Vil. 
PODALYRIA ARGENTEA. 
Silvery Podalyria, 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Leguminose. Juss. Gen. p. 345. 
Sect. 4. cujus definitionem vide sub No. 6. 
Calyx basi replicatus, 5-fidus, parum irregularis. Vexillum grande, basi incrassatum: Carina 
parva, alis obtecta. Filamenta persistentia.. Pericarpium sessile, gravidum oyale et ventri- 
cosum, polyspermum, Stylus vix arcuatus. Stigma capitatum. Fraices, plerazque sericee, 
Stipule angustw, cauli adpresse. Folia simplicia laminis latis crassisque. Flores pedunculis 
axillaribus, solitarii vel breviter spicati, albidi colore mox in roseum mutabili. Bractee caduce, 
gemmacee. Nomen, ob Verillum basi lyratum, a vocibus Greecis, rovg pes Avex lyra, derivarem ; 
nec a filio A’sculapii. 
P. foliorum laminis ovali-lanceolatis, sericeis: pedunculis 2-3-floris ; calyce carine adpresso: 
vexillo lateribus integro, tee 
P. biflora, Sims in Bot. Mag. p. 7 3. cum Ic. bona, P. biflora. Potret en Encycl. Bot.v. 5.p. 444« 
. Bot. Illustr. t. 237.f. 3. pessima, Sophora biflora. Retz, Obs. 
P. biflora. Lamarck in E 
1. p. 30. baal 
Sponte nascentem juxta Stellenbosch, legit F. Masson. ; 
Floret apud nos fine Maii, Junio. 
‘Specimens, his characters want much correction. Dr. Sims has given a very excellent descrip- 
importance, namely, the inser- 
xamined were only seven in 
number, but in ours constantly ten, ‘The calyx is also five-cleft, not three-toothed, and pro- 
bably much more hai ry in wild specimens than those of our gardens. A large mellifereus gland 
at the base of the claw of the vexillum, is, I believe, common to the whole genus, which as it 
stands in Willdenow’s work is still a jumble of heterogeneous species, containing, Ist. Those 
with pinnated leaves and long spikes of flowers, already separated by Lamarck ; 2dly. A low 
thorny shrub with diphyllous petioles, and flat monospermous pods, allied to Halodendrum : 
3dly. Those with ternate leaves and a stipitate pod: 4thly. Those with ternate leaves and very 
large stipules, from North America: 5thly. The true Podalyrias with simple leaves. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Vexillum. 
2. The Calyx, Anthers and Germen. 
3. Back View of the Calyx. 
4, The Germ and Receptacle. 
5. The Stigma magnified. 
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