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PRIESTLEYA VILLOSA. ViLLous PriestTLeya. 
KEK REE EEE KEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Diavetpa1a Decanpris. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leceuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. subequaliter 5-lobus, subbilabiatus. Cor. glabra, 
vexillo subrotundo, breviter stipitata, alis obtusis subfalca- 
tis, carina bicipite dorso curvo convexa. Stam. diadelpha 
(9 et 1). Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum interdum 
dente acuto hee auctum. Legumen sessile plano-com- 
pressum ovali-oblongum stylo apiculatum -spermuin, 
—Frutices Capenses. Folia simplicia integerrima exstipu- 
lata. Flores flavi in capitula subumbellata aut subspicata 
dispositi. Differt.a Borbonia et Aspalatho staminibus dia- 
delphis, a Liparia calycinis lobis equalibus, forma et estiva- 
tione petalorum. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PriestitEya* villosa; foliis ovato-ellipticis acutis uniner- 
viis planis utrinque ramis calycibus leguminibusque 
hirsutis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 122. 
Lipari villosa. Linn. Mant. p. 438. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
vo. 3. p. 271. 
Borzonia villosa. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 994. Seba, Thes. v. 
1. t. 24, f. 2. 
Descr. A small shrub, with rather stout, very soft and vil- 
lous, alternate branches, naked below, and marked with the 
scars of the fallen foliage. Leaves mostly crowded towards 
the 
* Name given in compliment to Dr, JosepH PRIESTLEY, an eminent 
English philosopher, : 
