The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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The llowcts ftiad ia long, thick Ipikes at tiie 
tops of the (talks lu.d branehcs ; and arc mode- 
rately large, and very beautiful i their colour is 
a biight'rcd, and they have ftreaks of a pale 
or Belliy tiiift. The whole is glolTy, like po- 
lilhcd coral ; and th.e n-.ixture of colour bears 
fome refcmblaiice to that of the juice and feeds 
of a frelh-opeiicd ripe pomegranate. 
It is a native of the warm parts of Europe, 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ombrychis [mine dypealo 
afpero major. Others, Hed-jfarum clypealum. Our 
Englilh name is very injudicious ; but being that 
by which it is commonly known in gardens, we 
have preferved it. It would be better to call it 
The great fcarlet hedyfartm. 
N U 
II. 
LUPINE. 
L U P 1 N U S. 
THE Bower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is of a roundilli, and fomewhat heart-falhioned 
Rruaure, and has the edges compreffed and turned back. The ate are of an oval (liape, and 
nearly of the length of the vexillum ; and they converge in the lower part. The carina is divided 
or Iplit at the bouom, and is of a hooked lliape : it is undivided at the end, and is of the length of the 
ate, but narrower. The cup is formed of a fjngk piece, and is divided only into two fcgments The 
pod'is large, long, and fomewhat flatted ; and it contains feveral large roundilh feeds. The leaves 
are formed like the fingers of a hand. 
Common Lupine. 
Lupiaiis vulgaris cauUh'ds ramofu. 
The root is long, [lender, white, and fur- 
riflied with a few fibres. 
The firfi leaves rife in fmall clufters ; and are 
of the fingered fhape, each being compofcd of 
about feven parts regularly expanded : they are 
placed on long footftalks, and arc of a duflcy green. 
The flalk is round, upright, firm, hairy, of 
a whitifli colour, and conlidcrably branched: it 
is three feet high. 
The leaves upon tliis refemble thofe from the 
root, but they are fmaller : each is compofed of 
about feven narrow parts ; and the colour is a pale 
green. 
The Bowers are numerous and kirge : they 
Hand feveral together on Ihort footftalks riling 
from the bofoms of the leaves. Their colour is 
naturally white; but the lldU of our gardeners 
has variegated it in many ways. We fee fl:riped 
flowers and double flowers in this fpecies. 
The fced-vcfTcls are long and large ; and the 
feeds are broad, and fomewhat flatted. 
It is a native of Spain; whence it has been 
brout^ht into our gardens, and has there furnifl-icd 
us with this number of beautiful varieties. It 
flowers in July. 
C. Eauhinc calls it Liipuuis fiitivus flore albo. 
2. EJue Lupine. 
Lup!}l!is jlore majQre c^ruleo. 
The root is long, wliite, thick, and furniflrcd 
with feveral confiderable fibres. 
The firll leaves are numerous ; and they are 
placed on long, flendcr footftalks : they are com- 
pofed each of five parts, fprcad in the manner 
of fingers ; and theie are oblong, narrow, wide 
afunder, and of a pale green. 
The ftalk is upright, round, and of a pale 
(rrecn : it is not rnuch branched, and is two feet 
and a half high. , , r c 
The leaves on this refemble thole from the 
root ; but thsy ai-e Im.illcr, and of a paler green. 
The Rowers are placed on long footftalks rifing 
from the bofoms of the leaves, and in a kind of 
fpikes, fix or more growing in a double feries on 
each footftalk : they are large, and of a beauti- 
ful blue. 
Naturally the colour is fimple and unmixed, 
but art has rendered the flower double and fl:ripcd; 
and we frequently fee it very beautiful in our gar- 
dens. 
It is a native of the fouth of France, wher« it 
flowers in their corn-fields in July and Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ltipinus fyhejhis fiore ca~ 
ruleo. Others, Lupinus flore caruko majore. Our 
people, the Blue lupine. 
3. Small-flowered Blue Lupine, 
Lupimis avguftifdius fiore minore c^rukol 
The root is compofcd of a long body, and in- 
numerable fine fibres. 
The fl:alk is flender, upright, of a pale green, 
and a yard high. 
The leaves are placed on long footftalks ; and 
each is compofed of five or fix parts, which arc 
flender, fiiarp-pointed, and of a biuifh green. 
The flowers ftand three or four together, in a 
kind of loofe fpikes, on long footftalks, rifing 
from the bofoms of the leaves •, and they are 
fmall, and of a deep blue, inclining to purple. 
This is their natural colour ; but, like the others, 
they admit great variation from culture. 
The pods are long and large. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Lupinus ar.gujlifolius carukus ela- 
tier.. Others, Lupinus fiore parvo c^-ruko, and 
Lupinus procerior c^erideus. 
4. Yellow Lupine. 
Lupinis fiore luteo. 
The root is compofed of numerous fpreading 
fibrtrs. 
The ftalk is round, upright, of a brownilh 
colour, foft, hairy, and near a yard high. 
The leaves are placed on long footftalks ; and 
each is compofcd of about nine parts, fpread in ' 
the manner of fingers, and of a yellowifti green. 
The flowers are placed on long footftalks in a 
kind 
