LupiNus. LEGUMINOS^. 373 



ded by a lonfjiliidinal fold. Hook. hot. mas. (• 3492. L. bimaculatus, Don, 

 in Brit.Jl. ^ard. (scr. 2.) t. 314 ? not of Lain. 



San Fflipf, Texas, Dnonmojul. — Much resoniblos L. subcamosus, but 

 appears disliiict : its habit stouter, tiie leaves neither lleshy nor retuse, the 

 flowers deeper colored, and llie wings more projecting. Hook. 



1 1 t Stem somewhat decumbent, leafy : leaflets mostly linear, canaliculate : flow- 

 ers alternate or verticellatc : upper lip of the calyx 2-parted : seeds roundish, 

 turgid, colored, smooth. Agardh. 



y. L. nanus (Dougl.) : somewhat liair}-, low ; stems decumbent ; leaflets 

 linear-spatulate ; raceme elongated, the flowers verticillate ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, as long as the flowers, caducous ; caljx silky, ebracteolate ; the u])per 

 lip 2-clcft, the lower emarginate. — Benth. ! I.e. p. 409, /. 14,y. 2 ; JJon, 

 in Brit.Jl. gard. (ser. 2.) I. 257 ; Agardh! I. c. p. 11. 



Calit()rnia, Douglas ! — Stems 6-8 inches higli. Flowers large, regularly 

 verticillate in somewluit distant wliorls, bluish-i)uq)le. Legumes about 3- 

 seeded, silky-i)ubescent when youug. 



10. L. le}Ho])hyllus (Benth.) : hairy ; stems erect ; leaflets narrowly li- 

 near ; raceme spicate, with the flowers ai)])roximate and somewhat alternate ; 

 bracts linear-subulate, villous, much longer than the flowers and comose be- 

 fore their expansion ; calyx minutely bracteolate ; the upper li]) 2-parted, the 

 lower 3-toothed. — Benth. ! I. c. p. 409 ; Lindl. ! hot. rcg. 1. 1670 ; Agardh ! 

 I. c.p. 11. 



California, Douglas ! — Stems 1-2 feet high, sparsely hirsute with spread- 

 ing hairs. Leaflets very narrow, 1-1^ inch long. Flowers bluish-lilac, with 

 a deep crimson stain on the middle of the vexillum. 



11. L. truncatus (Nutt. ! mss.) : pubescent with appressed hairs, at length 

 almost glabrous ; leaflets 5-7, linear, attenuate at tlie base, truncate or some- 

 what 3-toothed at the apex ; stipules minute, linear, short ; raceme elongat- 

 ed, the flowers alternate ; bracts shorter than the pecUcels, subulate, persis- 

 tent ; calyx bracteolate, the upper lip 2-parted, the lower minutely 3-toothed 

 or entire ; legume hirsute, elongated, 6-7-seeded. — Hook. S^ Arn. ! hot. 

 Beechey, suppl. p). 336. 



St. Francisco, California, Douglas ! St. Diego, Nuttall ! — " Flowers 

 deep purple, small ; the vexillum shorter than the wings. Leaflets rather 

 succulent, long and narrow." Nutt. — Resembles L. linifolius and L. angus- 

 tifolius, to which latter species an imperfect specimen from CaHfomia is doubt- 

 fully referred by Agardh. 



** Legumes constricted but scarcely interrupted between the seeds: cotyle- 

 dons smaller and less thick, petiolate in germination : primordial leaves not 

 evident before gerinination, alternate. Agardh. 



-I — 12. L. micranthus (Dougl.)- : hairy ; leaves narrowly lanceolate, canalicu- 

 late ; peduncle elongated ; flowers somewhat verticillate (few), on very short 

 pedicels ; cal^'x bracteolate, the upper lip 2-cleft ; the lower entire, a little 

 shorter than the petals ; legumes 6-seeded. Agardh. — Dougl. ! in hot. rcg. 

 t. 1251 ,• Agardh, I. c. p. 14. 



In gravelly ])laces, along the southern tributaries of the Oregon, and in the 

 interior of California, Douglas ! — Differs from L. bicolor, according to Doug- 

 las, in flowering from 4 to 6 weeks earlier, in bemg more slender, in the 

 shorter wings of the corolla, nearly sessile flowers, fleshy leaves, larger pods, 

 the color and size of the seeds, and granulated roots ; to wliich Agardli adds 

 the leaves glabrous on the upper surface ; but Niittall remarks tliat tlie roots 



