Order IV. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
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10421 Pedunc. 2-fl. Seeds compressed, Leaflets entire 
10422 Pedunc. about 2-fl. Pods smooth 4-seeded, Leaflets oblong truncate 
10423 Pedunc. many-fl. Pods hairy 2-seeded, Leaflets lin. blunt 
10424 Pedunc. 2-fl. awned, Pods smooth 2-seeded, Leaflets lin. lanceolate downy 
10425 Pedunc. awned shorter than leaf. Leaflets obi. truncate smooth, Stipules hastate 
10426 Pedunc. 1-fl. Seeds globose gibbous, Leaflets serrated 
10427 FJov^ers capitate. Leaves lanceolate nerved smooth 
10428 Flowers capitate : head erect. Leaves lanceolate smooth _ 
10429 Flowers capitate, Leaves lanceolate downy 
10430 Flowers capitate. Leaves ovate concave woolly beneath 
10431 Flowers spiked hairy. Leaves lanceolate, and angular stem smooth 
10432 Flowers fascicled. Leaves ovate villous downy 
10433 Flowers racemose. Leaves obovate oblong smooth. Stem hairy 
10434 Flowers somewhat spiked. Leaves ovate villous downy 
10435 Racemes simple pendulous. Leaflets ovate oblong. Pods hairy 
10436 Racemes simple pendulous. Leaflets ovate oblong rounded at base. Pods quite smooth 
10437 Racemes lateral erect, Branches round spreading, Leaflets ovate downy 
10438 Racemes terminal erect. Calyxes hairy : teeth minute, Leaflets ellipt. hairy 
10439 Racemes germinal erect. Calyxes villous : segments falcate, Leafl. obovate oblong 
10440 Racemes terminal erect. Calyxes and pods viscid. Leaflets oblong 
10441 Racemes erect, Calyx with a triple bractea, Floral leaves sessile 
10442 Racemes terminal 1-sided, Leaves pinnated hoary. Leaflets roundish elliptical 
10443 Racemes axillary erect, I^eaflets sublanceolate downy : the middle one m a long stalk 
10444 Raceme term. 1-sided 4-fl. Leaflets obovate downy beneath. Calyxes deeply 3-parted 
10-1-45 Pedunc. aggregate subterminal, Calyxes hairy trifid, Leaflets obov. mucronate hairy beneath 
10446 Flowers capitate. Branches straight round villous. Leaflets ovate ellipt. villous. Bract linear 
10447 Fl. in term, umbels, Stems erect. Leaflets lane, strigose pubescent 
10448 Fl. umbelled term. Stems erect. Leaflets ellipt. smooth acute 
10449 Fl. axillary solitary stalked. Stems procumbent, Leaflets obovate. Pods linear repand 
10450 Fl. stalked sub-binate axillary. Stem decumbent. Leaflets obovate blunt 
10451 Pedunc. sub-binate axillary. Stems diffuse-erect. Leaflets oblong lanceolate 
10452 Flowers stalked lateral about 3 erect. Stem declinate branched. Leaflets obovate mucronate 
10453 Flowers stalked axillary about 3, Calyxes campanulate. Leaflets obovate blunt hairy 
10454 Flowers stalked lateral about 4, Stem erect. Branches long, Cal. tubular. Leaflets obovate 
10455 Racemes term, erect, Leaflets obi. rhomboid blunt. Stipules rounded ovate oblique 
10456 Flowers in lateral umbels. Stems erect. Leaves ellipt. erect silky beneath. Calyxes woolly 
10457 Pedunc. about 3 term. Leaflets oblong lanceolate silky. Pods linear silky. Stems decumbent 
10458 Flowers umbelled terminal, Cal. 3-parted : lower tooth trifld. Leaflets rounded obovate. Stems ascending 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
will be killed. "Very young tops, taken off tor cuttings, and planted under a bell-glass, in sand, are not difficult 
to root. {Bot. Cult. 217.) 
1566. Cytisus. Pliny says it was so called because found in Cytlmus, one of the Cyclades. The Cytisus of the 
ancients is believed to have been our Medicago arborea. A genus of ornamental trees and shrubs, of which the 
Laburnums, C2/^?se des alpes, Fr., Bohnenbaiim, Ger., are well known and universally admired examples. There 
are two species of Laburnum, which are so much alike, that in most nurseries they are confounded together, or 
only one in cultivation. C. alpinus is the tree Laburnum, whose timber (the false ebony of the French) is 
much prized by cabinet-makers and turners, for its hardness, beauty of grain, and durability. The tree is 
frequently sown in plantations infested with hares and rabbits, who will touch no other tree as long as a twig 
of laburnum remains. " Though eaten to the ground in winter," as Boutcher observes, " it will spring again 
next season, and thus afford a constant supply for these animals, so as to save the other trees till of a size to 
resist their attacks. The timber has been sold for upwards of half a sovereign per foot." It becomes most 
valuable in light loams and sandy soils. 
C. wolgaricus and purpureiis are very handsome shrubs j and make a fine appearance when grafted on stocks 
of laburnum five or six feet in height. 
C. cajan (an alteration of the Malay name, Catjang), Pois d' Angola, Fr., is frequently planted in the West India 
Islands, chiefly in rows as a fence to the sugar plantations, and will thrive on barren land. The seed is much 
eaten by poor people and negroes, and is esteemed a wholesome pulse. In the island of Martinico even the better 
sort of people hold it in estimation, and prefer it to the European pea. The chief use of it in Jamaica is for feed- 
ing pigeons, whence its name. The branches, with the ripe seed and leaves, are given to feed hogs, horses, 
and other cattle, which grow very fat on them. {Sloane and Jacq, Obs.) 
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