sometimes shorter ; this is also the case with G. officinalis;
so that the character given by Decandolle of thé length of
the racemes does not hold good. Peduncles nearly cylindrical,
slightly angular, and striated. Bractes linearly subulate,
longer than the pedicles, sometimes but little longer,
and sometimes twice the length. Pedicles short and slender.
^ Calyx tubular, with 5 long slender subulate teeth.
Vexillum ovate, deeply channelled down the centre and
keeled at the back, the margins recurved. Wings shorter,
spathulate, concave, eared on one side, with a very slender
unguis on the other side. Keel slenderly unguiculate, sharply
keeled, the point ascending and notched. Stamens 10,
all joined in a tube, the points distinct and ascending, the
upper one divided lowest down. Ovarium smooth. Style
smooth, ascending. Stigma a very small head. Pod l-lo-
cular, striate, linear, nearly cylindrical, few-seeded. Seeds
distant, nearly cylindrical.
The present plant is nearly related to the white variety
of G. officinalis, but is nevertheless a truly distinct species,
easily distinguished when seen growing together, though
they are united by Sprengel in his Systema Vegetabilium,
as are numerous other plants, in the same work, many of
which have not the least affinity with each other, and some
of them belonging even to different sections of the genus.
Our drawing was made from a fine plant last Summer,
communicated to us by Mr. W. Anderson, Curator of the
Apothecaries’ Company’s garden, at Chelsea, where it was
raised from seeds that Mr. Anderson received from France.
It is a very desirable plant for the Flower-borders, being
quite hardy, and flowers from July to October, and ripens
plenty of seeds, which should be sown any time in Spring,
either in pots, or in the open borders.
1. Calyx. 2. Vexillum. 3. The two Wings. 4. Keel. S. The 10 Stamens, connected
into a tube. 6. Ovarium, terminated by the Style and small Stigma.
7. Pod. 8. One o f the Seeds.
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