PRAT.E XY. 
ANTHYLLIS ERINACEA. 
“Blue Broom of Spain. 
ination 
CLASS 3VuE ORDER. HL 
'DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives in two fets. Ten Chives. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Caryx. Perianthium monophyllum, ovato- EmpaLement. Cup of one leaf, oblong egg-- 
oblongum, parum inflatum, villofum; ore fhaped, a little fwelled, and hairy; mouth 
quinquedentato, ‘inzequali ; perfiftens. cut into five unequal teeth ; permanent. 
Corot a papilionacea : Biossom, butterfly-fhaped. 
Vexillum longius, lateribus reflexis, ungue Standard longer, fides bent back, the claws 
longitudine calycis. as long as the cut. 
Alz duz, oblonge, vexillo breviores. Wings two, oblong, fhorter than the 
ftandard. 
Carina compreffa, longitudine alarum, alis Keel compreffed, as long as the wings, and — 
fimilis. like them ‘ 
Stamina. Filamenta decem, connata, affur- Cuives. Ten threads, connected, rifing up- 
gentia. Antherz fimplices. wards. Tips fimple. 
Pistittum. Germen oblongum. Stylus fim- Pointat. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft fimple, 
plex, adfcendens. Stigma obtufum. afcending. Summit blunt. 
_Pericarrium. Legumen fubrotundum, te@um Seep-vessex. Pod roundith, covered by the 
intra calycem, minimum, bivalve. cup, very fmall, of two valves. 
‘SEMEN unum, alterumve. Seeps. One or two. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
_ Anthyilis fruticofa, {pinofa; foliis fimplicibus; || Broom, fhrubby, and covered with prickles; 
floribus ex czruleo purpurafcentibus, | leaves fimple; bloffoms of a purplifh blue. 
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a REFERENC : 
= The Cup. E TO THE PLATE 
2. A Bloffom, the cup taken off to thew the exa@ fituation and fhape of its various parts. - 
3. — Chives, as they inclofe the pointal (natural fize.) 
4. The Threads magnified, and cut open, to fhew their tubular fhape. 
5. The Pointal, magnified, 
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Owine to the difficulty in 
- femiely more dealt sqision. ‘This ea 
Fate Rape ivi authors from Clufius downwards, Mr. T. Johnfon, in his edition of 
Decors ha ven a ints, . Se : : +h ‘are 
excellent (confidering the defeription of this plant from Clufius, and a cut; both of whic 
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then infant ftate of the art of engraving), under the title of Genifta 
