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LUPINUS* albifrons. 



White-leaved Lupine. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos* Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 86.) 



LUPINUS.— -Suprd, vol \3.fol. 1096. 



L. albifrons ; fruticosus, caulibus decumbentibus foliisque argenteo-sericeis, 

 foliolis obovato-oblongis basi angustatis, floribus verticillatis bracteolatis, 

 calycis labio superiore bifido inferiore integro. Bentham in Hort. trans, 

 vol. 1. neto series, p. 410. 



Frutex 3-4-pedalis, undique pube sericea albicante obtectus. 'Foliola 7-9, 

 obovata, acuta ; stipulae lato-subulatce, sericece. Racemi terminates, pedem 

 et ultrd longi, verticillati. Bractese breves, deciduce. Calyx bipartitus, 

 oracteolatus ; labio inferiore angustissimo acuto, superiore bidentato basi 

 gibboso. Flores cceruleo-violacei ; carind leviter ciliatd. 



A fine species of shrubby Lupin, raised in the garden 

 of the Horticultural Society from seeds sent from Cali- 

 fornia by Mr. David Douglas. It has been lately described 

 m the Transactions of the Horticultural Society by Mr. 

 Bentham, with the following account : — 



" Very near L. ornatus, from which it differs in its 

 shrubby habit, short leaves, long and slender racemes, and 

 rather smaller deep-blue flowers : although not so hand- 

 some as L. ornatus, it is well deserving of cultivation. The 

 seeds are of a light chestnut colour, marbled with brown. 



" It is perhaps not hardy enough to bear the rigour of 

 our winters without protection ; but it seems to thrive in a 

 glass pit, and would probably succeed in the front of a 

 south wall, covered from wet in winter. It does not seed 

 freely, nor does it strike readily from cuttings 



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Seefol. 1198. 



