The nearest affinity of the species is evidently with Mr. 

 Bcntham's B. eriocarpa from the same country, which has a 

 similar habit, but is altogether of a stouter growth and firmer 

 texture. It differs in the leaves being smooth not scabrous, 

 and veinless not reticulated ; in the flower-stalks being much 

 longer than the leaves, not shorter ; in the colour of the 

 flowers ; and in the ovary being only just hairy instead of 

 being enveloped in long shagginess. In general appearance 

 it is something like B. tenuicaulis lately figured in the Bota- 

 nical Magazine, which I fear is too near B. cinerea. 



It requires the same treatment as Platylobiums and the 

 shrubby kinds of Crotalaria, and like most of the genus may 

 be increased freely from seeds or cuttings. 



