stipules somewhat lanceolate, nearly as long as the leaflets; bracts longer
than the unexpanded somewhat verticillate flowers ; calyx minutely bracteolate,
the upper lip somewhat 2-cleft.; keel glabrous.—Donn, cat. Cantab. ;
Pursh ! fl. 2. p. 467 ; Bot. mag. t. 1311, 2136; DC. prodr. 2. p. 408;
Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am, 1. p. 163 ; Agardh! 1. c. p. 21. L. Nutkanus, Spreng.
syst. 3. p. 227. L. regius, Rudolph ! (ex spec, in herb. Lamb.)
ft• glaber (Hook. 1. c.) : nearly glabrous.
North West Coast, Menzies ! Douglas! Unalaschka, Rudolph! Pallas !
(Pursh !) ft. Rocky Mountains in lat. 55°, Drummond, ex Hook.—Flowers
very large, in a loose raceme. Corolla blue, variegated with red and yellow
veins. > -
22. L. qffinis (Agardh) : stem herbaceous, clothed with scattered spreading
hairs ; leaflets 7, obovate, attenuate at the base, pubescent on both sides,
shorter than the petiole ; stipules setaceous, about half as long as the leaflets ;
bracts equalling tire unexpanded verticillate flowers ; calyx 'bracteolate, the
upper lip deeply 2-cleft; keel ciliate. Agardh! 1. c. p. 20. (excl. syn. ?)
California, Douglas ! (v. sp. in herb. Lindl.)—Differs from L. Nootka-
tensis, according to Agardh, in the much shorter and more sparse pubescence,
the leaflets pubescent on both surfaces, the shorter and more obtuse bracts,
smaller (blue) and more regularly whorled flowers, more evidently bracteo-
late calyx, with the upper lip almost 2-parted, &c.
23. L. versicolor (Lindl.) : stem ligneous at the base, decumbent, silky;
leaflets 9, obovate-linear, silky, the margins canescent, shorter than the petiole
; stipules setaceous, hairy ; flowers verticillate ; calyx somewhat brac-
teolate, the upper lip emarginate ; keel ciliate ; legumes villous. Lindl.!
hot. reg. 1.1979.
California, Douglas, (v. sp. cult.)—Stem about 2 feet high, much
branched. Flowers variable in color, between rose7color, violet, pale blue,
greenish white, and pink on the same raceme. Lindl.—Allied to L.
rivulalis.
t t t Stems procumbent, persistent : calyx ebracteolate, very deeply bilabiate :
keel ciliate. Agardh. '
24. L. rivularis (Lindl.) : stems a little shrubby, decumbent, sericeous ;
leaflets 7-9, narrowly obovate and elongated, slightly emarginate, as long as
the petiole ; stipules somewhat falcate; raceme elongated, loosely flowered;
the flowers mostly verticillate, bluish lilac-color ; calyx very deeply bilabiate,
ebracteolate, the lips almost entire. Agardh.—Lindl.! bot. reg. t.
1595 ; Agardh! 1. c. p. 24. L. labiatus, Nutt,! mss.
California, Douglas! Nuttall!—Stems leafy,. 2-4 feet in length, when
young (as also the leaves and calyx) minutely silky and shining. Leaflets
narrowly obovate-spatulate, obtuse, mucronulate. Bracts very caducous.
Pedicels rather shorter than the calyx. Flowers very large. Legume
many-seeded.—Except in the color of the flowers, this species is scarcely to
be distinguished from L., arboreus, which Mr. Nuttall suspects may have
had a Californian origin.. This is perhaps the L. arboreus ft, odoratissimus
o f Fischer .& Meyer (ind. sem. St. Petersb. 1835). which they state to be the
L. sericeus of Eschscholtz (in mem. acad. St. Petersb. 10. p. 589) ; while
the L. sericeus, Hook. Sf Am., bot. Beechey, is, as they conceive, L. Cha-
missonis, Esch.
* * Legumes ‘Lb-seeded : seeds roundish, the hilum somewhat oblique : stems
mostly persistent and silky. 25
25. L. perennis (Linn.): stem herbaceous, minutely pubescent; leaflets
7-9, obovate-oblong, obtuse, somewhat mucronate, glabrous above, slightly
pubescent beneath; stipules setaceous, minute, deciduous ; flowers somewhat
scattered, in a long loose raceme; bracts shorter than the pedicels,
subulate, caducous ; calyx often bracteolate ; the upper lip gibbous at the
base, emarginate, the lower nearly entire ; keel ciliate.—Linn. ! spec. 2. p.
721; Michx.! Jl. 2. p. 55 ; Bot. mag. t. 202 ; Pursh! Jl. 2. p. 467 ; Bart.Jl.
N. Amer. 2. t. 38; DC. prodr. 2. p. 408 ; Richards, appx. Frankl. joum.
ed. 2. p. 27 ; Hook.Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 163; Darlingt.Jl. Cest.p. 431.
' ft. stem and petioles clothed with long spreading hairs.
y. smaller and more slender, hairy; lower stipules long and setaceous,
somewhat persistent.—L. gracilis, Nutt.! in jour. acad. Philad. 7. p. 115,
not of Agardh.
Woodlands in light or sandy soil, Canada! to the Southern States ! common.
Also at Cape Mulgrave, Behring’s' Straits (Beechey) and Shores of
the Arctic Sea, Richardson, according to Hooker. ft. Fort Gratiot, Michigan,
Dr. Pitcher! y. South Carolina! Georgia! and Alabama ! June.—Stem
erect, rather stout, striate, 1-2 feet high. Leaflets attenuate at the base.
Peduncle naked : raceme 4-10 inches long. Flowers large, showy, purplish-
blue. Bracteoles of the calyx very minute and caducous, or often wanting.
Legume very hirsute with appressed hairs. Seeds variegated.—Mr. Oakes
finds a white-flowered variety, and the same is mentioned by Mr. Curtis in
his Catalogue. We-have never seen the plant of Dr. Richardson : if it truly
belong to this species, if forms the only instance within our knowledge of a
phenogamous plant indigenous to the-shores of the Gulf of Mexico and of the
Arctic Sea ! The lower stipules of this species are frequently rather persistent
and wholly similar to those of L. gracilis, Nutt., of which we have also
more glabrous forms.—Common Wild Lupine.
26. L. laxijlorus (Dougl.) : stem somewhat persistent, minutely silky-
puberulent, leafy; leaflets 7-9 (rarely 11), linear-oblong, narrowed at the
base, rather obtuse and mucronate at the apex, silky-pubescent on both sides;
stipules subulate-setaceous, caducous ; flowers scattered' or a little verticillate
in a loose elongated raceme ; bracts about the length of the pedicels, caducous
; calyx minutely bracteolate ; the upper lip saccate or slightly spurred
at the base, minutely 2-toothed at the apex (entire, Agardh), the lower entire
; keel naked or slightly ciliate; legumes silky ; 2-5 seeded.—Dougl. !
in bot. reg. t. 1140 ; Hook. ! jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 164 ; Agardh! 1. c.p. 27.
ft- foliosus : very leafy ; flowers a little smaller ; the calyx less saccate at
the base ; leaflets sometimes glabrous above__L. foliosus, Nutt. ! mss.
L. arbustus, Dougl. in bot. reg. t, 1230; Hook. 1. a.
y. tenellus: stem slender, minutely puberulent; leaflets 5-7, linear; raceme
slender; calyx gibbous or saccate at the base.—L. tenellus, Dougl. !
mss. in herb. Lin d l.; Agardh! 1. c. L. laxiflorus ft. Hook. 1. c, L. foliosus
ft. stenophyllus, Nutt.! mss.
Oregon, from FortjVancouver to the Rocky Mountains, Douglas! Dr.
Scouler. Nuttall!—Plant 1-2 feet high. Leaflets about 1J in length (those
of the upper leaves as long as the petioles), canaliculate, arcuate. Flowers
pale blue, smaller than in L. perennis.
27. L. argenteus (Pursh) : silvery-sericeous ; leaflets 7-9, obovate-
lanceolate, silky beneath, green and smoothish above, shorter than the petiole
; stipules subulate ; flowers irregularly verticillate in a loose conical
raceme ; bracts filiform, twice the length of the corolla, caducous, very silvery,
as well as the bracteolate calyx ; vexillum glabrous. Agardh ! 1. c.—
L. argenteus, Pursh ?
Banks of the Kooskoosky River, Lewis. Flowers cream-colored, Pursh.
—“ Stem ascending, obsoletely striate. Bracts long, silvery, somewhat co