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tion 4200 feet, in grassy places under and near oak trees at the 

 base of Copernicus Peak. Dedicated to my friend, Mr. Robert 

 L. Pendelton, a promising young botanist who shared the pleas- 

 ures of a trip to this interesting botanical ground. This species 

 has the habit and pubescence oi L. formosus^ but is a smaller 

 plant with smaller flowers of a different structure. L. fonnosus 

 belongs to a group which has the edges of the banner close to- 

 gether or overlapping near the base while the opposite is the 

 case in this species. There is also a difference in the position 

 of the wings; the leaflets are not "very acute," and are shorter 

 instead of equalling the petiole. 



Thermopsis caufornica Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 126. 

 1876. 

 No. 8518, collected May 10, near the summit of the grade 

 leading from Smith Creek to Hall's valley on the Mt. Hamil- 

 ton road, Santa Clara county, elevation 2400 feet. The plants 

 grew in damp soil along the roadside, in places well overgrown 

 with grass and other vegetation. The type came from Corte 

 Madera, Marin county. It is an elegant plant, with broad sil- 

 very leaves and numerous large deep yellow flowers. 



No. 8606, collected May 31, above Aquarius Springs, Mt. 

 Hamilton, Santa Clara county, elevation about 4000 feet. It is 

 the var. velntina Greene, Erythea 1: 81. 1893, from type local- 

 ity. Aside from a smaller growth and a leaf slightly broader in 

 proportion, I can see no appreciable difference in this plan,.. 

 The flowers are apparently the same as in californica^ and the 

 slight increase in pubescence is no more than one should expect 

 from an increase in altitude. It was also seen at considerably- 

 lower elevations on Mt. Hamilton, perhaps as low as 3000 feet. 



Trifolium barbigerum Torn Pac. R. R. Rep. 4: 79. 1857. 



No. 8498, collected May i, in pine woods, along the rail- 

 road track back of Point Pinos, Monterey county, growing in 

 thick patches, the plants small. The type was collected "near 

 San Francisco, April." 



