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My 7<?/p, collected near Redding, Shasta county, and 550/, 

 collected in Berry canyon between Oroville and Chico, Butte 

 county, are probably referable to this species, but they have 

 somewhat smaller flowers, and the leaves of 550/ are shorter 

 and broader in proportion. 



Lupiiius flssicalyx sp. nov. 



Perennial (§ Albifrondes): stems several from a thick cau- 



dex, 5 or 6dm. high, .sericeous, as is the whole plant, especially 



the leaves and calyx, leafy: petioles of the middle part of the 



stem about 4 cm. long, the upper and lower somewhat shorter; 



Figure 20. Floral parts of Liipinns fissicalyx . enlarjjed 

 leaflets 7 to 9, oblanceolate or spatulate, 3 cm. long, 8mm. wide, 

 the rounded apex with a short mucro; stipules subulate, 5 or 6 

 mm. long, nearly free, onlv the lowermost i cm. long with the 

 upper third free: peduncles 4 or 5cm. long: inflore.scence 2.5dm. 

 or less, the flowers verticillate, equaling or somewhat exceeding 

 the internodes: pedicels rather slender, 7 mm. long: bracts very 

 caducous, subulate. 5mm. long, imm. wide at base: upper calyx 

 lip 6 mm. long, 4 mm. wide when spread out. cleft for 4 mm., 

 the sinus narrow, lobes acuminate; lower lip 7 mm. long, lan- 

 ceolate, entire, 3 mm. wide; a subulate bractlet 1.5 mm. long in 

 the sinus: corollas pale violet-purple, 12 mm. l^ng and a^^ dee)\ 



