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* LUPÍNUS leptophyllus. 
Fine-leaved Lupin. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosa. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 86). 
LUPINUS. Supra, vol.13, fol. 1096. 
L. leptophyllus; annuus, caulibus erectis subsimplicibus patentim pilosis, foliis 
linearibus utrinque angustatis pilosis vix sericeis, floribus sparsis approxi- 
matis, bracteis ante anthesin subcomosis, pedicellis bracteolatis, calycis labio 
superiore bipartito inferiore longiore tridentato.— Bentham in Hort. Trans. 
vol. 1, n. s. p. 411. 
Caulis pedalis et ultra, simplex, ut et omnes partes herbacee, pilis 
longis albis debilibus patentissimis, brevissimis appressis intermixtis, hir- 
sutus. Folia petiolis tenuibus, foliolis 7-9 linearibus longioribus. Stipule 
longe subulate. Racemus gracilis, bracteis longis pectinato-villosis comatus. 
Calyx pilis longissimis villosus ; bracteolis brevibus filiformibus, labio su- 
periore bipartito inferiore longiore tridentato. Petala purpureo-lilacina, 
maculá sanguined in medio verilli ; carina glabra. 
Upon this new Lupin Mr. Bentham has the following 
remarks in the last part of the transactions of the Horti- 
cultural Society :— 
* This species is remarkable for its narrow leaves and 
hairy surface. It is about a foot high: the spike of flowers 
is elegantly coloured with blueish lilac, and there is a deep 
crimson stain in the middle of the standard. The spike is 
covered with flowers in an irregular manner, and crowned 
by the long linear bracts of the unexpanded blossoms. It. 
is not so pretty a species as many others of this generally 
beautiful genus; it has hitherto produced but a very few 
seeds, which are unusually small for a Lupin, and pale 
brown, mottled with a darker shade. It probably requires 
shade.” 
Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society in June last. The species is annual. 
* See fol. 1198. 
