﻿Smith: 
  Studies 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Lupixus 
  

  

  489 
  

  

  I. 
  LupiNus 
  HiRSUTissiMUS 
  Benth. 
  Trans. 
  Hort. 
  Soc. 
  11. 
  i: 
  141. 
  

   1835. 
  [Fig. 
  53.] 
  

  

  Stout, 
  2-5 
  dm. 
  tall, 
  the 
  very 
  stiff 
  hairs 
  3-5 
  mm. 
  long 
  and 
  nettle- 
  

   like; 
  leaflets 
  five 
  to 
  eight, 
  broadly 
  cuneate-obovate, 
  15-20 
  mm. 
  

   wide, 
  20-50 
  mm. 
  long; 
  racemes 
  15-25 
  cm., 
  flowers 
  about 
  14 
  mm. 
  

   long, 
  spreading, 
  pedicels 
  3-4 
  mm. 
  long; 
  calyx 
  with 
  stiff 
  spreading 
  

   hairs, 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  about 
  6 
  mm. 
  long, 
  bifid, 
  the 
  lobes 
  slender, 
  

  

  mm 
  

  

  8-9 
  

  

  banner 
  nearly 
  orbicular, 
  including 
  the 
  claw 
  about 
  14X 
  14 
  mm., 
  

   wings 
  about 
  14x8 
  mm., 
  keel 
  stout, 
  straight, 
  ciliate 
  at 
  the 
  free 
  

   edges 
  below, 
  naked 
  above; 
  pods 
  20-30 
  mm. 
  long, 
  stifily 
  hirsute 
  

   like 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  ovules 
  about 
  seven; 
  seeds 
  about 
  3 
  mm. 
  

   long, 
  thin, 
  pale 
  and 
  obscurely 
  marked 
  or 
  densely 
  marbled 
  with 
  

   dark 
  brown. 
  

  

  This 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  the 
  most 
  sharply 
  contrasted 
  annual 
  lupine 
  of 
  

   southern 
  California, 
  its 
  long 
  stinging 
  yellow 
  trichomes 
  setting 
  it 
  

  

  1 
  cm. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  53. 
  LuPiNUS 
  hirsutissimus 
  Benth. 
  E. 
  A, 
  McGregor 
  703 
  (CPS) 
  

  

  apart 
  as 
  unique. 
  

  

  be 
  

  

  spa 
  J 
  

  

  florus. 
  The 
  original 
  description, 
  though 
  certainly 
  abbreviated, 
  

   leaves 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  I 
  quote 
  a 
  few 
  

   clauses, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  L 
  annuus. 
  undique 
  pilis 
  longis 
  rigidis 
  patentibus 
  hirsutissimug 
  . 
  . 
  - 
  foliolis 
  

   obovatis 
  mucronulatis 
  - 
  . 
  . 
  flowers 
  reddish-purple. 
  

  

  California. 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  County 
  

  

  March 
  

  

  H. 
  P. 
  Chandler 
  (UC) 
  ; 
  same, 
  May, 
  1909, 
  C 
  F. 
  Baker 
  5358 
  

   (B, 
  G, 
  NY, 
  US, 
  CPS) 
  ; 
  Glendora, 
  May, 
  1902, 
  G. 
  B. 
  Grant 
  727 
  (B) 
  ; 
  

  

  