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kind of fpikes; and. they are large and yellow, | and long fibres, which run under the furface of 
and of a very fweet fmell. the ground, and fend up clufters of leaves and 
The feed -veffels are large, and the feeds fomewhat | ftalks in different places. The colour of thefe 
flat, andclouded or fpotted with a variety of colours. fibres is redifh ; and they fpread vaftly, and 
It is a native of Sicily, and is found moft fre. | Teémain many years. 
quently near the fea-coaft. » It flowers in Auguft. The leaves are placed on long, flender, yel- 
C. Bauhine calls it Lupinus folveftris flore luteo. | lowith, hairy footftalks : each is compofed of fe- 
Others, Lupinus flavus, and Lupinus luteus and | ven or more parts, fpread out like the rays of a 
we, the Yellow lupine. ftar; and thefe are fhort, broad, rounded at the 
ends, and of a bluifh green. 
5. The Giant Lupine. The ftalk is round, of a pale green, weak, 
Lupinus maximus birfutus. and about a foot and ahalf long: it does not of- 
The root is long and thick, and it is furnifhed | ten ftand perfectly erect, but ufually leans or trails 
with innumerable fibres. a little. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and very beau- The leaves on this are placed upon long, flen- 
tiful : they are placed on long foorftalks ; and each | der footflalks; and they refemble thofe from the 
is compofed of feven or more parts : thefe are ob- | root, but that they are compofed of longer and 
long, broad, of a beautiful biuifh green, and hairy. | narrower parts. 
T he ftalk is round, thick, white, and a yard The flowers are fmall and blue; the feed-veftels 
and a half. high. are long, flender, and whitifh ; and the feeds are 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the | fmall and flatted. 
root, but they are fmaller. It isa native of North America, and flowers in 
The flowers ftand in fpikes or clufters on fhort Augutt. 
footftalks ; and are large, and of a beautiful 
fky-blue. 
This is their natural colour ; but the induftry 
of our gardeners. has in this refpect introduced fo 
much variation, that the plant is fcarce to be 
known for the fame fpecies, except for its great 
height/and hairynefs. 
‘The feed-veflels are very large, and the feeds MO er Chit Tehennee 
are large and flatted. 2 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and flowers in The ripe feeds are in fome places eaten at table ; 
Augutt : but they have a bitternefs that is unpleafing. 
C..Bauhine calls it Lupinus peregrinus major, They are good againft worms in children, and 
Jive villofus cerulens major. Its great height has | 3° for that purpofe beft given as a decoction, 
got it with us the name of Giant lupine. {weetened with honey. 
Morifon calls ic Lupinus ceruleus minor perennis 
Virginianus repens. 
The common white lupine is cultivated in many 
parts of Europe, in the manner of our fmall 
pulfes, for the food of cattle. 
The frefh plant is cut up for this purpofe about 
The young fruit entire, infofed i in water, pro- 
5. Perennial Lupine. motes the menfes; and the flour of the feeds is 
Lupinus ceruleus perennis. ufed in cataplafms, and other outward applica- 
The root is compofed of numerous, flender, | tions. 
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HE, flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is obtufe, and of a heart-like fhape, and has the’ 
edges turned back. The ala are oval, and have long, flender bottoms. The carina is narrow 
and twi'ed. The cup is divided into two lips; the upper one of thefe is nicked at the tip, and 
the lower has three points. The feed-veffel is long and flender ; and the feeds are kidney -fhaped. 
Linnzus places this among the diadelphia decandria ; the threads in the flower being placed in two 
affortments, nine in one, and a fingle one in the other ; as in the preceding kind. 
i. The common white Kidneybean. times purple. Thefe are accidental varieties, the 
Phafeolus vulgaris. fpecies being in all the fame. 
The feed-veffel is long and flender; and the 
The root is oblong, lender, and furnifhed with ‘feeds, when ripe, are kidney-fhaped. 
many fibres. It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and flowers in 
The ftalk is round, of a dufky green, weak, July. 
jointed, and branched : it will trail upon the 
bis C.Bauhine calls it Siilax bortenfis, five pha- 
ground unlels fupported. 
feolus major. We call it the Kidneybean, The white 
- The leaves are large, and of a dufky green: | kidneybean, and, foolifhly enough, The French 
three are placed on every footftalk; and they are | dean. 
broad, and pointed at the ends, Its ufe is for the table; and, when young, and 
The flowers fland feveral together, and are | eaten moderately, it is very wholefome. When 
fometimes white, fometimes redifh, and fome- | too old, it is apt to caufe flatulences, 
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