BOSSIA’A LINOPHYL'LA. 
~FLAX-LEAVED BOSSLA&A. 
EXOGENZ, OR DICOTYLEDONE 2A. 
Natoral division 
to which 
this’Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOS 4. 
f Artibcinl divistens \& DIADELPHIA, 
DECANDRIA, 
this potion Siok OF LINNEUS, 
CALYCIFLORE, . 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
No. 68. 
GENUS. Bosstma. dian otk Catyx bilabiatus, sos superiore ma- 
jore semibifido obtuso. AMINA omnia connexa. LxecumeEn plano- -compres- 
icellat nm’ polyspe rmum, margine utroque i sccohaasiee um. Sema stro- 
phiolata. Dzgcanpoxte. Prodromus Systematis "Vulvenatn Regni Vegeta- 
bilis, II, p. 116. 
SPECIES. Bossiza LINOPHYLLA. R. Brown. Ramis compressis Spe 
foliis 1 leguminibus l-locularibus. Ibid, 117 
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CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Bossima. CaALyx two-lipped, the 
upper lip larger, nearly two-cleft, obtuse. STAMENs united into a mo- 
nadelphous tube. Pop flatly compressed, stalked, many -Poted. both 
margins thickened, S£eEpDs strophiolated. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, BOSSIZA LINOPHYLLA. Survup 
erect, about three feet high, branched, branches leafy, compressed, 
flexile, Leaves stipular, stipules subulate, alternate, spreading, linear, 
somewhat pointed, margins recurved. FLowers axillary, solitary, 
nearly clothing the branches from the base to the tip. Catyx green- 
ish, two-lipped, upper lip two-cleft, under lip 3-toothed. Coro.za of 
5 petals. Sranparp large, orbiculate, slightly emarginate, of an 
orange-yellow, with brownish red streaks externally, and a brownish 
red spot, with radiating lines, towards the base or claw. Wines small, 
spreading, orange streaked with red. Krew of two slightly cohering 
petals. Stamens 10, monadelphous. StTyLe pointed. Pop com- 
pressed, one-celled, many-seeded. 
Popurar anp Geocrapnican Notice. This pleasing little plant 
is a native of the south-west coast of New Holland, where it was first 
REFERENCE TO THE epetdiiaee 
1, The calyx. 2, The ale or wi 
The yexillum or standard. pie The stamens forming a sacuedstpnoes se: around the poorly 
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