part of the petiole, upright, oval, pointed, membranous, 

 with a slight tinge of red, very short, quickly deciduous. 

 Pedicles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, upright, smooth, 

 green, about equal to half the length of the leaf, with two 

 bractes at the middle. Floivers upright, crimson, about 

 the size of those of Kennedia rubicunda: bractes opposite, 

 oval, obtuse, slightly fringed, very short. Calyx campa- 

 nulate, smooth, green, with a bilabiate limb: upper Up 

 oval, obtuse, notched at the end : lower one of three rather 

 shallow unequal segments, of which the middle one is the 

 largest and pointed. Petals shortly unguiculate: vex'dlum 

 slightly reflex, ovally oblong, obtuse, with a small incon- 

 spicuous point, flat, streaked: alee nearly the length of the 

 vexillum, straight, oblong, obtuse, carina enclosed by the 

 alas and rather shorter, consisting of two oblong obtuse pe- 

 tals, inbowed at the upper part. Filaments monadelphous: 

 anthers small sulphur- coloured. Germ en linear, smooth, 

 green, shortly pedicled: style filiform, persistent; stigma 

 capitate. Seeds 8-10. 



We have relied chiefly upon Ventenat's work for the 

 description of the species; not having ourselves had the op- 

 portunity of inspecting the flowers while fresh. 



