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silky, or at the nodes villous : leaflets 5 — 7, linear-spatulate, acute, 1 in., 

 long, silky on both sides : fl. distinctly and rather remotely verticillate 

 in a short-peduncled raceme : calyx-lips subequal, entire : banner red, 

 shorter than the blue wings ; keel ciliate : pod linear, hirsute : seeds 

 linear, brown with black spots. — From near Point Reyes, 3frs. Curran, 

 northward, near the sea. The coarse yellowish roots have the appearance 

 and something of the flavor of licorice and were used as food by the 

 aborigines. 



23. L. alMcaulis, Dougl. in Hook. Fl. i. 165 (1833). Stoutish, slightly 

 succulent, stems decumbent, 2 ft. long or more, very leafy, appressed- 

 puberulent : stipules small, subulate, deciduous : leaflets 7 — 9, oblance- 

 olate, obtuse, mucronulate, 1 — 2 in. long, on petioles little longer : raceme 

 6 — 10 in. long, short-peduncled : fl. rather distinctly whorled, of a dark 

 tawny or yellowish brown ; banner and wings shorter than the long falcate 

 naked keel. Var. silvestris. L. silrestris, Drew, Bull. Torn Club, xvi. 

 150 (1889). More slender, canescently hirsutulous throughout : leaflets 

 acutish : fl. cream-color, turning brownish. — The type, common from Mt. 

 Shasta northward, may not occur within our limits. The variety, very 

 possibly distinct, seems to differ mainly by its pubescence. It is found in 

 the Trinity Mts., Dreu>, and something approaching it, but with pubescence 

 less spreading, was obtained at Chico by Dr. Parry. June~Aug. 



24. L. foniiosus. Stoutish and suberect, or more slender and de- 

 cumbent, 2 — 3 ft. high, sparsely silky-pubescent : stipules long, linear- 

 setaceous, persistent : leaflets 7 — 9, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 1 — 1^ 

 in. long, equalling the petiole : raceme subsessile, mo'^e or less whorled, 

 but rather dense : fl. 6 — 7 lines long, rich violet, the banner and wings 

 equalling, the latter entirely enfolding, the less elongated naked keel. 

 Var. Bridg-esii. L. albicaulis, var. Bridgesii, Wats. Stipules narrowly 

 lanceolate, the whole plant silvery-canescent, and even villous : raceme 

 distinctly pedunculate, the verticils more remote and distinct. — This, 

 while like L. albicaulis in its glabrous keel, is most unlike it in respect 

 to relative size of petals and their coloring. The best type of the 

 species is of the author's own collecting on Mare Island, 1874 ; next to 

 that, No. 857 of the State Survey. The variety will very likely prove 

 distinct. These are our very handsomest perennial lupines ; L. albicaulis, 

 with its small tawny wings and banner, and long-protruding keel, one of 

 the homeliest. Apr. — Oct. 



25. L. iieiiioralis. Stem solitai-y, erect, slender, flexuous, leafy 

 throughout, 1 ft. high : pubescent throiighout, the stems and stalklets 

 somewhat appressed-pilose, the leaflets rather coarsely silky : stipules 

 subulate-setaceous ; leaflets 7 — ^11, narrowly cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronulate, 1 in. long, on petioles of 2 in. or less : raceme slender- 

 peduncled, short and few-flowered, not whorled : both calyx-lips broad, 



