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KRAMERIACEAE 



2. Krameria glandulosa Rose & Painter. Glandular Ratany. Fig. 2961. 



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



Krameria parvifolia var. glandulosa J. F. Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. No. 56: 52. 1918. 



Low much branched shrub resembling the preceding species in general habit, young twigs 

 and peduncles somewhat less canescent and beset with stipitate glands. Leaves very narrowly 

 linear to almost subulate, mostly less than 1 mm. wide, 5-10 mm. long, canescent ; calyx rather 

 sparsely canescent; upper petals united below, the middle lobe oblong, the lateral obliquely ovate, 

 the lower cuneate-obovate, about 3 mm. long ; body of the fruit 6-7 mm. broad, rather densely 

 canescent, the slender prickles with a few inconspicuous barbs along the sides below the naked 

 apex. 



Rocky ridges and slopes, Lower Sonoran Zone; Mojave and Colorado Deserts, California, east to southern 

 Nevada and western Texas. Type locality: El Paso, Texas. April-June. Heart-nut. 



3. Krameria imparata (J. F. Macbride) Britt. Pima Ratany. Fig. 2962. 



Krameria parvifolia var. imparata J. F. Macbride. Contr. Gray Herb. No. 56: 52. 1918. 

 Krameria imparata Britt. N. Araer. Fl. 23: 199. 1930. 



Closely resembling the preceding species, but more densely sericeous and not glandular. 

 Leaves narrowly linear, sessile, acute or obtuse, 2-12 mm. long; peduncles 15 mm. long or less ; 

 sepals sericeous, 6-11 mm. long; upper petals united below, 4 mm. long, the middle lobe oblong, 

 the lateral obliquely ovate; lower petals cuneate-obovate, truncate, 2.5 mm. long; stamens united 

 to the claw of the petals; body of the fruit densely strigose, the prickles barbed on the sides 

 below the apex to about the middle. 



Rocky desert ridges and slopes, Lower Sonoran Zone; Mojave Desert, southern California, to southern 

 Nevada, south to Sonora and Lower California. Type locality: Mountain Springs, California. March-May. 



2957 



2958 



2959 



2960 



2957. Lathyrus laetiflorus 



2958. Lathyrus Alefeldii 



2961 



2959. Lathyrus splendens 



2960. Krameria Grayi 



2962 



2961. Krameria glandulosa 



2962. Krameria imparata 



