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branous. The flowers are without stalks, and in this 

 feature the plant is unique in this section. The perianth- 

 tube is J in. long ; limb pale lilac, an inch in length ; falls 

 obovate, J to \ in. broad, an area of white extending a 

 little above the crest traversed by lilac lines to margin, 

 emarginate, with a slight crest down the haft, slightly 

 crenated, and touched with gold ; standards oblanceo- 

 late, spreading lilac only ; style branches | in. long ; 

 crests deltoid. It is native of Northern Japan, and if 

 not hardy is perhaps nearly so. 



