broad, uppermost simple, oblong, acuminate with a cordate 

 base, or three-lobed, with the lobes subequal or unequal, 

 and sometimes lobed at the sides, or trifoliolate, with 

 equal or unequal leaflets ; lower leaves on the branches six 

 to ten inches loug, pinnate below and pinnatifid above with 

 four to six pairs of lobes or leaflets which are ovate or 

 oblong, entire and acuminate; all bright green, rather 

 membranous and quite glabrous ; petiole one to three 

 inches long, naked or with one or two prickles. Cymes 

 six inches across and more, terminating pendulous branches; 

 pedicels one-half to one inch long, terete. Calyx small, 

 five-lobed to the middle ; lobes oblong, tip rounded, 

 ciliolate, and with an obtuse mucro. Corolla two 'and a 

 half inches in diameter, very pale lilac-blue. Stamens 

 nearly erect, filaments very short ; anthers linear, yellow. 

 Fruit (unripe) globose. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Calyx and stamens ; 2, section of calyx ; 3, transverse section of ovary : — 

 all enlarged. 



