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LUPiNUS* ornafus. 



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Sky-blue Peren7iial Lupine 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^. 

 LUPINUS.— Suprd, vol. 13. foL 1096. 



L. ornatus ; perennis, floribus verticillatis appendiculatis, calycis labio su- 

 periore bifido: inferiore integro elongato, foliolis 7-12 lineari-lanceolatis 

 undique argenteis sericeis, leguminibus 4-5-spermis. Douglas ined, 

 Perennis. R^dix Jibrosa. Caulis \^-2^'-pedaliSf lignosus. Folia digi- 



tata; foliolis 7-13, linear i-lanceolatis , utrinque sericeis y argenteis. Racemi 



terminales, pedales. Flores verticillatis Calyx villosus, labiis cBqualibus. 



Bracteae subulatce. Bracteolse lineareSj mitiutce, deciducB. Alae oblong(B^ 



ccerulece. Vexillum latuniy ovatum, ad latera refiexum^ medio pallidius. 



CsLvina Jalcata^ apice ciliatay quam vexillum v. alee minks intense colorata. 



Legumen ohlongum, A-S-spermum. Semina parua, alba^ IcBvigata. Douglas. 



Found by Mr. Douglas abundantly in mountain valleys, 

 on the banks of the Spokan River, near Kettle Falls, on 

 the river. Columbia ; and also near the chain of lakes of 

 the last-mentioned stream, in gravelly or light dry soils. 

 It was observed in flower from June to August; and 

 Mr. Douglas remarks that it is one of the finest of the 

 tribe. In this we quite agree. Nothing can surpass the 

 lovely azure blue of the flowers, or the silvery surface of 

 the leaves. 



A hardy perennial, flowering from May till the end of 

 November; and in fact yielding to nothing but severe 

 frost. Our drawing was made in the Garden 'of the 

 Horticultural Society, in which it had been raised from 

 Mr. Douglas's seeds, in 1827. 



♦ Seefol. 1198. 



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