whether two species may not be confounded under one 
name. V. villosa of Roth answers best to the present indi- 
vidual, but the leaves of that species are villous. In the 
absence, however, of sufficient materials for a decision of our 
own, we defer to the authority of Mr. Fischer, and adopt his 
reference to V. atropurpured. 
A beautiful hardy annual plant, our drawing of which 
was made in the garden of the Horticultural Society in 
August last. Seeds of it had been received from the Bo- 
tanic Garden of Géttingen. 
Stems decumbent, about two feet high, pubescent, as are 
all parts of the plant. Leaves of about seven pairs, with 
elliptical, flat, pointletted leaflets. ‘The tendril of the leaf- 
stalk compound. Stipules half arrow-headed, sometimes 
entire, sometimes toothletted at the base. Flowers dark 
purple, in many-flowered, axillary racemes which are as long 
as the leaf-stalks. Calyx campanulate, hairy, with subulate, 
villous teeth; the lower of which are nearly as long as the 
wings. 
J.L. 
