The specimen here figured is from a plant which flowered 
in the Arboretum of the Royal Gardens in August, and 
was presented by M. Van Volxem, of Brussels, a most 
liberal contributor of rare trees and shrubs to this establish- 
ment. 
Descr. An undershrub two to four feet high, hoary 
with soft short tomentum, or ashy with a slighter pubes- 
cence, quite erect, very leafy. Leaves close-set, sessile, 
spreading on all sides, three to five inches long by three- 
quarters of an inch to an inch broad; rachis slender; 
leaflets ten to twenty-five pairs, close-set and produced 
along the whole length of the rachis, sessile or shortly 
petiolate, oblong or elliptic, obtuse or apiculate, dull pale 
green with glandular dots; stipules and stipelle minute, 
subulate. Spikes numerous towards the ends of the 
branches, axillary and terminal, very shortly peduncled, 
slender, strict, erect, very many-flowered. lowers one 
quarter of an inch long, horizontal. Calyx green, subcam- 
panulate, five-toothed, the lower tooth longest. Standard 
about twice as long as the calyx, hooded, obliquely truncate, 
bright amethystine blue. Wings and keel none. Stamens 
shortly united at the base, filaments exserted; anthers 
bright yellow. Ovary villous.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower ; 2, standard ; 3, stamens and ovary; 4, stamens; 5, ovary :—all 
enlarged, 
