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dorsally; keel strongly ciliated; pods lance-oblong, acute, silky, 2.4 to 3 cm. long, 4 or 5- 

 seeded. — Flowering in August. 



Specimens examined: Washington, Mount Adams, //eWf/sori 1387; /SuA:sJo?/lll; Oregon, 

 north side of Mount Hood, Howell. 



18. Lupinus Uttoralis Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: pZ. 1198. 1828. 



Type locality: ''On tl:e seashore from Cape Mendocino to Puget's Sound. Collected 

 b}' Douglas. 



Range: Seacoast of "Washington, Oregon, and northern California. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2537; Westport, Henderson, June 25, 

 1892; Lamb 1110; Coupeville, Gardner 65; Ihvaco, Piper 4S97. 



Zonal distribution: Humid Transition. 



This is the "liquorice root" mentioned by Lewis and Clark and formerly used as food In' 

 the natives. 



19. Lupinus volcanicus Greene, Pittonia 3: 308. 1898. 

 Type locality: Mount Rainier, Vv'ashington. 

 Range: Known only from Mount Rainier. 



Specimens examined: Mount Rainier, Pi'ywr 2120 and in 1889; Fleft 296. 

 Zonal distribution: Arctic. 



20. Lupinus saxosus Howell, Er^-thea 1: 110, 1893. 



Type locality: "On high stony ridges, from near the Dalles eastward, in Oregon and 

 Washington." Collected b}^ Howell. 



Range: Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Kittitas Mountains, Whiied, M&y 27, 1896; Wenache, Whiied 29, 

 98, 38. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



21. Lupinus subalpinus Piper & Robinson, sp. nov. (§ Saxosi). 



Lupinus arciicus S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 526. 1S73, as to plant of Lyall, not as to 

 arctic elements. 



Erect or somewhat decumbent, spreading-villous; stems simple, 25 to 40 cm. high, leafy; 

 leaflets spatulate-ol)lanceolate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, villous beneath, sparsely .so or 

 rarely quite glabrous above, 3 to 4.2 cm. long; raceme terminal, 10 to 15 cm. long, many- 

 flowered, Vjorne on a stoutish peduncle 3 to 5 cm. in length; pedicels slender, 4 to 8 mm. long, 

 spreading-pubescent; flowers large and showy; petals 12 to 16 mm. long; the standard 

 glabrous; the keel entirely glabrous or with traces of ciliation; pods linear-oblong, about 3.5 

 cm. in length, obliquely sharp-pointed, 7 to 9-seeded. 



Specimens examined: Cascade Mountains to Fort Colville, Lyall 1860; dry slopes on 

 Mount Rainier, Piper 463, 4114; E. C. Smith 463; Wenache, Washington, Whited. 



This species differs from L. .saxosus, Howell, in its greater stature, larger leaflets, and only 

 obsoletely ciliate keel: from L. wyethii S. Wats., in the form of the leaflets, as well as in the 

 sparse pubescence usually present on their upper surface. 



Other specimens referable here are the following: Horseshoe Basin, Lal^e dc Hull: Mount 

 Adams, Flett 1254; Henderson 15; Suksdorf 2561, 108, 1787: Olympic Mountains, Piper, 

 August, 1895; Mount Stuart, Brandegee 699: Elmer 1205: Goat Mountains, Allen 30. 



22. Lupinus wyethii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 525. 1873. 

 Type locality: "Flat-Head River." Collected by Wyeth. 

 Range: Washington and Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Waitsburg, Horner 89; Walla Walla region, Brandegee 702; 

 Spangle, SutscZor/ 266; Piper S551; Pullman, Piper, June 13, 1896; Union Flat, Pi/w 1900; 

 Wawawai, Elmer 764; Harrington, Sandherg <& Leiherg 200. 



Zonal distribution: Arid Transition. 



