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LEGUMINOSiE. C. Dalea. 



fiomewhat glandular ; spikes of flowers opposite the leaves, cy- glabrous; leaves with 5-10 pairs of obovate or obcordate 

 lindrical, pedunculate ; calyx glandular at the base, and with a 

 hairy limb, T2 . S. Native of South America, near Quito, and 

 on the mountains about Popayan. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Astragalus-like Dalea. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



12 D. PECTiNA^TA (Kunth, mim. 169. t. 49. nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 483.) plant erect or procumbent, many-steaimed ; leaves 

 with 20-30 pairs of linear, acutish, canaliculately-concave, gla- 



leaflets ; spikes of flowers cylindrical, at length much elongated, 

 pedunculate; peduncles hispid just under the spike ; calyx gla- 

 brous, striated with 10 black nerves ; bracteas ovate, terminated 

 by a bristle, shorter than the calyx. 1/ . S. Native of Mexico 

 and of the island of Cuba. Sims, hot. mag. 2486. D. bicolor, 

 Willd. hort. berl. t. 89. ex Sims. D. obovatifolia, Ort, dec. p. 

 31. Psoralea mutabilis, Cav, icon. 4. t. 394. D. unguiculata, 



brous, glaucescent leaflets ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong, on Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Corolla at first white, but at 



long peduncles ; bracteas subulate ; calyx glandular and hairy. 

 7/. G. Native of Mexico, near Villalpando. Flowers vio- 

 laceous, but yellow at the claws. 



cd Dalea. 



PecllnaiedA 



PI. procumbent. 



length becoming of a violet colour. 



Changeahle-^ovveredi Dalea. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1818. PI. l^ft. 

 20 D. uNciFERA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 5. p. 580.) 



stem herbaceous, branched, beset with glandular hairs ; leaves 



13 D. lANA^TA (Sesse et Moc. mss.) herbaceous, smooth; with 4 pairs of obovate, obtuse, mucronulate, stalked leaflets, 



leaflets in many pairs, elliptic-oblong, blunt, glandular beneath ; which are dotted beneath and ciliated on the margins; stipulas 



stipcls obsolete; spike capitate; teeth of calyx awl-shaped, 

 feathery. ©, S. Native of Mexico. D. lutescens, Cerv. mss. 



Flowers large, white, tinged with purple, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) glandless. O.? H. Native of Mexico. 



filiform ; spike terminal, ovate-cylindrical ; bracteas navicular, 

 longer than the calyx, ending each in a hooked acumen; calyx 



Corolla violaceous. 



Woolly Dalea. PI. ^ 



1 4 D. tulche'lla ; herbaceous, smooth, with glandular, slightly 

 warted branches ; leaves with many pairs of obcordate leaflets, 

 glandular on both surfaces, lower pair the largest and recurved ; 

 Btipulas minute ; spikes capitate ; calyx very hairy, with bristle- 

 shaped, feathered teeth. ©. S. Native of Mexico. Leaflets 



very small. Flowers large, purple. A slender plant, (v. s. herb. 



Lamb.) 



Neal Dalea. PI. | to 1 foot. 



15 D. tubercula'ta (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 23.) plant 

 erect, suffruticose, glabrous ; stem and branches beset with tu- 

 bercles ; leaves with 4 pairs of cuneate-oblong retuse leaflets, 

 which are beset with dot-like tubercles beneath ; spikes of 

 flowers oblong-cylindrical, villous; bracteas ovate, shorter than 

 the calyx. \2 . G. Native of Mexico. 



Cav. clenclj. hort. madr. 1805. D. pendulina, Moc. et Sesse, fl. 

 mex. icon. ined. ? Flowers purple. 



Hook-bearing Dalea. PL -J foot. 



21 D. THYMoiDEs (Schlecht. et Cham. In Linnaea, 5. p. 580.) 

 shrubby, clothed with cinereous pubescence, decumbent; branches 

 erect, beset with black dots ; leaves petiolate, with 4 pairs of 

 elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, petiolulate leaflets, beset with black 

 dots beneath ; stipulas setaceous ; spikes terminal, conical, but 



loose-flowered; bracteas 



becoming at length cylindrical and 

 lanceolate, acuminated, hardly exceeding the 

 glandless ; calycine segments subulate, nearly equal. 

 Native of Mexico. Corolla purple, but with the vexillum pale 

 and perhaps yellow. 



calyx, which is 



Thyme-like Dalea. 



Shrub procumbent. 



et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 



22 D. Verbena^cea (Schlecht. __ 



579.) leaves with 2-pairs of obovate-cuneated, mucronate leaf- 

 Parosella tuberculata, lets, tomentose on both surfaces, and beset with black dots 



beneath; stipulas subulately-acuminated ; spike terminal, ovate; 



Native of Mexico. 



Tnherded Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 2 ft. Flowers purple. 



bracteas exceeding the calyx. 



T2. S. 



IC D. FORMOSA (Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 177.) suffruticose, 



of 



much branched, glabrous ; leaves with 5 pairs of cuneate-oblong, leaflets, densely clothed with silky tomentum. ^2 . S. 



Var. Q, sericealSchXechi. et Cham. 1. c.) leaves with 4-pairs 

 - ^- . ^- - - - --- ^ - ^ flowers 



retuse leaflets, which are beset with black dots beneath ; spikes 

 loose, few-flowered, on short peduncles ; bracteas ovate, shorter 

 than the calyx; calyx feathery, villous. »j . G. Native of North 

 America, on the Platte. Flowers large and shewy bright-purple. 

 Allied to D. tuberculata, Lag. but differs in its smooth stem and 

 branches, and loose spikes of flowers. 



Shervy Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



17 D. ciTRioDORA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1339.) plant erect, gla- 

 brous, branched ; stems beset with a few tubercles ; leaves with 



paler than in the species. 



FervainAike Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



23 D. L^viGA^TA (Sesse et Moc. mss.) plant herbaceous, 

 smooth ; leaves with 8 pairs of oblong, slightly mucronulate 



• - - - calyx hairy, ^nh 



prominent ribs and lanceolate pointed teeth. ©. H. N^^iv 

 of Mexico. Flowers large, purple. Stipulas and stipels minute, 

 (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Smooth Dalea. PI. 1 foot. 



glandular leaflets ; spike elongated, loose ; 



9-1 1 pairs of elliptic-oblong, glandless leaflets ; spikes of flowers 24 D. noRYCNiof des (D. C. prod. 2. p. 245.) plant erect, ratlif 



ovate, pedunculate; calyx villous, 10 nerved; bracteas ovate, 



mucronate by a bristle, rather lon-^er than the calyx, deciduous. 



0. H. Native of Mexico. Psoralea citriodora, Cav. icon. 3. t. 



271. Psoralea foliolosa, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 32. 



Dalea lateripes, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers 



mixed with white and purple. Plant when bruised smelling of 

 lemon. 



Citron-scented Dalea. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1780. PI. 1 foot. 



18 D. lu'tea (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1341.) plant decumbent, 

 tomentose ; leaves with 6 or 8 pairs of obovate, slightly emar- 

 ginated leaflets, but the terminal one is longest ; spikes of flowers 

 ovate at first, but at length becoming cylindrical, pedunculate. 



villoua ; bracteas ovate, acute, shorter than the calyx. 

 Native of Mexico. "^ 



D. ovalifolia, Ort. deep. 30. t. 3. PsorMea 

 Idtca, Cav. icon. 4. t. 325. D. fliva, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. 

 ined. Flowers yellow. Teeth of calyx awl-shaped, feathery, 

 Ke//o«'-flowered Dalea. PI. decumbent. 



suffruticose and velvety ; leaves with 2, rarely with only onep^ 

 of obovate-cuneated retuse leaflets, beset with dots on both sur- 

 faces ; spikes of flowers capitate, pedunculate; peduncles a 

 branches tubercular; bracteas ovate, acute, length of <^3} 

 1? . S. Native of South America. The heads of flowers are 

 smaller than in any other species. 



Dorycnium-like Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. . 



25 D. triphy'lla (Sesse et Moc. mss.) plant suffrutico^^ 

 hairy; leaflets 3-lanceolate, acuminated; spike oblong; |^- 

 of calyx and stipulas setaceous, feathery. If?. S. Native 

 Mexico. Flowers large, yellow, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Three-leajletted Dalea. Shrub trailing. 



26 D. HUMiLis; herbaceous, hairy ; leaflets 5 or 7, ^^^ 

 e, acuminate ; spikes ovate ; teeth of the calyx a^^l^"^P^ 



Native of Mexico. 



late 



feathery. 

 Moc. 



D. herbacea, Se?»e et 



O.H. 



Plant spreading. Flowers small, yellow 

 Humble Dalea. PI. \ foot. 



branched, ' 27 D. leptostachya (D. C. prod. 2. p. 246.) plant ereA 





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