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THERMOPSIS* fabacea. 

 Bean-leaved Thermopsis. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. LEGUMiNoSiE. § SopkorecB. 



THERMOPSIS R. Br. — Cahjx oblongus, campanulatusve, 4-5-fidus, 

 subbilabiatus, postice convexus, basi attenuatus. Petala 5, subsequalia, 

 vexillo lateribus reflexis, carina obtusa. Stamina persistentia. Legumen 



compressum falcatum aut lineare polyspermum. Herbge perennes, sericeo- 



villosce. Folia trifoliata. Stipules ovato-lanceolatce, Jbliacece. Racemi 

 terminales, Hor'ihns pedicellatis getninis aut suhverticillatis fiavis. — Decand. 

 prodr. 2. 99. 



T. fabacea; foliis petiolatis, foliolis lato-ovalibus, stipulis lato-ovatis obtusis 



petiolo brevioribus, racemo alternifloro. Dec. I. c. 

 Sophora fabacea. " Pall. astr. p. 122. t. 90. /. 2." 



Herba perennis, 2-3-pedalis, radice repente. Caulis erectus, flexuosus. 

 Folia trifoliolata, nunc 5-foliolata ; stipulis ovatis,foliaceis ; foliolis oblongis, 

 obtusis, V. obovatis, subttls minute pubescentibus, venis glabris. Racemi 

 axillares, foliis multb longiores, subverticillati. Calyces sericei, dentibus 

 ovatis. Corolla lutea, glaberrima. Legumina erecta, 3-u7icialia, Vmearia, 

 pubescentia, compressa, stylo curvo, glabra, indurato apiculafa. 



A native of the north-eastern side of Asia, and the 

 north-western of America. It has been found by Russian 

 collectors in Kamtchatka and the Kurile Islands ; and 

 Mr. Douglas sent specimens and seeds from the neighbour- 

 hood of the Columbia, where it was discovered, as we 

 learn from his Herbarium, in the possession of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, " in dry channels of mountain torrents, 

 in the valleys of the Blue Mountains." 



It is a good herbaceous plant, remarkable for the neat- 



* (di^fAog, a lupine, and 'i-^t?, the appearance ; in reference to the Lupine- 

 like aspect of the genus. 



