SPHAROLOBIUM VIMINEUM. 
SPH&ROLOBIUM, 
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Clafs and Order. 
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DecanDRiaA Monocynia. © 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 5-fidus, irregularis. Cor. papillionacea. Stigma cari- 
natum, membranaceo-dilatatum! Legumen pedicellatum, tur-— 
gidum, obliquum, monofpermum. Stam. 2 fuprema diftantia. — 
SMITH. 1.3 fe 
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SPHZROLOBIUM vimineum. - Smith, in Ann. of Bot. ve t. 
Pp. 509. Dryander, ibid. v. 2. pe 509 
Dr. Smtru, who had not feen a living plant, obferves, that 
he could find no trace of leaves, but fufpeéts that the feedling 
plants may probably have them; we find however that the 
fterile branches or young fhoots, which produce no flowers 
the fame year, are clothed with fmall lanceolate leaves. In 
cultivation we have generally found two kidney-fhaped feeds 
in each pod, one attached to the dorfal margin of each valve 
The pod is inflated, nearly globular, but the back almoft- 
ftraight; the peculiar oblique twifting, mentioned by Dr. 
Smiru, is probably the effe€t of drying. In other refpeés 
we find the Doétor’s defcription to correfpond with our own 
obfervations: we did not indeed advert to the diftance of the 
two upper flamens from each other, but it may be fo. a 
Our plant was communicated by Mr. Loppicers. Flowers 
in May, June, and July, and ripens its feeds in Auguft, 
