64 " Muhlenbergia, Volume 2 



LupiNus POLYPHYLLUS Lincll. Bot Reg. 13://. iop6. 1827. 



No. 8093, collected in meadows near Igerna, Siskiyou 

 county, June 22. It is common from Sisson north to Edge^ 

 wood, always growing among grasses, and is one of our hand- 

 somest species, the large flowers varying from pinkish to violet, 

 the inflorescence commonly over a foot in length. The type no 

 doubt came from the lower Columbia river. It was "discovered 

 by Mr. David Douglas in the north-west of North America." 



Lupin us viridifoliuB 



Perennial: stems herbaceous, several from a tough woody 

 caudex, purplish, glabrous below, puberulent or shortly appres- 

 sed pubescent above, leafy, branched above: lower leaves scat- 

 tered, on slender petioles about 7 cm. long; the upper ones more 

 numerous, the petioles shorter; leaflets commonly 7, oblanceo- 

 late, 3 cm. long, i cm. wide, rounded and shortly apiculate at 

 apex, narrowed to the acute base, bright yellow-green and glab- 

 rous above, paler with short scattered appressed hairs below: 

 peduncles 6 or 7 cm. long, not surpassing the leaves: inflores- 

 cence I dm. long, lax below: flowers more or less whorled, pale 

 violet-blue, 8 or 9 mm. long and as broad: pedicels slender, 

 3 mm. long, densely pubescent with short hairs, as is the calyx: 

 calyx lobes short, ovate, acute, the lower 3 mm. long, entire, 

 the upper 2 mm. long, slightly 2-toothed: banner with edges 

 merely turned back and parallel except at the base where they 

 are slightly bent in, the apex inside the concavity with a prom- 

 inent sharp point, the concavity 4 mm. across, face with several 

 dark oblong spots; wings forming a short boat-shaped body 

 open from base nearly to apex below but not flaring, the edges 

 well down against the keel, the upper edges also open by a slit, 

 presenting, a slightly rounded surface 4 mm. across; distance 

 between -apices. :. of -.wings, and. banner- 4 mm.; keel strongly 

 curved, the acuminate apex slightly protruding from the wings, 

 densely bearded near the ba.<^e, 3 mm. wide acro.ss the middle. 



