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equal, pinnately bearded, longer than the corolla. Legume 

 straight, depressed, or rather hooked, pilose, 8-seedc-d. An her- 

 baceous twining plant, with trifoliate leaves. 



1 C. MUCUNOIDES (Desv. 1. c.). 1. '"X S. Native of Guinea. 



Mucunn-llkc Calopogonum. PI. tw. 



Cult. See Mucuna for culture and propagation, p. 364. 



CCIII. CAJA'NUS (Catjang is the Amboyna name for C. 

 Jlfu-ui). D. C. cat. hort. inonsp. 8.5. no. 43. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 395. D. C. prod. 2. p. 406. Cajan. 

 Adan. fam. 2. p. 326. Pet. Th. diet. sci. nat. 6. p. ICC. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Dccandria, Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft ; segments subulate, incurved at the apex, 2 superior 

 ones joined together higher up than the rest. Corolla with ample 

 vexillum, which is bicallous at the base, and an obtuse straight 

 keel. Stamens diadelphous. Legume oblong, compressed, ob- 

 lique, torulose, 2-valved. Seeds numerous, nearly spherical, 

 separated by membranous partitions. Erect shrubs, clothed 

 with velvety pubescence, with pinnately trifoliate leaves, stipel- 

 late leaflets, and axillary racemes of yellow flowers, with 2 pe- 

 dicels rising from each bractea. Cotyledons conferruminate in 

 germination. 



1 C. BI'COLOR (D. C. 1. c.) vexillum discoloured on the out- 

 side ; legumes 4-5-seeded, spotted ; stipels of the lateral leaflets 

 about equal in length to the petiolules. f? . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Cytisus Cajan, var. p. Lam. diet. 2. p. 249. 

 Cy'tisus pseudo-cajan, Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 119. Rheed. mal. 

 C. t. 13. Flowers yellow, except the outside of the vexillum, 

 which is purplish. The seeds are eatable, and very delicate 

 when young. 



Two-coloured-Roweied. Pigeon-pea. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



2 C. FLA'VUS (D. C. 1. c.) vexillum the same colour on both 

 sides ; legumes 4-5-seeded, and are as well as the calyxes spotless ; 

 stipels of lateral leaflets one half shorter than the petiolules. 

 (7 . S. Native of the East Indies, but now cultivated in South 

 America and Africa. Cy'tisus Cajan, Lin. spec. 1041. Jacq. 

 obs. 1. t. 1. Plum. ed. Burm. 114. f. 2. Burm. zeyl. p. 86. 

 t. 37. Hughes, barb. 199. t. 19. This shrub is cultivated in 

 both Indies, South America, and Africa. In the West Indies it 

 is chiefly planted in rows, as a fence to the sugar plantations. 

 The seed is much eaten by the poorer inhabitants and negroes, 

 and is esteemed a wholesome pulse ; in Martinico even the 

 better sort of people hold the seeds in high estimation, and 

 prefer them to common peas. The chief use they are put to in 

 Jamaica is for feeding pigeons, whence the English name. The 

 branches, with the ripe seeds and leaves, are given to feed hogs, 

 horses and other cattle, which grow very fat on them. 



Yellow-fioviered or Common Pigeon-pea. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Clt. 1687. Shrub 4 to 10 feet. 



Cult. A light rich soil will suit the species of Cajanus ; and 

 young cuttings will root in sand, with a hand-glass placed over 

 them, in heat, but the plants are annually raised from seeds 

 brought or sent from the West and East Indies. 



CCIV. LUPI'NUS (of Pliny and other Latin writers, said 

 to be from lupus, a wolf, on account of its being supposed to 

 destroy the fertility of the soil ; or rather OTTO DJC XVTTJJC, apo 

 tes lupes, whence Virgil calls lupines tristes lupini, the bitter- 

 ness of this pulse contracting the muscles and giving a sorrowful 

 appearance to the countenance, J'ossius}. Tourn. inst. 392. 

 t. 213. Lin. gen. 1176. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 150. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 406. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphla, Decandria. Calyx profoundly bi- 

 labiate. Corolla papilionaceous, the vexillum with reflexed 

 sides, and the keel acuminated. Stamens monadelphous, with 

 the tube or sheath entire, 5 of the anthers are smaller, rounder, 



and earlier, and the other 5 oblong and later. Style filiform. 

 Stigma terminal, roundish, bearded. Legume coriaceous, oblong, 

 compressed, obliquely torulose. Cotyledons thick, but con- 

 verted into leaves at the time of germination. Herbs or sub- 

 shrubs, with digitate leaves, constantly composed of from 5-15 

 leaflets, very rarely simple. Leaflets complicated before expan- 

 sion, and while asleep or through the night. Stipulas adnate to 

 the petioles. Peduncles opposite the leaves or terminal. Flowers 

 alternate or verticillate, sessile, or pedicellate, disposed in ra- 

 cemes, and spikes, with one bractea under each pedicel, and with 

 2 bracteoles adhering laterally to the calyx, which are caducous, 

 or wantin. 



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Leaves digitate, 

 Annual herbs. 



1 L. A'LBUS (Lin spec. 1015.) flowers alternate, pedicellate, 

 destitute of bracteoles ; upper lip of calyx entire, lower one 

 tridentate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, usually 7 or 8, villous be- 

 neath. O- H. Native of the Levant, and now cultivated in 

 the south of Europe. Ludw. ect. t. 191. Blackw. icon. t. 282. 

 L. sativus, Gater. montaub. 126. Clus. hist. 2. p. 228. f. 1. 

 Flowers white, almost sessile. This plant is cultivated in some 

 parts of Italy and other parts of the south of Europe, as other 

 pulse, for food ; also in the south of France, on poor, dry, ex- 

 tensive plains, as an ameliorating crop, to be ploughed in where 

 no manure is to be had, and the ground is too bad for clover 

 or other better plants. In Tuscany, it is not only cultivated for 

 food, but also for improving the land by ploughing it in, a prac^ 

 tice continued from the time of the ancient Romans, as may be 

 seen by consulting Pliny and Columella. With us it is used 

 only among other annuals in the flower-border. 



Var. fi ; keel of flower tipped with violet. L. albus, ^Egyp- 

 tiacus, Mcench, meth. 152. 



White Lupine. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1596. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 L. TE'RMIS (Forsk. descrip. 131.) flowers alternate, pedicel- 

 late, bracteolate ; upper lip of calyx entire, lower one somewhat 

 tridentate; leaflets 5-6, obovate-oblong, villous beneath. Q-H. 

 Native of Egypt. L. prolifer, Desrous. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 622. 

 Flowers white but with the vexillum tipped with blue. Like A. 

 albus and L. varius. Termis is the Arabic name of the plant. 

 The peduncles, after being peeled, are eaten raw, and the seeds 

 are boiled as other pulse by the Arabians. 



Termis or Egyptian white Lupine. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1802. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 L. VA V RIUS (Lin. spec. 1015.) flowers somewhat verticillate 

 or alternate, pedicellate, bracteolate ; upper lip of calyx biden- 

 tate, lower one slightly tridentate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 

 villous beneath, usually 5-6 in number. O- H. Native of 

 Spain, South of France, Corsica, Egypt, and in the islands of the 

 Archipelago of Europe, &c. L. semi-verticillatus, Desrous. in 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 623. L. sylvestris a, Lam. fl. fr. Flowers 

 large, blue or purplish. 



Variable Lupine. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 159C. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



4 L, HIRSU V TUS (Lin. spec. 1015.) flowers alternate, bracteo- 

 late ; upper lip of calyx bipartite, lower one trifid ; leaflets 5, 

 oblong-spatulate, hairy on both surfaces ; legumes very hairy. 

 O- H. Native of Spain, South of France, Egypt, Corsica, 

 and the islands of the Archipelago of Europe. L. digitatus, 

 Forsk. descript. 131. J. Bauh. hist. 289. with a figure. Park. 

 parad. 335. t. 337. f. 1. Gerard, emac. 1217. f. 4. Flowers 

 smaller than those of L. varius, blue, lower ones sometimes ax- 

 illary. Plant clothed with ferruginous hairs. 



Hairy Lupine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1629. PI. 1 foot. 



5 L. PILOSUS (Lin. spec. 1015.) flowers verticillate, pedicel' 

 late, bracteolate ; upper lip of calyx bipartite, lower one entire ; 

 leaflets 9-11, oblong-lanceolate, villous on both surfaces, as well 



