Mariposa Countv, Congdon, May 

 29, 1898; Yosemite Valley, Chesmit and Drew] July 16, 1889; 

 Yosemite, Parrij; Sweetwater Creek, El Dorado County, Simpson, 

 June, 1907 ; ridge above Bear Valley, Placer County, Jones; New- 

 castle, Mackie, April-May, 1904; Colfax, Jones 3338; Cape Horn, 

 Essig, June 17, 1916 ("erect, bushy") ; Cape Horn, J. P. Moore; 

 Santa Lucia Mountains, Jepson 1654. 



Var. decorus Ottley n. comb. (pi. 81, figs. 15-22). Herbage 

 glistening satiny-canescent throughout or at tips of branches only ; 

 plants prostrate, forming dense mats covered with the yellow flowers 

 which turn pinkish purple with age ; banner blade oblong, longer than 

 the claw ; umbels peduncled and pedicels more evident than in the 

 species. Mostly in the Upper Sonoran of the mountains of southern 

 California. April-July. 



Localities. — Little Tujunga Wash, Los Angeles County, Ottley 

 565 ; Tujunga Canon, Ottley 697 ; Mt. Lowe, Geo. B. Grant, Mav 23, 

 1901 ; Old AYilson Trail, Geo. B. Grant, April 1, 1898 ; Old Wilson 

 Trail, Brown in 1894; Mt. Wilson, Ottley 655; Little Santa Anita 

 Canon, Geo. B. Grant, May 27, 1902; Evey Canon, Johnston, May 6, 

 1917; Day Cafion, San Antonio Mountains, Johnston 1737; Cascade 

 Cafion, San Antonio Mountains, Johnston 1278 (type of Hosackia 

 argophylla var. decora Johnston) ; mouth of Cucamonga Canon, San 

 Antonio Mountains, Johnston 2111 ; Lytle Creek, San Antonio Moun- 

 tains, Ottley 701 ; Bear Caiion, tributary San Antonio River, Peirson, 

 May 28, 1920; vicinity of San Bernardino, Parish 4389; San Ber- 

 nardino, Parish Bros., June, 1884 ; Glen Martain, San Bernardino 

 Mountains, Crawford 922; Waterman Caiion, Parish 11392; Devil's 

 Canon, San Bernardino Mountains, Munz, 2789; Dark Caiion road, 

 San Bernardino Mountains, Munz, Street and Williams 2802; southern 

 slope of San Bernardino Mountains, Parish 7115 ; San Bernardino 

 Mountains, Parish Bros., June, 1888. 



Var. niveus Ottley n. comb. (pi. 82, figs. 1-11). Stems woody and 

 stocky, characterized by short internodes and raised leaf scars at 

 base, otherwise much as in variety fremontii. — Santa Cruz and San 

 Clemente islands. 



Ijocalities. — Santa Cruz Island, Greene in 1886 ; Santa Cruz Island, 

 T. S. Brandegee in 1888; San Clemente Island. T. S. Brandegee, 

 August 25, 1894. 



