( 4034 ) 

 Liparia parva. Small Liparia. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DeCANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Leguminos^e. ) 

 Generic Character. 



Calyx basi intrusa, tubo brevi, limbo 5-lobo, lobis 4 

 super, lanceolatis acutis subaequalibus, inferiore longissimo 

 elliptico petaloideo. Cor. glabra, vexillo ovali-oblongo, 

 alls oblongis una per aestivationem alteram involvente, 

 carina recta acuta angusta bicipiti. Stam. diadelpha. Ova- 

 rium sessile., brevissimum. Stylus filiformis. Legumen ova- 

 turn oligospermum. — Frutex Capensis, glaber, exceptis pedi- 

 cello brevissimo et ovario villosissimis. Folia lanceolata apice 

 pungentia exstipulata integerrirna tenue multinervia. Flores 

 mi capitulum subsph&ricum dispositi, e Jlavo fulvi, in sicco 

 nigricantes. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Liparia * parva; caule gracili ramoso, foliis ovato-ellipticis 

 acuminatis trinerviis (7 lin. longis 3 latis), floribus 

 capitatis., bracteis orbiculatis acuminatis foliorum cir- 

 citer longitudine margine barbato-ciliatis, calycis laci- 

 niis lanceolato-ellipticis longe barbatis. Walpas. 



Liparia parva. Vogel in Linnaa, v. 13. p. 468. Walpers, 

 Repert. Bot. Syst. v. I. p. 580. 



(0.) angustifolia ; foliis angustioribus. Benth. MSS. (Tab. 

 nostr. 4034.) 



A small, erect, but rather straggling shrub, long cul- 

 tivated in the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens of Kew, 



and 



* From *twetf*s, shining, as characteristic of the Liparia sphcerica. 



