208 Leguminosae 



standard shorter with a yellow spot in the center ; keel scarcely 

 falcate, naked, slightly exceeding the wings ; pod 4-seeded. 

 Occasional in dry washes in the interior valleys. 



5. L. gracilis Agardh. Low, slender, 6-15 cm. high, spread- 

 ing, rather densely pilose; leaflets 5-7, cuneate-obovate, 6-12 

 mm. long; racemes short lax; bracts short; upper calyx-lip 

 bifid, lower 3-toothed; petals 6 mm. long, blue and white; stand- 

 ard shorter; keel slightly exceeding the wings, nearly straight, 

 naked; pod 1 cm. long. 



San Fernando Mountains, near Chatsworth Park. April. 



***+ Flowers verticillate. 



6. L. micranthus Dougl. Rather slender and weak, branched 

 from the base, 12-20 cm. high, pilose-pubescent, not at all suc- 

 culent ; leaflets 5-7, narrowly linear to linear-spatulate, 1-3 cm. 

 long; petioles twice as long; racemes pedunculate; verticils 3-5, 

 often indistinct ; pedicels 3 mm. long or in fruit 6 mm. long ; upper 

 calyx-lip 2-clef t, the lobes divergent, lower longer entire ; petals 

 4 mm. long, blue except the white and dotted middle of the erect 

 mucronulate standard ; keel woolly-ciliate above the middle ; 

 pods 5- seeded. 



Common in all our valleys. March-May. 



7. L. affinis Agardh. Stout and succulent, branching above, 

 3-6 dm. high, nearly glabrous or somewhat short pubescent; 

 leaflets 7, cuneate-obovate, obtuse or emarginate, 2.5-4 cm. long; 

 petioles 2 or 3 times as long; racemes with 3-7 whorls; bracts 

 equaling the calyx; upper calyx-lip bifid, lower entire or 

 3-toothed; petals 10-12 mm. long, bluish-purple; keel broad, 

 naked. 



Frequent in the valleys and foothills, mostly in heavy soils. 



*-*- Perennials. 

 " Herbaceous. 



8. L. latifolius Agardh. Rather stout, erect, branching, 6-12 

 dm. high, minutely appressed-pubescent ; stem not striate, shin- 

 ing, leafy ; basal leaves long-stalked ; stipules linear-lanceolate ; 

 leaflets 5-7, broadly oblanceolate, 2. 5-6 cm. long ; racemes slender- 

 peduncled, loose; verticils often distinct ; pedicels slender; calyx- 

 teeth elongated, the upper slightly notched at the narrow apex; 



