22 »YLTA TELLUR. 



m 



the name of Loureiro was same as a G. of an- 

 imals and besides did not apply. 



81. Lasipana tricuspis Raf. fol. pet. ovat, 

 acutis integris tricuspidisque subtus villosis, pe- 

 dunculis ramosis — Anam or Cochinchina. 



82. Retama Raf* (n, arab) Lygos Ad. Apa^- 

 tjum Necic. Leguminosa ditf, Spartiiim cal. bi- 

 lab. camp, lab. sup. 2fida, inf. Sdent. stam. basi 

 monadelphis ineq. coalitis, antheris eq. obi. pe- 

 talis subeq. vexil. cucul. sti^. obt, glabro, leg. 

 subinflatis brevis monosp. — This fine distinct G. 

 has been by turns pat in Spartium, Cytisus and 

 Genista ! several types. 



83. Retama albiflora Raf. Spartium monosp. 

 L, auct. b. ma^, 683, Genista monosp. Dec. 

 Lind. b. reg. 1918 &>c — ramis virg. ter. striatis 

 nudis^ juniorib. fol. lin. sericeis, racemis ovatis 

 Sicily, Spain, Africa, Arabia, beautiful shrub 

 seen alive, fl. white fragrant : main type of G, 



84. Retama lutea Raf, Spartium spherocar- 

 pon L. auct. and perhaps other sp. Necker adds 



to his Apartiiim^ the Sp.contaminatiim^aphy- 

 Zwm, scorpius^ purgans^ sepiariiim^ junceum 

 &c, belonging to other groups. All these akin 

 Genera are yet in utter confusion, authors blend- 

 ing them, and refering sp. by habit only! with- 

 out attending to different calix, petals, stamens, 

 stig n^, pods, .... according to Adanson his 

 Li]i'i;os (sp. spherosp.) has cal, urceol. Sdentate, 

 and seed flat. 



85. LuGAioN Raf. (Apartium sp. N.) diff. 

 Spartium, cal. tubul.Sdent. vexillum reflexo ob- 

 cord. stigma villosum, leg. ovatis vel obi. com- 

 pressis, sepe 2-3sp. — This will include many sp. 

 aphylum^ etnense (Sp. trisp. Sm^^umbellatum^ 

 angulatunij multiflorum^ linifolitiniy &c, all 

 Spartium of authors. Besides Sp. radiatum 



