20 SYNOPSIS OF THE FLORA OF COLORADO. 
LUPINUS PARVIFLORUS, Nutt. panans Len, l.¢., p. 531. Strict, erect, 
slender, 2°-3° high, at le ength branching; pubes escence scanty, sho 
appressed, the calyx and pedicels silky ; stipules setaceous ; leaves rather 
distant ; leaflets 5-11, oblanceolate to obovate, 1/-2/ long: ng, acute or 
tuse 
a he lowe 
the petinies raceme $°-1° long, slender, bracts linear-subtulate, equal- 
ing the calyx; flowers subverticillate or scattered, the slender pedicels — 
1-2” long ; calyx—lips nearly etal, the upper 2- toothed ; petals ligbt- 
blue, equal, 3-4” long, keel ciliate or naked; pod 3’ long, 2-4- seeded, 
pubescent.— Very abundant near ie Twin Ponty, Porter and Coulter. 
LuPI NY US oe eee Pursh. Watsons Rev., l.¢., p. 532. Erect or 
ascending, ° high, slender; pubes Leaf guinute, silky, appressed ; 
stipules hall Teatlets "5-8, linear-lanceolate, #/-14/ long, acute, smooth 
above or n ie » about e equaling the petioles; nbs nite 3/-6/ 
late, upper lip broad, 2-toothed, the lower -subentipe slig th lo onger; 
petals blue or cream-colored, qual, 3f/—4"/ e banner Lae Reon 
naked or subhairy, keel naked or sinetatee aes 5-3; pod 3’ V long. 
Var. DECUMBENS, Watson. (J. decun ohaks, Torr.) Raceme dense and 
many-flowered ; stem apse stouter and more leafy.—Dr. Smith ; Bran- 
degee ; Canby ; "Oo ulter ; 
Var. ARGOPHYLLUS, Wi: sia With the habit of var. decumbens, but 
po copiously silky- eu boaiend the leaflets nearly or quite equally so 
n both sides, longer than the petioles; flowers larger, 5-6” long, 
ao or ochroleucous, the calyx decidedly spurred. Approachin g nearly 
to D. laxiflorus.— Brandegee. 
UPINUS CESPITOSUS, Ni utt. Watson's Rev., l. ¢., p. 533. Czspitose 
arf, 2’-4/ high, nearly stemless, srkegabndese leaflets 5-7, oblong- 
Sess 
leaves ; bracts setaceous, deciduous ; calyx bracteolate, the upper lip 
2-parted, lower obscurely 3-toothed ; petals pale-blue, equal, 3-4” long; 
legume villous, 3-4-seeded.—“ West of the Snowy Range = ‘ape River.” 
Hall & Harbour, 96. In the Siders Madre Pig Coul 
LUPINUS PUSILLUS, Pursh. Watson’s Rev., yp. & to odasual lew, 
—— hirsute with long spreading hairs ; pe Bhs 10’ high, branching 
m the base; leaflets 3-7, more ust wally 5, cuneate- -oblong or oblan- 
coolate, ¥ } long g, narrowed at the base, acute or obtuse, smoother 
ute or 
bove, about half as long as the petioles ; raceme spicate, usually short- 
peduneled, 2/3’ long; flowers alternate, wings equaling the keel; 
bracts persistent; calyx ebracteolate, upper lip 2¢ ‘left, shorter than the 
subentire lower one ; _ purple or rose-color, 4/ long, equal; legumes 
over 3 long, very hirsu , about 2-seeded; seeds orbicular, ‘flattened. 
— lid Harbour, 94; B. ‘HH. Smith ; Brandegee. Near Denver, Coulter ; 
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lineat-langeolate, cereale silky-pubescent. te eet radical ones often 
oval or oblong; stipules semi- -lanceolate, acuminate; heads of flo 
sub-globose, ebracteate, on long Pe eae See rarel, 
on longer t 
