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We suspect strongly that there is some erroi' about tlic type locality. The species 

 seems to be common in California and extends into Oiegon,but no specimens from Wash- 

 ington have been seen. 



6. Lupinus lyallii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 334. 186S. 



Type locality : "Summit of the Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°." Collected by Lyall. 



Range: Cascade Mountains, British Columbia to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Piper 2092; Allen 100; Mount Adams, Hender- 

 son, August 9, 1892; Flett 1257; Cotton 1516; Cascade Mountains, 49°, Ltjall. 



Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



6. Lupinus aridus Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15: pZ. 124£. 1829. 



Type locality: "Same range of country as Lupinus leucophyllus and equally common." 

 Collected by Douglas. 



Range: Washington and OregoiL 



Specimens examined: Mason County, Kincaid, June 15, 1892; Olympia, Kincaid, July 

 14, 1896; Woodlawn, Henderson, June 22, 1892; Glenwood, Flett 1258: Pasco, Henderson, 

 June, 1892; North Yakima, Henderson, May -2, 1892; Ellensburg, Hirulshair. May, 1896. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



7. Lupinus minimus Dougl.; Hook. FI. Bor. Adl 1: 163. 1830. 



T^'pe locality: "Mountain valleys in Northwest America near Kettle Falls: and very 

 abundant towards the Rocky Mountains along the course of the Columbia." Collected by 

 Douglas. 



Range: British Columbia and Idaho to Oregon. 



This species has not recently been collected in the State. 



8. Lupinus lepidus Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: /</. lip. 1828. 



Type locality: "From Fort Vancouver to the Great Falls of the Columbia." Collected 

 by Douglas. 



Range: Vancouver Island to Oregon. 



Specimens exa.mineu: Clallam County, Elmer 2541; Thurston County, Heller 4048; 

 Olympia, Kincaid, Juh' 4, 18S6; Tacoma, Flett 898, 195; Woodkiwn, Henderson, June 2, 

 1892; Fourth Plain, Piper 3072; North Yakima Herulerson, May 29, 1892; Vancouver, Piper 

 4923. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



9. Lupinus piperi Robinson, sp. nov. (§ Sericei). 



Silky and canescent, leafy at the base; root single, perpendicular; stems 1 to 6, scapose, 

 rather stout, simple, erect, curved-ascending, or decumbent , covered with e loosely appressed 

 pubescence; leaflets 5 to 8, oblanceolate, acute, or acutish, about 3 cul long; petioles 5 

 to 10 cm. long; peduncles 7 to 13 cm. in length, equaling the showy ratlier loose racemes; 

 pedicels 3 to 4 mm. long, tomentose with widely spreading hairs; corolla deep blue; the 

 standard broad, entirely glabrous, paler toward the center; keel ciliated; pods 20 to 24 mm. 

 long, 4 or S^seeded. This species is near L. hellerae Heller, but is paler in color and has 

 shorter leaflets, spreading pubescence on the pedicels, glabrous standard, etc. Found in 

 gravelly soil. 



Specimens examined: Spokane, Henderson, June 2, 1892, 2338 in part; Sandherg tfc 

 Leiberg, May, 1893; Piper 2730 (type), 2949, 2287: Spangle, Piper 2440, 3543. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



9a. Lupinus piperi imberbis Robinson, subsp. nov. 



Keel not ciliated; leaflets larger, 3.6 ciil long; pedicels 6 mm. in length: pubescence 

 of the stems and petioles widely spreading. 



Specimens examined: Wenache, A'. Whited, no. 121, June, 1896, type. 

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