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4 Lupinus (Tourn.) L, Lupine, 
me 4. Merennial herbs with Palmately compound leaves of 7-13 leafli 
the pubescence commonly silky; stipules sudulate, Ea, otis 
Flowers in terminal racemes, often appearing whorled, the bracts + 
persistent or deciduous. Calyx strongly e-lipped, the upper lip 
formed of two Partially united sevals, sometimes produced backwa 
at the base to form a short hump or sac, the lower lip formed 
three wholly united sepals. Corolla dlue, vurple or lavender, — 
rarely white, the banner often with a whitish spot in the middle 
which later becomes reddish purple, the keel abruptly bent, sickle 
shaped, the margins sometimes ciliolate,. Stamens all united, the. 
anthers alternately larger and smaller. Pod S-62-Ol ey flattened, — 
mostly oblong, more or less hirsute, dehiscent by 2 valves. Seeds 
commonly 2-6, eis 
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WATS CAR I teem sayeth 
The frvit and seeds of some lupines in our region, particularly L, 
sericeus, are known to be poisonous to sheep and & serious 
faster wnere abundant, May : 
pao Leaves elabrous on the uvver surface 
A Leaflets comronly 1-2 cm. wide; bracts 7-10 
6 mri. long x i. i. Burkei 
2 Leaflets commonly 6-10 mm, wide; bracts 
q) @ °o-4 mm. long 
4 Bamner of corolla 8-10 mm. in diameter; 
f flovers blue en MaSS€, rarely white 2, L. laxisvicatus 
4 Banner of corolla 12-15 mm.in diameter; flowers 
8 rich nurdle en masse 3 le cseudoparvi- 
pais florus 
O Leaves vubescent on both surfaces 
Z -ubescence of stems anc leaves mostly 
appressed and silky, not spreading; 
(stoxers in loose verticillate racemes; 
“ \voedicels usually 3-5 mm. long. 
Stems prostrate, curving upwards at the 
@tinvs; racemes 1-3 am, lons, ovoid 4 lL. depressus 
4 otems erect; racemes 10-20 em, long 
© Upver lin of calyx saccate at the 
fbase, forming a protuberance about 
\1 mr. long 2. L. laxisnvicatus ¥ 
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q@ G Unver lip of calyx rounded but not ; 
19 sc.ccate §, LU. sericeus : 
