KRAMERIA FAMILY 627 



tube, the lowest one narrowly subulate, longer than the tube ; corolla 2 cm. long, cream or faintly 

 flesh-colored, the banner rose- veined ; pods 4-5 cm. long, many-seeded. 



Growing over bushes, Upper Sonoran Zone; southern California in the cismontane region from the Santa 

 Monica to the San Jacinto Mountains. April-May. 



23. Lathyrus Alefeldii White. San Diego Pea. Fig. 2958. 



Lathyrus strictus Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 276. 1838. Not Grauer, 1784. 

 Lathyrus Alefeldii White, Bull. Torrey Club 21 : 449. 1894. 



Perennial, sparingly puberulent with somewhat kinky hair, the stems ribbed on the angles, 

 rather stout, often climbing, 1-2 m. high. Leaflets 6-10, usually alternating, linear-lanceolate to 

 ovate-elliptic, acute or obtuse, 1-4 cm. long, firm-coriaceous, and veiny; peduncles stout, usually 

 well surpassing the leaves, 6-10-flowered ; pedicels 8-10 mm. long ; calyx pubescent, the upper 

 lobes short-triangular, the two lateral lanceolate-subulate, and the lowest one narrowly subulate, 

 shorter than the tube ; corolla rose-purple to rose-red, 20-25 mm. long, the banner broadly ob- 

 cordate, nearly as broad as long. 



On chaparral slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; western Riverside and Orange Counties, California, south to 

 northern Lower California; also on San Clemente and Santa Catalina Islands. Type locality: San Diego, Cali- 

 fornia. March-May. 



24. Lathyrus splendens Kell. Campo Pea. Fig. 2959. 



Lathyrus splendens Kell. Proc. Calif. Acad. 7: 90. 1876. 



Perennial, the stems merely angled, climbing, 1-2 m. high. Leaflets 6-8, elliptic-ovate to 

 linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, veiny and coriaceous, pale green on both surfaces ; tendrils well 

 developed, divided; stipules scarcely half the length of the leaflets, rather narrow and entire or 

 sometimes toothed toward the base; peduncles stout, usually well exceeding the leaves, 4-12- 

 flowered ; calyx-teeth thinly pubescent, the lower lobes narrowly lanceolate, shorter than the tube ; 

 corolla deep red, 25-35 mm. long ; the standard strongly reflexed ; pod glabrous, 6-7 cm. long, 

 1 cm. wide, 12-16-seeded. 



Hillsides, Upper Sonoran Zone; San Diego County, California, south to northern Lower California. Type 

 locality: southern California. April-June. 



Family 70. KRAMERIACEAE. 



Krameria Family. 



Shrubs or perennial herbs, with alternate, simple and entire or rarely 3-foliolate 

 leaves. Flowers irregular, rather large, commonly purple, axillary or racemose. 

 Peduncles usually bearing 2 opposite foliaceous bracts. Calyx of 4 or 5 unequal 

 sepals. Petals 5, unequal, the three upper ones long-clawed, distinct or partly united, 

 the 2 lower much smaller, sessile, rather thick and fleshy. Stamens 4, free or borne 

 on the claws of the upper petals ; anthers 2-celled, opening by a terminal pore. Style 

 slender, elongated, acute. Ovary 1 -celled ; ovules 2, pendulous, anatropous. Fruit 

 globose, indehiscent, spiny, 1-seeded. Seeds without endosperm ; embryo with thick 

 cotyledons. 



The family comprises the single genus, Krameria, and about 20 species. 



1. KRAMERIA [Loefl.] L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 177. 1762. [Name in honor of 

 J. G. H. Kramer, xA.ustrian botanist and physician of the 18th century.] 



An American genus of about 20 species. Type species, Krameria Ixina L. 



Claws of the upper petals distinct; spines of the fruit barbed only at apex. 1. K. Grayi. 

 Claws of the upper petals united; spines of the fruit barbed along their sides or barbless. 



Peduncles and outer sepals stipitate-glandular. 2. K. glandulosa. 



Peduncles and sepals not glandular. 3. K. imparata. 



1. Krameria Grayi Rose & Painter. White Ratany. Fig. 2960. 



Krameria canescens A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1: 42. 1852. Not Willd. 1825. 

 Krameria Grayi Rose & Painter, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 10: 108. 1906. 



Low much branched spinescent shrub, 3-6 dm. high, the twigs densely canescent with a short 

 appressed pubescence. Leaves linear, 8-20 mm. long, mostly 1.5-2 mm. wide, acute or acuminate 

 at apex, narrowed below to the sessile base, densely canescent; peduncles solitary in the axils, 

 15-25 mm. long, bearing two foliaceous bracts above the middle; sepals 8-10 mm. long, canescent 

 without, nearly glabrous and purplish within ; upper petals distinct, spatulate, 4-5 mm. long ; 

 lower petals much shorter, cuneate-obovate, truncate or emarginate ; fruit 5-7 mm. in diameter, 

 densely canescent ; prickles armed at apex with 2-4 rather prominent retrorse barbs. 



Dry rocky ridges, Lower Sonoran Zone; Mojave Desert, southern California, eastward to southern Nevada 

 and western Texas, south to Lower California and northern Mexico. Type locality: prairies, near Pecos, Texas. 

 April-May. 



