148 LEGUMINOS.K. Aslrayalus. 



thin-bladdery, one or two inches long, glabrous; its stipe slightly exceeding the 

 short-campanulate calyx. — Phaca Hookeriana, Torr. & Ciray. 



Mountains in the interior of Oregon {Douglas), and \V. Nevada {Anderson, Watson), extend- 

 ing into Nevada and Sierra counties, Bolandcr, Lemmon. 



11. A. Whitneyi, Gray. Minutely apj)ressed-pubescent ; stonis erect: leallets 

 11 to ly, linear-oblong, 3 lines long : lluwers shovt-pedicelled : corolla " red- violet," 

 in the specimen seemingly only purplish : immature pods smaller than in the fore- 

 going, oval, and narrowed at base into a more slender stipe which becomes nearly 

 twice the length of the oblong-campauulate calyx. — Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 620. 



In the Sierra Nevada at Souora Pass, at 10,000 feet, Brewer. 



++ ++ Stems very short dad tuj'itd on the routstocks : pod ovate and acute, lotnjer than 

 the J'ew-jlowtrcd common ptduncU, short-stipitate within the calyx. 



A. MEOACAUi'ts, dray in Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 215 {Phaca, Nutt.), is here mentioned to com- 

 plete the series, and because its var. Paiiuvi, Gray, with narrower pods and leaflets, found in 

 Southwestern Utah, may approach tlie eastern bordei-s of California. 



-^+ -^+ -^-^ Stems a foot or more hiyh and mostly erect. 



= Stipe of the 'more or less acute pod equalling or little exceeding the calyx. 



12. A. oophonis, Watson. Glabrous throughout : sterna lax or decumbent, a 

 foot or two long : leailets 9 to 13, oblong, obtuse, half to three quarters of an incli 

 long : peduncles equalling the leaf, raceiuosely several-flowered : calyx-teeth seta- 

 ceous from a dilated base, as long as the broadly canipanulate tube : corolla yel- 

 lowish-white, sometimes violet-tipped, half an inch long : bladdery pod ovate, not 

 oblique, acute, an inch and a half long, pendulous on a stipe which barely exceeds 

 the calyx-tube. — Bot. King Exp. 73. 



Shoshone ilountains at Reese River Pass, Nevada, JFutson. The only station yet Icnown. 



13. A. oxyphysus, Gray. Canescent with very soft silky pubescence: stem 

 erect, 2 or 3 feet high: leaflets 9 to 21, oblong, an inch or less in length: peduncles 

 much exceciling the leaves : ra(H)ino elongated, rather densely ilowined : culyx-teetli 

 subulate, barely half tlie length of the oblong tulje : corolla greenish-white, two 

 thirds of an inch long : bladdery pod clavate-obovate, oblique, acuminate at both 

 ends, and especially tapering into the recurved stipe (which exceeds the calyx), 

 almost glabrous, about an inch and a half long. — Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 218. 



Dry liills in tiie Monte Diablo range, Arroyo del Puerto, Breivcr. A striking species. 



14. A. curtipes, Gray, 1. c. (,'inereous with a minute apiiressed puljescenco, 

 or green with age : stem a foot or two liigh : stipules mostly united opposite tiie 

 petiole : leaflets 13 to 33, oblong or almost linear, retuse, half to three fourths of an 

 inch long : peduncles in fruit longer than the leaf : raceme short and rather dense : 

 calyx-teeth setaceous-subulate, little shorter than the broadly canq)anulate tuije : 

 corolla not seen : bladdery pod semi-ovate or oval, acutish, an inch and a half long, 

 glabrous, pendulous on a recurved rigid stijie which hardly exceeds the calyx-tube. 



Dry hills at San Luis Obispo, Brewer. Near Ojai, Prof. G. L. Goodalc. In fruit only. 



= = Stipe of the slightly pointed or obtuse glabrous pod filiform, much exceeding the 

 calyx: stem erect : raceme or spike densely foivered and long peduncled. 



15. A. leucophyllus, Torr. & Gxay. Canescent with fine and soft silky pubes- 

 cence when young, when older rather greenish : stem rather stout, 2 or 3 feet high: 

 leaflets in many pairs, broadly linear, ofteit an inch long : flowers fully half an inch 

 long : calyx-teeth subulate, about half the length of the oblong tube : corolla yel- 

 lowish-white : thin-bladdery pod oval, unequal-sided, an inch and a half long, on a 

 filiform. pubescent stipe of almost equal length! — I'haca leucophylla, Hook. & Arn. 



Lower part of the Sacramento to Monterey ? Not well named ; when full-grown hardly hoary. 



