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* LUPINUS Barkeri. 
Mr. Barker's Lupine. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. FABACEAZ or LEGUMINOsE, $ PAPILIONACER, 
LUPINUS. Botanical Register, vol. 13. fol. 1096. 
L. Barkeri; annuus, pubescens, foliolis septenatis obovatis obtusis subtus pilo- 
siusculis, stipulis adnatis setaceis pilosis, racemis verticillatis multifloris, 
alabastris rostratis distantibus tomentosis bracteis subulatis deciduis pilosis 
paulo brevioribus, calyce bracteolato: labiis utrisque acuminatis superiore 
bidentato. 
— M MÀ — 
To the erowd of species of this most difficult genus a 
new one is added with some hesitation ; and, till the specific 
marks of the genus are better understood, it will be im- 
possible to feel quite sure that varieties are not introduced 
under the name of species. 
I must confess, however, that I can find no recorded 
plant to which the present can be referred, as a probable 
variety. It approaches nearest to L. elegans of this work, 
fol. 1581, and to Z. leptocarpus of Mr. Bentham, but it 
seems to differ from both those plants in the somewhat re- 
markable character of the flower-buds being separated from 
each other by a considerable distance even when quite young. 
From Z., Hartwegii, which is L. bilineatus of Mr. Bentham's 
" Plante Hartwegiane,” and which is I fear too near L. 
mericamus, the short deciduous bracts and freedom from 
villosity sufficiently separate this plant. 
_ It was obtained from Mexico by George Barker, Esq. of 
Birmingham, and is worthy of bearing his name, fog it is a 
very handsome species. 
It may be treated either as a half-hardy annual, or as a 
* See Botanical Register, fol. 1198. 
