1921] Srtviley: Flora of the Sierra Nevada- of California 251 



1. Lupinus Lobbii Gray, in Greene, Fl. Fran., p. 43. 1891. 



L. aridus var. Lohhii Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 8, p. 533. 1873. 

 L. alpinus Heller, Muhl., vol. 6, p. 22. 1910. 



Type locality. — "In the high Sierras of California." 



Range. — Sierra Nevada. 



Zone. — Canadian and Hudsonian, rising locally into the Arctic- 

 alpine. 



Specimens examined. — Mt. Rose, 9,650 feet, Heller 9914a; same 

 locality, 9,000 feet, Kennedy 1148 ; trail to Grass Lake, Tahoe, Miss 

 Lathrop, July 19, 1909 ; Hermit Valley, Alpine County, Hansen 365 ; 

 Lake of the Woods, Tahoe, 8,200 feet, Smiley 61 ; Snow Valley, Ormsby 

 County, Nevada, 2,460-2,615 m.. Baker 1374 ; Gilmore Lake, Mt. Tallac, 

 8,300 feet. Hall and Chandler 4637 ; Mt. Stanford, 9,000 feet, C. F. 

 Sonne, August, 1891 ; Silver Lake, Amador County, 7,200 feet, E. 

 Mulliken 122; above Ebbett's Pass, 8,500 feet. Brewer 2085; Sonora 

 Pass, up to 12,000 feet, Brewer 1894 ; Tuolumne meadows, 8,600 feet, 

 R. A. Ware 2616c ; same locality, 8,500 feet. Smiley 743 ; mountains of 

 Tuolumne County, 10,000 feet, W. H. Turner, July 19, 1888; Mt. 

 Gibbs, Congdon, August 16, 1894; Mt. Lyell, 11,000 feet, Hall and 

 Babcock 3585 ; Golden Trout Creek, Tulare County, 8,900 feet. Hall 

 and Babcock 8417. 



In L. alpinus, I am unable to see anything more than the reduced 

 state of the species consequent upon the increased rigor of life con- 

 ditions at the elevation where it appears. 



2. Lupinus Culbertsonii Greene, Leaflets, vol. 1, p. 73. 1904. 



L. hypolasius Greene, I.e. 

 L. hypoleuctis Greene, I.e. 



Type locality. — "Forks of the Kaweah River, at 8,000 feet." 

 Tulare County. 



Range. — Southern Sierra Nevada northward to about the Yosemite 

 region. 



Zone. — Canadian mainly, rising to timber line or above in depau- 

 perate forms. 



Specimens examined. — South Fork of the Kaweah River, 8,000 

 feet, Culbertson (B 4475) ; Kaweah meadows, 9-10,000 feet, Purpus 

 5125; Summit Lake, Tulare County, Culbertson (B 4552) ; Farewell 

 Gap, 10,000 feet, Purpus 5221; Mt. Silliman, Tulare Count^v, Mrs. 

 Brandegee, August 23, 1905. 



Lupinus crassidus Greene (Muhl., vol. 8, p. 118. 1912), described 

 from a collection made by J. H. Hatton "at an altitude of 10,500 feet 



