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Lotus americanus (Nutt.) Bisch. Litt. Ber. Linnaea, 14: 132.. 

 1840. 



Trigonella americana Nutt. Gen. 3: 120. 181 8. 



Lotus sericeus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 489. 1814; not DC. 

 1813. 



Hosackia Purshiana Benth. Bot. Reg. under//. 12^'/. 1829. 



No. 8001, collected June 8, on dry hills west of Yreka, Sis- 

 kiyou county. This is a small form with erect branches from 

 the base, the corolla small, 4 mm. long, about equaled by the 

 calyx. 



Lotus wrangeuanus F. & M. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 3: 42. 1835. 



Hosackia Wrangeliana T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 326. 1838. 



Lotus subpinnatus var. Wrangelianus Jepson, Flora West. 

 Mid. Cal. 303. 1 901. 



No. 7554, collected March 21, in flower near Marysville, 

 Sutter county, on the levee of Yuba river, where it is plentiful. 



No. 7632, collected April 8, on the low open ground at the 

 foot of China Grade near Kern, Kern county, mostly in the 

 fruiting stage. It is widely distributed in the State, especially 

 common in the coast region. The type was grown from seed 

 sent from Bodega Bay, Sonoma county. 



Lotus humistratus Greene, Pittonia, 2: 139. 1890. 



Hosackia brachycarpa Benth. PI. Hartw. 306. 1849. 



Lotus brachycarpus S. Wats. Bibl. Index, 225. 1878; not 

 Hochst. 1841. 



No. 7848, collected May 25, on gravelly hills at Redding, 

 Shasta county, where it is common. The type was collected by 

 Hartweg "in montibus Sacramento." It is apparently common 

 in the foothills on both sides of the Sacramento valley. 



Lotus nudiflorus (Nutt.) Greene, Pittonia, 3: 141. 1890. 

 " Hosackia nudifiora Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 326. 1838. 

 No. 7684, collected April 14, on gravelly hills at Rands- 

 burg, Kern county. This species, if the writer has it properly 



