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PODALYRIA STYRACIFOL1A. 



(Styrax-leaved Podalyria.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. Nq Jq^ NATURAL ORDER. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS^ § P APILIONACE^E. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Podalyria (Lam). Calyx 5-fidus, lobis ineequalibus, basi intrusa. Corolla vexillo majore, 

 carina alis obtecta. Stamina 10, persistentia basi subconnata. Stigma capitatum. Legumen 

 sessile ventricosum polyspermum. Frutices capenses saepius sericei. Stipulce angusta? adpressse. 

 Folia simplicia alterna. Pedunculi axillares imi aut pauci-flori. Bractea caduca?. Corolke 

 purpurea? roses aut albse. 



Calyx 5-parted, lobes unequal, thrust in at the base. Corolla with a large standard, the 

 keel covered by the wings. Stamens 10, persistent, somewhat joined at the base. Stigma capi- 

 tate. Legume sessile, swelling, many-seeded. Shrubs natives of the Cape, most frequently 

 covered with silky hairs. Stipules narrow, pressed to the stem. Leaves simple, alternate. 

 Peduncles axillary, oneor few-flowered. Bracts caducous. Corolla of a purple, rose, or white 

 colour. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 P. styracifolia : foliis ovalibus obovatisve mucronatis pubescentibus subtus subreticulatis ; 

 pedunculis 1-2 floris folia asquantibus; calyctbus ferrugineo-tomentosis ; lobis acutis reflexis • 

 vexillis reflexis latis emarginatis ; floribus roseis. 



Leaves oval, or obovate, mucronate, pubescent underneath, somewhat reticulately veined ; 

 peduncles one to two-flowered, equal in length to the leaf ; calyxes covered with a kind of 

 brownish tomentum ; lobes acute, reflexed ; standard reflexed, broad, notched at the end ; flowers 

 rose-coloured. 



Podalyria styracifolia.— -Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1580 ; Decandolle Prod. vol. ii. p. 102. 



Descr. — Shrub ; Stem about four feet high, branched, covered all over with a soft silky 

 pubescence. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate, alternate, mucronate, beautifully reticulated when 

 held to the light, and covered all over with a soft silky pubescence, similar to that on the stem. 

 Stipules minute, subulate, silky. Bracts caducous. Peduncles about two inches long, the length 

 of the leaf. Calyx unequally five-parted, brownish on the inside, covered with soft silky hairs 

 on the outside. Flowers solitary, of a delicate and elegant rose colour. Standard large, reflexed, 

 margin elegantly undulated, deeply notched in the centre, about an inch and a quarter in 

 diameter, the base of which is whitish ; wings longer than the keel, and concealing it ; apex 

 obtuse, waved at the margin, similar to the standard ; unguis incurved. Keel small, enveloping 

 the stamens and anthers, obtuse, having the apex and the claw more deeply tinted with pink. 

 Stamens ten, persistent, somewhat joined at the base, situate on a fleshy torus and tightly 



