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* ADESMIA Loiidonia. 

 Mr. Loudon's Adesmia. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNtA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminosje. Juss. (^Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 87.) 



ADESMIA. D. C. Ca/yx 5-fidus, laciniis acutissubfequalibus. Corolla 

 papilionacea, vexillo juniore super alia petala complicato, carina apice curvo-trun- 

 cata. Stamina dlstincta, approximata. Legumen compressum transverse pluri- 

 articulatum, sutiira, siiperiore subrecta crassiuscula, infer, sinuato-lobata, articulis 

 1-spermis demum secedentibus suborbiculatis. Semina compressa, reniformi- 



orbiculata. Herbte australi-Americance. Stipulaa lanceolatce. Folia abrupt^ 



pinnata ; petiolo in setulam producto. Pediculi axillares, \-flori, et foliorum 

 superiorum abortu in racemum terminalem dispositi. De Cand. Prodr. 2. 318. 



A. Loudonia ; fruticosa cinereo-sericea erecta ramosissima valde foliosa, follis 

 trijugis foliolis lineari-lanceolatis mollibus patentibus petiolo loncrioribus, pe- 

 dunculis axillaribus solitariis calycem 5-iidum sericeum sequantibus, vexillo 

 sericeo, leguminibus (vix maturis) triarticulatis appresso-sericeis calyce duplo 

 longioribus, Hooker and Arnolt, Bot. Misc. vol. 3. p. 193. quibusdam 

 mutatis. 



Frutex GenistcB cujusdam sericecc facie. Caulis et folia cinerea, sericea, 

 Stipulae angusiissimcc, libercB. Foliola lineari-lanceolata, mollia, subtus palli- 

 diora. Flores soUtarii, axillares, foliis breviores. Calyx sericeus 5-Jidus, 

 laciniis anterioribiis longioribns. Vexillum sericeuin, complicatiim in alas 

 ineianhens. AIeb glabrce vexillo breviores. Carina paulo incurva alis palli- 

 dior et brevior, suturu anteriore villosu. Stamina 10, subcequilojiga, fere 

 hypogyna, filamenta libera fere usque ad basin, membranaceo-marginata, apice 

 subulata ; Antherae parvce, oblongce, cequales. Ovarium lineare utrinque 

 angustatum, villosum, stylo ascenderite curvato suhulato glabro. 



A Chilian shrub, our drawing of which was made from a 

 specimen in the possession of Mr. Tate. It was originally 

 supposed to be a new genus, and was called Loudonia, to 

 which some not over-honest dealer added the specific name 



* So named from a priv. and cen^Loc a union ; in allusion to the separation 

 of the stamens by which Adesmia is known from Onobrychis and i^schynomene. 



