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LEGUMINOSiE. C. Dalea. CI. Glycyriiiza. 



Ayavaca Dalea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



44 D. enneaphy'lla (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1338.) plant erect, 

 shrubby, glabrous ; leaves with 4 pairs of oblong obtuse leaflets, 

 which are dotted beneath ; spikes of flowers dense, on short pe- 

 duncles, which are about equal in length to the leaves ; lobes of 



calyxsetaceous. ^Ij.S. NativeofCarthagena, in bushy places. 52 D.fruticosa; shrubby, minutely pubescent ; leaves witt 



Psoralea enneaphylla, Lin. spec. 1076. P. Carthagenensis, Jacq. . - . . - - 



amer. 206. exclusive of the synonyme of Pluk. P. enneaphylla 



lets 7-9, obovate, mucronulate, glandular beneath ; stipulas long, 

 setaceous ; spikfes of flowers oblong ; calyx truncate, fringed 

 with obsolete teeth. ©. S. Native of Mexico. Flowers pale- 

 purple, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Coronilla-Wk^ Dalea. PL 1 foot. 



and P. Carthagenensis, Poir. diet. 5. p. 560. Perhaps Jacquin's 



plant and that of Linnaeus are distinct species. Flowers small, 

 reddish. 



Nine-lectjletted Dalea. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



many-pairs of oblong leaflets, which are rounded at both ends, 

 minutely mucronulate, coriaceous and veiny ; stipels prominent; 



Native 



spikes of floWers loose, with short blunt teeth, 

 of Mexico. 



Ij.S. 



Fl. June, Aug. Cit. 1772. Shrub 



what corymbose. 



Spikes about 2 inches long, thinly flowered, some 



Flowers small, yellow? (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Shrub. 



Shrubby Dalea. 



Cult. All the species of this genus grow best in a mixture of 



ovate-cylindrical, dense, villous ; bracteas ovate, concave, ending 

 in a bristle-like mucrone, rather longer than the calyx, which is 

 villous, 11. 'iS. Native of Peru. Flowers violaceous. Branches 

 villous. Stipulas setaceous. Peduncles rather scabrous from a 

 few tubercles. 



45 D. ONOBRY cms (D. C. prod. 2. p. 247.) plant erect, gla- loam and peat, and the shrubby and perennial kinds are easily 

 brous ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of elliptic, somewhat mucronate increased by young cuttings planted in sand, with a hand-glass 

 ieaHets, which are covered with dots beneath ; peduncles oppo- placed over them ; those of the stove species in heat. The seeds 

 site the eaves, and 4-times longer than them ; spikes of flowers of annual kinds should be sown in pots, which should be placed in 



a not-bed, fend the plants separated and planted into other pots 

 singly wheh they have grown a sufficient size for that pur- 

 pose, and some of them may be planted out into the open border 

 in a warm sheltered situation, where they will probably ripen 

 their seeds. None of the species are worth cultivating except 

 in botanical gardens. 



CI, GLYCYRHrZA (from yXwvcj g^y^y^j sweet, and p^a, 

 rhiza, a root ; the sweetness of the root of liquorice is well 

 known). Tourn. inst. 210. Lin. gen. 882. D. C. prod. 2, p. 

 247. — Glycyrhiza and Liquiritia, Moench. meth. 132 and 152. 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 313. 



Calyx naked, tubular, 5- 

 especially the 2 superior ones, joined 



Vexillum ovate-lan- 



tfi 



PL 1 to 2 feet. 



46 D. Muxfsii (Kunth, mim. 161. t. 47. nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 485.) plant erect, pubescent; leaves with 4-6 pairs of elliptic 

 leaflets, which are beset with glandular dots and villi beneath, as 

 well as the branchlets ; spikes of flowers cylindrical, peduncu- 

 late, dense ; bracteas ovate, ending in a long bristle point, longer 

 than the flowers. Tj . S. Native of South America, at Santa 

 Fede Bogota.. Galega caeriilea, Lin. fil. suppl. 335. Tephrosia 

 caerulea, Pers. ench. 2. p. 329. Flowers blue. 



Mutis's Dalea. Slirub 2 to 3 feet. 



Lin. syst. Diadefphiuy Decdndria. 

 cleft, bilabiate; lobes 



.^ T^ ' /TT 1 , . together much farther than the others. 



iL ; ^.L^^'^f^v'^ (Hook, hot. misc. 1. p. 213.) plant pro- qeolate, straight. Keel 2-edged or of 2 petals, straight, acute. 



, y n i-T , ,^, , ' ^"- v*,c*^wHiiwUs. Style filiform. Legume ovate or oblong, 



mucronate leaflets, which are dotted beneath; peduncles oppo- compressed, 1-celled, 1-4-seeded.— Perennial herbs, with long, 



sweet roots, impari-pinnate leaves, axillary 

 racernes of blue, violaceous, or white flowers. This is the genus 

 to which the various kinds oi liquorice belong. 



1 G. gla'bra (Lin. spec. 1046.) leaflets ovate, rather retuse, 

 and somewhat clammy beneath, as well as the branches ; stipulas 



^.^ y-.-v^^^^, ^KJK. iii*c,v.. i. ^. /iii>.^ jjiauL pro- ^eoiaie, straignt. 1V€ 



cumbent, smoothish ; leaves with 6 pairs of obovate, somewhat Stamens diadelphous. 

 mucronate leaflets, which are dotted beneath ; peduncles oppo- compressed, 1 

 site the leaves, and 3 times longer than them ; spikes cylindrical, perpendicular, 

 dense ; bracteas ovate, concave, mucronate ; calyx full of black 

 dots, smooth, longer tlian the bractea ; segments broad-awl- 

 shaped, ciliated. 



Flowers blue. 



^ . S. Native of Peru, in the valley of Canta. 



nated, length of the calyx, which is villous. 

 tive of Peru. Flowers violaceous. 



England for the sake of its roots. 



Bracteas differing in shape 

 even in the same head of flowers. Leaflets a line and a half long. 

 Lean Dalea- PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



49 D. microphy'lla (XL B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



1/.? Tj.?S. Na- med. bot. 458. t. 167. 



Lam. ill. t. 625. f. 2. 



and 

 Wood. 



no, 364. 



482.) plant shrubby, procumbent ; leaves with 9 or 10 pairs of 

 glabrous, oblong, obtuse, thickish leaflets, beset with glandular 

 dots beneath ; spikes of flowers oblong-cylindrical ; bracteas 

 ending in a subulate acumen, beset with dots above, but silky be- 

 neath, length of calyx, which is clothed with glands and silky 

 hairs. ^ . S. Native of Peru, on the mountains. Flowers yel- 

 low and red on the same plant according to Bonpland. 



Small'kaved Dalea, Shrub procumbent. 



50 D. ovALUoLiA ; herbaceous, spreading, smooth ; leaflets 5, 

 elliptic, glandular beneath; stipulas mijiute ; spike lon^r and 

 slender, few flowered; calyx hairy, ribbed, with long-pointed 

 recurved teeth. 0. S. Native of Mexico. Plant much branched 



G. IffiVis, Pall. itin. ed. gall, append* 



Liquiritia officinalis, Moench. 1. c. Roots long, p^^' 



pendicular. Stem only terete at the apex. Leaves usually witn 



Flowers pale-blue. The name Uqnonct^ 



. -- rruption of the Fn 



word Reglisse, which is itself a corruption of Glycyrhiza. It is 

 more nrobable that thp namp linim^^n^ u^^ v.^o« rriv^^n on account 



de 



5 pairs of leaflets, r lowers pale-blue. Ihe name mi^^'^-' 

 according to Du Theis, is said to be a corruption of the Frencb 

 word Eeglisse, which is itself a corruption of Glycyrhiza " *^ 

 more probable that the name liquorice has been given on i 

 of the quantity of liquor the roots contain. Liquorice istnucn 

 cultivated in Spain, and since Elizabeth's time has been gro^J" 

 in different parts of England. The soil most congenial to the 

 growth of liquorice is a deep sandy loam, trenched by the spa 

 or plough, or with the aid of both, to 2^ or 3 feet in depuj 

 and manured if necessary. The plants are procured from oW 

 plantations, and consist of the side shoots which have eyes or 

 buds. These may be taken off* either in autumn, when a crop 

 of liquorice is taken up for use, and laid in earth till sp^*»»g' J^ 



spreading. Leaflets nearly an inch long. Spikes often^a'spTn Sand/.T ^ ^''''''"^i ^^^^If '^^^ V^'''''\;^k' ^^'"'If March. 



ri 1 * . • 1 -.1, 1 / *^ - yiLcii a bpan planting season may be either October, or February, or ^^^^\ 



Flowers vyliite. stamped jUh purple, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) In general the latter is preferred. The plants are d|bbled in ^ 



48 D Tx^; Fm ? A ! ' .-^7 ^ 1 . , . ^'^"''"g ' «P'^^« °^ '^'''^'' «f fl«^^r« pedunculate, shorter than 



\JlJ^:ul\7^-'^-,^"l^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^«; flowers distant; legumes glabrous, 3-4-seede1. > 



lot?hpnpL "^T "Vn "° ^"''\" "i"'"' '™"' ' ^'''' ^y ^ • "• N«t'^^ «f t^^ «o»th of Europe, from Spain to Tauna, 



el bracteaX.?. "^ 1 i""""'""" Pf ""'^"^^^^' "^^^-^^ globose. also of China, and cultivated in France. Italy, Germany ""^ 



ciense; bracteas ovate, glabrous, obtuse, mucronate, or acumi- t.i,^, .-. _ » J'._ii 



long. 



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51 D. coRONiLLA ; herbaceous, upright, sh'ghtly villous; leaf- 



rows 3 feet apart, and from 1 8 inches to 2 feet in the row, ac- 

 cording to the richness or poverty of the soil. The after cullur 



