LIPA’RIA SPHA’RICA. 
RUSCUS-LEAVED LIPARIA. 
EXOGENZE, oR DICOTYLEDONE &. 
Natural division 
to which orig 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOSA. 
CALYCIFLORE, : _—e va” Sipeumiii 
OF ? 
DECANDR. 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant’ a | Or puidiod: 
No, 97. 
Lrparta. (Linwevs. ag mes 156.) Carrx basi ogg a? 
brevi, limbo 5-lobo, lobis 4 superiorib 
ore longissimo elliptico Sidaigaiins: Capes glabra, vexillo sink dileidice a 
oblongis una per estivationem alteram involvente, carina recta acuta angu 
bicipiti. Samra diadelpha. Ovanrom sessile brevissimum, Srrivs filifor- 
mis. LrecuMEn ovatum oligo afore: DecanDeLzE: Prodromus Systematis 
universalis regni vegetabilis, I], p. 12 
SPECIES. Lairaria spuerica. Livyevs. Froricosa foliis lancedlatis 
neryosis glabris, floribus capitatis. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS LipaRia. Catyx with the base pres- 
sed inwards, tube short, limb 5-lobed, the four upper lobes lanceolate 
acute, nearly equal, the inferior very long, elliptical petaloid. CoroLia 
smooth, standard oval-oblong, wings oblong, the one during estiva- 
tion wrapping the other, keel straight acute narrow two-headed. Sta- 
mens diadelphous. Ovary sessile, very short, Sryte filiform. Pop 
ovate, few-seeded. 
Description OF THE Spectres, Liparta Spu#rica. A shrub 
with the stem about four feet high,smooth. Leavzs alternate, sessile, 
distant, lanceolate, mucronate, entire, stiff, nerved. FLOWERS in a 
terminal capitule, which is smooth, sessile, surrounded by leaves 
or bracts of considerable length, which form a sort of involucre. 
Fiowers of a yellowish or russet hue. Catyx having the lower sepal 
very long and petaloid, emarginately three-cleft. Corota papilio- 
naceous, fawn-coloured, the wings and keel twisted together, so as to 
require careful separation to shew their real character. Warnes two- 
lobed at the lower margin. KEEL straight, acute, narrow, two-headed. 
Stamens diadelphous. 
Popunar aNpD Geocrapaicat Notice. This remarkably inter- 
esting plant is a native of the Cape of Good Hope: we are ignorant in 
what locality it grows, but most probably on the Zwellerdam moun- 
