LEGUMINOS^. CCIV. Lupinus. CCV. Cylista. 



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cent, with both lips entire, and about equal in length, the upper 

 one broadest ; legumes hairy in a young state. ^ . F. Native 

 of Mexico, between Tlachichuca and Tepetitla, Flowers viola- 

 ceous, about the size of those of Z. luteus. 



Slender-leaved Lupine. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



51 L. rupe'stris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 474.) 

 plant slirubby, branched, procumbent or ascendent ; flowers 

 somewhat verticillate ; calyx clothed with silky pili, with the 

 upper h'p bifid, and the lower one tridentate ; leaflets lanceo- 

 late, acute, clothed with silky pili beneath. T} • F. Native of 

 South America, on the burning mount Rucu-Pichincha near 

 Quito. Corolla violaceous. Racemes of flowers pedunculate. 

 Legumes clothed with adpressed pili. 



Bock Lupine. Shrub proc 



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lines ; keel with a dark purple point, fringed longitudinally witi 

 long white hairs. The vexillum at length changes to a purple, 

 and the wings to pale red, striped with blue at the base. 



Tomentose Lupine. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 



58 L. ? Africa'nus (Lour. coch. 429.) stem shrubby, diffuse ; 

 peduncles many-flowered, terminal ; leaflets 3, lanceolate. T2 , S. 

 Native of tlie Eastern coast of Africa. Flowers yellow. 



African Lupine. Shrub 3 feet. 



§ 2. Leaves simple^ entire, 



59 L. vill6sus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1029.) plant herbaceous, 

 decumbent, clothed with wool-like villi ; leaves simple, oblong- 

 lanceolate ; stipulas filiform ; flowers somewhat verticillate or 



^ - ^ . alternate, on short pedicels, bractcolate, upper lip of calyx bi- 



52 L. microphy'llus (Desrous. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 624.) dentate, lower one entire ; legumes very hairy. $ . H. Native 



of South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia, in sandy pine woods. 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. t. 21. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 93. L. 



. in Lam. diet. 



shrubby, procumbent, much branched ; flowers without brac- 

 teoles,^ disposed in a kind of spicate head ; upper lip of calyx 

 bipartite, lower one entire ; leaflets 6-9, linear, clothed with silky 



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H. B. 



Legume 



€t Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 473. Flowers blue, 

 oval, acuminated, 6-8 lines long. 



Small-leaved Lupine. Shrub proc. 

 ^ 53 L.Smithia'nus (Kunth, mim. p. 177. t. 51.) plant suffru- 

 ticose, branched, clothed with silky hairs ; flowers somewhat 

 verticillate, on very short pedicels, bracteolate ; upper lip of 



calyx bifid, lower one entire ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, obtuse, 

 rather villous. 



pilosus, Walt. car. 180. L. integrifolius, Des 

 3. p. 627. but not of Lin. Flowers reddish. 



nilous Lupine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1787. PI. proc. 



60 L. DiFFU^sus (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 93.) plant herbace- 

 ous, diffusely procumbent, densely clothed with silky villi ; leaves 

 simple, oblong-obovate, lower ones alternate ; stipulas and 

 petioles short and naked. %, F. Native about Wilmington, 

 and elsewhere in both Carolinas, in oak woods. 



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PI. proc. 



^ . F. Native of South America, on the burn- .61 L. integrifolius (Lin. amoen. 6. afr. p. 43.) plant herba- 



jng mount Rucu-Pichincha, and in frigid places near Popayan. 

 *tem much branched. " 



Leaflets 3 lines long. 



^ o- Legume oblong, 



3-4-seeded, nearly an inch long, clothed with silky hairs. 

 *• lowers blue. 



Smith's Lupine. Shrub 2 to 3 £eet. 



54 L. PANicuLA^Tus (Desrous. in Lam. diet. 3. p. Q25.) plant 



sutiruticose ? erect; flowers somewhat alternate, pedicellate, 



oracteolate ; caljx clothed with silky hairs, having the upper lip 



oihd, and the lower one entire ; leaflets 6-7, lanceolate, glabrous 



above, but rather villous beneath. ^2 • F. Native of Peru, 



and near Santa-Fe-de-Bogota. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 476. -' - - ^ » 6 



ceous, villous ; leaves simple, oblong, petiolate, acute ; flowers 

 alternately pedicellate, bracteolate; upper lip of calyx bifid; 

 lower one entire. ©. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers blue. 



E ntire- leaved Lupme. PI. 1 foot ? 



62 L. Cochinchine'nsis (Lour. coch. 429.) plant herbaceous, 

 erect; leaves simple, emarginate, glabrous ; flowers bracteolate, 

 disposed in a spike; upper lip of calyx bifid, lower one triden- 

 tate ; legume glabrous, many-seeded. ©. H. Native of Cochin- 

 china and Bengal. Flowers yellow. 



Cochin-china Lupine. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



r lowers blue according to Desrousseux, but accord- Cult, Every species of Lupine are worth cultivating for the 



ing to Kunth they are violaceous, and disposed in loose spikes, 

 stipulas subulate. Racemes pedunculate. 



iamc W-flowered Lupine. Shrub erect, 

 sli KK ^^^^*^nt6sus (Desrous. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 626.) plant 

 rirubby, climbing ; flowers verticillate, on short pedicels, with- 

 lan 1 ^^^^^^ 5 upper lip of calyx bifid, lower one entire ; leaflets 

 ^^nceolate^, glabrous above, but rather villous beneath. T2 . ^ 



L. gracilis, Kunth, mim. 



Native of Pe 



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ntisana 



182 t f^o "'v^uiii j^iuijscuia. jj. grauiiis, xvuiiiu, num. \jyj v . VjXIjI^ijx \iYom k'vAi:;^ fcyitx, a caiyx ; in reie 



Flow } ] ^^ ^' ^* ^^ Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 472. the calyx being very large). Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 512. 



^ . . nlue. Spikes short. nvnV nn Inner npfliinplps. T.^mimA r\rnA 9 n AA f\ 



8-10 lines long. 



Spikes short, oval, on long peduncles. Legume prod. 2. p. 410. 



purpose of decorating flow^er-borders, as they are very orna- 

 mental when in flower ; they thrive best in light soil, and arc 

 most easily increased by seeds. The shrubby kinds require to 

 be protected in severe weather in winter by a glass covering, or 

 by matting. If they are grown against a wall, they can be 

 easily sheltered in winter. Cuttings of them root readily. 



CCV. CYLI'STA (from kv\i^, Tcylix, a calyx ; in reference to 



D. C. 



J'arwe«<o«e Lupine. Shrub 3 feet, 

 sam ^'*^^CULA Tus (Lam. diet. 3. p. 626.) plant shrubby, 

 DefT^u**^^^' ^"^ hoary; flowers somewhat verticillate, tern, 

 5^" j^,^"^J^' bracteolate ; vexillum bicallous at the base, 

 bluisl^ i^eru. Flowers a little smaller than those of L. varius, 

 1 violet ; the vexillum vpiih 2 yellow marks at the base. 



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Tno' 



^ no-^po/^erf.flowered Lupine. Shrub sarmentose. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndrla, Calyx larger than the corolla, 

 4-cleft ; upper segment emarginate or bifiil, lower one the largest, 

 and sometimes very large. Corolla papilionaceous, permanent. 

 Keel 2-edged. Stamens diadelphous. Legume usually 2-seeded. 

 Seeds in C, pychnostachya ovate-globose, shining, with a small 

 oval hylum. Embryo with thick cotyledons, and a small in- 

 curved radicle. — Twining shrubs, with pinnately-trifoliate 

 leaves, rhomboid or ovate, acute, stipulate leaflets, and axillary 



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TOMENTosus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 409.) shrub clothed in simple racemes of yellow flowers. Bracteas large, caducous. 



leaflet 



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sideof^h ?^ vexillum channelled above, and spotted on each 



blui* channel with several small blue specks, and a large 



spot on each side near the base ; wings about equal in 



1 to the vexillum, striped more or less with blue branched 



VOL. n. 



I C. scARiosA(Ait. 1. c. Roxb- cor. 1. t. 92.) calyx very large, 

 scarious, with the upper segment emarginate, lower one very 

 large ; legumes 1 -celled, 1 -2-seeded ; bracteas lanceolate, acu- 

 minated. \i ,^.S. Native of the East Indies, among the Circars. 

 Flowers pale yellow, mixed with red. Style inflexed at the base, 

 slender, but at length becoming thick and dilated. 



^ycarioia-calyxed Cylista. PL tw. 



% C. TOMENTOSA (Roxb. cor. t. 221.) calyx villous ; the seg- 



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