whether two species may not be confounded under one 
name. V. villosa of Roth answers best to the present indi- 
vidual, but the leaves of that species are villous. In the 
absence, however, of suffieient tliatbi^a^ ^r a decision of our 
own, we defer to the authority of Mr. Fischer, and adopt his 
reference to V. atropurpurea. 
A beautiful hardy annual plant, our drawing of which 
was made in the garden oF the Horticultural Society in 
Angust last. Seeds of it had been received from the Bo- 
tanic Garden of Gottingen. 
Stems decumbent, about two feet high, pubescent, as are 
<all parts of the plant. Leaves of about seven pairs, with 
elliptical, flat, pointletted leaflets. The tendril of the leaf- 
stalk compound. Stipules half arrow-headed, sometimes 
entire, sometimes toothletted at the base. Flowers dark 
purple, in many-flowered, axillary racemes which are as long 
as the leaf-stalks. Calyx campanulate, hairy, with subulate, 
yUloua ; the lower of wM^are n^rly as long as the 
Swings* . ■ 
J.L. 
