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the keel hairy on inner edge. Pods about 7-seeded, the seeds 

 flattened. 



The green, leafy clumps of this lupine, plumed with numer- 

 ous racemes of blue flowers, may be seen in springy places 

 and around nearly any of our meadows from the altitude of 

 Wawona well up toward timber-line. Plants growing in wet 

 meadows are usually more succulent and larger-flowered than 

 those which inhabit the half-dry borders a short distance 

 away. 



4. L. covillei Greene. Stems in rounded clumps, \y 2 to 2y 2 

 ft. high, leafy up to the flowers. Leaflets 7 to 9, very narrowly 

 lanceolate, \y 2 to 4 in. long, shaggy with long hairs. Flowers 

 about y 2 in. long, in dense racemes, equalled by the persistent 

 bracts, purple. Pods shaggy, about 1 in. long, 5 or 6-seeded. — 

 Mt. Hoffmann, Lake Tenaya, Seavey Pass, Tilden Lake, and 

 elsewhere at high altitudes. 



5. L. grayi Wats. Stems scarcely woody at base, growing 

 in rounded clumps about 1 ft. high, naked near the flowers. 

 Leaflets 7 to 9, oblanceolate, % to 1/4 m - l° n g"> gray with a 

 somewhat spreading dense pubescence, not shining. Flowers 

 y 2 in. long, blue or purple, the banner yellow in the middle 

 and entirely glabrous on the back, even in bud; keel hairy 

 along the upper edge. 



This beautiful and fragrant plant, which was named in 

 honor of Dr. Asa Gray, and so might be called Gray's Lupine, 

 often covers whole hillsides in the open pine forest. Its range 

 extends from about 4000 ft. alt., as in Yosemite Valley and 

 near Wawona (the type locality), to at least 6500 ft., as in 

 Little Yosemite and Aspen valleys. Excellent specimens may 

 be seen on the pine flats above Mirror Lake. 



6. L. ornatus Dougl. Similar to L. grayi, but the stems 

 woody, often forming distinct trunks, and the plant bushy; 

 foliage shining and silvery with closely appressed hairs; ban- 

 ner hairy on the back, especially in bud. — Of low altitudes, as 

 along the slopes of Merced Canon below Yosemite Valley; 

 even more handsome than no. 5, because of its bush-like habit 

 and silvery foliage. 



7. L. formosus Greene. Stems weak, often curved at base, 

 usually many in a rounded clump, \y 2 to 3 ft. high, leafy nearly 

 to the flowers. Leaflets 7 to 9, linear-lanceolate, y A to \y 2 in. 

 long, silky-hairy. Flowers y 2 in. long, "rich violet," the keel 

 glabrous. — Plentiful around Wawona and elsewhere at low 

 altitudes; a beautiful and showy species. 



8. L. albicaulis Dougl. Habit and appearance of L. for- 



