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LEGUMINA^CE.i:. Lo'TE.E. 



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tion. They are Cape shrubs, about 2 ft. or 3 ft. high, with trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers in 

 racemes. ;'. obcorduta Thunb. (the Crotaliria floribuiida of Bot. Cab., t. 5U9., and our Jig. S3o.) 

 will aft'ord a specimen of the genus. 



Loc/digista Sims (named in honour of Conrad Loddiges of Hackney, to the liberality and kindness of 

 whose .«ons our present work is much indebted) oxalidif Cilia Bot Mag., t. 596., and our Jig. 334., is a 

 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. 



Dic/ii/iis 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. 



Lebeck\a Tfiiinh. 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. L. 

 sepidria Thunb., the Spftrtiura sepi?trium of L., ant! P/uk. Aim., t. 424. f 1., was introduced in 1820, 

 and grows to the height of d ft., producing its yellow flowers in April and May. 



SarcophSlliim cambsum Thunb. {Bot. yfag., t. 2502., and our Jig. 336.) is a smooth Cape 6hrub,with 

 fleshy filiform leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from May to August. 



AspAlathus L. is a genus of Cape shrubs, of which 8ti 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.cnlldsa L. ( But. Mag., t. 232y., and our Jig. 335.) 

 which grows to the height of 4 It., will serve to exemplify the genus. 



Requien\& Dec. is a genus of African shrubs, of which one species, R sphivrosp^rma Dec. L^g. 

 M^ra., 6. t 38., is a Cape shrub, grows to the height of 1 ft. ; but it is not yet introduced. 



Knthyllis is a genus containing some undershrubs, natives of the south of 

 Europe, which are half-hardy, and some of them neaily hardy. A. Bniba 

 Jdvis L. (Bot. Mag., t. 1927., and onr Jig. 3.37.), the Vuln'erriria Barba Jbvi^ 331 

 Lmn., and Birba Juvis argyrophjila -1/ffwrA, is an evergreen shrub, which 

 grows to the height of 8ft.; a native 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 

 a silvery 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 he planted against a con- 

 servative wall. It will grow in any light soil, and is easily propagated by cut- 

 tings, or by seeds, which are sometimes ripened against a south walL 



A. cytiso'ides 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. Hermdnm?^ L. {Bot. Mag., t. 2")76.; 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 2 ft. to 3 ft. There is a plant of it which has 

 been two years in the open border in the Kew Garden, without anv protection whatever. A. Aspa- 

 lathi Dec, Spartium crcticum DesJ, {Bot. Cab., t. 1169.) resembles the preceding species, and may pos- 

 sibly be only a variety of it. 



a', erinacea L. {Bot. Mag., t. 676.) grows about 1 ft. high, and has rushv branches, and bluish purple 

 flowers. 



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