142 LEGUMINOSJi. XLVIII. CLAVLLUM. XLIX. HYPOCAIYPTUS. L. VIBOHGIA. LI. LODDIGESIA. LII. Dicin 



them ripen their seeds in abundance. The seeds of the annual 

 kinds should be sown on a hot-bed in spring, and when the plants 

 have attained the height of 2 or 3 inches, they may be placed 

 separately in pots, and some may be planted out into the open 

 border in summer, especially those natives of colder countries. 



XLVIII. CLA'VULUM (diminutive of clavus, a club; form 

 of legume). Desv. obs. legum. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 510. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 5-cleft, some- 

 what bilabiate ; teeth broad, acute ; vexillum somewhat plicate. 

 Keel large, short. Wings short. Stamens monadelphous, with 

 the sheath cleft in front. Style long, acute. Ovary stalked. 

 Legume oblong, inflated, many-seeded. Shrubs, with trifoliate 

 leaves and racemes of flowers, which are either opposite the leaves 

 or terminal. 



1 C. MUCRONA'TUM (Desv. 1. c.) leaflets ovate, mucronate, 

 covered beneath with powdery pubescence ; flowers sessile, spi- 

 cate, tennmal. T? . S. Native of the Antilles. Crotalaria 

 mucronata, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 76. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 132. 



^/((cronnte-leaved Clavulum. Shrub. 



2 C. PEDUNCULOSA (Desv.l. c.) leaflets obovate, acute ; flowers 

 disposed in racemose spikes, which are opposite the leaves, and 

 on very long peduncles, fj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Crotalaria pedunculosa, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 76. 



Stalkcd-racemed. Clavulum. Shrub. 



Cult. See shrubby stove species of Crotalaria for culture 

 and propagation. 



XLIX. HYPOCALY'PTUS (i, hypo, under, and <- 

 \ti7n-w, calypto, to veil, meaning not evident). Thunb. prod. 

 124. D. C. prod. 2. p. 135. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx with 5 short 

 lobes, thrust in at the base. Stamens monadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, lanceolate. A smooth shrub, with trifoliate leaves 

 and purple flowers. All the species of Hypocalyptus of Thun- 

 berg have been discovered to be either species of Fodalyria or 

 Virgilia, except the present plant. 



1 H. OBCORDA'TUS (Thunb. 1. c.). Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Spartium sophoroides, Berg. cap. 198. 

 Crotalaria cordifolia, Lin. mant. 2C6. The plant has the habit 

 of a species of Podalyria or Rdfnia. Leaflets obcordate, mu- 

 cronate, complicated, longer than the petiole. 



O&cwctoe-leafletted Hypocalyptus. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Loddigesia. 



L. VIBO'RGIA (in honour of Eric Viborg, an acute Danish 

 botanist). Spreng. but not of Mcench. Wiborgia, Thunb. fl. 

 cap. p. 560. but not of Roth. 



LIN. EYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulately- 

 tubular, permanent, 5-toothed, with the recesses round. Vexil- 

 lum obovate. Keel 2-edged, obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, 

 with the sheath at length cleft in front. Style filiform, smooth, 

 crowned by a simple terminal stigma. Legume stipitate, com- 

 pressed, ovate, indehiscent, mucronate from the style, 1 -seeded, 

 subalate at the upper suture ; valves rather ventricose, coria- 

 ceous, transversely nerved. Cape shrubs, about 2 or 3 feet 

 high, with trifoliate leaves, the leaflets rather longer than the 

 petioles. Flowers yellow, disposed in racemes, with the pedicels 

 reflexed. Stipulas wanting or very small. Perhaps all the 

 three species are sufficiently distinct from each other. 



1 V. OBCORDA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 560.) leaflets glabrous, 

 oblong-cuneated, obtusely emarginate ; racemes elongated ; 

 branches loose. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 in sanely places. Hedy'sarum Capense, Burm. cap. p, 22. Cro- 



talaria obcordata, Berg. cap. 195. Crotalaria floribiinda, Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 509. Leaflets 2-3 lines long. 



O&ccwdafc-leafletted Viborgia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 V. FU'SCA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaflets glabrous, ovate, mucronate ; 

 branches twiggy, erect. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Brown Viborgia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 V. SERICEA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaflets clothed with silky pubes- 

 cence, obovate, obtuse ; branches twiggy. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves about a line long. 



Silky Viborgia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 

 Cult. See Loddigesia for culture and propagation. 



LI. LODDIGE'SIA (in honour of Conrad Loddiges, nur- 

 seryman at Hackney, near London; died 1820). Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 956. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx somewhat in- 

 flated, acutely 5-toothed. Vexillum much smaller than the 

 wings and keel. Stamens all connected. Ovary oblong, 2-4- 

 ovulate, compressed. A Cape shrub, with trifoliate leaves, and 

 pinkish flowers. 



1 L. OXALIDIFOLIA (Sims, 1. c.) Jj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Shrub much branched, smooth. Leaves stalk- 

 ed. Stipulas subulate. Leaflets obcordate, mucronate. Flowers 

 3-8, in an umbel. Keel dark-purple at the apex. 



Oxalis-leaved Loddigesia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1802. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Cult. Loddigesia is an elegant plant when in flower. An 

 equal mixture of sandy loam and peat suits it best, and young 

 cuttings strike freely if planted in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass 

 placed over them. 



LII. DICHTLUS (from Sis, dis, twice, and xXoc, cheilos, a 

 lip ; in reference to the calyx being deeply two lipped). 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx attenuated at 

 the base, profoundly bilabiate, upper lip bidentate, lower one 

 tridentate, the teeth all acute. Vexillum shorter than the ob- 

 tuse keel. Wings nearly equal, longer than the calyx. Stamens 

 monadelphous, with the sheath cleft above. Style filiform. 

 Ovary linear, erect, 8-ovulate. Smoothish Cape subshrubs, 

 with terete branches, and with hardly any stipulas. Leaves 

 ternate. Pedicels 1 -flowered, bibracteate. 



1 D. LEBECKIOIDES (D. C. 1. c. t. 35.) stem suffruticose, erect, 

 smooth; leaves ternate, on short petioles, smooth; pedicels 1- 

 flovvered, bibracteolate. Jj G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Lebeckia-liJce Dichilus. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 D. SERI'CEUM (Spreng. syst. tent, suppl. p. 20.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, erect, silky ; leaves ternate, stalked ; leaflets obovate, 

 smooth above, but with the margins fulvous and ciliated, and 

 clothed with silky silvery-pubescence beneath ; racemes stalked ; 

 legume linear-ensiform. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Zeyher, no. 10. 



Silky Dichilus. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



3 D. CILIA'IUM (Spreng. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, erect, smootii- 

 ish ; leaves ternate, on long stalks ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, 

 rather oblique, ovate, acute, mucronate, smoothish above, 

 ciliated with silky hairs, sparingly pilose beneath ; peduncles 

 axillary, leafy in the middle ; racemes few-flowered. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. hypotrichum, Spreng. 

 cur. post. p. 273. no. 2. 



Ciliated-leaved Dichilus. PL 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Loddigesia. 



LIII. LEBE'CKIA (from Lebeck, some obscure botanist). 



