(foliar spurs) which bear the flowers; those of the long- 
shoots lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, about half an 
inch long, an eighth of an inch broad, those of the short- 
shoots much shorter, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, all 
glabrous above and more or less silky-pubescent below ; 
stipules obscure. lowers usually two, rarely one or up to 
four, terminal from the short-shoots, bibracteolate; pedicels 
one-twelfth to one-eighth (in cultivated specimens to one- 
sixth) of an inch long; bracteoles subulate, minute. 
Calyx persistent, about one-sixth of an inch long, silky; 
upper lip divided to the base into two acute triangular- 
lanceolate teeth; lower lip slightly longer, shortly three- 
toothed. Corolla brilliant yellow, persistent and drying 
up, almost half an inch long; standard subrotund, emar- 
ginate, abruptly contracted into the short claw, silky along 
the middle or quite glabrous ; wings glabrous ; keel obtuse, 
slightly exceeding the wings, silky. Pod lanceolate-oblong, 
shortly and acutely acuminate, one-half to two-thirds of 
an inch long, silky or almost villous, 2—5-seeded. Seed 
reniform ovoid, brown, shining.—Orto Srapr. 
Fig. 1, leaf; 2, calyx, stamens, and pistil; 3, pistil; 4, fruit; 5, seed. 
