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* LUPÍNUS versicolor. 
Party-coloured Lupine. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FABACEZ or LEGUMINOSE, $ PAPILIONACE æ. 
LUPINUS. Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. 
II. Perennes ; valvis leguminum maturitate dissilientibus et spiraliter sese 
contorquentibus. : 
+ Caule annuo vel persistente, leguminibus polyspermis, seminibus 
subovatis: foveold hili ‘ovali, ferè totam apicem angustiorem seminis occu- 
pante, cotyledonibus germinatione erectis petiolatis, foliis primordialibus non 
ante germinationem conspicuis alternis. 
G. Tribus L. Nootkatensis. 
* Caulibus subdecumbentibus laxis foliosis diutiùs persistentibus, 
stipulis plerumque permagnis, racemis crassis densifloris, floribus magnis, 
calycibus vel bracteolatis: labiis plùs minds divisis, vel ebracteolatis de- 
mumque basi circumscissis et cum corolla deciduis. J.G. Agardh synops. 
lupin; p. 19. Nr FA 
L. versicolor; caule basi lignoso decumbente sericeo, foliolis 9 obovato-linearibus 
sericeis margine incanis petiolo brevioribus, stipulis setaceis pilosis, calycibus 
verticillatis subbracteolatis : labio superiore emarginato, cariná ciliatá, legu- 
minibus villosis. ; vi 
x F 
~~ & 4 
Root perennial, woody. Stems decumbent, silky, rather 
woody.at the base, about two feet high, much branched, 
rather hoary towards the upper end. Leaflets 9, narrow- 
obovate, silky, hoary, at the margin, shorter than the petiole, 
which is also silky. Stipules green, subulate, three times as 
short as the lea hts with long weak hairs. /acemes ter- 
minal, verticillate, ' many-flowered. Flowers variable in 
colour, between rose-colour, violet, pale blue, greenish white 
* See folio 1198. 
