of leaflets: stipules detached from the petiole, straight, 
linear, very short, soon dropping off. Racemes axillary, 
solitary, inclining to upright, rather shorter than the leaf; 
peduncle obsoletely furred. Flowers alternate, near, hori- 
zontal, pedicled, rosy-red, sweet: bractes 2-3 at the base 
of the pedicles, yery short, membranous, purple. Calyx 
outspread, of a full purple colour, obsoletely furred with 
blackish villi, under the vexillum truncate, under the 
carina unequally five-toothed. Petals unguiculate: vexil- 
lum upright, rounded, emarginate, streaked, with a white 
spot at the base: ale as long as the vexillum, reflex, ob- 
long, bluntish: carina a little shorter than the alze, spurred 
on each side just above the unguis. Filaments diadelphous: 
anthers upright, with a glandular apex, pale-yellow. Ger- 
men linear, compressed, smooth: style filiform, kneed; 
stigma capitate. Pod reflex, cylindrical, with a thick 
fungous pith, by which it is divided into 3-4 one-seeded 
cells. Seeds blackish, faintly four-cornered, when observed 
through a magnifier pitted with small thickset hollow dots. 
We have relied chiefly for the above description on the 
one given by M. Ventenat in French. 
