PLATE CCXXXVII. 



CYTISUS TOMENTOSUS. 



Downy-leaved Cytifus. 



CLASS XVIL ORDER IV. 

 DIADELPIIIA DEC/INDRIA. Tlncads in t\\o lets. 



Ten Chives. 



GENEUIC 

 Calyx. Perianthium moiiopliyllum, campanu- 



latum, breve, bafi obturum ; ore bilabiate; 



labio fiiperiore bifido, acuminato; inferiore 



tridentato. 

 CoKOLLA papillionacea. 



Vexillum ovatum, affurgens, laterioribus 



reflexis. 



Ale longitudine vexilli, reft», obtufc. 



Carina ventriculofa, acuminati. 

 Stamina. Filamenta diadelpha (firaplex et no- 

 verafidum) affurgentia. Antherae fimplices. 



PisTiLLUM. German oblongum. Stylus fim- 

 plex, aflurgens. Stigma obtufum. 



Pericarpium. Legumen oblongum, obtufum, 

 bafi attenuatum, rigidum. 



Semina nonnuUa, reniformia, comprefla. 



lARACTEK. 

 EMPALKMtNT. Cup onc-lcaved, bclldiaped, 



ibort, blunt at the bafe; mouth two-lipped; 



upper lip two cleft, tapered; lower lij) thrcc- 



cleft. 

 Blossom butterfly rtiapcd. 



Standaril c-gg-lliaped, rifing upwards, turned 



back at tlie (ides. 



Wings the length of the ftandard, ftraight, 



blunt. 



Keel a little bellied, tapered. 

 Chives. Threads in two fets (one fingle, the 



other nine-cleft) turned upwards. Tips 



fimple. 

 Pointal. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft fimple, 



turned upwards. Summit obtufe. 

 Seed-vessel. Pod oblong, obtufe, tapered at 



the bafe, (lift". 

 Seeds a few, kidncy-fliape, flattened. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Cytifus racemis laleralibus, ereclis; ramis tere- 

 tibus, divaricatis; foliolis ovatis, tomen- 

 tofis; vexillo crenulato; corollis luteis. 



Cytifus with the bunches of flowers growing 

 from the fides of the branches, which are 

 round and llraddle; leaflets egg-fliaped and 

 downy; ftandard a little fcollopcd; blof- 

 fonis yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. The ftandard. 



3. One of the Wings. 



4. The Keel. 



5. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, a little magnified. 



6. The Seedbud, magnified. 

 7- A ripe Pod. 



8. The fame, fplit open, to expofe the fitualion of the leeds. 



This pretty Cytifus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, \\as railed from feeds at the Hammerfmith 

 nurfery, in the year l/S^- it is rather a weak, and loofe growing flirub, attaining the height of a 

 foot and a half, and flowering about Auguft. It delights in a light foil, and is propagated with cafe 

 by cuttings; it likewife perfects its feeds. The whole habit of the plant much more relembles Crolo- 

 laria than Cytifusj but the feed-veflTel and empalement preclude its admillion to that Genus. 



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