at the base, light blue; upper lip shortly notched, or
bluntly 2-toothed; lower one 3-Iobed, the lobes broad
acute, dense y tomentose. Vexillum large, roundly heart-
shaped, keeled at the back, of a pale blue colourf striate
near the base, the unguis channelled, and where it joins the
vexillum ending in two callous points. Wings large, dark
blue tinged with purple, unequal sided, blunt, slightly oneeared
near the ^ s e on one side, and having a slender unguis
on the other. Keel arge, scarcely so long as the wings, of
a bluish purple, deeply notched at the point, and divided a
good way up from the base, eared near the base, with slender
unguis. Stamens 10, one distinct, and nine joined nearly
to the points, the pomts distinct and ascending: anthers
slightly incumbent. Ovanum stipitate, villous, particularly
on the upper edge, ascending, slightly hairy at the
base and smooth upwards. slightly capitate.
• r f beautiful hardy climbers ever
introduced to this country; it is a native of China, and has
now been severa years in our gardens, and proves to be
quite hardy, making one of the finest ornaments for a wall
or bower in the Flower-Garden when covered with its large
bunches of fragrant flowers. Our reason for giving it a
place in this work, is to make all our Subscribers ac-
quainted with so grand a plant, which any one may grow
y the side of his house, or any other convenient situation
as It will thrive in any tolerable good soil, and may be increased
by layers; or young cuttings, planted in sand, and
placed under hand-glasses on a little bottom heat, will
strike root readily. ’
Our drawing was made from a plant in the collection of
the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bayswater; and we also saw it
^wering very fine against a wall at the Nursery of Messrs.
Whitley and Co. at Fulham, where we also observed plants
of what we be leve to be W. floribunda, another fine spe-
cies, and equally hardy. The genus has been divided from
toe heterogeneous assemblage that was confused under
was first established by Mr. Nuttall on
W. jrutescens, a North American species.