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fully borne out by specimens gathered under similar cir- 
cumstances by Mr. Harvey and others. This renders the 
form of the leaves, a very uncertain test of species. Their 
venation, the nature of the hairs which clothe the leaves, 
calyx and pod, and the proportion of the calyx to the corolla 
as pointed out by E. Meyer, to which I should add the 
form of the bracts and pod, when the specimens are such as 
to show them, must be the chief characters relied on, assisted 
indeed by the form of the leaves but in a less absolute 
manner. Dr. Walpers has indeed established sections upon 
the form and clothing of the leaves, but the characters of 
several of his species are often in contradiction to those of 
the sections under which they are placed. 
As a genus, Podalyria is perfecly distinct, its nearest affi- 
nity is perhaps with Priestleya, but although some Podalyrias 
have their stamens slightly connected at the base, and some 
Priestleyas have the staminal tube deeply divided, yet there 
is always difference enough, even in this respect, to prevent 
the two genera from being confounded. 
Series I. Nitide.—Folia supra glaberrima, nitida, subtus 
sericea v. villosa, venis lateralibus indistinctis. 
l. P. speciosa, (Eckl. et Zeyh! Enum. p. 157), foliis infe- 
rioribus ellipticis oblongisve supremis oblongo-linearibus 
margine revolutis aveniis supra nitidis subtus dense sericeis, 
pedunculis folio multo brevioribus, calycibus rufo-villosis.— 
Readily distinguished, at least in Ecklon's specimens, by the 
length of the leaves, much gua than in d other 
species. 
Summits of the Hottentots- Holland. inks Ecklon 
and Zeyher ! 
2. P. glauca, (DC. Prodr. 2. p. 102), foliis ex obovato v. 
ovali oblongis obtusis mucronulatis margine revolutis aveniis 
supra nitidis subtus dense sericeis, pedunculis folio multo 
longioribus, calycibus rufo-sericeis, laciniis lateralibus cari- 
nam equantibus.—P. buxifolia, Lam. Illustr. 2 p. 471, t. 327, 
f.4. E. Mey! Comm. p. 7. P. Mundiiana, Eckl. et -— 
Enum. p. 156 et P. sparsiflora, p. 157. 
