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LUPINUS PERENNIS.
LUPIN. BLUE LUPIN.
Diadelphia Decandria, Linn. Leguminosse, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CaUx bilabiate, five of the anthers oblong, and five partly round. Legume coriaceous
torulose.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Perennial, repent; stem and leaves smoothish, leaves digitate : folioles, (8-9,) lanceolate,
somewhat obtuse; calices alternate, without any appendix; upper
lip emarginate; lower one entire. Willd. and Pursh.
A p e r e n n ia l plant about eighteen inches high, sometimes two
feet. Stem erect, purplish and yellow-green, invested with a very
dense pubescence. Petioles varying in length, also covered with a
short thick pubescence. Leaves digitate, the folioles from eight to
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