372 LEGUMINOSiE. Lufinus. 



California, Douglas ! — A slouter plant than the preceding, and more 

 villous willi long soft hairs. Leaflets oblong-spatulate. Flowers white, 

 stained wil]i ])ink. Legumes villous, 2-seeded. 



t t Stem leafy, branching : leaflets mostly spatulate : flowers somewhat verti- 

 cillate, bracteolate : upper lip of the calyx 2-cleft or 2.parted : seeds large, 

 somewhat reniform, compressed, colored, roughish. Agardh. 



4. L. liirsuiisfiimus (Benth.) : very hirsute with bristly hairs ; stem low, 

 nearly erect ; leaflets obovate-cuneifbmi, mucronulate ; stiimles subulate ; 

 flowers mostly alternate, on short pedicels ; bracts sul)ulate, about the length 

 of the calyx ; bracteoles caducous ; lips of the calyx nearly equal ; the upper 

 one deeply 2-cleft, the lower entire. — Benth. ! in hart, trans. I. c. jj. 409 ; 

 Agardh ! I. c. ^5. 4. 



California, Douglas ! — A very distinct hut not ornamental species, clothed 

 throughout with long and rigid spreading bristly hairs. Flowers reddish- 

 purple. 



5. L. gracilis (Agardh) : small, difTuse, very hairy; leaflets minute, 

 obovate-cuneiform, canaliculate ; peduncle short ; flowers on short pedicels, 

 few, alternately disposed along the very flexuous racliis ; bracts setaceous, 

 persistent, longer than the pedicels ; calyx bracteolate ; the upper lip 2-parted, 

 the lower somewhat 3-toothed ; legumes hirsute, about 5-seeded. — Agardh ! 

 I. c. J}. 15, t. 1, f. 2, not of Nutt. L. microphyllus, Nutt. ! mss. not of 

 Desrouss. 



California, Douglas ! Plains of St. Diego, Nuttall ! — Plant 4-6 inches 

 high. Leaflets 4-5 lines in length, hirsute, many times shorter than the pe- 

 tioles. Flowers 7-10, at length rather remote. Corolla blue and white, 

 Nutt. (purplish-rose color, Agardh); the wings longer than thevexillum. — A 

 small and very distinct species, allied to L. bicolor. 



6. L. concinnus (Agardh) : small, very densely villous with soft whitish 

 hairs ; leaves mostly radical ; leaflets spatulate ; stipules subulate-setaceous ; 

 flowers a little alternate, in a close ovate spike, on very short pedicels ; bracts 

 linear-subulate, shorter than the mostly ebracteolate calyx; the upjjer lip 2- 

 cleft, the lower entire or 3-denticulate. — Agardh ! I. c. p. 6, t. 1,/. 1 ; Hook. 

 S^' Am. ! I. c. 



California, Douglas ! — Plant 4-6 inches high, densely clothed wdth very 

 long hairs ; those of the leaves equal to the width of the leaflets themselves. 

 Flowers violet, with a yellow spot on the vexillum. 



7. L. snbcarnosus (Hook.) : stem silky pubescent ; leaflets 5 [7], obovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, somewhat fleshy, glabrous above, silky beneath 

 and on the margins ; stipules setaceous-subulate ; raceme pyramidal ; pedi- 

 cels alternate, about the length of the flowers ; calyx silky, bracteolate ; the 

 upper lip shorter, 2-cleft ; the lower lanceolate and 3-toothed at the apex, the 

 intermediate tooth longest ; vexillum orbicular, deep blue, with a white spot 

 in the middle divided by a longitudinal fold. Hook. ! hot. mag. t. 3467. 



Bejar, Texas, Berendier, (Berlandier ?) ex Hook. Brazoria, Drmnmond! 

 — Stem 8-10 inches high. Legumes linear-oblong, about li inch in length, 

 silky-tomentose, 4-5-seeded. Hook. — In the wild sjiecimens the young 

 leaflets are hairy on both sides. 



8. L. Texensis (Hook.) : stem silky-pubescent ; leaflets 5, lanceolate, ra- 

 ther acute, glabrous above, silky beneath and on the margins ; stipules subu- 

 late ; raceme pyramidal ; pedicels alternate, as long as the flowers ; calyx 

 silky, bracteolate ; the upper lip shorter, 2-cleft, tJie lower acuminate and 

 entire ; vexillum orbicular, deep blue, with a white spot in the middle divi- 



