^Winus. LEGUMINOS^. ,,-,0 



leaflets, usually smooth above, and its short- hrnnte rvv tt^ii^ • r 



stout form, with large leaves and short pedSels ^ ^° ' ^- '"''''''''' ''^I'l'^''^'^ ^" '^ ^^ 



30. L. nanus, Dougl. Slender, l to 1 foot higli, often branching from tlie base 

 villous or fanely pubescent : leaflets linear to oblanceolate, half to an inch on'' 

 usually acute, pubescent on both sides, the petioles 1 to 3 times longer • racemS 

 loose ; bracts exceeding the calyx ; pedicels slender : upper calyx-lip 2°cleft : petals 

 usualy 5 or 6 lines long very broad, bluish-purple or at lii4 nearly whitJ; the 

 standard shorter and usually marked with dark-purple lines : ovules 6 to 8 • pod ' 

 to 1^ inches long. — Benth. m Hort. Trans, n. ser. i. 409, t. 14 ; Watson 1 'c ^ 

 rattnarfabr'"'' ^'"'^ *" ^°"*^'™ O^^^on^^, fre-iuent. Floweruig iu early' spring and 



31. L. micranthus, Dougl. Slender, 3 to 12 inches high, villous : leaflets 

 linear, 5 to 1 inch lung : racemes short, often rather dense ; bracts shorter than the 

 calyx ; pedicels a line long or less : calyx-lips broad, the upper with short trianou- 

 lar lobes: petals 2 or 3 lines long; the wings and standard very narrow. — Lindl 

 Bot. Eeg. t. 1251 ; Watson, 1. c. 



Var. microphyllus, Watson, 1. c. The lower and more hirsute form, with the 

 leaflets but 3 to G lines long. 



Var. bicolor, Watson, 1. c. Flowers a little larger, with the petals somewhat 

 broader, and pedicels 1 or 2 lines long.— Z. bicolor, LindL Bot. Reg. t. 1109. 



Var. trifidus, Watson, 1. c. Very hairy ; lower lip of the calyx 3-parted. 



rPn^Xl5p^fn/.T'''V*° ^°"*^^™ Cahfornia, very frequent ; the var. trifidus near San Francisco, 

 remarkable tor the division of the calyx. The var. bicolor approaches forms of L. nanus, and 

 tends to unite the two species. <-« , 'i"*^! 



-5- -t- Flowers scattered : bracts more or less persistent, except in L. leptopliyllus and 

 L. Sttveri : ovules 4 to 6, or 8 in L. truncatus. 



32. L. leptophyllus, Benth. Slender, rarely branched, 1 or 2 feet liigh, vil- 

 ous : stipules linear-setaceous : leaflets 8 to 10, narrowly linear, 1 to 11 inches 



long, gabrous above ; the very slender petioles 2 or 3 times longer : racemes" 3 to 10 

 inches long; bracts setaceous much exceeding the calyx: upper calyx-lip narrow, 

 deeply c eft : petals 5 or 6 lines long, bluish-lilac, with a deep-crimson spot upon 

 the standard. —Hort. Trans, n. ser. i. 409 ; Watson, 1. c. 536. 

 brotie™vel^'^^'^ '"'^ southward, on hills and in rocky 'places. A form occurs with rather 



33. L sparsiflorus, Benth. Very slender, sparingly branched, 1 to U feet 

 high, villous with spreading hairs: upper leaves much reduced: leaflets 5 "to 9, 

 linear, ^ to 1 inch long ; the narrow petioles 2 to 4 times longer : bracts linear- 

 setaceous, shorter than the calyx, subpersistent ; pedicels short : upper calyx-lip 

 2-parted: petals violet, 5 lines long; the standard shorter: pod a half to an inch 

 long. — PI. Hartweg. 303 ; Watson, 1. c. 



From the Sacramento Valley to Southern California. 



34. L. truncatus, Nutt. Eatlier stout, sparingly branched, 1 to 2 feet hi-di 

 hnely pubescent, becoming nearly glabrous: stipules short, subulate; leaflets 5 to^z' 

 linear, narrowed from the truncate or somewhat 3-toothed apex to the base, smooth 

 aboye^ to l^ inches long, nearly ecpialling the petiole: bracts short, subpersistent: 

 pedicels i to 2 lines long : upper calyx-lip 2-cleft : petals deep-purple, 4 or 5 lin(>s 

 long; the standard shorter : pod l\ inches long. — Hook. & Arm Bot. Beechoy, 33G; 

 vVatson, 1. c. j^ ' 



From San Francisco to San Diego. 



35. L. Stiveri, Kellogg, Diff'usely branched, about a foot high, finely and 

 rather sparingly pubescent : leaflets 5 to 7, broadly cuneate-obovate, h to li inches 

 long, obtuse or acutish, mucronulate, scarcely more glabrous above, nearly equalling 



