~ Ovrisus 5 PROLIFERUS. | Sinky Cyrisvs. 
Class an Onder. 
| Diapexenta Decanonsa. 
: > = 
+ meme 2 355 
an gees Sa. 
Cal. 2- labiatus: k 
““Byecifie Characte# and I mor 
Crrisus iipealiforns floribus: orabellaGis! tncoreib: colibus 
erectis, foliis ellipticis acutis’ subtus ‘sericeis, bear, 
lanatis. Hort. en. ed. [me 3p. 51. eu 
teis filiformibus, Ling. Suppl. 328 ™ 
Cyrtisus proliferus; floribus in medio gemmarum verticllatis, a 
foliolis ovali-lanceolatis sericeis, staminibus 0 
Ventenat Hort. Cels. 13. : 
Descr. Stem arborescent, wrth scene ron , 
Leaves ternate on short footstalks : leaflets o 
silky adpressed hairs. Flowers white, pane y in | sess oy 
umbels, on long slender pedicles of a reddish colour. — o 
flowering, the bud in the centre of the umbel coed ¥ 
into a branch, whence the umbel is said to be prolif 
Two small opposite bractes near the calyx are deciduc 
early, and therefore frequently wanting. Calyx sreddis e 
two-lipped : upper-lip shortest with two divaricate teeth : 
lower-lip longer, acute, and apparenily quite entire ; but, 
when closely ‘examined, found to be divided into three very 
short teeth, lying close pepiher, and so concealed by the 
— pubescence as to as ,detected. Corolla 
E é Papilionaceous, 
os ee ay 
