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ing, about 13 mm. long; calyx ebracteolate, 8 mm. long, its hairs 
spreading and about 1 mm. long, lower lip somewhat inflated 
near the base, 3 mm. wide, two-toothed, with or without a ves- 
tigial median tooth; color of the corolla uncertain; banner rounded 
at the apex, gradually contracted into a poorly defined claw; 
wings ciliate at the base above; keel curved, comparatively large, 
the point short and wide; fruit and seeds not seed. 
Vastiticola is Latin for ‘waste inhabiting.” 
CALIFORNIA. ‘Mojave Desert,” 12 May, 1882, C. G. Pringle 
(Type, US 20638; type-duplicate, PA). 
VERSABILES 
6m. Lupinus densiflorus versabilis var. nov. [F1G. 30.] 
Eramosus vel ramosus, 20-40 cm. altus, plus minusve fistulosus 
cum super basi ramosus, pubescens, pilis brevibus, paulo densis, 
plurimum retrorso-pandentibus, vix I mm. long; petiolis laxe 
mm. longis, subrectis vel arcuatis, oblanceolatis, acutis, subter 
specie levibus, quamquam 
ibus, medio-costis margini- 
busque ciliatis; pedunculis 
verticillis 4-10 appositis vel 
distantibus; floribus ad an- 
bus, 14-16 mm. longis; pedi- 7 
mm. longis, marginibus cili- 
atis; calyce frequenter brac- 
teolato, 9-Io mm. longo, ali- 
quantum dense pubescente, 
pilis brevibus laxe appressis, 
riore diverso, 2—3 mm. longo, C. P. Smith. 1. A.A. Heller 8174 (DS ere 
inferiore inflato 2-3 mm.lato, 2. A. A. Heller 7638 (CPS). 
mm. longis; corolla alba, diverse roseo- vel violaceo-tincta; vexillo 
apice rotundato, 14-16 mm. longo, 7-8 mm. lato, paulatim con- 
pubescentibus vel sublevibus, 6-18 mm. longis; foliolis 6-10, 20-35 
minute appresso-pubescent- 
paulo brevibus vel elongatis, 
thesin et postea pandenti- 
cellis prope 2 mm. longis, 
paulo gracilibus; Dien 
verticilli humillimi vix 10 
0.5 mm. longis, labio supe- Fic. 30. Luprnus DENSIFLORUS VERSABIL. 
2-dentato, dentibus 0.5-I 
tracto ungue rigido, 4-5 mm. lato; alis 12-14 mm. longis, prope 6 
