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LUPINUS lepidus. 



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Lively Lupine. 





DIADELPHIA DECANDRIJ. 



Nat. ord, Leguminosa^, 

 LUPINUS. Supri), vol G.foL 457. 



L. lepidus; herbaceus, perennis, floribus alternis pedicellatis ebracteolatis, 

 Ctilycis villosi labia* superiore bipartite Jnferiore acuminato elongalo, 

 foliolis 5-7 lanceolatis utrinque sericeis, caule florido erecto subunifolio, 

 L. lepidus. Douglas Journal ined. 



Radix perennis. Folia long^ petiolata ; petiolis teretibus, 4-6 uncias 

 !o?igiSy sericeis ; foliolis 5, 6, 7, lanceolatis, in basin acuminatiSy uncialibus 

 V. sesquiuncialibus, utrinque villis longis sericeis^ scepe in vetustate suprd 

 glahriusculis ; stipulis subulatis, falcatis. Caulis teres, sericeuSy floridus 

 1-2-phylluSf erectuSy palmaris, fructifer elongatus, debilior, Joliis pluribus. 

 Flores in racemo strictOy subcylindraceOy 3-4 uncias longo dispositi^ alterni^ 

 chracteolatij v. processu ?ninimo suhulato bracteolce loco. Bractese subulatcB, 

 villoscBy calycis longitudine. Calyx densi sericeus. Vexillum intHs pur- 

 purco-cceruleumy maculd baseos albd, extits pallidum ; alee oblongce^ ascen- 



(lentcSy piirpiireo-ccBriilecB ; carina 



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margine superiore lanato. Semina parva, alba. 



aptce atro-purpurea 



Another fine perennial Lupine, produced from the 

 inexhaustible store of novelties discovered in North-west 

 America by Mr. Douglas. It is a very local species, 

 growling from Fort Vancouver to the Great Falls of the 

 Columbia, on the dry, elevated banks of streams. 



This flowers in August and September, and is the 



smallest of the North American species, except L. aridus 



It 



and 



minimus, not exceeding 6 or 9 inches in height 



is to be propagated, we presume, by dividing the roots 

 no seed has yet been produced. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horti 

 cultural Society, in September last. 



lioot percnni 



Leaves on long stalks ; petioles round 



