LEGUMINOS^. C. Dalea. 



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suffrutlcose, glabrous ; leaves with 3 pairs of oval leaflets, which 



acuminated at both ends ; racemes cylindrical, slender, pe 

 «»Uf« . K^or.fr.na ovate, acuminated, glabrous, deciduous, 



Silvery Dalea, Shrub 2 feet. 



are 



dunculate ; bracteas uvatc, cKJuiuinaicu, ^lauiuus, ucuiuuuus, 



rather shorter than the calyx, which is villously tomentose and 

 1/x „:i-u_.i T^ c* Native of South America. Leaflets 8 lines 



lO-ribbed. ^2 • ^' -i-^tiLivc ui k^Lium muciii-a. JucaiicLa o iiiics 



long, and 3 lines broad, with the petioles covered with dot-like 

 *..k««^u„ Flowers spreading, rather distant, apparently some- 



tubercles, 

 what distich. 



Slender -spiked Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



28 D, viRGA^TA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 23.) shrubby; 



leaves with many pairs of elliptic retuse leaflets ; spikes of 



flowers ovate, rather aggregate, terminal ; calycine teeth hairy. 



"Mexico. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



f:.S. 



r^t^^y Dalea. K^nm.^ x iw /^ x^^.,. 



29 D, nu'tans (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1339.) plant erect, branched, 

 quite smooth ; leaves with 10-15 pairs of elliptic, glandularly- 

 crcnated leaflets, with the petiole rather dilated between the 



36 D. verrucosa; shrubby, pubescent, with warty upright 

 branches ; leaflets 5 or 9, obovatc, retuse, glandular beneath ; 

 spikes of flowers elongated, loose ; calyx downy, with lanceolate 

 pointed teeth. T2 . S. Native of Mexico. Spikes loose, 3 

 inches long. Flowers pale-purple, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Warted'hxdincheA. Dalea. Shrub 1 foot. 



S7 D. prostra'ta (Ort. dec. t. 69.) stems prostrate, clothed 

 with canescent hairs, thickest towards the apex ; leaves with 1 

 or 2 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, glabrous above, and pubescent 

 beneath ; spikes of flowers ovate, on short peduncles, recurved ; 

 bracteas lanceolate, length of the calyx, which is very villous. 

 O. ? G. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellow. 



Prostrate Dalea. PI. prostrate. 



38 D. procu'mbens (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 246.) stems prostrate, pubescent, thickest at the base 5 

 leaves with 8 or 9 pairs of oval obtuse leaflets ; spikes of flowers 



pairs of leaflets ; racemes cylindrical ; flowers rather loose, nod- cylindrical, ascending, pedunculate; flowers drooping a little; 



tfltnrr • nolirv 1A *.CUU«J «„-1 i.„,l TaI. _i» __1 _ _ 1 _ . 'n _1 . j^^ r^ XT„a: ^C "RT I -a i^UM ^ 



vexillum very short. ©. G. Native of Mexico, at Chilapa. 

 Flowers white, but with the keel rather violaceous. 



Procumbent Dalea. PI. procumbent. 

 39 D. MucRONA^TA (D. C. prod. 2. p 



46.) plant erect, 



(ling; calyx 10-ribbed, and ornamented with rows of glands ; 

 calycine teeth 5, lower one longest. ©. G. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers crimson. Leaflets stipellate ; stipels minute, subulate, 

 permanent. D. melilotoides, Moc. et Sesse, fl, mex. icon. ined. 

 Calyx tarbinate,- with broad membranous teeth. 



-ATodrf/'/j^.flowered Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 3 ft. 



SO D. pulche'rrima (Sesse et Moc. mss.) herbaceous, tic-oblong mucronate leaflets, which are acute at both ends; 

 smooth ; branches glandular ; leaflets many-pairs, linear-oblong, 

 mucronulate, with the margins slightly crenate, together with the 

 under surface glandular ; stipels prominent ; spike elongated, 

 loose ; calyx smooth, with prominent ribs, the teeth broad and 

 tnemhranm.c: ^ c ^^^ive of Mexico. Flowers large, 



branched ; axillary branches bearing a spike of flowers, and 

 one leaf in the middle of each ; leaves with 5 or 6 pairs of ellip- 



nate 1 



dense, 

 teeth ; bracteas subulate, rather longer than the calyx. 1/ 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers small, white. 



tnembranous. 0. S. .,. .. . 



crimson. D. violacea, Cervantes, mss. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Mucronate 



PI. 1 foot. 



31 



"/ 



PI. 1 foot. 



40 D. ThouiVi (Schrank, hort. mon. t. 9.) plant erectish, 

 glabrous ; leaves with S-5 pairs of obovate emarginate leaflets ; 

 spikes of flowers ovate, on short peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acu- 



D, Bi'coLOR (Willd. hort. berl. 2. t. 89.) spikes terminal, minated, rather pilose, shorter than the calyx, which is rather 



elongated; leaves 'usually with 3-5 pairs of^obm^ate leaflets; 



'" "^'*-"^ 1.-1 . T i-i Native of Mexico. 



"tem shrubby ; stipulas subulate. 

 Hook. exot. fl. t. 43. ~ 



b. G. 



hairy. ©. S. Native of South America. Tlie spikes of flowers 

 according to the figure are sessile, but according to the descrip- 



Flowers yellowish white, having the keel tion pedunculate. Perhaps the same as Petalostemum sessile^ 



Moc, et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined. Perhaps a variety of Z). alo- 



pecuroides only. 



Thouin's Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 181G. PI. 1 foot. 



Opped with blue. Plant smooth. 



iw-o-coJourecf-flowered Dalea. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1817. Sh. 

 straggling. 



^ 32 D. FLA vo-Ro'sEA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. 

 ^ ^^'^°"' 2- P- 246.) plant erect, suffruticose, clothed with vel- shrubby, smooth; leaves with 7 or 8 pairs of obovate, some- 



ety pubescence ; leaves with 5 pairs of oval obtuse leaflets ; ' '' 



gjjji - ' '^uvv^o vYiin o pairs ui uvai uuiuse 



^P Kes ovate, pedunculate ; bracteas length of calyx. , . ^. 



.1,! , .°\. ,^'''^"- Corolla with a yellow vexillum, but with 

 the rest of the petals rose-coloured. 

 '^'^on-and-Red-ao^vered Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



or aL :j''^''"^'''''^ <^^'"d. spec. 3. p. 1340.) plant procumbent 

 ceokt! "^' ^^^^^^^ with silky villi ; leaves with 6 pairs of lan- 

 »fllous •T"''"^^^ leaflets ; spikes of flowers dense, cylindrical, 

 itients ',. ^^^'^^^ Imear-subulate, length of calyx ; calycine seg- 

 NativP T??'^"^"^^^^' feathery, length of vexillum. %. S. 

 rolla nf '^r'^'^o- Psoralea reclinata, Cav. icon. 1. 1. 87. Co- 

 roi^ of a pale violet colour. 



jec^««^e Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. proc. 

 •ouslvTo ^^^''^^'^^^^ (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1341.) plant erect, vil- 

 leaflets- ™^"/**^^ ' haves with 3 or 4 pairs of obovate mucronate 



spikes of flowers ovate-cylindrical, almost terminal ; 



-2;. S. 



PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



9 \Jkk\J\JL J \-/lllVJAV»\^ 



Stipels obsolete 



Sesse fl J:^^^r^ pink Perhaps D. onobrychioides. Moc. et 

 i^ H- mex. icon. ined. ex D C ^ ' ' ^ ' 

 l^ntose Dalea. _ .. !1 J _^. 



^ or 5, oC^^'^^u"^ ' sl^rubby, upright, densely silky ; leaflets 



ovate •* calv^^^ j*^ ^^"^' mucronate, glandular beneath ; spikes 



* ^'auve of M • "^"^^ ^'^^ lanceolate, pointed teeth. ^2 • S. 



«loihed wWK n ^^*, "^^^ Jalapa. An upright branched shrub, 



Tot ix '^ ^ '^^''"- P^^^'^^s small, pink. (v. s, herb. Lamb.) 



41 D. phymato'des (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1338.) plant erect, 

 «,.rubby, smooth; leaves with 7 or 8 pairs of obovate, some- 

 what mucronulate leaflets, which are dotted beneath ; spikes of 

 flowers capitate, on short peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate-subu- 

 late, ciliated, shorter than the calyx ; calycine lobes subulate, 

 long, and very villous. ^ . S. Native of Caraccas. Psoralea 

 phymatodes, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. p. 563. Psorklea emphys6des, 

 Jacq. coll. 4. p. 144. Flowers at first white, but at length be- 

 coming violaceous. 



Impostume-Uke Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



42 D. Dominge'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 246.) f*rect, clothed 

 with velvety pubescence ; leaves with 6 or 7 pairs of obovate, 

 obtuse, or emarginate leaflets, which are dotted beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers capitate, on short peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acute, 

 shorter than the calyx, which is villous; calycine lobes subulate. 

 Tl . S. Native of St. Domingo. D. enneaphylla, Bert, in herb. 

 Balb. This species comes very near D. phymatodes^ but differs 

 in the whole plant being clothed with velvety pubescence, not 



glabrous. 



St. Domingo Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



43 D. Ayavace'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 486.) plant shrubby; branches villously-tomentose, and glan- 

 dular ; leaves with 7 or 8 pairs of oblong, somewhat mucronate 

 leaflets, which are glabrous above, and pubescent beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers terminal, and opposite the Reaves, oblong-cyTindrical, 

 pedunculate ; calyx ornamented with rows of glands, with a hairy 

 limb. I?.S. Native of P^ru, near Ayavaca. Flowers violaceous. 



