220 LEGUMINOS.E. Lupinus. 



In tho Sien-a Nevada from Mariposa Co., near Clark's {A. Gray), to Indian Valley, Plumas Co., 

 Mrs. M. E. P. Ames. 



L. Palmkui, Watson, 1. e. viii. f>;{0, from the San Franciseo Mts., Arizona, is densely i)ube.s- 

 cent with rather ri{?id stniigiit mon- or le.ss spreiiding hairs ; leallets small, acute ; llowers small, 

 in a narrow pcduneled raceme, with short dociiluous bracts ; corolla deep blue ; standard some- 

 what hairy ; keel naked. 



I.. N1VKU.S, Watson, 1. e. .\i. Vl(\, is another allied species, from Guadalupe Island {J'alincr), 

 densely white-tomentose, not villous ; tho deep blue rather small llowers on slender petlicels ; 

 petals all naked. 



15. L. lepidus, Douj^l. ISlender, often low, a span to two feet high, leafy at 

 base, densely appressed silky-villous : leallets 7 to I), narrowly oblanceolato, ^ to U 

 inehes long, acute, on elongated petioles : bracts not exceeding tho calyx, deciihiona : 

 llowers verticillate or scattered, on sliort }K-dicels, in an elongated long-ped uncled 

 racoiuo : ujjpor calyx lip toothed or deeply cleft : jaitals violet, tho standanl nakitd 

 and koel ciliate : pod an inch long. — Liudl. Bot. lu-g. t. lU'J ; Watson, 1. c. viii. 

 530. 



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

 Nevada ; near Cai-son City, Nevada, on foot-hills, Bluumcr, IFatsait,. 



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

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

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

 peduncled ; bracts persistent, setaceous, about etpialling the calyx : llowers verticillate, 

 nearly sessile, blue or rose-colored : upi)er 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, 1. c. L. Torreyi, Gray; 

 Watson, r»ot. 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 consj)i(;uou3 persistent bracts. 



17. L. onustus, Watson. Low, a span high or less, with a deciunbont sonie- 

 wliat woody base, rather sparingly silky-villous : leallets 5 to 8, oblanceolate, acuto 

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

 longer: llowers 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. Pulsifcr Ames) ; Sieri-a Co., Lemmoii. Somewhat 

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



++ ++ Stevis leafy : petioles and peduncles mostly short : bracts deciduous, usually 

 short : ovides 3 to 5. 



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

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

 obtuse, pubescent both sides, about an inch long, eciualling 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 \\ inches long : 

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



Var. C?) 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 fonn, 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 lltdhrock on the North 

 Fork of Kern 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, tho 

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



