two, opposite ones, very slightly saccate at the base. Petals 
oblong, cuneate, clawed, obtuse or almost retuse at the 
extremity ; the claws pale or even yellowish at the base. 
Stamens, the longest of them, shorter than the petals. Fila- 
ments whitish purple: Anthers yellow. Pistil : Germen 
linear, with four glands at its base. Style short: Stigma 
small, two-lobed. As the fruit advances to maturity, the 
raceme becomes considerably lengthened. The pods are 
three inches or more long, erect, linear, compressed, very 
slender, attenuated into the short, persistent style, slightly 
beaded by the numerous seeds within, ithaged in a single 
row. 
_ For the opportunity of figuring this beautiful and rare 
plant, I am indebted to H. F. Tarzor, Esq. M. P., who 
obligingly communicated the specimens here represented 
from the garden of the Rey. Mr. Setwyn, of Kilmington, 
Wilts ; where it flowered, probably for the first time in — 
this country, in the month of February, 1833. The nearly 
ripe fruit appeared in March. The species is a native < 
Calabria, and it is best treated by keeping’ it under a fram 
though it will perhaps prove quite hardy, only having 8 
flowers retarded by the backwardness of our springs. 
smmsaiates 
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: Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3, Stamens. 4. Pistil: magnified. 5. Ra 
