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LEGUMINOS^. LXXVIIL Psoralea. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers blue. 



Lotus tenuifolius, Buriri. cap. prod. 22. 



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Flowers nearly sessile , and approximate in the axils of tk 

 leaves^ but capitate or spicate at the tops of the branches. 



19 P. BRACTEA^TA (Liu. maut. 264.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 lanceolate, mucronate ; pedicels axillary, very short, aggregate, cuneiform, ending in a recurved mucrone, full of pellucid doti, 

 and somewhat capitate. 1^. G. Native of the Cape of Good longer than the petiole; heads of flowers terminal, bracteate. 

 Hope. Flowers with the vexillum white and the wings and 

 keel violet. 



i^a^c/c/^rf-flowered Psoralea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 

 IIP. multicau'lis (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. p. 55. t. 230.) 

 leaves trifoliate, but the upper ones are simple ; leaflets linear- 



^2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schcenb. 

 2. t. 224. Curt. hot. macr. 446, P. cuneif olia, Brot. Ononis 



Many-slemmed Psoralea. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1793. PI. 1 to 2 ft. trifoliata, Lin. syst. nat. Trifolium fruticans, Lin. spec. 1085. 



12 P. aphy'lla (Lin. mant. 450.) lower leaves trifoliate or 



simple ; 

 formed 



leaflets linear-lanceolate, upper ones abortive, scale- 

 pedicels axillary, short, solitary, 1-flow^ered. ^, G. 



Stipulas membranous, rather fleshy. 

 with the keel white. 



Flowers violaceous, but 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 223. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 1727. Flowers blue, but with the keel and 

 wings white. Breyn. cent. 25. 



Leajless Psoralea. Fl. May, Aug. 



13 P. LATiiYRiFOLiA (Balb. st. hort. taur. descr. p. 25. with 

 a figure) leaves simple, ovate, or oval-oblong, ciliated ; stipulas 



clasninii- the stem, bifid at the apex ; stems de- 



G. 



Comm. hort. 2. p. 211. t. 106. 

 £rac/ea^e-headed Psoralea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. 

 3 to 4 feet. 

 20 P. 



Sb. 



INVOLUCRA^TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 607.) leaves trifoliate; 



leaflets obovate, acute, stiff*, glabrous ; flowers umbellate, ter- 



Clt. 1790. Sh. 4 to 7 ft. minal, involucrated. T2 . G. Native of the Cape of Good 



joined m one, 



cumbent, diffiise ; flowers axillary, 1-2, almost sessile. 



Flowers blue. 



Hope. Peduncles hairy, 

 striated. Corolla bluish. 



Umbels usually 5-flowered. Calyxfs 



X- 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Laihyrus-leaved Psoralea. 

 14 P. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Clt. 181G. PL dec. 



'mbens (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 80.) leaves trifo- 



Involucrated Psoralea. FL Ju. JuL Clt. 1818. Sh. 2to3ft. 



21 P. spica'ta (Lin. mant. 264.) leaves trifoliate; leafleti 



obovate-oblong, terminating in a recurved mucrone, beset witl 



black dots beneath ; spikes of flowers terminal, oblong. Ij.G* 



1 345. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 3. p 

 liate; leaflets obovate-cuneated, somewhat obcordate, mucro- Andr. bot, rep. 411. Flowers blue, mixed w^ith white ? Thi? 



species comes very near P. bracteata^ but the leaves are without 



nate, longer than the petiole; branches as well as the calyxes 

 rather villous: flowers axillarv. 1-2. sessile. 1/. G. Native 



villous; flowers axillary, 1-2, sessile. 1/. 



Burch. cat. no, 485. 



Lodd. bot. 



of the Cape of Good Hope. 



cab. 282. P. mucronata, Thunb. prod. 135. P. ononoides, 



Poir. diet. 5. p. 688. 



the pellucid dots which are so conspicuous in that plant. 



Clt. 1774. 



AS]p2ca^e-flovvered Psoralea. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl, June, July 



St. 



Ononis virgata, Burm. cap. 21. Ononis 22 P. sta^chydis (Lin. fil. suppL) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 



decumbens, Sieb. pi. exslc. cap. no. 58. Branches weak and . obi 

 slender. 



Leaves covered with pellucid as well as black dots. 

 Flowers blue. 



Decumbent Psoralea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1774. PL dec. 



15 P. RE PENS (Lin. mant. 2G3.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 obovate, obtuse, shorter than the petiole ; pedicels 1 -flowered, Corolla ferruginous. 



ong, mucronate, villous on both surfaces as well as the stems 

 and calyxes ; spike of flowers terminal, interrupted. \ • ^' 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. P. stachyos, ThunbJ. 

 cap, COS. Leaves dotted above. Petioles 4-times shorter tliafi 

 the leaflets. 



disposed in something like umbels in the axils of the leaves, 

 each furnished with 2 bracteas in the middle. %. G. Native 

 of tlie Cape of Good Hope. Calyx pubescent. Flowers blue. 

 Stems trailing and rooting. 



Creeping Psoralea. FL May, Aug. Clt. 1774. PL prost. 



16 P. HiRTA (Lin. amoen. 6. afr. 85.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 obovate, ending in a recurved point, dotted, and pubescent be- 

 neath ; branches clothed with adpressed hoary villi ; 

 axillary, sessile, numerous, upper ones disposed in 



G. Native of the 



Deflorated spike not unlike a head of lavender. 



FL April, May. Clt. 1793. 



lj?i\tnAex- spiked Psoralea. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



23 P. stria' TA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong 



racemes terminal, interrupted. 



mucronate, pubescent beneath ; 



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

 Striated Psoralea. FL May, Ju. Clt. 1816. -- 

 24 P. RACEMo^sA (Thunb. L c.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets oO- 



^ Tj.G. Native 



Flowers blue. 

 Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



flowers long, mucronate ; racemes terminal, elongated. 



688. 



a spicate 

 Cape of Good Hope. Poir, 



21. but not of 



manner. 



diet. 5. p. 688. Ononis strigosa, Burm. cap 



Thunb, Flowers blue. 



Hairy Psoralea. FL May, Aug. Clt. 1713. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



17 P. JacquiniaVa ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles; 

 leaflets obovate, emarginate, hairy, as well as the rest of the 



of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers blue. 



7?acemo.ve-flowered Psoralea. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



25 

 ovate 



leaflf^ 



Tj. G. 



P. argentea (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate; le^ 

 , cut, mucronate, silvery ; racemes of flowers interrup 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Clt. 1816. 



Silvery Psoralea. 



Fl. May, July. 

 ZG P. TOMENTosA (Thuiib. fl. cap. Q(S6. but not 



Flowers blue 



Sh. 2 to4R; 



of Car. 



(Isof 

 bearing a bracteate head of flowers, those at the tops of the flowers terminal, ^i . G. Native of the Cape of Good i^^r 



plant ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles axillary and terminal, each leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, tomentose beneath ; h^^ 



branches disposed in interrupted spikes, 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



P. 



Tj . G. Native of Flowers blue. 



098 



hirta, 



var. 



P. hirta, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. t. 

 /^, Jacquiniana, D. C. prod. 2. p. 217. 



Flo\Aers white, but with the vexillum pale violet. 

 Jacqxdn^s Psoralea. Fl. May, JuL Clt. 1713. 



Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



18 P. aculea'ta (Lin. spec. 1074.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 cuneiform, ending in a recurved mucrone, glabrous ; stipulas 

 prickle-formed ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, approximate. 

 I7 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. bot. rep. 

 146. Sims, bot. mag. 2158. Flowers blue and white mixed. 



Tomentose Psoralea. FL May, July. Clt. 1820. 



27 P. astragalifo^lia (Poir- diet, suppl. 4. p 



trifoliate, glabrous ; lower leaflets elliptic-ovate 



Far. j3y capitata ; flowers capitate. 

 ilL t. 614, f. 2.? 



Thunb. prod. 136. Lam. 



Sh.2to4lt- 



587.) lea^^ 

 smaller, so- 



perior ones narrow, lanceolate, and longer ; spike of ^^^^\n^ 

 minal, somewhat capitate. 1/ . ? G. Native of the Cape ot 

 Hope. Perhaps the same as P. capitata. 



Milk-vetch-leaved Psoralea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ^^ 



28 P. capitata (Lin. fiL suppL 339. Thunb. L c.)*c^^^ 

 trifoliate and simple, linear or elliptic-linear ; heads of 

 spicate, terminal. \i . G. Native of the Cape ^^^^^ jg^^Ji 

 Vexillum scattered over with dots, similar to those on the 



Prici/y-stipuled Psoralea. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. Flowers purple. 



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