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LODDIGESIA OXALIDIFOLIA. OxALIS- 



Leaved Loddigesia. 



Qlafs and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DeCANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Vexillum alis carinaque pluries minus ! 



Specific Name and Synonym, 



LODDIGESIA oxalidifolia. 

 CROTALARIA oxalidifolia, Hortulanis. 



Desc. A low branched fhrub. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, 

 on long 61iform petioles, in the axils of which is a pair of 

 fubulate, minute, falling ftipules : leaflets obcordate, mucro- 

 nulate, quite entire, fmooth. Flowers terminal, from three 

 to eight, in an umbel, on fhort peduncles, drooping. Braftes 

 two, minute, fubulate. Calyx coloured, hollowed at the bafe, 

 fomewhat inflated, 5-toothed : teeth acute, three lowermoft 

 rather longeft. Vexillum, or Jlandard t very minute, project- 

 ing but little beyond the calyx, white : JVings about three 

 times longer, oblong, widening upwards, obtufe, fpreading, 

 white. Keel nearly equal in length to the wings, fomewhat 

 wider, rather fquare-pointed, gaping underneath, dark purple. 

 Filaments all connefted in a (heath which fplits at the upper 

 part. Ovary oblong, compreffed, containing from two to four 

 ovula ; Style going off at a right angle : Stigma pointed. The 

 genus may be placed in the fyftem between Genilla and Cytilus, 

 which ought to (land near together. 



We believe that this delicate little fhrub was firft intro- 

 duced into this country by George Hibbebt, Efq. of Clap- 

 ham-Common, in whofe confervatory our drawing was taken. 



