268 LEGUMINOSAE 



8394; Alder Crook to Pcrcgoy Mdw., Mariposa Co., Jcpsnn 4329; Little Yosemite, Jepson 3153; 

 Bijj Mdws., Plumas Co., R. M. Austin ; Hoiioy Lake Valley, Jepson 7798; Big Valley, Modoc Co., 

 M. S. lick, r. 



Var. ramcsus Jepson var. n. Mono Lupine. Stems several from the root-cro\vn, erect, 11 

 to 14 iiu'hcs high, corymbosely branched above, sometimes even paniculately branched with 

 many racemes; racemes short, 1 to 2^,4 (or 4) inches long. — (A caudice caules aliquot erecti, 

 unc. 11-14 alti, supra corymboso-ramosi vel paniculato-ramosi ; racemi breves, unc. 1-2'/. longi.) 

 — East side of the Sierra Nevada in Mono Co., 4000 to 8000 feet: Lundy, Maud Minthorn; 

 Walker Lake, Congdon; Mono Lake, Congdon (type). 



Var. torreyi Jepson comb. n. Torrey Lupine. Plants usually 8 to 12 inches high, the 

 proper stems often much shortened; leaflets 6 to 12 lines long; peduncles usually elongated, 

 lifting the racemes above the foliage; racemes dense, usually 2 to 4 inches long. — Mostly dry 

 soil, 1000 to 9500 feet: Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Siskiyou Co.; Humboldt Co. North to 

 eastern Washington. June-Aug. 



Locs. — Upper Funston Mdw., Chagoopa Plateau, Kern Canon, Jepson 5006; Soda Sprs., 

 North Fork San Joaquin River, Congdon; Ranchcria Mt., Tuolumne Co., Jepson 4605; Douglas 

 Flat, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 101; Dorrington, Calaveras Co., Jepson 10,056; Big Mdw. near 

 Onion Valley, Calaveras Co., Jepson 10,090 ; Yuba River near Cisco, Placer Co., M. A. Walker 

 1483; Donner Lake, Heller 6864; Sierra Valley, Jepson 8035; Mineral, Tehama Co., J. Grinnell; 

 Black Butte, Mt. Shasta, Jepson 9t; White Thorn Valley, Humboldt Co., Tracy 5021. 



Var. aridus Jepson comb, n, Oregon Lupine. Plants 4 to 10 inches high, the proper stems 

 much shortened, decumbent or ascending; leaves sub-basal, sometimes crowded; leaflets 5 to 

 10 lines long; racemes 1 to 4 inches long, usually not completely surpassing the foliage. — Sandy 

 soil, ridges and meadows, 3000 to 6600 feet: Trinity, Siskiyou, Modoc and Butte Cos. North to 

 Washington. June-Aug. 



Locs. — Hayfork Mt., Trinity Co., Tracy 6460; Shackelford Canon, Siskiyou Co., Chandler 

 1727; Colby, Butte Co., E. M. Austin; Modoc Co., M. S. Baher. 



Var. artulus Jepson var. n. Plumas Lupine. Racemes narrow, 2 to 3 inches long, 6 to 

 7 lines wide ; petals turning black-purple in age ; keel densely woolly-ciliate on upper half. — 

 (Racemi angusti, unc. 2-3 longi, lin. 6-7 lati ; petala in aetate purpureo-nigra; carina dimidio 

 superiore dense ciliato-lanata.) — Warner Valley, Plumas Co., Jepson 4069 (type). 



Var. culbertsonii C. P. Sm. Kaweah Lupine. Proper stems either short or to 7 inches 

 long; racemes with the lower flowers suberect after anthesis. — Kaweah River headwaters: 

 Farewell Gap, Tulare Co., Jepson 1017; Summit Lake, Culbertson 4552; Mt. Silliman, K. 

 Brandegee. 



Refs. — LuPiNUS LEPiDus Dougl. Bot. Reg. t. 1149 (1828), type from "North-West Amer- 

 ica", Douglas. Var. confertus C. P. Sm. Bull. Torr. Club 51:304 (1924). L. confertus Kell. 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. 2:192, fig. 59 (1863), type loc. not stated; Jepson, Man. 525 (1925). L. sel- 

 lulus Kell. I.e. 5:36 (1873), type loc. Donner Lake, Kellogg. Var. eamosus Jepson. Var. tor- 

 reyi Jepson. L. torreyi Gray; Wats. Bot. King 58 (1871), type loc. near Washoe Lake, Nev., 

 Torrey 82; Jepson, Man. 525, fig. 520 (1925). L. aridus var. torreyi C. P. Sm. I.e. 303. Var. 

 ARIDUS Jepson. L. aridus Dougl. Bot. Reg. t. 1242 (1829), type loc. "Great Falls, Columbia 

 River, to the sources of the Missouri", Douglas. L. volutans Greene, Muhl. 8:118 (1912), type 

 loc. Malheur Valley, sw. Ore., Leiherg. Var. artulus Jepson. Var. culbertsonii C. P. Sm. I.e. 

 304. L. culbertsonii Greene, Lflts. 1:73 (1904), type loc. South Fork Kaweah River, 8000 ft. 

 (misprinted "Forks of the Kaweah River"), Culbertson 4475. L. hypolasius Greene, I.e. 74, 

 type loc. Farewell Gap, Tulare Co., Purpus 5221 (flowers 3 lines long) ; Jepson, Man. 525 (1925). 



28. L. pratensis Hel. Inyo Lupine. Stems stout, hollow, leafy, several from 

 the root-crown, forming a clump 2 to 2^/2 feet high; herbage a little succulent, 

 scantily appressed-villous or even subglabrate, the pedicels and calyces densely 

 villous; leaflets 6 to 8, oblong-oblanceolate, li/4 to 2i/2 inches long, the lower petioles 

 2^ to 5 inches long, the upper ones about 1 inch long; racemes 3 to 10 inches long, 

 much crowded, the flowers in definite whorls; bracts ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 hairy-pubescent, persistent, about equaling the calyx; ealj^-lips subequal, the 

 lower entire, the upper shortly cleft; corolla purple, 4 to 5I/2 lines long, the banner 

 glabrous, the keel somewhat woolly-ciliate; pods hairy, 5 to 9 lines long, 4 or 

 5-seeded. 



Moist sandy flats or wet meadows, 5000 to 9000 feet : east slope of the Sierra 

 Nevada in Mono and Inyo Cos. ; headwaters of South Fork San Joaquin River and 

 of South Fork Kings River. ]\Iay-July. 



