338 LEQUMINOSAE 



Locs. — Oakland Hills, Torrcy in 1865 ; Saratoga, w. Santa Clara Co., Jcpson 5634; Los Gatos, 

 B. J. Smith; Lonia Prieta, Elmer 4381, 4976 ; Santa Cruz, Bolandcr ; Greningcr Canon, w. of Gil- 

 roy, Jcpson 9701. 



Eefs. — PsoRALEA STROBILINA H. & A. Bot. Beech. 332, pi. 80 (1838), type from Cal., Douglas; 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 295 (1901), ed. 2, 233 (1911),. :Man. 560 (1925). Loiodcs strohilinum 

 Ktze. Eev. Gen. PI. 1:194 (1891), noita strohilina Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:11 (1919). 



3. P. physodes Dougl. California Tea. Steins erect, 10 to 23 inches high; 

 herbage nearly glabrous; leaflets ovate, varying to orbicular, mostly acute, 1 to 1% 

 inches long; peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves; racemes dense, i/2 to 1 inch 

 long, about as broad, the bracts small; calyx cup-shaped, covered with glands 

 which suggest low volcanic craters, and slightly villous with usually dark hairs, 

 about 1/2 as long as the corolla, at length much enlarged and inflated; calyx-teeth 

 very short and subequal; corolla 5 to 6 lines long; petals greenish-white, the keel 

 purple-tipped; pods suborbicular, compressed, 3 lines long; ovary black-pubescent. 



Common in open spots on bushy or wooded slopes of the higher hills or moun- 

 tains, 300 to 5500 (or 8000) feet: San Bernardino. San Gabriel and Santa Monica 

 mountains to Mt. Diablo, Marin Co. and Humboldt Co. North to British Colum- 

 bia. Apr.-June. 



Econ. note. — The herbage was dried by the pioneers and employed as a substitute for tea. 

 So used it makes a pleasant drink and was called "California Tea." On account of its tough 

 roots it is also called Devil's Shoestring. 



Locs. — San Bernardino Mts., Hall; Henniger Flats, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 93 ; Garvanza, 

 Los Angeles, E. D. Palmer; Carmel Valley, Brewer 673; Los Gatos, Heller 7417; Mt. Hamilton, 

 Davy; Crystal Springs Lake, San Mateo Co., Elmer 4270; Mt. Diablo, Jepson 13,595; Las 

 Trampas Hills, Jepson; Mt. Tamalpais, Jepson 13,596; Sebastopol, Maud Wheeler; HoweU Mt., 

 Jepson 5306; Mt. St. Helena, Jepson 10,371; Buck Mt., Humboldt Co., Tracy 3949. 



Uefs. — PsoRALEA PHYSODES Dougl. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:136 (1838), type loc. "Great Falls 

 of the Columbia to the Eocky Mountains", Douglas (but see Contril). U. S. Nat. Herb. 11:364) ; 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 295 (1901), ed. 2, 234 (1911), Man. 560, fig. 550 (1925). Lotodes 

 physodes Ktze. Eev. Gen. PL 1:194 (1891). Eoita physodes Eydb. N. Am. Fl. 24:8 (1919). 



4. P. rigida Parish. Similar to P. douglasii; stems erect, 2 to 2V2 feet high; 

 herbage and inflorescence with a minute scattered pubescence; leaflets mostly 

 ovate-lanceolate, li/4 to 3 inches long; racemes 1 to 1% inches long; calyx at first 

 black-pubescent, less conspicuously glandular than in P. physodes; calyx-teeth 1 

 to 2 lines long; corolla white or yellowish- white, the keel with a purple spot. 



Dry ridges or mountain slopes, 4000 to 5000 feet : San Bernardino and Santa 

 Rosa mountains to the Cuyamaca Mts. June. 



Locs. — Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mts., ace. Peirson; Burnt Valley, Santa Eosa Mts,, 

 Clary 993; Oak Grove, Mum 9855; Julian, T. Brandegee; Stonewall Mine, Parish 4415; Cuya- 

 maca Lake, Harwood 7179. 



Eefs. — PSORALEA RIGIDA Parish, Bull. Torr. Club 19:91 (1892), type loc. Oak Grove, San 

 Diego Co., Parish 643; Jcpson, Man. 561 (1925). Hoita rigida Eydb. N, Am. Fl. 24:9 (1919). 



5. P. douglasii Greene. Stems slender, 4 to 8 feet high; herbage subglabrous, 

 the petioles and sometimes the stems with elevated dot-like glands; leaflets rhom- 

 bic-ovate, 114 to 21/2 inches long; spikes somewhat narrow (7 to 8 lines wide), 2 

 to 3 inches long, on slender peduncles 3 to 5i/^ inches long; bracts deltoid (or ovate) 

 and long-acuminate, caducous; racliis black- villous; calyx non-glandular, black- 

 villous with a whitish pubescence beneath, especially at base, its teeth often black- 

 ish, just shorter than the corolla; corolla 5 lines long, the tips of wings and middle 

 of banner violet or purple, the sides of the reflexed banner whitish ; tenth stamen 

 connivent to stamen-column for 1 line, or sometimes quite distinct (even on same 

 plant) ; ovary silky, but the lower part glabrous. 



Grassy valleys or canon bottoms near the coast, 100 to 2000 feet : Sonoma Co. 

 to the Santa Cruz Mts. and south to San Luis Obispo Co. June-July. 



Locs. — Healdsburg, Alice King; Fairfax, Marin Co., Helen Bergfried 121; Saratoga, Santa 

 Clara Co., Davy 303 ; Loma Prieta, Elmer 4405 ; San Luis Obispo, Palmer 69. 



