toothed, obconical, slightly pubescent, punctate with minute
purple dots: teeth villosely fringed, the two upper
ones shortest and obtuse; the three lower ones acute, middle
one longest but not acuminate. Vexillum broadly obovate,
concave, slender at the base, longitudinally veined
with several dark veins, purple. Wings and Keel none.
Stamens 10, longer than the vexillum, all connected at the
base, the upper part distinct and purple: pollen orange-
coloured. Ovai'ium short, smooth, 2 or 3 seeded. Style
hairy, about the length of the Stamens. Stigma a small
blunt point.
We are assured by Mr. Lambert, that the plant from
which the specimens were procured for our figure, is the
very same from which the drawing was made for the Botanical
Magazine above referred to ; but at the time that
figure was made, the plant was grown in a pot in the
Greenhouse, whereas it is now growing in the ground
in the open border; and we are informed by Mr. Lambert,
that it has made shoots of ten or twelve feet in length, the
last year, and is now grown to a large robust shrub. This
will account for the difference in our figure and that in the
Botanical Magazine. Mr. Lambert first received the plant
from Mr. T. Nuttall, for his A. nana, which Pursh quotes
as a synonym to his A. microphylla; this synonym is again
quoted by Nuttall, in his Genera of American plants, un-
der A.nana-, but we.have examined the specimens of A.
microphylla of Pursh, of which there are some excellent
ones in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, and they are not in the
least related to our plant, the leaflets not being above one-
third the size, and of a different form, and crowded together;
the calyx also, is not the least like the present, so
that there must have been some mistake with the present
plant, which appears to be quite a new species.
Our drawing was made from fine flowering specimens,
received from Mr. Lambert’s garden at Boyton, where it
continued in bloom the greater part of the Summer. It is
a native of North America, is quite hardy, and the delightful
scent of the flowers will make it a very valuable shrub.
1. Calyx. 2. Vexillum. 3. Stamens connected at the base. 4. Ovarium, terminated
by the hairy Style and simple Stigma.