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LEGUMINOSAE 



Arrovo, Kern Canon, Jcpson 4087; Coyote Pass, Tularo Co., Jepson 983; Kaweah Mdws., Tulare 

 Co., Purpits 5;?40; Kaiser Peak, Fresno Co., Jepson 13,026; Parker Pass, A. L. Grant 1595; El 

 Capitan summit, Jepson 43(33; Glacier Pt., Yosemite, Congdon; Virginia Cafion, Tuolumne Co., 

 Jepson 4494 ; Strawberry, Tuolumne Co., Jepson G495; Truckee, Sonne; Westwood jet., sw. Lassen 

 Co., C. S. liohinson. White ilts. : North Fork Crooked Creek, Jepson 7339. Siskiyou Co.: 

 Cuddihy Valley (ridpe near), Jepson 285G. Short racemes are sometimes found in plants of 

 high exposed peaks (var. parvulus C. P. Sm.), but plants with both short and long racemes on 

 one individual are also found in such situations. 



Var. bryoides C. P. Sm. Mats very dense and somewhat moss-like, 2 to 9 inches wide, the 

 foliage pubescent and rusty-hirsute or drying rusty, equaling or nearly equaling the racemes; 

 leaflets IV2 to 2 lines long. — Arid peaks or meadows bordering the Mohave Desert from Tulare 

 Co. to northern Ventura Co., 8000 to 12,000 feet: Army Pass, Mt. Whitney, IV. P. Taylor; Mt. 

 Langley, Purpiis 1G76; Volcano Mdws.; Hockctt trail summit near Little Cottonwood Creek, w. 

 Inyo Co., Jepson 927; Monache Mdws.; Mt. Pinos, J. Grinnell. 



Var. grandiflorus C. P, Sm. Stems very short (about V2 inch) ; leaves crowded at the base ; 

 petioles 1% to 2^2 inches long; racemes exceeding the leaves; flowers scattered, 5 to 5V2 lines 

 long; banner much reflexed. — Mono Craters, Mono Co. 



Refs. — LupiNUS BREWERi Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7:334 (1868), type loc. Yosemite trail. 

 Brewer 1634; near Carson City, Nev., Anderson; Jepson, Man. 526 (1925). Var. parvulus C. P. 

 Sm. ; Jepson, I.e., type loc. Gold Lake, Sierra Co., Hall 4- Babcoch 4507. Var. bryoides C. P. 

 Sm. ; Jepson, I.e., type loc. Olancha Peak, Tulare Co., Hall 4- BalcocTc 5247. Var. grandiflorus 

 C. P. Sm. ; Jepson, I.e., type loc. Mono Craters, Mono Co., R. S. Ferris 1463. 



26. L. lyallii Gray var, lobbii C. P. Sm. Alpine Lupine. (Fig. 185.) Alpine 

 dwarf ll^ to 5 inches high, the peduncles and leaves basal or sub-basal, arising from 

 a much-branched woody root-crown; herbage subappressed-hirsute ; leaflets 5 to 7, 

 oblanceolate to obovate, acutish, 3 to 7 (or 

 10) lines long, the petioles ^^ to 1^/4 inches 

 long; racemes densely flowered, short-cylin- 

 dric or subcapitate, ^/^ tol (or 2) inches long, 

 the curved, spreading or erect peduncles 

 mostly exceeding the leaves; flowers 3 to 5I/2 

 lines long; calyx-lips nearly equal, the lower 

 one entire or 3-toothed, the upper cleft i/4 to 

 Vs', petals blue; banner elliptical; keel usually 

 tipped with dark purple, ciliate at middle or 

 upper part or non-ciliate; pods silky, 5 to 7 

 lines long, 1 to 4-seeded. 



Dry alpine summits, 7000 to 11,000 feet : 

 Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Nevada 

 Co.; North Coast Ranges from eastern Men- 

 docino Co. to Siskiyou Co. North to Washing- 

 ton. July- Aug. 



Locs. — Sierra Nevada: Volcano Creek, e. Tulare 

 Co., Jepson 958; Mono Pass, Congdon; Mt. Gibbs, 

 Congdon; Dana Fork Tuolumne River, Jepson 3260; 

 Kennedy Peak, A. L. Grant 545 ; Deadman Creek, 

 Tuolumne Co., Jepson 6571 ; Sonera Peak, A. L. Grant 

 399 ; Echo Lake, Lake Tahoe, H. M. Evans (pubes- 

 cence very dense) ; Bear Valley, Nevada Co., Jepson 

 It. North Coast Ranges: South Yollo Bolly, Jepson 

 57t; Twin Peak to Thompson Peak, Trinity Co., Alex- 

 ander 4' Kellogg 292; Black Butte, Sisson, Blasdale 

 (racemes in the last two spms. not surpassing the 

 foliage, the keel with woolly-ciliate band). 



Var. danaus Wats. Alpine dwarf 1^/2 to 4 inches high; leaflets usually 3 lines long or less; 

 flowers 3 to 4 lines long; petals white or' pale lilac. — High peaks, 10,000 to 12,000 feet: Sierra 

 Nevada from Mono and Tuolumne Cos. to Tulare Co. July- Aug. 



Locs. — Mt. Dana, Congdon; Mt. Lyell, Jepson 3342; Mt. Whitney, Purpus 3064 (extreme 

 form). 



Fig. 185. LuPiNUS LYALLII Gray. var. 

 LOBBII C. P. Sm. a, habit, X V> ; b, upper 

 lip of calyx, X 2; c, lower lip of calyx, 

 X 2; d, banner, X 2; e, wing, X 2; /, 

 keel, X 2; g, pod, X 1. 



