longed into a deciduous bristle. Stipules bristle-like, hairy, 
more than twice as long as the petiole, persisting. Capitula 
dense, terminal or axillary, in the latter situation eight to 
twelve-flowered, on peduncles (half an inch long) solitary 
in each axil. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip bifid, lower three- 
partite. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, orange-yellow, 
of deeper and richer colour before expansion. Petals 
slightly unequal, the vexillum rather the longest, the carina 
rather the shortest, on long claws ; vexillum kidney-shaped, 
striated, reddish at its base ; ale elliptical, striated with red 
at the base ; keel red, rather straight, emarginate and blunt 
at the apex, its petals separated at the base. Stamens free, 
inserted into the torus, imbedded within the keel ; filaments 
red, glabrous; anthers yellow, elliptical, pollen-granules 
yellow, very minute. Pistil as long as the stamens, included 
within the keel: Germen hairy, green : Style glabrous, red, 
falcate, compressed laterally : Stigma simple, dorsal, white. 
Graham. 
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified. 
