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LEBEGKIA. contaminata,. 
Spotted-stalked Lebechia. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. 
Div. V. Cor. irregularis papilionacea. Stam. 10, diadelpha.  Le- 
gum. I-loc., Q-valv. Id. 1. c. 352. at stiles hath 
LEBECKIA. Cal. 5-partitus: laciniis acutis ; smubus rotundatis. 
Legumen cylindricum, polyspermum, Thunb. pref, part. post. Fru- 
tices, Folia simplicia, ternata, v. rard abrupte pinnata? 
L. contaminata, glabra, ex petiolis filiformibus aphyllis remotis erectis 
virgata ; pedunculis racemosis; carina lateribus:bicalcarata. 
- Lebeckia contaminata. Thunb. prod, 122. Willd. sp.. pl. 3. 946. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2.4.26]. . re 
Spartium contaminatum. Linn. mant. 268. Hort. Kew. 3. 10. 
Genista africana frutescens foliis: linari angustioribus glaucis flore luteo, 
Rati dendr. 104. lebaa . 
Frutex vimineus, suborgyalis, glaber, teres, glaucus, distantér ramosus, 
rami subangulosi, ex petiolis aphyllis junceis, remotis sparsis virgati, Pro foliis 
sale a dae erect, Jiliformi-elongati, acutt, decrescentes, ‘interiori Jacie 
- exarati levi sulco ibidemque obsiti stipulis senis parvulis mucroniformibus per 
- paria distantibus, basi. subarticulato-constricti: et cincti zona luteo-pallescente : 
‘ubi_foliati (quales semel,omnind observavimus ) abrupte: pinnati, foliolis bi- 
trijugis, obcordato-oblongis, subsessilibus, subsemuncia tbus. Pedunculi azil- 
lares, racemosi, pluriflort, solitarii, erecti, strictt, compresso-teretes, breviores 
at robustiores petiolis, purpureo-maculati; rachide florum angulato-emarginata, 
ebracteatd, pedicellis unifloris, fleailibus, partm longioribys calyces: Flores 
nutantes, violaceo-rubentes, Cal.\unilabiato-inflexus, ob segmenta subinequalia © 
‘ab utrinque und deorsim obliquata hians supra sinu late rotundo, dimidio 
' brevior corolla, subcoloratus, punctatus. Corolle petala isometra, ciliolata : 
vexillum obovatum, reflecum,:duplo latius alis; ale 2: margine interna sub- 
conniventes ; carina oblonga, anticé ventricosa, acumine brevi, extis villosa, 
Bicalcarata, producens ab intis extrorsim a latere utroque medio\superiore 
_cymbi. processim cavum brevem subulate-cucullatum, postice: versis secundiim 
‘latus cymbi curvato-ascendens. Fil. a germine libera, simplex et 9-fidum, 
usque ad basin discreta: anth. breves, ovato-acuminate@, mucronate, apice et 
basi subpenicillate. Germ. filiforme, rectum, glabrum, polyspermum : stylus 
°2-3-plo brevior, abrupté surrectus, glaber < stig. punctum obtusum. 
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We find no figure of this remarkable plant, which has 
been known in our collections from 1788, when it was in- 
troduced by Mr. Masson from the Cape of Good Hope. 
It partakes, with some few more of its tribe, in the curious 
habit of producing a foliage of bare leaf-stalks (petioles). 
Those of this nature have been only known to furnish a 
