deep purple colour at the extremity, two-petaled: petals ad- 
_ hering at the under edge. Filaments diadelphous, one and 
nine, diftin&@ at the upper part. Germen very flender, nar- 
rowed at both ends: /y/e fubulate: //gma rounded. The 
leaves have a grateful {cent, fomewhat refembling that of fome. 
frefh apples. 
This is the only known {pecies of Aftragalus with flowers 
_ growing in.an umbel, in the manner of a Coronilla. It isa 
_ pretty, delicate plant, propagated by feeds only, which fhould 
be raifed on a hot-bed in the {pring and planted in the open 
border the latter end of May or beginning of June. Being a 
native of China and Japan, where, according to TuunBeERG, 
it abounds by the wayfide, it is probably not very tender. 
It is however with us very rare, occurring neither in Afton’s 
Hortus Kewenfis, nor Donwn’s Hortus Cantabrigienfis, though 
we have, in our pofleffion, a fpecimen:gathered in the latter 
garden, about forty years ago, by Mr. Lyons. 
Communicated feveral years fince by Mr, Loppiczs, from 
his garden, at Hackney. a 
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