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* LUPÍNUS densiflorus. 
Dense-flowered Lupin. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord, Lecuminosa. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 86.) 
LUPINUS. Supra, vol. 13, fol. 1096. 
L. densiflorus ; annuus, pilosus, caulibus adscendentibus basi foliosis ; foliolis 
7-9 oblongo-spathulatis, verticillis numerosis villosis approximatis 6-10- 
floris, pedicellis bracteatis, calycis labio superiore membranaceo bipartito in- 
feriore piloso tridentato duplo longiore, leguminibus villosis dispermis. 
L. densiflorus. Bentham in Hort. Trans. n. s. vol. 1,p. - 
Annuus ; caule erecto, simplici, brevissimo, villoso, in spontaned pedun- 
culo communi multo breviore. Folia pilosa; foliolis oblongo-spathulatis, 
7-9, pallide viridibus, in spontaneá pedunculo longioribus, culta brevioribus ; 
stipule setacee, intertextim villose. Verticilli villosissimi, 6-10-flori, equales, 
approximati ; inferioribus magis distantibus. Bractez a lata basi setacee, 
carine longitudine, apice sphacelate. Calyx villosus, in cultu tantum pu- 
bescens ; bracteolis setaceis labii superioris longitudine ; lab. sup. bipartito, 
laciniis approximatis; inferiore apice tridentato dente intermedio minimo, 
superiore breviore. (Obs. partes in icone incuria pictoris false delineantur.) 
Vexillum lacteum, acutiusculum, basi viridi-punctatum ; alee ef carina acumi- 
nate, rosee, lineis intensioribus striate. Semina olivacea, levia, nigro 
maculata. 
Raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from 
seeds sent from California, by Mr. Douglas. Mr. Bentham, 
In his paper in the Horticultural Transactions, to which we 
have so often referred, speaks of it thus :— 
“The flowers, which grow in distinct whorls, are white, 
' delicately stained with pink ; they are also a little speckled 
atthe base of the vexillum. The dee are closely clustered 
together, are covered with fine soft hairs, and eac has about 
_ nine narrow divisions. The stem does not grow above six 
or seven inches high." ^ via 
It is a hardy annual, but not one of the most beautiful 
species. Seeds have been hitherto produced by it in such 
small quantities, that it still remains extremely rare. 
Hin Yb 
* See fol. 1198. 
