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possibly is only a form of that widely distributed and variable 
species. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Santa Barbara, Nuttall; Playa del Rey, 
Abrams 2518; Del Mar, Brandegee, June 4, ——; San Diego, 
Susan G. Stokes, June 4, 1895; Tia Juana, Abrams 3469. 
3. SYRMATIUM PROCUMBENS Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2: 148. 
1886. 
Hosackia procumbens Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 82. 1885. 
Lotus procumbens Greene, Pittonia 2: 149. 18g0. 
Type locality: ‘“Tehachapi, Kern County.” 
Distribution: This species is confined chiefly to the pinon belt 
of the mountains surrounding the western end of the Mohave 
Desert. The original specimens from Tehachapi were described 
as prostrate, but in the Liebre Mountains the plants are erect. 
The species is undoubtedly closely related to S. sericeum, and 
probably will prove identical when that species becomes better 
known. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Tehachapi, Brandegee, May, 1889; Mount 
Pinos, Elmer 3988; near Lancaster, Davidson, May 10, 1893; 
Oakgrove Canyon, Liebre Mountains, Abrams § McGregor 337; 
Swartout Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, Hall 1254; Burcham’s 
ranch, Mohave River Canyon, Parish 4858; Tejon Pass, Hall 6264. 
4. AMORPHA. Fatse InpIco. 
Twigs and leaf-rachis with prickle-like glands; calyx-teeth triangular-lan- 
ceolate, over half the length of the tube. 1. A. californica. 
Twigs and leaf-rachis without prickle-like glands; calyx-teeth short-triangular. 
2. A. occidentalis. 
1. AMORPHA CALIFoRNICA Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1: 
306. 1838. 
Type locality: “Santa Barbara; near the coast.” 
Distribution: In the chaparral of the coast slope of the southern 
California mountains, from the vicinity of Santa Barbara south- 
ward to San Pedro Martir Mountain. Upper Sonoran. 
Specimens examined: Santa Barbara, Nuttall; Mount Pinos, 
Elmer 3950; Red Reef Canyon, Topatopa Mountains, Abrams & 
McGregor 130; Mount Wilson, Grant 39; Little Santa Anita 
Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, Abrams 2622; San Bernardino 
