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16. LEGUMINOS^. 



Waterfall Gully.— Oct. -Nov.— 

 Mediterranean region. 



2. L. latifolius, L. Peren- 

 nial I'i'a. Glabrous perennial 

 with broadly winged stems and 

 petioles; leaflets in 1 pair, oval; 

 flowers whitish-pink to dark-red ; 

 pod long, glabrous, with 3 ribs 

 on the back. 



Mount Lofty Range; a garden 

 escape. — Oct. -Dec. — Mediter- 

 ranean region. 



I'isttm ai'i-c>isr, L., Field Pea, 

 with large, leafy, auricled sti- 

 pules, 2-3 pairs of oval leaflets, 

 branched tendrils, peduncles 

 about as long as the stipules and 

 bearing usually 1 flower with 

 bluish standard and purple 

 wings, is sometimcvs spontaneous 

 in fields where it has been for- 

 merly sown for forage. P. sati- 

 vum, L., Garden Pea, differs 



from it chiefly in having white flowers and whitish, globu- 

 lar, instead of greyish, angular seeds. Europe ; Asia. 



9. LupiNus, L. 



Calyx deeply cut into 2 divergent lips; standard large, 

 with recurvetl sides; wings cohering at summit and en- 

 closing the incurved keel; stamens united in a tube: pod 

 thick, oblong, hairy, obliquely beaded ; leaves long-stalked, 

 digitate, with several entii-e leaflets ; stipules united to the 

 petiole at base; flowers in tei-minal racemes. 



Lathyrus sphsericus. 



Flowers yellow 

 Flowers blue 



L. 

 L. 



lufruf! 1 

 hirsutiis 



1. Lupinus luteus, L. Yclloir Tjuphi. Erect an- 

 nual, covered with appressed hairs; leaflets 7-9, oblanceo- 

 late, villous on both sides; flowers yellow, scented, in dis- 

 tant whorls; calyx silky-villous, the upper lip deeply 2-cleft, 

 the lower 3-toothed ; bracteoles linear: pod broad, reddish, 

 very villous ; seeds 4-6, smooth, mottled. 



Sown to fix and improve sand.v soils, and for fodder. — 

 Sept. -Nov. — Mediterranean region. 



2. L. hirsutus, L. Blur Lupin. Stout, erect annual, 

 often 1 m. (3 ft.) high, covered with a soft, white, spread- 

 ing down; leaflets 7, 9, or 11, oblanceolate, concave, mucron- 

 ate, downy on both sides ; flowers blue, in irregular whorls 

 of 4-5; calyx villous, the upper lip deeply cleft into 2 seg- 

 ments, shorter than the 3-to()thed lower lip ; 2 linear 

 bracteoles rising from the base of the lips; pod broad-oblong 



