PEA FAMILY. Fabaceae. 



This is only a few inches high, wit' 

 Anisoldtusstrigd- slend s li gh tly downy stems, branchin 

 sus (Lotus) . J J . 



(Hosackia) and spreading, and bright green leaves 



Yellow with seven or more, small, narrow leaflet; 



Spring, summer, slightly thickish, with some minute, bristl 



* u l" mn . hairs. The few flowers are about 



California . . 



quarter of an inch long, mostly smgl< 



bright yellow, tinged with red, fading to orange, and hav 

 a sort of miniature prettiness. This grows in the south. I 

 An attractive little perennial, forminl 

 Bird-foot } QW c i um p S harmonious in coloring, (I 



Amsolotus decum- . J 



bens (Lotus) P ale gray-green, downy foliage, sprinkle U 



(Hosackia) with small clusters of charming littj 



Yellow flowers, each less than half an inch lonJ 



Summer various shades of yellow, and arranged in 



Northwest . 



circle. The pods are hairy and it grows c I 



sunny, sandy slopes. 



Though the flowers are small and tlU 



Deer-weed foliage scanty, the shaded effect of mingle! 



Amsolotus glaber 



(Lotus) yellow and orange of these plants is ratal 



(Hosackia) pretty, as we see them by the waysidl 



Yellow and orange The many, long, smooth, reed-like steni 

 All seasons w frQm twQ tQ fiye feet hi h branchil l 



California 



from the root, somewhat woody belo^l 



loosely spreading, or sometimes half lying on the grounl 

 The leaves are almost smooth, very small and far apaii 

 with from three to six, oblong leaflets, and the floweil 

 from a quarter to half an inch long, are clustered in clol 

 little bunches along the stem, forming long wands, tipp<| 

 with green buds, and shading downward through the brig'l 

 yellow of the larger buds to the orange of the open flowel 

 and the dull red of the faded ones. The pod is incurvel 

 tipped with the long style. This is common and wide I 

 distributed, a perennial, but said to live only two or thrl 

 years. In the south it often makes symmetrical litll 

 bushes, pleasing in appearance. It is a valuable b| 

 plant. A. Wrightii of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, aifl 

 Colorado, is quite leafy, with erect stems and branchil 

 bushy and woody at base, the small leaflets from three h 

 five in number. The flowers, without pedicles, are mul 

 like the last, but over half an inch long, yellow becomil 

 reddish, with a blunt keel, and scattered all over the plaiB 



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