Tas. 5913. 
RHYNCHOSIA Curysocras. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Nat. Ord. Leguminosa#.—Tribe PariLionace”, 
Genus Ruyncuosia, Lour. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl., vol. i. p- 542.)— 
§ Chrysocias, 
Ruyncuosta Chrysocias ; volubilis, ramis pubescentibus tomentosisve, foliis 
pinnatim 3-foliolatis breviter petiolatis, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis 
obtusiusculis supra sparse hirtellis glabratisve subtus pubescentibus v. 
tomentosis, stipulis ovato-ellipticis obtusis, floribus umbellatis peduncu- 
latis, pedicellis flore xquilongis v. brevioribus, calyce tomentoso-piloso 
5-fido (labio superiore bipartito), corolla aureo-flava. 
Ruyncuosta Chrysocias, Benth. in Harv. et Sond. Flora Cap., vol. ii. p. 248. 
Curysocias grandiflora, EZ. Mey. Comm., 139. 
Gurcrne erecta, Thunb. Fl. Capensis, p. 592 (fide Harv. i.c.). 
Cyuisra lancifolia, Eckl. et Zeyh. Herb., No. 1690 (fide Harv, l.c.). 
It ‘is remarkable that this beautiful climber should not 
have earned a coloured plate long ago, at a time when Cape 
plants were more generally and specially cultivated than they 
are at present. It flowers very copiously in spring, trained 
up the rafters of a greenhouse. Our figure is from a plant 
flowered last May in the Royal Gardens, Kew. This species 
is very nearly allied to Rhynchosia Leucoscias, differing tech- 
nically in the deeper division, into two linear-lanceolate 
teeth, of the upper lip of the calyx. _ 
Descr. Branches flexuose or twining from a woody base, 
slender, terete, closely pubescent or shrubby tomentose. 
Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, thinly pubescent above, more 
closely pubescent or tomentose beneath; leaflets oblong- 
lanceolate, rather obtuse or subacute, entire ; one to one and a 
half inches long, five to eight lines broad ; lateral leaflets on 
JULY Ist, 1871. 
