blunt at each extremity, upon very short petioles, beneath 
paler and one nerved. Common petiole grooved above, 
inserted upon a remarkably swollen fleshy base. Stipules 
abruptly bipinnated, erect, the lower leaflets plane, like 
those of the true leaves, the rest subulato-setaceous, decidu- 
ous. Flowers in lax racemes, terminal, and from the axils 
of the superior leaves, bright scarlet. Pedicels alternate, 
patent, two inches and more in length, jointed at the extre- 
mity, having at the base an ovate, acute, reflexed, gla- 
brous bractea. Leaflets of the calyx equal, coriaceous, 
acute, very patent, coloured within, and deciduous with 
the petals. Petals almost orbicular, patenti-reflexed, taper- 
ing into long claws, crenate at the margin, at the base, on 
the upper side veined, and above the base dashed with yel- 
lowish lines: the wpper petal more cuneate, with the mar- 
gins involute at the base, variegated and striated with red 
and yellow; beneath striated with these two colours: all 
of them and the filaments downy at the base. Stamens ten, — 
shorter than the petals: Filaments red: Anthers oblong, 
two-celled. Germen linear-oblong, plane, shortly stipitate, 
glabrous: Style filiform, terminated by an obtuse stigma ; 
the whole green, scarcely longer than the stamens. Le- 
gumen somewhat inflated, two-valved, of a rather woody 
texture, about four inches long, terminated by the persist-_ 
ent style. Seeds more than half an inch long, compressed, 
ash-coloured, streaked with brown. Boser MSS. _ 
' Sometimes, though rarely, we have introduced in the 
present work plants of great beauty and rarity, which we 
have no hope of ever cultivating successfully. Such is not 
the case with the present individual, which is, however, B0_ 
less remarkable for its extreme beauty than for its rarity, 
having been found only in Madagascar, near Foule Point, 
(where it is known by the name of Tanahou) by Professor 
Boser. To that gentleman I am indebted for a magnifi- 
cent drawing, of which a portion only is engraved for the 
present work : and this is so satisfactory in all its parts, that 
I have no hesitation in immediately laying it before the 
pas Were not the subject of such great interest, I might 
ave been induced to wait for its blossoming in this coun- 
try: for plants have been raised by Mr. Barcray at Bury 
Hill, from seeds sent by Mr. Terai, and there is every 
reason to think they will be brought to great perfection in 
that well-managed establishment. set 
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Fig. 1. A Legume, natural size. 2. A Stipule, magnified. 
