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VlRGILIA CAPENSIS. VETCH-LEAVED 

 VlRGILIA. 



Clqfs and Order. 

 Decandria Monocynia. 



Generic CharaSler. 



Cat. 5-fidus. Cor. papilionacea, petalis longitudine fubasquali- 

 bus : vexillum lateribus non reflexis. Stigma imberbe. Legumen 

 compreffum, oblongum, polyfpermum,. 



Specific Character and. Synonyms, 



VlRGILIA capenfis* ftaminibus deciduis bafi lanatis, germini- 

 bus tomentofis, carina acuminata, foliolis lanceolatis. 

 Brown Mff. Hart. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 4. 



PODALYRIA capenfis ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis lanceolatis 

 mucronatis fubtufincanis, leguminibus tomentofis. IVilld. 

 Sp. PL 2. p. 501. Bot. Repof. 347. Perfoon Sjm. 1. p. 453. 

 Lamarck III. t. 326./ 2. 



SOPHORA capenfis ; foliis pinnatis: foliolis numerofis lan- 

 ceolatis fubtus tomentofis, caule fruiicofo. Linn. Mant. 67. 

 Reich. 2. 242. ThunS. Prod. 79, 



SOPHORA oroboides. Berg. Cap. 142. 



Virgilia is diflinguifhed from Podalyria by its com- 

 prclied, not inflated, legume; by the vexillum not being re- 

 flexed at the fides; and widely by its habit. 



This fpecies varies much in the fize of the leaflets; in fome 

 native fpecimens they are very narrow and fmall and feldom 

 more than twelve-paired. 



It is a very handfome greenhoufe fhrub, native of the Cape 

 of Good-Hope. Propagated by cuttings. Flowers in July and 

 Auguft. Communicated by MelTis. Loddices and Sons. 

 Introduced in 1767, by Thomas Cornwall, Efq. 



