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enlarged clasping base; stipules of these 3 cm. long, adnate ex- 

 cept the upper third, which is subulate-acuminate, those of the 

 upper leaves barely half as long, nearly free; leaflets 6 to 9, the 

 lowermost spatulate, 2 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, the apex blunt and 

 rounded, the others broadly oblanceolate, 7 cm. long, 1.5 cm. 

 wide, acutish and apiculate, all sparingly appressed pubescent 

 on both sides, glaucescent beneath, pale green above: peduncles 

 about 1 dm. long: inflorescence somewhat sub-verticillate, rather 

 lax below: bracts 1 cm. long, subulate-acuminate, pubescent, 

 caducous: pedicels 5 mm. long, pubescent with short, somewhat 

 appressed silky hairs: flowers bright violet-blue, 12 mm. long 



Figure 3. Floral parts of Lupinus procerus, enlarged. 



and as deep, distance between apices of banner and wings 5 mm.: 

 upper calyx lobe 5111m. long, almost truncate, with merely a 

 broad shallow notch, the apex nearly 4 mm. broad when spread 

 out, the lower lip entire, 8 mm. long, narrow-convex dorsally 

 and sharp pointed in nature, broadly lanceolate when spread out: 

 banner with sides turned back and nearly meeting, but the edges 

 not inrolled, face narrow, with a deep groove, ending at the apex 

 in a pouch which extends on the back into a point 1 mm. or a 



