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FABACEAE 



1^ Lupinus benthami 



Lupiniis leptophylhis Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. II. 1: 409. 

 1835; not Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea, 5: 589. 1830. 



No. 7631, collected April 8, on the bluffs opposite Oil City 

 near Bakersfield, Kern county. This is a handsome species, 

 common on and near the foothills east of Bakersfield, growing 

 in open gravelly places. It does not form such dense colonies 

 as some of the other annuals, occurring rather as individuals. 



lyUPiNus MiCRANTHUS Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15: //. 12^1. 

 1829. 

 No. 7574, collected March 22, near the summit of the ridge 

 east of South Butte, Marysville Buttes, Sutter county. It was 

 plentiful in grassy places near oak trees, almost past flowering 

 with well formed pods at this early date. The type was col- 

 lected by Douglas on the Columbia river. 



No. 7922, collected April 7, in a field east of Caliente, Kern 

 county, in adobe soil. It was not plentiful, occurring in a lim- 

 ited area only. 



No. 7836, collected May 5, at Tehachapi, Kern county, 

 where it is not uncommon on grassy slopes. This species has 

 a wide geographical as well as considerable altitudinal range. 

 At Tehachapi it occurred at 4000 feet, and at about 1000 feet 

 elevation at the other stations. 



Lupinus POLYCARPUS Greene, Pittonia, 1: 171. 1888. 



No. 7560, collected March 21, at Marysville, Sutter county, 

 where it is not uncommon on the levees. Some of the less ro- 

 bust plants had narrower leaflets and were more pubescent than 

 those only a few feet away which were more robust. It is a 

 un small flowered homely species, the herbage grey-green. 



~* Lupinus PACHYLOBUS Greene, Pittonia, 1: 65. 1887. 



No. 7568, collected March 22, in rich soil near Sutter City 

 Sutter county. This is not typical pachvlohus, but is nearer it 



