Pulse Family 209 



petals blue, 12-14 mm. long; keel ciliate below the middle. (L. 

 rivularis latifolius Wats.) 



Santa Monica Mountains, Hasse. 



9. I. cytisoides Agardh. Taller than the last, 1-2 m. high; 

 stems striate ; pubescence minute, appressed ; stipules lanceolate- 

 subulate ; leaflets 7-9, oblanceolate, 5 cm. long or more ; raceme 

 much elongated, dense; flowers not verticillate ; calyx as in the 

 last; petals usually rose-purple, 12-14 mm. long; keel strongly 

 falcate, densely ciliate below the middle. 



Frequent in the canyons of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains. April-August. 



- *- Suffrutescent or shrubby. 



10. L. longifolius (Wats.). Shrubby, 8-15 dm. high, often from 

 a trunk-like base and much branched above; petioles 5-10 cm. 

 long; leaflets 7-9, oblanceolate, 5 cm. long or less, somewhat 

 canescent with appressed pubescence on both sides ; racemes rather 

 loosely flowered, 15-25 dm. long; flowers verticillate, 12-15 mm. 

 long, deep blue or nearly white; upper calyx-lip deeply cleft, the 

 lower entire ; standard with a whitish spot near the middle, 

 changing to rose-purple; keel ciliate above the middle to near 

 the tip, the claw naked; seeds oval, 4 mm. long, brownish. (L. 

 Chamissonis longifolius Wats.) 



Frequent in the foothills and on bluffs along the seashore, but not on the 

 dunes. It is impossible from the meagre description of this in Bot. Cal. 

 to be sure what plant Dr. Watson had in mind. But the plant above de- 

 scribed seems to be the only one in southern California that could belong 

 here, so we feel justified in using his name. 



11. Li. Grayi Wats. Stems decumbent or ascending from a 

 woody branching caudex, 3-6 dm. high, densely silky pubescent 

 throughout; leaflets 5-9, cuneate-oblong, 1.5-3.5 cm. long; flow- 

 ers verticillate, 12-15 mm. long, deep blue; standard with a per- 

 manent yellow spot in center; keel ciliate from near the apex 

 to the base and on the claw. 



Frequent in open pine forests in the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and 

 Cuyamaca Mountains. 



12. L. Chamissonis Esch. Shrubby, 4-8 dm. high, forming 

 rather dense tufts, leafy throughout ; leaflets usually 9, cuneate- 

 obovate, obtuse and mucronulate or acute, 1-3 cm. long, very 

 silky on both sides ; racemes rather dense, mostly on short ped- 

 uncles; flowers subverticillate, 10-12 mm. long; upper calyx- 



