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PSORALEA pedunculata, 
Flat-headed Psoralea. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecumtnosm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. Г. Corolla irregu- 
laris papilionacea, Legumen 1-loc. bivalve. 
PSORALEA. Cal. turbinatus 5-fidus, punctis callosis aspersus. Pet. 
venosa; carina 2-petala. Leg. compressum, calyci persistenti mquale 
lspermum. Herbe aut frutices; fol. ternata v. rarits simplicia v. impari- 
pinnata ; stipulee à petiolo distincte ; flores spicati v. glomerati, axillares aut 
terminales. Juss, 1, с. 355. 
Р. pedunculata, foliis ternatis subtús sericeis, pedunculis axillaribus bis 
térve superantibus folia, capitulis depressis involucratis, involucri foliolis 
zequantibus calyces. 
Frutex erectus, ramosus 3-реда v. ultra ; rami teretes striati subsericeo- 
pilosi, Fol. sparsa, distantia, patentia, foliolis obovato-oblongis v. lanceolato- 
ovalibus, mucronatis, suprà pilosiusculis subnitidé at obscuré viridibus, sube 
tùs sericeis albicantibus, à nervis lateralibus plurimis parallelis proximis 
costatis, margine depresso; terminali majore modi sesquiunciali, v. 3-plo 
longiore petiolo villoso unisulcato: stipulæ geming, «quales petiolo, erecta, 
appresse ramo, lanceolato-lineares, елійе dens? pubescentes. Pedunculi soli- 
tarii, in summis foliis axillares, striato-teretes, erecti, pilosiusculi, superna 
nigricantes, basi stipati btacteis 2 oppositis stipulis inclusis, nigro-pilosis. 
Capitulum depresso-hemispharicum, multi (14-20) florum, involucratum foliolis 
membranasis avato-lanceolatis intüs plabris extús nigro-pilosis eeguantibus 
calyces, Втасіезе triplices, similes foliolis involucri at plurimum angustiores. 
Cal. pro flore magnus, albo-virescens, nigro-hirsutus, segmentis 4 supe- 
rioribus acuminatis egualibus, imo 59. duplo feré longiore, wiz breviore 
corollá, lanceoluto-cuspidato, secundùm, carinam ascendente, Cor. $ unde 
circitdr longa ; pet. long? unguiculata, isometra, inferne pallescentia, supern2 
violacea, tola venuloso-striata ; vexillum obcordato-rotundum reflezum plied 
media profundá, ungue arcuato-gil о: ale et carina compresso-conniventes 
vesilain Linie assu gentes, alarum laminis oblongis obtusis supra violaceis ; 
carina his equalis, inclusa, unguibus longissimis, laminis ovalis a е cohe- 
rentibus sanguineo-violaceis. Fil. diadelpha, uno libero sterili, pro longitudine 
caring recta, ind? cum angulo recto ascendentia : anth. ochroleuca, parve. 
Germ. breve, compressum : stylus longus capillaris glaber albus prope stigma 
angulo recta assurgens, ad genu crassior ғ stigma acwtum pu lum, erectum, 
viridans, 
A plant we are unable to refer to any species recorded in 
the works known to us; and, as we are informed by Messrs. 
Whitley and Co. in whose greenhouse, in the King’s Road, 
Fulham, the drawing was taken, raised by them from seed 
received from the Cape of Good Hope. It comes nearer to 
the P. bituminosa of the south of Europe than any other, 
but is abundantly distinct from it, as well as from the 
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