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Lupinus Cruckshanksii. Mr. Cruckshanks* 

 Peruvian Lupine. 



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Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Leguminosjs. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cat. profunde bilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea; vexillum 

 lateribus reflexis, carina acuminata. Stam. monadelpha, 

 vagina integra, antheris 5 parvis subrotundioribus, preco- 

 cioribus, 5 oblongis serioribus. Stylus filiform is. Stigma 

 terminate, subrotundum, barbatum. Legumen coriaceum, 

 oblongum, compressum, oblique torulosum. Cotyledones 

 crassae, per germin. in folia converses. De Cand. 



Specific Character. 



Lupinus Cruckshanksii ; subarborescens, ubique glaberri- 

 mus, ramis patentibus, foliolis 7 — 9 oblongis obrusis 

 basi in petiolum attenuatis, raceinis oblongis, floribus 

 yerticillatis, calycis labio superiore bifido infcriore 

 integro, bracteis caducis. 



Descr. Although this plant has not with us attained an 

 elevation exceeding four to five feet, yet it may rather be 

 called arborescent than shrubby ; for the greater length 

 of the stem below is bare of branches and woody ; above 

 divided by numerous, spreading branches, into a rounded 

 head, glabrous, as is every part of the plant. Leaves nu- 

 merous, pale yellowish-green, divided into seven or more, 

 usually nine, spreading, oblong or elliptical, obtuse leaflets, 

 blunt at the point, and sometimes terminated by a mucro, 

 below attenuated into a short petiole, the whole upon a 

 common petiole four to five inches long, rounded and 



green. 



