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* LALAGE ornata. 

 Gay-fiowering Lalage. 



MONADELPHIA BECAliBRIA. 



Nat. ord. LEGUMiNOSiE. §. Lotece De Cand. {Introduction to the 

 Natural Sijsteni of Botany, p. 87.) 



LALAGE. Flores bractels deciduis aiidis inclusi. Calyx bilabiatus ; 

 labio superiore bifido, inferiore tripartite, laciniis omnibus setaceis. Vexillum 

 planum, subrotundum, emarginatum. Carina obtusa. Stamina omnia connexa, 



decimo semilibero. Legumen 



Ymtex Australasic^ls. YoWa. alt erna, simplicia, stipulata. Flores axillares, 

 aurantiaco purpureoque varii. 



Lalage ornata. 



Frutex atroviridis ; ramis teretibus sericeis. Folia lata, ovata, breve 

 petiolata, valde reticulata prcesertim infra, supra scabriuscula, brevissime 

 pilosa, subtus sericea. Stipula setacecB, lineata, scariosce, petioli longitudine, 

 dorso pilosce. Flores getnini, axillares, e squamis imbricatis, testaceis, aridis, 

 deciduis eriimpentes ; pedicellati, bracteolis filiformibus viridibus villosis 

 calycis longitudine. Calyx villosus, intus coloratus. Vexillum subrotundum, 

 explanatum, emarginatum, intense luteum basi macula sanguined limbo 

 fusco-purpureo notatum. A\se: fusco-purpurece , lineari-oblongce, obtusi simce, 

 cum carina parallelce. Carina paulb injlata, Icete purpurea, denticulata 

 obtusa. Stamina basi alba, apicibus purpurea. Antherte ovatce, obtusae. 

 Ovarium villosissimum, stylo ascendente, subulato, glabro. 



A native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where 

 its seeds were collected by Mr, Baxter. Our drawing was 

 made in Mr. Knight's Nursery in April last. 



This is one of the prettiest of the New Holland legumi- 

 nous plants. Its leaves are of a deep rich green, and the 

 colour of the flowers is a pleasing mixture of yellow, orange, 



* May we be permitted to apply to this gay and lively-looking plant the name of 

 a laughing witty dame, who has been immortalized by the poetry of Horace ? 



