150 FITTONIA, 



leiicophylluB, but calyx-teeth very broad and short; pubes- 

 cence much thinner and lighter, the pods entirely straight 

 (contrary to the character of the group) and almost an inch 

 long. Stem scarcely or not at all woody at base. 



Annuals. 



52. L. TOMENTOsus. Hosacldci tomentosa, Hook. & Aru. 

 Bot. Beech. 137 (1S3G). Synncitiiim iomentosumy Vogel in 

 Linn^ea, x. 691 (1836). From San Francisco southward along 

 the seaboard to Monterey. 



53. L. Heehmanni. Hosaclda Hecrmanni, Dur. <fe Hilg. 



Pac. E. Bep. v. 6. t 4 (1S55). From San Francisco to San 

 Diego, 



54. L. NuTTALLiANUs. HosacJcia prosircda, Nutt., Torr. 



& Gray, Fl. i. 325 (1838). Along the seaboard in soutliern 

 California, extending down the peninsular coast. The specific 

 nnme prosiraf us is long preoccupied in Lotus. 



55. L. iiAMATL-s. Hosackia micrnnfha, Nutt. 1. c. 324. 

 Same range as the last ; the leaves and flowers in both very 

 small, but the plants by no means diminutive. The present 

 species is found as far inland as CoUon by Mr. Parish (No. 

 2072). Its pods, not hitherto described, are more than | inch 

 long, including the rigid mainly straight, but abruptly 

 uncmate-incurved beak, and contain at base only a single 

 seed, this slender, cylindrical, either straight or more or less 

 curved. I have the mature fruit only from Dr. H. E. Hasse 

 of Santa Monica. 



The above Enumeration does not embrace quite all the 

 species which have been 'published under the name of 

 Hosaclaa. But the few which I have omitted are either 

 unknown to me or held as very doubtful. 



