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ous, resembling tubercles. Umbels .o-lO-flowered, the flowers about 4 lines 

 loii<j, yellow. Teeth of the calyx almost aristate, rather more than .1..11 me 

 length of the tube. 



13. H. prostratits CSntt.) : "sufTruticosc, nearly glabrou^;, prostrate; branch- 

 es terete; leafli'ts 5-7, oblong, obtuse; pL-ilunclt-s longer than the leaves, 

 often elongated; umbels many-flowered; brad-; 1-fuliolate ; calyx much 

 shorter than the corolla, the teeth scarcely one-third the length of the tube; 

 legume with a very long sul)ulate point. Nnlt. ! riiss. (under Drepanololjus.) 



"Plains near the sea; St. Diego, and St. Barbara, California. April. — 

 Brandies numerous, spreading, 2-3 feet long. Flowers as large as in the 

 preceding species, yellow, the tip of the vcxillum and wings red. Legume 

 nearly glabrous." Nntlall. 



14. H. Jiincea (Benth.) : " sufi"ruticose, glabrous ; branches angular and 

 erect; leaflets 3-5, oblong, obtuse; peduncles very short, 3-5-flowered, with- 

 out bracts ; calyx somewhat prismatic, with very short pointless teeth. — 

 Benth. I. c. Drepanolobus junceu'^." iVidt. ! m/tft. 



Dry hill sid?s near the sea, St. Barbara, California, Niitta^ ! Douglas. — 

 Somewhat sempervirent ; the branches very numerous and greenish. Leaf- 

 lets thick, about \ of an inch long. Stipules hard and persistent, resembling 

 tubercles. Calyx glabrous, the teeth triangular, scarcely one-sixth the length 

 of the tube. Corolla yellow. 



15. //. cra.i.'iifoh'a (Nutt.) : " sufi'ruticose, decumbent, nraily glabrous ; 

 branches angular; leaflets 3-4, oblong or cuneate-oblong, obtuse, thick ; um- 

 bels n?arly sc-sile, 5-7-flowered; bracts none; teeth of the calyx about one- 

 fourth the lenjth of the tube ; legume with a very long subulate point." 

 Nutl. ! ms.s. (under Drepanolobus.) 



" With the preceding. — Young shoots pubescent. Flowers of various 

 shades of yellow, sometimes nearly red." Nutlall. 



^ 16. H. scoparia (Nutt.): " suffruticose, erect, much branched, nearly gla- 

 •brous; branches terete; leaflets 3-4, linear-oblong, someM'hat acute; umbels 

 sessile, 5-7-flowered ; bracts none; teeth of the calyx subulate, about one- 

 third the length of the tube ; legu.ne with a very long subulate point." Xult. ! 

 mss. (under Drepanolobus.) 



" With the preceding. March-April. — Stems 3-4 feet high, the upper part 

 of th" branches loaded with flowers. Leaves somewhat sempervirent: leaflets 

 4-5 lines long. Glandular stipules conspicuous and persistent. Corolla yellow, 

 often tinged with red. — Used in California for making brooms." — Nultall. 



17. //I .fflncea (Benth.) : densely silky-tomentose ; leaflets usually 3; pe- 

 duncles very short, 1-3-flowered, without bracts. Benth. I. c. 



California, Douglas. — Near H. cyti:oides, but very di-tinct. Leaves larg- 

 er, nearly sessile. Flowers rather larger. Winss slishtly but constantly adhe- 

 rent to the keel. Benlh. — Perhaps not of this section, and only referred here 

 on account of Bentham's observation, that it is near H. cytisoides. 



§ 3. Peduncles umbellately l-3-Jloicered: corolla longer th a 71 the calyr: 

 vexilhvn on a short narrow claw., which is approximated to those of the 

 other petals: keel somewhat rostrate: legume straight, somewhat com- 

 pressed, not attenuated above. Mostly annuals : leaves pinnately 5-7- 

 foliolate, with minute gland-like stipides. — Microlotus, Benth. (partly), 

 Nutt. mss. 



-^^IS. H. parviflora (Benth.) : erect, nearly glabrous, branched from the 

 base; leaflets 4-6. oblong and obovate, alternate; ptHluncles 1-flowertd; 

 bracts 3-foliolate ; calyx oae-thLi-d ths length of the corolla; teeth lijaear-aub- 



