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either a hybrid or very distinct from its parent, as it differs from H. grandiflora not only in the shape and much 
greater abundance of its flowers, but in being much hardier, it having survived a degree of frost that killed 
E. grandiflora and E. microphylla. It will, indeed, live in the open air against a south wall, though it will not 
flower so well as in a conservatory. 

OTHER SPECIES OF EDWARDSIA. 
E. CHRYSOPHYLLA Salisb, 
This is a pretty little plant, the flowers of which are much smaller than those of the other species, and not 
produced in clusters. The leaves are also small and much crowded, and they are covered with a yellow pubescence. 
The species is a native of the Sandwich Islands, whence it was introduced about 1820. 
E. MYRIOPHYLLA Wand. 
A small plant with yellow flowers, and leaves which have an immense number of leaflets. It is nearly allied 
to E. microphylla, and like that species is a native of New Zealand, whence it was introduced in 1818. 
GENUS III. 
CYCLOPIA Vent. THE CYCLOPIA. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx five-cleft, unequal, thrust in at the | nate. Stamens deciduous. Stigma bearded. Legume compressed, 
base, the lowest tooth longest. Vexillum large, with longitudinal | pedicellate, one-celled, many-seeded, coriaceous, (@. Don.) 
wrinkles. Wings having a transverse plait. Keel inflexedly mucro- 
Description, &c.—The species belonging to this genus are smooth broom-like shrubs, with bright yellow 
flowers, which are produced in the axils of the leaves. ‘They are all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 
1.—CYCLOPIA GENISTOIDES R&. Brown. THE BROOM-LIKE CYCLOPIA. 
Synonymes.—Ibbetsonia genistoides Sims.; Gompholobium maculatum Andr.; Podalyria genistoides Thunb.; Sophora genistoides Burm. 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 1259; Bot. Rep., t. 427; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1111; and our fig. 3, in Pl. 21. 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Smooth. Leaflets awl-shaped. Calyx mutic. Bracteas oblong-ovate. (@. Don.) 
Description, &c.—A very showy plant with large golden yellow flowers, marked with red at the base of the 
standard. The keel of the flower is curiously curved at the point, and terminated with a beak, giving it somewhat 
the appearance of a bird’s head. The seed-pod is nearly two inches long, and less than half an inch broad: it is 
black, woody, and marked on the outside by the impression of the kidney-shaped seeds which it incloses. ‘The 
species was introduced in 1787 ; and it produces its flowers in July and August. 

OTHER SPECIES OF CYCLOPIA 
C. GALIOIDES Dec. 
This species was introduced in 1820, and it forms a shrub four feet high. 
C. TENUIFOLIA Lehm. 
A dwarf shrub with bristle-like leaflets, and keel-shaped bracteas. Introduced in 1826. 





