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ASPALATHUS CALLOSA. OVAL SPIKED 

 ASPALATHUS. 



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Class awe/ Order. 



DlADELPHIA DecANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-fidus : lacinia superiore majorc. Legumen ovatum, 

 mutieum, subdispermum . 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Aspalathus callosa; foliis trims subulatisaequalibus, stipulis 



subrotundis callosis, floribus spicatis glabris. Sp. PI. 



1002. Berg. PI. Capens. 209. 

 Aspalathus callosa; foliis ternis trigonis, spicis ovatis. 



. Thunb. Prodr. 125. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 966. 

 Cytisus trifoliatus, juniperinis foliis, floribus luteisin spicam 



densiorem adactis, Prom, bonae spei. Pluk. Mant. 63. 



t. 345. /. 4. 



This shrub has its specific name from the round, callous 

 stipules that grow at the base of the leaves and remain after 

 these fall oft!, giving the branches a warty appearance. 

 The leaves grow by threes, but are so much crowded to- 

 gether that they seem to be without order. The erect 

 position of the alae and carina with the curved extremities 

 of the former give the flower a very singular appearance. 



Aspalathus callosa is not recorded in the Hortus Kewensis 

 and is very rarely met with in our collections. Native of 

 the Cape of Good-Hope and requires the protection of the 

 greenhouse. Flowers in August. Communicated several 

 years ago by Messrs. Loddiges and Sons. 



