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LUPINUS Ehrenbergii. 
Ehrenberg's Lupin. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FABACEX. (Lesumınous PLANTS, Vegetable Kingdom, 
p. 944.) 
LUPINUS, L. 
L. Ehrenbergii ; canescenti-pubescens et patentim pilosus; foliolis 5-7-nis 
oblongo-lanceolatis basi attenuatis acutiusculis mucronatis petiolo 
dimidio longioribus pagina supra subglabris aut utrinque subadpresso- 
pilosis, stipulis infima parte saepe usque ad medium adnatis ceterum 
liberis angustis subulato-acuminatis petiolo multoties brevioribus, racemo 
elongato multifloro densifloro, bracteis citius deciduis fere subulatis dum 
adsunt calycem cum pedicello sequantibus et primum alabastrum totum 
superantibus, calycis ebracteolati bilabiati labio supero apice acute 
bidentato vix majore quam inferum angustius acutum dein curvato- 
deflexum legumine hirsuto utrinque oblique acuminato toruloso sub-8- 
spermo. Schlechtendahi in Linnea, 12. 33. 
We refer this to L. Ehrenbergii, upon the authority of 
Mr. Bentham ; for it does not entirely agree with the de- 
scription of the German Botanist. 
It is a very pretty half-hardy biennial, growing from two 
to three feet in height, if planted in any good rich garden 
soil. It is well suited for cultivation in the open borders, as 
a summer annual. The seed should be sown on a little heat 
in February, and afterwards treated as half-hardy annuals are. 
It flowers during the latter part of summer and autumn, 
and wa.-raised in February, 1846, from seeds received from 
Mr. Hartweg, said to have been collected on the mountains 
near Anganguco, in Mexico. 
Fig. 1. represents the calyx and keel; 2.a pod; 3. a ripe 
seed, which is brown spotted with black. 
