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PoDALYRIA Sericea. - Siuxy Popatyria. — 
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Class and Order. 
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_ Generic Character. — 
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Cal. 5-fidus, inwequalis, basi intrusa.. Cor.,papilionacea, 
vexillo majore. Stamina persistentia, basi connata. Legumen 
ventricosum, polyspermum. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Popatyria sericea ; foliis obovatis mucronatis utringue 
sericeis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris brevis- 
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Popatyria sericea ; foliis oblongo-obovatis utrinque calyce- 
que sericeis, pedunculo unifloro, aliquoties longioribus. 
Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 7. 
Soruora sericea. Rot. Repos. 440. 
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Descr. Stem shrubby, branched. Leaves simple, alternate, 
subsessile, entire, ovate or oboyate, with a recurved mucro, 
covered on both sides with closely-adpressed silky hairs, veined . 
underneath. Stipules subulate, erect, fallmg. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, one-flowered, several times shorter than the 
leaf. Bracte one on each peduncle. Calyx scarcely intruded 
at the base, bilabiate 3: the two segments of the upper-lip 
united to near the tips, three lower segments subulate ; the 
middle one longer than the rest (vide fig. 6.) Corolla papi- 
lionaceous, pale rose-coloured: Vexillum or Standard (f. 1.) 
roundish, emarginate, with a short reflected claw: Ale or 
Wings (f. 2. 2.) shorter than vexillum, with a claw nearly 
the length of the limb of the petal. Carina or Keel (f. 3.) 
shorter than the ale, of two petals similar to the ale, cohering 
at the point, base and claws distinct. Stamens ten (f. 4.) 
filaments 
