480 LEGUMINOSJE. 
9. LUPINUS xunrrxwus. T 
L. subacaulis ; fuscescenti- lanuginosus; foliolis 8 vel 9, lanceolatis , acutis ; stipulis lineari- 
subulatis; racemis spicformibus, subsessilibus, densifloris; bracteis flores superantibus ; labio 
inferiore integro. 
Lupinus nubigenus Plant. legum. p. 178. t. 5o. 
Crescit in monte. Antisane , alt. 2300 hex. (Regno Quitensi.) 1; Floret Majo. 
Hrnsa subacaulis, sub5-pollicaris. Raprx perpendicularis, subfusiformis. Cauris abbreviatus, foliosus. 
For longe petiolata, digitata. Foliola 8 vel 9 (18-17 ex Bonpl), subsessilia, lanceolata, acuta, basi 
cuneato-angustata, integerrima, nervo medio subtus prominulo, utrinque presertim subtus dense fusces- 
centi-lanuginosa, 14 lineas longa, tres lineas lata; exteriora minora. Perronus communis subtripollicaris, 
fuscescenti-lanuginosus. Srrrurz petiolares gemin:e, lincari-subulatz, lanuginosz, longissima, inferne petiolo 
adnatz. Racrur spiceformes, subsessiles, erecti, quadripollicares, crassi, cylindracei, bracteati. Fronzs den- 
sissimi, brevissime pedicellati, magnitudine floris Coronilla variz ; pedicellis dimidiam lineam longis, basi uni- 
bracteatis; bracteis lineari-subulatis, lanuginosis, 8 lineas et longioribus. Carxx subcampanulatus, profunde 
bilabiatus, membranaceus, nervosus, externe fuscescenti-lanuginosus, bibractcatus ; labia patula; superius bifi- 
dum; laciniis oblongis, acutis; labium inferius longius, integrum, carinato- concavum. Dractez parva, lineares, 
lanuginosc, calyci supra basim inserta, adpresszs. Conorra pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci suprabasim inserta, 
cxrulea, glabra; petala flabellato-nervosa; superius (vexillum) calycem duplo superans, subellipticum, retusum, 
basi cuneatum et subunguiculatum, complicatum, lateribus reflexum, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam 
amplectens; duo lateralia (ali) unguiculata, vexillum superantia, oblonga, obtusa, subfalcata, semicordata, 
concava, carina applicata; duo inferiora (carina) alis paulo breviora, sed longius unguiculata, oblongo- 
lanceolata, falcata, acuta, basi semirotundata, concava, marginibus contiguis cohzrentia, apicem versus 
nigro-crulea. SraurxA 10, monadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita ; alterna antheris 
multo minoribus instructa, reliqua multo superantia, excepto superiore, vix longiore. FiLAwENTA lineari- 
capillacea, glabra, omnia in tubum membranaceum compressum 10-nervium integrum (nec fissum) 
connata, superne libera. Awrnzmu biloculares, basi affixa», longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes, glabro ; 
majores lineares, acutiuscule, inferne latiores et rotundatz; minores subrotunda. Ovamiuw subsessile, 
Jineare, compressum, sericeum, prosertim ad suturam ovuliferam, uniloculare, apice in stylum desinens ; 
ovula quatuor, suturc vexillum spectanti affixa, subreniformia. Srvrus adscendens, subulatus, stamina 
longiora equans, inferne sericeus. Srrexa obtusum, pubescens. Leecwiwa. .. - 
Precedenti valde affinis. 
DALEA. Laiww. Hort. Cliff, RrcHuanp. in Micg. Flor. Boreali- 
Am. 2. p. 56. 
Carxx turbinato- campanulatus, quinquedentatus; dentibus subulato- 
aristatis; infimo longiore. Conorra papilionacea; vexillum breve, adscen- 
dens; ali et carina per ungues tubo stamineo adnate. SrAxINA 10, omnia 
fertilia, monadelpha ; tubus fissus. Ovaniuw sessile, biovulatum. Srvrus 1. 
