82 BOTANY OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



On the Darwin Mesa (No. 877), and in Boundary Canon, Grapevine Mountains 

 (No. 977). The flowers of this species, as it grows in the Mohave Desert at least, 

 are of a beautiful deep violet color. 



Lupinus breweri Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. vii. 331 (1808). Type locality, "on 

 the Yoscmite trail, alt. 6,000 feet." 



In the high Sierra Nevada (Nos. 1550, 1054). 



Lupinus covillei Greene, Proc. Acad. Pliila. 1892, 365 (1893). Typo locality, 

 "near Farewell Gap, in the Sierra Nevada of California, at an altitude of 10,000 feet." 



Described by Professor Greene from specimens collected by the Death Valley Ex- 

 pedition at Farwell Gap (No. 1746). 



Lupinus cytisoides Agardh, Syn. Lup. 18 (1835). Type locality, "in Cali- 

 fornia." 

 Mineral King, Sierra Nevada (No. 1383). 



Lupinus holosericeus Nutt. in Torr. & Gr. Fl. i. 380 (1840).- Type locality, 

 'islands and gravelly banks of the Wahlamet," Oregon. 

 In the Panainint Mountains (Nos. 764, 2033, 2012). 



Lupinus microcarpus Sims, Bot. Mag. 1. t. 2413 (1823). Type locality not 

 given. The type specimens were cultivated in England from seeds said to have been 

 collected in Chili. 



In Windy Gap (No. 588) and Tehachapi Valley (No. 1119). In the iigure cited the 

 leaves are narrower than in the Californian plant, but the description accords well 

 with it. 



Lupinus ornatus Lindl. Bot. Reg. xiv. t. 1216 (1828)— DougL MS. Type 

 locality, " in mountain valleys, on the banks of the Spokan River, near Kettle Falls, 

 on the river Columbia." 



Specimens determined by E. L. Greene. This lupine occurred on the south slope 

 of Browns Peak (No. 182) ; on the north and east slopes of Lone YV illuw Peak ; .about 

 the head of Johnson Canon, in Surprise Canon (Nos. 600, 648), and in Willow Creek 

 and Mill Creek canons, Panainint Mountains; on both slopes of Walker Pass; and 

 on the North Fork of Kern River, near Kernville. It was characteristic of the upper 

 portion of the Larrea belt, 



Lupinus pusillus Pursh, Fl. ii, 468 (1814). Type locality, "on the banks of the 

 Missouri." 



In Johnson Canon (No. 505), and at Cottonwood Springs, Vegas Valley (No. 1876). 



Medicago sativa L. Sp. PI. ii. 778 (1753). Typo locality European. 



A few specimens of alfalfa were seen growing spontaneously in a canon of the 

 Inyo Mountains, near Swansea. The seeds were undoubtedly dropped by the adjacen t 

 roadside and grew to the llowering stage. At several places in tin 1 desert alfalfa 

 was seen in cultivation, but it does not appear to be capable of continued inde- 

 pendent growth. 



Melilotus indica (L.) Sp. PI. ii. 705 (1753), as Trifolium Meliloius indica; All. Fl. 

 Ped. i. 308 (1785). Type locality Indian. 



In the desert this was seen onjy at Furnace Creek Ranch (No. 574), and in a canon 

 near Swansea, In intraiiiontanc southern California it occurs almost everywhere, 

 and was observed by us at many points in that region. 



Trifolium involuciatum Willd. Sp. PL iii. 1372 (1800). Type locality not given. 

 Near Lone Tine (No. 897). 



Trifolium longipes Nutt. in Toir. & Gr. FL i. 814 (1838). Type locality, "val- 

 leys of the central chain of the Pocky Mountain range, and on the moist plains oi 

 the Oregon as low as the Wahlamet." 



Whitney Meadows, Sierra Nevada (No. 1680). 



