640 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill, 


AN) fy yy, 
without leaves. 
t.51.; the B. riifa of Bot. Cab, t. 1119.) grows 
2ft. high, and produces its yellow flowers from 
April to June. B. microphglla Smith (Bot. Cab., 
t. 756.) has the branches less compressed and leafy, 
and the flowers with the standard yellow, and red at 
the base, and the keel of a brownish purple. It 
grows to the height of 2 ft. 
Goddia lotifolia Salisb. (Bot. Mag., t. 958.,and our 
fig. 327., is a native of Van Diemen’s Land, which 
has been in the country since 1793. It grows to the 
height of 4ft., and produces its yellow flowers, hav. 
ing the base of the standard red, from April to July. 
There are two other species, G. pubéscens Bot. Mag., 
t. 1310., and G. polyspérma Bot. Rep., t. 237.; both 
} of which, being natives of Van Diemen’s Land, 
y are, doubtless, tolerably hardy. 
Scéftia dentata R. Br. (Bot. Reg., t.1233., and our 
Jig. 328.) and S. angustifolia Bot. Reg., t. 1266., are elegant New Hol- 
land shrubs, growing to the height of 4 ft., and flowering from De- 
cember to June. : 2 
Templetonia glatica Sims (Bot. Cab., t. 764., Bot. Reg., t.759., and our jigs. 329, 330.) and T. re- 
lisa R. Br. (Bot. Mag., t. 2338.) are elegant New Holland shrubs, growing to the height of 3 ft., and 
flowering from March to June. The flowers are of a fine crimson colour. 
RGfnia Thunb. is an African genus, of which eleven species, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, 
have been described, and several have been introduced. The general appearance of these shrubs is 
that of Cytisus or Spartium ; and they usually grow to the height of 3 ft. or 4ft., and produce their 
yellow flowers in June and July. R. triflora Bot. Mag,, t. 859., and our jigs. 331, 332., will afford a 
fair specimen of the genus, 
Vascoa Dec. is a Cape genus, of which there are two 
species introduced: V. amplewicatlis Dec.,and V. per- 
folidta Dec., the Crotalaria amplexicatlis of Lam, Dict., 
2. p. 194. 
Borbonia L. is a Cape genus, of which 11 species have 
been described, and nearly half as many introduced, 
B. crenata 1. (Bot. Mag., t. 274.) grows to the height 
of 6ft., and produces its yellow flowers, which are less 
villous than those of the other species of the genus, in 
July and August. 
Achyronia villosa Wendl. (Hort. Herrenh., 1. t. 12.) is 
a New Holland shrub, growing to the height of 2 ft. or 
3ft., with yellow axillary, pedicellate flowers, which 
appear in July and August. 
Liparia sphe’rica L, (Bot. Mag., t. 1241. ; Bot. Cab., 
t. 642.) is a Cape shrub, with shining leaves, and flowers 
disposed in spherical heads, of a yellowish-brown colour, 
drying black. It grows to the height of 6 ft., fowering in July and August ; and is 
avery handsome plant for a conservatory. ; 
Priestleya Dec. is a genus of Cape shrubs, of which 15 species are described in 
Don’s Miller, and nearly half as many introduced. The species have simple, quite 
entire, exstipulate leaves, and yellow flowers, which are disposed either in heads 
umbels, or spikes. P. vestita Dec. (Bot. Mag., t.2223.) grows to the height of 4 ft., 
and flowers in May and June, Pte . 
Crotalaria is an extensive genus, of which no fewer than 143 species are descri 
in Don’s Miller. They are herbs, or subshrubs, with Bunnie an aie ay hat 
pound leaves, and flowers usually of a yellow colour. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and North 
America, chiefly herbaceous ; but one or two of the Cape suffruticose species may be considered as 
half.hardy. C. pulchdlla Andr. (Bot. Rep., t. 417. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1699.) is anative of the Cape of Good 
Hope, which grows to the height of 3 ft.,and produces its large yellow flowers in July and August. 
Hypocalgptus obcorditus Thunb. is a smooth shrub, with trifoliolate leaves and purple flowers, a 
native of the Cape of Good Hope, introduced in 1823, and flowering in June and July. ae 
Vibérgia Spreng. is a Cape genus, of which 3 species have been described, and two are in cultiva- 


