208 Leguminosae 



standard shorter with a yellow spot in the center; keel scarcely 

 falcate, naked, slightly exceeding the wings; pod 4-seeded. 

 Occasional in dry washes in the interior valleys. 



5. Li. gracilis Agardb. Low, slender, 6-15 cm. high, spread- 

 ing, rather densely pilose; leaflets 5-7, cuneate-obovate, 6-12 

 mm. long; racemes short lax; bracts short; upper calyx-lip 

 bifid, lower 3- toothed; petals 6 mm. long, blue and white; stand- 

 aril shorter; keel slightly exceeding the wings, nearly straight, 

 naked ; pod 1 cm. long. 



San Fernando Mountains, near Chatswortb Park. April. 



+•■++ Flovn ra verticillaU . 



6. L. micranthus Dougl. Rather slender and weak, branched 



from the base, 12-20 cm. high, pilose-pubescent, not at all suc- 

 culent ; leaflets 5-7, narrowly linear to linear-spatulate, 1-3 cm. 

 long; petioles twice as long; racemes pedunculate; verticils 3-5, 

 often indistinct; pedicels 3 mm. long or in fruit (> mm. long; upper 

 calyx-lip 2-cleft, the lobes divergent, lower longer entire ; petals 

 4 nun. long, blue except the white and dotted middle of the erect 

 mucronulate standard; keel woolly-ciliate above the middle; 

 pod 8 5- seeded. 



Common in all our valleys. March-May. 



7. L. affinis Agardb. Stout and succulent, branching above, 

 3-6 dm. high, nearly glabrous or somewhat short pubescent; 

 leaflets 7, cuneate-obovate, obtuse or emarginate, 2.5-4 cm. long; 

 petioles 2 or 3 times as long; racemes with 3-7 whorls; bracts 

 equaling the calyx; upper calyx-lip bifid, lower entire or 

 3-toothed ; petals 10-12 mm. long, bluish-purple; keel broad, 

 naked. 



Frequent in the valleys and foothills, mostly in heavy soils. 



+■ ■*- Perennials. 

 ** Herbaceous. 



8. L. latifolius Agardb. Rather stout, erect, branching, 6-12 



dm. high, minutely appressed-pubescent ; stem not striate, shin- 

 ing, leafy : basal leaves long-stalked; stipules linear-lanceolate ; 

 Leaflets 5-7, broadly oblanceolate, 2.6-6 cm. long; racemes slender- 



peduncled, loose ; verticils often distinct ; pedicels slender ; calyx- 

 teeth elongated, the upper slightly notched at the narrow apex; 



