DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 313, 
Prst. Germen oblong, woolly. Style simple, risi 
> bie y- style simple, rising up. 
wards. Summit : 
S. Vess. Legumen diamond-shai id, a little wooll 
with 1 cell and @.valves, ma cng: es 
Szxps few, kidney-shaped. 
ANTHYL‘LIS, Tourn. 211, Vulneraria. Gertn. 145, 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, egg-oblong, bellying, woolly ; rim with 
5 unequal teeth, permanent. : 
Bross. butterfly-shaped, 
Standard longer, with reflected sides, and a claw as 
long as the cup. e. 
ings 2, oblong, shorter than the standard. 
Keel compressed, as long as the wings, and like them. 
Stam. Filaments 10, connected, rising upwards. Anthers 
SIM PiGy 25 ea, Ee ge 
— Patios oblong. Style simple, ascending. Summit 
S. Vess. Legumen roundish, inclosed in the cup, verysmall, 
with 2 valves. — . 
SEEDS 1 or 2. ' 
Oss. The singular structure of the filaments in the Anthyllis 
vulneraria merits attention. The top of each filament is dis- 
tended like a hollow bladder, in form of an inverted pyramid, 
and the anther is fixed in the centre of the base of the pyramid. 
This hollow vesicle probably answers the purpose of a nectary, © 
PI’SUM. Tourn. 215. Geertn. 152. 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, with 5 clefts, acute, permanent, the 2 
_ upper Segments the shortest, 
Bross. butterfly-shaped. fs ie 
Standard very broad, inversely-heart-shapéd, re- 
flected, notched at the end, with a point between. 
Wings 2, circular, approaching, shorter than the 
standard. bask 
OF compressed, half-moon-shaped, shorter than 
e€ wings. | | 
Stam. Filaments 10, 1 simple, superior, awl-shaped, but 
flat ; 9 awl-shaped, united from the middle downwards 
into a cylinder, which is cloven towards the top. -An- 
thers roundish. : 
Pist. Germen oblong, compressed. Style ascending, tri~ 
_ angular, membranaceous, keeled, the sides bent out- 
