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15 B. PIIOSTRA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) branches filiform, leafy ; stems 

 procumbent ; leaves oval, glabrous ; stipulas shorter than the 

 petioles; legume 1-seeded. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the eastern coast. Sims, bot. mag. 1493. 



Prostrate Bossiaea. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1803. Sh. prostrate. 



16 B. LINN^OIDES ; branches terete, leafy, prostrate, puberu- 

 lous ; leaves elliptic, mucronate ; pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, 

 elongated ; bracttas puberulous ; corolla about twice the length 

 of the calyx. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow. 

 Keel dark-brown. 



Linncea-like Bossiaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



Cult. The species of Bossicea are neat elegant plants when 

 in flower ; they thrive best in a mixture of turfy loam, peat, 

 and sand, but the pots in which they are grown must be well 

 drained with sherds, as nothing injures them more than too 

 much water. Cuttings, neither too ripe nor too young, will 

 strike root if planted in a pot of sand with a bell-glass over 

 them. 



XXXVI. GOO'DIA (in memory of Peter Good, a diligent 

 botanical collector, who was employed in collecting seeds in 

 New Holland for the botanic garden at Kew, where he died). 

 Salisb. par. t. 41. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 269. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 117. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate, both 

 lips about equal in length, upper one semibifid, acute. Vexillum 

 flat, large. Stamens all connected. Carina truncate, 2-edged. 

 Legume pedicellate, compressed. Seeds strophiolate. Much- 

 branched Australian subshrubs, with terete branches, alternate, 

 stalked, trifoliate leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers. 



1 G. LOTIFOLIA (Salisb. par. t. 41.) leaflets obovate, and are, 

 as well as the calyxes, smooth ; legume varicose, 2-4-seeded. 

 fj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Sims, bot. mag. 9.58. 

 Flowers yellow, but with the base of the vexillum red. Glands 

 5 between the stamens and pistil, they are sessile and globose. 

 Stamens monadelphous, with the sheath cleft in front. 



Lotus-leaved Goodia. Fl. Ap. July. Clt. 1733. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 G. PUBE'SCENS (Sims, bot. mag. 1310.) leaflets obovately- 

 cuneated, and are, as well as the calyxes, pubescent ; legume 

 smooth, 2-seeded. fj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 270. Branches and pe- 

 duncles rather hispid. Flowers yellow, spotted with red. Pedi- 

 cels longer than the calyx. 



Pubescent Goodia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1805. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



3 G. ? POLYSPE'KMA (D. C. mem. soc. hort. gen. 2. p. 2. p. 

 133.) leaflets oval, acutish at both ends, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, pubescent; legume 8-10-seeded. Jj . G. Native of 

 Van Diemen's Land or New Holland. Cy'tisus tomentosus, 

 Andr. bot. rep. 237. The plant is frequently to be met with in 

 gardens under the name of Goodia lolifolia, but differs from that 

 plant in the legume being many-seeded and linear. Upper lip 

 of calyx bipartite, lower lip tridentate. Flowers pure yellow, 

 with the stamens monadelphous, and with the habit of the other 

 species of this genus. 



Many-seeded Goodia. Fl. Ap. July. Clt. 1798. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



Cult. A mixture of sandy loam and peat suits the species, 

 and young cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand with a 

 bell-glass placed over them. Seeds usually ripen in this coun- 

 try, by which young plants may be raised in abundance. 



XXXVII. SCO'TTEA (in memory of Robert Scott, M.D., 

 formerly professor of botany at Dublin). D. C. prod. 2. p. 118. 

 Scottia, R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 268. 



VOL. II. 



LIN. SYST. Mbnadtlphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-toothed, im- 

 bricated with bracteas, with the teeth rather unequal. Vexillum 

 complicated, short. Wings equal in length to the keel. Stamens 

 all connected. Legume pedicellate, compressed, with the mar- 

 gin thickened on both sides. Seeds 3-4, strophiolate. 



1 S. DENTA'TA (R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 268.) 

 leaves opposite, sessile, cordate, triangular, toothed ; flowers 

 solitary, axillary, on very short pedicels. Tj . G. Native of 

 New Holland, on the south-west coast. Lindl. bot. reg. 1233. 

 Flowers mixed with red and green. A diffuse shrub. 



Toothed-leaved Scottea. Clt. 1 803. Fl. Dec. Feb. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 S. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1266.) leaves opposite, 

 linear-oblong, truncate at the base ; flowers solitary, on very 

 short pedicels. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, with the wings red on the upper side. 



Narrow-leaved Scottea. Fl. Jan. June. Clt. 1825. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Cult. Scottea is a genus of elegant shrubs, usually flowering 

 in the winter ; their culture and propagation is the same as that 

 for Goodia. 



XXXVIII. TEMPLETO'NIA (in honour of John Temple- 

 ton, of Orange Grove, near Belfast, a gentleman to whom the 

 editor of English Botany was under frequent obligations for Irish 

 plants during the progress of that work). R. Br. in hort. kew. 

 ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 269. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-toothed, with 

 the teeth rather unequal. Keel oblong, a little longer than the 

 wings. Stamens all connected, the tenth one sometimes rather 

 shorter, and nearly free ; anthers uniform. Legume pedicellate, 

 piano-compressed, many-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. Smooth 

 Australian shrubs, with alternate, simple, cuneiform, retuse, mu- 

 cronate leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary, large, crimson. 



1 T. RETU SA (R. Br. 1. c.) bracteoles rather remote from the 

 calyx ; stamens all connected, fj . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the south-west coast. Sims, bot. mag. 2338. Rafnia retusa, 

 Vent. malm. t. 53. Leaves coriaceous, green. 



Retuse-leaved Templetonia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1803. 

 Sh. 1 to 3 feet. 



2 T. GLAU'CA (Sims, bot. mag. 2088.) bracteoles approximat- 

 ing the calyx ; uppermost stamen shorter than the others, and 

 nearly free. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south- 

 west coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 644. Lindl. bot. reg. 859. Leaves 

 glaucous. 



Glaucous Templetonia. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



Cult. This is a genus of very shewy shrubs when in bloom ; 

 their culture and propagation is the same as that for Goodia, 

 which see, p. 1 29. 



XXXIX. RA'FNIA (in honour of C. G. Rafn, of Copenhagen, 

 author of a Flora of Denmark and Holstein, 8vo. 1796 and 

 1800. in 2 vols. &c.) Thunb. prod, prsef. p. post. fl. cap. 563. 

 Willd. spec. 3. p. 949. D. C. prod. 2. p. 118. (Edmannia, 

 Thunb. et Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx cleft into 5 to 

 the middle, 4 upper lobes broadest, sometimes distinct, some- 

 times variously connected, lower lobe setaceous and very acute. 

 Corolla smooth, with an obtuse keel, and a roundish vexillum. 

 Stamens monadelphous, with the sheath cleft in front at length. 

 Legume lanceolate, compressed, many-seeded. Smooth Cape 

 shrubs, usually becoming of a lurid black colour on drying. 

 Leaves simple, entire, not stem-clasping, alternate, but with the 

 floral ones sometimes opposite. Flowers of all yellow. 



1 R. CORDA'TA (Mart. acad. mun. 6. p. 189.) leaves rather 

 orbicular, cordate, ciliated, nearly sessile ; stipulas scarious ; 

 S 



