Ta 
Burkeane. N. O. Leguminose. 
TAB. DCXXXVII. 
Viena uirta, Hook. 
Caule volubili retrorsum hirsuto, foliolis oblongo-acuminatis 
hirsutis intermedio petiolulato, pedunculo longissimo 2-floro 
glaberrimo, calyce leguminibusque rufo-villosis, 
Has. Interior of South Africa. Burke. 
This species blossomed in the stove of the Right Hon. the 
Earl of Derby, and was raised from seeds sent from the interior 
of South Africa by Mr. Burke. The leaves are of a peculiarly 
—thin and membranaceous texture, many of the leaflets are 5-6 
- “es ions: the stipules are small, ovato-sagittate; the flowers 
inch. ‘ely large, vale yellowish-green; the style is densely 
modera. —‘ the underside beneath the stigma; the pods 4-5 
ciliated on . ~ equally with the calyx and young stems, clothed 
inches long, and, ts, 
with ferruginous ha. 
Ala 
Fig. 1. Vexillum. /f. 2, . 
from which the petals are re. 
fruit :—magnified. 
- f. 3. Carina. jf 4. Flower, 
oved, f. 5. Pistil, f.6. A 
