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LUPINUS* littoralis 



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Shore Lupine, 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



Nat. ord, Leguminos^, 

 LUPINUS.— Suprd, vol 13. foL 1096. 



y 



L. littoralis; perennis, floribus verticillatis pedicellatis ebracteolatis, calycid 



labio utroque integro, foliolis 5-7, lineari-spatulatis utrinque sericeis, 



leguminibus 10-12-spermis transversim sulcatis, radicibus granulalis- 

 Douglas MSS, 



Radix fibrosa, suhfusiformis, tuherculis plurimis granulatis, Caulis 



decumbenSj sericeus. Foliola 5-7, linear i^spatulat a, utrinque sericea ; sti-' 



pulis subulatis, hirsutis. Flores iwrticillati ; pedicelli hirsuti, calyce duplo 



longiores ; bractese subulatcB ; bracteolee nullce. Calyx bilabiatus, labiis 



<Equalibus integerrimis, Vexillum ovatum, purpureum; alse caerulecB, aci- 



naciformeSf vexillo duplb longiores; ca.r'mQ, pallida, acuta, ciliata, Legu- 



men lineare, pilis rigidis brunneis vestitum ; semina linearia, brunnea, nigro 



maculata, Douglas MSS. 



For the above description, and the following valuable 

 account of this very interesting species, we are indebted to 

 Mr. Douglas, who has kindly allowed them to be extracted 

 from his unpublished account of the North-west American 

 Flora. 



** This species is abundant upon the sea-shore, from 

 Cape Mendo-fino to Puget's Sound, where it binds toge- 

 ther the loose sand with its tough branching roots. It is 

 used by the natives of the river Columbia as winter food; 

 for this purpose it is prepared by drawing the roots 

 through the fire until all their moisture is dissipated; 



^ Nothing is known of the meaning of this word. It was used by 

 Pliny; and the commentators have fancied that it was derived from Zwpws, 

 a wolf, because it devours the ground ! 



