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LUPINUS mexicanus. 
Mexican Lupine. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRI4. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. V. Corolla irregu- 
laris papilionacea. Stam. 10. diadelpha. Legum. uniloculare bivalve. Fru- 
‘tices aut herbe; folia simplicia aut ternata aut rarius digitata; stipule sub- 
nulle, nune conspicue imo petiolo adnate aut ab eodem distincte.=Pari- 
LIONACER. Brown in append. to Blind. voy. 2. 
LUPINUS. Calyx 2-fidus laciniis integris aut dentatis. Carina basi 
‘Dipartita. Stamina basi monadelpha; antheris 5 subrotundis, 5 oblongis. 
Legumen coriaceum oblongum polyspermum. Herbe; folia digitata, stipulis 
imo petiolo adnatis; flores spicati terminales, in spicd alterni aut subverticil- 
lati, nudi aut bracteati. An Lupinus integrifolius Linnei affinior CROTA- 
LARIE? Juss. loc. cit. 354. 
L. mexicanus, calycibus alternis appendiculatis labio superiore semibifido, 
inferiore obscuré 3-dentato. Lagasca gen. et sp. pl. 22. 
Planta preter corollam omnino molli-pilosa. Foliola 3?-5?-7-8, elongato- 
cuneata, angusta acumine brevi, longé deorsum aitenuata, supra nuda, in- 
fra pilis sericeis albicantia, longiora biuncialia, petiolis pilosis breviora; 
‘stipulee subulato-lineares erecte pilose. Racemi spicatim elongati, laxius 
multiflori, floribus sparsis purpureo-cerulescentibus venis saturatioribus 
pictis, ante anthesin bracteosi: pedunculus (ex Lagasca) oppositifolius ; pedi- 
celli hirsuti, ascendentes subbreviores calyce: bractex lineari-subulate, an- 
gustissime, longiores calyce, caduce. Cal. hirsutus, viridis, labiis divari- 
catis, summo emarginato-fisso. Vex. conduplicato-reflecum, ex imi disci 
plict margines supremas alarum inferné equitans; alw dolabriformes, acute, 
a murginibus anticis coherentes; carina pallens, ascendens, angusta, subu- 
lato-falcata, longitudine alarum, acumine longiusculo saturate violaceo. 
Anthere jflave, alterne tardiores lineares, alterne precociores subrotunde. 
Germ. setoso-pilosum: stylus assurgens penicillo stigmatoso terminatus. 
A handsome species, lately introduced into the Botanic 
Garden at Madrid from Mexico. Its seed was sent by 
M. Lagasca to Mr. Lambert; and from this the present 
plant was raised in the garden at Boyton House, where it 
flowered last February in the stove. Probably biennial? 
but its duration has not been yet ascertained amongst us. 
In Mr. Lagasca’s opinion it comes nearest to Lupinus Ther- 
mis, an egyptian species. 
The whole plant, except the corolla, is more or less beset 
with a long soft pile. Leaflets 3?-5?-7-8, cuneately elong- 
ated, narrow, shortly taper-pointed, tapered for a consider- 
able way downwards, naked, rendered white underneath by 
