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PsORALEA BRACTEATA. OVAL-SPIKED 
-PSORALEA. 
JH SHE Snebibipede, 
Cla/s and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charatter. 
Cal, punéts callofis adfperfus longitudine leguminis monipcrmi. 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
PSORALEA ébraGeata foliis ternatis obovatis recurvato- 
mucronatis, {picis ovatis. Linz. Mant. 264. Berz. 
Cap. 224. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 79 
TRIFOLIUM fruticans. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 9. p. 1085. 7 
TRIFOLIUM africanum fruticans flore purpurafcente. Comm. 
7 Hort. 2. p, 211. t. 106. ; 
The old authors, and indeed Linn avs himfelf at firft, re-- 
garded this plant asa Trifolium; afterwards the latter changed 
it to Pforalea, and minutely defcribed it in his Mantiffa. 
As a green-houfe plant, this fmall and delicate fpecies has 
long been cultivated*, and ftill continues to hold a place in 
all colle€tions of note. eS : 
Its inflorence to us has more the appearance of a capi- 
tulum than a /ptke, and which when the plant is in full 
bloom, is by no means ovate, but rather hemifpherical ; 
the purple colour of the vexillum, contrafted with the white 
of the ali, gives to the flowers a very pleafing parti-coloured 
appearance. = ne 
In its leaves we have a good example of the folium mucro- 
natum, : : a 
It is a native of the Cape, flowers in June and July, and 
is ufually propagated by cuttings. _ ee 
