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Lui>iiius aiistromontaiiUH 



Perennial: steins from a heavy tough rootstock, multicipital, 

 4 dm. high, naked or nearly so, silvery as well as the leaves and 

 petioles with a dense close pubescence: leaves basal or an occa- 

 sional one on the stem, the petioles 1 dm. long; leaflets 7-9, ob- 

 lanceolate or spatulate, 3-4 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, the apex 

 rounded and shortly mucronate: inflorescence occupying the up- 

 per half of the stem: flowers violet-purple, whorled, the lower 

 internode 4 cm. long, the others gradually shorter: bracts decid- 

 uous, setaceous, 8 mm. long: pedicels 5mm. long, rather stout, 

 whitened as is the calyx with dense short hairs: calyx i cm. 

 long, the lobes nearly equal, the lower lance-oblong, less than 

 3 mm. wide at base, gradually narrowed to the acutish 3-toothed 

 apex, the teeth i mm. long; upper lip 4 mm. wide at the round- 

 ed slightly processed base, cleft nearly to the middle, the teeth 

 short-acuminate: banner turned back, the edges almost meeting 

 except at apex and base; the face yellow: wings inflated, about 

 7 mm. across, the edges meeting throughout, presenting a slight 

 sharp ridge; keel moderately curved, 3 mm. wide across the 

 middle, narrowed at apex and base, slightly bearded just below 

 the apex. 



The type is no. 7825, collected May 5, 1905, at Tehachapi, 

 Kern county, California. It is plentiful in fields near the town, 

 and is a very handsome species, the silvery herbage and large 

 bright flowers making it unusually attractive. It does not seem 

 to be closely related to any Californian species, approaching in 

 habit but in nothing else, such species as L. minwius. 



Lupinus coryinbosus 



Perennial, about 6 dm. high, woody below, corymbosely 

 much branched above, the branches pale or purplish, seemingly 

 glabrous to the naked eye, but pubescent with short appressed 

 hairs, leafy: stipules setaceous, 4 mm. long: petioles pubescent 

 like the stems, 2.5-3 cm. long; leaflets light green, about 9, lin- 

 ear-oblong, 3 cm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, acute and shortly cuspi- 



