LEGUMINOS^:. XLII. ACHYKONIA. XLIII. LIPARIA. XLIV. PRIESTLEYA. 



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Stamens all connected into a sheath, which is cleft in front. 

 Stigma capitate, somewhat emarginate. Legume linear, piano- 

 compressed, much longer than the calyx, many-seeded. Cape 

 shrubs, with simple, alternate, exstipulate, pungent leaves, which 

 are stem-clasping, and many-nerved at the base. Flowers of 

 all yellow, disposed in heads at the tops of the branches or 

 axillary. 



1 B. BARBARA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 436. ill. 610. f. 2.) leaves 

 narrow, lanceolate, many-nerved, complicated, ciliately-bearded, 

 and very much acuminated. T? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Branches diverging. Flowers sessile, villous on 

 the outside. 



Bearded-leaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



. B. TRINE'RVIA (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, 

 quite entire, glabrous. ^ G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Berg. fl. cap. 188. Pluk. aim. t. 297. f. 4. and per- 

 haps B. angustifolia, Lam. diet. 2. p. 436. 



T//ree-nerved-\eo.ved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



3 B. LANCEOLA'TA (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 pungent, many-nerved, quite entire, sessile, glabrous, as well 

 as the stem. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Burm. cap. prod. 21. Jacq. schcenbr. 2. p. 217. Flowers 

 densely villous. 



Lanceolate-leaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1752. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 B. CORDA'TA (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves cordate, many-nerved, 

 quite entire, glabrous, but the branches are villous. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. schcenbr. 2. t. 218. 

 B. cordifolia, Lam. diet. 2. p. 436. Bnrm. prod. fl. cap. 2 1 . 

 Corolla densely villous, with the vexillum obcordate. 



G'oretote-leaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



5 B. RUSCIFOLIA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2128.) leaves cordate, 

 many-nerved, minutely-ciliated, but are otherwise glabrous, as 

 well as the branches. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Breyn. cent. 1. t. 28. Seb. thes. 1. t. 24. f. 3. and 

 Lam. ill. t. 610. f. 1. Flowers sparingly villous. 



Butcher' s-broom-leavcd Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



6 B. PARVIFLO'RA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 437.) leaves cordate, 

 many-nerved, minutely denticulated, and are, as well as the 

 branches, glabrous. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers small, sessile, few, usually terminal. 



Small-jlomered Borbonia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 B. CRENA'TA (Lin. spec. 994.) leaves cordate, roundish, 

 acute, denticulated, many-nerved, and reticulated between the 

 nerves, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 274. Burm. 

 cap. 21. Lois. herb. amat. t. 222. Flowers less villous than in 

 the rest of the species. 



Crenated-leaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



8 B. CILIA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 923.) leaves cordate, rather 

 orbicular, obtuse or acute, many-nerved, reticulated, denticu- 

 lated, with the nerves and margin ciliated with long hairs ; 

 branches piliferous. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers small, few. The hairs on the leaves when young are 

 frequently long and spreading. 



Ciliated-leaved Borbonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 

 2 to 6 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



9 B. ? MONOSPE'RMA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 120.) leaves lanceolate, 

 3-nerved, very acute; pedicels 1 -flowered, reflexed after flower- 



ing ; legume 1 -seeded, pendulous. fj.G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



One-seeded Borbonia. Shrub. 



10 B. ? UNDULA'TA (Thunb. prod. 122.) leaves stem -clasping, 

 undulated, ending in a reflexed mucrone. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps this is a species of P'ascbet allied 

 to V. amplcxiiaiilis or V. perfoliata. 



Waved-leaved Borbonia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



11 B. ? VILLOSA (Thunb. fl. cap. 560.) leaves lanceolate, vein- 

 less ; stem hairy ; flowers terminal, sessile ; corolla hairy, Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps a species of Pricst- 

 leya. 



Villous Borbonia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The species of Borbonia are shewy when in flower. 

 They thrive best in a mixture of loam and peat, and young 

 cuttings strike root freely in sand, under a bell-glass. 



XLII. ACHYRONIA (from a\vpov, achyron, chaff; in re- 

 ference to the branches and leaves being covered with chaffy 

 hairs). Wendl. obs. bot. 39. D. C. prod. 2. p. 120. 



LIN. SYST. Diadeljihia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-toothed, lower 

 tooth elongated and bifid. Stamens diadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, many-seeded. A shrub, with the appearance of 

 Borbonia. 



1 A. VILLOSA (Wendl. 1. c. et hort. herrenh. 1. 1. 12.). Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Erect, with the branches beset with 

 silky hairs. Leaves lanceolate, acute, smooth, with the margins 

 beset with silky villi. Flowers yellow, axillary, pedicellate. 



J'illous Achyronia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



Cult. See Borbonia for cidture and propagation. 



XLIII. LIPA'RIA (from Xnmpoe, liparos, brilliant; in allusion 

 to the surface of the leaves being shining). Lin. mant. 156. ex- 

 clusive of numerous species. D. C. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 121. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx thrust in at the 

 base, with a short tube and a 5-lobed limb, the 4 superior lobes 

 lanceolate and acute, and about equal in length, lower one very 

 long, elliptic, and petaloid. Corolla glabrous, with an oval- 

 oblong vexillum and oblong wings, the one involving the other 

 in aestivation. Keel straight, acute, narrow, 2 -edged. Stamens 

 diadelphous. Ovary sessile, very short. Style filiform. Le- 

 gume ovate, few-seeded. Cape shrubs, smooth in every part 

 except the pedicels, which are very short, and the ovary, which 

 is very villous. Leaves lanceolate, exstipulate, quite entire, 

 thin, many-nerved, pungent at the apex. Flowers disposed in 

 subspherical heads, of a yellowish-brown colour, drying black. 



1 L. SPILE'RICA (Lin. mant. 268.). Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 642. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1241. Borbonia sphse'rica, Lam. diet. 2. p. 437. Leucadendron 

 splendens, Burm. fl. cap. prod. 4. 



GfoJe-flowered Liparia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1794. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



Cult. See Pricstleya for culture and propagation. 



XLIV. PRIESTLE'YA (in honour of M. Priestley, a phy- 

 siological botanist). D. C. leg. mem. vi. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 121. Lipariae, spec, of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx nearly equally 

 5-lobed, somewhat bilabiate. Corolla glabrous, with a roundish 

 vexillum, which stands on a short stipe, falcate obtuse wings, 

 and a 2-edged convex keel which is curved on the back. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous. Style filiform. Stigma capitate, sometimes 

 furnished with an acute tooth behind. Legume sessile, piano- 

 compressed, oval-oblong, apiculated by the style, 4-6-seeded. 

 Cape shrubs, with simple, quite entire, exstipulate leaves, and 

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