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DAVIE3IA alftta. 



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DECANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



Natord* Leguminosje. Jumeitffen, 34fi. J)w. IV. 



DA VIESIA. Smith in linn, trans, 4, 222. Calyx aagulatas ebractea^ 

 tus. Corolla papilionacea^ caring Texillo breviore. Oermen pediceUatum, 

 dispermum. Stylus strictus. Stigma simplex. Legumen compressum an- 

 gulatutD, elastice dehiscens. Strophiola semiais postic^ Integra. Brwm 

 in Hort. Kew, ed. 2. 3. 20. 



D. alata, ramis erecto^patentibHs elongatis aphyllitf, exi lignosA tereti pro- 

 minente lat^ utrinqne alatik; pedunculis alternis iacisurii ramoniin seaen- 

 tibus brevibus inteni^ f]mbriato*bmcteatis apice fasdcolato-floriferis : 

 tegumine compress^ dolabriformi^ scarioso-perKaDuneo mcmoBpenDO ; 

 semine renato-rotundoy lineolis nigris super nmdum iiidiito-fuscum no- 

 tato. 

 Daviesia alata, caule aphyllo alato, umbellisjateralibus^ calyce bracteisque 

 fimbriatis. ^ith in linn, ffmns, 9. 



Caiilis brevis teres lignosns Jnsco-corticatuSf ab apice ramorum comamnMr 

 merosam fasciculaUhfastigiantevi elongatam erecto-patentem educent: rami 

 apkylli, alati, latitudine jerh y und^B v. circd, virentes^ foHaceo-extenuati axi 

 medid ienus ad utramque marginem projhmm sedibus excisu Flores pAirei 

 in mmmo pedunculo aggregati subsessiles : bractete pAtrei , ^i>ar$iB, auena, 

 herbacea, ciliatcB. Legumen melimhfuscescens, oblati semi-ovaiMm, tiue- 

 guilaierum, margine altera rectim obliguato, altera latiari veniriamssimo, 

 pergamineo-scariosump apice mucranatnm. Semen roiato-ftiArofiniiAMi, 

 melinum, lineolis nigris ekgamtissimi pi4^m : StmpidciAjimiculobrevi erasto 

 umbUicali pedicellata abhnga crassa inenmbens o/ms^ omlHlicuB 4trei 

 subscyaned insitus. 



Drawn at Mr. Colviirs Nursenr, where the species was 

 bably first raised from New I&U^nd seed. Still a very 



B niant. Not. taken un in the HortUfi Kewensis* 



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The solitary oblong seed contained in the elastically 

 bursting pod of this curious little shrub, reminds us of some 

 sorts of bird's egg in miniature, is of a fown colour, brokenly 

 spotted with short black lines, and scarcely bigger than a 

 mustard-seed. The stem is short, round, and woody, with 

 a rough brown bark ; produces a level-topped fascicle of 

 long green foliaceously winged leafless branches from its 

 summit, which are indented quite to the midrib alternately 

 and distantly at each edge ; the indentations serve as niches 



