per surface; whether the leaflets be two or three, they 
are always accompanied by another very minute, abortive 
leaflet. Stipules semisagittate, narrow, thrice as long as . 
the petiole. Peduncles almost twice as long as the leaves, 
terminating in a raceme of a few large, drooping flowers. 
Calyx green, glabrous, obtuse at the base, five-nerved, the 
teeth nearly equal in length. Vezxillum deep purple, redder 
towards the base. Ale purple at the extremity. Carina © 
with an acuminated point, greenish. Stamens: nine united 
and one free. Pistil: Germen linear, slightly pubescent : 
Style bent at an angle, plain and broader upwards, very 
pubescent on the underside beneath the stigma. 
This plant is a native of woods in the mountainous parts 
of Tauria, according to MarsHatyt Breserstein, as well as 
of Greece, about Athens, and near Messina, where it was 
discovered by Dr. Srsruorr. The flowers are very beau- 
tiful, and produced, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, early 
in July, in the open air. | 
Sprencex quotes the Orogus ensifolins of La Perroust’s 
nae eee under this species: but Mr. Benrnam, in 
his valuable “ Catalogue des Plantes Indigénes des Pyre- 
nées, &c.” refers the O. ensifolius, «, of La Peyrouse to the 
O. canescens of Linnzus, and the variety @ of the same 
author to the O. albus of Linnaus. 
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Fig. 1. Carina. 2. Ale. 3. Carina of the Flower. 4. Pistil. 5. Base of 
a Leaf, with Stipules.—More or less magnified, 
