lip
acute; the lower one more than twice the length, lanceolate,
taper-pointed. Vexillum broad and rounded, slightly emarginate
at the point, channelled on the upper side and keeled
at the back, of various shades of purple and blue intermixed,
lightest when first expanded, becoming gradually darker.
Wings about the length of the vexillum or a very little longer,
ovate, unequal-sided, rounded at the points, slightly
eared near the base, with a very short unguis, of a bright
light blue, slightly edged with purple, and striped with a
few short lines on the inside near the base. Keel ascending,
terminated in a sharp point, white, tipped with a blue purple,
attached at the base by a short slender unguis on each
side. Stamens 10, united into a long tu b e : the iilaments
smooth, and distinct at the points; anthers variable, alternate
ones of various length and form, 5 being more than
three times the length and size of the others, and attached
to the filaments by their base : the 5 short ones attached by
their back. Ovarium densely hairy. Style smooth and slender.
Stigma a small fimbriate head.
Our drawing of this handsome, and apparently new species
of Lupine, was taken from a fine frutescent plant, growing
in the border of the elegant Flower Garden of Mrs. Marryatt,
of Wimbledon House, Surrey, where it was raised from
seeds received in 1828 from Mexico; we do not find any
description that will agree with it, in any of the works that
we have had an opportunity of examining; and as Mexico
has already produced several species, we may still expect
several more from that country; the most of them prove
more or less frutescent; the present plant, at the time our
drawingwas made, was about 3 feet high, and had produced
several branches; those were all terminated with a raceme
of flowers, and from one of those our drawing was tak en ;
the plant will most probably require a little protection in
Winter, the covering of a mat, or something of that kind ; it
thrives well in the common garden soil, and may be increased
by young cuttings, planted in Spring under a hand-glass,
or by seeds.
For the derivation of the generic name, see fol. 12, series
2.
.
1il'1ti.
iif
m
1. Calyx. 2, Vexillum, 3. The two wings. 4. Keel. 5. The ten Stamens, all
connected at the base, showing the unequal size of the anthers. C. Young pod, terminated
by the slender Style and fimbriate Stigma.