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Jlexuosa, lavanditlacea, punicea, robusta, rosmarinifolia, and 

 mlphurea ; Hdkea has about fifty species; Lamhertia eight 

 or ten. Loam, peat, and sand suit these plants. 



FABACUJE. 



Exogens, with flowers either having no petals, or many ; a pa- 

 pilionaceous corolla, or a leguminous or pod-shaped fruit. Calyx 

 five-parted, the segments often unequal and variously combined. 

 Petals five or none, inserted into the base of the calyx, either 

 papilionaceous or regularly spreading. Stamens uncertain in 

 number, either distinct or the filaments united in one or two 

 sets. Fruit either a pod or a drupe. — Herbaceous plants, shrubs, 

 or large trees, more or less natives of every part of the world ; 

 the properties of some are poisonous, others are extremely valu- 

 able as food. 



PODALTEIA. 



Gen. Ckar. (Decandria Monogynia?) Calyx five-cleft, unequal, 

 pushed inwards at the base, standard larger than the rest ; stamens 

 joined at the base ; pod ventricose, many-seeded. 



Cape shrubs, with papilionaceous flowers, and generally 

 very silky leaves ; the flowers are handsome, generally purple, 

 a few white, and others lilac ; some of them flower a long 



