erect, branched, striated, more or less hairy, panicled 
above. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, on very short petioles, 
with a linear-subulate downy stipule on each side. Leaflets 
petiolulate, two to three inches long, oblongo-lanceolate, 
obtuse, more or less downy. Racemes terminal, often 
branched, bearing many flowers. Pedicels short. Calyx 
two-lipped, hairy, reddish-green ; upper lip broad, bifid; 
lower m three deep, lanceolate segments. Corolla of a fine 
purple rose-colour. Vexillum large, soon reflexed, with two 
white spots at the base of the limb, which are surrounded 
by a dark ring: Ale nearly as long as the vexillum, ob- 
long, obtuse, enclosing the carina. Legume about an inch 
and a half long, of generally five oval, or obscurely and 
bluntly triangular, downy joints, mostly tipped with the 
permanent style. 
Fig. 1. Side view of a Flower. 2. The same with the Carina reflexed. 
3. Calyx. 4. Legume:—nat. size. 1—3 magnified. 
