of Turin, without being informed of its native country. It 
is stated, indeed, in Persoon’s.Synopsis, that the leaflets, 
of that species are ovate-lanceolate, and the flowers dis¬ 
posed in racemes. But Willdenow, who had the plant 
growing in a greenhouse at Berlin, expressly declares that 
the leaflets are ovate-oblong, and the flowers disposed in 
spikes; which is not contradicted by Link, who had the 
same plants still alive in the Royal Garden of Berlin in 
1822. De Candolle, who had seen an authentic specimen 
from Balbis, confirms Willdenow’s account of the spicate 
nature of the inflorescence; but he agrees with Persoon in 
describing the form of the leaflets to be ovate-lanceolate. 
In this confusion of descriptions, it is to be inferred, that 
the form of the leaflets is subject to some variation, and 
does not constitute the most important character of the 
species. 
A hardy greenhouse or frame plant, of a suffrutescent 
habit. Stem round, hoary, with dense pubescence. Leaves 
on long stalks, spreading; common petiole villous, after¬ 
wards becoming smooth, with a few resinous glands inter¬ 
mixed : the swellings at the base of the leaflets villous, and 
not glandular. Leaflets of nearly equal size, ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, dotted on each side, pubescent, but villous at the 
veinst Spikes proceeding from the axillae of the upper 
leaves, and shorter than the leaves, shaggy, with white 
hairs. Bractes obovate, acuminate, shaggy externally, 
and a little shorter than the calyx. Calyx shaggy silky. 
Corolla bright blue, a little longer than calyx. 
