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LIPARIA hirsuta. 
Shagey-stemmed Liparia. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
LIPARIA. Cal. urceolatus 2-labiatus, supra 3-fidus, infra longior 
Q-dentatus aut indivisus laciniA interdim longissima petaloidea. } Corolle 
carina 2-petala, apice connivens. -Anth. 3, ceteris brevits stipitate in 
apice vagine staminiferze ex Lin. Stigma simplex. Legumen ovatum, 
1-loc., 2-valy. ; sem. pauca. bili eat 
Fratices glabri habitu Bornontm aut sepins villosi; folia simplicia, 
sessilia, villosa aut glabra; stipule subnulle ; flores axillares aut ter- 
minales, solitarii aut sepids plures. Stam. decimum non deficiens ex 
Lin. Jussieu. gen. 353. 
L. hirsuta, caule tereti, subsericeé hirsuto ; racemis terminalibus sepils 
genunatis ; foliis obovato-oblongis, glabris, trinervibus. 
Liparia hirsuta. Thunb: prod. 124. Willd. sp. pl. 8. 1117. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. 4.318. (Nec verd Menchii in suppl. method. 52.) 
Frutex 3-pedalis : caulis erectus, prolifer, inferné defoliatus, cicatrizatus ; 
rami virgati, numerose foliosi, supernt. Folia exstipulata, sparsa, patula, 
rigida (Jeré ac Rusci), sessilia, o ovato-oblonga, mucronato-acuta, feré un- 
cialia, interstitiis plus duplo longiora, peripheria obsoleté cartilaginea. Ra- 
cemi d foliis superioribus senstm in bracteas hirsutas abeuntibus tanquam ab 
anvolucro cincti, toti hirsuti nisi corolla, erectt, multiflort imbricatim sparsi : 
bractex foliacece, calyce breviores, appresse, cuspides phacelato-nigricante + 
pee inclusi. Cal. é basi intruso-obtusatd urceolatus, 5-fidus, segmentis 
anceolatis, 4 supertoribus conniventibus, summis 2 brevis discretis, infima re- 
motiore majore, cuspide nigra. Cor. flava, tota de calyce erecto-reflexa : pet. 
subisometra : vexillum cordatum lobis subunidentatis, apice bifidum, margine 
znvolutum: ale dolabriformes supra in margine inferiore subexcise, inter se 
carinam arrecto-cuspidatam @ basi bifissilem obvoluto-velantes. Fil. diadelpha 
{ simplex et aqualitér 9-partitum). Germ. lancealatum, hirsutum: stylus 
ongior, setaceo-continuus: stigma bifurcum dente antico hispido, postico 
‘glabro. 
Senge Ny 
Of this handsome species, we know of no figure extant 
in any work yet published. It is a native of + ie Cape of 
Good Hope, and was introduced by Mr. Masson in 1792. 
Our plant was about 3 feet high; stem about the thick- 
hess of a large pen, with many divided slender pliant 
branches surrounding it at a point high above the root,’ 
and where the white silky pubescence is conspicuously 
thicker and longer; the branchlets are terminated by single 
or double racemes, each bearing 8-12 scentless gold-coloured 
Jlowers, parted by hairy bractes about 4 lines long, with 
black sphacelate points: petals about half an inch long ; 
