238 Rhodora [DECEMBER 
Florence Beckwith and Mary E. Macauly, 1896, page 56, is the 
following statement in regard to this Lupine, “A form with pink 
flowers occurs near the ‘sand cut’ in Penfield.” These references to 
variations from the normal color are a few taken from a number of 
similar records and they show that departures from the typical color 
. are not very infrequent, and yet are of sufficient interest to be cited 
at times as to locality. My excuse for offering one more example is 
the fact that I had some freshly gathered plants put into my hands, 
and this enabled me to examine in some detail the color of the flowers. 
On May 30, 1911, Mr. John Murdock brought me a large bunch of 
pink Lupine collected that same morning in Namequoit, Massachu- 
setts, where he has a summer home. I am indebted to Mr. Murdock 
for an account of the stations where the plant occurs. The typical 
blue form was very abundant near his home over the sandy areas that 
prevail on Cape Cod. Scattered among these on opposite sides of 
Potanumicut River were the pink forms. The original station, the 
one from which came the specimens brought to me, covered an area of 
about one acre, the plants growing in scattered patches from one to 
four feet across. This station was in good condition on May 30, 1912. 
The second station was half a mile below the first and contained a 
number of plants scattered among the normal ones. The third sta- 
tion was half a mile further down on Old Field Point near the mouth 
of the river. Mr. Murdock has made special inquiries and he finds 
no evidence that this pink form was introduced, while its occasional 
occurrence throughout eastern United States, the general range of the 
species, would lead one to look for it wherever the type grows. Mr. 
John Kenrick who lives near the area covered by the Lupine has told 
Mr. Murdock that the pink form has been there for years. 
As to the color of the flowers, the keel was a soft, light pink which 
continued in the adjoining portions of the lateral petals, but turned 
gradually to a deeper hue in their upper parts. The banner took up 
this color which grew deeper and deeper till it reached the upper 
central part where it culminated in a strong dark pink spot. This 
gradation, in the same hue throughout the flower, from the very light 
to the very dark pink gave an indescribable delicacy of tone which, 
unfortunately, cannot be preserved in the pressed specimen. It must 
be seen to be appreciated.— WALTER DEANE, Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts. , 
