of the same lengthy but the two upper ones connected together above 
the middle, and curved forward at the top. Petals of a rich rose 
colour, the standard nearly an inch and a half broad, the wings not 
half so broad, but nearly as long, and closed over the keel, which is 
shorter, much curved, the petals joined at the back. Pod about an 
inch long, very hairy. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. Podalyria is a genus of 
about twenty species, all shrubs, mostly ornamental, and confined, as far 
as hitherto known, within the limits of the Cape Colony. The genus 
itself is well limited; it approaches nearest to Cyclopia, and to Priestleia, 
both likewise Cape genera, but the former is at once known by its flat 
pod and tri-foliolate leaves, and the latter by the stamens more perfectly 
connate. The distinction of the species offer however more difficulty 
than perhaps any other group of the same extent, and the synonymy 
is in the greatest confusion. This is owing in the first place to the 
very different aspect of the leaves and inflorescence on the main 
branches of the plants as they usually grow among bushes, to that 
tvhich they assume on young vigorous shoots in rich shady situ¬ 
ations ; but the confusion arises still more from the very imper¬ 
fect specimens preserved in herbaria, and the number of loose and 
imperfect descriptions published. The plant now figured is certainly 
the buxifolia of some authors, it is the short peduncled one-flowered 
state of the plant figured under that name by Lamarck, it is also the 
glauca of De Candolle and Ecklon, it is one of those considered by 
Willdenow'^as buxifolia, but it does not appear to be the buxifolia of 
Ecklon, nor yet that of Drege. It were much to be wished that some 
botanist resident at the Cape, and having opportunities of observing the 
species in their fresh state, would take up the genus. 
Introduction; Where grown; Culture. Podalyria buxifolia 
is not of recent introduction to England, but is still scarce and posses¬ 
sed of much beauty. Our drawing was made at the establishment of 
Messrs. Low^ of Clapton. It should be potted in a mixture of peat and 
loam, and might be renewed by cuttings; but seeds produce the best 
plants. It requires greenhouse protection. G. B. 
Derivation of the Names. 
Podalyria, said by some to have been named after Podalirius, a son of iEscul- 
apiiis, but this is not probable, as the spelling is different. The apparent 
Greek etymology, ttsq ttoSoq, a foot or stalk, and Xvpwv, a little lyre, is not 
more satisfactory, and we find no record of Lamarck’s own view's in forming 
the word. Buxifolia, box-leaved. 
Synonymes. 
Podalyria buxifolia. Lamarck : Illustrations, t. 327, p. 3. Bot, Reg. t. 869. 
Podalyria glauca : De Candolle, Prodromus, vu 2, p. 102. 
Hypocalyptus glaucus : Thunberg, Flora Capensis,p. 569. 
