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LEGUMINOS^. XLIV. Priestleya. 



with yellow flowers, which are disposed either in heads, umbels, capitate, terminal, or in fascicles in the upper axils of the leave! 



or spikes. This genus differs fvom Borbonia and Aspdlathus Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Borbonia ericifoliai 



m the stamens being diadelphous, and from Liparia in the caly- Lin. amoen, 6, p. 92. Burm. cap. 20. Keel of a fuscous purple 



erne lobes being nearly equal, and in the form and aestivation of colour at the apex. Ovary very villous. Leaves 3 lines lonT 



the petals. 



Far. (3; leaves silky on the upper surface. Tj 



The 



Sect. L Eiso'thea (from ft^w, eiso, within, or in, and 0£w, theo^ 

 to run ; in reference to the calyx being run or thrust in at the 

 base, and therefore becoming in consequence diminished). D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 121. Calyx thrust in at the base. 



1 P. MYRTiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c. t. 29.) Icavcs quite smooth, 



ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost nerveless ; bracteas shorter than 



the pedicels, and involving them at the base, and are as well as 



the calyxes glabrous ; legumes clothed with adpressed villi. 



Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Liparia myrtifolia, 



Thunb. fl. cap. 565. Calyx yellowish when dry, very much 



thrust in at the base, having equal, ovate, rather acute lobes. 



Heads of flowers rather loose ; pedicels elongating after flowering. 



Myrlle-leaved Priestleya. Fl. April, Dec. Clt. 1823. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



2 P. HiRSu TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves obovate-oblong, acute, 

 glabrous, but with the brandies, bracteas, and calyxes hairy ; 

 stigma bifurcate. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Liparia hirsilta, Thunb. fl. cap 



not of Moench. Racemes of flowers somewhat capitate, usually 

 twin. Bracteas inclosing the pedicels and longer than them, 

 spacelate at the apex. 



Hairy Priestleya. Fl. April, Dec Clt. 1 792. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



3 P. l^viga'ta (D. C. I.e. t. 30.) leaves oblong-linear, acut- 



mem. t. 31. 

 Heath-let 



dim 



557. 



Ker. hot. rcg. t. 8. but 



ShltoSfl. 



8 P. SERicEA (D. C. L c.) leaves ovate, acute, flat, 1-nerved, 

 clothed with silky adpressed pubescence on both surfaces asweS ' 

 as on the branchlets ; flowers disposed in a short termini! 

 spike, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; legumes hairy. Ij .G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Liparia sericea, Lin. syst 

 555. Borbonia sericea. Lam. diet. 1. p. 438. — Pluk. aim. t. 

 388. f. 3. Indigofera sericea, Lin. mant. 271.? ex Lam. did 

 3. p. 252. Crotalaria imbricata, Burm. cap. 21. Lin. spec 

 1004.? 



Silkij Priestleya. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1794. Sh. 2to3ll 



9 P. axilla' Ris (D. C. leg. vi. t. 32.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 flat, 1-nerved, clothed with adpressed villi on both surfaces M 

 well as on the branchlets; flowers solitary in the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; calyx and legumes hairy. 1^ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Borbonia axillaris, Lam. diet. 1. p. 488. 



Clt. 182J 



-^a;i//ar^-flowered Priestleya. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



FL June, July. 



10 P. ELLiPTicA (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. S3.) leaves elliptic, 

 flat, 1-nerved, ending in a callous mucrone, covered with ad- 

 pressed villi on both surfaces ; flowers capitate, and are as weB 



c. , as the calyxes and branchlets velvety. ^2 • ^r. Native of thf 



ish,^nerveless, lower ones glabrous, the upper and floral ones Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 5-6, umbellately capitate at the 



clothed with adpressed silky pubescence; flowers disposed in tops of the branches. 

 capitate umbels ; calyxes obtuse, clothed with adpressed villi; Branches rather hairy. 



ovary villous. h 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Calyx ciotnea with siiK 

 Leaves rather canescent. 



pubescence. 



Liparia laevigata, Thunb. fl. cap. 5CG. Borbonia laevigata, Lin. 

 mant. 100. L. umbellata, Lin. mant 

 thrust in at the base, with obtuse lobes. 



Clt. 1825. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



G. 



E llipticAeayed Priestleya. 

 ^ . '^ " - ^- ^ J. 2, p. 122.) leaves ovate-eliip"^' 



mant, 100. L. umbellata, Lui. mant. 110. Calyx at length acute, 1-nerved, flat, hairy on both surfaces, as well as tie 



-, , T^ . 1 branchlets, calyxes, and legumes; flowers capitate. ^ 



Amooth Priestleya. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Borbonia tomentosa, Lii 



Liparia villosa, Lin. mant. 438. — Seba, thes. !• 

 Lotus fruticosus, Houtt. p. fl. syst. 10. p. H''^* 

 Fillous Priestleya, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to4ft 



0€ 



Sect. IL Aneisothea (from a priv. cto-w, eiso^ within or in, 

 w, theo, to run ; the calyx in the species of this section 



are not thrust in at the base, as in the preceding). D. C. prod. 



«. p. 121. Calyx not thrust in at the base but ovate or obco- 



nically attenuated. 



4 P. capitVta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 121.) leaves oblong-linear, 

 acute, sompwhat convolute, nerveless, and are as well as the 

 branches quite glabrous ; bracteas, calyxes, and legumes very 

 hairy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Liparia 

 capitata, Thunb. prod. 124. fl. cap. 566. Burch, cat. no. 591. 



spec. 994. 

 t. 24. f 2. 



12 P. VESTiTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 122.) leaves ovate, conca^* 



obtuse, nerveless, glabrous above, but clothed with hairy ^o* 



beneath as well as the calyxes and branches ; flowers capitate- 

 r ^ ^r . . . ^ . « Liparia vestt* 



Liparia villo* 



^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 568. Sims, bot. maj?. 2223. 



Andr. bot. rep. 382.— Seba, thes. 1. t. 24. f. 1. . 



Clothed Priestleya. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. Sh-^to*"- 



Flowers capitate. Calyx ovate at the base. Stamens diadel- t ^''^ calyx of the fi 



Fl. July, Aug. 



Clt. 1812. 



phous, permanent around the fruit. 



Capitate-Rowered Priestleya. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



5 P. graminif6ua (D. C. prod. 2. p. 122.) leaves lanceolate, 

 and are as well as the angular stems glabrous ; flowers spicate, 

 hairy. T^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Liparia 

 gramlnifolia, Lin. mant. 268. Thunb. fl. cap. 566. Leaves 

 1-nerved beneath. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from P. capitata. 



Grass-leaved Priestleya. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 





qiiently are not arranged in any section. 



13 P. xe'cta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 122.) leaves ovate, concaj^ 

 spreading, tomentose ; flowers axillary, stalked, h • ^' 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. LipJkria tecta, Thunb. 

 124. fl. cap. 568. 



Covered Priestleya. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



14 P. TOMENTOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 122.) leaves lanceol* 



and are as well as the calvxps tomentose : flowers 



h 



6 P. TE kes (D. C. 1. c.) leaves obovate-oblong, and are as Thunb. 1. c. 



«o yTcii as the calyxes tomentose; flowers cap^ 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Liparia tomento* 



mnb. 1. c. Corolla glabrous. * 



To///e/i/o^e Priestleya. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh.SfJJ*!; 



15 P. UMBELLiFERA (D. C. 1. c.) Icavcs lauceolatc, villo^ 



II. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. branches umbellate: flowers somewhat umbellatelv capnf- 



well as the stem glabrous ; stem terete ; flowers racemose, hairy. 

 ^2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Terele-siemmed Priestleya. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



7 P. ERic^FoLiA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate, rather paria umbellifbVa,^Thunb7L^^^ 

 acute, with somewhat revolute margins, hairy beneath, but at 



tomentose. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



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length glabrous above ; branches and calyxes silky ; flowers 



Umhellifi 



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Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



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Cult. The species of this genus thrive very well in a tui 



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