cassis smsrynaa:* 



LUPINUS PERENNIS. 



LUPIN. BLUE LUPIN. 



Diadelphia Dccandria, Linn. Leguminosx, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal'ix bilabiate, five of the anthers oblong, and five partly round. Legume coriace- 

 ous torulose. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Perennial, repent ; stem and leaves smoothish, leaves digitate : folioles, (8-9,) lan- 

 ceolate, somewhat obtuse ; calices alternate, without any appendix ; upper 

 lip emarginate ; lower one entire. Willd. and Pursh. 



A perennial, plant about eighteen inches high, sometimes two 

 feet. Stem erect, purplish and yellow-green, invested with a very 

 dense pubescence. Petioles varying in length, also covered with a 

 short thick pubescence. Leaves digitate, the folioles from eight to 



