LEGUMINOS^. 5 



3. L. sulpliureiis, Brewer, in Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 399 (1867). 



Slif^litly pubescent, 3 ft. high, stem acutely angled : leaflets 8—12, sub- 

 coriaceous, ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, less than 1 in. 

 long, sessUe : stipules broadly semisagittate, acute or acuminate, sub- 

 entire : peduncles equalling the leaves ; lower calyx-teeth lanceolate, 

 nearly as long as the tube, sparsely ciliolate : corolla i^' in. long, yellow- 

 ish, fading brownish. — Lower altitudes in the mountains from Nevada 

 Co. to Calaveras. June. 



4. L. Jepsoiiii, Greene, Pittonia, ii. 158 ( 1890 ). Nearly or quite 

 glabrous ; stem 5—8 ft. high, strongly winged along the angles and 

 striate between them : leaflets 8—12, linear-lanceolate, acute, 2—3 in. 

 long, subcoriaceous, venulose : stipules small, setaceously acuminate : 

 peduncles stout, about as long as the leaves : fl. rose-purple ; calyx- 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate, the lowest not much longer than the others ; 

 corolla ,^4 in. long, relatively broad : pod 2—3 in. long, sessile in the 

 calyx, 12 -16-seeded. —Muddy margins of sloughs, within reach of tide- 

 water in the Suisun marshes, Jepsoii ; also near Stockton, Greene. 



5. L. Califoruicus, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xx. 363 (1885 j. Tall like 

 the last, with winged stems, etc., but foliage thin and the whole herbage 

 soft-pubescent: leaflets 3—7 pairs, ovate-oblong or narrower, 1 — 2 iu. 

 long, acute or acuminate ; stipules semisagittate, acute : peduncles 

 equalling the leaves : fl. large, pinkish : calyx-teeth short : pod 2 in. 

 long, narrowed to a stipe. — Along streams among the foot-hills on both 

 sides of the Sacramento valley. May. 



6. L. vestitus, Nutt. in T. & G. Fl. i. 276 (1838). Low and herbaceous, 

 or 8—15 ft. high and shrubby at base, soft-pubescent or nearly glabrous, 

 the stems angled : leaflets 5—7 pairs, ovate-oblong to linear, cuspidate, 

 subcoriaceous : stipules broadly or narrowly semisagittate, toothed or 

 entire : peduncles about equalling the leaves ; fl. ^^ in. long, broad, 

 purplish ; lower calyx-teeth lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the tube : 

 ovary and pod appressed-pubescent. — Very common from San Joaquin and 

 Sonoma counties southward. Variable in size, breadth of leaflets and 

 stipules, but with distinctive leaf -texture and pubescence. Feb. — May. 



7. L. cinctus, Wats, Proc. Am. Acad, xxiii. 263 (1888). Stout, with 

 angular stem and pubescent herbage : stipules semihastate, nearly 1 in. 

 long, the broad basal lobe coarsely toothed : leaflets 10 —15 pairs, narrow- 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 1—1% in. long : peduncles much shorter than 

 the leaves, few-flowered : calyx short, the lower teeth equalling the tube : 

 fl. I3 in. long : pod 1%^ iii- lo^Si % in- broad, 3 -5-seeded : seed orbicular, 

 2% lines broad, nearly encircled by the hilum.— Near Jolon, Monterey 

 Co., Brandegee. 



* * Wilhoul leiidrih; pednncles 1 — S-Jioirered. 



