the petals,* thick, fleshy, about two inches and a half 
long. Iacemes dense, six to nine inches long, mostly — 
produced from the old stems. Pedicels shorter than the 
flowers. Calyx broadly campanulate, somewhat two- 
lipped; tube gibbous above; upper lip very shortly 
bidentate; lower distinctly tridentate. Standard erect, 
cordate, shorter than the other petals ; wings horizontal, 
oblong-spathulate; keel narrow, exceeding the wings, 
beaked, closed over the stamens and pistil. Stamens 
glabrous, the upper one free; alternate anthers versatile, 
bearded, caducous. Pod woody, about a foot long and an 
inch and a half broad, often constricted between the seeds. 
Seeds purple-brown, flattened, reniform, three-quarters. to 
an inch long.—W. B. H. 
Fig. 1, calyx and pistil :—enlarged. 
* Dr. Henry describes the flowers of the wild plant as flesh-coloured, and 
states that they are much visited by bees and other insects. 
