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Class and. Order. 
Draperpa1a Decanpria. 
Generic Character: 
Cal. 2-labiatus. Anthere 5 oblonge, 5 subrotunde. 
Legum. coriaceum, torulosum, compressum, 
Specifie Character and Synonyms. 
Lurinvs nootkatensis ; calycibus verticillatis inappendiculatis : 
labio inferiore integro, caule foliisque hirsutis, radice 
perenni. Bot. Mag. i311. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. 
p. 286. Pursh Fl. Am. sept. 2. p. 468. 
(2.) caulibus annuis hirsutis. Supra. 1311. 
(3.) fruticosus ; caulibus perennantibus demum glabris, 
calycibus subverticillatis: labiis utrisque acutis integris. 
ilies 
Desc. Stem shrubby, branched ; branches long, tortuoud, 
unable to support themselves, rounded, hairy, but growing 
nearly smooth with age. Siipules linear-lanceolate, quite 
enuire. Petioles something longer than the leaves: leaflets 
‘—10, obovate, obtuse, with a small mucro, quite entire, 
villous on the under side and smooth on the upper. Pedun- 
cles very long, tortuous, hairy, lateral and terminal : pedicles 
shorter than the flower, growing some in whirls, some singly. 
Calyx 2-lipped : both lips acute and apparently entire. 
Vexillum orbicular, reflexed laterally, covering the upper-lip 
of the calyx, pale purple, with orange coloured dois at the 
ase, Ale large, inflated, united towards the tip, streaked 
with blue. Carina sickle-shaped, with a sharp black point, 
ls petals united the whole length. Filaments ail united more 
n half way up, free above. -Anthers of the five shorter 
filaments 
