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LUPÌNUS mutabilis ; var. Cruckshanksii.
Mr. Cruckshanks’ Lupine.
Linnean Class and Order. D IA D E L P H IA D E C A N D R IA .
Natural Order. L E G U M IN O S iE . Juss. gen. p . S iò .
L U P IN U S . S u p r à fo l.l2 .
L. mutabilis, sub-aiborescens, glaberrimus ; foliolis 5-9 oblongo-spathuiatis
mucronulatis, floribus verticillatis, calycis labio superiore bifido ; inferiore
acuto integro.
Lupinus mutabilis. S u p rà fo l. 130. series 1. G. Don syst. gard. and bot. 2.
p . 368.
P. Cruckslianksii, floribtis coeruleis.
Lupinus Cruckshanksii. Hook, in bot. mag. t. 3056.
L. mutabilis. Lindi, in bot. reg. 1 .1539.
Plant biennial, of an arborescent aspect, perfectly smooth
and glabrous, of a pale glaucous green, often rising to the
height of 5 or 6 feet, much branched. Stem and branches
round and fistulous. Leaves composed of from 5 to 9 leaflets,
disposed in a circle, oblong-spathulate, mucronulate,
soft and fleshy to the touch, 2 inches long, the edges callous,
and folded at the base. Footstalks 3 or 4 inches long,
smooth, round, and attenuated, the base thickened and flattened
above. Stipules awl-shaped, minutely fringed, adnate.
Racemes alary, on a long cylindrical stalk. Flowers large
and showy, disposed in nearly equidistant whorls of from 5
to 7 flowers. Pedicels rather longer than the calyx, smooth
and cylindrical. Bractes awl-shaped, slightly fringed and
caducous, with a rather broad concave base. Calyx minutely
pubescent, lips equal, the upper one deeply notched, lower
one ovate-oblong, concave, pointed, slightly keeled below,
furnished at the sinus with two minute pointed partial bractes.
Vexillum with an orange disk, the lower sides blue,
upper half purple. Wings blue. Keel pale purple, pointed.
Anthers orange, five round on longer filaments. Ovarium
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