def __init__(self,
                 ax: Axes,
                 labels: iter,
                 active: int = 0,
                 activecolor: str = 'blue',
                 size: int = 49,
                 orientation: str = "vertical",
                 **kwargs):
        """
        Add radio buttons to an `~.axes.Axes`.
        Parameters
        ----------
        ax : `~matplotlib.axes.Axes`
            The axes to add the buttons to.
        labels : list of str
            The button labels.
        active : int
            The index of the initially selected button.
        activecolor : color
            The color of the selected button.
        size : float
            Size of the radio buttons
        orientation : str
            The orientation of the buttons: 'vertical' (default), or 'horizontal'.
        Further parameters are passed on to `Legend`.
        """
        AxesWidget.__init__(self, ax)
        self.activecolor = activecolor
        axcolor = ax.get_facecolor()
        self.value_selected = None

        ax.set_xticks([])
        ax.set_yticks([])
        ax.set_navigate(False)

        circles = []
        for i, label in enumerate(labels):
            if i == active:
                self.value_selected = label
                facecolor = activecolor
            else:
                facecolor = axcolor
            p = ax.scatter([], [],
                           s=size,
                           marker="o",
                           edgecolor='black',
                           facecolor=facecolor)
            circles.append(p)
        if orientation == "horizontal":
            kwargs.update(ncol=len(labels), mode="expand")
        kwargs.setdefault("frameon", False)
        self.box = ax.legend(circles, labels, loc="center", **kwargs)
        self.labels = self.box.texts
        self.circles = self.box.legendHandles
        for c in self.circles:
            c.set_picker(5)
        self.cnt = 0
        self.observers = {}

        self.connect_event('pick_event', self._clicked)