1923] Ottley: A Revision of the Calif ornian Species of Lotus 229 



Var. traskiae Ottley n. comb. Erect ; umbels pedunculate with or 

 without a bract of one leaflet, few-flowered, more delicate looking than 

 those of the variety above; claM's of petals conspicuously exserted; 

 calyx teeth short subulate-triangular ; leaflets 5 to 9 mm. long, 

 oblanceolate, obtuse. — Insular, Distribution Map 8. 



Locality. — Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Trask in 1897. 



Var. brevialatus Ottley n. var. (pi. 77, figs. 10-16). Flowers .8 to 

 1 cm. long ; banner short ; keel extending noticeably beyond the 

 wings, which curve upward tOAvard banner, — Southern California. 

 Distribution Map 8. 



Localities. — Vicinity of San Diego, Spencer 92 ; San Diego, Stokes 

 in 1895; Jacumba, Ahrams 3652; Cuvamaca (Tallev's), Dunn, June, 

 1889; Reche Canon, Riverside County, Hall, May 15, 1900; Box 

 Caiion, below Blair Valley, east San Diego County, Jepson 8671 ; San 

 Antonio Caiion near Upland, Condit, June 1 ; vicinity of San Bernar- 

 dino, Parish, 4776; San Bernardino Vallev, Parish 7134; Claremont, 

 Chandler, May 11, 1897; Little Tujunga'Wash, Ottley 589 (type); 

 Los Angeles County, Barher July 8, 1898 (banner not short) ; Los 

 Angeles, E. D. Palmer, February, 1902 ; Augustine Ranch, Palomar, 

 Jepson 1558 ; Ca jon Canon, N. C. Wilson, June 25, 1893 ; vicinity of 

 Havilah, Kern County, F. Grinnell 296 (U.S. Nat. Herb.). 



References.- — Lotus scoparius Ottley. Hosackia scoparia Nutt. 

 in T. and G. FL, vol, 1, 1838, p, 325. Syrmatium glahrum Vogel, 

 Linnaea, vol. 10, 1836, p. 591, type from California. Hosackia 

 glabra Torr., Bot. AVilkes Exp., 1874, p. 274, type loc. near San 

 Francisco. Lotus glahcr Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, p. 148 (not of 

 Mill.). Hosackia crassi folia Nutt., loc. cit., type loc, dry hills near 

 the sea, Santa Barbara. //. glahra var. diffusa Grav, Proc. Acad. 

 Phila., vol. 15, 1863, p. 346. Lotus diffusus Heller, Cat. N. Am. PI., 

 ed. 2, 1900, p. 7. Var. veatchii Ottley. Hosackia veatchii Greene, 

 Bull. Calif. Acad., vol. 1, 1885, p. 83, type loc. at Elide, Lower 

 California, Veatch. Lotus veatchii Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, p. 148. 

 Syrmatium patens Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad., vol. 2, 1886, p. 147, 

 type loc, San ]\Iiguel Island, Lower California. Var. dendroideus 

 Ottley. Syrmatium dendroideum Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad., loc. cit., 

 p. 146, type loc, Santa Cruz Island. Lotus dendroideus Greene, 

 Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, p. 148. Var. tra.skiae Ottley. Syrmatium traskiae 

 Eastw, (in herb.), Abrams, Fl, Los Angeles, 1917, p. 201, type loc. 

 Mosquito Harbor, San Clemente Island. Trask 287. 



23. L. benthamii Greene (pi. 76, figs. 9-16). Suffrutescent per- 

 ennials, decumbent to suberect, with manj^ branches from the crown of 

 the woody root ; glabrous except on young herbage ; gland-like stipules 

 prominent ; leaves short ; leaflets oblong or cuneate-oblanceolate, 3 to 5 

 in number, 6 to 10 mm. long ; umbels many-flowered ; peduncles ex- 

 ceeding the leaves; bract (usually present) of 1 or 2 leaflets; flowers 

 8 to 10 mm. long ; calyx teeth subulate, arising abruptly from the tube, 

 recurved to nearly erect, lax, never stiffly erect as in L. scoparius; 

 wings slightly longer than the keel ; legumes falcate, 2-seeded, with 

 subulate beak nearly as long as the body. 



Extending along the coast from Sonoma County south to San 

 Luis Obispo County. Distribution Map 8. April-October. 



