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14. Lupinus suksdorfii Robinson, sp. nov. (§ SERICE!). 
Erect or nearly so, about 60cm. high; stem stoutish, subsimple, terete, finely subappressed- 
pubescent or somewhat spreading-villous, leafy, especially near the middle; leaflets about 
9, oblanceolate, acute, the larger 5 to 6 cm. long, 8 to 12 mm. wide, covered on both surfaces 
by a short dense sericeous appressed pubescence; petioles 4 to 11 em. long; peduncles 
terminal and commonly solitary, 4 to 8 cm. long; racemes 20 cm. in length, 4 to 5 em, in 
diameter; pedicels slender, 8 mm. long, scattered or subverticillate, tomentulose; upper 
calyx lobe 2-toothed, the lower entire; petals rich purplish blue, about 12 mm. long; 
standard glabrous; keel ciliolate; ovary 5 to 7-ovuled; pods spreading-pubescent, 3 to 4 em. 
long, 9 mm. wide, about 4-seeded.—Dry grounds. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Columbia River, west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 110, May 3 (in 
flower), June (in fruit), 1883; same locality, mountain sides, Suksdorf 109, May 2 (in flower), 
June (in fruit), 1883; same region and collector, April 24 (in flower), June (in fruit), 1886; 
Wenache, Whited 1032, April 23, 1899; sandy hillsides west of Wenache, Whited 1033, May 
2, 1899. 
15. Lupinus sericeus Pursh, Fl. 2: 468. 1814. 
Type Locauity: ‘On the banks of the Kooskoosky.” Collected by Lewis. 
Rance: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Wenache, Whited 1061; June, 1895; Klickitat, Howell, June, 
1879; Spokane, Henderson 2338 in part; Walla Walla region, Brandegee 696; Waitsburg, 
Horner 90; Almota, Piper 2011; Kamiak, Piper 3087; without locality, Vasey 262. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 
The following specimens are not typical but for the present are referred here: Wenache, 
Whited 1061, 155, July 9, 1896; Ellensburg, Whited 662; Twisp River, Whited 36; Douglas 
City, Lake & Hull 757; Coulee City, Spillman, May 27, 1896 in part. 
16. Lupinus ornatus Dougl. Bot. Reg. 14: pl. 1216. 1828. PLATE XXII. 
Type LocaLity: “In mountain valleys, on the banks of the Spokan River, near Kettle 
Falls, on the River Columbia; and also near the chain of lakes of the last mentioned stream.” 
Rance: Washington, Oregon and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Pasco, Henderson 2334; Yakima County, Henderson 2332, 2340, 
2342; Ellensburg, Whited 23; Ainsworth, Brandegee 700; Spokane, Piper 1903; Spokane 
County, Suksdorf 267; Conconully, Whited 1308; Steamboat Rock, McKay 22; Pullman, 
Henderson 2339; Piper 3037; without locality, Vasey in 1889; Wenas Creek, Cotton 1149; 
Kittitas Valley, Cotton 1337. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition and Upper Sonoran. 
16a. Lupinus ornatus bracteatus Robinson, subsp. nov. 
Bracts much exceeding the buds, often recurved, somewhat persistent, much more con- 
spicuous than in the typical form.—Gravelly prairies. Bearing much the same relation to 
the typical form of Lupinus ornatus Dougl. as subspecies plumosus Robinson does to L. 
leucophyllus Lindl., and no more constant. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Spokane, Henderson 2338 in part; Piper 2728, 2823, 2947; 
Almota, Piper 2939. . 
17. Lupinus alpicola L. F. Henderson in herb. 
Stems several from a thickish caudex, scaly at the base, erect, 30 to 50 cm. high, simple or 
nearly so, leafy, covered by a fine short closely appressed pubescence; petioles slender, erect, 
all but the upper exceeding the 7 or 8 leaflets; these linear-oblanceolate, acute, finely serice- 
ous-pubescent on both surfaces, 2.6 to 3.6 cm. long, 2 to 5 mm. broad; racemes mostly 
terminal on the stems, shortly peduncled, loosely flowered, 7 to 10 cm. long; bracts lanceo- 
late, sericeous-pubescent, rather short, when persisting not equaling the tomentulose 
pedicels; petals purplish blue; standard suborbicular, sparingly villous near the middle 
