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Colutea Galegifolia. Small-Leaved 

 Bladder-Senna. 





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Generic Char a Her. 



Cal. campanulatus 5-fidus perfiftens. Stigma bine villofura. 

 Legumen inflatum membranaceum polyfpermum. 



Specific Char abler and Synonyms. 



COLUTEA galegifolia ; caule fruticofo, foliolis ovalibus 



emarginatis novem-jugis, leguminibus longius 



pedicellatis. 

 VICI A galegifolia ; pedunculis multifloris ereftis; floribus 



{triads ; foliolis ovalibus, fubtruncatis, reflexis. 



Bot. Repof. 139. 



Desc. Stem fhrubby, low, flexuofe, with herbaceous, an- 

 gular branches. Stipules two, ovate, fmall, embracing the 

 petiole, but diftinft from it. Peduncles from the axils of the 

 petioles, longer than the leaves, bearing feveral fhewy flowers 

 alternately on fhort, curved pedicles, each fupported by a 

 fingle, fmall, ovate braft. Calyx campanulate, five-toothed, 

 perfiftent : teeth wide at the bafe, acute, with white villous 

 margins. Corolla large for the fize of the fhrub, fcarlet orange 

 coloured. Vexillum orbicular, blunt pointed, fomewhat re- 

 flecled, keeled at the bafe where it is marked with a yellow 

 fpot. Ala (mailer than the keel. Carina of one petal, in- 

 cluding the parts of fructification ; when folded, nearly femi- 

 orbicular. Stamens diadelphous. Germen attenuated at both 

 ends: ftyle attendant, hairy on the upper furface its whole 

 length. Seed- Pod inflated, membranaceous, veined, oblong- 

 oval, on a pedicle four times longer than the calyx, beaked. 



Seeds 



