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Locs. — Seymour Creek, Mt. Pinos, Ventura Co., Mum 7007 ; Swartout Valley, San Antonio 

 Mts., Johnston 4568; Waterman Eidge, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 2438; San Gabriel Peak, 

 Peirson 88, 89; Warrens Well, e. base San Bernardino Mts., Jepson 12,637. 



Eefs. — LupiNUS ALBicAULis Dougl. ; Hook. n. Bor. Am. 1:165 (1834), type loc. Fort Van- 

 couver on the Columbia, Douglas; Jepson, Man. 528 (1925). L. falcifer Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. 1 :378 

 (1840), type loc. "Oregon about Ft. Vancouver", Nuttall, as synonym. L. shastensis Hel. Muhl. 

 2:67 (1905), type loc. Sacramento Eiver, above Shasta Sprs., Siskiyou Co., Heller 8024. L. 

 albicaulis var. shastensis C. P. Sm. ; Jepson, Man. 528 (1925). Var. hyacinthinus Jepson. 

 L. hyacinthinus Greene, Lflts. 2:85 (1910), type loc. San Jacinto Mts., Hall 712; Jepson, I.e. 529. 

 L. formosus var. hyacinthinus C. P. Sm. ; Jepson, Man. 529 (1925). L. andersonii Wats. Bot. 

 King 58 (1871), type loc. Carson City, Nev., Anderson 9; Jepson, Man. 528 (1925). L. ander- 

 sonii var. apertus C. P. Sm.; Jepson, Man. I.e. L. apertus Hel. Muhl. 8:103 (1912), type loc. 

 Summit sta.. Placer Co., Heller 6978 (stems simple; flowers 6 lines long). Var. fulcratus 

 Jepson. L. andersonii var. fulcratus C. P. Sm. ; Jepson, Man. I.e. L. fulcratus Greene, Pitt. 

 3:159 (1897), type loc. "Fresno Co." (that is, near Peckinpah Mill, now Madera Co.), L. A. B. 

 PecJcinpah (stipules herbaceous, oblanceolate or lanceolate). L. fraxinetorum Greene, Lflts. 2 :234 

 (1912), type loc. "Sequoia Forest Ees., Fresno Co." (probably Tulare Co.), R. Hopping (stipules 

 herbaceous, free, oval or oblong). L. sylvestris Drew, Bull. Torr. Club 16:150 (1889), type loc. 

 6. side of South Fork Mt., Humboldt Co., Chesnut 4" Drew; Jepson, I.e.; not L. silvestris Lam. 

 (1778). L. albicaulis var. sylvestris Greene, Fl. Fr. 42 (1891). L. elmeri Greene, Pitt. 3:159 

 (1897). Var. proximus Jepson. L. proximus Hel. Muhl. 2:67 (1905), type loc. Girard sta., 

 Kern Co., Heller 7814. L. adsurgens Drew, I.e., type loc. w. side South Fork Mt., Humboldt Co., 

 Chesnut ^ Drew; Jepson, I.e. L. gormanii Piper, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 50:200 (1907), type 

 loc. middle peak of Three Sisters, Ore., M. TV. Gorman. L. formosus var. clemensae C. P. Sm. ; 

 Jepson, Man. 529 (1925), type loc. Greenville, Plumas Co., M. S. Clemens (banner often pubescent 

 dorsally). L. adsurgens var. undulatus C. P. Sm. ; Jepson, I.e., type loc. "Yosemite to Tuolumne 

 Grove," Eastwood 13. Var. elatus Jepson. L. elatus Jtn. Bull. S. Cal. Acad. 17:63 (1918), 

 type loc. Icehouse Canon, San Antonio Mts., Johnston 1627. L. formosus var. elatus C. P. Sm. ; 

 Jepson, I.e. 



9. L. formosus Greene. Lunara Lupeste. Stems several from the root-crown, 

 decumbent or ascending, sometimes erect, 2 to 3 feet long, the whole plant silky- 

 pubescent ; leaflets mostly 7 to 9, narrowly or broadly oblanceolate, acute or acu- 

 minate, % to 1^ (or 2) inches long, the petioles % to 2 (or 3i/^) inches long; 

 racemes 3 to 9 inches long, somewhat dense, sometimes lax, the peduncles short 

 or scarcely any ; pedicels slender, li 2 to Z^o lines long ; flowers in more or less dis- 

 tinct whorls, 514 to 7% lines long; calyx-lips subequal, long and narrow, the lower 

 entire or nearly so, at length somewhat reflexed, the upper very shortly cleft; 

 petals purplish-blue, lilac-purple, violet, pale yellow or white ; banner suborbicular 

 to oblong or rarely narrowly ovate, glabrous, its white or yellow spot turning sor- 

 did ; wings broad, equaling and usually enfolding the glabrous keel ; acumen of 

 the narrowly falcate keel elongated in age, sometimes a little, often much exposed; 

 ovules 5 to 7; pods silky-pubescent, 1%^ to 1% inches long, 3 to 5 lines wide. 



Rich soil of high places in fields and sandy lands of valleys and on dry hillsides, 

 50 to 2500 feet : Great Valley plains and bordering foothills; Coast Range valleys; 

 south to coastal Southern California. Apr.-Oct. 



Locs. — Coast Eanges: Bucksport, Humboldt Co., Tracy 2113; Ukiah, Jepson 2507; Hopland 

 Valley, Jepson 9288, C. F. BaTcer 3005 (banner narrow, acute) ; Berryessa Valley, ne. Napa Co., 

 Jepson; Howell Mt., Jepson 48t, 69t; Napa Valley, Brewer 857 (cited by Greene); Benieia, 

 Chandler 6099; Novate, Marin Co., Jepson 9055; Olema, Marin Co., Jepson 8289; Mill Valley, 

 Marin Co., Kennedy 4702; Berkeley Hills, Jepson 2t, 15,179; San Leandro, Davy; Livermore, 

 Jepson 18t; Los Gates foothills. Heller 7383; San Luis Obispo, Brewer 469. Great Valley: 

 Stillwater, Shasta Co., BaTcer 4' Nutting ; Eed Bluff, Jepson 4t, 36t; VacavUle, Jepson; Denver- 

 ton, Solano Co., Jepson 43t ; betw. San Joaquin Eiver bridge and Burnet sta., Jepson 55t ; Delhi, 

 Merced Co., Jepson 12,748. S. Cal.: Santa Barbara, Brewer 284; Ojai Valley, Hubby; Clare- 

 mont, E. D. Palmer; San Bernardino, Jepson 5530; Beaumont, B. J. Smith. 



Var. robustus C. P. Sm. Stems stouter; herbage densely silky and also long-villous ; 

 racemes dense, 1% to 1% inches wide; flowers 8 to 9 lines long. — Valley fields, Colusa Co. to 

 Merced Co. Apr.-June. 



Locs. — College City, Colusa Co., Alice King; Livermore, Alameda Co., Jepson; Burnet, San 

 Joaquin Co., Jepson 56t; Modesto, K. Brandegee. 



