It is distinguishable from L. venosus by the large size 

 of its stipulae, the smaller number of its leaflets, and the 

 greater length of its racemes ; and from the Siberian L. pisi- 

 formis, by its smaller stipulae, longer racemes, smooth 

 calyxes, and differently shaped pods. L. myrtifolius, 

 which it is also like, has narrow stipulae. The L. deca- 

 phyllus of Pursh, being, according to Nuttall, the same 

 as Vicia stipulacea of the same author, can have nothing 

 to do with this. 



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Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society at Chiswick, in September last. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stems procumbent, angular, 

 smooth. Leaves glaucous, of 4 or 5 pair, nearly of the 

 same length as the racemes ; leaflets ovate-oblong, mu- 

 cronulate, smooth beneath, somewhat alternate, with short, 

 3-parted cirrhi. Stipula semi-sagittate, broadly ovate, as 

 large as the leaflets. Racemes many-flowered, the length 

 of the leaves, with a smooth peduncle. Calyxes smooth, 

 with the lower segments much elongated. Flowers purple, 

 elegantly veined. Pod oblong, somewhat falcate, inflated, 

 subpubescent. Seeds fuscous, whole-coloured, spherical, 

 with a linear hilum. 



J. L. 



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