By George Be nth am, Esq. 



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LUPINUS LEPTOPHYLLUS. 

 L. annuus, caulibus erectis subsimplicibus patentim pilosis, foliis linearibus utrinque 

 angustatis pilosis vix sericeis, floribus sparsis approximatis, bracteis ante anthesin sub- 

 comosis, pedicellis ebracteolatis, calycis labio superiore bifido inferiore longiore 

 subintegro. 



This species is remarkable for its narrow leaves and hairy surface. 

 It is about a foot high : the spike of flowers is elegantly coloured 

 with bluish lilac, and there is a deep crimson stain in the middle of 

 the standard. The spike is covered with (lowers in an irregular 

 manner, and crowned by the long linear bracts of the unexpanded 

 blossoms. It is not so pretty a species as many others of this gene- 

 rally beautiful genus ; it has hitherto produced but a very few seeds, 

 which are pale brown, mottled with a darker shade and unusually 

 small for a Lupin. It probably requires shade. 



LUPINUS HIRSUTISSIMUS. 

 L. annuus, undique pilis longis rigidis patentibus hirsutissimus, caule humili sube- 

 recto, foliis paucis foliolis obovatis mucronulatis, floribus alternis, pedicellis ebracteo- 

 latis, labiis calycinis subeequalibus superiore bifido inferiore integro. 



A small annual of little interest except to the botanist. The leaves 

 are spotted with pale green, like those of a Pulmonaria ; the flowers 

 are reddish purple, and the seeds, which are small, are so closely 

 covered with dark brown marbling, that the olive green ground 

 colour can hardly be seen. It has hitherto grown very indifferently, 

 and probably requires a rich moist soil in a shady place. 



CALOCHORTUS SPLENDENS. DougLMSS. (Plate 15. fig. 1.) 

 C. caule 3-5-floro, sepalis revolutis, petalis intus sparse pilosis in parte superiori 

 glabris basi maculatis extus ecostatis. 



This elegant species has very much the appearance of C. macro- 

 carpus, figured Vol. 7, PL 8, of these Transactions. It is, perhaps, 

 rather less branched, and the leaves shorter. The petals are paler 



