obtuse, lateral sub-sessile, uuequal-sided, stipellate, ter- 

 minal shortly petiolulate, sub-cordate at the base, 

 obscurely stipellate on the petiolule ; stipules one-fourth 

 of an inch long, nearly orbicular, persistent, deflexed, 

 glabrous ; stipella) very minute, subulate. Feduncles axil- 

 lary, longer than the petioles, erect, two-flowered. Bracts 

 like the stipules, but smaller. Flowers very shortly pedi- 

 celled, erect, one and a half inches long, pale red-purple. 

 Calyx half an inch long, oblong, hairy, cleft to below the 

 middle into five, unequal, erect, linear-oblong, obtuse lobes. 

 Standard spathulate, concave, slightly incurved. Wings 

 long-clawed, orbicular, as long as, but much broader than 

 the standard, spreading and recurved. Keel petals very 

 narrow, rather shorter than the standard, tips spirally in- 

 volute, with the tips of the filaments and of the style 

 which they enclose. Staminal tube long, narrow, filaments 

 very short, contorted ; anthers minute, oblong. Ovary very 

 hairy, produced into a filiform style, which is hairy, aud 

 twisted at the tip. Pod linear, straight, sub-terete, tip 

 pungent ; valves sub-torulose. Seeds very small, obtusely 

 ^ub-cubical. — /. D. H. 



Vig, 1, bracts, calyx, and keel enclosing stamens and ovary; 2, stamens; 

 3, ovary ; 4, bracts, calyx, and pod of nat. size ; 5, seed : — all except 4 enlarged. 



