91 



To this record the writer wishes to add the following collec- 

 tions; Eugene, Wynd 218, May 22, 1920; Fall Creek, Wynd 673, 

 June 7, 1921; Jasper, Wynd 1025, June 20, 1922. 



University of Oregon, 

 Eugene, Oregon 



TWO NEW SPECIES FROM FLORIDA 



A New Lupine from Northern Florida. — There has been 

 much confusion regarding the characters of the single-leafleted 

 kinds of Florida lupines. Recent exploration has served to 

 clear up some of the confusion. 



The first species of this group described was Lupinus villosus 

 (Willdenow 1800). This species is sharply marked off from 

 its several relatives by the copious, loose, usually shaggy pubes- 

 cence, particularly on the stem, petioles, and pods and by the 

 reddish-purple corolla with the standard-blade maroon in the 

 center. In 1818, Thomas Nuttall described Lupinus difusus 

 from specimens without either flower or fruit. However, this 

 species may be properly determined by the original locality — 

 "Around Wilmington, and in many other parts of North and 

 South Carolina, in the barren forests of the Quercus Catesbaei 

 and Q. nigra. " In this plant the corolla is blue and the standard 

 has a white spot. In i860 A. W. Chapman associated the 

 name L. difusus with the plant of coast region of middle and 

 western Florida — witness his statement "flowers blue, the 

 vexillum dark-purple in the centre;" 



While in the St. Andrews Bay region last May the writer 

 found this lupine in full flower. It grows on the sand-dunes 

 along and near the bay. The dissimilarity between it and the 

 true Lupinus difusus was at once apparent, not only by the 

 dark spot in the standard-blade, but also by the shrubby habit 

 of the plant. Mature fruit was secured for us by Mr. G. M. 

 West of St. Andrews, in July. This, too, furnished an additional 

 distinguishing character. The pod is elliptic, and only about 

 ,, half as large as the broadly linear pod of L. difusus. 



Lupinus Westiana Small, sp. nov. Plant shrubby, up to i 

 m. tall, conspicuously silvery-pubescent: stem erect, woody 

 below, branched, closely but finely villous: leaves numerous: 



