LEGUMINOSiE. CXXVII. Lessertia. CXXVIII. Sutherlakdia. CXXIX. Piiaca. 



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Thunb. 1. c. Corolla blood-coloured. Legume ovate-acinaci- 

 form, slightly pubescent. 



Cwf-leafletted Lessertia. PL decumbent. 



14 L. obtusa'ta (D. C. 1. c.) stem frutescent, erect; leaves 

 with many pairs of linear, obtuse, hairy leaflets ; racemes nearly 



winter if planted in a sbeltered situation, protected by a mat 

 in severe weather. 



SuBTRiBE V. AsTRAGA^LEiE (plauts agreeing with Astragalus^ 

 in the legumes being transversely 2-celled, in consequence of 



terminal. ^ . G. Calyxes clothed with cinereous pubescence. the upper suture being bent in so much). Adans. fam. 1. c. 



Legume glabrous. 



Oft^M^e-leafletted Lessertia. 



Colutea obtus^ta, Thunb. 1. c. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



15 L. tiNEA Ris (D. C. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; 



leaves with many pairs of linear, acute leaflets ; racemes elon- 

 gated. ©•? G. Colutea linearis, Thunb. 1. c. Legume primordial ones alternate. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 273. Legume (f. 39. c. f. 40. c.) longitudinally 

 2-celled or half 2-celled, in consequence of the upjier suture 



Stamens diadelphous, with 9 joined and 



Stems herbaceous or suffrutescent. Leaves pinnate ; 



being bent in so much, 

 one free. 



ovate, glabrous, not half an inch long. 

 Zinear-leafletted Lessertia. PI. 1 ft. 



16 L. vesica'ria (D. C. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, decumbent, 

 villous : leaves with many .pairs of ovate, mucronate leaflets ; 

 legiimes globose, bladdery, dehiscent at the apex, 0.? G. 

 Colutea versic^ria, Thunb. 1. c. 



B ladder y-ipoddcd Lessertia. PI. decumbent. 



17 L. TOMENTosA (D. C. 1. c) Stem herbaccous, Very short, 

 and tomentose ; leaves with 6-7 pairs of ovate, hoary leaflets ; 

 racemes ovate; calyxes hairy. ©. ? G. Coliitea tomentosa, 

 Thunb. Lc. Legume ovate, inflated, hairy. 



Tomentose Lessertia. 



CXXIX. PHA'CA (from (payioyphago, to eat, or <j>at:i],phacef 

 a lentil; a name adopted from Dioscorides for this genus). Lin. 

 gen. no. 891. D. C. astrag. no. 111. R. Br. inhort. kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. 4. p. 358. D. C. prod. 2. p. 273. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx 5-toothed (f. 39. 

 a.\ 2 superior teeth more remote than tlie others. Carina ob- 

 tuse (f. 39. 6.). Stamens diadelphous. Style beardless. Stigma 

 capitate. Legume rather turgid (f. 39. c), 1 -celled, having the 

 superior suture tumid. — Herbs, with impari-pinnate leaves, 

 axillary pedunculate racemes of flowers, 

 usually resupinate. 



The mature legume 



PI. 4 foot. 



* Florvers white or cream-coloured. 



18 L. procu'mbens (D. C. 1. c.) stem suffrutescent, procum- 

 bent; leaves with 12-14 pairs of ovate-linear, tomentose leaflets; 1 P. B^e'tica (Lin. spec. 1064.) stem erect, pilose ; stipulas 

 peduncles very long, 3-4-flowered. I;. G. Flowers purple, lanceolate; leaves with 7-10 pairs of ovate mucronate leafle^ts, 

 Legume compressed, falcate. Colutea procumbens, Thunb. 1. c. 



Procumhent Lessertia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1753. PL proc. 



Cult. This is a genus of delicate little shrubs and herbs. ^ , ^ . 



Their culture and propagation is the same as for Swainsbnia* Lusitanicus, Lam. diet. 1. p. 312. 

 The seeds of the annual kinds should be sown in pots early in 

 the spring, and placed in the greenhouse, where the plants will 



soon 



be planted separately in small pots, and shifted into larger ones 

 as they grow. 



CXXVIir. SUTHERLA'NDIA (in honour of James Suther- 

 land, one of the first superintendants of the Royal Botanical 

 vjarden at Edinburgh, and author of a catalogue of the plants 

 grown in that garden in his time). 

 vol. 4. p. 327. "" " 



Lin. syst. 

 equal. 



which are villous beneath ; keel longer than the vexillum ; le- 

 gume oblong, boat-formed, compressed. %. H. Native of 

 Spain, Portugal, and Mauritania. D. C. astr. no. 1. Astragalus 

 _ ~ -- Moris, oxon. sect. 2. t. 8. 



f. 1. Flowers white, about the size and shape of those of Suther-- 

 Idndia. The seeds are roasted and ground, and used as a sub- 

 stitute for coffee in Hungary. 



Beetle Bastard- Vetch. Fl.Sept. Clt. 1640. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 P. fri'gida (Lin. fl. suec. 2. p. 657.) stem erect, glabrous, 



almost undivided; stipulas ovate-oblong, large, leafy; leaves 



with 4-6 pairs of ovate-oblong, rather ciliated leaflets ; legumes 



stipitate, oblong, inflated, rather hairy. 1/ . H. Native of Si- 



^^ , ^ beria, Altai, Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, 



RrBryhort.'kew; ed. 2. and Savoy, on the frigid parts of mountains. P. alpina, Lin. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 273 

 Diadelphia^ Decdndria. 



1064. Oed. fl. dan. t. 856. Jacq. aust. 166. P. ochreata, 



Calyx 5-toothed, nearly 



Vexillum with replicate sides, short. Keel oblonjr. 

 ^*mgs very short. 



spec 



Crantz. austr. 419. t. 2. f. 2. 



Flowers cream-coloured. 



Frigid Bastard- Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1795. PL 1 foot. 

 8 P. ALPfNA(Jacq. icon.rar. I. 



^^ o -J -wv^a.,. Stamens diadelphous. Stigma terminal. 



^lyle bearded lengthwise behind and transversely at tTie apex. 



Legume inflated, scarious. — Cape shrubs, with impari-pinnate bescent; stipulas linear -lanceolate; 



leaves and axillary racemes of large scarlet flowers. 



1 S. frute'scens (R. Br. 1. c.) leaflets elliptic-oblong, and 

 are as well as the calyxes and branches canescent from ad- 



iv^fi^^ P^^escence ; peduncles few-flowered. ^2 . F. Coliltea 



Curt. hot. mag. 181. Burm. cap 



t. 151.) stem erect, branched, pu- 

 bescent ; stipulas linear -lanceolate ; 

 leaves with 9-12 pairs of oblong, 

 obtuse, pubescent leaflets ; le- 



compressed, half ovate, 



FIG. 



^9. 



frutescens, Lin. spec. 'l045. 

 prod. 22. Mill. fig. t. 99. 

 »hewy scarlet flowers. 



I-yutescent Sutherlandia. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



gumes 



acute, smoothish. 



1/. H. Native 



of the Alps of Europe, the Pyre- 

 A hoary shrub7with large elegant nees, and of Siberia. D. C. astr. 



no. 3.— Gmel. sib. 4. t. 14. As- 

 Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. Sh. tragalus penduliflorus, Lam. fl. fr. 



Flowers yellow. 



Far. /3, Dahurica (Fisch. in litt. 



1825.) plant more firm and more 



erect, and the legume is harder. 



1/ . H. Native of Dahuria. P. 



membrankcea, Fisch. in litt. 1822. 

 ^/pne Bastard- Vetch. Fl.July. 



Clt. 1759. PI. 1 foot. 



2 S. microphy'lla (Burch. cat. pi. afr. austr. no. 1510. ined. 

 J/- ^- prod. 2. p. 273.) leaflets oblong-linear, and are, as well as 



pall-leaved Sutherlandi„. ^ „ 



tu« The species of Sutherldndia are very sliewy when in 

 A*^^:-.'. ^'"^- profusely clothed with large scarlet pea blossoms. 



ia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Pl 



n^'xtureof loam and peat is the best soil for them, and they 4 P. tbiflora (D. C. astr. no. 7. t. 1.) stem «";««' erect 



" *- ^ .... jbescent ; stipulas acuminated, rather concrete at the base ; 



leaves with 5-6 pairs of ovate, obtuse, pubescent leaflets ; pc- 

 duncles rather shorter than the leaves, few-flowered ; legumes 



cuttmgs 



full 



y in the gardens. 



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