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nacca, adpresso-pilosa, 2 4 lineas longa, decidua. Calyx profunde bilabiatus, basi obtusus, utroque latere 
inter labia, sed exterius, bracteola minuta ovata pilosa adpressa instructus, membranaceus, nervosus, externe 
sericeo-pilosus, persistens; labia patula, ovata; superius brevius, bifidum; lobis acutis; labium inferius 
integrum, obtusum, concavum., subadseendens. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim 
inserta., violacea (?), glabra, calycem duplo superans; petala flabellato-nervosa ; superius (vexillum) subro¬ 
tundo-obovatum, integrum, basi cuneatum, inferne complicatum, lateribus reflexum; duo lateralia (alae) 
longiora, unguiculata, oblique obovato-elliptica, subsemicordata, apice rotundata, concava, supra unguem 
ab uno latere transverse undulata; duo inferiora (carina) paulo breviora, sed longius unguiculata, suboblonga, 
falcata, obtusa, concava, marginibus contiguis cohasrentia, apice nigro-caerulea. Stamina decem, ibidem 
inserta, monadelpha, adseendentia, in carina recondita, alterna effeta (?) et multo longiora, excepto supe¬ 
riore, reliqua longitudine vix superante. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, uninervia, diaphana, glabra, omnia 
in tubum integrum (nec fissum) membranaceum 10-nervium compressum connata, superne libera; fer¬ 
tilia subundulata. Antherie glabras, fertiles sublanceolato-lineares, per basim obtusam affixae, erecta?, bilo- 
culares, glabrae; effete (?) parvae, subrotundae. Ovarium sessile, lineare, compressum, adseendens, serieeo- 
hirsutum, ferrugineum, apice in stylum desinens, uniloculare; ovula circiter sex, suturae vexillum spectanti 
affixa, subelliptica, glabra, subsessilia. Stylus subulatus, glaber, adseendens, stamina longiora ajquans. 
Stigma obtusum, pilosum. Fructus. . . . 
Differt a L. microphyllo Lam. nonnisi foliolis paulo majoribus. 
5. LUPINUS RUPESTR1S. t 
L. caulibus suffruticosis, ramosis, procumbentibus vel adseendentibus; foliolis 5 - 7, lanceo- 
latis, acutis, subtus sericeo-pilosis; racemis peduncularis; floribus subverticillatis; calycibus 
sericeo-pilosis; labio inferiore tridentato; leguminibus adpresso-pilosis. 
Crescit in monte ignivomo Rucu-Pichinchce, prope Quito , ait. 1600-1800 hex. ^ 
Floret Februario. 
Radix fibrosissima. Caules complures, procumbentes et adseendentes, 6-8-pollicares, subfasciculato- 
ramosi, glabrati; rami alterni, angulati, pilis longis fuscescentibus sericei. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, 
digitata; foliola 5-7, subsessilia, lanceolata, acuta, basi valde angustata, integerrima, obsolete reticulato- 
venosa, nervo subtus prominente, membranacea, supra glabra, subtus pilis mollibus adpressis obsita, 
9- 10 lineas longa, 2- 2 4 lineas lata ; exteriora breviora ; juniora complicata, externe aureo-sericea. Petiolus 
communis filiformis, 24-32 lineas longus, pilis mollibus adpressis obsitus. Stipulie petiolares geminas, lan- 
ceolate, acuminato-subulatae, membranaceas, externe sericeo-pilosas, basi petioli usque ad medium adnate, 
5 -g lineas longas. Racemi subterminales, tardius laterales, solitarii, pedunculati, oblongi, i 5-20 lineas 
longi; pedunculo subsesquipollicari rbacliique pilis longis fuscescentibus adpressis sericeis. Flores pedicel- 
lati,subverticillati, magnitudineprascedentis; pedicellisi-1 4 lineam longis, sericeo-pilosis, basi unibracteatis ; 
bracteas ovatas, angustato-acuminate, membranaceas, reticulato-venosas, externe sericeo-pilosas, 34 lineas 
longas, deciduas (?). Calyx profunde bilabiatus, bibracteatus, membranaceus, 5 -nervius, externe sericeo- 
pilosus ; labia patula; superius profunde bifidum; laciniis oblongis, acutis, uninerviis; labium inferius paulo 
longius, oblongum, carinato-concavum, trinervium, apice tridentatum; dentibus obtusis, subasqualibus. 
Bracteas lineari-lanceolate, pilosae, lineam longae, utrique lateri calycis infra ejus incisuram insidentes, 
adpressae, per partem inferiorem adhaerentes. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta, 
violacea, glabra, calycem duplo superans; petala flabellato-nervosa ; superius (vexillum) sessile, ellipticum, 
apice rotundatum et integrum, basi subcuneatum, lateribus reflexum, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam 
amplectens; duo lateralia (alie) vexillo paulo longiora, unguiculata, oblique elliptico-oblonga, apice rotun¬ 
data, basi semicordata et ab uno latere transverse undulata, concava; duo inferiora alas longitudine 
aequantia, longius unguiculata, oblongo-lanceolata, falcata, obtusiuscula, marginibus contiguis cohaerentia. 
Stamina io, monadelpha, adseendentia, in carina recondita; quinque (alterna et breviora) antheris magnis, 
quinque (longiora) antheris minutis instructa, superius tamen ex bis vix illa superans. Filamenta linearia, 
uninervia, diaphana, glabra, omnia in tubum membranaceum compressum integrum (nec fissum) connata, 
superne libera. Antiier.® majores lineari-lanceolate, acutiuscuhe, basi obtusa? ibique affixae, biloculares, 
glabrae, longitudinaliter latere dehiscentes; minores subrotundae, glabra?. Ovarium sessile, lineare, compres¬ 
sum, sericeo-hirsutum, adseendens, apice in stylum desinens, uniloculare; ovula 5 vel 6, sutura? vexillum 
spectanti affixa, subrotunda, glabra. Stylus subulatus, glaber, subadseendens, stamina longiora aequans. 
Stigma subclavatum, obtusum, pilis cinctum. Legumina oblongo-linearia, compressa, subcultriformia, acuta, 
estipitata, adpresso-pilosa, unilocularia, bivalvia, g lineas longa, 2 4 lineas lata; valva? coriaceo-chartacea;, 
