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LUPINUS*® littoralis. 
Shore Lupine. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOS2. 
LUPINUS. — Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. 
L. littoralis; perennis, floribus verticillatis pedicellatis ebracteolatis, calycis 
labio utroque integro, foliolis 5-7, lineari-spatulatis utrinque sericeis, 
leguminibus 10-12-spermis transversim sulcatis, radicibus granulatis. 
Douglas MSS. 
Radix jibrosa, subfusiformis, tuberculis plurimis granulatis. Caulis 
decumbens, sericeus. Foliola 5-7, lineari-spatulata, utrinque sericea ; sti- 
pulis swbulatis, hirsutis. Flores verticillate ; pedicelli hirsuti, calyce duplo 
longiores ; bractece subulate ; bracteole nulla. Calyx bilabiatus, labzis 
aqualibus integerrimis. Vexillum ovatum, purpureum; alee cerylee, act- 
naciformes, vexillo dupld longiores ; carina pallida, acuta, ciliata. Legu- 
men lineare, pilis rigidis brunneis vestitum ; semina linearia, brunnea, nigro 
maculata. Douglas MSS. : 
(el) nee een —————— 
For the above description, and the following valuable 
account of this very interesting species, we are indebted to 
Mr. Douglas, who has kindly allowed them to be extracted 
from his unpublished account of the North-west American 
Flora. 
‘This species is abundant upon the sea-shore, from 
Cape Mendocino to Puget’s Sound, where it binds toge- 
ther the loose sand with its tough branching roots. It is 
used by the natives of the river Columbia as winter food ; 
for this purpose it is prepared by drawing the roots 
through the fire until all their moisture is dissipated ; 
* Nothing is known of the meaning of this word. It was used by 
Pliny; and the commentators have fancied that it was derived from lupus, 
a wolf, because it devours the ground ! 
