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LUPINUS laxiflorus. 
Lax-flowered Lupine. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRI4A. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOS&. 
LUPINUS. Supra, vol. 6. fol. 457. 
L. lazxiflorus; perennis, herbaceus, undique pilosus, floribus subalternis 
ebracteolatis, calycis labio superiore integro basi saccato: inferiore 
longiore oyato acuminato, carina imberbi, vexillo obcordato, foliolis 7-9 
lineari-lanceolatis, stipulis minimis subulatis. 
L. laxiflorus. Douglas Journ. ined. 
Caules cespitost, graciles, elongati, pilose, purpurascentes, 1-15-pedales, 
basi in spontaneis suffruticosi. Folia caulina, dense pilosa, stipulis minimis, 
subulatis, foliolis 7-9, lineari-lanceolatis. Racemi laxi, pedunculati ; 
bractexr subulate, longitudine pedicellorum, decidue, pilosissime. Calyces 
subalterni, dense pilosi, ebracteolati, labio superiore ovato, bast saccato, 
abbreviato, inferiore ovato, acuminato. Vexillum ceruleum, obcordatum, 
carind imberbi, alisque erubescentibus. 
A small, slender, perennial species, found by Mr. Douglas 
in dry, open, gravelly plains, about the great rapids of 
the River Columbia, where it is very common, forming 
patches of considerable extent, occasionally acquiring 
suffruticose habit. : 
The flowers are blue, mixed with pink, and, although 
not equal in appearance to some of the larger species, 
extremely beautiful: they appear in August and September. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society. 
Grows readily in common garden soil: it has not yet 
produced seeds ; but will increase by division of the root. 
Stems tufted, slender, pilose, purplish, 1-13 foot long. 
Cauline leaves densely pilose ; stipulé subulate, very small; 
leaflets 7-9, linear-lanceolate. Racemes lax, stalked; 
