The essential marks of the present genus, are; a short 
ventricose pod or silicle, a broad flat oblong style, condu- 
plicate seed-lobes and a close calyx. It consists as yet only — 
of three species, all native of Europe. The present belongs — 
to Spain, and is not often met with in our collections, — 
though cultivated by Miller in 1759. Usually preserved 1% 
‘a pit or frame. . 
An upright suffrutescent plant from two to three feet 
high, very much branched, with a short hardish haired furs 
and pale brown rind. Leaves loosely scattered, generally 
with two smaller ones in their axils, giving the appearance — 
of their being ternate and sessile, like those of Cyr1suS 
sessilifolius, whence we are told the specific name was sug- 
gested, thickish hard and fleshy, spatulate with an elliptical — 
or an obovate blade, roughly furred with the pubescence in-— 
clmed forwards, ciliate. Racemes terminal, manyflowered, 
loosely and scatteredly disposed, oblong, cylindrical, up- 
right, spreading, simple. Pedicles one-flowered, very shorts 
bracteless. Flowers yellow, ascendent, before they decay 
generally turning to brownish purple below the blade of 
the petals, odorous, 3 of an inch long. Calyx 3 of an inch 
long, roughly furred, tubular, leaflets cohering slightly 
by their membranous edges, oblong, obtuse. - Petals ob- 
cordately spatulate; unguis filiform, nearly 3 times longer 
than the lamina, convolute above the calyx; lamina of oné 
colour, veiny, small, obcordate. Stamens all fertile (not 
with the two connate pairs antherless, as described by Lin- 
neus), Coming aboye the calyx: anthers recurved at the 
top. Germen oval, smooth, compressed, ancipital, sub- 
sessile: style laminar, oblong, in a cross direction with the 
germen, nearly of the same dimensions, flatly ancipital, 
palely green, headed by a small round somewhat bilobed 
frosted deep green stigma, 
The drawing was taken in May, at the nursery of 
Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, Fulham. 
