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Lowell, W. F. Parish 45. California: McCoy Wash, Colorado Desert, 

 Hall 5952 is referred here lirovisionall}- — general aspect of L. tomen- 

 tellus but the seeds are rugose rather than granulose or tuberculate 

 and the pods are 1.3 to 1.7 cm. long, curved near the apex and 3 mm. 

 wide. 



Reference. — Lotus tomentellus Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, p. 140, 

 type loc. at Los Angeles Bay, Lower California, Palmer 602, "dis- 

 tributed as Hosackia strigosa." 



13. L. salsuginosus Greene (pi. 72; pi. 73, fig. 1). Prostrate or 

 decumbent annuals, somewhat succulent ; pubescence of few short 

 appressed hairs ; leaves 2 to 4 cm. long ; leaflets mostly 5 or 6, orbicular 

 to obovate, obtuse, the rachis flat ; umbels 1 to 5-flowered ; peduncles 

 shorter or longer than the leaves, with a bract of 1 to 3 ovate or 

 orbicular leaflets; flowers 8 to 10 mm. long; calyx not quite one-half 

 as long as flower, the teeth as long as the tube or shorter ; corolla unlike 

 those of the six preceding species, banner distinctly separated into 

 blade and claw, claw slightly exserted beyond calyx tube, wings 

 obovate, lying on either side of the obtuse keel and surpassing it in 

 length; legumes 1.8 to 3 cm. long, 1.5 to 2 mm. wide, with recurved 

 beak, more or less constricted between the seeds; .seeds smooth, 

 globose to obliquely oval. 



Common in the coastal counties from Santa Clara County south 

 into Lower California, also appearing on the islands off the coast and 

 extending sparingly into the southeastern part of the state. Dis- 

 tribution Map 4. March-July. 



Localities. — :Alum Rock Park, Santa Clara County, Elmer 4723; 

 Big Sur, Monterey County, Davy 7462; Little Sur River, Monterey 

 County, Davy 7307 ; San Luis Obispo, Jones 2684 ; Avila, San Luis 

 Obispo County, Summers, June 4, 1885 ; Santa Lucia Mountains, 

 Jepson 1677 ; Santa Lucia Mountains, Barhcr, May, 1899 ; Gaviota, 

 Santa Barbara County, Eastwood 45; Santa Barbara, Elmer 3766; 

 Santa Barbara, Dunn, May 27, 1891 ; Ventura, Hall 3131 ; Hueneme, 

 Ventura County, Davy, April 7, 1902, "fair match for Nuttall's type 

 of Hosackia maritima," Jepson '06, Kew Herb.; Casitas Pass, Ven- 

 tura County, Hall 3220 ; San Francisquito Pass, Hall 3094 ; San Fran- 

 cisquito Caiion, Parish, 1891 ; Santa Monica forestry station, Los 

 Angeles County, Barher 106; Santa Monica, Hall 3274; Elysian Park, 

 Los Angeles County, Setchell, March 13, 1901; Echo Park, Braunton 

 439; Los Angeles, Geo. B. Grant, April, 1903; Pasadena, Geo. B. 

 Grant 7506; Garvanza, Geo. B. Grant, April 20, 1905; Fish Caiion, 

 San Gabriel Mountains, Ottley 605; banks of San Gabriel River, 

 Leiherg 3387 ; Reche Caiion, San Bernardino County, Parish 2065 ; 

 Temecula, Vascy 126; near Ysidora, San Diego County, Ahrams 3293 ; 

 Ija Jolla, Clements and Clements 145; San Diego, Cleveland, March 

 9, 1884 ; Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Pendleton 1375 ; Avalon, 

 Trask, April, 1895; Santa Cruz Island, Niedermiiller, May 31, 1908; 

 Santa Cruz Island, T. S. Brandegee, April, 1888 ; Santa Rosa Island, 

 T. S. Brandegee, June, 1888. 



