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LupiNUS FORMOSUS Gieene, Fl. Fran. 42. 1891. 



No. 8514, collected May 7, in a field near the Interurban 

 track about midway between Los Gatos and Campbell, Santa 

 Clara county, elevation 390 feet. It is a common species of the 

 hill country in the Bay region, usually growing on grassy slopes 

 near thickets, the several to many stems from a thick heavy 

 root. The type came frotn Mare Island, near San Francisco. 



LuPiNUS LATIFOLIUS Agardh, Syn. 18. 1835. 



No. 8529, collected May 10, near Smith Creek, Santa Clara 

 county, elevation 2200 feet, on wooded slopes in loose rich soil 

 among shrubs and trees. In some respects it answers better to 

 the description of L. cytisoides^ which has stems "striate, a little 

 scabrous," while L. latifolius has "stems very smooth and shin- 

 ing, glabrous." Our plant has puiple, striate stems, pubescent 

 with short appressed hairs, and is hardly shining. The keel of 

 the corolla is ciliate below the middle, while in both cytisoides 

 and latifolitis it is said to be glabrous. 



No. 8562, collected May 23, about two miles beyond San 

 Mateo, San Mateo county, on the Half Moon Bay road, growing 

 on a bank on the edge of the woods. The flowers were violet- 

 purple when fresh, but turned tawny in drying. 



LupiNus MICROCARPUS Sims, Bot. Mag. 50://. 241 j. 1823. 



No. 8632, collected May 31, on the western slope of Mt. 

 Hamilton, Santa Clara county, altitude about 2300 feet, growing 

 on a roadside bank near oak trees, not abundant. It is said to 

 be a native of Chili, and although one would not expect it to 

 be found here, our plant appears to be the same, differing prin- 

 cipally in the oblanceolate rounded leaflets, those of the original 

 being lanceolate. 



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



1835- 

 No. 8452, collected April 20, in sandy soil near Lake Mer- 

 ced, San Mateo county, elevation about 400 feet, where it is 



