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Lupinus—continued. 
sub-shrub. (B. M. 2682; B. R. 1539.) L. Cruikshankii is con- 
sidered by some authors to be but a variety of this species. 
See Fig. 478. (B. M. 3056.) 
L. nanus (dwarf).* Common Dwarf Lupine. fl. lilac and blue. 
Summer. J, with five to seven narrow-lanceolate, acute, hairy 
leaflets. h. 1ft. California, 1833. Annual. See Fig. 479. (B. R. 
1705; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 257.) 
L. nootkatensis (Nootka Sound).“ f. blue, mixed with purple, 
white, or yellow, and streaked with more intense veins, rather 
verticillate, pedicellate. May to July. ., leaflets seven or eight, 
obovate, lanceolate, hairy. A. lft. to 14ft. Nootka Sound, 1794. 
Perennial. See Fig. 480. (B. M. 1311; L. B. C. 879.) 
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FIG. 481. INFLORESCENCE AND UPPER LEAVES OF LUPINUS 
POLYPHYLLUS, 
L. n. fruticosus (shrubby). A synonym of L. littoralis. 
L. odoratus (sweet-scented). A synonym of L. luteus. 
L. ornatus (adorned).* jl. with a pale vexillum, blue wings, and 
a ciliated reas keel, r large; upper lip of calyx bifid, 
lower one entire and elongated. May to November. 7. linear- 
lanceolate, clothed with silvery silky down on both surfaces. 
h. lft. to 2ft. North America, 1826. Perennial. (B. R. 1216; 
S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 212.) 
L. perennis (perennial).* f. blue; calyx alternate, without 
a 
N. 
Ppendage; upper lip emarginate, lower entire. May to July. 
Et. Koah Anena 1658. Perennial. (B. M. 202.) 
L. pilosus shaggy). ji. rose, middle of the vexillum red, verti- 
te, 3 3 July and August. Z. nine to 
eleven, oblong-lanceolate, villous on both surfaces as well as the 
stem. h. 2ft. to 4ft. South Europe, 1710. Annual. 
Lupinus continued. 
L. plumosus (feathery). A synonym of L. leucophyllus. 
L. polyphyllus (many-leaved).* fl. usually dark blue, rather 
verticillate, pedicellate. Spring and autumn. Z., leaflets eleven 
to fifteen, lanceolate, hairy beneath. h. Aft. Columbia, 1826. 
A well-known perennial, the commonest and one of the 
best. See Fig. 481. SYNS. L. grandifolius, L. macrophyllus. 
(B. R. 1096, 1377; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 350.) 
L. Sabinianus (Sabine’s). A synonym of L. Sabinii. 
L. Sabinii (Sabine’s). f. yellow; wings roundish, size of stan- 
dard; calyx villous, with the upper lip ovate and acute, lower 
one boat-shaped, revolute. May and June. ., leaflets seven to 
twelve, lanceolate, acuminated, silky. A. 2ft. to 3ft. North 
America, 1827. Perennial. Syn. L. Sabinianus. (B. R. 1435.) 
L. subcarnosus (nearly fleshy-leaved).* f. deep rich blue, with 
a yellowish blotch in the lower part of the standard, lower lip of 
calyx entire. July. l. on long petioles, of five obovate-lanceolate, 
thick, almost fleshy, retuse leaflets, those of the lower leaves 
shortest and broadest. Stem downy. h. lft. Texas, 1835. 
Perennial. (B. M. 3467.) Syns. L. bim us (S. B. F. G. 
ser. ii. 314), L. texensis (B. M. 3492). 
L. texensis (Texan). A synonym of TL. subcarnosus. 
L. tomentosus (tomentose). jl. large, variously coloured, and 
combinations of different colours, verticillate, pedice 
Summer. l., leaflets sight to ten, oblong, bluntish, mucronulate, 
tapering to the base. 4ft. to 5ft. Peru, 1825. A bred hand- 
some half-hardy shrub, clothed in every part with silky 
tomentum. 
L. varius (variable). fl. usually dark blue, large, somewhat 
verticillate or alternate, pedicellate. July and August. l., leaflets 
oblong-lanceolate, villous beneath, usually five or six in number. 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. Spain, &c., 1596. Annual. 
L. versicolor (various-coloured), A synonym of L. littoralis. 
LUSSACIA, A synonym of Gaylussacia (which see). 
LUXEMBURGIA (named after a Duke of Luxem- 
bourg, under whose auspices M. Auguste St. Hilaire 
commenced his voyage to Brazil). Syn. Plectranthera. 
ORD. Ochnacee. A genus comprising seven species of 
showy, branched, very glabrous, stove trees or shrubs, 
natives of Brazil. Flowers yellow, disposed in terminal 
racemes. Leaves alternate, toothed, mucronate, oblong, 
finely veined. The species thrive in a peat and loam 
soil, and require an abundant and constant supply of 
water. Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 
placed in sand, under a bell glass, in gentle bottom 
heat. 
L. ciliosa (ciliated). ellow ; corymbs many-flowered. Summer. 
L 8 on = 3 „ ularly 
setose, setosely mucronate. A. 8ft. to Brazil, 1 (B. M. 
4048; P. M. B. xi. 3.) : 
L. corymbosa (corymbose). jl. yellow, large, few, disposed in 
corymbs. rie oer er on short petioles, narrow-oblong, acutish, 
cuneated at base. Brazil, 1840. Tree. oe 
LUZURIAGA (named in honour of Ignatio M. R. de 
Luzuriaga, a Spanish botanist). Syns. Callixene and 
Enargea. ORD. Liliacee. A small genus (three species) of 
half-hardy shrubby-branched under-shrubs, two of which 
inhabit Chili, and the third is a native of the region of 
the Magellan Straits and New Zealand. Flowers white, 
solitary or few, in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels slender ; 
perianth deciduous; segments distinct, sub-equal, spread- 
ing. Berry sub-globose, indehiscent. Leaves often sessile, 
alternate, rather small, oblong-elliptic, prominently three 
to many-nerved. Stems shrubby, glabrous. The species 
thrive on turves of fibry peat, or attached to stems of 
tree ferns. They like shade and moisture. Propagated 
by cuttings. - 
erect).* H. solitary, in the axils of the leaves; perianth 
ig eer dotted with reddish-brown. Berry jin. thick. J. alter- 
nate, oblong, jin. to long. . sft. Chili. A copiously- 
branched, sub-scandent sub-shrub. SYN. Callixene polyphyl 
(under which name it is figured in B. M. 5192). 
L. marginata )} A. solitary, in the axils of the leaves 
of the upper branches, scented like Heliotrope ; pedicels very 
short, erect. l. alternate, sessile, ascendent, oblong, thick, rigid, 
pale green, mucronate, zin. to Zin. long; margin revolute. Tierra 
del Fuego. SYN. Callivene marginata. > 
anthers yellow, connivent into a cone. 
slender, 
L. radicans iseen iy fi. pure white, large, ljin. in diameter, 
egular, star-sha 
res eco ll 1. sessile, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate. Stems 
wiry. Chili and Peru. 
