Hesperothamnus littoralis (Brandegee) Brandegee

Hesperothamnus littoralis Brand. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 499. 1919.
Lonchocarpus littoralis Brand. Zoe 5: 157. 1903. Coursetia littoralis Brand. MS.
A spreading shrub, about 2 m. high; branches subvelutinous; leaves 1.5 dm. long; rachis subvelutinous; stipels subulate, 1 mm. long; leaflets 5, broadly ovate, 2.5-7 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, sparingly hairy but soon glabra te above, more densely short-villous beneath, strongly veined, rounded at the base, acute to retuse and mucronate at the apex; racemes about 1 dm. long; peduncle subvelutinous; calyx densely pubescent, the. tube 3 mm. high and broad, the lobes deltoid-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 mm. long; corolla purple or sometimes white; petals subequal in length, about 12 mm. long; banner with an orbicular blade and short claw; wings obliquely oblanceolate, with a prominent acute basal auricle; keel-petals broader, obliquely obovate, with a rounded basal auricle; alternating stamens somewhat shorter; ovary 4-ovuled; pod 5—7 cm. long, about 1.5-2 cm. wide, velutinous, somewhat torulose, usually 2-3-seeded, tapering at each end.
Type locality: Cape Region, Lower California. Distribution; Type locality and vicinity.