120 LEGUMINOS^E. -, Lupinus. 



In the Sierra Nevada from Mariposa Co., near Clark's (A. Gray), to Indian Valley, Plumas Co., 

 Mrs. M. E. P. Ames. 



L. PALMEKI, Watson, 1. c. viii. 530, from the San Francisco Mts., Arizona, is densely pubes- 

 cent with rather rigid straight more or less spreading hairs ; leaflets small, acute ; flowers small, 

 in a narrow peduucled raceme, with short deciduous bracts ; corolla deep blue ; standard some- 

 what hairy ; keel naked. 



L. NIVEUS, Watson, 1. c. xi. 126, is another allied species, from Guadalupe Island (Palmer), 

 densely white-tomentose, not villous ; the deep blue rather small flowers ou slender pedicels ; 

 petals all naked. 



15. L. lepidus, Dougl. Slender, often low, a span* -to two feet high, leafy at 

 base, densely appressed silky-villous : leaflets 7 to 9, narrowly oblanceolate, f to li 

 inches long, acute, on elongated petioles : bracts not exceeding the calyx, deciduous : 

 flowers verticillate or scattered, on short pedicels, in an elongated long-peduncled 

 raceme : upper calyx-lip toothed or deeply cleft : petals violet, the standard flaked 

 and keel ciliate : pod an inch long. Liudl. Bot. Reg. t. 1149 ; Watson, 1. c. viii. 

 530. 



From Puget Sound to Klamath Lakes, and collected by Bolander in Bear Valley in the Sierra 

 Nevada ; near Carson City, Nevada, on foot-hills, Bloomer, Watson. 



16. L. confertus, Kellogg. Erect or ascending, a foot high or more: pubes- 

 cence silky-villous, appressed or spreading : leaflets 5 to 8, cuneate-oblong to nar- 

 rowly oblanceolate, f to If inches long, acute : raceme usually dense, rather long- 

 peduncled ; bracts persistent, setaceous, about equalling the calyx : flowers verticillate, 

 nearly sessile, blue or rose-colored : upper calyx-lip 2-cleft : standard naked, rather 

 narrow ; the keel ciliate : pod three fourths of an inch long, 2 - 4-seeded : seeds nearly 

 round, white. Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 192, fig. 59; Watson,!, c. L. Torreyi, Gray; 

 Watson, Bot. King Exp. 58. L. sellulus, Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. v. 36. 



In the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite Valley to Washoe Lake and Donner Pass. Well marked 

 by its conspicuous persistent bracts. 



1 7. L. onustus, Watson. Low, a span high or less, with a decumbent some- 

 what woody base, rather sparingly silky-villous : leaflets 5 to 8, oblauceolate, acute 

 or acutish, glabrous above, about an inch long ; the petioles two or three times 

 longer: flowers deep blue, small, scattered in a loose short and shortly peduncled 

 raceme : bracts short, deciduous : pedicels slender : standard naked ; keel strongly 

 ciliate : pod an inch and a half long, half an inch broad, 6-ovuled : seeds large, over 

 three lines broad. Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 127. 



Indian Valley, Plumas Co. (Mrs. M. E. Pulsifer Ames) ; Sierra Co., Lemmon. Somewhat 

 resembling L. parviftorus on a reduced scale, but the fruit very distinct. 



++ -n- Stems leafy : petioles and peduncles mostly short : bracts deciduous, usually 



short : ovules 3 to 5. 



18. L. Anderson!, Watson. Slender, about a foot high, much branched and 

 leafy, finely appressed pubescent : leaflets 7 to 9, narrowly oblanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse, pubescent both sides, about an inch long, equalling the petioles : racemes 

 short and shortly peduncled ; pedicels 1 or 2 lines long : calyx not saccate, the lips 

 nearly equal : petals blue or pinkish ; standard and keel naked : pod l inches long : 

 seed light-colored, 3 lines long. Bot. King Exp. 58, and 1. c. viii. 531. 



Var. (?) Grayi, Watson, 1. c. Leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 6 to 

 9 lines long ; the whole plant densely appressed-hairy. 



In the Sierra Nevada, near Carson City (Anderson) ; the variety, a very doubtful form, near 

 Clark's Ranch in Mariposa Co., A. Gray. Scanty specimens of another allied form, densely hairy - 

 tomentose, with narrowly oblanceolate leaflets, have been collected by Rothrock on the North 

 Fork of Kem River, at 8,500 feet altitude. 



19. L. parviflorus, Nutt. Stems mostly solitary, strict, erect, slender, 2 or 

 3 feet high, at length somewhat branched : pubescence scanty, short, appressed, the 

 calyx and pedicels silky: leaves rather distant; leaflets 5 to 11, oblanceolate to 



