44 Sierra Club Publications. 



Lotus Torreyi Greene. Stems many, from running rootstocks, 

 2-3 ft. high, hoary with fine, closely appressed hairs. Leaflets 

 generally 7, elliptical to oblanceolate, half an inch long, yi in. or 

 more wide ; axis and petioles slender ; stipules small, membran- 

 ous, pointed. Flowers in umbels, subtended by 1-3 leaflets 

 on slender peduncles generally longer than the leaves. Calyx 

 -with very narrowly pointed divisions and a tubular tube. Corolla 

 half an inch long, the banner and wings yellow, the keel white. 

 Bearskin Meadow and in Kings River Caflon. 



Lotus Nevadensis Greene. Perennial, from a woody tap- 

 root ; stems slender, wiry, very numerous, canescent with a close 

 white pubescence, about a foot high. Leaves with 3-5 small, 

 oblanceolate to orbicular leaflets X i^i- lo^g. without petioles, 

 unequal in number on the two sides. Flowers in umbels on 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves, yellow, X in. long, generally 

 with a single bract below the umbel. Pods ending in a long, 

 thread-like point, much curved, in a semicircle, small. Millwood 

 and Bubbs Creek, under the trees ; quite common and widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Vicia Americana truncata Brewer. Low vine clinging 

 by means of the branched tendrils at the ends of the 

 leaves. Leaves with about 12 leaflets on very short petioles ; 

 stipules cut into sharp points ; leaflets about half an inch long, 

 truncate across the top, often toothed and always with a bristle 

 in the middle. Flowers in racemes on slender peduncles much 

 shorter than the leaves, bluish-purple, Yz-^ in. long. Converse 

 Basin, Millwood. 



Lathyrus sulphureus Brewer. Tall vine climbing by 

 branched tendrils ; stems angled, smooth. Leaflets 5-9, ovate, i 

 in. long, tipped with a slender bristle, smooth. Flowers small, 

 yellow, fading brownish ; pods flat, i^ in- long. Millwood. 



The red bud, Cercis occidentalism is conspicuous along the road 

 to Millwood in June, when it is in full bloom. The crimson pea- 

 blossoms come out thickly on the branches before the leaves have 

 developed. The leaves are orbicular, kidney-shaped, bright green 

 and smooth. The pods are purple. It is one of the most beauti- 

 ful of the shrubs of California. 



