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LEGUMINOSjE. LXXVIII. PSORALEA. 



Cape of Good Hope. Lotus tenuif olius, Burm. cap. prod. 22. 

 Flowers blue. 



Fascicled-flowered Psoralea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



1 1 P. MULTICAU'LIS (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 2. p. 55. t. 230.) 

 leaves trifoliate, but the upper ones are simple ; leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, mucronate ; pedicels axillary, very short, aggregate, 

 and somewhat capitate. %. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers with the vexillum white and the wings and 

 keel violet. 



Many-stemmed Psoralea. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1793. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



12 P. APHY'LLA (Lin. inant. 450.) lower leaves trifoliate or 

 simple ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, upper ones abortive, scale- 

 formed ; pedicels axillary, short, solitary, 1-flowered. Ij . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 223. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 1727. Flowers blue, but with the keel and 

 wings white. Breyn. cent. 25. 



Leafless Psoralea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Sh. 4 to 7 ft. 



13 P. LATHYRIFOLIA (Balb. st. hort. taur. descr. p. 25. with 

 a figure) leaves simple, ovate, or oval-oblong, ciliated ; stipulas 

 joined in one, clasping the stem, bifid at the apex ; stems de- 

 cumbent, diffuse ; flowers axillary, 1-2, almost sessile. I/. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers blue. 



Lathyrus-leaved Psoralea. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. PL dec. 



14 P. DECU'MHENS (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 80.) leaves trifo- 

 liate ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, somewhat obcordate, mucro- 

 iiate, longer than the petiole ; branches as well as the calyxes 

 rather villous; flowers axillary, 1-2, sessile. I/. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. no. 485. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 282. P. mucronata, Thunb. prod. 135. P. ononoides, 

 Poir. diet. 5. p. 688. Ononis virgata, Burm. cap. 21. Ononis 

 decumbens, Sieb. pi. exsic. cap. no. 58. Branches weak and 

 slender. Leaves covered with pellucid as well as black dots. 

 Flowers blue. 



Decumbent Psoralea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1774. PI. dec. 



15 P. REOPENS (Lin. mant. 2G3.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 obovate, obtuse, shorter than the petiole ; pedicels 1-flowered, 

 disposed in something like umbels in the axils of the leaves, 

 each furnished with 2 bracteas in the middle. 1 . G. Native 

 of the Gape of Good Hope. Calyx pubescent. Flowers blue. 

 Stems trailing and rooting. 



Creeping Psoralea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. prost. 



16 P. HIRTA (Lin. amocn. G. afr. 35.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 obovate, ending in a recurved point, dotted, and pubescent be- 

 neath ; branches clothed with adpressed hoary villi ; flowers 

 axillary, sessile, numerous, upper ones disposed in a spicate 

 manner. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Poir. 

 diet. 5. p. 688. Ononis strigosa, Burm. cap. 21. but not of 

 Thunb. Flowers blue. 



Hairy Psoralea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1713. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



17 P. JACQUINIA'NA ; leaves trifoliate, on short petioles; 

 leaflets obovate, emarginate, hairy, as well as the rest of the 

 plant ; stipulas subulate ; peduncles axillary and terminal, each 

 bearing a bracteate head of flowers, those at the tops of the 

 branches disposed in interrupted spikes. ^ G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. P. hirta, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. t. 

 228. P. hirta, var. ft, Jacquiniana, D. C. prod. 2. p. 217. 

 Flowers white, but with the vexillum pale violet. 



Jacquin's P'soralea. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1713. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



18 P. ACULEA'TA (Lin. spec. 1074.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 cuneiform, ending in a recurved mucrone, glabrous ; stipulas 

 prickle-formed ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, approximate. 



Pj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. bot. rep. 

 146. Sims, bot. mag. 2158. Flowers blue and white mixed. 



Var. ft, capitata; flowers capitate. Thunb. prod. 136. Lam. 

 ill. t. 614. f. 2.? 



/Yic%-stipuled Psoralea. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 

 1 



* Flowers nearly sessile, and approximate in the axils of the 

 leaves, but capitate or spicale at the tups of the branches. 



19 P. BRACTEA'TA (Lin. mant. 2G4.) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 cuneiform, ending in a recurved mucrone, full of pellucid dots, 

 longer than the petiole ; heads of flowers terminal, bracteate. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schocnb. 

 2. t. 224. Curt. bot. mag. 446. P. cuneifolia, Brot. Ononis 

 trifoliata, Lin. syst. nat. Trifolium fruticans, Lin. spec. 1085. 

 Stipulas membranous, rather fleshy. Flowers violaceous, but 

 with the keel white. Comrn. hort. 2. p. 211. t. 106. 



.BracteaZe-headed Psoralea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



20 P. INVOLUCRA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 607.) leaves trifoliate ; 

 leaflets obovate, acute, stiff, glabrous ; flowers umbellate, ter- 

 minal, involucrated. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Peduncles hairy. Umbels usually 5-flowered. Calyxes 

 striated. Corolla bluish. 



Involucrated Psoralea. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



21 P. SPICA'TA (Lin. mant. 264.) leaves trifoliate ; leanYts 

 obovate-oblong, terminating in a recurved mucroue, beset with 

 black dots beneath ; spikes of flowers terminal, oblong. fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1345. 

 Andr. bot. rep. 411. Flowers blue, mixed with white ? This 

 species comes very near P. bracteata, but the leaves are without 

 the pellucid dots which are so conspicuous in that plant. 



Spicate-fiovtered Psoralea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



22 P. STA'CHYDIS (Lin. fil. suppl.) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 oblong, mucronate, villous on both surfaces as well as the stems 

 and calyxes ; spike of flowers terminal, interrupted. Tj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. P. stachyos, Thunb. fl. 

 cap. COS. Leaves dotted above. Petioles 4-times shorter than 

 the leaflets. Deflorated spike not unlike a head of lavender. 

 Corolla ferruginous. 



Lavender-4jA"crf Psoralea. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1793. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



23 P. STRIA' TA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, 

 mucronate, pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal, interrupted. 



T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers blue. 

 Striated Psoralea. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



24 P. RACEMO'SA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate; leaflets ob- 

 long, mucronate ; racemes terminal, elongated. ^ G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers blue. 



Raeemose-fiovtered Psoralea. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



25 P. AROE'NTEA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 

 ovate, cut, mucronate, silvery ; racemes of flowers interrupted. 

 ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers blue. 



Silvery Psoralea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



26 P. TOMENTOSA (Thunb. fl. cap. 666. but not of Cay.) 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets oblong, tomentose beneath ; heads of 

 flowers terminal. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers blue. 



Tomentose Psoralea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



27 P. ASTRAGALIFO'LIA (Poir. diet, suppl. 4. p. 587.) leaves 

 trifoliate, glabrous ; lower leaflets elliptic-ovate, smaller, su- 

 perior ones narrow, lanceolate, and longer ; spike of flowers ter- 

 minal, somewhat capitate. If. . ? G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Perhaps the same as P. capitata. 



Milk-cetch-lcaved Psoralea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



28 P. CAPITATA (Lin. fil. suppl. 339. Thunb. 1. c.) leaves 

 trifoliate and simple, linear or elliptic-linear ; heads of flowers 

 spicate, terminal. 17 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Vexillum scattered over with dots, similar to those on the leaves. 

 Flowers purple. 



