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LUPINUS laxiflorus. 



L,aoc-flowered Lupine. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



Nat. ord. Leguminos;e. 



L UPINUS. Suprd, vol. 6 . fol. 457. 



L. laxiflorus; pereunis, herbaceus, undique pilosus, floribus subalternis 

 ebracteolatis, calycis labio superiore integro basi saccato : inferiore 

 lofigiore ovato acuminato, carina imberbi, vexillo obcordato, foliolis 7-9 

 lineari-laaceolatis, stipulis minimis subulatis. 

 L. laxiflorus. Douglas Journ. ined. 



Caules ccBspitosiy graciles, elongati, pilosiy puiyurascentes^ l-l^-pedales, 

 basi in spontaneis suffruticosi. Folia caulina, densi pilosa, stipulis minimis ^ 

 subulatis, foliolis 7-9, lineari-lanceolatis. Racemi /oxi, pedunculati ; 

 bracteae subulatce, longitudine pedicellorumj deciduce, pilosissimce. Calyces 

 subalterni, densk pilosi, ebracteolati, labia superiore ovato, basi saccato, 

 abbreviato, inferiore ovato, acuminato. Vexillum ccBruleum, obcordatum, 

 carind imberbi, alisque erubescentibus . 



A small, slender, perennial species, found by Mr. Douglas 

 in dry, open, gravelly plains, about the great rapids of 

 the River Columbia, where it is very common, forming 

 patches of considerable extent, occasionally acquiring a 

 suffruticose habit. 



The flowers are blue, mixed with pink, and, although 

 not equal in appearance to some of the larger species, 

 extremely beautiful : they appear in August and September. 

 Ourdrawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society. 



Grows readily in common garden soil : it has not yet 

 produced seeds ; but will increase by division oi the root 



Stems tufted, slender, pilose, purplish, l-lj foot long. 

 Cauline leaves densely pilose ; stipulce subulate, very small ; 

 leaflets 7-9, linear -lanceolate. Racemes lax, stalked; 



