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LEGUMINOS.E. CCCXV. DONIA. CCCXVI. MEOASTEGIA. CCCXVII. SEPIPIRA. 



wings lanceolate, acuminate, spreading, half the length of the 

 keel, which is cymbiform, and composed of one petal. Stamens 

 10, diadelphous, one of which is separate from the rest; anthers 

 incumbent. Style long, filiform ; stigma truncate. Legume ob- 

 long, swollen, coriaceous, 1 -celled. Seeds many, reniform, dis- 

 posed in 2 rows, attached by a funicle to the lower suture 

 Procumbent, herbaceous, perennial herbs or subshrubs, with 

 impari-pinnate leaves, and foliaceous, adnate permanent stipulas. 

 Flowers large, crimson, about 2 inches long, disposed in umbels 

 or racemes. 



1 D. PUNI'CEA ; suffhiticose, minutely pubescent ; leaflets 

 alternate, oblong, retuse, c.oriaceous ; flowers racemose ; calyx 

 5-toothed; legumes smooth. J? . G. Native of New Zealand, 

 where it was first discovered by Sir Joseph Bankes and Dr. So- 

 lander, who gave it the name of Cliantlms puniceus. Flowers 

 large, crimson. 



Scarlet-fiowercd Donia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 D. spEcibsA ; herbaceous, very villous; leaflets opposite, 

 lanceolate, acute ; flowers umbellate ; calyx 5-cleft ; legume 

 silky. 1. G. Native of New Holland, at Regent's Lake. 

 Flowers large, crimson. 



Shomy Donia. PI. procumbent. 



3 D. FORMOSA ; plant herbaceous, very villous ; leaflets oppo- 

 site, obovate ; flowers racemose; calyx 5-cleft; legume silky. 

 If. . G. Native of the North-west coast of New Holland, at 

 the Curlew river. Capt. King. 



Beautiful Donia. PI. procumbent. 



Cult. Elegant plants, resembling the Sutherldndia frulescens, 

 when in bloom, their flowers being large, and of a crimson 

 colour. Should ever any of the species be introduced to our 

 gardens, we would recommend their being grown in an equal 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and cuttings will no doubt 

 strike root in the same kind of soil, under a bell-glass. 



CCCXVI. MEGASTE'GIA (from ^yag, megas, large, and 

 <r-yoe, stegos, a covering ; in reference to the large bracteas, 

 which enclose the flower before expansion). 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Bracteas 2, large, 

 inclosing the flower before expansion. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip 

 bifid, lower one trifid. Corolla papilionaceous, not much longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens 10, monadelphous? Legume unknown. 

 A herbaceous plant, densely clothed in every part with fus- 

 cous hairs. Leaves with 10-12 pairs of ovate acuminated leaf- 

 lets. Pedicels elongated, 1 -flowered, solitary or twin, axillary. 

 Flowers large, red or purple. 



1 M. SPECIOSA. "H..G. Native of Mexico. Pavon, Astra- 

 galus ammodytes, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Perhaps the 

 same genus as Harpalyce. 



Shemy Megastegia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Hoffmanseggia, p. 433. 



CCCXVII. SEBI'PIRA (meaning unknown.) Mart. reis. 

 bras, ex Schlecht. Linnzea. 5. p. 44. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, cylin- 

 drical, somewhat equally 5-toothed. Corolla of 5 petals, dis- 

 posed in a somewhat papilionaceous manner ; petals erect, un- 

 guiculate, flat, crenulated, having the vexillmn almost quadrate, 

 shorter than the wings and petals of the keel. Stamens 10, 

 free ; anthers globose. Stigma capitate. Legume compressed, 

 linear, membranous, 1-celled, many-seeded, winged on one side. 

 Seeds obovate. Embryo straight. This genus belongs to Tribe 

 Cassiea:, and ought perhaps to follow Copaifera, p. 455. of the 

 present volume. 



1 S. MA'JOR (Mart. 1 c.) leaves pinnate, with many pairs of 

 alternate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse leaflets, which are glaucous 



beneath and hoary ; panicle of flowers spreading. f? . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



Larger Sebipira. Shrub or tree. 



Cult. See Copaifera for culture and propagation, p. 450. 



f Additional Leguminous plants. 

 Tribe I. Sophorete, p. 108. 



1 BAPTISIA MINOR (Lehm. in nov. act. bonn. 14. p. 803. and p. 

 113. no. 8. of the present volume,) stem erect, solid; leaflets 

 rhomboid-lanceolate ; stipulas lanceolate, longer than the pe- 

 tioles ; racemes axillary, bracteate ; bracteas cordate, lanceolate, 

 lower ones permanent; vexillum entire. If. H. Native of 

 North America. Baptisia australis, Hortul. Plant glaucous 

 and pruinose. Flowers blue. This plant differs from the 

 true B. australis in the stem being solid and always smaller, in 

 the lower bracteas being permanent, and lastly in the vexillum 

 being entire, which in B. australis is appendiculate at the base. 



Smaller Baptisia. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 GOMPHOLOBIUM KNIGHTS A* HUM (Lindl. bot. reg. 1468.) 

 leaves ternate and pinnate ; leaflets roundish-obovate, ovate, and 

 linear, mucronate, and glabrous ; cymes terminal, pedunculate, 

 length of the leaves, fj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. Leaflets variable in shape. 



Knight's Gompholobium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1831. Sh. 1 ft. 



Tribe II. Lbtece. Subtribe I. Genistece, p. 126. 



3 CROTA'LARIA BUPLEURIFOLIA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 

 5. p. 575.) pubescent; stem angularly winged, dichotomously 

 branched ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-elliptic, obtuse at both 

 ends, and mucronate ; flowers usually twin, pedunculate, near 

 the base of the branches ; bracteas rather joined, opposite, sti- 

 pula-formed, decurrent, hastately acuminated at the apex. O- S. 

 Native of Mexico, near Hacienda de la Laguna. Flowers blue, 

 rather smaller than those of C. verrucosa. Lin. p. 134. no. 12. of 

 the present volume, and to which it is nearly allied. 



Bupleurum-lcavcd Crotalaria. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 CROTA'LARIA BRACTEA'TA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. 

 p. 575.) plant exstipulate ; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate, attenuated at the base, clothed with yellowish tomentum 

 beneath, as well as on the branches and calyxes ; branches terete ; 

 racemes elongated, opposite the leaves, or somewhat terminal on 

 long peduncles ; peduncles bracteate ; corolla equal in length to 

 the calyx ; calycine segments linear, elongated, acuminated, and 

 very acute ; legumes glabrous, rather clavate, many-seeded. 0. 

 S. Native of Mexico, at Hacienda de la Laguna. Flowers 

 propped by bracteas on short pedicels. Corolla flesh-coloured. 

 This species comes nearly to C. Paulmia, p. 136. no. 35. of the 

 present volume. 



Bracteate-fiowered Crotalaria. PI. 1-| foot. 



5 GENI'STA TENORII ; stems diffusely prostrate ; branches 

 angular, striated, and villous ; leaves oval-oblong, acute, pilose 

 on both surfaces ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short peduncles ; 

 calyx somewhat cylindrical, pilose ; the teeth setaceous ; corolla 

 glabrous ; vexillum of a copper-yellow colour, about equal in 

 length to the keel. ^ . H. Native of Lucania, on the moun- 

 tains. G. depressa, Tenore, fl. neap. prod, append. 5. but not 

 of Bieb. This species differs from G. prostrata, Lam. p. 153. 

 no. 72. of the present volume, in the leaves being pilose on both 

 surfaces, in the calyx being hairy, and lastly in 'the calycine teeth 

 being setaceous. 



Tenore's Genista. Shrub prostrate. 



6 ONONIS PEDUNCULA'RIS (Lindl. bot. reg. 1446.) herbaceous, 

 diffuse, beset with glandular pubescence ; leaves obovate, tooth- 

 ed, simple ; stipulas quite entire, shorter than the petiole ; pe- 



