218 Leguminosae 



leaves, bractless, 1-flowered, the later bracted, 2-flowered ; corolla 

 usually reddish, 4-5 mm. long; pod straight or slightly curved at 

 tip, less than 2 mm. broad, 2.5 cm. long, 1-10-seeded ; seeds 

 quadrate, minutely granulate, 1 mm. long or usually less, light 

 tawny. 



Common in sandy soil along the coast. March -April. 



9. L. strigosus (Nutt.) Greene. Strigose-pubescent, decum- 

 bent or prostrate ; peduncles usually somewhat exceeding the 

 leaves, 2-flowered and 3-foliate-bracted ; flowers 9-12 mm. long, 

 yellow ; pod pubescent, slightly curved upward, 2-3 cm. long, 2.5 

 mm. broad; seeds quadrate, more or less notcbed at both ends 

 as well as at the hilium, rugose and faintly tuberculate, mostly 

 olive-green. 



Very common in open grassy places both on the plains and foothills below 

 3000 feet. March-May. 



10. L. nudiflorus (Nutt.) Greene. Strigose-pubescent, decum- 

 bent or ascending ; leaves shorter and broader than in the last ; 

 peduncles exceeding the leaves, usually 2-flowered and 3-foliate- 

 bracted ; flowers yellow, 8-10 mm. long, 3 mm. broad; seeds 

 quadrate, seldom notched except at hilium, 2 mm. broad, strongly 

 mottled with black. 



Occasional in open stony places in the San Gabriel Mountains. 



(b) Perennials. 



11. L. grandiflorus (Benth.) Greene. Perennial ; erect, 3-10 

 dm. high or more, slender, with few leaves and long internodes, 

 nearly glabrous, or somewhat silky-pubescent ; leaflets 5-7 on an 

 elongated rachis, obovate tooblanceolate, 12-18 mm. long, acutish ; 

 peduncles slender, elongated, small-bracted, 5-8-flowered ; flowers 

 2 cm. long, deep yellow, turning orange; calyx half as long; the 

 subulate teeth nearly equaling the tube; pod slender, elongated, 

 glabrous. 



Rustic Canyon, near Santa Monica, Basst . 



*■+■ Pod more or less arcuate, long-pointed, indehiscent. 

 ** Perennials. 



L2. L. glaber (Torr.) Greene. Suffrutescent, tufted and reedy, 

 5-10 dm. high, erect or decumbent, nearly glabrous; leaflets 

 mostly 3, oblong to linear-oblong, <>-12 mm. long, obtuse or 



