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racemes of very fra^jrant white flowers. -Native of the Altantic states ; 

 long cultivated iu Califoruia for shade aud ornament ; now spontaneous 

 in many places. 



8. PSORALEA', Roijeii. Perennials (one adventi\'ie species shrubby), 

 punctate with dark dots and heavy-scented : leaves pinuately 3-foliolate 

 (in No. 6 palmately 5-foliolate) ; stipules free from the petiole. Calyx- 

 lobes nearly equal, the two upper sometimes connata Keel broad, obtuse, 

 joined to the wings. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous : anthers 

 tmiform. Pod ovate, indehiscent, 1-seeded. 



1. P, orbicularis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxiii. 1. 1971 ( 1837). Stem prostrate, 

 creeping, the leaves and racemes erect, long-stalked : leailets 2 — 3 in> 

 long, the terminal one nearly orbicular, the lateral pair obovate : raceme a 

 few inches to a foot long, the flowers subtended by large deciduous bracts: 

 calyx villous and pedicellate-glandular, cleft almost to the base, the 

 lowest tooth as long as the purplish corolla : sttmiens diadelphous : pod 

 ovate, acute, 3 lines long. — Frequent in moist grassy places. Jialy. 



2. P. strol)ilina, H. & Av Bot. Beech. 332. t. 80 (1840). Erect, 2—3 

 ft. high, villous throughout, the stem and .stalklets glandular : leaflets 

 rhombic-ovate, 2 in. long ; stii^ules large, broadly ovate, acuminate : 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves : spike oblong, the bracts very large, 

 deciduous : calyx % in. long, the lower tooth much the longest, equalling 

 the purple corolla : stamens monadelphous : ovary pubescent. — Said to 

 inhabit the mountains of Contra Costa and Santa Ciruz counties. 



3. P. macrostachya, DG. Prodr. ii. 220 (1825). Three to twelve feet 

 high, the pubescence variable : leaflets ovate-lanceolate : stipules small, 

 lanceolate : peduncles greatly surpassing the leaves : spikes cylindrical, 

 silky-villous ; bracts acuminate, as long as the flowers : lower calyx - 

 tooth longest, scarcely as long as the corolla : tenth stamen almost free : 

 pod ovate-oblong, acute, 3 or 4 lines long, compressed, villous. — Very 

 •common, either on hill-sides or in low ground, but in moist places, 

 chiefly along streams in the mountain districts ; abundant and of rank 

 growth in the Suisun marshes ; varying from nearly glabrous to some- 

 what tomentose. June — Oct. 



4. P. physodes, Dougl. in Hook. Fl. i. 136 (1830). Two or three feet 

 high, erect, nearly glabrous : leaflets ovate, acute, 1 in. long ; stipules 

 linear-lanceolate : peduncles about as long as the leaves ; raceme short, 

 •dense, the bracts small : calyx covered with sessile glands and somewhat 

 black-hairy, at length much enlarged and inflated, becoming 4 or 5 lines 

 long, its teeth short, subequal : corolla scarcely h^ in. long, ochroleucous, 

 often with a deep purple tinge : stamens monadelphous : pod rounded, 

 compressed, 3 lines long. — Common in both the Coast and Contra Costa 

 Ranges, in open places among thickets and trees. May— July. 



