

102 THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS XXIII. 
BORBONIA Lin. THE BORBONIA. 
Lin. Syst. MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA., 
Genrric Cuaracter.—Calyx attenuated at the base, five-cleft, ) into a sheath, which is cleft in front. Stigma capitate, somewhat 
with the lobes about equal in length, terminating each of them in a | emarginate. Legume linear, plano-compressed, many-seeded. (G 
spiny acumen. Corolla villous on the outside, with the vexillum | Don.) 
emarginate at the apex, and the keel obtuse. Stamens all connected 
Description, &c.—These are Cape shrubs, with simple prickly leaves, which are stem-clasping, and many- 
nerved at the base. The flowers are all yellow, and they are generally disposed in heads at the tip of the 
branches. The name of the genus was given in memory of Gaston de Bourbon, Duke of Orleans, and son of 
Henry IV., who was a great patron of botany. 
1.—BORBONIA CRENATA Lin. THE CRENATE-LEAVED BORBONIA. 
Eneravine.—Bot. Mag., t. 274, many-nerved, and reticulated between the nerves. Leaves and 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves cordate, roundish, acute, denticulated, | branches glabrous. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c.—This is rather a curious looking plant, on account of the leaves, which are nearly round, 
but which look heart-shaped from the decided manner in which they clasp the stem, as they are totally without 
footstalks. They are hairy, and the hairs, which are very long, form a curious fringe round the margin. The 
flowers are yellow and rather small. The species was introduced in 1774. 
2.—BORBONIA RUSCIFOLIA Lin. THE RUSCUS-LEAVED BORBONIA. 
Synonymr.—B. cordata Banks. Encravinc.—Bot. Mag.,, t. 2128. 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves cordate, many-nerved, minutely ciliated, but otherwise glabrous as well as the branches. (4. Don.) 
Descrirtion, &c.—This plant is so exceedingly different to the last, that it seems scarcely possible to imagine 
they can belong to the same genus. The leaves of this plant closely resemble those of the Ruscus or Butcher's 
Broom, and they have only a fringe of hairs so fine and short that they are scarcely perceptible. ‘The flowers ar 
rather larger than those of B. crenata. The species was introduced in 1790. 
There are many other species of Borbonia, but the two just described are the most common in this country. 
The small genus Achyronia is nearly allied to Borbonia, but it differs in the branches and leaves being covered 
with chaffy hairs; and hence it takes its name from the Greek word achyron, chaff. 
GENUS XXIV 
LIPARIA Lin. THE LIPARIA. 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Cuaractrr.—Calyx thrust in at the base, with a short | wings, the one involving the other in estivation. Keel straight, acute, 
tube and a five-lobed limb, the four superior lobes lanceolate and | narrow, two-edged. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile, very shorts 
acute, and about equal in length, lower one very long, elliptic, and | style filiform. Legume ovate, few-seeded. (G. Don.) 
petaloid. Corolla glabrous, with an oval-oblong vexillum and oblong 
Description, &c.—This genus takes its name from liparos, brilliant, in allusion to its shining leaves. It was 
formerly rather extensive, but modern botanists have confined it to one species. 







