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placed, is readily distinguished from its near relative, L. strigo- 

 ^us^ by its much smaller and paler flower. The plants were 

 prostrate, growing in roundish mats. 



No. 7820, collected May i, just back of Keene Station in 

 the Tehachapi mountains, Kern county, on low gravelly hills. 

 The original was from "gravelly hills near Monterey." 



lyOTus TORREYi (A. Gray) Greene, Pittonia, 2: 146. 1890. 



Hosackia Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 625. 1873. 



No. 7980, collected June 5, on wet banks along the Sacra- 

 mento near Shasta Springs, Siskiyou county, where it is plenti- 

 ful. It is a rather showy plant, the banner yellow, the wings 

 and keel white. The original was from the Yosemite. It has 

 considerable altitudinal range, ascending to at least 6000 feet in 

 the Sierra and north Coast Range. 



Lotus crassifouUS (Benth.) Greene, Pittonia, 3: 147. 1890. 

 Hosackia crassifolia Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 365. 



Hosackia platycarpa Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 323. 

 1838. 



No. 7972, collected June 5, along the Sacramento a short 

 distance below Shasta Springs, Siskiyou county, growing among 

 shrubs in comparatively dry ground. It has a wide range in 

 California, occurring in both the Coast Range and the Sierra, 

 extending north into Washington. It ascends to at least 6000 

 feet. 



Lotus glaber (Vogel) Greene, Pittonia, 2: 148. 1890. 



Syrmatiiun glabru7n Vogel, Linnaea, 10: 591. 1836. 



Hosackia glabra Torn LT. S. Expl. Exped. 17: 274. 1874. 



No. 7624, collected April 7, on steep banks a short distance 

 east of Caliente, Kern county. This did not look altogether 

 like the form common in the Bay region, but apparently has no 

 distingfuishingf characters. 



