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* LUPIN US versicolor. 



Party-coloured Lupine. 



DIADELPHIA DEC^NDB/^. 



Nat. ord. FabacEjE or Leguminos*, § Papilionace^. 

 LUPINUS. Supra, vol. Vd.fol. 1096. 



II. Perennes ; valvis leguminum maturitate dissilientibus et spiraliter sese 

 coiitorqueiitibus. 



t Caulc annuo vel persislente, leguviinibus polyspermis, seminibus 

 subovatis : foveold hili ovali, fere totmn apiccm aytgustiorem seminis occic- 

 paute, cotyledouibus germinatione erectis petiolatts,fuliis primordialibus non 

 atite germinatioiiem conspicuis alternis. 



G. Tribus L. Nootkatensls 



* Caulibiis subdecumbentibus laxis foliosis diutiils persistentibus, 

 slipulis plerumque j)ermagnis, racemis crassis densi/ioris, florihus maynis, 

 calycibus vel bracteolatis : labiis plus minus divisis, vel cbracteolatis de- 

 viumque basi circu?nscissis et cum corolla deciduis. J. G. Agardh syiiops. 

 lupin, p. 19. 



L. versicolor; caule basi lignoso decumbente sericeo, foliolis 9 obovato-linearibus 

 sericeis margine incanis petiolo brevioribus, stipiilis setaceis pilosis, calycibus 

 verticillatis subbracteolatis : labio superiore emarginato, carina ciliata, legu- 

 minibus villosis. 



Hoot perennial, woody. Stems decumbent, silky, rather 

 woody at the base, about two feet high, much branched, 

 rather hoary towards the upper end. Leaflets 9, narrow- 

 obovate, silky, hoary at the margin, shorter than the petiole, 

 which is also silky. Stipules green, subulate, three times as 

 short as the leaflets, with long weak hairs. Racemes ter- 

 minal, verticillate, many-flowered. Flowers variable in 

 colour, between rose-colour, violet, pale blue, greenish white 



* See folio 1198. 



