102 TREES AND SHRUBS 



PAROSELA Car. 



Annuals or perennials with herbaceous or woody stems 2' 

 high or less; leaves mostly odd-pinnate, in one species palmate- 

 Ij trifoliolate; flowers small, in crowded terminal spikes, bracteate;. 

 leaflets usually small, 1 to 20 pairs, mostly glandular punctuate; 

 flowers perfect; calyx gamosepalous. 5-lobed; petals 5. 4 attached 

 lo the column of the monadelphous stamens, the banner free; sta- 

 - 9 or 10; pods 1 or 2-seeded, usually indehiscent, included in* 

 the persistent calyx. 



Plant canescent throughout; flowers deep blue. 1. P. scoparia. 

 Plant glabrous; flowers purple. 



Calyx glabrous; lobes short; banner white. 2. P. frutescens. 



Calyx pubescent, lobes setaceous elongated; 



banner yellow turning red. 3. P. formosa. 



