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aspalathus pedunculata. small- 

 Leaved Aspalathus. 



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C/j/jr a//^ Order. 

 DlADELI>HIA Decandria. 



Generic Characler. 



Col. 5-fidus : lacinia fuperiore majore. Legumen ovatum 

 muticum fubdifpermum. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ASPALATHUS feduncwlata foliis fafcictilsitis fubulatisglabris, 

 pedunculis filiformibus folio duplo longiori- 

 bus. L'Herit. Sert. Angl. t. 26. Ait. Kciv. 

 v. 3. p. 16. 



Of the five fpecies of Afpalathus enumerated in the 

 Hortus Kewenjts* four are natives of the Cape; of thofe, three 

 have been introduced by Mr. Masson : the albens and 

 candicans in 1774, the preient fpecies in 1775. , 



This is one of the plants figured by Monf. L'Heritier, 

 in a work of his, entitled Sertum AngHcum, containing new 

 fpecies obferved by him during his excurfion to this country 

 a few years fince, moll of which flowered in the royal garden 

 at Kew. * 



It will grow to the height of feveral kct, produces abun- 

 dance of bloflbms, which open during molt of the fummcr 

 months, and is propagated by cuttings. 



