LEGUMINOSjE. C. DALEA. 



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suffruticose, glabrous; leaves with 3 pairs of oval leaflets, which 

 arc acuminated at both ends ; racemes cylindrical, slender, pe- 

 dunculate ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, glabrous, deciduous, 

 rather shorter than the calyx, which is villously tomentose and 

 10-ribbed. Tj . S. Native of South America. Leaflets 8 lines 

 long, and 3 lines broad, with the petioles covered with dot-like 

 tubercles. Flowers spreading, rather distant, apparently some- 

 what distich. 



Slender-spiked Dalca. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



28 D. VIRGA'TA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 23.) shrubby ; 

 leaves with many pairs of elliptic rettise leaflets ; spikes of 

 flowers ovate, rather aggregate, terminal ; calycine teeth hairy. 



Ij . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Twiggy Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



29 D. NU'TANS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1339.) plant erect, branched, 

 quite smooth ; leaves with 10-15 pairs of elliptic, glandularly- 

 crenated leaflets, with the petiole rather dilated between the 

 pairs of leaflets; racemes cylindrical; flowers rather loose, nod- 

 ding ; calyx 1 0-ribbed, and ornamented with rows of glands ; 

 calycine teeth 5, lower one longest. O- G. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers crimson. Leaflets stipellate ; stipels minute, subulate, 

 permanent. D. melilotoides, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Calyx tnrbinate, with broad membranous teeth. 



Nodding-fion-ercd Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 3 ft. 



30 D. PULCHE'RRIMA (Sesse et Moc. mss.) herbaceous, 

 smooth ; branches glandular ; leaflets many-pairs, linear-oblong, 

 mucronulate, with the margins slightly crenate, together with the 

 under surface glandular ; stipels prominent ; spike elongated, 

 loose ; calyx smooth, with prominent ribs, the teeth broad and 

 membranous. . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers large, 

 crimson. D. violacea, Cervantes, mss. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



/ cry-fair Dalea. PI. 1 foot. 



31 D. BI'COLOR (Willd. hort. berl. 2. t. 89.) spikes terminal, 

 elongated ; leaves usually with 3-5 pairs of obovate leaflets ; 

 stem shrubby ; stipulas subulate. fj G. Native of Mexico. 

 Hook. exot. fl. t. 43. Flowers yellowish white, having the keel 

 tipped with blue. Plant smooth. 



Tn>o-coloured-fio\\ered Dalea. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1817. Sh. 

 straggling. 



32 D. i-t A VO-KO V SEA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. tnex. icon. ined. D. 

 C. prod. 2. p. 246.) plant erect, suffruticose, clothed with vel- 

 vety pubescence ; leaves with 5 pairs of oval obtuse leaflets ; 

 spikes ovate, pedunculate ; bracteas length of calyx. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Corolla with a yellow vexillum, but with 

 the rest of the petals rose-coloured. 



Ycllon'-and-Jted-fiowered Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



33 D. RECLINA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1340.) plant procumbent 

 or ascending, clothed with silky villi ; leaves with (i pairs of lan- 

 ceolate mucronate leaflets ; spikes of flowers dense, cylindrical, 

 villous ; bracteas linear-subulate, length of calyx ; calycine seg- 

 ments linear-subulate, feathery, length of vexillum. T. S. 

 Native of Mexico. Psoralea redinata, Cav. icon. 1. t. 87. Co- 

 rolla of a pale violet colour. 



Redinate Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. proc. 



34 D. TOMENTOSA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1341.) plant erect, vil- 

 lously-tomentose ; leaves with 3 or 4 pairs of obovate mucronate 

 leaflets; spikes of flowers ovate-cylindrical, almost terminal ; 

 bracteas filiform, longer than the calyx. If.. S. Native of 

 Mexico. Corolla pink Perhaps D. onobrychioides, Moc. et 

 Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. Stipels obsolete. 



Tomentose Dalea. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



35 D. ARGE'NTEA ; shrubby, upright, densely silky ; leaflets 

 3 or 5, obovate-oblong, mucronate, glandular beneath ; spikes 

 ovate ; calyx downy, with lanceolate, pointed teeth. Pj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, near Jalapa. An upright branched shrub, 

 clothed with silky down. Flowers small, pink. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



VOL. II. 



Silvery Dalea. Shrub 2 feet. 



36 D. VERRUCOSA ; shrubby, pubescent, with warty upright 

 branches ; leaflets 5 or 9, obovate, retuse, glandular beneath ; 

 spikes of flowers elongated, loose : calyx downy, with lanceolate 

 pointed teeth. fj . S. Native of Mexico. Spikes loose, 3 

 inches long. Flowers pale-purple, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Parted-branched Dalea. Shrub 1 foot. 



37 D. PROSTRA'TA (Ort. dec. t. 69.) stems prostrate, clothed 

 with canescent hairs, thickest towards the apex ; leaves with 1 

 or 2 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, glabrous above, and pubescent 

 beneath ; spikes of flowers ovate, on short peduncles, recurved ; 

 bracteas lanceolate, length of the calyx, which is very villous. 

 Q. 1 G. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellow. 



Prostrate Dalea. PI. prostrate. 



38 D. PROCU'MBENS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 246.) stems prostrate, pubescent, thickest at the base ; 

 leaves with 8 or 9 pairs of oval obtuse leaflets ; spikes of flowers 

 cylindrical, ascending, pedunculate ; flowers drooping a little ; 

 vexillum very short. Q. G. Native of Mexico, at Chilapa. 

 Flowers white, but with the keel rather violaceous. 



Procumbent Dalea. PI. procumbent. 



39 D. MUCRONA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 246.) plant erect, 

 branched ; axillary branches bearing a spike of flowers, and 

 one leaf in the middle of each ; leaves with 5 or 6 pairs of ellip- 

 tic-oblong mucronate leaflets, which are acute at both ends ; 

 spikes of flowers dense, ovate ; calyx quite smooth, with short 

 teeth ; bracteas subulate, rather longer than the calyx. If. . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers small, white. 



Mucron(ite-]cafietted Dalea. PI. 1 foot. 



40 D. THOUI'NI (Schrank, hort. mon. t. 9.) plant erectish, 

 glabrous ; leaves with 3-5 pairs of obovate emarginate leaflets ; 

 spikes of flowers ovate, on short peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acu- 

 minated, rather pilose, shorter than the calyx, which is rather 

 hairy. O- S. Native of South America. The spikes of flowers 

 according to the figure are sessile, but according to the descrip- 

 tion pedunculate. Perhaps the same as Petalostemum sessile, 

 Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Perhaps a variety of D. alo- 

 pecuroides only. 



Thouins Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



41 D. PHYMATO'DES (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1338.) plant erect, 

 shrubby, smooth ; leaves with 7 or 8 pairs of obovate, some- 

 what mucronulate leaflets, which are dotted beneath; spikes of 

 flowers capitate, on short peduncles ; bracteas lanceolate-subu- 

 late, ciliated, shorter than the calyx ; calycine lobes subulate, 

 long, and very villous. ^ . S. Native of Caraccas. Psoralea 

 phymatodes, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. p. 563. Psoralea emphysodes, 

 Jacq. coll. 4. p. 144. Flowers at first white, but at length be- 

 coming violaceous. 



Impostume-lihe Dalea. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



42 D. DOMINGE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 246.) erect, clothed 

 with velvety pubescence ; leaves with 6 or 7 pairs of obovate, 

 obtuse, or emarginate leaflets, which are dotted beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers capitate, on short peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acute, 

 shorter than the calyx, which is villous ; calycine lobes subulate. 

 Tj . S. . Native of St. Domingo. D. enneaphy'lla, Bert, in herb. 

 Balb. This species comes very near D. phymatodes, but differs 

 in the whole plant being clothed with velvety pubescence, not 

 glabrous. 



St. Domingo Dalea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



43 D. AYAVACE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 486.) plant shrubby ; branches villously-tomentose, and glan- 

 dular ; leaves with 7 or 8 pairs of oblong, somewhat mucronate 

 leaflets, which are glabrous above, and pubescent beneath ; spikes 

 of flowers terminal, and opposite the leaves, oblong-cylindrical, 

 pedunculate ; calyx ornamented with rows of glands, with a hairy 

 limb. Jj . S. Native of Peru, near Ayavaca. Flowers violaceous. 



