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* HUPINUS densiflorus. 

 JDense-Jiowered Lupin. 



DIADELPHIA DEC^NDRI^. 



Nat. ord, LEGUMiNosyE. Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 86.) 



LUPINUS. Supra, vol. \Z,fol. 1096. 



L. densiflorus ; annuus, pilosus, caulibus adscendentibus basi foliosis ; foliolis 

 7-9 oblongo-spathulatis, verticillis numerosis villosis approximatis 6-10- 

 floris, pedicellis bracteatis, calycis labio superlore membranaceo bipartite in- 

 feriore piloso tridentato duplo longiore, leguminibus villosis dispermis. 

 L. densiflorus. Bentham in Hort. Trans, n. s. vol. \, p. 



Annuus ; caule erecto, simplici, brevissimo, villoso, in spontanea pedun- 

 culo communi mullo breviore. Folia pilosa ; foliolis oblongo-spathulatis, 

 7-9, pallide viridibus, in spontanea pedunculo longioribus, culta brevioribus ; 

 stipulse setacece, intertcxtim villoscB. Verticilli villosissimi, 6-lO-Jlori, cequales, 

 approximati ; inferioribus magis distantibus. Bractese a lata basi setacece, 

 carincB longiludine, apice sphacelatce. Calyx villosus, in cultu tantum pu- 

 bescens ; bracteolis setaceis labii superioris longitudine ', lab. sup. bipartito, 

 laciniis approximatis; inferiore apice tridentato dente intermedia minimo, 

 superiore breviore. (Obs. jjartes in icone incuria pic t oris falsi delineantur.) 

 Vexillum lacteum, acutiusculum, basi viridi-punctatum ; alae et carina acumi- 

 natce, rosece, lineis intensioribus striaice. Semina olivacea, Icevia, nigra 

 maculata. 



Raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from 

 seeds sent from California, by Mr. Douglas. Mr. Bentham, 

 in his paper in the Horticultural Transactions, to which we 

 have so often referred, speaks of it thus : — 



" The flowers, which grow in distinct whorls, are white, 

 delicately stained with pink ; they are also a little speckled 

 at the base of the vexillum. The leaves are closely clustered 

 together, are covered with fine soft hairs, and each has about 

 nine narrow divisions. The stem does not grow above six 

 or seven inches high." 



It is a hardy annual, but not one of the most beautiful 

 species. Seeds have been hitherto produced by it in such 

 small quantities, that it still remains extremely rare. 



* Seefol. 1198. 



