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L U P 



LUPERCI, a name given to the priefts of the god 

 Pan. 



The Luperoi were the mod ancient order of pricds in 

 Rome; they were divided into two colleges, or companies; 

 the one called Fal'ii, and the otiier Qu'mtU'ii : to thele Ca;far 

 added a third, which he called Jul'i'i. 



Suetonias mentions the iiiftitution of this new college 

 of Luperci as a thing that rendered Cafar more odious than 

 he was : however, it appears from the fame pafTage of Sue- 

 tonius, that this new company was not inllituted hy Csefar, 

 nor in honour of Pan, but by fome fsiendsof Cxfar, and in 

 honour of himfelf. 



LUPI Crepitus. See Crepitus. 



Lupi, DiDiER, in Biography, a good harmonilt. In the 

 fixteenth century he fet to mufic the fpiritual fongs of 

 Guillaume Guerret, publiQied in i5'48. He is mentioned by 

 Rabelais in the prologue of his fourth book. 



LUPIA (from XtTTii, to mohjl,) denotes, in Sargery, a 

 tumour of the ganglion kind, or, according to CuUen, a 

 wen. 



LUPIJE, in AncUnt Geography, a town and colony of 

 Italy, in Meffapia, fuppofed to have been near the fcite of 

 the modern Leece ; 24 miles S.E. of Brundufium ; but in 

 that vicinity no veftige of antiquity remains. 



LUPINASTER, in Botany, BaftarJ Lupine ; a name 

 given by Buxbaum and Ammann to a Siberian fpecics of 

 Trefoil, TrifoUum LupinaJIer of Linnxus. 



LUPINE, the common name of a fpecies of wild pea, 

 cultivated principally for being turned in as a manure. 



This plant requires but little trouble or labour in its 

 cultivation, as it will thrive in any foil, except the bad 

 chalky, and fuch as are very wet. It will even grow well 

 upon poor, hungry, worn-out land, efpecially if it be dry 

 and fandy. When fown in February or March, after a 

 Cngle very (hallov; ploughing, and Ilightly harrowed in, it 

 will bloffom two or three times between May and Augiitt, 

 and prove an excellent enricher of the ground when 

 ploughed in, ju.1 after its fecond blooming. The bell time 

 for mowing this fort of crop, is after a (hower of rain, as 

 the feeds drop eafily out of the pods when they are gathered 

 too dry. They muft, however, be laid up very dry, or 

 worms foon breed in them. They are inferior to many other 

 plants for the above ufe. 



LUPINUS, in Botaoy, fo called by Pliny and other 

 ancient writers. ProfelTor Martyn fays that the word owes 

 its origin to lupui, a wolf, becaufe plants of this genus ra- 

 vage the ground, by over-running it, after the manner of that 

 animal. Lupinuj is alfo faid to be dt-rived from Xut>:, grief, 

 whence Virgil's epithet, tri/Ies lupiai, from the fanciful idea 

 of its acrid juices when tailed producing a forrowful appear- 

 ance in the countenance. Both thefe ideas are avowedly 

 taken from Voflius. — Lupine. — Linn. Gen. 371. Schreb. 

 492. Willd. Sp. PI, v. 3. 1022. Mart. Mill. Diet. v. 3. Ait. 

 Hort Kew. ed. i. v. 3. 2S. Lonreir. Cochin c h. j,2(). Tour- 

 nef t. 213. JulT. 354. Lamarck Dift. V. 3. 620. Illuflr. 

 t. 616. GErtn. t. i)0. — Clafs and order, DiadtlpLia D.can- 

 dria. Nat. Ord PaplHoriaces, Linn. LtgumiiioJ'j:, JuIT. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, cloven. 

 Cor. papilionacious ; llandard heart-fhaped, roundifh, emar- 

 ginate, its fides refltxed, compreffed ; wings nearly ovate, 

 almoft the leiigth uf the llandard, not affixed to the keel, 

 joined together in the lower part ; keel cloven at the bafe, 

 falcate in the upper part, pointed, undivided, of the fame 

 length but narrower than the wings. Slam. Filaments ten, 

 all united, fomewhat afcending, dillinft above ; anthers ten, 

 five of them roundifh, and as many oblong. Pi/?. Germen 

 fuperior, awl-fhaped, compreffed, vlUofe ; llyle awl-(hape<l, 

 t4 



afcending ; ftigma terminal, obtufc. Peric. Legume larg«, 

 oblong, I'.athcry, comprelfed, acuminated, of one cell. 

 Seeds numerous, roundifh, comprefTcd. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx two-lipped. Five of the anthers round, 

 five oblong. Legume leathery, firulofe, compreffed! 



Obf. 1'he calyx u fubjecl to variations in different plants 

 of this genus. Linnaeus was acquainted with only fcverj 

 fpecies of Lupine, at lead he ha"? only defcribed that num- 

 ber. Lamarck has feventeen in his didlionary; and WiUde- 

 now gives nineteen, which he arranges in three feftions. 

 Sffi. I . Herb.iceou.s with digitate or fingered leaves. 

 &'t?. 2. Shrubby, with fimilar leaves. 5f5. 3. Herbaceous, 

 with fimple leaves. 



Of the fird feftion are 



I... alius. White Lupine. Linn. Sp. PI. 1015. (LiJ- 

 pini ; Matth. in Diofc. v. i. 392. L. fativus ; Ger. 

 em. 12:17.) — Flowers alternate. Calyx without append- 

 ages ; its upper lip emargiiiate, the lower undivided* 

 A native of the Levant, cultivated in various parts of 

 Italy and the f )uth of Europe for food. The ft;eds are 

 boiled, and afterwards deeped in water to extracl their 

 bitternefs. It is common with the Romans to earry^ 

 them in their pockets, eating them as they walk along in 

 the dreets. The flowers appear in July, the feeds in au- 

 tumn. — Stem about two fei;t high, branched towards the 

 top. Leaves fingered, compofed of fevea or eight narrow, . 

 oblong leaflets, hairy, of a darkifh grey cah>ur, covered 

 with a filvery down. Fhjivers terminal, in loole fpikes, 

 white and felTile. Legumes llraight, hairy, about thre? 

 inches long, containing Hve or fix Jieds, which are roundifh, 

 flatted, extremely fmaoth and.eveii, perfcdiy white, and 

 unfpotted. 



L. luteus. Yellow Lupine. Linn. Sp. PI. loij. Curt, 

 Mag. t. 14.0. — Floweri in whorls. Calyx with appendages; 

 its upper lip cloven, the lower three-toothed. — A native of 

 Sicily. It flowers in July and Aug'.iil. — Stem a foot high, 

 branching. Leaves fringed, compofed of feven, eight, or 

 nine hairy leaflets. Fh-wers yellow, fragrant, in whorled 

 fpikes. Legumes ovm, flattidi, hairy. 5":v'i/f ovate, a little 

 compreffed, yellowidi-white, variegated with dark fpots. — ■ 

 This is very commonly cultivated in flower-gardens, and 

 diould be fown in the fpring with other annuals. 



The fecond fettion confills of feven fpecies, all natives 

 of the Brazils or of Peru, and defcribed originally 

 by Lamarck only, from whom Willdenow has adopted 

 them. 



The third feclion comprifes two fine fpecies, viUofus and 

 integrifoUus, of which we are not acquainted with any figure ; 



the former is a native of Carolina, the latter of the Cape 



Loureiro defcribes two others of this fetVion, Z« achirichi- 

 nenfts and afrlcamis, but from the latter having its leaves 

 ternate, like thofe of L. /rifirtatris, Cavan. Ic. v. 8. t. 59, 

 we are inclined to think it (hould be referred to fome other 

 genus. 



Lurn^US, in Gardening, contains plants of the hardy, 

 herbaceous, annual,, and perennial na\very kinds; of which 

 tlie forts modly cuhivated are, the white lupine (L. 

 albus) ; the fmall blue lupine (L. varius) ; the narrow- 

 leaved blue lupine (L anguilifolius) ; the great blue lupine 

 (L. hirfutus) ; the yellow lupine (L. luteusj ; and the 

 perennial lupine { L. perennis). 



In the fourth fort there is a variety which has flefh- 

 coloured flowers, and which is ufually denominated. the ro/£ 

 lupine. 



MjJiod of Culture. — Thefe well-known flowering plants 

 may be readily raifed by lowing the feeds in patches in the 

 borders, with other annuals in the fpring, where fhey are to 



remain ; 



