ed at the point, channelled down the front, and keeled at
the back, veined with numerous branching veins. Wings
obovate, shorter than the vexillum, eared on oiie side with
a large rugose uncinate ear, the other side producing a long
slender flat unguis. Keel shorter than the wings, of a lighter
colour, sharply keeled, acute, shortly eared. Stamens 10,
diadelphous, 9 joined together, but distinct at the points,
the other distinct its whole length. Ovarium flat, smooth,
many-seeded. Style flat, broadly spatulate or dilated towards
the point, villous or bearded inside, the point mar-
ginate.
Our drawing of this handsome plant was made in July
last,^ at the garden belonging to the Apothecaries’ Company
at Chelsea, where it was raised from seed the year before
by Mr. W. Anderson, from seeds received from Dr. Fischer.
I t is a native of Caucasus and Iberia, and is quite hardy,
thriving well in the open borders in the common garden
soil, where it ripens its seeds. We have given it as a genus
distinct from O r o b u s , on account of its broad spatulate
stigma, which agrees much better with L a t h y r u s , but is
also different from that genus, from which it also differs entirely
in habit, and in wanting the tendrils, the habit being
precisely that of the former genus; and it may be considered
an intermediate one between the two. Orobus sessili-
fo liu s of Dr. Hooker, in Botanical Magazine, 2796, is a
nearly related species of the same genus, and probably some
others, very different from the true species of O r o b u s
with a slender linear style.
The generic name is derived from TrXarue, broad, and
a r v X ig , a Style or column, from its broad style.
1. Calyx. 2. Vexillnm. 3. The two Wings, 4. Keel. 5. The distinct Stamen,
and the nine connected ones. 0. OvaiUini, terminated by the large flat dilated
spatulate Style.