a half to three inches long, shortly petiolate, varying from ovate 
to lanceolate, rarely obtuse, usually acute and mucronate, quite 
entire, penninerved, the upper surface dark green, and when dry 
beautifully and minutely reticulated. Petio/es at most two lines 
long, with a subulate, coloured stipule on each side, eventually 
probably deciduous. Vowers four to six, on a sessile subcom- 
pound raceme in the axils of the leaves, and shorter than the 
leaves. Bracteas ovate, acute, silky. Pedicels short. Calyw 
large, ovate, five-lobed ; lobes acuminate, erect. Corolla, all at 
least that is distinctly visible, rich scarlet; for the a/e and 
veeillum are scarcely protruded beyond the calyx, while the 
carina is twice the length of the latter. The small vexillum is 
cordate, attenuated, yet obtuse, white at the margin, red in the 
disc, with a large yellow spot in the centre. Stamens ten, free. 
Ovary oblong, silky. Style subulate-filiform. Stigma obtuse. 
Fig. J. Vexillum. 2. One of the ale. 3. Carina. 4. Stamens. 5. Pistil:-— 
magnified. : 
