CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMINA CE.E. iO TE/E. 



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tion They are Cape shrubs, about 2 ft. or 3 ft. high, with trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers in 

 racemes. V. obcordata Thunb. (the Crotalaria floribunda of Bot. Cab., t. 509., and our fig. S3S.) 

 will afford a specimen of the genus. - 



Loddigesm Sims (named in honour of Corarao! Loddlgcs of Hackney, to the liberality and kindness of 

 whose sons our present work is much indebted) oxalidifdlia Bot Mag., t. .09(5., and our fig. 334 , is a 

 Cape shrub, with trifoliolate leaves and pinkish flowers, with the keel of a dark purple at the apex. It 

 grows to the height of 3 ft., and is an elegant plant when in flower. 



Dichilus Dec. is a Cape genus, of which 3 species have been described. They are subshrubs, 

 growing to the height of 3 ft , with smooth trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



Lebeckm Thunb. is a Cape genus of shrubs, or subshrubs, with simple or trifoliolate leaves, with the 

 general habit of Genista. Eleven species have been described, and 3 or 4 have been introduced. L. 

 septaria Thunb., the Spartium sepiarium of L., am! Pluk. Aim., t. 424. f. 1., was introduced in 1820, 

 and grows to the height of 6 ft., producing its yellow flowers in April and May. 



/ 335 HBL^ til 



Sarcophyllum carnbsum Thunb. {Bot. Mag., t. 2502., and our fig. 336.) is a smooth Cape shrub,with 

 fleshy filiform leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from May to August. 



Aspdlathus L. is a genus of Cape shrubs, of which 86 species bave been described in Don's Miller, 

 and about that number introduced. They are almost all shrubs, or undershrubs, with leaves in fas- 

 cicles, and yellow flowers furnished with bracteoles. A. callosa L. (Bot. Mag., t. 2329., and our fig. 335.) 

 which grows to the height of 4 ft., will serve to exemplify the genus. 



Requihma. Dec. is a genus of African shrubs, of which one species, R sphccrosperma Dec. Leg. 

 M£m., 6. t. 38., is a Cape shrub, grows to the height of 1 ft. ; but it is not yet introduced. 



knthylHs is a genus containing some undershrubs, natives of the south of 

 Europe, which are half-hardy, and some of them neatly hardy. A. Burba 

 Jdvis L. (Bot. Mag., t. 1927., and our fig. 337.), the Vulneniria Barba Jbvis 337 

 Lam., and Barba Juvis argyrophylla Mcench, is an evergreen shrub, which 

 grows to the height of 8 ft.; a native of Spain, Barbary, the Levant, and 

 Italy, on rocks ; and it has been cultivated in frames in England since 1640. 

 The leaves are pinnate, and the flowers pale yellow ; the whole plant having 

 a silvery appearance, whence it derives the names of Jupiter's beard, and the 

 silver bush. The elegance of this shrub did not escape the ancients ; and 

 Pliny mentions its beauty ; adding, that it dislikes water, and that it makes a 

 very elegant ornament for gardens when clipped into a round shape. It is 

 also mentioned by Dioscorides as good for healing wounds, by the application 

 of its leaves. It is one of the finest shrubs that can be planted against a con- 

 servative wall. It will grow in any light soil, and is easily propagated by cut- 

 tings, or by seeds, which are sometimes ripened against a south wall. 



A. cytisoides L. (Barrel. Icon., t. 1182.) a native of Spain, and the south of i 

 France, was introduced in 1731. It grows to the height of 2 ft., and forms 

 a neat little frame shrub, almost hardy in the neighbourhood of London. 



A. Hermdnmee L. (Bot. Mag., t. 2576.) is a native of Corsica, Crete, and Palestine. It forms a spiny 

 shrub, with pubescent leaves, and yellow flowers, which appear from April till July. It was intro- 

 duced in 1789, and grows to the height of from 2 ft. to 3 ft. There is a plant of it which has 

 been two years in the open border in the Kew Garden, without any protection whatever. A. Aspd- 

 lathi Dec, Spartium creticum Dcsf., (Bot. Cab., t. 1169.) resembles the preceding species, and may pos- 

 sibly be only a variety of it. 



A. erinacca L. (Bot. Mag., t. 676.) grows about 1 ft. high, and has rushy branches, and bluish purple 

 flowers. 



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