LEGUMINOS^. XLII. Achyronia. XLIII. Lipaeia. XLIV. Priestleya. 



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Stamens all connected into a sheath, which is cleft in front. ing ; legume 1 -seeded, pendulous. I2. G. Native of the Cape 



Stigma capitate, somewhat emarginate. Legume linear, piano- 

 compressed, much longer than the calyx, many-seeded. — Cape 

 shrubs, with simple, alternate, exstipulate, pungent leaves, which 



Flowers of 



of Good Hope. 



One-seeded Borbonia. Shrub. 



10 B. ? undula'ta (Thunb. prod. 122.) leaves stem -clasping, 

 undulated, ending in a reflexed mucrone. J^ . G, Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps this is a species of Vascoa alhed 

 to V. ample xic null s or V, perfolutta. 



rf^re^-leaved Borbonia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



narrow, lanceolate, many-nerved, comphcated, ciliately-bearded, 11 B. ? villosa (Thunb. fl. cap. 560.) leaves lanceolate, vein- 



^« and very much acuminated. ^. G.^ Native of the Cape of less; stem hairy; flowers terminal, sessile ; corolla hairy. ^.G. 

 Good Hope. " 



^ the outside. 



are stem-clasping, and many-nerved at the base. .^ v.* 



^5 • all yellow, disposed in heads at the tops of the branches or 

 ^'^^ axillary. 



1 B. barba'ta (Lam. diet. 2. p. 436. ill. 610. f. 2.) leaves 



Branches diverging. Flowers sessile, villous on Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps a species of Priest- 



Bear dedAenved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 



IS i 3 to 4 feet. 



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saf quite entire, glabrous. T2 



ley a. 



Villous Borbonia. Slirub 2 to 3 feet. 



Czdt, The species o( Borbo^iia are shewy when in flower. 

 They thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat, and young 



Hope. Berg. fl. cap. 188.— Pluk. aim. t. 297. f. 4. and per- 

 haps B. angustifolia. Lam. diet. 2. p. 436. 



Threc-nerved-haxed Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. 



Native of the Cape of Good cuttings strike root freely in sand, under a bell-glass. 



lagt Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



3 B. lanceola'ta (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 pungent, many-nerved, quite entire, sessile, glabrousj as well 

 as the stem. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Burm. car), prod. 21. Jacq. schoenbr. 2. p. 217. Flowers 



XLII. ACHYRO'NIA (from a-^ypoyj achyron, chaff*; in re- 

 ference to the branches and leaves being covered with chaffy 

 hairs). Wendl. obs. hot. 39. D. C. prod. 2. p. 120. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia^ Dccdndria, Calyx 5-toothed, lower 



tooth elongated and bifid. 



Stamens diadelphous. Legume 



cap. 



densely villous. 



Lanceolate-leaved 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Borbonia. Fl. July, 



Aug. 



Clt. 1752. 



4 B. corda'ta (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves cordate, many-nerved, 



quite entire, glabrous, but the branches are villous. Tj , G. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. schoenbr. 2. t. 218. 



B. cordifolia, Lam. diet. 2. p. 436. Burm. prod. fl. cap. 21. 



Corolla densely villous, with the vexillum obcordate. 



Cordate-leaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Sh. 

 •'* 3 to 6 feet. 



5 B. RusciFOLTA (Sims, hot. mag. t. 2128.) leaves cordate, 

 many-nerved, minutely-ciliated, hut are otherwise glabrous, as 

 well as the branches. 



compressed, many-seeded. — A shrub, with the appearance of 

 Borbonia. 



1 A. VILLOSA (Wendl. 1. c. et hort. herrenh. 1. 1. 12.). T2 . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Erect, with the branches beset with 

 silky hairs. Leaves lanceolate, acute, smooth, with the margins 

 beset with silky villi- Flowers yellow, axillary, pedicellate. 



Villous Achyronia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



Cult. See Borbonia for culture and propagation. 



XLIII. LIPA'RIA (from XtTrapog, lijyaros, brilliant; in allusion 

 to the surface of the leaves being shining). Lin. mant. 156. ex- 

 clusive of numerous species. D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 121. 

 Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx thrust in at the 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good |^^g^^ ^r\^\^ a short tube and a 5-lobed limb, the 4 superior lobes 

 ope.-— Breyn. cent. 1. t. 28. — Seb. thes. 1. t, 24. f 3. and lanceolate and acute, and about equal in length, lower one very 



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Lam, ill, t. 610. f. 1, Flowers sparingly villous. 



Butcher' s-hroom-leaved^orhox\\a. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



long, elliptic, and petaloid. Corolla glabrous, with an oval- 



oblong vexillum and oblong wings, the one involving the other 

 in aestivation. Keel strai*:cht, acute, narrow, 2-cd(];ed. Stamens 



6 B. parviflo'ra (Lam. diet. 2. p. 437.) leaves cordate, diadelphous. Ovary sessile, very short. Style filiform. Le- 



many-nerved, minutely denticulated, and are, as well as the ^^^^ 0^^^^^ few-seeded.— Cape shrubs, smooth in every part 

 branches, glabrous. ^ , G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 t** Flowers small, sessile, few, usually terminal. 



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Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



' 7 B. crexa'ta (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves cordate, roundish, 

 of acute, denticulated, many-nerved, and reticulated between the 

 5 nerves, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. \i . G. 



.f Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. hot. mag. 274. Burm. ^ 



m cap. 21. Lois. herb. amat. t. 222. Flowers less villous than in gplendens, Burm. fl. cap, prod. 4. 



except the pedicels, which are very short, and the ovary, which 

 is very villous. Leaves lanceolate, exstipulate, quite entire, 

 thin, many-nerved, pungent at the apex. Flowers disposed in 

 subspherical heads, of a yellowish-brown colour, drying black. 



1 L. spiiie'RiCA (Lin. mant. 268.). Tj. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. G42. Sims, hot. mag. 



1211. Borbonia sphse'rica. Lam. diet. 2. p. 437. Leucadendron 



^ the rest of the species. 



^ . CrenatedAeaved Borbonia. 

 ,» 3 to 6 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 



G^/o&e-flowered Liparia. Fl, Jul. Aug. Clt. 1794. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 

 Cult. See Priestleya for culture and propagation. 



8 B. ciliVta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 923.) leaves cordate, rather 

 ef orbicular, obtuse or acute, many-nerved, reticulated, denticu- 

 lated, with the nerves and margin cihated with long hairs ; 

 branches piliferous. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 ^ Flowers small, few. The hairs on the leaves when young are 

 ^ frequently long and spreading. 



CiliatedAeaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 181G. Sh. 



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2 to 6 feet. 



•f Species not suffi 



XLIV. PRIESTLFYA (in honour of M. Priestley, a phy- 

 siological botanist). D, C, leg. mem. vi. D. C, prod. 2. p. 

 121.— Liparise, spec, of authors. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx nearly equally 

 5-lobed, somewhat bilabiate. Corolla glabrous, with a roundish 

 vexillum, which stands on a short stipe, falcate obtuse wi 

 and a 2-edged convex keel which is curved on the back. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous. Style filiform. Stigma capitate, sometimes 

 furnished with an acute tooth behind. Legume sessile, piano 



9 B.? MoiTOsrE'RMA(D.C. prod. 2. p. 120.) leaves lanceolate, compressed, oval-oblong, apiculated by the style, 4-G-seeded. 

 3-nerved, very acute ; pedicels 1-flowered, retlexed after flower- —Cape shrubs, with simple, quite entire, exstipulate leaves, and 





