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LUPINUS* ornatus. 
Sky-blue Perennial Lupine. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOS&. 
LUPINUS. — Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1096. 
L. ornatus ; perennis, floribus verticillatis appendiculatis, calycis labio su- 
periore bifido: inferiore integro elongato, foliolis 7-12 lineari-lanceolatis 
undique argenteis sericels, leguminibus 4-5-spermis. Douglas ined. 
Perennis. Radix fibrosa. Caulis 14-24-nedalis, lignosus. Folia digi- 
tata; foliolis 7-13, lineari-lanceolatis, utrinque sericeis, argenteis. Racemi 
terminales, pedales. Flores verticillati. Calyx villosus, labiis equalibus. 
Bracter subulate. Bracteole lineares, minute, decidue. Ale oblonge 
cerulee. Vexillum latum, ovatum, ad latera reflexum, medio pallidius. 
Carina falcata, apice ciliata, quam vexilium v. ale minis mtenseé colorata. 
Legumen oblongum, 4-5-spermum. Semina parva, alba, levigata. Douglas. 
Found by Mr. Douglas abundantly in mountain valleys 
on the banks of the Spokan River, near Kettle Falls, On 
the river Columbia; and also near the chain of lakes of 
the last-mentioned stream, in gravelly or light dry soils. 
It was observed in flower from June to August; and 
Mr. Douglas remarks that it is one of the finest of the 
tribe. In this we quite agree. Nothing can surpass the 
lovely azure blue of the flowers, or the silvery surface of 
the leaves. 
A hardy perennial, flowering from May till the end of 
November; and in fact yielding to nothing but severe 
frost. Our drawing was made in the Garden of the 
Horticultural Society, in which it had been raised from 
Mr. Douglas’s seeds, in 1827. 
* See fol. 1198. 
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