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Var. mutabilis Ottley n. nom. fpl. 68, figs. 2-6 and pi. 69, fifj. 1). 

 Shorter than the species, less than 8 dm. in height, with many aerial 

 stems arising from a freely branching slender rootstock which ramifies 

 in all directions ; herbage velvety-pubescent, stems occasionally appear- 

 ing frosted ; leaves usually under 4 cm. in length ; peduncles shorter 

 or slightly longer than the leaves; flowers 1.5 to 1.8 cm. long; calyx 

 villous; calyx teeth variable, long-subulate with broad base, or short 

 subulate-triangular to linear, equal in length to the tube or slightly 

 shorter ; legumes 2 to 3.5 cm. long. Fairly common in the Coast 

 Ranges, also present in the Sierra Nevada within Calaveras County, 

 April-June. 



Localities. — Mendocino County, Bolander 4752, May 10, 1866; 

 near Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, Davy 6561 ; Mendocino Plains, 

 McMurphy 139; Hough's Springs, Lake County, Cleveland 42; Vaca 

 Mountains back of Miller Canon, Jepson, May 23, 1897; ridge above 

 Collin's Camp, Vaca Mountains, Jepson, August, 1892; summit of 

 Yolo Mountains, C. Baker 2993; Mt. Tamalpais, T. S. Brandegee, 

 June 13, 1892 ; Carmelo Valley, Brewer 675 ; Valley of Arroyo Seco, 

 Monterey County, Brewer 677 (U.C. Herb.) "Brewer's 677 is nearer 

 Gray's type of HosacMa grandiflora var. anthylloides than anything 

 here in the Kew Herb." Jepson '06, Kew Herb. ; Big Cholame Valley 

 on clay banks, Monterey County, Hall 10023 (leaves more than 4 cm 

 long) ; Santa Cruz Island, T. S. Brandegee, April, 1888; Paso Robles 

 San Luis Obispo County, Barber, April 23, 1899 ; Santa Clara Valley 

 Peckham, May, 1866; vicinity of Elizabeth Lake, Hall 3085; trail to 

 Luken Peak, San Gabriel Mountains, Ottley 683 ; Lancaster, K 

 Brandegee, May, 1889 ; San Diego County, Alderson 1893 ; Cuyamaca 

 T. 8. Brandegee, June 3, 1896, and June 3, 1906 ; San Jacinto Moun 

 tain, San Diego County, Parish Bros. 475; Cajon Pass. Hall 6224 

 Manzana, Calaveras County, Sprague 2456. The following (L. con- 

 finis Greene) are forms with flowers 1.8 to 2.2 cm. long, deep red even 

 in bud (according to Greene) ; calyx teeth subulate; half the length 

 of the tube : Witch Creek, Alderson, November, 1893 ; grade near 

 Descanso, San Diego County, T. 8. Brandegee, May 24, 1906. 



References. — Lotus gr.vndiflorus Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, p. 

 145 (not of Form.). Hosackia grandiflora Benth., Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. 17, 1837, p. 366, type from California. Douglas. Anisolotus 

 grandiflorus Heller. Muhl., vol. 8, 1912, p. 20. Hosackia macrantha 

 Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad., vol, 1, 1885, p. 81, type loc, Sweetwater 

 Creek, El Dorado County, Curran. Lotus macranthus Greene, loc. 

 cit., p, 146. Anisolotus macranthus Heller, Muhl., vol. 8, 1912, p, 48. 

 Hosackia ochroleuca Nutt. in T. and G. Fl., vol. 1, 1838, p. 323, type 

 loc. near Santa Barbara. Lotus guadahipensis Greene, loc. cit., p. 144, 

 type loc, Guadalupe Island. Hosackia? occulta Greene, Bull. Calif, 

 Acad., vol. 2, 1887, p. 394, type loc, Santa Cruz Island, "probably 

 Hosackia grandiflora Benth.," T. 8. Brandegee, Zoe, vol. 1, 1890, p. 

 134. Var, mutabilis Ottley, Hosackia grandiflora var, -^anthylloides 

 Gray, Proc Acad. Phila., vol. 15, 1863, p, 350, type loc, Santa Lucia 

 Mountains, Brewer. Lotus leucophaeus Greene, Pitt., vol. 2, 1890, 

 p. 145. Anisolotus leucophaeus Heller, Muhl., vol. 8, 1912, p. 48. 

 Lotus confinis Greene, Erythea, vol. 1, 1893, p. 258, type loc. in the 

 mountains of San Diego County, near the boundary between the 

 United States and Mexico, Alderson. 



