foot high : the branches terete, glaucous, glabrous, as is 

 every part of the plant. Leaves broadly oval, or almost 

 orbicular, simple, entire, pierced by the stem at some dis- 

 tance from the margin, hence perfoliate and secund, large 

 in proportion to the size of the plant, often emarginate at 

 the inferior edge, glaucous-green, veiny, the veins or nerves 

 somewhat radiant. Flowers solitary, axillary, erect. Pe- 

 duncle short, slender, erect. Calyx in four somewhat 

 equally-sized, rather spreading teeth, the upper tooth again 

 bidentate. Corolla pale yellow. Petals nearly equal in 

 length : the Vexillum shortest, roundish, carinated, emar- 

 ginate, the sides somewhat reflexed and concave. Aloe 

 oblong-oval, closed upon the carina, which is obovate. 

 Stamens ten, equal : Filaments free, standing close together. 

 Anthers oval, deep orange. Pistil about as long as the 

 stamens. Germen linear-oblong, pedicellate, about as long 

 as the subulate style, which is curved upwards. " Legume 

 inflated, large. Seeds reniform, very small." (Elliott.) 



Roots of this singular plant were obligingly sent to our 

 Glasgow Garden by the late Stephen Elliott, Esq. and by 

 Dr. Wray, of Augusta, from Georgia, where it grows in 

 dry sandy hills. Coming from so Southern a latitude, it 

 might well be supposed to be a tender plant ; and, indeed, 

 as such it is considered by Mr. Loddiges, requiring the 

 protection of a greenhouse. With us, in the peat border 

 of the American ground, it has survived two winters, and 

 flowers in great perfection during the months of July and 

 August. The blossoms are neither large nor showy, but 

 the foliage, of so unusual a character for a leguminose 

 plant, and of a tender glaucous-green colour, renders it 

 eminently deserving a place in every garden. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Vexillum. 3. Inner view of a Wing. 4. Calyx and 

 Carina. 5. Calyx and Stamens. 6. Pistil : — magnified. 



