BYRMATIUM DESDROIDEUM Greene. 



Shrubby, erect, 4-7 hi, with roughish brown 

 Bt an i or 2 in thickness, A many sh ascending 

 branches: branchlelB angular, their growing 

 part* more or less minutely appressed-eilky, 

 the pi otherwise glab, Ifts 3, narrowly oblong, 

 obtuse: umbel* num, on short peduncles, not 

 bracted ex 3-4" lontr, the triangular-subulate 

 teeth % as long a* tht nearly cylindrical tube; 

 cor 4-<r long: pod%' long, slightly curved, 3- 

 Beeded: sds terete Jt straight. Kill tops, among 

 other bushes, on the higher part* of Cru. 

 Near S glabrum, but of entirely different hab- 

 it, with much larger fls * fr, on sho.t, rigid, 

 crowded brauchlets.' Greene, pittoniiiS 146 

 referred to Hosuokia glhra by Br Ca ac pr II 

 1 208, who says: "Some of its forma are exactly 

 the mainland plants.' 



Genus ACACIA Willd. 



F!fi perfect or polygamous, ( z 4-5- toothed, pet 

 more or less united below, sta num, exserted, 

 free or united at base, anth am, sty filiform, 

 pod 2-valved or indehiscent, many-sded, com- 

 pressed & mem bran aceous or more or less roun. 

 ded & thickened; feds compressed, albumen 0. 

 Bhrubs or trees, oft spinose or prickly, over 400 

 p; fUsm, in globnge hds or cylindric spikes. 

 ACACIA GREGGII A. Gray, 



A sm tree 10-20 hi. pubescent with spreading 

 hairs or glab, noarmed or with sh scattered 

 stout hooked prickles; Ivs sh, of 2 or 3 pair* of 

 pinnse 1' Ig; lft 4 or 5 pair*, oblong or obloag- 

 obovate, inequilateral, rounded or truncate at 

 Bjmmit, narrower below, 2 or 3 11 Ig, rather 

 thick* With 2 or ^ straight nerves; Us in cylin- 

 dric spikes 1-2' Ig, the i*eduneles equalling or 

 exceeding the Ivs; pods compressed, curved, 

 8-4' Ig, 6-7 U broad, attenuate at ba s e to a short 

 Btipe A acute above, more or less ronstric ed 

 between the Mi*; the thin-corla^eoun valves re- 

 ticulated; sds %'lg, elliptical. SDl Baja! Tex 

 Genua ANAGALLIS Toarnefort. 



Low herbs with square sts, IVB most- 

 ly opp: ped ax, solitary: ex B-parted: 

 cor rotate, deeply 5-parted, longer 

 than the ex, tube 0: sta 5, hirsute: anth 

 introrse: cap globose, membranous, cir- 

 cumscissile: sds minute, flat on the 

 back. Pimpernel. 

 ANAGALIS ARVENSIS Linn. 



Ann, diffuse, com much branched : sts J-3 dm 

 long, 4- ded; !VN ovate or oval, num, opn, ses- 

 sile or somewhat clasping, obtUie'<racUtlsh,8- 

 20 mm long, bk dotted beneath: peds filifo.m, 

 1-4 em longf re nrved in fr: ex lobes keeled, 

 rather rigid. sh>r than the crenate gl>ndular 

 ciliate c* - reg: fls tear or Mtlmon, < om with a 

 dark center, 4-6 mm broad, cap glab Eujaj SD! 

 Poor man's watMerg'ftss, scnr pimptrnel, Eu, 

 MEDICAGO SATIVA Linn. 



Sts erect from a deep per tap-rt, 

 glabrous, o-lO dm hi: Ifts cuneate-ob- 

 long to oblanceolate, toothed above: fls 

 many in a short raceme, violet: pod 

 spirally coiled, unarmed. An occasional 

 escape. 



L, Sp PI 2:778 (1763). 



Type locality: European. 



Davidson, Erythea 1:68, LA Co, 



Parsons, W Fls Cal 832 t. 



Abrams, Fl LA 210. 



San Miguel Island, Alfalfa, Cult. 

 CD! 

 DAXiSA ABBOBESCBJTS Torrey, 



" 'A sm tree," much branched, iomft" 

 what spinose, the younger branches, Ivs 

 and ex densely hoary tomentose: Ifts 

 1-8 pairs, obovate, approximate. 2 or 3" 

 long: fls in short nearly sessild rather 

 close spikes, p, 4 or 5" long: ex large, 

 but shorter than the cor, the broader 

 oblong or narrowly lanceolate teeth 

 nearly equalling the tube." Brewer & 

 Watson, bot Cal 1:142. San Fernando 

 mts (Fremont). 



Gray, PI Thurber 316. 

 DALEA 7ALIFORNICA 8. WateotL 



Shrubby, canescent with a flue ap- 

 pressed pubescence, sparingly glandu- 

 lar; the glands upon the peduncles 

 sometimes prominent and prickle-like: 

 Ifts 1 or 2 pairs, decurrent upon the 

 rhachls, 1-H4* long, linear'Oblong: fls p, 

 4" long, on short pedicels: ex ft as long, 

 the ovate acute teeth shorter than the 

 t'ube." Brewer & Watson, bot Cal 1:142. 



Watson, Am ac pr 11:132. 



Parish, Zoe 5:113, CD, not Cajon Paae. 



C D, near Banning (Parry). 

 DALEA EMORYI A. Gray. 



"Shrubby, much branched, 2-6* hi, 

 hoary tomentose throughout with a very 

 fine pubescence: Ifts 1-3 pairs, narrowly 

 oblong to obovate, 2-4" long, the terminal 

 1ft much longer: spikes very short, pe- 

 dunculate: fls 2 or 8" long, p: ex-teeth 

 as long as the tube, a little snorter than 

 the cor: ova pubescent." ^Brewer & 

 Watson, bot Cal 1:142. 



C D; Baja; Arizona. 

 DALEA PARRYI Torr. ft Gray. 



"Herbaceous, very slender, puberu- 

 lent or glabrate: Ifts 6-10 pairs, ooovate 

 to oblong, 1-2" long, obtuse: fls 4" long, 

 bright p, in loose elongated long-pedunc 

 led spikes: ex not *& the length of cor, 

 canescent with short silKy hairs; Its 

 teeth broadly ovate, acute, about equal- 

 ling the tube: pod smooth." Brewer & 

 Watson, bot Cal 1:142. 



Ft. Mojave (Cooper); CD; Arizona; So 

 Ba.la, 

 DALEA SCMOTTII Torr. 



"Shrubby, slender, nearly glabrous, 

 somewhat spinose, the branches nearly 

 ^landless: Ivs scattered, narrowly lin- 

 ear,, 1' long: fls few, on short slender 

 pedicels in an open raceme, sometimes 

 solitary, p 4" long: ex Vt as long, ob- 

 scurely glandular; the teeth very short, 

 acutish: ova pubescent, 2-ovuled: pod 4 

 lone, with a single large sd." Brewer 

 & Watson, bot Cal 1:143. 



Torray, bot Mex B 53. 



C D; Cajon de Santa Maria, Baja (Br). 

 DAX.SA SSEMANKX S. Watson. 



"Near D. Greggii. shrubby, erect, dif- 

 fusely much branched, the glandular* 

 dotted branchlets finely tomentose: Ifts 

 2-4 pairs, cinescent with a very short 

 subsllky pubescence, on a rhachls 1-6" 

 long, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, distinctly 



