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LEGUMINOSJi. V. VIRGIHA. VI. MACROTROFIS. VII. ANAGYRIS. VIII. PIPTANTHUS. 



darker towards the base of the vexi'lum, disposed in dense 

 racemes. 



Caps Virgilia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1767. Sh. 3 to 10 feet. 



2 V. INTRU'SA (R. Br. in Ait. liort. kew. 3. p. 4.) stamens 

 permanent ; ovaries smooth ; calyx thrust in at the base ; leaflets 

 oval, obtuse, mucronate. ^7 . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers pale-yellow. 



7'/inw<W-calyxed Virgilia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



3 V. AU'REA (Lam. ill. t. 326. f. 1.) stamens permanent; 

 ovaries tomentose ; legumes glabrous ; leaflets opposite, oval, 

 obtuse, mutic, smoothish. J? . G. Native of Abyssinia. Ro- 

 binia subdecandra, Lher. stirp. nov. t. 75. Podaly'ria aiirea, Willd. 

 spec. 2. p. 502. D. C. leg. t. 4. f. 2. germ. Flowers large, 

 golden, drooping. The roots taste like liquorice. The bark 

 affords a yellow dye. 



Golden -flowered Virgilia. Fl. July. Clt. 1777. Shrub 6 ft. 



4 V. SYLVA'TICA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 98.) stamens permanent; 

 ovaries glabrous ; leaflets opposite, 6-7 pairs, oval, obtuse, 

 glabrous ; panicle terminal. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Sophora sylvatica, Burch. cat. geogr. 3138. 

 Legume piano-compressed, glabrous, tapering to both ends. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Wood Virgilia, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 V. LU'TEA (Michx. fil. arb. amer. 3. p. 266. t. 3.) stamens 

 deciduous, smooth ; ovaries puberulous : legumes stipitate, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets 9-11, alternate, ovate, acuminated, glabrous, fj . 

 H. Native of North America, between the mountains of Cum- 

 berland and the Mississippi. Delaun. herb. amat. t. 197. Flowers 

 yellow, disposed in pendulous racemes. The whole tree strongly 

 resembles the Rob'mia pseudacetcia. The bark affords a yellow 

 dye. 



le/tow-flowered Virgilia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1812. Tree 

 10 to 16 feet. 



6 V. ROBINIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 98.) leaves with 3 pairs 

 of leaflets and an odd one, obovate, obtuse, glaucous, smooth ; 

 racemes axillary, length of leaves, clothed with adpressed pu- 

 bescence ; pedicels very short. J? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Robinia Capensis, Burm. fl. cup. 22. Branches 

 glabrous, terete. Stipulas callous, small. Flowers yellow. 



Robinia-likc Virgilia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 ft. 



7V.? RUBIGINOSA (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 98.) stamens 

 permanent ; ovaries tomentose ; leaflets oral-oblong, acumi- 

 nated, opposite, glabrous ; racemes panicled, and are, as well as 

 the branches, rusty and velvety, *j . S. Native of Guadeloupe. 

 Flowers violaceous. Leaflets 3-4 inches long. Young legumes 

 compressed, oblong, not moniliform. 



Rusty Virgilia. Tree. 



Cult. l"n-g'ilia lutea being an elegant hardy tree, is well 

 adapted for shrubberies or pleasure-grounds, as it is covered with 

 innumerable pendulous racemes of flowers early in summer. 

 It is generally propagated by laying down the shoots in autumn 

 or spring, and sometimes by seeds, which are annually received 

 from the places of its natural growth by some nurserymen. It 

 may also be propagated by young cuttings planted in a shady 

 situation under a hand-glass. The green-house kinds are ele- 

 gant plants when in flower ; they will grow freely in a mixture 

 of loam, peat, and sand, and young cvittings will root readily if 

 planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



VI. MACRO'TROPIS (from fiaxpos, macros, long, and rpo- 

 fl-ic, tropis, a keel ; keel of flower long). D. C. leg. mem. v. 

 prod. 2. p. 98. Anagyris, Lour. coch. p. 260. but not of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx cup-shaped or in- 

 flated, 5-toothed. Keel petals 2, equal in length to the wings, 

 but much exceeding the vexillum. Legume straight, com- 



pressed or somewhat terete, many-seeded. Shrubs, with impari- 

 pinnate glabrous leaves, and racemes of white flowers. 



1 M. KE'TIDA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 98.) leaflets lanceolate- 

 ovate ; flowers panicled ; calyx cup-shaped ; legume somewhat 

 terete. Tj . F. Native of China, near Canton. Anagyris fce'- 

 tida, Lour, cochin, p. 260. A. Sinensis, Steu:l. nom. Panicle 

 terminal. Flowers white. Wood and leaves fetid. 



Fetid Macrotropis. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 ft. 



2 M. INODORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 99.) leaflets oblong, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous ; flowers racemose ; calyx inflated ; legume 

 straight, compressed, fj . F. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. 

 Anagyris inodora, Lour. 1. c. Racemes terminal. Flowers white. 

 Branches somewhat scandent. Wood, leaves, and bark scent- 

 less. 



Scentless Macrotropis. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. Beautiful shrubs, which will thrive in a mixture of 

 loam, sand, and peat ; and young cuttings will strike root if 

 planted in a pot of sand placed under a hand-glass. The shrubs 

 only require to be protected from frost. 



VII. ANAGY'RIS (from ava, ana, backwards, and yvpoc, 

 gyros, a circle ; in allusion to the pods being curved backwards 

 at their extremities). Tourn. inst. t. 415. Lin. gen. no. 509. 

 Lam. ill. t. 325. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed, some- 

 what bilabiate. Wings longer than the vexillum, but shorter 

 than the 2-petalled keel. Legume on a short stipe, compressed, 

 many-seeded, 2-valved, irregularly interrupted by a kind of 

 spongy substance. Shrubs, w'ith trifoliate leaves and entire 

 leaflets. Stipulas 2, concrete in one, placed opposite the leaves. 

 Flowers disposed in short racemes, yellow. 



1 A. F<E'TIDA (Lin. spec. 534.) leaflets lanceolate, acute; 

 legume acuminated. Tj . F. Native of the south of Europe, 

 on hills in dry places. Lodd. bot. cab. 740. D. C. leg. t. 4. f. 

 3. germ. Clus. hist. 1. p. 93. with a figure. The shrub is fetid 

 in every part when bruised. The flowers hairy, like those of 

 the Lali'irnum. 



Var. ft, gltiiica (Hortul. D. C. prod. 2. p. 99.) leaves more 

 glaucous on both surfaces. 



Fetid Bean-Trefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1570. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



2 A. LATIFOLIA (Willd. enum. 489.) leaflets elliptic, obtuse ; 

 legumes torose, obtuse, apiculated by the style. Tj . F. Native 

 of Teneriffe. 



Broad-leaved Bean-Trefoil. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1815. 

 Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Cult. See Macrotropis for culture and propagation. 



VIII. PIPTA'NTHUS (from irumo, piplo, to fall, and avSoe, 

 anlhos, a flower ; the teeth of the calyx fall off, as well as the 

 petals and stamens very soon). Sweet, fl. gard. 264. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx bilabiate, lower lip 

 trifid, with the middle segment reflexed, upper lip 2-lobed ; all 

 the segments soon falling ofT. Petals deciduous. Vexillum 

 large, obcordate, rufescent. Wings cuneated, somewhat cordate 

 at the base. Keel cucullate, accumbent. Stamens 10, free, 

 deciduous. Stigma minute. Legume broad-linear, compressed, 

 6-seeded, stipitate. An elegant shrub, with trifoliate leaves, 

 young ones rather silky ; leaflets elliptical-oblong, acute, broad. 

 Stipulas 2, large, joined together, entire, bicuspidate at the apex, 

 placed opposite the leaves. Peduncles tern, 1-flowered. Flowers 

 large, yellow. 



1 P. NIPAULE'NSIS (Sweet, fl. gard. 264.) Jj . H. Native of 

 Nipaul, on Shreenugur. Thermopsis laburnifolia, D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 239. Anagyris In'dica, Wall. mss. Baptisia 

 Nipaulensis, Hook. exot. fl. t. 131. 



Nipaul Piptanthus. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Sh. 8 to 10 ft. 



