aan SMITH: STUDIES IN THE GENUS LUPINUS 
have hesitated about publishing his third name. It was my earlier 
intention to account for these forms and maintain their names in 
a varietal classification; but when I carefully considered the array 
of specimens listed below, I was forced to the conclusion that the 
distinctions emphasized are not constant enough to permit such a 
treatment. L. bimaculatus, although said to be a perennial, and 
L. subramosus, although credited with leaflets oval and seven to 
nine in number, need to be checked up carefully before being 
recognized as good varieties; while the Gray Herbarium specimen 
of the type collection of L. leonensis does not permit me to separate 
same from the common L. texensis extreme. Extracts from the 
five descriptions follow: 
L. subcarnosus. Herbaceus aeons caule pubes scenti-sericeo, foliolis quinis 
Shisieitn hoiaotaee subcarnosis laberrimis subtus (margineque praecipue) 
sericeis, suipalis clongato-subulatis, x ra et eee pedicellis alternis longitudine 
orum iatis, labio superiore breviore bifido inferiore lanceo- 
lato apice tridentato pa fastin a a vexillo orbiculari intense caeruleo 
medio macula alba plica longitudinali div 
A. ry distinct species . . cimens ...in my Herbarium . . were 
collected. at Bejar in ahhig s, by M. B siecties t in ows It has been again gathered 
Drum hs een Brazoria and San Felipe . . . Seeds arrived in 
England pet the fad mentioned Naturalist, and have t dsome 
flowers in Hoag of the present year, I ee ite, much mpi ange purple- 
black at the tip. gumes, in my native dnecianin: an inch and a half in length. 
faeseatiens compressed. ds silky. 
Hooker’s second species is deserted with almost exactly the 
same words as the first; hence only the differences indicated are 
quoted here: 
LL. texensis. . iolis - lanceolatis acutiusculis ... stipulis subulatis 
se Pe Guues. utringue bractea parva . inferiore acuminato 
integerri 
Much. and ‘cloacly as this plant resembles the Lupinus subcarnosus . . . it never- 
theless appears to me to be really distinct. The oi t is stouter, the leave s are by 
no means pvr nor are their leaflets retuse, bu > Seb lip of the 
calyx I find to be always e ntire . . the former Uh “beara s] is found near the 
coast, the Laxey at San Felipe in the Interior. “ e chief oo Nae re is, however, 
rtainl looked for in the fol 
mus bimaculatus. owe a ar ennial. Ste ith ad- 
pressed silky hairs. - Leaves Y taatiets cblong-spathulate pes 
silky beneath, » glabrous and pale e green eoun I 6 inches long . Calyx silky, 
+ ++ appendiculate; upper-lip ower ... Ova OE olate acute, 
entire, keele . ioe: ex. orbicular, pote émarpinate; bear sched | in fog centre with 
a large pale, yellow spot whic’ changes to a dull red. 
white, with a dark blue cheese pointed incurved apex. Pod « Bishareteiry ccolawee 
silky, about an i ong i seeds. 
A very pretty oo Lupine from Texas, a province of the Mexican republic, 
where it was discovered by the late Mr. Thos. Drummond, and introduced to our 
rs oom eed... 
mosus. Texas. Annuel. Plante couverte de poils soyeux, mous et 
ok Tiges rameuses , dressées, hautes de 4o cent. environ. . . . folioles ovales 
