PEA FAMILY. Fabaccae. 



leaflets, usually toothed; stipules adhering to the leaf 

 stalks; flowers in heads or spikes; stamens usually in tw 

 sets of nine and one; pods small, mostly enclosed in th 

 calyx, usually with one to six seeds. 



This is very common from the coast t 



Clover the Sierra foothills, but there are man 



Trifbhum . . . ' . 



tridentatum named varieties. It is smooth all ove 



Purple and grows from eight inches to two fee 



Spring, summer high, with spreading stems and narro 1 

 Cal., Oreg., Wash. ]_ eafletSj w hi c h are toothless, or have teet 

 and bristles on the edges. The pinkish-purple flowei 

 form a broad head, over an inch across, with an involucr* 



This has queer-looking flowers and : 

 Sour Clover 



Trifdlium fucatum conspicuous on that account. 

 Cream-color branching stems are a foot or more tal 



Spring, summer the stipules are large, with papery margin | 

 Wash., Oreg., Cal. and the i eaves are bright green, with 

 paler spot near the middle of each of the leaflets, which a; 

 toothed, or sometimes only bristly on the edges, and tl" 

 flowers form a head about an inch and a quarter acros 

 with a broad involucre. The calyx is very small and tl 

 corolla is cream-color, becoming much inflated and chan 

 ing to deep pink as the flower withers. The effect of tl 

 cluster is curiously puffy and odd in color. This gro\ 

 rankly in low alkaline and brackish places. 



There are many kinds of Psoralea, widely distribute 

 ours are perennial herbs, without tendrils, the leaves wi 

 three or five leaflets, with glandular dots on them ai 

 usually bad-smelling. The flowers are white or purplis 

 and the pod is short, with only one seed. 



This is a rather pleasing plant, for ti. 

 Native Cali- 

 fornia Tea foliage is pretty, though the flowers a 



Psoralea physddes too dull in color to be effective. It I 

 White almost smooth all over, a foot or more ta| 



Spring, summer ith several sprea ding stems and ri 

 Cal., Oreg., Wash. 5. . 



green leaves, thin in texture and givii 



out a rather pleasant aromatic smell when crushed. T. 

 flowers are less than half an inch long, with a somewh 

 hairy calyx, covered with dots and becoming inflated 

 fruit, and a yellowish-white corolla, more or less tinged wi 

 purple. This is common in the woods of the Coa 

 Ranges. The foliage was used as tea by the early settleil 

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