L U P IN U S versicolor.
Various-coloured Lupine.
Linnean Class Sr Order. M O N A D E L P H IA D E C A N D R IA .
Natural Order. L E G UM IN O SÆ . B C . prodr. 2. p . 93.
Subordo I . P A P L L IO N A C EÆ .— T ribu sV . P h a s e o l e æ . Co-
rolla papilionacea. Stamina monadelpha aut sæpiùs diadelpha (9 et
1.) ZeowmeTi polyspermum dehiscens continuum membranis cellulosis
transversis inter semina sitis sæpè subdivisum non veré articulatum.
Radícula super loborum commissuram inflexa. Cotykdorws c.rassæ
per germinationem immutatæ aut in folia crassa vix stomatibus donata
conversæ, extra terram et sæpiùs extrà spermodermium exsertæ.
— Folia primordialia apposita! omnium folióla numero impana sæpius
pinnatim, rariùs palmatim disposila. DC . prodr. 2. p. 381.
L U P L N U S . Calyx profundè bilabiatus. Corolla papilionacea,
vexillo lateribus reflexis, carinà acuminatà. Stamina monadelpha,
vaginà integrà; antheris 5 parvis subrotundioribus præcocioribus,
5 oblongis serioribus. Stylus filiformis. Stigma terminale subrotun-
dum barbatum. Legumen coriaceum oblongum compressum oblique
torulosum. Cotyledones crassæ per germinibus in folia conversæ.-- -
Herbæ aut suftrutices. Stipulæ petiolo adnatæ. Polia soepius foholts
b-9 d igitalis coustantia, rariùs Simplicia : folióla coeiè explicatmnem
autpersomnum complicata. Pedunculi oppoptifoliitenmnaks. Inores
racemoso-spicati alterni aut v e rticillati p edicellaii aut sessiks. Hrao-
tea suhpedicellis. Bracteolæ 2 lateraliter calyci adnatæ caducæ aut
nullæ. DC . prodr. 2. p. 406-407. _______
L. versicolor, fruticosus erectus ramosus : ramis foliisque pubescentibus,
foliolis 6 -9 spathulato-lanceolatis obtuâusculis submucronu-
latis: supra glabriusculis ; subtus pubescentibus adpresso-pilosis,
stipulis subulato-linearibus, racemis elongatis breve pedunculatis,
floribus subverticillatis, bracteis caducis patentibus sericeis ciliatis
calyce sericeo longioribus, labio superiore bifido : inferiore integro.
A handsome upright frutescent species. Branches
erect, hollow, more or less tinged with purple, densely
clothed with a close short white pubescence, and a lew
close pressed short hairs intermixed. Leaves bearing
from 6 to 9 leaflets in our specimens : leaflets^ spathu-
lately lanceolate, bluntish, when young appearing more
acute, from their sides being bent inwards, causing a
channel on the upper side, terminated in a sort of short
mucrone, much attenuated towards the base ; the upper
side smoothish, with something of a soft velvetty appearance
; underneath densely pubescent, also thinly clothed
with close-pressed procumbent hairs. Petioles
channelled on the upper side and convex below, dilated
at the base, and decurrent a little way down the
stem, densely pubescent. Stipules subulately linear.
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