DIADELPH1A. DECAND. 1365, 1366. 



1141 



<uirgatum» 



fur gens. 



1365. CEDMANNIA. Calyx 2-lipped ; the upper 

 lip cloven, lower-lip fetaceous. 



Oedmannia. 



The Cape. Thunb. atf. Holm. 1 800. p. 281. f.4. 

 Stem fomewhat herbaceous, afcending, glabrous, brown : leaves 

 lanceolate, entire, glabrous: peduncles l-flowered. 



1366. SPARTIUM. Stigma longitudinal, villous 

 above : filaments all united, adhering to the 

 germ: calyx produced downwards. Broom, 



A. Leaves fimple. 



Branches oppofite, round, flowering at top : leaves lan- 

 ceolate. 

 Italy ; Sicily. Curt, mag. t. 85, Penealm. fpec. t. 33. 



Branches round, ft iff, glabrous, wand-like; each fupported 

 by a Tingle very fhort linear leaf. 

 Ruffia. Pall it, 3. app. n.\o6. / V f 2. 



Leaves none, except a Tingle flipule-like one at each ramifica- 

 tion : flowers fmall, pedicelled, violet. 



Branches round, filiate : racemes lateral, few-flowered: 

 flowers fomewhat aggregate: leaves lanceolate, filky, 

 Spain. Park, theat. z^z,f.\\. Flowers white. 



Branches round, ftriate : racemes lateral, many-flowered; 

 flowers remote: leaves lanceolate, feilile, pubefcent 

 underneath. 

 South of Europe. Park, theat. 23 \ . f. 1 3. Flowers yellow. 



Branches round, 10-grooved: flowers axillary, folitary, 

 pubefcent : leaves lanceolate, feilile, filky. 

 South of Europe. Millars prcfpeSi. 40. 

 Branches green, with 10 white ftriae : peduncles fhort. 



Branches round, itriate: flowers axillary, folitary, fome- 

 what racemed : banner and keel pubefcent: leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, filky. 

 Madeira, Jacq. ic.rur. 1./.147. Cytifus tener. 



Branches round, goooved, fiifF: flowers axillary, 2 or 3 to- 

 gether: banner and keel hairy : leaves lanceolate, al- 

 ternate and fafcicled, hairy. 

 Barbary. Desfont. all. 2. ;>.i 32. /.178. 



Branches round, ftriate: flowers axillary, folitary : leaves 

 lanceolate, filky, nearly feilile. 

 Montpellier. Builiard. Herb. /.I 'lj« Genilta. 

 Legume ovate, pendulous, finuate on one fide. 



