calyx-tube a line long, the shortest of 

 the teeth decidedly longer, the 3 lower 

 about twice as long, all slender-subo- 

 late from a broad base: legume sub- 

 s-ssile." Greene, pitt 2:223. Same 

 as T. fucatum, but more abun- 

 dant. 

 TRIFOLIUM CATALIXAE S. Watson. 



"Annual, low, branching from the 

 root, appressed villous-pubescent, the 

 ultimate or penultimate nodes -of the 

 branches elongated and bearing a sin- 

 gle or 2 approximate sessile heads sub- 

 tended each by a nearly sessile trifo- 

 liate leaf: leaflets oblong-obovate. ob- 

 tuse or broadly emarginate, erosely 

 dentate, 3 or 4 lines long; stipules ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire: 

 heads small, ovate: fls sessile in whorls: 

 :-tube coriaceous. narrow-cam- 

 psnulate, much shorter than the at- 

 tenuate-subulate erect and rather rig- 

 id plumose teeth; corolla narrow, pur- 

 little exceeding the calyx." S. 

 Watson. Am ac pr 24:128. Catalina 

 Is:and. 

 TRIFOLIUM FUCATUM Lindl. 



"Branches stout and somewhat fistu- 

 lous. often a ft. long: leaflets an inch 

 lor.g, rhombic-obovate, rather conspic- 

 y sinulose-serrate or -dentate, in 

 texture somewhat succulent: heads 

 1*4-2 in. broad, 13-20-fl'd: fl 1 in. long 

 or more: calyx-tube campanulate, only 

 1*2 lines long; rone of, the teeth so 

 long as the tube, all triangular, the 2 

 upper short and acute, the 3 lower ta- 

 p-ring to a setaceous point; corolla 

 c! eam-color. with a slight greenish 

 tinge, fading pinkish, the keel-petals 

 with a dark purple spot: legume rather 

 long-stipitate. Common in low and 

 rather moist meadow lands through- 

 out western California. Leaflets com- 

 monly marked by conspicuous dark- 

 colored cross-btrs." Greene, pitt 2:222. 



ASTRAGALUS CIRCUMDATUS Ge. 



"Perennial, low and diffuse, the 

 stems a span long, more or less; pu- 

 bescence very little, appressed: leaflets 

 in 6-12 pairs, somewhat fleshy, oblong, 

 obtuse. 2-3 lines long: racemes short- 

 peduncled. few-flowered: corolla white, 

 4-r, lines long, the campanulate calyx 

 half as long, its teeth subulate from a 

 broad base and nearly equalling the 

 tube: pod fleshy, 1-celled, % inch long, 

 oblong, obcompressed and surrounded 



by a narrow turgid margin. Hanson's 

 ranch, San Rafael mountains, Lower 

 California, May. 1888, Mr. Lemmon." 

 Greene, Pittonia 1:173. 



ASTRAGALUS LBCTULUS S. Wats. 



"Dwarf, closely cespitose, prostrate, 

 densely silky-tomentose; steins very 

 short: leaves an inch long, with 2-4 

 pairs of oblong-elliptical or oblanceo- 

 late leaflets 2 or 3 lines long: raceme 

 shorter than the leaves, few-fl'd, and 

 very shortly pedunculate: calyx tubu- 

 lar, pubescent with soft white hairs, 3 

 lines long including the short narrow 

 teeth; corolla purplish, 4-6 lines long: 

 pods densely hairy, 6 lines long, com- 

 pressed-elliptical with the sutures ap- 

 proximate, nearly straight, acutish, 

 the very short beak abruptly incurved. 

 Common in sandy soil in Bear Valley, 

 San Bernardino mts., Cal., at 6,000 ft. 

 alt. (Parry, Parish)." S. Watson, Am 

 ac pr 22:471. 



AMELAX( HIER VENULOSA Greene. 



Stems clustered and bushy, 6 or 8 ft. 

 high, branches stout and rigid, bark 

 ashy: "leaves constantly broad-ovate, 

 entire below the middle, sharply ser- 

 rate at the obtuse apex, pale beneath, 

 greener above, conspicuously feather- 

 veined, the veins close, in about 8 

 pairs: pedicels and very short petioles 

 white with a fine tomentum. this reap- 

 pearing on the triangular-lanceolate 

 segments of the calyx, but the full- 

 grown fruit nearly glabrous; corymbs 

 few-fl'd." Greene, pitt 4:21. Cushen- 

 berry Springs, in southern California 

 (Parish). 



LYONOTHAMNUS ASPLE^IFOLIUS 



Greene. 



Leaves opposite, minutely stipulate, 

 coriaceous, pinnately parted into 3-5 

 linear-lanceolate, remote segments, 

 which are 2 in. long, and pinnatified 

 with many rounded lobes: calyx, corol- 

 la, stamens, etc., as in the typical spe- 

 cies: carpels 2, ovate, and, although 

 not yet mature, almost woody, each 

 (perhaps parting into 2 valves when 

 mature) about 4-seeded: seeds pendu- 

 Iouj3, membranaceous-winged." 



Greene. Cal ac b 1:187. Santa Cruz Is- 

 land. "A most beautiful tree, with am- 

 ple, fern-like, shining foliage, and a 

 red-brown bark, easily torn off in long 

 strips." 



