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LUPINUS* plumdsus. 



Feathery Perennial Lupine. 



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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. BOlANiCA! 



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Nat. ord. LEGUMiNoSiE. 

 LUPINUS. — Suprd, vol. 6. foL 457. 



L. plumosus ; perennis, villosissimus, floribus alternis breviter pedicellatis 

 bracteolatis, calycis labio superiore bifido ; inferiore integro, foliolis 5-7 

 lanceolatis, leguminibus glabris 3-5-spermis, bracteis floribus longioribus 

 villosis deciduis. Douglas journ. ined. 



Caulis 2~4:-pedalis, ramosus, villosissimus, lignosus. Foliola 5-7, lanceo- 

 lata, sericea. Racemus yedalis et ultrh. Flores alterni, pedicellati. 

 Calyx villosus, labio superiore bijido, inferiore integerrimo ; bracteolae 

 longissimce, villosce, piliformes. Bractese subulatce, villoscB , fioribus longiores, 

 deciduce. Vexillum amplum, cceruleiim ; alse et carina pallidce. Legumen 

 glabrum, 3-5-spermum ; semina parva, nigro-fusca. Douglas ined. 



*• Common in Northern California, in 45" north, growing 

 in gravelly soil : it is also found at the sources of the 

 Walla-wallah river, near the Blue Mountains of North- 

 western America, flowering through June and July." 



The foregoing matter has been obligingly communi- 

 cated by Mr. Douglas, by whom seeds were sent to the 

 Horticultural Society in 1827. Our drawing was made 

 in the Chiswick Garden, in August 1828. 



This is nearly related to Lupinus leucophyllus, already 

 figured in this work. Like that species, it is a hardy 

 perennial, growing freely in any common soil, but perhaps 

 preferring peat borders. It is principally distinguished by 

 its larger and less crowded flowers, and by its long, 

 deciduous, shaggy bracteae, which clothe the upper unex- 



• See fol. 1198. 

 VOL. XV. B 



