- It is distinguishable from L. venosus by the large size 
of its stipule, the smaller number of its leaflets, and the 
greater length of its racemes ; and from the Siberian L. pisi- 
formis, by its smaller stipule, longer racemes, smooth 
calyxes, and differently shaped pods. L. myrtifolius, 
which it is also like, has narrow stipule. The L. deca- 
phyllus of Pursh, being, according to Nuttall, the same 
as Vicia stipulacea of the same author, can have nothing 
to do with this. . 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society at Chiswick, in September last. 
Root perennial, creeping. Stems. procumbent, angular, 
smooth. Leaves glaucous, of 4 or 5 pair, nearly of the 
same length as the racemes; /eajflets ovate-oblong, mu- 
cronulate, smooth beneath, somewhat alternate, with short, 
3-parted cirrhi. Stzpule semi-sagittate, broadly ovate, as 
large as the leaflets. Racemes many-flowered, the length 
of the leaves, with a smooth peduncle. Calyxes smooth, 
with the lower segments much elongated. lowers purple, 
elegantly veined. Pod oblong, somewhat falcate, inflated, 
subpubescent. Seeds fuscous, whole-coloured, spherical, 
with a linear hilum. 
| J. 1. 
