PULSE FAMILY 
( Leguminosce ) 
(A) Wild or Blue Lupine (Lupinus perennis) re¬ 
ceives its generic name from the Latin of wolf, because 
it was thought that the species preyed upon the soil 
and made it infertile for other kinds of plants. It is a 
very common species in sandy places and we often see 
it on the banks along railroads. The stem is quite stout, 
erect, hairy and branching. The leaves have long, slen¬ 
der stems; the leaf, proper, is palmately-divided into 
seven to eleven narrow, smooth-edged leaflets. 
The flowers are in long, showy, terminal spikes of 
pea-like blossoms. Lupine is very common through the 
United States, east of the Rocky Mountains. 
(B) Blue False Indigo {Baptisia australis) is a tall 
branching species with a stem from three to six feet in 
height. The leaves are divided into three spatulate- 
shaped leaflets. The violet-blue flowers grow in long, 
loose spikes; they are about one inch long, have a four 
or five-toothed calyx, straight keel and wings, and short 
standard. The seed-pod has a spur at its tip. This 
speoies is common from Pa. to Ga. and west to Mo. 
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