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or scandent shrubs, rarely herbs. Bracteas 2 or 3 at the base of the 

 flowers. Flowers small, disposed in compound panicles or sim- 

 ple racemes. 



1 C. RETU'SA (Labill. 1. c. t. 160.) shrub glabrous, erect ; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse ; racemes contracted ; middle lobe of corolla 

 entire, fj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Flowers purple. 



Retuse-lenved Comesperma. Fl. May, Aug. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 C. SECU'NDA (Banks' herb, and B.C. prod. 1. p. 334.) 

 shrub pubescent, erect ; leaves ovate, mucronate ; racemes 

 secund. T?.G. Native of New Holland near Endeavour river. 

 Flowers purple. 



^'de-flowering Comesperma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



3 C. CORIDIFOLIA (Cuning. in Fields' trav. p. 337.) this species 

 is nearly allied to C. conferta of Lab. but it is not described in 

 the above work. fj . G. Native of New Holland on the Blue 

 Mountains. Flowers purple. 



Coris-leaved Comesperma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 C. CONFE'BTA (Labill. specim. FIG. 69. 

 nov. holl. 2. t. 161.) shrub erect, 



glabrous ; leaves linear, crowded, 

 erect, with revolute margins; racemes 

 contracted ; middle lobe of corolla 

 emarginated. Tj . G. Native of 

 Van Diemen's Land. Leaves 7-8 

 lines long. Flowers purple, (f. 69.) 

 Cron>rfed-leaved Comesperma. Sh. 



1 foot. 



5 C. ERICINA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 334.) shrub glabrous, erect ; leaves 

 linear, with somewhat revolute mar- 

 gins, obliquely erect ; racemes rather 

 lax ; middle lobe of corolla en- 

 tire, fj . G. Native on the eastern 

 coast of New Holland. Leaves 3 or 

 4 lines long. Flowers purple. 



Heath-like Comesperma. Fl. May, Aug. 



2 feet. 



6 C. FLA'VA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) shrub glabrous, erect; 

 leaves linear, flat, erect ; racemes contracted ; middle lobe of 

 corolla entire. Jj . G. Native on the eastern coast of New 

 Holland. Flowers yellow. 



Yellorv-Qoviered Comesperma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



7 C. CALYME'GA (Labill. specim. nov. holl. 2. t. 162.) herb 

 glabrous, erect ; leaves lanceolate ; wings or two inner sepals 

 scarcely exceeding in length the rest of the sepals ; middle lobe 

 of lower petal entire. 1{ . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. 

 C. isocalyx, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 172. Flowers purple. 



Large-calyxed Comesperma. PI. 1 foot. 



8 C. NUDIU'SCULA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) shrub glabrous, 

 erect, twiggy ; leaves linear, rather setaceous, acute, upper ones 

 very small ; racemes rather lax ; wings hardly exceeding in 

 length the rest of the sepals, f? . G. Native of New Holland 

 at King George's Sound. Flowers purple. 



Nakedish Comesperma. Shrub U foot. 



9 C. VIRGA'TA (Labill. specim. nov. holl. 2. t. 159.) shrub 

 glabrous, erect, twiggy ; leaves lanceolate-linear, bluntly acumi- 

 nated ; racemes elongated ; middle lobe of corolla emarginate. 



fj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers purple. 



Tniggy Comesperma. Shrub 3 feet. 



IOC. VOLU'BILIS (Labill. 1. c. t. 163.) herb glabrous, twining ; 

 leaves very few, lanceolate ; racemes contracted ; middle lobe of 

 corolla toothed. If.. w . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. 

 Flowers purple. 



Ttvining-stemmed Comesperma. PI. twining. 



11 C. KUNTHIA'NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 54. t. 90.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches spreading, tomentose ; leaves lanceolate or 



Clt. 1822. Shrub 



roundish, acute or very obtuse, and as if they were emarginate, 

 sometimes mucronulated, pubescent on both surfaces ; panicle 

 somewhat pyramidal, dense, leafy at the base ; wings orbicular, 

 ciliated, fj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minus 

 Geraes. Flowers whitish. 



Kunlh's Comesperma. Fl. April. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



12 C. FLORIBU'NDA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 55. t. 91.) stem 

 shrubby, scandent ; branches thick, angular at the top ; leaves ob- 

 long, obtuse at the base, acuminate at the apex, smooth above and 

 puberulous below ; panicle composed of bundles of flowers, 

 rather leafy ; wings obovate, hardly emarginate, puberulous in 

 the middle. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas 

 Geraes. Flowers whitish or yellowish. 



Bundle-flowered Comesperma. Fl. March. Shrub 3 to 7 ft. 



13 C. LAURIFOLIA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 56.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; branches angular at the apex, tomentose ; leaves 

 elliptical, lanceolate, with a short acumen, smooth above, and 

 tomentosely-pubescent below ; panicle very loose ; wings ovate- 

 orbicular, ciliated at the base. ^ S. Native of Brazil in the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Flowers greenish-white. 



Laurel-leaved Comesperma. Fl. Feb. Shrub 5 feet. 



Cult. The species of the genus Comesperma thrive best in a 

 mixture of sandy-loam and peat ; and young cuttings will root 

 freely if planted in sand under a bell-glass, those of the stove 

 species in heat. They are all worthy of cultivation. 



IV. BADIE'RA (M. Badier, a French botanist, and friend 

 of De Candolle's.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 334. Penae'a, Plum. gen. 

 p. 22. t. 25. but not of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Octandria. Calyx 5-sepalled, de- 

 ciduous ; sepals almost equal in size and length. Three lower 

 petals somewhat joined at the base ; middle one of these concave, 

 beardless. Stamens 8, monadelphous. Capsules compressed, 

 obcordate, 2-celled, with furrowed margins. Seeds glabrous, 

 with a large oily arillus, filling the cell from above. American 

 shrubs. 



1 B. DIVERSIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 334.) racemes short, 

 axillary ; leaves oval, oblong, acuminated at both ends. Ij . S. 

 Native of Jamaica in woods. Polygala diversifolia, Lin. amren. 



2. p. 140. Browne, jam. t. 5. f. 3 and 4. Sloan, jam. 141. 

 hist. 2. p. 32. t. 170. f. 2. Flowers greenish-white. 



This shrub is called in Jamaica Bastard Lignum-Fitee, because 

 it tastes not unlike the gum of that wood, and is sometimes used 

 for the same purposes. 



Variable-leaved Badiera. Shrub 8 feet. 



2 B. DOMINGE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 335.) racemes axillary, 

 very long, pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. I? . S. 

 Native of the mountains in St. Domingo. Polygala Doniin- 

 gensis, Jacq. amer. ed. min. 252. B. Berteriana, Spreng. syst. 



3. p. 172. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



St. Domingo Badiera. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



3 B. PEN; V A (D. C. prod. 1. p. 135.) flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary, on peduncles ; leaves obovate, obtuse. Jj . S. Native of 

 South America. Polygala Penaea, Lin. amcen. 2. p. 140. 

 Plum. ed. Burm. t. 214. f. 1. Flowers probably yellowish. 



Penas Badiera. Shrub 3 to 8 feet. 



4 B. ACUMINA V TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 335.) racemes lateral, 

 opposite the leaves ; leaves oblong, acuminated, shorter than 

 the racemes. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. Polygala acumi- 

 nata, Willd. spec. 2. p. 887. Very like B. diversifolia, accord- 

 ing to Willdenow. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Acuminated-\eaved Badiera. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



5 B. DIVARICA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 335.) racemes axillary, 

 panicled, velvety; leaves oval- oblong, glabrous; wings obovate. 

 Tj . S. Native of Para in Brazil. Perhaps belonging to this 

 genus. 



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