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Lupinus shastensis 



Perennial: stems herbaceous, tall, about 10 dm. high, much 

 branched above, purplish, glabrous below, the growing parts 

 puberulent or shortly pubescent: stipules setaceous, 4 mm. long, 

 shortly pubescent: petioles 3-4 cm. long, puberulent; leaflets 7-9, 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 4 cm. long or less, 8 mm. wide, the apex 

 acutish, apiculate, the base acute, bright green and shortly pu- 

 bescent on both sides, the midvein prominent beneath: pedun- 

 cles of varying length, 1.5 dm. or less: inflorescence 1-3 dm. 

 long: flowers whorled, i cm. long, 8 mm. across the middle, 

 6 mm. between the apices of banner and wings: pedicels slen- 

 der, 3-5 mm. long, shortly pubescent: calyx 7 mm. long, the 

 lobes about equal, densely short hairy, the lower acutish, entire, 

 the upper with the blunt apex slightly notched: banner tawny, 

 the edges turned back, in the lower half curved over and almost 

 meeting, in the upper half nearly parallel, the apex curved back 

 ending in a sharp point i mm. or more in length; wings white, 

 inflated and boat-shaped the oblique lower edges exposing the 

 keel, the ventral side forming a plane 4 mm, wide, the edges 

 with a vslit I mm. wide between them: keel strongly curved, 

 glabrous, 3 mm. wide at base, 4 mm. at the middle, then nar- 

 rowed into a slender acuminate yellowish point, which protrudes 

 slightly beyond the wings. 



The type is no. 8024, collected June 13, 1905, on the banks 

 of the Sacramento a short distance above Shasta Springs, Siski- 

 you county, California. It is plentiful on the plateau between 

 Shasta Springs and Sisson, and was noticed along the railroad 

 as far south as Castella. It approaches L. albicaulis in the 

 shape of its flowers, and Mr. Congdon has sent it out under that 

 name, the specimen from somewhere near Sisson. 



Lupinus proxinius 



Perennial: stems herbaceous, several or many from a heavy 

 rootstock, erect, 6 dm. high, leafy, pubescent with short appres- 

 sed or ascending hairs: stipules setaceous, 6 or 7 mm. long: pet- 



