332 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Lotus americanus (NuTT.) Biscu. Hort. Heid. (1839). 
LD. sericeusPursaH, FI. Am. 489 (1814) not DC. 
Trigonella americana Nutt. Gen. II, 120 (1818). 
Hosackia unifoliolata Hoox. FI. Bor.-Am. I, 135 (1833). 
Acmispon sericeum RAF. N. FI. I, 53 (1836). 
Hosackia pilosa Nutt. T. and G. Fl. I, 327, 692 (1838). 
H. purshiana BENTH. Bot. Reg. 1256 ( ‘ 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 181; Webb., Fl. Neb. 132; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 42; Coult. Fl. Colo. 56; Brew. and Wats., FI. Calif. I, 137; Chap., 
Fi. S. St. 91; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 108; II, 316; Coult., Fl. Tex. 75; Greene, Fl. 
Fran. 16; Roth., Wheel Exp. 43, 92, 359; Wats., King Exp. 63, 4384; Cov., 
Fl. Ark. 174; Wats.. Bibl. Ind. I, 226. 
North America: Brit. Col. and Vancouver to Man.; 
S. to Washington, Calif., N. Mex. and Mexico; E. to Mont., 
Dak., Minn., Neb., Ark. and N. Car. (local). 
Minn. valley: Far W., and E. to Redwood Co. and the 
Chippewa river; dry prairies, gravelly shores and banks. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1439, Dakota line near Elkton; Herb. 
Menzel 12, Pipestone City. 
LUPINUS Linn. Gen. 586 (1787). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. I1, 334; Benth. and Hook., Gen, Pl. I, 480; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 90. 
Living species: 100+ described; to be considerably 
reduced. North America, especially westward, to Bolivia and 
Brazil; a few around the Mediterranean and in tropical Africa. 
Russia, 3; Europe, 18; North America, 54-60; California, 50+; 
Canada 16-18 (Brit. Col. especially); Rocky mts., 138-15; Pl. 
King, 22; Pl. Wheel., 21; W. Tex., 2; E. Sts., 2; S. Sts. 3. 
Lupinus perennis Linn. Spec. 721 (1753). 
L. perennis var. occidentalis Wats. Rev. Lup. 526 (1875). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 128; Britt., Fl. N. J. 80; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 41; Chap., Fl. S. Sts. 89; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 102, 505; Wats., Bibl. 
Ind. I, 240. 
North America: Toronto to L. Huron reg.; 8. to N 
Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Minn., Mo. and Miss. 
Minn. valley: N. EH. district and perhaps along N. 
edge; Ft. Snelling to Litchfield; dry or sandy places. 
HERB.: Sandberg 124, Marine Mills; Holzinger 50, 
Winona Co.; Kassube 54, Minneapolis; Lewis 2, Minneapolis; 
Sandstein 1, Lake Johanna. 
LIIl GERANIACEAE. Geranium Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1166 (1840); Lindl., Veg. King. 365 (1846)—Vivian- 
iaceae; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 269 (1862)—excl. genus T'ropaeolum, 
