299 300 



SD! SBer; San Clemente Island. Clemente Island; SD mts! 



Pursh, Fl 2:478 (1814). Greene, Pitt 2:149 (D 1890). 



Type locality: "on the banks of Lotus niveus Greene, Pitt 2:148 (non 



Clark's river." Watson). 



Per, ascending, pubescent; Ivs obo- Hosackia argophylla Gray, Am ac 



vate, dentate; hds sm, few-fld; fls ses- Mem 5:316 (1854). 



sile, exceedingly sm, pale p. Symatium argophyllum Greene, Cal ac 



Coville, CNH 4:83, 274. b 2:147. 



Abrams, Fl LA 214. Syrmatium niveum Greene, Cal ac b 



Hall, U 91. 2:148, 394. 



TRIFOLIUM raiDENTATUM Lindl. LOTUS GLABEB Greene. 



Abrams, Fl LA 214. Ahram<? TT 1 ! T A 918 



Lindl, bot Reg t 1070 (1827). SuffrSesc^ent tufted and reedy 5-10 



Ann; erect, 2-4 dm hi, glabrous; stipu- dm hi> erect or decumbent nearly gla- 



es setaceously laciniate; Ifts linear or brous; ' lfts mostly 3) obloAg to Hnfa?- 



lanceolate, sharply serrate, 2-6 cm long; oblong, 6-12 mm long, obtuse or acute- 



hd 2-3 cm broad; inv laciniate, much umbe g num< sessi ief'fls 6-8 mm long! 



fo^^ri^n wl!h fl d S a ; rk fl e? ctSS; tipTf Jub'uTaTe^er^t^sSh^y g?s 'fiffi %* 



n^^e^rS & l af^ it JS&l" '^ tu>be ~ -rly^Ke *yea1 



ruptly narrowed to a subulate spinulose- Grppnp Pittnni 9-t4S nsqm 



bV^hTt^^o^TeaM^^^ 



Variety MELANANTHUM S. Watson. TTrmapkia e-lnhrn Tnrrov 



"Arizona; So to middle Cal." SvrmktiSm Sabrum VOS-P! T inr^P* 



Variety OBTUSIFLORUM S. Watson. 10-591 ass?) vogel, Linnaea 



SBer hills (Parish 751): SD! to mid- LOTUS GRANDIFLORUS Greene. 



TBIPOLIUM VABIEGATUM Nutt. de^itTflV^vs indlon* Tnt^r nodes' 



"T. variegatum (Nutt mss): glabrous, ^rlygl^^orB^r^t^S- 



*?p m fn ~ b ranch i n e; If** obo- pubescent; Ifts 5-7 on 1^ elongated 



vate-oblong or somewhat obcor- rac his, obovate to oblanceolate 12-18 



date, minutely spinulose-serrate; mm i on , o Pn ti,h- nprt ipnrtor ti 



upper stipules roundish, lacini- S-Ted sm' brae ted ^ 8 flri fl? 9 <n fnn^-" 



ately dentate with subulate-setaceous ffip V ^ura^ or- c? 4 L iSJr- 



teeth; peduncles axy, longer than the sUbSlat'e teeth ^neariv eautline thP tnhi 



Ivs; inv laciniately many-cleft, shorter p"d slender elevated eYahSfi.* 



&S%r"^C^^al S ^S'CS^F""' ^^ 



Se th tu S rrr S te P r '?,;L m t U h C e h c^fl^e SJSjP*^Sr.B> an d SBer 



^^IS^y^^r'near the mouth of S t ^f 6 j" Bentham ' Llnn 



the Wahlamet, Nuttall! Biennial: st Hosackia? occult* Cr^no Pal an h 



8-12' long: lower Ifts with a lunulate 2 -394 Cruz Greene, Cal ac b 



spot: hd about %' in diam: cor dull p, T.OTUS HAYDONI GrppnP 



7il S A. at the "P-" T & G ' F1 1:317 BaYed on Hosackia H^doni Orcutt 



(1 le 8 e ) T. pauciflorum Nuttall. *^*!F!?Sft% ^^ 



TRIFOLIUM WORMSKJOLDIX Lehm. Branches num flexuose, weak and 



T. involucratum Wild of Bot Cal in prostrate, 3-10 dm long; pubescence 



Part. spreading and slightly tomentose; Ifts 



Abrams, Fl LA 213. 5-7, obovate or cuneate-oblong, 4-8 mm 



Hall, U 92. long; umbels on short peduncles or ses- 



Per, spreading underground by slen- sile; fls 4-5 mm long; ex ^ as long 



der rt-stocks: sts decumbent, often 3 somewhat villous; the teeth filiform, 



dm long or more: herbage flaccid, gla- about equaling the tube. SF; SD! 



brous: stipules obovate-oblong, obtuse, Greene, Pittonia 2:150 . 



pectinate-denticulate, 2 cm long or more: Hosackia Heermanni Dur & Hilg, Pac 



inv 1-2 cm broad, laciniate-aristate: ex- Ry R 5:6 t 4. 



tube scarious, 10-striate: teeth linear- LOTUS HUMISTRATUS Greene, 



subulate, much longer than the tube, all Greene, Pittonia 2:139, based on Hos- 



entire or 1 or more setaceously 2-3- ackia brachycarpa Bentham. 



parted: standard deeply emarginate, Abrams, i?l LA 217. 



pale p, other pet darker. Middle and So Cal; So Ariz; CD; Cat 



LOTUS ARGOFHYLLUS Greene. Hosackia brachycarpa Bentham. PI 



Abrams, Fl LA 219. Gabriel and SBer Hartw 306. 



mts, in pine belt. Lotus brachycarpus Watson, Bib Ind, 



Densely silvery-silky throughout; sts 225 non Hochst. 



herbaceous, decumbent or ascending, 3-6 LOTUS JUNCEUS Greene. 



dm long: Ifts 3-7, obovate and rounded, Much resembling Lotus glaber, erect 



or oblong and acute, 5-12 mm long, um- shrubby: Ifts obovate to oblong, 4-8 mm 



bels dense, capitate, on short simple long; unbels short-pedunculate to ses- 



bracted peds; fls 8-10 mm long; ex % sile: fls 6 mm long: ex 4 mm long or 



as long; the teeth fiiliform, nearly as less: teeth short and blunt, 



long as tube, silky. Cruz; Cat; San Abrams, Fl LA 219. LA Co? 



