^mn^is. LEGUMINOS^. 



119 



wtf "'''' ^T? T\\ ^!^^ "fT ^''^ ''''■y 't^""g'^ f^l^^te, naked : pod 1 to 2 

 inches lonpr. _ Hook. M. i. 1G5 ; Watson, 1. c. 527. 



Var. Bridgesil, Watson, 1. c. The more villous form, Avith very large flowers 

 • and dense raciiinos : seeds nearly 4 lines long. '"jwtra 



Frnnucnt from the Colu.nJ.ia River to San Diego, throughout tlie State ; variable but well 

 marked by the characters of the (lower. The mature fruit of^the ordinary forn.s is not known 



10. L. Sitgreavesii, Watson, 1. c. Puberulcnt and somewhat silky-viUous with 

 spreading hairs: stipules setaceous; leaflets 7 to 9, oblanceolate, acute, 1 to 3 inches 

 long, usually glabrous above : raceme open, shortly pedu.u.led; pedicels slender- 

 calyx appressed^silky, .short ; the upper lip rather broad, shortly toothed or nearly 

 entire : standard rounded, naked ; keel ciliate or naked : ovules 5. 



Found on the San Francisco Mountains in Arizona and eastward, an.l also what anneais to b« 

 a more glabrous form (2012 Brcivcr) at Ebbetfs Pass in the Sierra Nevada ^^ 



«ill'v* ^' °™^*"«'.^^';"8>- ^ T>ocu.ubnnh or ascending : pubescence usually short, 

 silky, approssed : stipules setaceous ; leaflets 5 to 7, oblanceolate, 1 to 2 inches Ion" 

 acute or acutish : raceme loose, usually shortly peduncled ; bracts subulate : calyx- 

 lips nearly equal, the upper rather shortly toothed or bifid : petals blue : the stand- 

 ard acutish, somewhat silky on the back, often paler especially in the centre : the 

 keel cihate: pod 1^ inches long: seed white, nearly orbicular, compressed 24 

 WaLn"f Tsos °* ^' ^^^^^ ^''''^' ^"'^ ^'^- ^'"^^- ^ ^er. t. 212; 



(/ro%'l':at JT Wyo'StVLt '"' ''' ''"'^' ^' ''''' '' ''•''' '--' '''''^'' 



-f- -I- Flowers mn//a; except in L. Oraj/i, vever yellow : ovules 3 (o O. 



^* Leaves distant; lower petioles elongated ; leaflets not smooth above : racemes mostly 

 dense : ovules \ to (S. 



12. L sericeus, Pursh. Rather stout, 1 to 2 feet high: pubescence of coarse 



rto"2'rinche: 1 ^ '""1"° ^'r^ S^^^"?' ' '^ '' '^^^'y 'O' — ^^^ oblanceoMe 

 1 to 2| inches long acute: peduncles short: bracts deciduous, often much exceed- 

 ing the calyx : pedicels slender, 2 or 3 lines long: calyx strongly gibbous densely 

 ft "^f'nd"'! ^' "^- ^-l-^^I'.Jhe "PPer slightly toothed : petd^s blue or whiS^ 

 i 4Gt wlo^^^^^ r'sst "'"''= ^"' '^""^^ ''^'"'^ '' ^"^^ long. -Flora; 

 eas^erc'^airrnia." ^"'''''■" ^'"'^^'^' ^^'^'^' '^"^ Montana, and doubtless to be found in North- 



13. L.leucophyUus Dougl. Stout, 2 or 3 feet high, leafy, densely silky- 

 tomentose throughout and somewhat villous : leaflets 7 to 10, oblanceolate or cune- 



tlo.'ZTr 1 ' '"'i ' ^^^"' ^"*"' ^^'^ "PI^^'' Petioles about equalling the leaves: 

 racemes sessile or nearly so, densely flowered and usually elongated : bracts subulate 

 or linear, subpersistent or deciduous: pedicels stout, a line long or less: upper 

 calyx-hp rather deeply cleft : petals blue or pink ; the standanl densely villous, the 



l)lr T ',,' ;f^TT^™"-Jl^^- ^^'S- t. 112.1; Watson, 1. c. 529. L. plumosus, 

 JJougl. ; Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 1217. 



^iTd^robXtorSaJn: l^ZlT. ^"' ^^^ '''''^ ' ^'^^ '^^^ ^^^^ (^"^- 



„=no1i ^-.^^ayi, Watson. A span high, rather stout, densely hoary-toraentosc, 

 usually with some silky hairs : leaflets 5 to 9, cuneate-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse 

 or acutish | to U inches long, shorter than the petioles : racemes pe.luncle.l, short 

 and loosely flowered ; bracts subulate, equalling the calyx ; pe.licels more slender, 1 

 or 2 lines long : flowers subverticillate, light blue, G to 7 lines long, with broad 

 wings and broad naked standard: keel ciliate: pod an inch long or more, 6- G- 

 seeded. — Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 1 26. 



