PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA (Lathy rus splendens, Kellogg). Flow- 

 ers showy, deep crimson, a couple of inches long or more, the 

 banner (which is an inch or so long) leaning back upon the 

 flower stalk; several in a pendent cluster. Leaves with 8 or 

 10 small scattered leaflets, and bearing tendrils 2 to o parted. 



This superb flower (a Pacific Coast cousin of the garden 

 sweet pea) is borne upon a vine that may attain a length of 

 8 or 10 feet, and is found climbing over shrubs on dry hillsides 

 in parts of Riverside and San Diego counties of California 

 and southwest into Lower California, blooming in the spring, 

 the plant dying down in summer. It has been introduced 

 into cultivation to some extent. 



A much commoner, but far less beautiful Lathyrus, is L. 

 rsstitus, Xutt., commonly known as Wild Pea, and found 

 climbing about the chaparral of the foothills from the San 

 Francisco region south to Lower California. The leaves 

 (tendril bearing) have o or 6 pairs of leaflets, ^ to 1 inch long, 

 and the flowers, blooming from February until May, are violet, 

 rose, or nearlv white. 



