cous, thickish, oblate, rhomboidally ovate, longer than the 
intervals, nerved, mucronate, fringed, thinly furred under- 
neath smooth above, two thirds of an inch long or more, 
obsoletely cordate or indented at the base: petiole shaggy, 
very short. Racemes (bunches) terminal, of several flowers, 
upright, umbellately contracted, axis much shorter than 
the pedicles and covered with bractes: pedicles straight and 
stiff, pale, nearly smooth, twice shorter than the flower, 
surrounded at the base by 3 small ovately oblong bractes 
in a whorl. Flowers pale purple, about two thirds of an inch 
long. Calyx as in other the nearer species. Vexillum of 
two petals greenish white, marked with purple veins above, 
about 1 longer than the superincumbent segment of the 
calyx, petals overlapping each other by the inner margin 
which is furred, bifid, lobes intercepted by a wide obtuse 
sinus, inner one reflex, obtuse, outer one pointing upwards, 
twice the longest, linearly subulate, of a deep purple at 
the top. Latent ale none. Carina boatshaped, compressed, 
very deep, green below, dark purple above with a short 
point: pencil pinkish white, compound, large, green at the 
bottom. Filaments white: anthers deep yellow, thinly 
bearded at the base by a few longish divaricate hairs, a 
circumstance that does not belong to any other species we 
have inspected. 
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