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LEGUMINOSiE, CXXVL Swainsonia, CXXVII. Lessertia. 



Native of New Holland. S. galegifolia, var. albiflora, Lindl, 



bot, reg. 994. Flowers white. 



White-Jlorvered Swainsonia* 

 1 to 3 feet. 



FL July, Aug. Clt, 1826. Sh. 



4 L. pu'lchra (Sims, bot. mag, 2064.) stem erect, suflfru- 

 tescent; leaves with 7 pairs of ovate, acute, smoothish leaflets; 

 racemes pedunculate, somewhat capitate, longer than the leaves; 

 flowers secund. 1^ . G. Flowers red or purplish. Legume 



3 S. coronill;efolia (Salisb. par. no. 28.) suffruticose, erect; unknown. 

 leaves with 9-11 pairs of obovate, emarginate leaflets ; pedicel of Fair Lessertia. FL May, July, Clt. 1817. 



Shrub 1| foot# 

 legume a little shorter than the permanent filaments. Tj , G. 5 L. macrosta chya (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 100.) stem 



Native of New South Wales. Sims, bot. mag. 1725. Leaves erectish, suffruticose at the base ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of ellip- 

 smaller than those of the other species. Flowers of a violaceous tic-oblong, obtuse leaflets, which are rather pubescent on both 



purple colour. 



Coromlla-lcaved Swainsonia. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



surfaces, the terminal leaflet is longest ; racemes pedunculate, 

 Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1802. loose-flowered, 2 or 3 times longer than the leaves. Tj . G. 



long, 



Burch. cat. geogr. afr. aust. 2356. Flowers red or purple. 

 Young legumes compressed, pendulous, few-seeded. 

 Long-spiked Lessertia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 6 L. braciiysta'chya (D. C. legum. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 272.) 

 stem erect, suflTruticose at the base; leaves with 6-8 pairs of 

 astragalifolia, Hortul. Peduncles 2 or 3 times longer than the linear-oblong, obtuse leaflets, which are rather pubescent be- 

 leaves. Stipulas ovate, obtuse. Younger leaves clothed with neath, the terminal leaflet longer than the others ; racemes mudi 

 hoary pubescence, adult ones almost glabrous. Flowers red, 

 smaller tlian those of the other species. 



Lcssertla-leavcd Su 

 1 to 2 feet. 

 Cult. 



4 S. lesserti*f6lia (D. C. in ann. sc. nat, 4. p, 99.) stems 

 rather herbaceous, erect; leaves with 6-7 pairs of elliptic-ob- 



rather obtuse leaflets ; pedicel of legume very short. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the southern coast. S. 



Peduncles 2 or 3 times longer than the 



shorter than the leaves; legumes oblong, straight, pendulous, 

 10-seeded. ^. G. Burch. cat. geogr. afr. austr. no. 3353. 

 FL July, Aug. Clt. 182t. Sh. Flowers red or purplish. Legumes secund, membranous, pu- 



All the species are elegant, delicate shrubs, which 

 deserve to be cultivated in every greenhouse. They grow 

 freely in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and young cuttings 

 root readily if planted in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass placed 



bescent, about an inch long, each standing on a short stipe 

 Short-spiked Lessertia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. Sh. 1 ft. 

 7 L. FALciFORMis (D. C. legum. mem- vi. t. 46.) stem erect; 

 leaves with 8 pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse leaflets, which are 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes 3-4-flowered, one half shorter thaa 



over them, or they may be raised from seeds, which are often the leaves; legume oblong, falcately curved, 10-seeded. h^Jp' 



produced in gard 



CXXVIL LESSE'KTIA (in honour of Benjamin Delessert, 

 of Paris, a f^reat promoter of botany, author of Icones, in 2 

 vols, folfo, Paris, 1823). D. C. astrag. p. 37. prod, 2. p. 271. 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 327. 

 M(jcnch. 



Lm. SYST. ' Diadt'lphia^ Decdndria. Calyx half 5-cleft, Vex- 

 illum flat. Keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Stigma capi- 

 tate. Style bearded transversely in front at the apex, but 

 beardless behind. 



Flowers purple or red. Legumes like those of the preceding 

 species, but falcate, therefore the species is intermediate between 

 X. hracJiystachya and L. annularis^ 



/a/c;/brm-podded Lessertia. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



FL June, Aug. 



Clt. 1826. 



8 L. FRUTicosA (Lindl. bot. reg. 970.) stem erect, s 



ufTruti 



Legume scarious, indehiscent, compressed, 

 or inflated, the uppermost side the shortest. — Herbs, rarely sub- 

 shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, with impari-pinnate 

 leaves, and axillary peduncles bearing racen.es of purplish nod- 

 ding flowers. 



1 L. ANNUA (D. C. L c. prod. 2. p. 271.) leaves with 8-10 

 pairs of leaflets, which are glabrous above, the lower ones 

 oblong and emarginate and the upper ones linear ; racemes 

 longer than the leaves ; calyxes bibracteate, beset with black 

 hairs. 0. G. Hook, exot, fl. t. 84. Coliltea herbacea, Lin. 

 spec. 104J. Coliitea ^nnua, Murr. comm. goet. 5. p. 40. t. 7. 

 f. 12 and 13. — Comm. hort. amst. 2. t, 44. Flowers red. 



^ ;?«»«/ Lessertia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PL 1 foot. 



2 L. piFFu'sA (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p, 327.) 

 ^tems diffiiee, herbaceous; leaves with 8-10 pairs of elliptic- 

 linear, rather emarginate leaflets, which are rather hairy on both 



xes 



Jacq. 



Sulkra, Medic and cose; leaves with 5-6 pairs of linear obtuse leaflets; stem, 



petioles, and peduncles, as well as the branches, pilose ; racemes 

 erect, loose-flowered, a little longer than the leaves ; legumes 

 oblong, sessile, 4-seeded. Tj . G, Flowers purple. 



Shrubbtj Lessertia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1 82G. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



surfaces ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; caly 

 bractless, beset with black hairs. ©. G. Galega dubia, J^ 

 kon. rar. S, p. 576. Flowers purple. 



S L. pkre'nnans 



FL July, Aug. Clt. 1792. PL prostrate. 

 (D. C. astrag. p. 37.) stem herbaceous, 

 leaflets oval, silky beneath, pubescent above; calyxes 

 bractless ; racemes longer than the leaves, loose, 



erect 



peduncul 

 per^nnan 



flowers numerous, drooping. 



elongated, 

 %. G. Coliitea 



Murr. comm. ffoet. nov, 5. 



p. 38. t. 7. Colutea fistulosa, Hortul. Legume stipitate, com- 

 pressed. Corolla with a j)ale base and red or purple apex. 



PtTcnnia/ Lessertia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. 1 foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



9 L. ANNULA Ris (Burch. cat. no. 1597. toy. 1. p- 304.) stem 

 erect, a span high; legume flat, contracted into the form of » 



ring, O* ? 'G. Flowers red or purple. ^ ^ 



/ei«g-podded Lessertia. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Ph -jlt- 



10 L. RiGiDA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 272.) stem shrubby, erect; 

 leaves with 5-(^ pairs of lanceolate, acute, glabrous leaflets; 

 racemes very long. Tj . G. CoKltea rigida, Thunb. fl. cap. edit. 

 Schult. p. 603. Legume ovate, compressed, tumid, glabrous. 

 Flowers yellowish. Compare it with L, macrostachya. 



Stiff Lessertia. Shrub 1^ foot. 



11 L, pube'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 272.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves with many pairs of lanceolate, villou* 

 leaflets; racemes oblong; calyxes hairy. 0.? G. Colute 

 pubescens, Thunb. 1. c. Legume oblong, glabrous, hardly ao 

 inch long. Corolla rufescent. 



Pubescent Lessertia. PI. 1 foot. 



12 L. PRosTRATA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 272.) stem herbaceousr 



diffuse, pubescent; leaves with many pairs of lanceolate, ac" ' 

 villous leaflets; peduncles usually 2-flowered. ©.? G. 

 lutea prostrata, Thunb. 1. c. Legume ovate, pubescent, hara^ 



stipitate. 



Prostrate Lessertia. PL prostrate. 



13 L. EXcisA (D. C. prod. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, dec«nv- 

 bent, pubescent ; leaves with many pairs of obovate, cut lea - 

 lets; racemes usually terminal. Q.I G. Colutea excw>i 



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