LEGUMINOS^- GCCIX. Crafordia. CCCX. Ammodendron. CCCXL Lacara. CCCXIL Harpalyce, &c. 467 



Many-spiked Varennea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See Sarcodum for culture and propagation, p. 466. 



CCCIX. CRAFO'RDI A (named apparently after some bota- 



and entire. Corolla papilionaceous, with an obovate vexillum, 

 auricled wings, and a 2-edged, elongated, acuminated, rather 

 twisted keel. 



Stamens 10, monadelphous. 

 curved with the carina. 



Style filiform, in- 



Legume compressed, flat, narrow at 



nistor horticulturist of the name of Craford), Rafin. spech. 1. the base, ovate-oblong at the apex, 4-5-seeded, mucronate by 

 p. 159. D. C. prod. 2. p. 522. the style. — An erect herb, sufFrutescent at the base, with imparl- 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 5- pinnate leaves, and axillary peduncles, which are longer than the 

 cleft ; segments nearly equal. Corolla papilionaceous, with a leaves, bearing racemes of large red flowers. This genus ap- 

 large reflexed vexdlum, adpressed wings, which are auricled at pears to be allied to Phaseolus from the bibracteolate calyx, and 

 the base, and an obtuse keel, which is longer than the wings, the incurved carina, but diflxTs particularly from that genus in 

 Stamens 10, diadelphous. Ovary linear. Style filiform ; stigma 

 dot-formed, glabrous. Legume usually 2-seeded, linear, toru- 

 lose, striated. Seed oblong- reniform. — A twining plant, with 

 impari-pinnate leaves ; leaflets oblong, mucronate, sessile. Pe- 

 duncles longer than the leaves, somewhat spicate ; bracteas sca- 



the leaves being impari-pinnate, but in consequence of the le- 

 gume being 2-seeded, and the leaves being impari-pinnate, the 

 genus is probably allied to Astrdgalus^ but the calyx is very 

 distinct. 



1 H. FORMOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 523.) Tj . S, Native of 



nous, subulate, permanent, ciliated. Flowers white. This New Spain, in the hot regions. Astragalus carnosus, Moc. et 

 genus is allied to Galega and Colutea according to the author, Sesse, fl. mex. ined. 



but from both and from Tephrosia it diflfers in the 2-seeded 

 legume. 



1 C. BRACTEATA (Rafin. 1. c.) 1/,F. Native of Pennsylvania, 

 on the banks of the river Susquehannah. 



Bracteate Crafordia. PL tw. 



Cult. Peat or vegetable earth is a good soil for this plant, 

 and cuttings will be easily rooted. 



CCCX. AMMODE'NDRON (from a/i/xoc, «?n?no5, sand, and 



hrcpoy^ dendroriy a tree ; habitation of the shrub). Fisch. in 

 D. C. legum. mem, xvi, prod. 2. p. 528. Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 110. 

 Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, sub-bila- 



Stamens 10, 



biate, permanent, at length reflexed. Corolla papilionaceous; 



Jings and dipetalous keel equal and connivent. 



distinct. Legume flat, membranous, 1 -seeded from abortion, 



n^argmated by a wing, samaroid. Seed reniform, compressed. 



—A small, neat, silky shrub, having the petioles hardening into 



spmes. Leaves bifoliate ; leaflets lanceolate. "" 



Qjsposed in racemes. 



Shewy Harpalyce. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hoffmansegg'm, p. 433. 



CCCXIIL DIPLOPRION (from ^ittXooc, diploos, double, and 

 Trptwv, prion, a saw ; in reference to the legume being ser- 

 rated on all sides). Viv. fl. lib. p. 48. t. 19. f 2. D. C. prod. 



2. p. 523. 



LiN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx tubular, 5-tooth- 



ed. Corolla papilionaceous. Filaments 1 0, connected. Le- 

 gume 1-celled, flat, many-seeded, spirally involute, serrated on 

 both margins. — An annual hairy herb, 2-3 inches long, with pe- 

 tiolate trifoliate leaves, ovate lanceolate stipulas, and axillary 

 peduncles, bearing each a head of yellow flowers. This genus 

 is allied to Medicago according to the habit, but from the legume 

 it appears to be more nearly allied to BisSrrula, but it is not 



suflficiently known, 



1 D. MEDicAGiNOiDES (Viv. 1. c.) 0. H. Native of Libya, in 



Flowers purple, the great Syrtis, in fields. 



,, This genus is closely allied to Halimo^ 



(^endron, which genus it ought to have followed in the body of the 



1 A. Sieve'rsii (Fisch. 1. c.) Tj . H. Native of Siberia, in 

 salt fields in the desert of Soongaria, and at the river Bekun. 



Leaflets lanceolate, silky white 



p , J w on both surfaces. Sophora argen- 



^a, l^all. act. petrop. 1792. p. 373. t. 8. Podalyxia argentea, 

 ^>iliU. spec. 2. p. 502.— Sophora bifolia. Pall. astr. p. 124. t. 91. 

 itobinia argentea, Sievers. 

 ^'etm^» Sand-tree. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 

 ^dt. For culture and propagation see Halmode7idron, p. 244. 



a^.A « I^ACA'RA (meaning unknown). Spreng. 



^"'^d. 3. p. 56. D.C. prod. 2. p. 528. ^ 



tooti^i ^^^^' Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 nien in x*^^*^^?^ ^' unequal, unguiculate, nerved, concave. Sta- 

 base^ 1 inserted in the bottom of the calyx, pilose at the 



pilo' P^^ *^^" ^^® petals. Anthers versatile. Capsule? 

 se A shrub, with alternate, simple, quite entire, petiolate, 



neue 



Medick-like Diploprion. PI. 2 to 3 inches. 

 Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in tl 

 open border in a dry warm situation. 



CCCXIV. RIVFRIA (in honour of Manano de Rivero, direc- 

 tor of the government mines of Columbia ; native of Arequipa, in 

 Peru). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 2(^G. D. C. prod, 



2. p. 524; 



Lin. svst. unknown. Flowers unknown. Legume stipftate, 



obliquely-elliptic, compressed, mucronate, chartaceous, 2-valved, 

 1 -seeded. Seed oblong-reniform, fixed to the lower part of the 

 pod, covered with friable white substance. Cotyledons tliick. 

 Radicle small, situated beneath the apex of the embryo, pointing 

 to the bottom. — An unarmed tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, 

 bearing 1-3 pairs of coriaceous leaflets, having the petiole winged. 

 Peduncles usually terminal. Perhaps this gemis belongs to tribe 

 Geoffrece^ near Andlra, 



or perhaps to tribe Casstea, near Co- 



if 



^ , .»«vv,, oww^..^, vj^^.v. ^ ^, ^ , 1 R. N1TEK9 (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 26G. 



onaceous, unequal, triple-nerved leaves, and axillary racemes t. 659.) ^. S. Native oi South America, near Jaen de Braca- 



e of Brazil. 



owers. The fruit of this genus is unknown, 

 te' ^' tripline'rvia (Spreng. 1. c.) Tj . S. Nativ 

 es asp^^ long, and a hand in breadth. 

 ^yie-nerved Lacara. Shrub. 

 " '• For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



moros 



Shining Riveria. Tree. 



Cult. See Copaifera for culture and propagation, p. 456. 



ft Additional genera. • 



CCCXV. DO'NIA (to the memory of the late Mr. George 



thed ^^^^" HARPA'LYCE {irom Harpalyce in mythology, Don, of Forfar, whose numerous discoveries have^so^minentJy 

 ence r^k*^"^ ^^ ^^>™^'^"^' ^^"^^^^^^^'^ ^'^'' ^^^ ^^^ inrefer- • ^ ^ - ^^ ^i- • t l^ r^ „„.i n n^,, 



iQ^ fJV^ beauty of the plant). Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. 



L;r ^- ^ P^^d. 2. p. 528: 

 duou kT^* -^^aJ^/pAia, Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate, deci- 

 5» ''ibracteolate at the base, both lips lanceolate, acuminated, 



land). G. and D. Don, ms8» 

 in herb. Lamb, but not of R. Brown nor Pursh. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria, Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed or 5-cleft. Corolla papilionaceous. Vexillum ovate- 

 lanceolate, acutoinatet rather shorter than the keel, reflexed; 



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