silky hairs. Stems many from the same root, ascending, 
branched, in thewild specimens compact, in the cultivated 
ones straggling, and, as well as the branches, angular, 
frequently exactly quadrangular, woody below, the rest 
herbaceous, often tinged with red. Leaves with eight to 
ten pair of alternate, elliptical, lanceolate leaflets, scarcely 
mucronate, terminated by an odd one, of a bluish-grey 
colour from the numerous silky hairs with which they are 
clothed, nearly sessile. Main petiole, or rachis, stout, 
grooved on the upper side; stipules large, silky, semisaggi- 
tate. Peduncles axillary, about as long as the leaves, 
having a secund raceme of several large flowers at the ex- 
tremity. Pedicels, curved, silky. Calyx silky, reddish- 
white, streaked with green at the base, the teeth green. 
Vexillum broadly obovate, gradually tapering into the claw, 
yellowish-white, streaked with purple, most distinctly so in 
the inside. : Ale@ obtuse, of the same colour as the vexillum. 
Carina white, very blunt, purple at the extremity. : 
“ Of this extensive Genus, few are more worthy of cultiva- 
tion than the present extremely rare species. It is sup- 
posed to grow in only one spot, namely, in the elevated 
pastures of Massive de Castanése, in the Pyrenées, where it 
was first discovered by La Peyrousr. For the opportunity 
of cultivating it in our gardens, we are indebted to Mr. 
Arnotr, who brought seeds from the Pyrenées to Dr. 
GranamM: and the plant is now flourishing in the open 
border, in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, whence the spe- 
cimens here figured and described were kindly commu- 
nicated by Dr. Grauam. Its flowering season is June. 
In the Supplement to his ‘ Histoire Abrégée des Plantes 
des Pyrenées, M. de La Prrrovss has fallen into an error, 
in considering this plant the same with the Armenian V. 
variegata of Desronraines, as any one may satisfy himself; 
by consulting the figure and description of the latter author, 
in the twelfth volume of the “ Annales du Muséum d’His- 
toire Naturelle.” The flowers are there represented con- 
siderably smaller, the plant longer and more straggling, 
(especially than the native V. argentea) and the leaves are 
termimated by branched tendrils. 
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Fig. 1, Flower. 2, Carina of the Flower. 3. Leaf—Magnified. 
