as 



Hosackia. LEGUMINOS^. 235 



obovate-oblong, acute and mucronate, a half to an inch long ; stipules lar^e, ovate • 



peduncles an inch or two long, 4 - 8-flowered : bract near the middle" leaf-like 



3 - 9-foliolate : calyx two lines long; teeth subulate, short: pod straight, 1 to u' 



inches long. — Trans. J.inn. Soc. xvii. 3G5. //. viacrophylla, Kellogg, Proc. Calif 



Acad. ii. 123. H. hahamifera, Kellogg, 1. c. 125, fig. 40. 



From the Contra Costa Hills to Monterey. Plant often more or less viscid with a fracrant 

 glanilular secretion. * 



+■ -t- Stipules scnrioiis, month/ $mnU. 



■++ (Hnhrous throiujhnnt or hecomimj nearly so: brnd pdlnlal or wanliiig. 



3. H. crassifolia, r.enth. 1. c. Stout, erect, often 2 or 3 feet high : leaflets 9 

 to 1.5, nnnutely pubescent or somewhat villous but soon glabrate, thickish, obovate 

 or oblong, usually obtuse and niucronulate, a half to an inch long: peduncles nearly 

 equalling the leaves, usually niany-Howered : bract below the umbel, 1 - 3-foliolate : 

 flowers on slender pedicels, greenisli yellow or purplish : calyx-teeth short, trian- 

 guhir: pods thick, about 2 inches long. — //, stolonifera, Lindl. Bot. lieg. t 1977 

 //. plnti/carpa, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 323. 



From the Columbia River to the Sacramento and common in the foot-bills of tlie Sierra Nevada 

 fls far south as the Merced River. 



4. H. bicolor, Dougl. Glabrous throughout, erect, rather tall and usually stout • 

 leaflets 5 to 9, obovate or oblong, obtuse or acutish, a half to an inch long; stipules 

 rather large : peduncles mostly longer than the leaves, 3 - 7-flowered, naked or 

 sometimes with a small scarious or 1 - 3-foliolate bract at the summit : flowei-s 

 nearly sessile, yellow, the wings often white : calyx-teeth triangular, only half as 

 long as the tube: pod slender, nearly 2 inches long. — JJeiith. in Lindl. Hot. Keg, 

 t. 1257. Lotus pinnatus, Hook. ]5ot. Mag. t. 2913. 



A .showy species, in low grounds, from Washington Territory to San Francisco Bay. 



5. H. gracilis, Benth. Much like the last : usually low and slender, the weak 

 stems a span high or more : umbel with a petioled 1 - 3-foliolate bract : flowers 

 yellow, the keel and wings purplish : calyx-teeth nearly equalling the tube : pod 

 shorter. — Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 365 ; Torrey, Bot. Mex. Bound. 54, t. 15. 



From the Columbia River to Monterey. 



-^-^ -t-t- Pubescent or puherulent : hrnct nearly sessile at the top of the peduncle. 



6. H. oblongifoUa, Benth. father slender, erect, minutely appressed-pubes- 

 cent or base of the stem glabrous : leaflets 7 to 1 1, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 

 about an inch long, acute : peduncles exceeding the leaves, 5 - 7-flowered ; bract 

 nearly sessile, 1 - 3 foliolate, subtending the umbel, usually of a single leaflet : 



lowers yellow and purplish, the standard orange, turning brown : calyx-teeth subu- 

 late about equalling the tube : pod slender, about 2 inches long : seeds turgid. — 

 V\. Hartw. 305. 



Var. angustifolia, Watson. Slender, a span high : leaflets 5 to 7. linoar-lance- 

 olato: umbels 1 - 5-flowered. — //. lathyroides, Durand (^ Ililgard, Pacif. R Pen. 



V, 6, t. 3. n ' I 



Mainly in Southern California: Monterey (Coulter); Fort Tcjon (//a,-,,); mountains east of 

 han Uiego {Parry, Palmer)- the vaiiety at Fort Miller on the San Joaouin (Hecrmann) and 

 Los Angeles, JFallace. Coulter's locality is very uncertain. 



7. H. Torreyi, Gray, Resembling the last : more or less silky-pubescent, often 

 g abrous below, slender, erect, a foot or two high : lennr<ts obovate to narrowly 

 oblanccolato '■-••••- 

 keel 



•lanceolate, a half to an inch long, obtuse or acute : standard yellow ; wings ani 

 ;el white. — Proc. Am. Acad. viii. (125. 



In the Sierra Nevada, niong shaded 8tream-l>aiiks, from the head of Kern River to Donner 

 l-akc ; near Fort Tejon, Jlothrork. 



