| PLATE XXXI. 
BORBONIA CORDATA. 
Heart-fhape leaved Borbonia. 
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-DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Threads in two fets. Ten Chives. 
ORDER IV. 
_ GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque- 
fidum, turbinatum, corolla dimidio bre- 
vius; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, fub- 
zequalibus. 
Coro.ra pentapetala papilionacea. 
Vexillum reflexum, obtufum, ungue calycis 
longitudine. 
@ femicordate, vexillo paulo brevi- 
ores. 
Carina dipetala, lunulata, obtufa. 
Stamina. Filamenta decem, coalita in cylin- 
arnm Fl 5 Po Lat 7" AP args ek Sa od ‘4 
apicibus affurgentia. Anthere parve. 
Pistirtum. Germen fubulatum. Stylus bre- 
__-Viffimus, adfcendens. Stigma obtufumy, 
- emarginatum. ; 
Pericarrium. Legumen fubrotundum, acumi- 
natum, uniloculare, {pina mucronatum, 
‘Semina reniformia. 
SPECIFIC 
Borbonia foliis cordatis, multinerviis, integer- 
rimis. 
Empacement. Cup one leaf, cut into five feg- 
ments, turban-thaped, fhorter by half than 
the bloffom; fegments Jance-fhaped, point- 
ed, nearly of the fame length. — 
Bossom of five leaves, butterfly-fhaped. 
Standard bent back, blunt, the claw the 
length of the cup. oe 
Wings half heart-fhaped, a little fhorter 
than the ftandard. ; 
Keel of two leaves, half moon-fhaped, and 
blunt. i 
Cuives. Threads ten, joined in a cylinder, 
fplitting at the upper fide, turned up at 
the ends. Tips fmall. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud awl-fhaped. Shaft fhort, 
turned up at the end. Summit blunt, and 
bordered. 
Seep-yesseL. Shell roundith, pointed, of one 
cell, and pointed with a fpine. 
Seeps kidney-fhaped. 
CHARACTER, 
Borbonia with heart-fhaped leaves, many-nery ed, 
and very entire. 
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1, The Empalement. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
2. The Standard, or upper petal of the Bloffom. 
3. A Wing, or fide petal of the Bloffom. 
4. The Keel, or lower petals of the Bloffom. 
5. The Pointal and Chives, natural fize. 
6. The Seed-veffel, attached to the Empalement. 
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Tae Rorbonia cordata, with its various fynonyms, may be found in the fecond volume of Linnzus® 
Species Plantarum, page 994, from whence our fpecific charaéter is copied. This plant, 2s well a 
moft of the genus, are fubje& to lofe their leaves from the lower part of the fiem, which gives } 
rather a naked appearance when not in flower; but that is amply compenfated by the very han ae 
appearance of its magnificent bunch of yellow bloffoms. It grows to the height of three oF four feet, 
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. “ginning of July, in full bloom, by Mr. Colville, nurferyman, of the King’s Road, Chelfea; who 10 : 
about the be- 
: him that he raifed it about the year 1795, from feeds which he had received from the Cape 
_ Hope. The Borbonias are moftly hardy greenhoufe plants, and delight in light earth; 
either peat, OF 
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: Nery ght dungy earth: they are in general difficult to propagate by cuttings; the fureft method ae 
__ by the feed, which they for the moft part perfeét in this climate. 
