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long- leaflets 2-8 cm. long, 1-6 cm. wide, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or subrhombic acute or 

 rarel'v obtuse, from glabrate to cinereous-pubescent, almost velutinous; peduncles 4-10 cm- 

 long 'glabrous to cinereous; racemes 5-12 cm. long; rachis densely pubescent with white or black 

 hairs or both; bracts ovate or subrhombic, cuspidate, soon deciduous, 5-8 mm. long shorter 

 than the flowers; calyx densely hairy with white or gray hairs, unequally cleft, the cleft between 

 the upper lobes least deep and those on each side of the lowest lobe deepest; lowest lobe lanceo- 

 late 6-7 mm. long, the lateral ones 3-4 mm. long, usually narrower and often shorter than 

 the upper two; corolla 8-10 mm. long, purplish; banner suborbicular, with a short claw; blades 

 of the wings obliquely oblong, round-lobed at the base, 6.5-8 mm. long, the claw about 3 mm. 

 long- blades of the keel-petals broadly lunate, rounded at the apex, round-lobed at the base, 

 5-7 mm. long; tenth filament free to near the base; pod obliquely ovate, 8 mm. long, densely 

 pubescent. 



Type locality: Nootka [probably erroneous; more likely Monterey or San Diego, Cal.forniaJ. 



Distribution: California and Lower California. 



6. Hoita longiloba Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A perennial; stem about 1 m. high, glabrous, slightly striate; leaves 3-foliolate; stipules 

 subulate, 5 mm. long or less; petioles 3-6 cm. long; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate, acute, 2-6 

 cm long, cinereous-pubescent on both sides; peduncles 5-10 cm. long; racemes elongate 4-15 

 cm long; rachis densely pubescent; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 5-8 mm. long; calyx long- 

 hairy unequally cleft, the upper cleft about half as deep as the lateral ones, and these less deep 

 than the lower ones; lowest lobe about 8 mm. long, the rest 3.5-4 mm. long; corolla nearly 1 

 cm long, purplish; banner suborbicular, with a short claw; blades of the wings oblique y 

 broadly oblong, with a rounded basal lobe, 7 mm. long, those of the keel-petals obliquely 

 lunate, rounded at the apex, 5.5-6 mm. long; tenth filament free to near the base; pod ob- 

 liquely ovate, 7 mm. long, densely hairy. 



Type collected in southern California in 1875, Parry tf Lemmon 84 (herb. Columbia Univ.). 



Distribution: Southern California. 



7. Hoita villosa Rydberg, sp. nov. 



A stout perennial; stem erect, grooved, cinereous-puberulent, stout; leaves 3-foliolate; 

 stipules lance-subulate, about 8 mm. long; petioles 3-8 cm. long, puberulent; leaflets broadly 

 ovate 3-8 cm long, 2-5 cm. wide, cinereous-puberulent; peduncles about 1 cm. long, puberu- 

 lent- racemes dense, 4-6 cm. long; rachis long-hairy; bracts rhombic-ovate, acuminate, about 

 8 mm. long, villous; calyx long-villous, unequally cleft, the upper cleft only one third as deep 

 as the lateral ones and these less deep than the lower ones; lowest lobe 1 cm. long and the tube 

 below it 3 mm. long; lateral lobes 4 mm. long, about equaling the upper ones; corolla nearly 

 1 cm long; banner orbicular, with a short claw; blades of the wings broadly oblong, with a 

 rounded basal lobe, 7 mm. long, those of the keel-petals broadly lunate 5.5-6 mm. long, 

 the claws of both 3 mm. long; tenth filament free to near the base; pod obliquely ovate, 

 7 mm. long, white-hairy, with black-reticulate veins. 



Type collected near Burke's Sanitarium. Sonoma County, California, June 24, 1902, Heller 

 5761 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). . . 



Distribution: Sonoma and Solano counties, California. 



8. Hoita Hallii Rydberg, sp. nov. 

 A perennial; stem less than 1 m. high, angled, sparingly short-pubescent, somewhat 

 branched; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 cm. long; petioles 3-5 cm. long, glabrous 

 or sparingly short-pubescent; leaflets rhombic-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. 

 wide glabrous, except the finely pubescent margins, or sparingly pubescent beneath conspicu- 

 ously glandular-dotted; peduncles 5-10 cm. long; racemes short, 3-5 cm. long; bracts broadly 

 ovate, conspicuously glandular-dotted and sparingly short-pubescent, 8-10 mm. long; calyx 

 more or less villous; tube 5 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, the upper four 4-5 mm. long, the lowest 

 6-7 mm. long, acuminate; corolla about 1 cm. long, yellowish except the dark-purple tip of 

 the keel- banner broadly obovate, with a short claw; blades of the wings obliquely oblong-obo- 



