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LUPINUS NOOTKATENSIS. 



Nootka-Sound Lupine. 



DiADELPHIA. DECANOrUA. 



Class 17. Older 4. 



Lupixus : so named by Pliny and other ancient writers. Vossius 

 gives the derivation of this name from liiptts, a wolf 3 because plants 

 of this genus ravage the ground by overrunning it after the manner 

 of that animal : — or from Ku-ffr], grirf; whence Virgil's epithet, tristes 

 lupini ; from the fanciful idea of its acrid juices when tasted pro- 

 ducing a sorrowful appearance in the countenance. 



Linn. gen. n. 8C5. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cat. Perianth one-leafed, bifid. Cor. papilionaceous. Banner cor- 

 date-roundish, emarginate, bent back at the sides, compressed. 

 Wings subovate, almost the length of the banner, not fastened to 

 the keel, converging below. Keel two-parted at the base, sickle- 

 shaped upwards, acuminate, entire, the length of the wings, nar- 

 rower. Stain. Filaments ten, united, somewhat ascending, distinct 

 above. Anthers five, roundish, and as many oblong, Pist. Germ 

 awl-shaped, compressed, villose. Style awl-shaped, ascending. 

 Stigma terminating, blunt. Per. Legume large, oblong, coriaceous, 

 compressed, acuminate, one-celled. Seeds several, roundish, com- 

 pressed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Flowers in whorls. Leaves and stem villose. 



Root perennial. Stem fi'oni eighteen inches to two feet in 

 height, closely covered with a fine hairiness. Leaves on foot- 



