43 LBGUMlNOSiK. 



purple. Thia and the last two in Cent. Cal., southward. 



32. Li. Stiver!, Kell. Leaflets broad: petioles short: standard yellow: wings rose. 



33. Jj. hirsutTsaimus, Benth. Very hispid with viscid stinging hairs: petals purple. 



34. Xi. concinnus, Agardh. Very villous: lower calyx -lip trifed: standard with yellow. 

 3.5. L. gracilis, Agardh. Leaflets broad, 3 to 6 lines long: petals 2 or 3 lines long, 



blue and white. Monterey, S. Rare. 



36. Li. naicrocarpus, Sims. Calyx very villous: flowers usually blue or purple. 



37. Li. densifi-Orus, Benth. Calyx only finely pubescent: flowers usually yellowish. 



38. L. luteolus, Kell. Leaves scattered: petioles short: flowers pale yellow. CaL 



4. TRLPOLIUM, Linnaeus. 



Leaflets mostly 6 to 7 1 to 4 



Leaflets 3: heads with no involucre. 



Flowers white or yellowish: leaflets linear to oblong 5, 6, 7, 12 



Flowers red, 6 lines long or more 8, 9 



Flowers small, at length reflexed 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 



Leaflets 3: heads with an involucre: peduncles axillary. 



Livolucre green, rotate, the lobes laciniately toothed- 17 to 20 



Involucre with entire lobes 21, 25, 26 



Involucre cup-shaped or broad, lobes toothed 22, 23, 24 



Involucre very small or reduced to a ring 26 



§ 1. Leaflets 5 to 7, rarely 3: calyx teeth filiform^ plumose. Alpine perennials. 



1. T. megacephalum, Nutt. Leaflets obovate or narrower, toothed; flowers spicate. 



2. T. Andersoni, Gr. Densely silky: leaflets entire, acute: flowers umbellate. 



3. T. Xiemmoni, Watson. Leaflets coarsely serrate: flowers reflexed: ovules 2. 



4. T. PluniineraB, Wat. Matted, hoary: leaflets 3 to 5, oblanceolate: ovary hairy. 



§ 2. Leaflets 3: heads not involucrate, terminal or apparently so, pedunculate: flower t 

 sessile or nearly so (except No. 12) : only No. 13 annual (its heads in one form sessile) 



5. T. eriocephalum, Nutt. Flowers in dense spikes, soon reflexed: ovary hairy. 



6. T. plximosum, Dougl. Similar: flowers not reflexed; ovary smooth. 



7. T. longipes, Nutt. .Similar: ovoid heads smaller: nearly glabrous. 



8. T. altissimum, Dougl. Leaflets very acute: 4 calyx teeth curved or twisted. 



9. T. Beckwittdi, Brewer. Leaflets broader: heads globose: calyx teeth straight. 



10. T. King-ii, Watson. Leaflets acute: rachis produced: flowers rose-purple. 



11. T. Bolanderi, Gr. Cespitose the short stems "decumbent: ovary smooth, 2-ovuled. 



12. T. Breweri, Watson. Very slender, diffuse: flowers few, nearly white, pediceled. 



13. T. Macrsei, H. & A. Erect slender, 6 to 12 inches high: heads ovoid: peduncle* 

 lung, or, m var. dichotomtun, Brewer, short. (?) 



§ 3. Leaflets 3: heads small, not involucrate, pedunculate, axillary: flowers on shorU 

 Mi length reflexed pedicels: glabrous annuxdsi ovules £. 



