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country by Douglas. It was one of the first importations from California, that country to whicli we aro indebted 
for so many valuable flowers. Lupinns polyphyllus is quite hardy, and will grow in any common garden soil. 
It attains the height of three or four feet, with a long spike of rich, dark blue flowers. The variety only differs 
in having the flowers white, and both come true from seed. 
6.— LUPINUS ARBUSTUS, Doug. THE HALF-SHRUBBY LUPINE. 
entire, acute. Leaflets seven — thirteen, obovate-obloug, silky on 
both surfaces. Legumes tliree — four-seeded. Seeds small, white. 
{G.Don.) 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg. t. 1230. 
Specific Character Flowers alternate, pedicellate, bracteolate ; 
disposed in loose racemes; upper lip of the calyx bifid, lower one 
Description, &c. — This very elegant species, though called half-shrubby, is a true perennial. The flowers 
are rather small, but of a delicate lilac, with a faint tinge of yellow, and they are disposed on the raceme in a 
very light and elegant manner. It is a native of North Carolina, but very local in its range, growing only in 
the gravelly soil near Fort Vancouver. It was introduced in 1826. It is hardy, but will only grow in gravelly 
soil. It flowers in May and June. 
C— LUPINUS LAXIFLORUS, Doug. THE LOOSE-FLOWERED LUPINE. 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg. t. 1 140. 
Specific Character.— Plant herbaceous, pilose ; flowers alternate, 
without bracteoles; upper lip of calyx entire ; saccate at the base, 
lower one longer, ovate, and acuminated ; keel beardless ; vexillam 
obcordate ; leaflets seven — nine, linear-lanceolate ; stipules small, 
subulate. 
Description, &c. — This species is also a native of California, where it is found near the great rapids of the 
Columbia River, in dry, open, gravelly plains, in large patches. The flowers are small, with the standard of a 
very deep blue, and the keel tinged with pink. This species grows freely in any light garden soil, where there 
is plenty of free air, but it does not succeed in close situations. Unlike most of the other species, it seldom 
ripens seeds, and it is therefore propagated by division of the root. It was introduced in 1826. 
7.— LUPINUS LEPIDUS, Doug. THE PRETTY LUPINE. 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg, t. 1149. 
Specific Character. — Plant herbaceous ; flowers alternate, pedi- 
cellate, without bracteoles; calyx villous, the upper lip bipartite, the 
lower one acuminated and elongated ; leaflets five — seven, lanceolate, 
silky on both surfaces ; flowers bearing stems, erect, furnished with 
1 one or two leaves ; petioles long. {G.Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is a dwarf species, with pretty cheerful-looking flowers of different shades of purple 
with the back of the standard and the wings almost wliite. The leaves are small, and on remarkably long stalks, 
which gives a peculiar character to the plant. It does not grow above six or eight inches high, and it is 
propagated by dividing the roots, as it seldom ripens seeds in this country. Like the two preceding species, it is 
only found in the gravelly plains between Fort Vancouver and the Great Falls of the Columbia, on the dry 
elevated banks of streams. It was introduced in 1826. 
8.— LUPINUS ORNATUS, Doug. THE ORNAMENTAL LUPINE. 
seven — twelve, linear-lanceolate, clothed with silvery silky down on 
both surfaces ; legumes four — five-seeded. (G. Don.) 
Engraving Bot. Reg. t. 1216. 
Specific Charactkh. — Herbaceous ; flowers verticilLite, appendicu- 
late ; upper lip of calyx bifid, lower one entire and elongated; leaflets 
Description, &c. — This is one of the most beautiful and most singular of all the beautiful Lupines sent home 
by Douglas from California. The fiowers are of the most lovely blue, without the slightest tinge of purple, but 
