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Astragalus AntiselH Gray. 



Common around Kenworthy, in the lower edge of the pine 

 belt. (Xos. 545, 216-t.) 



Astragalus Parishii Graij. Loco-weed. 



Common in open pine forests of the south side below the 

 6000-foot contour, from which it extends down through the 

 Sonoran Zone to the desert. 



The pubescence of this species is very variable. At 6700 ft. 

 alt. in the San Antonio Mts. it is early glaln-ate (no. 1248); at 

 5000-5500 ft. alt. on the San Jacinto Mts. it remains grayish 

 pubescent even during the fruiting period (nos. 971, 1117, 2229) ; 

 while in the lower valleys opening toward the Colorado Desert 

 the leaves are clothed with a dense pubescence, which gives them 

 a silvery sheen and which persists at least during the fi'uiting 

 season, — perhaps permanently (no. 1158). 



Lathyrus laetiflorus Greene, Erythea i. 105 (1893) (?) 



A white-flowered Lathyrus, probably of this species, is common 

 on hillsides in the upper part of the chaparral belt and in the 

 lower part of the pine belt of the south and east sides. It differs 

 from the type in being scarcely at all shrubby, in the less 

 elongated peduucles, and in the broader leaflets. The last 

 character is, however, extremely variable, narrowly lanceolate, 

 acute leaflets and broadly elliptical, obtuse ones occurring on the 

 same plant. In the chaparral the plants climb to a height of 

 several feet, — in the open forests they are prostrate. (No. 2308. ) 



Lathyrus violaceus Greene, 1. c. 



The bright, reddish-purple flowers of this species are fre- 

 quently seen adorning the more somber foot-hill shrubs over 

 which it clambers. It reaches our limits in Onstatt Valley but 

 is not found among the pines. Our specimens agree well with 

 the type, with which they were compared, except that the stipules 

 are nearly entii'e and the raceme rather loose. (No. 2222.) 



Lotus Americanus Bisch., Hort. Heidelb. (1839). RosacMa 

 Pursliiana Benth. Spanish Clover. 

 Common below the 6000-foot contour. (No. 2387.) 



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