The plant now figured was sent me by Mr. Young, nur- 

 seryman, of Milford near Godalming ; it is nearly related 

 to Z. dilatata, from which it differs in the following par- 

 ticulars : the leaflets are not in the slightest degree angular, 

 but exactly ovate oblong ; they are not retuse, but simply 

 obtuse ; and they are downy on the upper side : the flowers 

 are in looser heads, and the calyx is closely covered with 

 brown hairs, not shaggy with spreading black hairs ; besides 

 which the flowers are not of one uniform colour, except the 

 basal spots of the vexillum, on the contrary the keel is deep 

 purple, the wings are bright rose colour, and the vexillum is 

 a bright brick red. 



To the six species now defined I have to add a seventh, 

 for which I am indebted to Captain Mangles, who received 

 the specimens from Swan River ; and which, from the nar- 

 rowness of its leaves, may be called Z. angustifolia* 



This plant may be increased by seeds, or by cuttings of 

 the half-ripened wood in spring, inserted in a pot of silver- 

 sand, covered with a bell-glass, and placed on a moderate 

 hot-bed. In potting off" the cuttings when rooted none of 

 the sand should be allowed to remain on the roots of the 

 young plants, as it often causes them to canker and become 

 unhealthy, or die. The young plants when first potted off" 

 should have rather a light sandy soil, but as they become 

 stronger the soil in which they were potted should have a 

 larger portion of loam in it ; as this plant, like nearly all 

 those belonging to Leguminosae, prefers a strong soil and 

 rather dry situation. 



The species only requires to be in a cold pit or green- 

 house during winter, kept a few degrees above freezing, but 

 where air is admitted freely every fine day, to keep away the 

 damp. Artificial heat is in fact injurious to most of the 

 hardy greenhouse plants during winter, because it causes 

 them to begin growing at a season when the sun has little 

 power on vegetation ; but as the spring advances such plants 

 will bear a higher temperature, provided they have a free 

 circulation of air every fine day. After these plants have 

 flowered, they may be set out of doors, and require no other 

 care than watering until autumn, when they should be shifted 

 into larger pots two or three weeks before being put into the 

 greenhouse or pit for winter. 



Z. angustifolia; foliolis oblongo-linearibus basi dilatatis supra nitidis utrin- 

 que prssertim subttls pilosis, calycibus pilis appressis ferrugineis villosis unguibus 

 corollas longioribus, vexillo obcordato, alls carina obtusissima longionbus, ovario 

 glabro dorso tantum pubescente, stigmate minutissimo. 



