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DAVIESIA cordata. 
Cordate-leaved Daviesia. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Legumiuos#.. Tribus I. Sophore®. Dec. 
DAVIESIA. — Supra , vol. 9.fol. 728. 
D. cordata; foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus reticulato-venosis, pedunculis 
axillaribus aggregates corymbosis multifloris. Dec. prodr. 2. 114. 
D. cordata. Smith in act. Linn. 9. 253. 
Folia cordata, amplexicaulia, acuminata, glaberrima, cartilaginea, reti¬ 
culata, venis primariis patentibus, arcuatis externisywe ramosissimis, costa- 
libus nullis; venulis propriis communibus^we cequalibus, intertextis. Co- 
rymbi axillares, pedunculati, folio breviores. Calyx ebracteolatus, glaberri- 
rnus, coloratus, campanulatus, labio superiore lato, truncato, emarginato, 
inferiore cequilongo tridentato. Vexillum luteum, erectum, subrotundum, 
cmarginatum, basi purpureo-fusco maculatum, ad apicem unguis calycis 
longitudine subcallosum. Alee oblongce, fusco-lutece, carince longitudine, 
vexillo breviores, basi hinc v. utrinque cordata. Carina falcata, acuta, 
purpurco-aurantiaca. Stamina 10, basi calycis inserta, incequalia; fila- 
menta linearia, apice retusa. Anther® parvce, subrotunda;, innatce. Pollen 
minimum, sphcericum, bi-tripapillosum. Ovarium glabrum, pedicellatum, 
lanceolatum, trispermum. Stylus subulatus, glaberrimus. Stigma simplex. 
Another new acquisition to our gardens, for which we 
have again to record the collection of Mr. Mackay, of 
Clapton, to whom it was communicated by Wm. Townshend 
Aiton, Esq., from his Majesty’s Gardens at Kew. 
A beautiful greenhouse plant, flowering in profusion in 
the month of May; native of New Holland. 
Leaves cordate, amplexicaul, acuminate, quite smooth, 
cartilaginous, reticulated; vena ? primaries diverging at an 
angle of about 50 °, vence arcuated and externa much 
branched; costales none; vemtlee proprice and communes 
equal and intermingled. Corymbs axillary, pedunculate. 
