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agree with the Douglas plants, nor up to that time had I seen 

 any elsewhere. But later a single specimen collected by How- 

 ell at Mill Plain, the Fort Vancouver of Douglas' time, and iden- 

 tical with his plant was found in the herbarium of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden. 



I have come to the conclusion that if these specimens truly 

 represent L. laxiflorus^ the species is a strictly local one, and 

 may not be found except in the vicinity of Vancouver or Mill 

 Plain, Washington. That this should be true is not strange, 

 for there are a number of other species with but a limited dis- 

 tribution. Those who have become accustomed to looking upon 

 this species as widely distributed and embracing all sorts of 

 forms, may find some difficulty in accepting this conclusion. 

 The following is the original description, given in the Botani- 

 cal Register: 



"Z. laxiflorus; perennis, herbaceus, undique pilosus, flori- 

 bus subalternis ebracteolatis, calycis labio superiore integro basi 

 saccato: inferiore longiore ovato acuminato, carina imberbis, 

 vexillo obcordato, foliolis 7-9 lineari-lanceolatis, stipulis mini- 

 mis subulatis. 



Figure 13. Floral parts of Lupinus laxiflorus, enlarged 



"L- laxiflorus. Douglas Journ. ined. 



"Caules caespitosi, graciles, elongati, pilosi, purpurasceutes, 

 i-iYz pedales, basi in spontaneis suffruticosi. Folia caulina, 

 dense pilosa, stipulis minimis, subulatis, foliolis 7-9, lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis. Racemi laxi pedunculati; bracteae subulatae, longi- 



