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* LUPINUS leptophyllus. 



Fine-leaved Lupin. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 86). 



LUPINUS. Supra, vol.13, fol. 1096. 



L. leptophyllus ; annuus, caullbus erectis subsimpllcibus patentim pilosis, foliis 

 linearibus utrinque angustatis pilosis vix sericeis, Horibus sparsis approxi- 

 matis, bracteis ante anthesin subcomosis, pedicellis bracteolatis, calycis labio 

 superiore bipartite inferiore longiore tridentato, — Bentham in Hort. Trans, 

 vol. 1, n. s. p. 411, 



Caulis pedalis et ultra, simplex, ut et omnes partes herbacece, pilis 

 longis albis debilibus patentissimis, brevissimis appressis intermixtis, hir- 

 sutus. ¥o\\a. petiolis tenuibus , foliolis 1 -9 linearibus longioribus. Stipulse 

 longcE subulatce. Racemus gracilis, bracteis longis pectinato-villosis comatus. 

 Calyx pilis longissimis villosus ; bracteolis brevibus filiformibus, labio su- 

 periore bipartito inferiore longiore tridentato, Petala purpurea- lilacina, 

 maculd sanguined in medio vexilli ; carina glabra. 



Upon this new Lupin Mr. Bentham has the following 

 remarks in the last part of the transactions of the Horti- 

 cultural Society : — 



" This species is remarkable for its narrow leaves and 

 hairy surface. It is about a foot high : the spike of flowers 

 is elegantly coloured with blueish lilac, and there is a deep 

 crimson stain in the middle of the standard. The spike is 

 covered with flowers in an irregular manner, and crowned 

 by the long linear bracts of the unexpanded blossoms. It 

 is not so pretty a species as many others of this generally 

 beautiful genus ; it has hitherto produced but a very few 

 seeds, which are unusually small for a Lupin, and pale 

 brown, mottled with a darker shade. It probably requires 

 shade." 



Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society in June last. The species is annual. 



* See fol. 1198. 



