224 Leguminosae 



flowers and fruit reflexed in compact many-flowered spikes; 

 calyx-teeth slender, equaling the tube ; corolla light purple ; pod 

 sessile, coriaceous, oblong, 1 cm. long, 2-celled by the nearly com- 

 plete infolding of the dorsal suture to near the apex; seeds 2-3. 

 Occasional in dry places in the Santa Monica Mountains, Basse, Braun- 

 ton. 



12. GLYCYRRHIZA L. LICORICE. 



Glandular-viscid erect perennial herbs with unequal- 

 ly pinnate leaves more or less persistent, and flowers in 

 dense axillary peduncled spikes. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 

 narrow. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous ; the 

 alternate anthers smaller ; anther-cells confluent at the 

 apex. Pod short, compressed, often curved, prickly, in- 

 dehiscent, few-seeded. 



1. G. glutinosa Nutt. Erect or decumbent, 6-9 dm. high, 

 nearly glabrous and viscid with minute sessile resinous dots, or 

 glutinous by a villous or hirsute glandular pubescence ; leaflets 

 13-19, oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm. long; stipules ovate-acuminate 

 to lanceolate, persistent; spikes oblong, 2.5-4 cm. long, on ped- 

 uncles a little shorter ; pod bur-like. 



Occasional in canyons below 4000 feet, in our interior region. 



13. VICIA L. VETCH. 



Herbs with angular stems, more or less climbing by 

 the tendrils at the ends of the pinnate leaves. Calyx 

 5-cleft or 5-toothed, the upper teeth often shorter. Wings 

 of the corolla adhering to the middle of the keel. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous or nearly so ; anthers uniform. Style 

 filiform, inflexed, the apex surrounded by hairs. Pod 

 flat, 2-valved. Seeds globular, usually many. 



* Perennials. 



1. V. Americana Muhl. Glabrous or nearly so, weak, 6-15 

 dm. high, climbing by branched tendrils; leaflets 8-12, thin- 

 membranous, vivid green above, pale beneath, mpstly broadly 

 oblong and obtuse, mucronulate, 1-2 cm. long; peduncles shorter 



