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LEGUMINOSiE. 



Calyx-teeth linear, much longer than the tube; pods oblong, 2 or 

 3-seeded . . 11. L. hu mi stmt us. 



Calyx-teeth equaling the tube; pods linear, 5 to 7-seeded: var. Wran- 

 gelianus of 12. L. subpinnatus. 



B. Pods indehiscent. 



Flowers and pods reflexed; umbels short-peduncled or sessile; leaflets 3 to 

 5, rarely 6; stipules gland-like; pods long-pointed and often arcuate, 1 or 

 2-seeded; claws of the petals sometimes obviously exserted from the 

 calyx-tube. 

 Annuals, mostly prostrate; leaflets 5 to 7; 



Calyx densely tawny-villous; stems simple 14. L. eriophorus. 



Calyx hirsute with whitish hairs; stems much branched 



13. L. Heermanni. 



Perennials. 



Umbels sessile; calyx-teeth subulate, erect; leaflets mostly 3; tufted and 



reedy-looking plant, the foliage scant 15. L. glaber. 



Umbels peduncled. 

 Calyx-teeth subulate, recurved; habit and leaves similar to the last. . 



16. L. Benthami. 



Calyx-teeth triangular, blunt; leaflets usually 4 . 17. L. Bioltttii. 



1. L. stipularis (Benth.) Greene. Erect, 1£ to 2 ft. high; the 

 herbage glandular-hispidulous and glutinous; leaflets 11 to 21, obovate- 

 or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, mucronate, J to 1 in. long; stipules 

 large, ovate-acuminate; peduncles much shorter than the leaves, 5 to 

 10-flowered, with 3-foliolate petioled leaf-bract near the umbel; 

 corolla whitish or yellowish, with purple marks, 5 lines long, the calyx 

 rather more than \ as long, its teeth broadly subulate, | as long as the 

 tube; pod not known to us. — (Hosackia stipularis Benth. Hosackia 

 balsamifera Kell.) 



Sonoma to Alameda Cos. and Monterey; first collected by Douglas. 

 The type of Kellogg's Hosackia balsamifera was collected on "sum- 

 mits hack of Oakland," July 31, 1866, by Kellogg, who described it 

 as glandular-fragrant. 



2. L. crassifolius (Benth.) Greene. Erect, stout, glaucous (or 

 seemingly so) and somewhat pubescent; stems often clustered, 2 to 3 

 or 5 ft. high; branches comparatively few, often flexuous; leaves 4 

 in. long or more; leaflets 9 to 11, occasionally 8 or 12, sometimes 

 inequilaterally distributed, elliptic or slightly rhomboidal, almost 

 coriaceous, 10 to 12 lines long, on petiolules often 1 line long; stipules 

 ovate or roundish, scarious; peduncles shorter than the leaves, bracted 

 above the middle with a 3-foliolate petioled leaf and bearing an umbel 

 of 7 to 12 flowers on slender pedicels; calyx 2£ lines long, with very 

 short acute teeth; corolla greenish yellow or whitish, marked with 

 purplish spots, twice as long as the calyx, which is scarious in fruit; 

 pods terete, 2 to 2\ in. long, 2 to 3 lines in diameter, 7 to 12-seeded; 

 seeds nearly 2 lines long. — (Hosackia crassifolia Benth.) 



Mountainous country, in dry places. Coast Ranges, towards the 

 interior: Mt. Diablo/ Vaca Mountains, etc. Mt. Shasta. Sierras. 

 June-July. First collected by Douglas in California. 



3. L. Torreyi (Gray) Greene. Stems erect, slender, 1 or 2 ft. 

 high; leaves with a fine indument; leaflets 7 to 9, obovate or oblong, 

 9 to 12 lines long; stipules triangular-lanceolate; peduncles longer 



