New and noteworthy Northwestern Plants—VII 
By C. V. PIPER 
‘Lupinus brachypodus sp. nov. 
Perennial, from a stout simple or branched caudex, 5-12 cm. 
high, loosely appressed-hirsute throughout, silvery : leaflets 5-7, 
unequal, lanceolate or somewhat oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
8-18 mm. long, greener above ; petioles 3-5 times as long as the 
leaflets ; stipules subulate, small: flowering stems equalling or little 
exceeding the foliage, bearing one to two leaves: raceme dense, 
2-4 cm. long; bracts subulate, 5-6 mm. long, nearly equalling 
the flowers, somewhat persistent ; pedicels very short: calyx brac- 
teolate, the bracts minute ; upper lip two-cleft for half its length; 
lower lip minutely 2-toothed at the apex, one fourth longer than 
the upper: corolla 7-8 mm. long, blue, over twice as long as the 
calyx ; standard broadly oval, glabrous on the back; wings ob- 
long, slightly longer than the standard; keel coarsely ciliate, deep 
violet at the tip: young pods silky-villous : ovules. about three. 
Dry stony bottoms of a small stream, margin of Barren Valley, 
eastern Oregon, 12 June 1901, Cusich, 2562. 
This plant is nearest related to Z. aridus Douglas. 
/TriFoLium arcuatum Cusickii var. nov. 
Differing from the type essentially in its leaflets which are linear, 
3-4 cm. long, 2-5 mm. wide. 
Moist meadows of Camp Creek, Maurey’s Mt., eastern Oregon, 
2 July 1901, Cusick, 2628. Also Clover Creek, Blue Mts., Orego™ 
1886, Cusick. 
’ Arctostaphylos obtusifolia sp. nov. 
Much branched shrub, about 1 m. high; bark dark ree 
smooth ; young twigs glandular-pubescent : leaves bright gree) 
ovate, obtuse, the bases usually truncate, sometimes — 
glabrous except the petioles and the bases of the midribs, ~~ 
pubescent ; blades 2~3 cm. long, about twice the petioles : sere 
terminal, pendulous, 3—4 cm. long, its reddish branches glen ne 
bracts reddish, ovate-triangular, obtuse, glandular ; pedicels & 
brous, 4~6 mm. long, 3-4 times as long as the bracts : cal 
pink, ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long : corolla pale pink, ib the 
5-6 mm. long, sparsely hairy within: filaments hairy 4 
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