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* LÁLAGE ornáta. 
Gay-flowering Lalage. 
MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINosm. $. Lotee De Cand. (Introduction to the 
Natural System of Botany, p. 87.) 
LALAGE. Flores bracteis deciduis aridis inclusi. Calyx bilabiatus ; 
labio superiore bifido, inferiore tripartito, laciniis omnibus setaceis. Vexillum 
planum, subrotundum, emarginatum, Carina obtusa. Stamina omnia connexa, 
decimo semilibero. Legumen ld. GG .-. MAE 
Frutex Australasicus. Folia alterna, simplicia, stipulata. Flores axillares, 
aurantiaco purpureoque varii. 
Lalage ornata. 
Frutex atroviridis ; ramis teretibus sericeis. Folia lata, ovata, breve 
petiolata, valdê reticulata presertim infra, supra scabriuscula, brevissime 
pilosa, subtus sericea. Stipule setacee, lineate, scariose, petioli longitudine, 
dorso pilose. Flores gemini, axillares, e sguamis imbricatis, testaceis, aridis, 
deciduis erumpentes ; pedicellati, bracteolis filiformibus viridibus villosis 
calycis longitudine. Calyx villosus, intus coloratus. Vexillum subrotundum, 
explanatum, emarginatum, intense luteum basi maculá sanguined limbo 
Jusco-purpureo notatum, Alex fusco-purpurea, lineari-oblonge, obtusissime, 
cum carina parallele. Carina paulo inflata, late purpurea, denticulata 
obtusa. Stamina basi alba, apicibus purpurea. Anthere ovate, obtuse. 
Ovarium villosissimum, stylo ascendente, subulato, glabro. 
A native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where 
its seeds were collected by. Mr. Baxter. Our drawing was 
made in Mr. Knight’s Nursery in April last. 
This is one of the prettiest of the New Holland legumi- 
nous plants, Its leaves = a deep rich green, and the 
colour of the flowers is a pleasing mixture of yellow, orange, 
* May we be permitted to apply tó this gay and ipi oncas plant the name of 
a laughing witty dame, who has been immortalize by the poetry of Horace ? 
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