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in the Stanislaus forest reservation," is unknown to me save from 

 description, from which it would appear to be very close to the preced- 

 ing species, if not indeed identical with it. 



3. Lupinus sellulus Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad., vol. 5, p. 36. 



1873. 



Type locality. "At Donner Lake, summit of Sierra Nevada Moun- 

 tains, California." 



Range. Sierra Nevada region northward from Mariposa County 

 and probably extending to the mountains of northern California. 



Zone. Canadian. 



Specimens examined. Plumas County, Mrs. Austin in 1876 ; Sum- 

 mit, Placer County, 6,800 feet, Heller 10588; same locality, E. L. 

 Greene 427 ; Cisco, Bolander, Kellogg an dCo. in 1872 ; Lake Tenaya, 

 Yosemite, Congdon, August 19, 1890; same locality, 8,200 feet, Hall 

 and Babcock 3516. 



This species is very close to L. confertus Kellogg (Proc. Calif. Acad. 

 vol. 2, p. 192) and may be merely its higher mountain form; L. con- 

 fertus is also confined to the Sierran region. 



4. Lupinus Brewer! Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. 7, p. 334. 1867. 



Type locality. "Prostrate, trailing on the ground or on rocks, on 

 the Yosemite trail, alt. 6,000 feet." 



Range. Oregon to California (Tehachapi Mountains and San 

 Bernardino Mountains ? ) . 



Zone. Arid Transition to above timber line. 



Specimens examined. Gold Lake, Sierra County, Lemmon; 

 Prosser Creek, Nevada County, 5,600 feet, Hall and Babcock 4544; 

 same locality, C. F. Sonne 50; Marlette Lake, east of Lake Tahoe, 

 2,460 m., Baker 1303 ; Slide Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada*- 8,400 

 feet, Heller 10964; head of Galena Creek, Washoe County, 8,500 feet, 

 Heller 10223; El Capitan, Yosemite, 7,500 feet, Hall 9196; sandy 

 hillocks back of Sentinel Dome, Yosemite, 7-8,000 feet, A. Gray in 

 1872; Crescent Lake, Mariposa County, Congdon, August 13, 1895; 

 Snow Flat, Yosemite, on exposed slopes, 8,500 feet, Hall and Babcock 

 3502 ; Yosemite trail, 6,000 feet, Brewer 1634 ; Tioga Road, Yosemite, 

 Congdon, August 28, 1895 ; Hermit Valley, Alpine County, 8,500 feet, 

 Hansen 365; Mt. Dana, McLean, July 3, 1875; Kaiser Crest, Fresno 

 County, 9,500 feet, Smiley 630; White Chief Peak, Tulare County, 

 Culbertson (B4401); Soda Creek, Tulare County, 8-8,000 feet, in 



