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strongly curved, bearded on the upper half, 2 mm. wide across 

 the middle, narrowed at apex and base, the former acuminate: 

 pods 2 cm. long or less, 4 mm. wide, tipped with the persistent 

 curved'hooked style, pubescent with short hairs, 3-5 seeded, the 

 seeds pale, unmarked. 



The type is no. 7850. collected May 25, 1905, in open 

 grassy places near the railroad just above Redding, Shasta 

 county, California. It is not uncommon in similar situations 

 in the gorge of the upper Sacramento as far north as Castella. 

 The withered corollas remain affixed for a time at least to the 

 pods, which fact suggested the name. 



It is one of the forms which passes as L. bicolor^ but that 

 species, originally from the lower Columbia river, may not occur 

 in California. Our plant differs from it in that it is not "silky 

 with long hairs," has more numerous and smaller flowers, the 

 wings are shorter instead of longer than the banner, the keel 

 more pubescent, the pods not "somewhat falcate" nor "many 

 seeded," and the seeds unmarked. 



No. 7555, collected March 21, near Marysville, Sutter 

 county, along the levee of Yuba river, where it was plentiful at 

 intervals, growing in thick masses. The flowers are a trifle 

 larger than those of the type, the plant more leafy, and the hairs 

 longer, but it is referred here for the present. 



LuPiNUS NANUS Dougl.; Benth. Trans. Hort. Soc. II. 1: 409. 

 pLi4,f.2. 1835. 



No. 7588, collected April 5, on plains at Oil City near Bak- 

 ersfield, Kern county, growing in sandy soil. It is common on 

 the plains east of Bakersfield, often forming great masses of 

 color. This is not typical nanus^ the leaves being narrower and 

 the flowers smaller. The type of nanus was grown from seed 

 sent from Monterey by Douglas, and the typical plant is still 

 verv abundant there. 



