PEA FAMILY. Fabaceae. 



One of the prettiest and most conspicu- 

 Lupine ous kinds, for its coloring is unusual, with 



Luplnus Stiversii branching, downy, leafy stems, about a foot 

 Pink and yellow high, thickish leaflets, pale bluish-green in 

 Summer color and rat j ler hairy, and fragrant flowers, 



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over half an inch long, with rose-colored 



wings and a yellow standard, changing to orange in fading. 

 The combination of pink,- orange, and yellow is very 

 striking. This grows in warm, dry spots in Yosemite, and 

 other places in the Sierras and Coast Ranges. L. citrinus, 

 of similar situations, has all yellow flowers. 



A handsome perennial, forming fine 

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Lupinus laxifldrus clumps on dry, gravelly hillsides, with 

 Blue several, slender, rather downy stems, from 



Spring, summer one to two feet tall, the leaflets six to nine 

 in number, rather bluish-green, downy on 

 the upper side, paler and silkier on the under. The 

 younger leaves and calyxes are silvery with down, the 

 flower buds form long, pretty, silvery clusters, resembling 

 ears of wheat in form, and the flowers are in handsome 

 loose racemes, from five to six inches long, of various shades 

 of blue, mostly bright and somewhat purplish, the standard 

 with a little white at its base and the keel purplish. The 

 pod is covered with silky hairs and contains from three to 

 five seeds. This is very common in Utah, handsome and 

 conspicuous, and when growing in quantities, among 

 Balsam-roots, Forget-me-nots, and Wild Geraniums, 

 makes a combination unequaled in any flower-garden. 



A handsome plant, with a very stout, 

 Milk-white 

 Lupine branching stem and soft, bluish-green 



Luplnus lacteus leaves, with silky hairs on the edges and 

 White under sides, forming a fine clump of 



foliage, from which the flower-stalks stand 

 up very stiff and straight. The cluster 

 is most symmetrical in form and the flowers, which are 

 nearly three-quarters of an inch long, are a beautiful, 

 pearly white, tinged with yellow at the base of the stand- 

 ard and with creamy buds. The lower lobe of the calyx 

 is large and very dark green, the stems have a pale, satiny 

 surface, sprinkled with hairs and the leaflets are ten or 

 eleven in number. This grows in the grass along the 

 roadsides and is common around San Bernardino. 

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