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ANTHYLLIS Wessrana. RoseE-coLourEp 
Kipney-Vercu, or Lady’s Finger. 
KEKE EEE ERE KKK KEKE KS 
Class and Order. 
DiapetrearA DecanprRis. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos=. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubulosus 5-dentatus post anthesin persistens, plus 
minus vesicarius inflatus. Cor. ale carina et vexillo sube- 
quales. Stam. omnia connexa. Legumen ovatum 1—2- 
spermum, rarius oblongo-lineare polyspermum semper ca- 
lyce induviato tectum.—Herbe aut Frutices. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Antuytus Webbiana ; herbacea erecta incano-sericea, foliis 
pinnatis, foliolis 7—11 ovalibus acutis terminali majore, 
capitulis subcompositis bracteatis, bracteis cuneato- 
rotundatis vix ad medium multifidis, calycibus sub an- 
thesin cylindraceis. 
Antuytus Webbiana. Hort. Birm. 
The Latin generic name of this plant is derived from 
avdos, a flower, and sovdcs, a beard, or down, in consequence 
of the hairy or downy calyces, a character in which the pre- 
sent plant is by no means deficient : whilst the most popular 
of its English names has been given from a fancied resem- 
blance in the bracteas to the fingers of the human hand : 
hence Lady’s Finger (not “ Ladies Finger,” as commonly 
written) the Fingers of our Lady, the Virgin Mary, to whose 
honour many plants were dedicated by the piety of our 
forefathers. The species now given was communicated by 
Mr. Cameron in May last, from the Botanic Garden of 
Birmingham, under the name here retained: it being con- 
sidered new, and having been introduced from Teneriffe by 
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