CS Ras saat sp teesggs omo: 
Lupinus Texensis. Texas. Lupine. | 
Seeded 
Class and Order. . 
DiapetpuH1aA Decanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx profunde bilabiatus. Corolla papilionacea, vexillo 
lateribus reflexis, carina acuminata. Stamina monadelpha, 
vagina integra ; antheris 5 parvis subrotundioribus precoci- 
oribus, 5 oblongis serioribus. Stylus filiformis. Stigma 
terminale subrotundum barbatum. Legumen coriaceum 
oblongum compressum, oblique torulosum. Cotyledones 
crasse, per germin. in folia conversee.—Herbe aut Suffru- 
tices. Stipule petiolo adnate. Folia sepius foliolis 5—9 
digitatis constantia, rarius simplicia. Folia ante explic. 
aut per somnum complicata. Pedunculi oppositifolii termi- 
nales. Flores racemoso-spicati alterni, aut verticillati aut 
sessiles. Bractea sub pedicellis. Bracteole 2 lateraliter 
calyci adnate caduce aut nulle. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Lupinus Texensis ; herbaceus, annuus, caule pubescenti- 
sericea, foliolis quinis lanceolatis acutiusculis supra 
glaberrimis, subtus (margineque pracipue) sericeis, 
stipulis subulatis, racemo pyramidali, pedicellis alter- 
nis longitudine florum, calycibus sericeis bibracteatis 
bilabiatis utrinque bractea parva, labio superiore bre- 
viore bifido, inferiore acuminato integerrimo, vexillo 
orbiculari intense ceruleo medio macula alba plica 
longitudinali divisa. 
Much and closely as this plant resembles the Lupinus 
subcarnosus figured at tab. 3467, it nevertheless appears to 
me to be really distinct. The habit is stouter, the leaves 
are 
