PODALY'RIA BUXIFO'LIA. 
BOX-LEAVED PODALYRIA. 
EXOGEN^. 
OR 
DICOTYLEDONEiE. 
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Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
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NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOSiE. 
CALYCIFLORiE, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs 
DECANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 204. 
GENUS, PoDALYRiA. Lamarck. Calyx laxe campanulatus, demum basi 
intrusLis, quinquefidiis. Corolla papilionacea, petalis breviter imguiculatis ; 
Texillum amplum, orbiculatum, emarginatum, patens, alae obovatse, obliquae; 
Carina alis brevior, ovata vel late obovata incurva obtusa. Stamina decern, basi 
brevessime connata, cseteriim libera, glabra. Ovarium sessile, villosum, pluri- 
ovulatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma parvum. Legumen ovale vel oblon- 
gum, coriaceum, turgidum, villosum. Frutices capenses, foliis simplieibus, 
alternis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, unit!oris vel paucifloris, bracteis 
deciduis forma variabilibus, bracteolis nullis, floribus purpureis roseis vel albidis. 
SPECIES. PODALYRIA BuxiFOLiA ; (Lamarck) eohis ovatis rarius oblongis 
supra glabris subtus dense sericeis, pedunculis uni- rarius bifloris, bracteis parvis 
cuneatis, calycis hirsuti laciniis lanceolatis carina brevioribus, superioribus 
binis semi connatis, supra subgibbosis. 
Character of the Genus, Podala^ria. Calyx loose, bell¬ 
shaped, at length projecting inwards at the base. Corolla papilio¬ 
naceous, the petals on very short claws; the standard large, orbicular 
emarginate, spreading; the wings obovate, oblique ; the keel shorter 
than the wings, ovate or broadly obovate, curved, blunt. Stamens ten, 
slightly connate at the base, free from thence, smooth. Ovary sessile, 
hairy, with many ovules. Style filiform. Stigma small. Pod oval 
or oblong, swollen, thick, and hairy. 
Description of the Species, Podalyria buxifolia. Stem 
shrubby, erect, much branched, young branches clothed with a soft 
down, older ones often smooth. Stipules small, linear lanceolate, 
deciduous. Leaves simple, nearly sessile, broadly or narrowly ovate, 
sometimes nearly orbicular, rarely oblong, usually blunt, with a very 
small projecting point, from half an inch to three quarters in length, 
perfectly smooth on the upper side, clothed with thick silky hairs 
underneath, the margins recurved. Peduncles axillary, sometimes 
one-flowered, and very short, at others nearly two inches long and 
bearing two pedicellate flowers. Bracts at the base of the pedicels, 
or in the middle of the one-flowered peduncle, small, oblong or 
cuneate, falling off early. Calyx thick and hairy, divided to about 
the middle, the divisions broadly lanceolate, shorter than the keel, all 
