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minated with an odd one, shortly petiolate, oblong or
lanceolate, retuse, terminated in 2 round lobes, with a
taper pointed soft mucro between them, the upper side
of a dullish green, nearly smooth, the lower side densely
clothed with a white silky pubescence : terminal one
broadest and more dilated at the point: rachis slightly
keeled, and thickly clothed with white silky hairs. S tipules
ovately-lanceolate, acute and mucronate, semi-
sagittate at the base, with long tapering appendages,
more or less toothed. Flowers nodding, of a bluish lilac,
in long dense racemes. Peduncles axillary, stout, furrowed.
Bractes subulate, flattened a little near the base,
and tapering to a fine slender point, about double the
length of the pedicles. PedicZes short and slender. Calyx
tubular, 5 toothed, the teeth nearly equal and subulate.
Vexillum ovate, scarcely longer than the k e e l; wings
shorter, sagittate at the base ; keel unguiculate, emarginate
at the point. StamenslO, all connected into a tube,
pollen orange-coloured. Legumen thickly clothed with
silky hairs, and terminated by a smooth curved Style,
and very small headed Stigma.
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, last Summer,
who could not inform us of what country it is a native ;
it certainly is not described in any publication that we
have had an opportunity of examining, but is, Avithout
doubt, a very distinct species; it appears to thrive well
in the open borders of the flower garden, and may be
occasionally increased by dividing at the root, or by
seeds.
1. Calyx. 2. Vexillum. 3, The 2 alae or wings. 4. Keel. 5. The lOStamens,
all connected into a tu b e , b u t d istin c t a t the points. 6. T h e young silky P o d ,
terminated by a smooth Style and small headed Stigma.