pointed, sessile scales. Peduncle generally terminal, though 
im a few instances the stem is extended beyond it, where it 
is opposite to. the leaf, one, two, or three flowered, very 
short ; pedicels lax, half as long as the flowers, angular, 
red, naked, and shining. Calyx: two lowest segments 
small, lanceolato-ovate, upper segments tumid, ovate, con- 
cave, wings spreading, obovate, as long as the wings of the 
corolla. Corolla handsome, three-fourths of an inch long, 
nectariferous at the base; petals three, coalescing below 
for above half of their length, compressed, the wings over- 
lapping above, slightly arched towards their apices ; keel 
after separating from the wings inflated, rounded, edges in 
contact above, terminated by a purple tipped beard, form- 
ing a tuft nearly as large as the inflated portion of the keel ; 
whole flower of a beautiful purple, indistinctly veined and 
pale, almost white on its lower side. Stamens six ; fila- 
ments united to the inside of the petals to the point where 
these separate from each other, after which they project. 
forward in two equal, opposite bundles, smooth, flattened, - 
colourless ; anthers termimal, obscurely bilobed, yellow. 
Stigma truncated, obscurely bordered, bilabiate, lips di- 
verging, the upper largest and pointed: Style clavate, bent, 
colourless towards the stigma, purple below: Germen un- 
equally obcordate, green, compressed. __. 
_Novrratt quotes, though with doubt, the Poryeara 
uniflora of MicnHavx as a synonym for this species ; but as 
it is beardless, which no specimen, even imperfect, of this 
plant, ever is, and as the inflorescence is quite different, 
they must be distinct, though P. pares has often one 
flower only. This species is altogether overlooked by 
Micnaux. De Canpo1te, in his Prodromus, mentions the 
P. purpurea of Hortus Kewensis, as the same with P. pau- 
cifolia, although the former plant is stated in that work to 
be. woody. es : 
This beautiful little plant flowered sparingly last year in 
the Nursery Gardens of Mr. Cunninenam, at Comely Bank, 
near Edinburgh, having been introduced from Canada by 
Mr. Brain. During the month of May, 1828, it has blos- 
somed abundantly, and formed one of the most. pleasing 
objects in Mr. Cunnineuam’s extensive collection. Its roots 
spread widely among loose vegetable soil, and in a cool 
frame, under the shade of the garden wall. Granam. - 
Fig. I. The three outer Leaflets of the Calyx. 2. One of the inner ditto. 
3. The combined Petals. 4. Stamens, 5, Pistil—Magnified. 
