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The type is no. 7928, collected June i, 1905, on wooded 

 slopes in rich soil at Duiismuir^ Siskiyou count)', California. It 

 is common in the gorge of the Sacramento from Dunsmuir to 

 Shasta Springs. It is a relative of L..laiifoliits, but is a smaller 

 plant, with lighter foliage aiid smaller flowers. 



Lupimis violaceiis 



Perennial, rootstocks rather slender: stems herbaceous, de- 

 cumbent at base, then ascending, 3 dm. long or less, silky with 

 white appressed hairs, especially below, leafy: stipules sefaceous, 

 5 mm. long: petioles about 6 dm. long; leaflets of the larger 

 leaves commonly 9, oblanceolate, 3 cm. long, i cm. wide, the 

 apex rounded and apiculat'e, the upper side dark green with few 

 appressed hairs, the lower more densely hairy, whitened, mar- 

 gins ciliate: peduncles 6 or 7 cm. long but not extending be- 

 yond the leaves: inflorescence i dm. long or less: flowers deep 

 •violet-blue, 8 or 9 mm. long, 6 mm. across: pedicels ascending, 

 5 mm. long, densely and shortly appressed pubescent, as is the 

 calyx; this with unequal lobes, the lower one lanceolate, 4 mm. 

 long, entire, the upper ovate, barely 3 mm. long, shortly 3-tooth- 

 ed: banner a little longer than the wings, the edges turned back 

 and parallel, forming a deep boat-shaped concavity 4 mm. across; 

 wings open for a short distance along the lower edges exposing 

 the keel but pressed close against it, the upper edges ending in 

 a rounded ridge which for three-fourths of its length is pressed 

 against the face of the banner; keel strongly curved, almost 

 3 mm. wide throughout except just below th^ acute apex, lightly 

 bearded on the upper half. 



The type is no. 8037, collected June 15, 1905, on the first 

 ridge w-est of Sisson, Siskiyou county, California, at medium 

 elevations in grassy places under pine trees, growing in thick 

 mats, the stems not rising much above the ground. It probably 

 belongs in the group w'ith L. onnstiis o^w^ L. parviflorus^ accord- 

 ing to the arrangement in the Botanv of California. 



