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expand from without inwards, the capituluni at the same lime elon- 

 gating a little, but the expanded flowers always form a nearly flat 

 surface. Calya: minute, nearly colourless, obscurely bilabiate, pubes- 

 cent on the outside, lips subentire. Corolla every where pubescent, ex- 

 cept on the upper surface of the limb ; tube (about 3 lines long) reddish, 

 nearly white at its base, dilated in the middle ; limb shorter than the 

 tube, rose coloured, with a yellow throat, irregular, the outer segment 

 the longest, and obcordaie, the inner broadest and emarginate ; stamens 

 4, inserted at irregular heights about the middle of the tube ; filaments 

 short ; anthers small, oblong, orange. Pistil single, style longer than 

 the calyx ; stigma oblong; germen ovate smooth. 

 This species, received at Buryhill from Mexico, was obligingly communi- 

 cated to the Botanic Garden by Mr Barclay in 1828. It has been kept 

 in the .stove, flowered in March and April last, and is handsome. 



Lupinus littoralis. 



L. littoralis ; j)erennis, Horibus verticillatis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, ca- 

 lycis labio utroque iiitegro, foliolis 5-7, lineari-spathulatis (potius el- 

 liptico-obovatis), utrinque sericeis, leguniinibus 10-12 spermis trans- 

 versim sulcatis, radicibiis granulatis — Douglas, in Bot. Reg. fol. 1198. 



Description Perennial. Stem decumbent, pubescent. Leaflets 5-7, 



elliptico-obovate, nearly flat, silky on both sides, but especially below. 

 Petioles spreading, semicylindrical, two and a half times as long as the 

 longest foliole. Stipules (above half an inch long) subulate, hairy. Spike 

 erect, rachis pubescent, especially towards the top. BractecB subulate-fi- 

 liform, hair3', caducous, twice as long as the pedicels, which, however, are 

 elongated after the bractese fall. Bracleoles none. Calyje biLibiate, lij)S 

 entire, the lower the largest. Vexillum ovate, strongly keeled on the back, 

 purple, paler towards the middle, and in the centre having a few oblong 

 dark spots. AIcb rather longer than the vexillum, hatchet-shaped, blue, 

 their edges every where in contact except towards the base both above 

 and below. Carina pale, with an acute deep purple apex, which scarcely 

 projects beyond the alae. Stameiu alternately long and short, the former 

 nearly straight, with roundish anthers, the latter shrivelled and sup- 

 porting long anthers ; pollen very abundant, of deep orange colour. 

 Stigma small, oblique, hairy. Style equal in length to the keel and to 

 the longest stamens, smooth, slowly tapering upwards, curved. Germen 

 silky, green, slightly curved. 

 We have this plant in the open border of the Botanic Garden, raised from 

 seeds collected in the Rocky Mountains, and presented by Mr Drum- 

 mond ; but the specimen which first came into flower in this neighbour- 

 hood, was raised in the collection of P. Neill, Esq. at Canonmills, from 

 the same seeds. This specimen was kept for a time in a hot-frame, and 

 was in consequence more upright, and less hairy than our specimens, or 

 than that figured in the Botanical Register ; but it did not differ from 

 either in any other respect. Mr Douglas's seeds were gathered from 

 plants growing in abundance on the shore between Cape Mendocino and 

 Puget's Sound. We learn from him that the roots are eaten after ha- 

 ving been roasted, and that this is the liquorice of Lewis and Clarke, 

 and of the navigators who have visited the NW. coast of America — 

 Douglas, loc. cit. 



Mitella trifida. 



M. Irijida ; scapo erecto piloso ; floribus pentandrls, petalis trifidis ; fo- 

 liis cordatis, lobatis, duplicate crenatis, rugosis, setaceo-pubescentibus. 

 Desceiption — Hoot fibrous. Whole plant rough from harsh, erect hairs. 

 leaves {\-\ inches long, and nearly as much in the greatest breadth,) all 

 radical, petioled, spreading, cordate, concave, slightly lobed, wrinkled, 

 very much resembling the loaves of Ruhvs chani(einorus, generally 

 doubly crenate, bristle-like hairs erect on both surfaces, most nume- 

 rous on the u|)per, which is shining, and of darker colour than the 



