FABACEiE. 



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cloud at the edge; wings deep orange-red; keel of two 

 whitish petals, deep orange towards the extremity the old 

 leaves of this plant have very obtuse angles ; P.formosum 

 and triangulare have yellow flowers, also ovatum an&parvi- 

 flomm. These plants require sandy peat, and may be in- 

 creased by cuttings or seeds. 



JACKSONIA. 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted, nearly 

 equal ; corolla and stamens falling off ; ovary two-seeded ; style 

 awl-shaped and filiform ; pod moderately inflated, ovate or ob- 

 long, with valves downy inside. 



Named after a botanist of the name of Jackson. A genus 

 of New Holland plants, principally with yellow flowers, as 

 scqparia, horrida (large-spined), sjoinosa, densiflorum, gran- 

 diflorum, monosperma, etc. They are increased by cuttings. 



LIPAEIA. 



Gen. Char. (Diadelphia Decandria.) Calyx five-cleft, with the 

 lower segment long ; wings two-lobed below ; three teeth of the 

 larger stamen shorter than the rest ; pod ovate. 



