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LEGUMINOS^. XLVIII. Clavxjlum. XLIX. Hypocalyptus. L. Vieorgia, LI. Loddigesia. LII. Dichilcs. 



them ripen their seeds in abundance. The seeds of the annual tal^ria obcordata, Berg. cap. 195. ^ Crotalaria floribunda, Lodd, 

 kinds should be sown on a hot-bed in spring, and when the plants 

 have attained the height of 2 or 3 inches, they may be placed 

 separately in pots, and some may be planted out into the open 

 border in summer, especially those natives of colder countries. 



kinds should be sown on a hot-bed in spring, and when the plants bot. cab. 509. Leaflets 2-3 lines long. 



Obcordate'lea^etted Viborgia. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Shrub 2 to a feet. 



Ch. 1810, 



2 V. Fu'scA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaflets glabrous, ovate, mucronate; 

 branches twiggy, erect. 1^ • G. Native of the Cape of Good 



XLVIIL CLA'VULUM (diminutive otclavus, a club; form Hope. 



of legume). Desv. obs. legum. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 510. 

 Lin. syst. Monadelphiay Decdndria. Calyx 5-cleft, some- 



Brown Viborgia. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 V. SERicEA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaflets clothed with silky puW 



T2 . G. Native of 



what bilabiate ; teeth broad, acute ; vexillum somewhat plicate, cence, obova^e, obtuse ; branches twiggy 

 Keel large, short. Wings short. Stamens monadelphous, with 

 the sheath cleft in front. Style long, acute. Ovary stalked. 

 Legume oblong, inflated, many-seeded. Shrubs, with trifoliate 

 leaves and racemes of flowers, which are either opposite the leaves 



or terminal. 



1 C. MUCRONA^TUM (Dcsv. 1. c.) leaflets ovate, mucronate, 

 covered beneath with powdery pubescence; flowers sessile, spi- 



Native of the Antilles. Crotalaria 



cate, terminal. 



T2. S. 



the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves about a line long. 



Silky Viborgia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 2 to 3 feet 

 Cult. See Loddigesia for culture and propagation. 



LL LODDIGE^SIA (in honour of Conrad Loddiges, nur- 

 seryman at Hackney, near London ; died 1820). Sims, bot. mag. 



t. 956. 



. Lin. syst. Monadelphia, Becdndria. Calyx somewliat in- 

 flated, acutely 5-toothed. Vexillum much smaller than m 

 wings and keel. Stamens all connected. Ovary oblong, 2-4- 

 ovulate, compressed. — A Cape shrub, with trifoliate leaves, and 

 pinkish flowers. 



1 L. oxALiDiFOLiA (Sims, 1. c.) Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Shrub much branched, smooth. Leaves stalk- 

 ed. Stipulas subulate. Leaflets obcordate, mucronate. Flowers 

 3-8, in an umbel. Keel dark-purple at the apex. 



Oa:a//VZeatW Loddigesia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1802. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Cult. Loddigesia is an elegant plant when in flower. Ad 

 equal mixture of sandy loam and peat suits it best, and young 

 cuttings strike freely if planted in a pot of sand, with abell-gla» 

 placed over them. 



LIL DICHIXUS (from ^^c, dis, twice, and x^'^^^-^ ^^'^'^^^^'^ 

 lip ; in reference to the calyx being deeply two lipped). 



Lin. syst. Monadelphiay Decdndria. Calyx attenuated at 

 the base, profoundly bilabiate, upper lip bidentate, lower o 

 tridentate, the teeth all acute. Vexillum shorter than the o 

 1 H. obcorda'tus (Thvmb. 1. c.)- Ij • G. Native of the tuse keel. Wings nearly equal, longer than the calyx. Starneos 

 Cape of Good Hope. Spartium sophoroides. Berg. cap. 198. monadelphous, with the sheath cleft above. Style filnorffl- 

 Crotalaria cordifolia, Lin. mant. 266. The plant has the habit Ovary linear, erect, 8-ovulate. — Smoothish Cape subshru* 

 of a species of Po(/a/?/n« or Rdfnia. Leaflets obcordate, mu- ^ith terete branches, and with hardly any stipulas. I^^^** 



ternate. Pedicels 1-flowered, bibracteate. 

 06corda/c-leafletted Hypocalyptus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. i D. lebeckioides (D. C. 1. c. t. 35.) stem suffruticose, erect. 



smooth ; leaves ternate, on short petioles, smooth ; P^"'^i? _j 



Native of the Cape of Oooa 



mucronata, Desv. joiirn. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 76. D. C, prod. 



2. p. 132. 



A/?/crowrt/e-leaved Clavulum. Shrub. 



2 C. PEDUNCULOSA (Dcsv. 1. c.) leaflets obovate, acute ; flowers 

 disposed in racemose spikes, which are opposite the leaves, and 

 on very long peduncles. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Crotalaria pedunculosa, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 76. 



Stalked'XdiCovciGA. Clavulum. Shrub. 



■ 



Cult. See shrubby stove species of Crotalaria for culture 

 and propagation. 



XLIX. IIYPOCALYTTUS (^7^o, hypo, under, and m- 



XvTrrw, calypto, to veil, meaning not evident). Thunb. prod. 

 124. D. C. prod. 2. p. 135. 



Lin. syst, Monadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx with 5 short 

 lobes, thrust in at the base. Stamens monadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, lanceolate. — A smooth shrub, with trifoliate leaves 

 and purple flowers. All the s])ecies of Hypocalyptus of Thun- 

 berg have been discovered to be either species of Podalyria or 

 Firgiliay except the present plant. 



cronate, complicated, longer than the petiole. 



Obcordate-lea^i 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For ctdture and propagation see Loddigesia. 



L. VIBO'RGIA (in honour of Eric Viborg, an acute Danish 



flowered, bibracteolate. T2 

 Hope. 



Lebeckia-UIce Dichilus. . Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



luf' 



botanist). Spreng. but^not of Moench. Wiborgia, Thunb. fl. 2 D. seri'ceum (Spreng. syst. tent, suppl. p. 20.) stem suf- 



fruticose, erect, silky ; leaves ternate, stalked ; leaflets obov • 

 smooth above, but with the margins fulvous and ciliatea* 



cap. p. 560. but not of Roth. 



LiN. SYST. Mo?}adelj)hia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulately- 

 tubular, permanent, 5-toothed, with the recesses round. Vexil- 

 lum obovate. Keel 2-edged, obtuse. Stamens monadelphous. 



with the sheath at length cleft in front. Style filiform, smooth, 

 crowned by a simple terminal stigma. Legume stipitate, com- 

 pressed, ovate, indehiscent, mucronate from the style, 1 -seeded, 

 subalate at the upper suture ; valves rather ventricose, coria- 

 ceous, transversely nerved. — Cape shrubs, about 2 or 3 feet 

 hi<di, with trifoliate leaves, the leaflets rather longer than the 

 petioles. Flowers yellow, disposed in racemes, with the pedicels 

 reflexed. Stipulas wanting or very small. Perhaps all the 

 three species are sufficiently distinct from each other. 



1 V. obcorda'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 560.) leaflets glabrous, 

 oblong-cuneated, obtusely emarginate ; racemes elongated ; 

 branches loose. ^. G. Native of the Cape of Good Ilope, 

 in sandy places. Jledysarum Capensc, Burm. cap. p. 22. Cro- 



legume linear-ensiform. 

 Hope. Zeyher, no. 10. 



T? . G. .Native of the Cape of 



Gooi 



Silky Dichilus. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



S D. cilia'tum (Spreng. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, ^^^^^>^"^^^ 

 ish ; leaves ternate, on long stalks ; leaflets ovate-rhoniW»>*' 

 rather oblique, ovate, acute, mucronate, smoothish a * 

 ciliated with silky hairs, sparingly pilose beneath ; pedun 

 axillary, leafy in the middle; racemes few-flowered, b* 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. hypotfichum, Sprees- 



cur. post. p. 273. no. 2. 

 Ci/ifl/trf-leaved Dichilus. 



PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. 



and 



LIII. LEBE'CKIA (from LebecJc, some obscure botani^ 



