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CALIFORNIA. 
[LeguminoscB. 
rainutissimis decicluis, pedunculis 1-floris, bractea sub flore 1-foliolata. — Benth. in Bot. Reg. 
sub t. 1257. — Trigonella Americana. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 120. — De Cand. Prodr, v. 1. 
p. 185. — Lotus sericeus. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 489. 
This exactly agrees with our original specimen of Trigonella Americana,vecQ\\eA from Mr. Nuttall, except 
that the leaflets are rather shorter in proportion to their breadth. There is, however, nothing silky about the 
plant in its dried state, as Puj’sh’s name would seem to imply : it is clothed with soft and short patent hairs, 
which give no glossiness to the stems or foliage, and which are best seen when the plant is held up between 
the eye and the light. In the greater number of its leaflets, this species differs from H. unifoliolata, «., and 
in the larger flowers and seed-vessels. 
1. Phaca densifoUa; caule decumbente ramoso glabro, stipulis ovatis acuminatis, foliis 
14-16-jugis subtus rachique villoso-tomentosis, foliolis oblongo-ovalibus emarginatis, ped- 
unculis calycibusque villosis, racemo multifloro compacto, legumine membranaceo ovato 
maximo inflate glabriusculo reticulato. — 5m. in Rees' Cycl. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 274. 
The legumes of this very fine species of Phaca, which was first found by Mr. Menzies in California, are 
remarkably large, infliited and membranaceous; in these respects, exactly resembling those of Phaca infiata, 
of Dr. Gillies (in Bot. Misc. ined.), from Uspallata in South America. The habit of the two species is like- 
wise very similar ; but, in Dr. Gillies’, the whole plant is glabrous, and the flowers are much smaller. 
2. Lathyrus decaphyllus; glaber vel pubescens, foliolis 4-6-jugis ellipticis rarius ovatis 
vel suboblongis, stipulis parvis semisagittatis lanceolatis lobo deflexo stipulam subsequante, 
pedunculis folii longitudine multifloris, calyce pubescente dentibus duobus superioribus 
valde abbreviatis, (corollis purpureis,) leguminibus lineari-oblongis compressis. Hook . — 
Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 471. Hook. FI. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 160, et in Bot. Mag. t. 3123. — 
/3. minor ; foliolis minoribus angustioribus. 
This appears to be a very variable plant, and the specimens in the Collection have the leaflets smaller 
and naiTower than is the case with the plant figured in the Bot. Mag. ; but not more so than in some speci- 
mens from the Columbia, gathered by Mr. Douglas. 
1. Lupinus polyphyllus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1097. — L. Chamissonis. Eschscholtz, in 
Finnma, v. 3. p. 151 ? 
We cannot be mistaken in this plant, although only a single leaf exists in the Collection. 
2. Lupinus macrocarpus; suffi’uticosus, foliosus, foliis subbrevi-petiolatis septenis, foliolis 
lanceolatis obtusissimis inferne attenuatis supra glabris subtus appresso-pubescenti-sericeis, 
racemo multifloro, floribus (inter maximos) raro verticillatis, calycibus pedicellis rachique 
appresso-sericeis, leguminibus lineari-oblongis tumidis hirsutis 8-10-spermis. 
Found by Mr. Menzies during the voyage with Captain Vancouver, and probably common about San 
Francisco ; yet it does not correspond with any described species, nor with any found by Mr. Douglas. The 
lower part of the stem is decidedly shrubby, the leaves and legumes large in proportion to the size of the 
plant, apparently yeUow when recent. Perhaps, in habit, its nearest affinity is with L. littoralis. Dough, but 
the leaves are, in that plant, sillty on both sides, the flowers are differently coloured, and the legumes are not 
half the size. 
3. Lupinus sericeus; fruticosus, ubique pulcherrime appresso-sericeus aureo nitens, caule 
valde folioso, foliis breviter petiolatis septenis, foliolis lanceolatis acutis inferne attenuatis. 
