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upper ones raised into a sharp knife-like line, with a rather deep 

 wrinkle or trough on either side, the pair 5111m. wide; individ- 

 ual wings 8 mm. broad when spread out, well rounded on the 

 lower side, the upper almost straight, the claw very short, only 

 1 mm. or a little more in length; keel moderately curved, glab- 

 rous, 4 mm. deep across the middle: pods 2.5 cm. long or less, 

 7 mm. wide, densely tawny pubescent with long spreading 

 hairs, 5 to 7-seeded: seeds chocolate-brown when mature, 4 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. wide, smooth, rather dull. 



The type, in the herbarium of A. A. Heller, is Baker i/jj, 

 collected in July, 1902, at Spooner, Douglas county, Nevada. 

 The description of the pods and seeds is drawn from Heller 

 97/4, collected June 28, 1909, in wet meadows at Franktown, 

 Washoe county, Nevada, elevation 5000 feet, where it is plenti- 

 ful. This specimen is in the herbarium of the Nevada Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 



This species is probably referred to under the description of 

 L. Burkei: "On the east side of the Sierra; near Carson City 

 (46 Anderson, 262 Stretch)." But Miss Eastwood informs me 

 that the type of L. Burkei from the "Snake country" is not the 

 same as our Nevada plant. Dr. Robinson has kindly sent me a 

 fragment of the type, and from this a drawing has been made 

 which shows that L. clongaius has very different characters. 



Besides the Nevada specimens mentioned, we haye L. clon- 

 gaius from Red Clover valley, California, my no. 8715, collected 

 in 1907. This, according to my notes, differs only in having 

 the flowers creamy-white, fading brown. I long ago associated 

 it with the type of L. elongatus. The flower characters are 

 identical, color being the only difference. The long bracts on 

 the undeveloped flower-spikes are a prominent feature of this 

 species. 



Lupiiius procerus Greene, n. sr». 



Herbaceous perennial: stems numerous from a thick root- 

 stock, 6dm. high, stout, 1 cm. in diameter near the base, hol- 

 low, more or less purplish, scantily appressed pubescent with 

 short hairs: lowermost leaves on petioles 1 dm. long, with an 



