WILD FLOWERS OV CALIFORNIA 



39 



In Vicia the style is tipped by a terminal tuft of hairs, while in Lathyrus it is 

 hairy along the sides as well, like a toothbrush. 



447. Torrey's Wild Pea Lathyrus Torreyi Without tendrils, stipules 



small, 1 to 2 flowered 



flowers purplish, 



inch 



448. Maritime Wild Pea Lathyrus littoralis 



long. Shady woods, coast 

 ranges. 



Seashore Marin County 

 northward, Purple and 

 white. 



449. Common Wild Pea 



450. Watson's Wild Pea 



451. Jepson's Wild Pea 



452. Yellow Wild Pea 



Lathyrus vestitus and 

 vars. 



Lathyrus Watsoni and 



var. 



Lathyrus Jepsonii 

 Lathyrus sulphureus 



The species are not as yet well defined, 

 species. 



453. Tudas Tree, Western Cercis occidentalis 

 Red Bud 



454. Palo Verde 



Parkinsonia Torrevana 



Prosopis glandulosa 



Stems angled, purplish. 

 Coast ranges, often climb- 

 ing several feet over 

 brush. 



Large white flowers, veined 

 with purple. 



Suisun marshes. 



Sulphur yellow flowers. Si- 

 erras. 

 Probablv half a dozen additional 



A small tree or shrub, red- 

 dish flowers appearing be- 

 fore the round heart- 

 shaped leaves. Sierra 

 foothills and inner coast 

 ranges, north to south. 



Tree or shrub armed with 

 short spines, flowers yel- 

 low or whitish. Salton 

 sink, Colorado Desert. 



455. Mesquite or 

 Algaroba 



Spiny tree or shrub widely distributed in alkali flats of the desert regions of 

 southern California. Flowers small and greenish. The pods, which look not unlike 

 those of an ordinary bean, hang in clusters. It is eaten by Indians and often by 

 whites, and is also a valuable food for stock. It also furnishes a valuable gum. 



456. Screw Bean 

 Tornilla 



Prosopis pubescens 



In similar localities to the 

 above, but can be readily 

 recognized when in fruit 

 by the pods which are 

 spirally twisted many 

 times. Also used for food 

 by the Indians. 

 457. Desert Acacia Acacia Greggii 



Numerous species of Acacia have been introduced into California from Aus- 

 tralia for ornamental purposes, but not everyone knows that we have one that is 

 a native. It is a small shrub or tree with hidden hooked prickles, clusters of 

 yellow blossoms, and a flat, curved pod more or less constricted between the seeds. 

 Colorado Desert region. 



ROSE FAMILY 



ROSACEAE 



The family is sometimes divided up into the Rose Family, Rosaceae, the Apple 

 Family, Pomaceae, and the Plum Family, Drupaceae, but it will serve our purpose 

 better to retain them as one family. Roses, peaches, apples, pears, plums, cherries, 

 almonds, strawberries and blackberries, are well known representatives of the 

 family. 



