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SCOTTIA* dentáta. 
T'ooth-leaved Seottia. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosx. $ Lotee. 
SCOTTIA R. Br. — Calyx bracteis imbricatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus 
parúm insequalibus. Vexillum complicatum brevius alis carinam eequanti- 
bus. Stamina omnia connexa. Legumen pedicellatum compressum, margine 
utroque incrassato. Semina 3-4 strophiolata. — R. Br. in H. Kew. ed. 2. 
4. 268. 
Scottia dentata. R. Brown l.c.  Decand. prodr. 2. 118. i 
Frutex ramosus, diffusus, ramulis filiformibus, verrucosis. Folia oppo- 
sita, subsessilia, cordato-triangularia, inequaliter dentata, reticulata, glabra. 
Flores solitarii, axillares, subsessiles. Bracteæ sub calyce quinque, quarum 
2 exteriores parve, truncate, inequales, persistentes, leviter pubescentes, 
basin. calycis calyculi instar ambientes, 3 interiores cymbiformes, equales, 
calycis longitudine, glabriuscule, citò decidue. Calyx campanulatus, sub- 
equalis, quinque-dentatus, ad os subpubescens. Vexillum abbreviatum, cum 
carind subparallelum. Ale et carina oblonga, obtuse, conniventes. | Stamina 
alte connata, subpubescentia. Ovarium  longipedunculatum, trispermum, 
attenuatum in stylo setaceo. Stigma simplex. 
A native of the South-west coast of New Holland, 
whence, according to the Hortus Kewensis, it was introduced 
by Mr. Peter Good, in 1803. It has, however, always 
been so scarce a plant, that, notwithstanding its great 
beauty, it is hardly ever seen in Collections. Our drawing 
was made at Mr. Mackay's Nursery at Clapton, in 
December last. 
A hardy greenhouse plant, exceedingly deserving of 
cultivation. 
A branching, diffuse shrub, with filiform, warted 
branches. Leaves opposite, subsessile, cordate-triangular, 
* Named after a Dr. Robert Scott, a Professor of Botany at Dublin. 
