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CALLISTACHYS lanceolata. 
Spear-leaved Callistachys. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecumtnosm, Jussieu gen. 345. Div. IV. Corolla irregu- 
laris papilionacea. Legumen bivalve. ^ Arbores aut frutices ; folia simplicia 
aut ternata aut impari-pinnata. 
CALLISTACHYS. Cal. bilabiatus. Cor. vexillo erecto; alis èt 
carinis demissis. Stam. disco inserta. Stylus incurvus. Stig. simplex, 
acutum. Legum. stipitatum, lignosum, apice dehiscens, antè maturitatem 
multiloculare! polyspermum. Frutices Australasia. Fol. simplicia, sub- 
verticillata, mucronulata. — Stipuke intrafoliaceæ, membranaceæ. - Flores 
тасетові, terminales, bracteati. Ventenat тат. 115, 
C. lanceolata, foliis lanceolatis, acutis. Ventenat loc. cit. 
Callistachya lanceolata. Smith in trans. linn. soc. 9. 266, 
Caulis erectus, teres, ramosus, foliatus, sericeo-pubescens, tripedalia а 
ultra, subproliferus ramis subverticillato-approximatis patentibus. Folia sub- 
verticillatim bina trina v. quaterna, patentissima, brev& petiolata, stipulata, 
lanceolata, pluriós angustiora quàm hus, sericea, nervosa, reticulato-venostt, 
subtis albidiora quàm suprà, mucrone præfiza; petioli brevissimi, basi arti- 
culati, decurrentes : stipule gemin®, intra basin petioli inserta, eoque parüm 
longiores, recurvate, lineari-lanceolatz, membranacez, nigricantes, eztüs 
serice@, perstantes. Racemi ramorum terminales, simplices, solitarii, erecti, 
ovnto-oblongi, conferti, longiores foliis, bracteati; pedunculus infra breve 
nudus. Flores “aureo-flavicantes, magnitudine Соготет arborescentis: 
pedicelli flore breviores, sericei. Bracteæ lanceolate, acute, membranose 
sericee, nigricantes, concave, una nd basin pedicelli alie supra, caduce. 
Cal. equalis, sericeus, longitudine dimidii corolle, acutus, labio infimo tri- 
fido patente. Cor. petala brev& unguiculata; vexillum erectum, suborbicula- 
tum, emarginatum, basi rubro-maculatum: ale deffeze, ‚ equales vexillo, 
cuneiformes, includentes carinam; carina obtusa, brevior alis, petalis utroque 
(Әле liberis medio coherentibus. Stamina receptaculo corolla inserta, сағілд 
inclusa. Germ. pedicellatum, inflatum, hirsutissimum. Sem. 6-8, reniformia, 
atra. 
A rare and handsome greenhouse shrub, introduced 
since the late edition of the Hortus Kewensis, we believe 
from the collections in France. First imported into Europe 
by Captain Baudin, the chief of the late French expedition 
of discovery to New Holland. 
Caruistachys was instituted by M. Ventenat, who had 
included in it the бомрноговгим ellipticum of Labillardiére, 
which Mr. Brown has removed to Охуговшм. Another 
species was also incorporated in the genus by Sir James 
Smith in the Linnean transactions, under the specific name 
