I j u i u rv 20, 191 1 135 



Mayfield, Santa Clara county, 8 April, 1905, ypj; Pacific 

 Grove, Monterey c ounty , 16 May, 1906, iijo; Petaluuia, So- 

 noma county, 1 April, 1908, 1384; Mayfield, Santa Clara county, 

 8 April, 1908, ?3P4; South San Francisco, .San Mateo county, 

 2') April, 1908, /.///,• same as last, another location, /-//J. 



L/UPINUS VALLICOLA Heller, Muhlenbergia 4: 40. 1908. 



Lupinus persistens Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 62. 19 

 I have one collection that may be referred here, my no. 

 /2S0, from near Colfax, Placer county, 4 May, 1907. Other- 

 wise I have had no experience with typical vallicola; but I now 

 have before me Mr. Hellei's specimen of the type collection, his 

 ni '. 7830. 



Lupinus vallicola apricus (Greene) 



Lupinus apricus Greene, Leaflets 2; 67. 1910 (3). 



So recently described as a new species, and at my request, 

 it is with much regret that I must now reduce this form to vari- 

 etal rank. Believing it to be an undescribed form, I recently 

 asked Dr. Greene to describe it, since Baker's specimens, bear- 

 ing Greene's name, have for some time been in the principal 

 herbaria. I recognized, however, that vallicola was certainly 

 close, and accordingly suggested to Dr. Greene my suspicion of 

 the affinity of the two forms; but, after the description of apri- 

 cus appeared, I accepted the matter as settled; hence was much 

 surprised when, a few days later, I learned that Dr. Greene had 

 informed Mr. Heller that apricus and vallicola are the same spe- 

 cies. I have accordingly completely reviewed the matter, and 

 now wish to claim for the variety the following: 



Differs from the species in the seeds being well marked 

 with a prominent dark brown line on each side (as in so many 

 of the Californian lupines) and the rest of the surface thickly 

 marbled or finely dotted with dark grayish-brown. 



(3) The cover illustration is from a co-type of /.. apricus 

 in the herbarium of A. A. Heller, collected on foothills near 

 Stanford University, Santa Clan counts, California, April [5, 

 1902, ( '. /•'. Baker 610. — A. A. I Iki.t.kk. 



