LEGUMINOSiE. LIIL Lebeckia. LIV. Sarcopiiyllum. LV. Aspalathus. 



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Thiinb. prod. 2. praef. fl. cap. 561. Willd. spec. 3. p. 946. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 136. 



Lin, syst. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-cleft; lobes 



Dense Lebeckia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



9 L. hu'milis (Thunb. fl. cap. 562.) leaves trifoliate, pubes- 

 cently-villous ; leaflets linear-oblong ; flowers racemose, re- 



acute, nearly equal, with the recesses rounded. Stamens all flexed; branches incurved. Pj • G. Native of the Cape of 

 connected, with the sheath cleft above. Legume cylindrical, Good Hope. Stem glabrous, hardly an inch in height, 

 many-seeded. — Shrubs or subshrubs, natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, with simple or trifoliate leaves. Habit of Genista. 



Shrub ^ foot. 



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Leaves simj^le. 



Humble Lebeckia. 



10 L. SERi'cEA (Thunb. fl. cap. 562.) leaves trifoliate, silky ; 

 leaflets linear-oblong, flat; racemes few-flowered, short; flowers 



fp . G. Native of the Cape of Good 



erect ; corolla glabrous. 



1 L. suBNu DA (D. C. prod. 2." p. 136.) leaves almost want- Hope. Spartium serlceum, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 12. Cytisus 



sericeus, Lam. diet. 



Silky Lebeckia. Fl. April. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 

 11 L. cYTisoiDES (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, clothed with 

 adpressed pubescence ; leaflets linear-oblong ; racemes elon- 

 stipes a little longer than the calyx. Perhaps the same as L. gated ; flow^ers erect, smoothish. ^2 • Gr. Native of the Cape 

 aphylla, Thunb. prod. 122. but omitted in his Flora Capensis. of Good Hope. — Comm. hort. amst. 2. p. 107. Spartium cyti- 

 Nearly-naked Lebeckia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1824. Shrub soides, Lin. fil. suppl. 320. E'benus Capensis, Lin. mant. 264. 

 1 to 2 feet. Cytisus Capensis, Lam. Flowers large, yellow, resembling those 



ing, but at the tops of the branches they are few, linear, and 

 deciduous, and are, as well as the branches, clothed with ad- 

 pressed pubescence ; flowers disposed in long racemes. Tj • ^' 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals stipitate, with the 



2 L. coktamina'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 136.) leaves linear-fili- of a species of Crotalaria. 



form, scattered, glabrous ; racemes axillary, pedunculated, and 

 elongated. T2 • G, Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy 



places. Spartium contaminatum, Lin, mant. 268. The bases 

 of the leaflets are spotted with purple. Flowers yellows Per- 

 haps L. contarainata of Thunb. fl. cap. 561. Flowers said to 

 be umbellate by Thunberg ; it is therefore perhaps a distinct 

 species from the plant of Linnseus. 

 Contaminated Lebeckia, 



Cytisus-like Lebeckia. Fl. April. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 

 Cult, For culture and propagation see Loddigesia, p. 142. 



Fl. Ai)ril, May. Clt. 1787. Shrub 



2 to 6 feet. 



3 L. sepia'ria (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves filiform, rather crowded, 

 glabrous ; racemes subterminal, pedunculated, elongated, crowd- 

 ed. J2 ' G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.— Pluk. aim. 

 ^•424. f. 1. Spartium sepiarium, Lin. spec, 995. Genista se- 

 piaria, Lam. Spartium pinastrifohum, Burm. cap. p, 21. 



Hedge Lebeckia. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1820. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



4 L. ? linea'ris (D. C. prod. 2. p, 137.) leaves in fascicles, 

 hnear-subulate, acute, glabrous, straight ; flowers tern, some- 

 ^vhat pedicellate at the tops of the branches. ^2 • Gr. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Psoralea linearis, Burm. cap. 22. 



LinearAeaxed Lebeckia. Fl. April, May. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



LIV. SARCOPHYXLUM (from o-aps crapKog, sarx sarcos^ 

 flesh, and (j)v\\oy, jihyllon, a leaf; leaves fleshy). Thunb. prod. 

 part. 2. D. C. prod. 2, p. 137. — Sarcophyllus, Thunb. fl, cap, 2. 

 p. 573. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia, Decdndna. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 parted, regular, 2 superior teeth divaricate. Carina obtuse. 

 Stamens monadelphous. Legume compressed, elongated, fal- 

 cate, many-seeded, acuminated by the style, — A smooth Cape 

 shrub, with the appearance o^ Lebeckia sepinria. 



1 S. carnosum (Thunb, 1. c.) T2 . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, on the mountains near False Bay. Sims, bot. 

 mag, 2502. Leaves fleshy, filiform, articulated above the mid- 



dle, disposed in fascicles. Flowers yellow, pedicellate, lateral. 

 Fleshy-leaved Sarcophyllum. Fl. May, Aug. Clt, 1812. Sh. 



2 to 4 feet. 



Cult. This plant being of a rather succulent nature care 



K r f rr.1 , 1 X 1^ ' , " i_ 1 1 must be taken not to over water it. A mixture of loam and 



hrL^A 7 '''^^''' (Thunb. 1, c.) leaves obovate ; branches and j ^,^^ ^^^^ ^^i, f^^ j^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ij j^ .^ 



t)ranchlets spinescent, tomentose ; flowers solitary. T2 . G. Na- ^ '_ .; o & j 



tive of the Cape of Good Hope, Erect, clothed with fine tomen- 

 tum, the branches terete. Legume oblong, falcate, tomentose. 



Pungent Lebeckia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



pot of sand under a bell-glass. 



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LV. ASPALATHUS (said to be derived from a privative, 



to extract ; in reference to the thorns). Lin. 



<T7raa>, sjyao 



6 L. subterna TA (Link. enum. 2. p. 225.) leaves 1-2 or tri- 



' . G. -Native of 



Lam. iU. t. 620. Thunb. fl. cap. 573. D. C. 



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foliate, sessile, lanceolate, acute, scab 



the Cape of Good Hope. Pedicels axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers yellow. Vexillum longer than the wings, and 

 acute keel. 



gen. no. 8G0. 



prod. 2. p. 137. Aspalathus and Eriocylax, Neck. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx with the tube 

 hardly attenuated at the base, 5-toothed or 5-cleft, with the 

 lobes about equal. Vexillum on a short stipe. Carina 2-edged. 

 Stamens monadelphous, having the sheath cleft above. Legume 



Subtemate-leaved Lebeckia. Fl. June, July, Clt, 1824'. oblong, usually oblique, few-seeded,— Shrubs or subshrubs, all 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



7 L. ARMA TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 561.) leaves trifoliate, stalked, 

 glabrous ; leaflets oblong ; branches numerous, rather spines- 

 cent, terete, grey ; flowers racemose. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. L. scorpius, Thunb. prod. 122. in fl. cap. 

 on)itted. Stem very much branched. 



Armed Lebeckia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



8 L. de'nsa (Thunb. fl. cap. 562.) leaves trifoliate, clothed 

 With adpressed silky-canescent down; leaflets oblong-linear, 

 complicated ; racemes few-flowered, on long peduncles, some- 

 what spicate ; flowers erect, silky. T2 . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 2603. Leaflets 12-15 lines 

 Jong, and 1 to 3 broad. Petioles, branches, and pedicels clotlied 

 with adpressed pubescence. 



natives of the Cape of Good Hope, with the exception of one. 

 Leaves at first sight in fascicles, but are compounded of 3-5 

 leaflets, disposed palmately, rarely pinnately, having scarcely 

 any or very short petioles, therefore the leaflets are sessile. 

 Flowers furnished each with 3 bracteoles, or a leaf composed 

 of 3 leaflets. The species are mostly known from the descrip- 



tions of Thunberg. Flowers usually yellow. 



§ 1. Flowers almost sessile. 



Leaves in fascicles. 



1 A. spinosa (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, linear, 

 glabrous; branches axillary, spiny; flowers axillary, solitary, 



Lam. ill. t. 620. f. 3. 



glabrous. 



Tj . G. Brcyn. cent. t. 26. 



