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LEGUMINA N CEjE. LO^TEJE. 



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lion. They arc Cape shrubs, about 2 ft. or 3 ft. high, with trifoliolatc leaves, and yellow flowers in 

 racemes. Y. uhconiuta Thunb. (the Crotalfcria floribunda of But. Cab., t. 509., and our Jig. 33*.) 



ned in honour of Conrad Luddites of Hackney, to the liberality and kindness of 

 lose sons our present work is much indebted) Miiliiiifulin Hot Mag., t. 59<i., and our Jit. 334., is a 

 .pe shrub, -.vith trifoliolate leaves and pinkish flowers, with the keel of a dark purple at the apex. It 

 ows to the height of 3 Jt., and is an elegant plant when in flower. 



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Dichllus Dec. is a Cape genus, of which 3 species have been described. They are subshrubs, 

 growing to the height of oft , with smooth trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



Lebech\a Thunb. is a Cape genus of shrubs, or subshrubs, with simple or trifoliolate leaves, with the 

 general habit of Genista. Eleven species have been described, and 3 or 4 have been introduced. /.. 

 scpidria Thunb., the Spfirtium sepiarium of L., ami Ptuk. Aim., t. 424. f. 1., was introduced in 1820, 

 and grows to the height of (i ft., producing its yellow flowers in April and May. 



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Sarcophljllum camdsum Thimb. (Dot. Mag., t. 2502., and our Jig. 336.) is a smooth Cape shrub.with 

 fleshy filiform leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from May to August. 



hspiilalhus I,, is a genus of Cape shrubs, of which 81 i species have been described in Don's Miller, 



and about that number introduced. They are almost all shrubs, or under.-hrubs, with leaves in fas 

 cicles, and yellow flowers furnished with bractcoles. A. ca/Josa L. (Hut. Mag., t. 'J329., and our Jig. 335.) 

 which grows to the height of 4 ft., will serve to exemplify the genus. 



Keqiiiinia. Dec is a p-nus of African shrubs, of which one species, It spfiarosperma Dec. Le"g. 

 Mem., i). t. 3S., is a Cape shrub, grows to the height of 1 ft. ; but it is not yet introduced. 



Xnthi'/lUs is a genus containing some undershrubs, natives of the south of 

 Europe, which are half-hardy, and some of them neaily hardy A B'trba 

 Jdvis L. (Hot. Mag., t. 1927., and our Jig. 337.), the Vulnerana Burba Jbvis ;j^7 

 Lam., and RaibaJori* argyrophjlla Mirnch, is an evergreen shrub, which 

 grows to the height of 8ft.; a native of Spain, Barbary, the Levant, and 

 Italy, on rocks ; and it has been cultivated in frames in 'England since 1640. 

 The leaves are pinnate, and the flowers pale yellow; the whole plant having 

 a silvery appearance, whence it derives the names of Jupiter's beard, and the 

 silver bush. The elegance of this shrub did not escape the ancients ; and 

 IMim mentions its beauty ; adding, that it d.slikes water, and that it makes a 

 very elegant ornament for gardens when clipped into a round shape. It is 

 also mentioned by Dioscorules as good for healing wounds, by the application 

 of its leaves. It is one of the finest shrubs that can be planted against a con- 

 servative wall. It will grow in any light soil, and is easily propagated by cut- 

 tings, or by seeds, which are sometimes ripened against a south wall. 



A. ci/fr.siJ /tics L. (Barrel. Icon. t t. 1182.) a native of Spain, and the south of 

 France, was introduced in 1731. It grows to the height of 2 ft., and forms 

 a neat little frame shrub, almost hardy in the neighbourhood of London. 



A. lli-n>/('inn\;i' L. Hot. Mag., t. 2;V7b'.) is a native of Corsica, Crete, and Palestine. It forms a spiny 

 shrub, with pubescent leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from April till July. It was intro- 

 duced in 1789, and grows to the height of from 2ft. to 3ft. There is a plant of it which has 

 been two years in the open border in the Kew Garden, without any protection whatever. . A. Aspa- 

 lathi Dec., Spartiuro cn'ticum Dcsf, (But. Cab., t. 1169.) resembles the preceding species, and may pos- 

 sibly be only a variety of it. 



A. n-inncca L. (Hot. Mag ., t. (~f>.) grows about 1 ft. high, and has riu,hv branches, and bluish purple 

 flowers. 



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