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LUPINUS* plumósus. 
Feathery Perennial Lupine. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LecuMINOSE. 
LUPINUS.— Supra, vol. 6. fol. 457. 
L. plumosus; perennis, villosissimus, floribus alternis breviter pedicellatis 
bracteolatis, calycis labio superiore bifido ; inferiore integro, foliolis 5-7 
lanceolatis, leguminibus glabris 3-5-spermis, bracteis floribus longioribus 
villosis deciduis. Douglas journ. ined. ^ 
Caulis 2-4-pedalis, ramosus, villosissimus, lignosus. Foliola 5-7, lanceo- 
lata, sericea. Racemus pedalis et ultrà. Flores alterni, pedicellati. 
Calyx villosus, labio superiore bifido; inferiore integerrimo ; bracteole 
longissime, villose, pıliformes. Bractee subulate, villose, floribus longiores, 
decidue. Vexillum amplum, ceruleum; ale et carina pallide. Legumen 
glabrum, 3-5-spermum; semina parva, nigro-fusca. Douglas ined. 
* Common in Northern California, in 45? north, growing 
in gravelly soil: it is also found at the sources of the 
Walla-wallah river, near the Blue Mountains of North- 
western America, flowering through June and July." 
The foregoing matter has been obligingly communi- 
cated by Mr. Douglas, by whom seeds were sent to the 
Horticultural Society in 1827. Our drawing was made 
in the Chiswick Garden, in August 1828. 
This is nearly related to Lupinus leucophyllus, already 
figured in this work. Like that species, it is a hardy 
perennial, growing freely in any common soil, but perhaps 
preferring peat borders. It is principally distinguished by 
its larger and less crowded flowers, and by its long, 
deciduous, shaggy bractez, which clothe the upper unex- 
” See fol. 1198. 
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