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mm. long; rachis hirsutulous; stipels minute, subulate; leaflets 11-15, obovate, oblong, 2-4 

 mm. long, hirsutulous, obtuse or retuse, somewhat glandular beneath; peduncles subopposite 

 the leaves, 1-1.5 cm. long, hirsutulous; racemes short and dense, 1-1.5 cm. long; bracts lanceo- 

 late or ovate, acuminate, hirsutulous; calyx hirsute; tube strongly 10-angled, turbinate, 1.5 

 mm. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, equaling the tube; corolla purple, with the keel yel- 

 lowish-margined below; blade of the banner reniform, 2 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, the claw 1 

 mm. long; blades of the wings and keel-petals 3 mm. long, the claws 1 mm. long. 



Type locality: Bay of Magdalena, Lower California. 

 Distribution: Lower California and Sonora. 



11. Parosela Parryi (T. & G.) A. Heller, Cat. N. Am. PI. ed. 2. 



6. 1900. 



Dalea divaricala cinerea A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 336. 1868. 

 Dalea Parryi T. & G.; A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 397. 1868. 



A suffruticose perennial; stem ashy-strigose, usually conspicuously glandular-punctate, 

 3-6 dm. high, branched; leaves 4—6 cm. long; stipules subulate, 2 mm. long; rachis grayish- 

 strigose and glandular-punctate; stipels minute; leaflets 15-33, obovate or suborbicular, emar- 

 ginate, strigose on both sides, 2-5 mm. long; peduncles terminal, 1-5 cm. long; racemes elon- 

 gate, many-flowered, 3-8 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, glandular-dentate, strigose; 

 calyx strigose-canescent ; tube turbinate, strongly 10-ribbed, nearly 2 mm. long; upper 4 

 calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, acutish or obtuse, slightly shorter than the tube, the lowest one 

 lanceolate, acute and larger; corolla violet, pale below; blade of the banner reniform, 1.5 mm. 

 long, 2.5 mm. broad, the claw 1 mm. long; wings and keel-petals inserted towards the base 

 of the staminal tube; blades of the former 3 mm. long, those of the latter similar, 4 mm. long, 

 the claws of both 1.5 mm. long; pod broadly obliquely obovate, minutely puberulent, conspicu- 

 ously punctate, with a short beak. 



Type locality: Fort Mohave, California. 



Distribution: Southern California and Arizona to Sonora and Lower California. 



III. Divaricatae. Perennials, more or less shrubby at least below. Leaflets usually 

 many and small. Racemes mostly lax. Flowers short-pedicelled, reflexed. Calyx glabrous 

 without, pubescent at the mouth within, strongly 10-ribbed, not conspicuously glandular in 

 the intervals; lobes shorter than the tube. Corolla purple or violet, often with white claws or 

 more or less variegated. Banner small; blade reniform or rounded-cordate. Wings and keel- 

 petals inserted below the middle of the staminal tube; blades of the keel-petals much larger 

 than those of the wings. 



12. Parosela Anthonyi (Brand.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 



12:272. 1909. 



Dalea Anthonyi Brand. Erythea 7: 2. 1899. 



A shrub, about 1 m. high; stem and branches glabrous, or the younger parts slightly pubes- 

 cent; leaves 3-5 cm. long; stipules minute, subulate; petioles 3-5 mm. long; rachis sparingly 

 pilose; stipels minute, subulate; leaflets 13-21, oblong, obtuse, 3-5 mm. long, sparingly pilose 

 on both sides, glandular-punctate beneath and with larger glands along the margins; peduncles 

 subopposite the leaves, 4-6 cm. long; racemes lax, 2-7 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 slightly pubescent, ciliate-dentate; calyx-tube turbinate, strongly 10-ribbed, glabrous, nearly 

 2 mm. long; lobes ciliate on the margins, the upper 4 ovate, acute, shorter than the tube, the 

 lowest one lanceolate and longer, all ciliate on the margins; corolla bluish-purple, variegated 

 with yellowish; blade of the banner reniform, 1.5-2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, the claw 1.5 m. 

 long; blades of the wings 3 mm. long, those of the keel-petals 4 mm. long, the claws of both 1.5 

 mm. long; pod obliquely obovate, glabrous, conspicuously glandular-punctate, with a straight 

 beak. 



Type locality: San Jose del Cabo, Lower California. 

 Distribution: Cape region of Lower California. 



