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* HOSACKIA stolonifei-ji. 

 Creeping-rooted Hosackia. 



DIADELPHIA DEC ANURIA. 



Nat. ord. Fabace* or Leguminos^e, § Papilionace.b. 

 HOSACKIA. Suprd,v(>l. \5.fol. 1257. 



H. stoloniferu; stipulis ovatis herbaceis, foliis septemjugis: foliolis ovatis ob- 

 longisve mucronulatis, umbellis niultittoris capitatis, peJuiiculis infra umbel- 

 lam folio simplici vel trifoliolato bracteatis, calycinis dentibus brevissirais. 



A stoloiiiferous, hardy, herbaceous plant. Stems about 

 3 feet high, taper, smooth. Leaves pinnate with an odd 

 one ; the leaflets in about seven pairs, opposite or alternate, 

 ovate or oval, mucronulate, when young finely downy, 

 when full grown naked ; stipules herbaceous, ovate, acute. 

 Peduncles axillary, erect, shorter than the leaves, with a 

 simple or 3-foliate bract below the umbel. Umbels capitate, 

 many-flowered, nodding. Calyx tubular, smooth, shortly 

 5-toothed, contracted at the base, slightly downy at the 

 edge. Petals greenish, with chocolate-coloured middles ; 

 their stalks distinctly longer than the calyx : that of the 

 vexillum standing apart from the others. Stamens nearly 

 equal ; the tenth almost adherent to the others. Ovary 

 linear, many-seeded, smooth. Style smooth ; stigma capitate. 

 Legumes in nodding umbels, about two inches long, taper, 

 smooth, mucronate ; with a succulent lining which separates 

 the seeds from each other before ripeness, drying up after- 

 wards. Seeds oblong, brownish ; mottled with a darker 

 colour. Embryo sometimes with three cotyledons. 



* See folio 1257. 



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