shorter than vexillum, ear-shaped, with short channellel 
claws. Carina shorter than the ale, gibbous, villous at 
the back, with ineurved margins. Filaments united hal. 
way up, with a dorsal fissure: anthers five globular ant 
five linear : pollen minute, globular, yellow. | Germen ob- 
long, recurved: Style ascendent, longer than the stamets, 
villous along the apper side. Legwmen inflated, cylintti- | 
cal, turgid at the sides, and broadest at the point. Seeds 
kidney-shaped. | 
Crorararia retusa is a handsome annual, with large blos- 
soms. Native of the East Indies. Our plant was raisel 
from seeds, received from Mexico, by Mr. Tarz, at the 
Sloane Street nursery, although most probably not a natite 
of that country, but collected from a garden, in which si 
picion we are confirmed, by the same packet having col: 
tained seeds of European plants. Flowers from June! 
August. : 
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The outline figures represent, 
1, A Legumen. 2, One of the lower leaves. 3, The pistil and stames 
the petals being all removed. persen 
