green above, still paler and glabrous or puberulous be- 
neath ; petiole about one-fourth of an inch ; stipules minute, 
subulate, deciduous. Racemes leaf-opposed on_ short 
‘lateral shoots, 6-10-fld.; peduncle short, and rachis 
pedicels and calyx rusty-puberulous ; bracts one-eighth to 
one-quarter of an inch, subulate, fugacious. Calyw-tube 
three-fourths to one and a quarter inch long, cylindric, 
linb about as- long as the tube, spathaceous. Petals one 
to one and a half inch long, crimson or scarlet, claw as 
long as the orbicular cuspidate limb. Stamens three 
fertile, the remainder reduced to short subulate filaments, 
fertile nearly as long as the petals; anthers yellow, linear- 
oblong. Ovary long-stipitate, rusty-pubescent; style 
pubescent, stigma capitate. Pod three to five inches long 
by nearly one inch broad, flat, narrowed into a stipes at 
the base, and into a decurved beak at the apex, convex 
margin with two strong keels. Seeds half an inch long, 
oblong, compressed, dark brown.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower with calyx and corolla removed; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, ovary; 
—all enlarged ; 5, legume, and 6, seed, both of the nat. size. 
