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2. LUPINUS. 
Lupinus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 865; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 480. 
Herbs or undershrubs, rarely erect shrubs. About eighty species have been described ; 
and, with the exception of a few annual species natives of the Mediterranean region, 
they are all endemic in America, chiefly on the western side of North America. 
1. Lupinus aschenbornii, Schauer in Linnea, xx. p. 739. 
Sourn Mexico (Aschenborn), Toluca, Cocustepec, 8800 feet (Heller); Costa Rica, 
Volcan de Irazu, 9000 to 11000 feet (Wendland). 
2. Lupinus barkeri, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxv. t. 56. 
Mexico. 
3. Lupinus barkeriz, Knowles et Westcott, Fl. Cab. iii. t. 122. 
MExIco. 
4. Lupinus bimaculatus, Hook. in Sweet’s Fl. Gard. ser. 2, t. 314. 
Sourn Mexico, Toluca, in alpine meadows, 12,000 feet (De Berghes, Heller). 
5. Lupinus campestris, Schl. et Ch. in Linnea, v. p. 589. 
Sour Mexico, Llanos between Perote and Tlachichuca (Schiede & Deppe), humid 
forests of the eastern Cordillera of Oaxaca, near the Hacienda del Carmen and Yavesia, 
7000 to 8000 feet (Galeotti, 3412); Panama, grassy slopes of Chiriqui, Veraguas (See- 
mann). Hb. Kew. 
6. Lupinus canus, n. sp. 
Perennis? erectus, cano-sericeo-villosis, foliis caulinis graciliter petiolatis sepissime 8-foliolatis, 
foliolis linearibus, stipulis lineari-subulatis petiolo basi adnatis, floribus parvis verticillatis, 
bracteis valde deciduis, calycis sericei labiis fere squalibus, vexillo orbiculari, alis oblique 
oblongis brevissime unguiculatis, ovario hirsuto circiter 8-ovulato, legumine dense hirsuto. 
Herba perennis?, erectus, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis, ramis graciliusculis obscure striatis, plus minusve 
cano-pubescentibus. Folia caulina, graciliter petiolata, cano-sericeo-villosa, seepissime 8-folio- 
lata, superiora interdum 5-foliolata; foliola sessilia, linearia, 6-15 lin. longa, utrinque acuta, 
maxima 2-3 lin. lata, petiolo 1-2-pollicari ; stipule lineari-subulate, 6-9 lin. longe, petiolo 
basi adnate. Flores mediocres, verticillatim racemosi, breviter pedicellati, bracteati, bracteis 
subulatis quam alabastra paullo longioribus cito deciduis ; calycis sericei labia fere equalia, 
circiter 3 lin. longa, superius brevissime bidentatum, inferius integrum; vexillum orbiculare, 
sessile, 5 lin. diametro; ale oblique oblonge, circiter 6 lin. long, fere liber, brevissime 
unguiculate ; carina nuda, cymbiformis, vix aut rostrata aut incurvata; stamina 10, eorum 5 
antheris multo minoribus ; ovarium hirsutum, circiter 8-ovulatum. Legumen sericeo-villosum, 
unicum mancum tantum visum. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 129). 
Hb. Kew. | 
7. Lupinus clarkei, Girst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1853, p. 1. 
Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 8000 to 9000 feet (Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
