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Templetonia retusa. Wedge-leaved 

 Templetonia. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DeCANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. ebracteatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus parum inaequalibus. 

 Carina oblonga. Stam. omnia connexa, antheris uuiformi- 

 bus. Legumen pedicellatum, plano-compressum, polyspcr- 

 mum. Semina strophiolata. 



Specific Character and Synony7ns. 



Templetonia retusa; bracteis a calyce remotis, vexillo 



reflexo, staminibus monadelphis. 

 Templetonia retusa. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 269. Bot. 



Reg. 383. 

 Rafnia retusa. Vent en* Malmais. 53 ? 



Templetonia retusa and glauca (supra No. 2088,) are so 

 nearly related, as to render it dubious whether they ought 

 to be regarded as distinct species, or only as varieties. But 

 if the characters by which we have attempted to establish 

 them as distinct species, should be found to be constant, 

 they may safely be considered as such. In glauca the leaves 

 are glaucous, in retusa dark green ; in the former the 

 bractes are inserted close to the calyx, the vexillum is not 

 reflected, the stamens are partly at least diadelphous; in the 

 latter the bractes are in the middle of the peduncle, the 

 vexillum is entirely reflected, and the stamens are mona- 

 delphous. It seems difficult to decide to which species the 

 Rafnia retusa of Ventenat should be referred ; for while his 

 description accords best with our present plant, his figure 

 more nearly resembles that of glauca, both in the colour of 

 the leaves and the unreflected vexillum. 



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