1705 



* LUPINUS nunus. 

 Dwarf Lupine. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



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

 0/ Botany, p. 86.) 



LUPINUS. Supra, voLU,fol. 1096. 



L. nanus ; annuus humilis pilosiusculus, caulibus decumbentibus parum ramosis, 

 follolls 5-7 spathulatis, floribus verticillatls, calycibus sericeo-lanatis villosis 

 obsolete appendiculatis : labio superlore bipartite inferiore longiore obscure 

 tridentato. 



L. nanus. Bentham in Hort. Trans, vol. 1, n. s. t. 14. /. 1. 



We have no prettier annual than this little Lupine, which 

 has recently been introduced from California by the Horti- 

 cultural Society. It forms a low tufted plant, from 6 inches 

 to a foot in height, producing a succession of upright shoots, 

 terminated by several tiers of flowers, which continue to open 

 in succession for two months. The colours being bright 

 purple, intermingled with white and rose, a gay variegated 

 appearance is produced, which is extremely agreeable when 

 the plant is grown in masses. 



It is well adapted for covering flower-beds, or for forming 

 a compartment in a parterre, or for the edge of a small clump, 

 or in short for any purpose which requires neatness, and a 

 protracted blooming. 



If sown in the autumn it will flower in May and June ; if 

 sown in spring, it will be in beauty in August and September; 

 and by deferring the period of sowing till the beginning of 

 June, it may be made to blossom as late as November. 



* See fol. 1098. 



