Tas. 4410. 
BURTONIA vintosa. 
Villous Burtonia. 
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Nat. Ord. Legumrnos#,—Dercanpria Monocyni. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas, 4392.) 
Burtonta villosa ; ramis foliis calycibusque breviter villosis, foliolis breviter 
petiolulatis lineari-subulatis obtusiusculis muticis margine revolutis demum 
glabrescentibus punctato-scabris, pedunculis axillaribus folia subaequantibus 
calyce brevioribus basi medioque bibracteolatis. Meisn. 
Burton villosa. Meisn. in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. v.1. p. 41. 
It will be recollected that under our Tas. 4392, we promised 
soon to give a figure of a third rare species of Burtonia, recently 
raised from Mr. Drummond’s Swan River seeds, by Messrs. Lu- 
combe, Pince, and Co., no less beautiful than those already figured; 
and we here redeem our pledge. The flowers are indeed the largest 
of all the species, and more varied in colour, from the conspi- 
cuous yellow spot at the base of the standard. The plants 
flowered in May, in the Exeter Nursery. 
Descr. A small Heath-like shrvé, with the leaves horizontally 
patent, and, as well as the branches, clothed more or less copi- 
ously with hairs ; /eaflets linear, obtuse, appearing to be terete 
from the closely revolute margins. /Vowers numerous from the 
axils of the leaves at the extremity of the branches, and forming 
apparently an oblong leafy spike, the leaves and peduncles being 
im a great measure concealed by the flowers. Peduncle shorter 
than the leaves, bearing two minute, subulate, appressed dracts 
a little above the middle. Calyx hairy ; the ¢wse campanulate, 
the five spreading nearly equal /odes ovate, acute. Corolla rich 
purple, but less deep than B. pulchella (Tas. 4392). The wings 
whitish at the base, and the standard with a nearly orbicular, 
pale yellow spot above the short claw. Stamens ten, free. Ovary 
ovate, hairy: style subulate, laterally compressed, hairy on the 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1848. 
