LUPINUS, LUPINE; a genus of the diadelphis or-
der, belonging to the decandria class of plants. There
are seven species, six of them hardy herbaceous flowery
annuals, and one perennial; rising with upright stalks
from one to three or four feet high; ornamented with
digitate or fingered leaves, and terminated by long
whorled spikes of papilionaceous flowers, white, blue,
yellow, and rose-coloured. They are all easily ra-
ised from seed; and succeed in any open borders, where
they make a fine variety.