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LUPINUS lepidus. 
Lively Lupine. 
pt ps 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIM. 
Nat. ord. LeGuMINOS&, 
LUPINUS. ‘Supra, vol. 6. fol. 457. 
L. lepidus ; herbaceus, perennis, floribug alternis pedicellatis ebracteolatis, 
calycis’ villosi labio superiore bipartito inferiore. acuminato elongato, 
foliotis 5-7 lanceolatis utrinque sericeis, caule florido erecto subunifolio. 
L. lepidus. Douglas Journal ined. 
Radix perennis. Folia longé petiolata; petiolis teretibus, 4-6 uncias 
longis, sericeis ; foliolis 5, 6,7, lanceolatis, in basin acuminatis, uncialibus 
v, sesquiuncialibus, utrinque villis longis sericeis, sepé in vetustate supra 
glabriusculis; stipulis subulatis, falcatis. Caulis teres, sericeus, floridus 
1-2-phyllus, erectus, palmaris, fructifer elongatus, debilior, foliis pluribus. 
Flores in racemo stricto, subcylindraceo, 3-4 uncias longo dispostti, alterni, 
ebracteolati, v. processu minimo subulato bracteole loco. Bractex subulate, 
villose, calycis longitudine. Calyx dense sericeus. Vexillum intis pur- 
pureo-ceruleum, maculd bascos albd, extds pallidum; ale oblonge, ascen- 
dentes, purpureo-cerulee; carina abrupte falcata, apice atro-purpurea, 
margine superiore lanato. Semina parva, alba. 
Another fine perennial Lupine, produced from the 
inexhaustible store of novelties discovered in North-west 
America by Mr. Douglas. It is a very local species, 
growing from Fort Vancouver to the Great Falls of the 
Columbia, on the dry, elevated banks of streams. 
This flowers in August and September, and is the 
smallest of the North American species, except L. aridus 
and minimus, not exceeding 6 or 9 inches in height. It 
is to be propagated, we presume, by dividing the roots: 
no seed has yet been produced. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society, in September last. 
Root perennial. Leaves on long stalks; pelzoles round, 
