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oblong or -oblanceolate, § - 1\' long, acute or obtuse, nearly glabrous 

 above, about half as long as the petioles ; racemes sh'ort-peduncled or 

 sessile, 2-3' long ; pedicels 2 - 3" long ; bractlets minute ; upper 

 calyx-lip 2-cleft, the lower subentire ; petals purple or rose-color, 4" 

 long, equal ; pods i - f ' long ; seed nearly 2" wide. — From the Mis- 

 souri to the Columbia and southward, east of the Sierra, to New 

 Mexico and Arizona. 



55. L. brevicaulis, Watson. Less hairy ; stems short or nearly 

 wanting, 1-4' high ; leaflets mostly 7, cuneate-obovate, 5 - 8" long, 

 rounded at the apex ; racemes dense, 1-2' long, the peduncles nearly 

 equalling the leaves ; pedicels 1 - 2" long in fruit ; bractlets small ; 

 upper calyx-lip very short or truncate, scarious, the lower subentire ; 

 petals blue, 3 - 5" long, equal ; pod 3 - 5" long ; seed about I" broad. 

 — From Northern Nevada to Arizona and Western New Mexico. 



§ 3. LUPINE LLUS. Flowers axillary, solitary ; sides of the 

 banner scarcely at all reflexed ; keel nearly straight ; pod ovate ; 

 ovules 2. — A dwarf diffusely branched villous annual. 



56. L. tjncialis, "Watson. Less than 1' high, very leafy ; leaflets 

 5, cuneate-oblong, 2" long, obtuse, the petioles 2-3 times longer ; 

 stipules obtuse ; peduncles axillary, equalling the leaves or shorter, 

 the bract short and oval ; calyx ebracteolate, upper lip short, deeply 

 cleft, the lower 3-toothed, the middle tooth very small ; petals ochro- 

 leucous, 1\" long, the banner shorter and obovate, acute, the keel 

 tipped with purple, not beaked, obtuse ; pod 2" long, hairy. — North- 

 western Nevada. 



SYNONOMY, 



WITH COLLECTORS' NAMES AND NUMBERS, SO FAR AS VERIFIED. 



40. Lupous affinis. Agardh, Synopsis Lup., 20, in part. Hook. & Arn., 

 Bot. Beech., 335* Torr. & Gray, Flora, 1.376. Dietrich, Syn. Veg., 4. 940. 

 Bolander, Cat. PI. San Franc, 8. — Nos. 382, 387, 388, 389, 391 Coulter. 

 ? L. cervinus. Kellogg, Proc. Acad. Calif., 2. 229, fig. 73. 



16. Lupinus albicaulis. Douglas in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am., 1. 165. Don's Mill., 

 2.366. Agardh, Syn., 29. Torr. & Gray, Flora, 1. 378. Dietr., Syn., 1.942. 

 Durand; PI. Pratten., 86. Boland., Cat. PI. San Franc, 8. — No. 58 Bridges ; 

 84 Torrey; 89 Hall; Douglas; Nuttall ; Wilkes; Bigelow ; Pratten; Shelton. 



* References in old style numerals indicate only a mention of the species, without 

 description or notes of special interest. 



