Ig2 LEGUMINOSiE. [Lupinus. 



1. P. helvolus; caule volubili, foliolis deltoideo-oblongis subsinuatis, pedunculis folio 

 longioribus apice trifloris, corollse vexillis brevibus, alls expansis maxiniis, leguminibus 

 teretibus erectis. BC. — Linn, Sp. PL p. 1017. Mich. Am. v. 2, p, 60. Pursh, FL Am. v. 2. 

 p. 470. De Cand, Prodr. v. 2. p. 390.— Strophostyles helvola. EUiotti Carol v. 2. p. 230. — 

 Glycine helvola. Elliott in Journ. Ac. Sc. Philad. 1818, p. 385.— Glycine umbellata. Willd. ? 



■DilLElth. t.Sl2.f. 300. 



Hab. Near Montreal. Mr, Ckghom, (m Herb, nostr.) 



25. LUPINUS. Toum, 



Cal, profunde bilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea, vexillo lateribus reflexis, carina acuminata. 

 Stamina monadelpha, vagina integra, antheris 5 parvis subrotundioribus praecociorlbus, 5 

 oblongis serioribus. Stylus filiformis. Stigma terminale subrotundum barbatum. Legumen 

 coriaceum oblonguin compressum oblique torulosutn. Cotyledones crassae, per germin. in 

 folia conversae. — Herbae aut suffndices. Stipulse petiolo adnat(B. Folia scBpius Jbliolis 5-9 

 digitalis constantia, raritis simplicia. Foliola ante explicat aut per somnum complicata. Pe- 

 dunculi oppositifoUi terminates. Flores racemoso-spicati alterni aut verticillati, pedicellati 

 aut sessiles. Bractea sub pedicellis. 



* Herbm annum. Bracteol(B 2 lateraliter calyci adnatm caducm aid nullce. DC. 



1. L, bicolor; annuus, caule ramoso procumbente folioso foliisque pilosis vix sericeisj 

 foliolis 5-7 lineari-spathulatis, verticillls pauciiloris, calycibus sericeo-lanatis inappendicu- 

 latis, labio superiore bifido, inferiore elongato integro, alis vexillo longioribus^ legiuninibus 

 polyspermis. — Lindl, in Bot, Reg. t. 1109. 



Hab. Common under the shade of solitary Pine trees, near the ocean, on the North-West coast of 

 America, and thence as far east as the vallies of the Rocky Mountains. Douglas. — A humble, procumbent, 

 branchings annual, Avith small purple or blue and white flowers. Specimens of it are in my Herbarium, 

 gathered by Mr. Menzies in California. 



2. L. mici'anthus; annuus, floribus subverticillatis sessilibus bracteolatis, calycis labio 

 superiore bifido, inferiore integro, foliolis 5-7 lineari-spatliulatis ciliatis, leguminibus 6- 

 spemiis transversim sulcatis, caule ramoso, radicibus granulatis. — Douglas in Bot. Reg. t 

 1251. 



Hab. On the gravelly banks of the southern tributaries of the Columbia, and barren ground in the 

 interior of California. — Of this I possess no specimen, and Mr. Douglas himself observes, " that it has much 

 affinity ^I'ith the L. bicolor, differing in flowering from four to six weeks earlier, in being more slender, in 

 the shortness of its ahe, its nearly sessile flowers, fleshy leaves, granulated roots, larger pods, and the colour 

 and size of the seeds." 



3. Z. pusillus; annua, parva, pilosissima, caulibus brevibus basi ramosis, foliolis 5-7- 



oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis inferne attenuatis, racemis axillaribus lateralibus terminalibusque 



sessilibus, floribus alternis ebracteolatis, bracteis longitudine calycis cujus labio superiore 



bifido, inferiore duplo longiore bidentato, leguminibus hispidissimis dispermis, seminibus 



orbicularibus planis.— Pwrs^, El, Am. v. 2. p. 468. Nutt. Gen. v. 2. p. 93. De Cand. Prodr. 

 V. 2. p. 408. 



t Hab. On the barren arrounds of the Columbia. JDoualas. — ThLs is a verv singular species, with short. 



