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MIRBELIA GRANDIFLORA. Lanegasrewniied 
Midas... tF 3 eae 
CS Se a 
Class and Order. 
_ Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lecuminoss. ) 
Generic Character. 
_Cal. 5-fidus, bilabiatus. Legumen dispermum, longitu- 
dinaliter biloculare, sutura utraque superiore presertim 
introflexa. D.C. i Mecmes 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
MrirseEwia Mina ate ; pubescens, foliis alternis ovato- 
lanceolatis, floribus axillaribus binis. 
Mirsexia grandiflora. Aiton MSS. 
_ Descr. Apparently a small shrub, hairy or pubescent 
in all its parts, except the corolla. Leaves an inch long, 
on very short petioles, ovato-lanceolate, indistinctly reti- 
culated with close nerves, dark-green above, paler beneath. 
Flowers axillary, in pairs, on extremely short pedicels. 
Calyx of two lips; the upper cut into two short teeth, the 
lower into three longer, lanceolate ones, very hairy on the 
outside. Vexillum broadly obcordate, subunguiculate, 
bright yellow, striated, having a deep red horse-shoe-shaped 
mark, waved at the margin. Ale oblongo-falcate, yellow, 
with a red blotch on one side. Carina of two, oblong, 
concave, unguiculate petals, united at the extremity. Sta- 
mens ten, free, unequal: Filaments subulate: Anthers 
oblong. Pistil: Germen ovate, hairy. Style ascending, — 
short. Stigma capitate. Legume having the outer coat 
. €asily separating from its interior substance, which is two- 
valved, bearing two black, shining, kidney-shaped cat 
