LUPINUS 



LYCASTE 



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Ivs., verticillate, yellow, fragrant : pod oblong, flat. 

 June, July. S. Eu. B.M. 140. — Succeeds in the poorest 

 soil. Useful for cut-flowers, for the border, for foilder 

 or for plowing under to improve sandy soils. As a 

 fodder, it may be fed green or as hay. 



11. pildsus, Linn. Stem hairy, 2-4 ft. high: Ifts. ob- 

 long-lanceolate, hairy: (is. verticillate, pedicelled, rose, 

 the middle of the standard red. S. Eu. 



12. micrAnthus, Dougl. Stem slender, 3-12 in. high, 

 hairy: Ifts. linear, Ji-1 in. long: fls. in short, dense 

 racemes, somewhat verticillate, vei'y small, violet, stand- 

 ard and wings narrow; pod linear. Gravelly places, 

 Ore. to Calif. —A slender plant of branching habit. 



13. afJiuis, Agardh. Stem rather stout, 8-10 in., pu- 

 bescence very short : Ifts. broadly wedge-obovate, obtuse, 

 long, more or less smooth above; stipules one-half the 

 length of Ivs.; petioles twice longer than the Ifts. : fls. 

 on a long stalk, deep blue: pod linear. Early spring. 

 Calif. — A free, hardy species, often growing very rank. 



14. hirstitus, Linn. Blue Lupine. Stem hairy, 2-3 

 ft. high, branching toward the top: Ifts. 7-9, oblong or 

 oblong-oval, hairy, long-petioled : fls. somewhat verticil- 

 late or scattered, large, mostly purple, sometimes varie- 

 gated with blue or violet: pod large, very hairy. July, 

 Aug. S. Eu. — Used ornamentally and as an economic 

 plant for the same purposes as L. lutens. It is valuable 

 for fodder and for plowing under. Var. albus, Hort. , has 

 white fls. Var. riiber, Hort., and var. I61iis roseia are 

 advertised. 



15. fllbus, Linn. White Lupine. Erect stem, Di ft. 

 high: Ifts. obovate-oblong, 5-7, hairy below, lJ^-2 in. 

 long: fls. alternate stalked, on erect stems, quite large, 

 white: pods large. Summer. Asia and S. Eu.— A good 

 fodder plant said to be of greater thrift than Zi. liiteits, 

 and remaining green longer. Succeeds well on the 

 poorest soil and is valuable for plowing under. Seeds 

 are sown April-July, the plants plowed under when in 

 flower. 



Ifi. pusillus, Pursh. Lfts. about 7, mainly oblong, 

 acute: fls. blue or purple. Prairies. B.B. 2:270. 



17. Hirtwegii, Lindl. Stem erect, 2-3 ft. high, some- 

 what branching: ifts. 7-9, oblong, obtuse, very hairy: 

 fls. in many-fld. elongated racemes, blue; standard whit- 

 ish, then reddish. June-Sept. Mexico. B.R. 25:31.— 

 Var. &lbus is also sold. Possibly a perennial but cult, 

 as an annual. 



Var. Cruckshauksii, Hook. (i. Cnickshanksii, A. 

 Gray). Fls. large, fragrant, white, the standard yellow- 

 rose, becoming violet. B.M. 305G. 



19. Bubcarndsus, Hook. Stem 8-10 in. high, ascending, 

 silky pubescent: lfts. 5-7, obovate-lanceolate obtuse, 



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18. mutabills, Sweet. Stem erect, branched, somewhat 

 woody, 5 ft. tall: lfts. 7-9, lanceolate, obtuse, hairy lie- 

 low and somewhat glaucous: fls. large, somewhat ver- 

 ticillate, fragrant ; standard white mixed with blue, 

 becoming blue with a large yellow mark in the center; 

 wings and keel white. June-Aug. Mts. of S. America. 

 S.B.P.G. 130. B.M. 2682. -Attractive species, erect and 

 branching but half-hardy. 



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somewhat fleshy, smooth above, silky below and on 

 margins: fls. in pyramidal racemes, alternate; standard 

 orbicular, deep blue with a white spot in the center di- 

 vided by a longitudinal fold: pod linear-oblong, silky. 

 Spring. Texas. B.M. 34(i7. — Spreadingspecies of merit. 



20. ninus, Dougl. Stem slender, J^-1 ft., often 

 branching from the base, hairy: lfts. ,5-7, linear to ob- 

 lauceolate pointed, pubescent both sides, stalks 1-3 

 times longer: fls. in elongated, loose racemes, verticil- 

 late on slender stalks, large, white, pointed with clear 

 blue, edged with deeper blue ; wings bluish, hiding white- 

 brownish keel: pod hairy. June, July. Calif. S.B.P.G. 

 11.257. B. R. 20:1705. — This species and its varieties 

 are very floriferous, giving a fine effect in masses and 

 in the border. Var. albus, Hort., white, tinged with 

 lilac. Var. albo-coccineus, Hort. A very compact va- 

 riety, the lower half of the spike rosy red, the upper 

 white; forms compact tufts and is called a superior 

 variety. 



L. angustlfbUus, Linn., witli Ijlue fls., is much grown in Eu. 

 as a fodder plant and for plowing under: anniial. Native to 

 the Mediterranean region. 



The following are garden hybrids of unknown origin. They 

 mostly have variegated fls. and are common in cult.: L. atrn- 

 viotdceus. Perennial. 2 ft. high. Fls. dark violet, striped with 

 white and yellow. — L, ccelestinits. Annual, 2 ft. high. Fls. 

 light blue.— Z/. Dunnetti. Fls. lilac-purple, gold and white. Ac- 

 cording to Voss, this is the s.ime as the kinds known to the 

 trade as superbus. insignis (Vilmorin. not Dippe), tricolor ele- 

 gans, and superbus Dunnetti. There is also a double form.— i. 

 hybridus. Probably mixed kinds.— I/, pwfiescens, Benth. Per- 

 ennial or subshi-ubby, the pubescence short spreading hardly 

 silky in tlie new parts: lfts. 7-9, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 shorter than tlie petiole, pubescent on both sides: fls. loosely 

 arranged almost in whorls: pedicels shorter than tlie calyx: 

 pod hirsute, 4-6-seeded. The above is from the original de- 

 scription. Bentham neglects to state the color of the lis., but 

 an allied species has blue fls. Mottet must be in error in call- 

 ing this ,^n annual. Mex., Central Amer, , Colombia.— i. «ri- 

 color. See L. Dunnetti. j^ Phelps Wyman. 



LYCASTE (fanciful name). OrcliirlAcea'. This genus 

 contains about 30 species, all natives of ,S. Amer., Mexico 

 and the AVest Indies. The flowers are freely produced 

 and remain in good condition on the plant for several 

 weeks. They are normally borne singly on erect or sul>- 

 erect bracted scapes, but sometimes twin-flowered stalks 

 occur. Pseudobulbs ovate or oblong-ovate, bearing 1- 

 several plicate leaves at the summit, and sheathing 

 leaves from the base : sepals sub-similar, spreading, the 

 lateral pair united with the base of the column and form- 

 ing a spur-like chin or mentum ; petals smaller, project- 

 ing forward, with the tips often recurved ; labellum 

 3-lobed,the lateral lobes erect, middle lobe ascending or 

 recurved, with a fleshy, tongue-like callus on the disk: 

 pollinia 4. In Lycaste the scape arises from the very 

 young leafy axis, which does not develop until several 

 months later. The scape, therefore, appears from the 

 base of the bulb. Among the species, L. Skinnen is a 

 favorite orchid with growers. The species of Lycaste 



