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not elougatel, entire : corolla purple, the broad wings equalling the very 

 falcate naked keel. —In dry open pine groves at middle elevations of the 

 mountains in Calaveras Co., collected by the author, June, 1889. Perhaps 

 .1. Audersonii, var. (?) Grayi, Wats., found by Gray in Mariposa Co., may 

 be the same. 



26. L. sericatus, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. vii. 92 (1877). Stoutish, 

 decumbent, ^3— 1 ft. high, very leafy, canescent with a minute closely 

 appressed silky pubescence : stipules setaceously acuminate from an 

 adnate base ; leaflets 7, spatulate-oblong, obtusish, 1^ — 2 in. long, on 

 petioles as long : raceme short-peduncled : fl. large, in about 5 whorls, 

 deep purple ; calyx-lips large, the upper cleft, lower obscurely 3-toothed ; 

 keel slender-pointed, lightly ciliolate. — An elegant species apparently 

 confined to a limited area in the mountains of Lake and Sonoma counties. 

 No. 2180 of the State Survey collection appears to be this. Dr. Kellogg 

 described it as woody at base. We have not found it so. June —Sept. 



++ ++ Fluirers smaller (4 — 5 lines long). 



27. L. onnstus, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 127 (1876). Low and 



decumbent, sparingly silky-villous : leaflets 5 — 8, oblanceolate, acutish, 

 1 in. long, on petioles twice as long : fi. small, deep bhie, scattered in a 

 short, lax raceme : keel strongly ciliate : pod I3 in. broad, l^^ in. long : 

 seeds 4 or 5, 3 lines broad. Mountains of Plumas and Sierra counties. 



28. L. coufertus, Kellogg, Proc. CaHf. Acad. ii. 192, fig. 59 (1863) ; 

 L. Tun-eiii, Gray, in Bot. King Exp. 58 (1871). Tufted, decumbent, 1— l^g 

 ft. high, densely silky-villous, most leafy at base ; leaflets 5 — 8, . cuneate- 

 oblong, acute, 1 in. long or more : raceme long-peduncled, dense ; bracts 

 setaceous, persistent : fl. verticillate, subsessile, purplish ; upper calyx- 

 lip cleft ; banner narrow, keel not strongly falcate, woolly-ciliate : pod 

 % in. long, 2 — 4-seeded : seed roundish, white. Var. Wrig'htii. Taller 

 and stouter : leaflets obtuse, miicronulate : raceme larger, on a longer 

 peduncle : fl. 5 lines long : keel broad, scarcely falcate, densely woolly 

 for a short space just below the apex. — Yosemite Valley and northward ; 

 the variety (No. 114 of Wright and Palmer, 1888), in the mountains of 

 Kern Co. 



29. L. miuimus, Dougl. in Hook. Fl. i. 163 (1833) ; L. selluhts, Kell. 

 Proc. Calif. Acad. v. 33 (1873). Appressed silky-villous, the scapose stems 

 4 — 12 in. high : leaflets 5 —7, obovate or oblanceolate, acute, 3 — 8 lines 

 long, on petioles thrice as long : raceme dense, less distinctly verticillate : 

 fl. purple ; upper calyx-lip deeply cleft ; keel not falcate, woolly-ciliolate 

 throughout: pod 4 lines long, 2 — 3-seeded : seed round-obovate, brown. 



Yosemite and northward. June Oct. 



30. L. Lobbii, Gray, in Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 533 (1873). Stems 

 cespitose, 2—3 in. long, herbage villous ; leaflets 5-7, obovate or 



