1923] Ottlcij: A Revision of the Calif ornian Species of Lotus 215 



near Erskine Creek, Piirpus 5568; Bakersfield, Calloway Canal, Kern 

 County, Davy 1791 ; under pines, Richardson Caiion, Antelope Valley, 

 Davy 2500; Manzana, Antelope Valley, Davy 2530; Santa Lucia 

 Mountains. Jcpson 1658 ; Liebre Mountains, Los Angeles County, 

 Ahrams and McGregor 372; Mt. Lowe, Los Angeles Countv, Ottley 

 644; Mt. Wilson, Ottley 649; Mt. Wilson, Geo. B. Grant, 6792; 

 Fredalba, San Bernardino Mountains, Ahrams 2790; Waterman 

 Caiion, southern slope of San Bernardino Mountains, Parish 5925 ; 

 vicinit}* of Chalk Hill, San Jacinto Mountains, Hall 2059 ; San 

 Jacinto Mountain, Hall 965; south side of San Jacinto Mountain, 

 Hall 1809 ; Coyote Caiion, Avestern border of Colorado Desert, Hall 

 2776, 1907 ; Vandeventer Ranch, Riverside County, Jepson 1426 ; 

 Palomar, Hall 1948; Witch Creek, San Diego County, Alderson 424; 

 Campbell Ranch, Laguna, Mearns 3530; Julian, T. 8. Brandegee, 

 June 12, 1894. Lower California : San Sebastian, T. S. Brandegee, 

 April 29, 1889. 



References. — Lotus strigosus Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, p. 141, 

 Hosackia strigosa Nutt. in T. & G. Fl., vol. 1, 1838, p. 326, type loc, 

 dry gravelly hills near Monterey. Anisolotus strigosus Heller, ]\Iuhl., 

 vol. 3, 1907. p. 101. Hosackia rnhella Nutt., loc cit., type loc, dry 

 gravelly hills near ^Monterey. Lotus ruhellus Greene, loc. cit. A^iiso- 

 lotus ruhellus Heller, Muhl., vol. 7, 1912, p. 139. Hosackia nudiflora 

 Nutt., loc. cit., type loc, gravelly hills near Monterey. Lotus nudi- 

 florus Greene, loc cit. Lotus strigosus var. nudiforus Jepson, Fl. W. 

 Mid. Calif., ed. 1, 1901, p. 302. Anisolotus nudiflorus Heller, loc. cit. 

 Var. HiRTELLUS Ottley. Lotus hirtellus Greene, loc. cit., p. 142, type 

 loc, high ridges of the mountains north of Hetch-Hetchy Valley, 

 Chesnut and Drew. Hosackia striaosa var. hirtella Hall. T'^niv. 

 Calif. Publ. Bot., vol. 4, 1912, p. 199. Anisolotus hirtellus Heller, 

 Muhl., vol. 8, 1912, p. 60. 



12. L. tomentellus Greene (pi. 71, figs. 13-20). Prostrate; leaves 

 similar to those of L. strigosus Greene var. hirtellus but pubescence 

 more appressed and pods less than 3 mm. wide ; seeds globose to oval, 

 granulose. Barely distinguishable, without recourse to the seeds, 

 from certain desert forms of L. strigosus Greene. 



A desert species of southeastern California, Arizona, and Lower 

 California. Distribution Map 4. March-May. 



Localities. — Hanaupah Caiion, Panamint Mountains, Jepson 7061 ; 

 Panamint Mountains, Coville and Funston 526 (U.C. Herb, sheet 

 authenticated by Greene according to Coville) ; Granite Wells, San 

 Bernardino County, Parish, 10137; wash between Carrego and Split 

 Mountain, Parish 9112; Split Mountain Cafion, Colorado Desert, 

 Parish 9113; Palmetto Springs, Colorado Desert, Stephens 1003;- 

 Barregos Springs, T. S. Brandegee, April 17, 1S95 ; Mecca, Colorado 

 Desert, Hall 5830 ; Canon Springs, Colorado Desert, Riverside County, 

 Hall 5823; Cottonwood Springs, Colorado Desert, Parish 10842 (seeds 

 rugose) ; southwestern part of Colorado Desert, San Diego County, 

 Orcutt, April 25, 1890; San Felipe, San Diego County. T. S. Bran- 

 degee, April 16, 1895; San Felipe Wash, Eastwood, 2701; Vallecito, 

 San Diego County, Jepson 8543. Lower California: Santa Rosalia, 

 Palmer 201 ; San Bartolome Bay, Rose 16233. Arizona : Palmer 76 ; 



