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ion. Th e shrubs, about 2 ft. or 3 ft. high, with trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers in 
Paeiuae a eras Themb. (the Crotalaria floribanda of Bor. Cab., t. 509., and our Jig. 533.) 
Cape shrub, with trifoliolate leaves and pinkish flowers, with the keel of a dark purple at the apex. It 
grows to the height of 3 ft., and is an elegant plant when in flower, 

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Dichilus Dec. is a Cape genus, of which 3 species have been described. They are subshrubs, 
growing to the height of 3 ft , with smooth trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers. ; 
Lebéchia Thunb. is a Cape genus of shrubs, or subshrubs, with simple or trifoliolate leaves, with the 
general habit of Genista. Eleven species have been described, and 3 or 4 have been introduced. i. 
sepidria Thunb., the Spartium sepiarium of L., and Pluk. Alm., t. 494, f. 1., was introduced in 1820, 
and grows to the height of 6 ft., producing its yellow flowers in April and May. 
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SarcophGllum carndsum Thunb. (Bot. Mag., t. 2502., and our jig. 336.) isa smooth Cape shrub, with 
fleshy filiform leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from May to August. ‘4 
Aspalathus L. is a genus of Cape shrubs, of which 86 species have been described in Don’s Miller, 
and about that number introduced, They are almost all shrubs, or undershrubs, with leaves in fas~ 
cicles, and yellow flowers furnished with bracteoles, A.cal/dsa L, (Bot. Mag., t. 2329., and our jig. 335.) 
which grows to the height of 4 ft., will serve to exemplify the genus. 
Requiénia Dec. isa genus of African shrubs, of which one species, 2. sphe@rospérma Dec, Lég. 
Mém., 6. t. 38., is a Cape shrub, grows to the height of 1 ft.; but it is not yet introduced. 
Anthgilis is a genus containing some undershrubs, natives of the south of 
Europe, which are half-hardy, and some of them nearly hardy, A. Birba 
Jovis L. (Bot. Mag., t. 1927., and our Sig. 337.), the Vulneraria Barba Jovis 
Lam., and Barba Jévis argyrophylla Mcench, is an evergreen shrub, which 
grows to the height of 8ft.; anative of Spain, Barbary, the Levant, and 
Italy, on rocks ; and it has been cultivated in frames in England since 1640. 
The leaves are pinnate, and the flowers pale yellow; the whole plant having 
asilvery appearance, whence it derives the names of Jupiter’s beard, and the 
silver bush. The elegance of this shrub did not escape the ancients; and 
Pliny mentions its beauty ; adding, that it dislikes water, and that it makes a 
very elegant ornament for gardens when clipped into a round shape. It is 
also mentioned by Dioscorides as good for healing wounds, by the application 
of its leaves. It is one of the finest shrubs that can be planted against a con- 
servative wall. It will grow in any light soil, and is easily propagated by cute 
tings, or by seeds, which are sometimes ripened against a south wall, 
A. cytisdtdes L. (Barrel. Icon., t. 1182.) a native of Spain, and the south of 
France, was introduced in 1731. It grows to the height of 2 ft., and forms 
a neat little frame shrub, almost hardy in the neighbourhood of London, 
A. Hermannie L. (Bot. Mag., t. 2576.) is a native of Corsica, Crete, and Palestine, It forms a spiny 
shrub, with pubescent leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from April till July. It was intro- 
duced in 1789, and grows to the height of from 2ft. to 3ft. There is a plant of it which has 
been two years in the open border in the Kew Garden, without any protection whatever. A. Aspa- 
lathi Dec., Spartium eréticum Desf, (Bot. Cab., t. 1169.) resembles the preceding species, and may pos- 
sibly be only a variety of it. 
; A. evinacea L, (Bot. Mag., t. 676.) grows about | ft. high, and has rushy branches, and bluish purple 
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