PEA FAMILY. Fabaceae. 
a Phan One of the prettiest and most conspicu- 
Lepine ous kinds, for its coloring is unusual, with 
Lupinus Sfiversii branching, downy, leafy stems, about a foot 
Pink and yellow high, thickish leaflets, pale bluish-green in 
ne color and rather hairy, and fragrant flowers, 
California ’ : 
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. 
) LEC EE A handsome perennial, forming fine 
Lupinus laxiflérus Cl'umps on dry, gravelly hillsides, with 
Blue several, slender, rather downy stems, from 
Spring,summer one to two feet tall, the leaflets six to nine 
peony 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 : E 
Lupine branching stem and soft, bluish-green 
Lupinus lacttus leaves, with silky hairs on the edges and 
White _ under sides, forming a fine clump of 
SPORE foliage, from which the flower-stalks stand 
California 
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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