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oblonjj-lanceolatc, silky on both sides, attenuate at both ends, sliortcr flian 

 llip pptiole ; stipules lonp, setarenus ; flowers irregularly vertieillate ; liraets 

 subulatc-tiliti)rui, loiiaer than llie flowers, cadiicous ; calyx bracleolatc ; the 

 upper lip almost 'i-parted, the lower 3-t(X)thed ; corolla nearly glabrous. 

 Agardh ! l. c. p. 34. 



Calilbrnia, Douglas ! (v. s]). in herb. Lindl.) — The locality is omitted by 

 Agardli. 



41. L.flrxuosns (Lindl.) : shrubby, ascending, silvery and silky ; stem very 

 flexuous ; leailels obovate-oblong, silky on i)olli sides, sliorter diati the i>etiole ; 

 stipules setaceous, minute; llowers in distant soTuewhat regular whorls; 

 bracts lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the tlower buds, caducous; calyx 

 bracteolate ; the upper lip somewhat •2-clert, the lower entire; vexillum 

 slightly sericeous. Agardh! I. c. p. 34. 



Oregon, Duiiglas! {w sp. in herb. Lindl.) — Flowers smaller than in L. 

 perennis, blue : keel eiliate. 



42. L. liltoralis (Dougl.) : shrubby, decumbent, silverv'-sericeous ; stem 

 filiform; leaflets elongated-obo\ate, silky on both sides, shorter than the pe- 

 tiole ; flowers somewhat scattered; calyx ebracteolate, both lips nearly en- 

 tire ; corolla glalirous ; legumes 10-12-seeded. Agardh. — Dovgl. ! in bot. 

 reg. t. 1198 ; Hool: bot. inag. t. 2952, S^- fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 164 ; Agardh ! 

 I.e. ly. 36. 



Rocky shores of Oregon from Cape Mendocino to Puget Sound, Douglas! 

 (v. sp. in lierb. Lindl.)— Flowera pedicellate, purple ; the vexilhnn yellow 

 in the middle, with jjurple spots. Legumes nearly li inch long. — The 

 granulated roots are farinaceous, and are used by the Chenook Indians as an 

 article of food, under the name of " Somuchtan." Dougl. 



43. L. macrocarpxis (Hook. & Arn.) : suffruticose, leafy ; leaves on short 

 petioles ; leaflets about 7, lanceolate, very obtuse, attenuate at the base, gla- 

 brous above, silky with api)ressed hairs beneadi ; raceme many-flowered ; 

 flowers (verv large) rarely verticillate ; calyx, pedicels, and racliis silky ; le- 

 gumes linear-oblong, tumid, hirsute, 8-10-seeded. Hook. <^- Arn. hot. 

 Beechey, p. 138. 



St. Francisco, California, Menzies. — " Tins does not correspond with any 

 described species, nor with any found by Mr. Douglas. The lower part of 

 the stem is decidedly shrubby," the leaves and legumes large in projwrtion to 

 the size of the plant, [and the flowers] apparently yellow when recent. Per- 

 haps, in habit, its nearest atlfinity is with L. littoralis, Dougl. ; but the leaves 

 are, in that plant, silky on both sides, the flowers differently colored, and the 

 legumes not half the size." Hook. ^' Arn. 



44. L. decumbens (Torr.) : suffruticose, rather decumbent, minutely silky- 

 pubescent ; leaflets about 7, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous above, somewhat 

 silky beneath, about the length of \he petiole ; stipules subulate-setaceous, 

 minute ; racemes few-flowered ; the flowers scattered or somewhat verticil- 

 late, on short pedicels ; calyx bracteolate ; the lips a little unetiual, entire ; 

 legumes silky, 3-4-seedcd.— Torr. .' in ann. li/c. New York, 2. 73. 191. 



On the southern branches of die Arkansas, Dr. James ! — Stems ca?spitose. 

 Flowers snjaller than in L. perennis, purple. Legumes about an inch 

 long. 



§3. Perennial: leaves unifoliolate : legumes j^lane. 



45. L. villosus ( Willd.) : densely silky -tomentose ; stem decumbent and 

 somewhat ligneous at the base ; leaves large, lanceolate-oblong, on long 

 woolly petioles ; stipules linear-subulate, very long ; flowers somewhat alter- 



