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LlPARIA VESTITA. CoNCAVE-LEAVED-LlPARIA. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus : lacinia infima elongata. Cor. alae inferius 

 bilobae, Staminis majoris dentes tres breviores. Legumen 

 ovatum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Liparia vestita; floribus capitatis, foliis ovatis concavis subtus 



lanatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 318. Willd. Sp. PL 3. 



p. 1115. Thunb. prodr. 124. Persoon Sj/n. 2. p. 309. 



Poir. Encycl. suppL I. p. 680. sub Borbonia. 

 Liparia villosa. Bot. Repos. 382. 

 Genista africana folio cochleariformi, flore luteo. Seb. Thes. 



I. p. 38. t. 24./ 1. 



Lamarck unites the genus Liparia with Borbonia, and 

 remarks as a circumstance not a little singular., that Linnaeus 

 should have joined the genera Polygonum, Fagopyrum, Per- 

 sicaria and Bistorta into one, and at the same time have 

 divided the genus Genista of the older botanists into several, 

 distinguished by minute characters which hold good only in 

 a few of the species. It may be observed however that the 

 united genus Polygonum does not contain so many species 

 as that of Aspalathus alone, and that however difficult it may 

 be to find efficient characters to distinguish them by, there is 

 so great a difference in habit, as, united to their number, im- 

 periously to demand their separation. 



The very remarkable foliage of this shrub gives it a singular 

 and striking appearance, making a pretty variety in the green- 

 house, especially while the plant is young and vigorous ; for 

 in old plants the stems become in part bare, and many of the 

 leaves turned to a rusty brown colour. 



Liparia 



