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dorsally; keel strongly ciliated; pods lance-oblong, acute, silky, 2.4 to 3 em. long, 4 or 5- 
seeded.—I lowering in August. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Washington, Mount Adams, Henderson 1387; Suksdorf'111; Oregon, 
north side of Mount Hood, Howell. 
18. Lupinus littoralis Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: pl. 1198. 1828. 
Tyee Locatity: “On the seashore from Cape Mendocino to Puget’s Sound. Collected 
by Douglas. 
RANGE: Seacoast of Washington, Oregon, and northern California. « 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, //mer 2537; Westport, Henderson, June 25, 
1892; Lamb 1110; Coupeville, Gardner 65; waco, Piper 4997. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Humid Transition. 
This is the ‘liquorice root”? mentioned by Lewis and Clark and formerly used as food by 
the natives. 
19. Lupinus volcanicus Greene, Pittonia 3: 308. 1898. 
Type Locatity: Mount Rainier, Washington. 
Rance: Known only from Mount Rainier. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Mount Rainier, Piper 2120 and in 1889; Fett 296. 
‘ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arctic. 
20. Lupinus saxosus Howell, Erythea 1: 110, 1893. 
Type Locauity: “On high stony ridges, from near the Dalles eastward, in Oregon and 
Washington.’’ Collected by Howell. ° 
Rance: Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Kittitas Mountains, Whited, May 27, 1896; Wenache, Whited 29, 
98, 38. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
21. Lupinus subalpinus Piper & Robinson, sp. nov. (§ Saxost). 
Lupinus areticus S. Wat. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 526. 1873, as to plant of Lyall, not as to 
arctic elements. 
Erect or somewhat decumbent, spreading-villous; stems simple, 25 to 40 cm. high, leafy; 
leaflets spatulate-oblanceolate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, villous beneath, sparsely so or 
rarely quite glabrous above, 3 to 4.2 cm. long; raceme terminal, 10 to 15 cm. long, many- 
flowered, borne on a stoutish peduncle 3 to 5cm. in length; pedicels slender, 4 to 8 mm. long, 
spreading-pubescent; flowers large and showy; petals 12 to 16 mm. long; the standard 
glabrous; the keel entirely glabrous or with traces of ciliation; pods linear-oblong, about 3.5 
cm. in length, obliquely sharp-pointed, 7 to 9-seeded. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Cascade Mountains to Fort Colville, Lyall 1860; dry slopes on 
Mount Rainier, Piper 463, 4114; F.C. Smith 463; Wenache, Washington, Whited. 
This species differs from L. sarosus, Howell, in its greater stature, larger leaflets, and only 
obsoletely ciliate keel; from L. wyethii S. Wats., in the form of the leaflets, as well as in the 
sparse pubescence usually present on their upper surface. 
Other specimens referable here are the following: Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull; Mount 
Adams, Flett 1254; Henderson 15; Suksdorf 2561, 108, 1787; Olympic Mountains, Piper, 
August, 1895; Mount Stuart, Brandegee 699; Elmer 1205; Goat Mountains, Allen 30. 
22. Lupinus wyethii 5. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 525. 1873. 
Type Locauity: ‘Flat-Head River.”’ Collected by Wyeth. 
RanGE: Washington and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Waitsburg, Horner 89; Walla Walla region, Brandegee 702; 
Spangle, Suksdorf 266; Piper 3551; Pullman, Piper, June 13, 1896; Union Flat, Piper 1900; 
Wawawai, Elmer 764; Harrington, Sandberg & Leiberg 200. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Arid Transition. 
