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CALLISTACHYS lanceolata. 
Spear-leaved Callistachys. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lucuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. IV. Corolla irregu- 
laris papilionacea. Legumen bivalve. Arbores aut frutices ; folia simplicia 
aut ternata aut 7mpart-pinnata. 
CALLISTACHYS. Cal. bilabiatus. Cor. vexillo erecto; alis et 
carinis demissis. Stam. disco inserta, Stylus incurvus. Stig. simplex, 
acutum. Legum. stipitatum, lignosum, apice dehiscens, anté maturitatem 
multiloculare! polyspermum. Frutices Australasia. Fol. simplicia, sub- 
verticillata, mucronulata. Stipule intrafoliacee, membranaceae. Flores 
vacemosi, terminales, bracteati. Ventenat malm. 115. 
C. lanceolata, foliis lanceolatis, acutis. _Ventenat loc. cit. 
Callistachya lanceolata. Smith in trans. linn. soc. 9. 266. _ 
Caulis erectus, teres, ramosus, foliatus, sericeo-pubescens, tripedalis et 
ultra, subproliferus ramis subverticillato-approximatis patentibus. Folia sub- 
verticillatim bina trina v. quaterna, patentissima, breve petiolata, stipuluta, 
lanceolata, pluriés angustiora quam Eoin. sericea, nervosa, reticulato-venosa, 
subtits albidiora quam supra, mucrone prefixa ; petioli brevissimi, basi arti- 
culati, decurrentes: stipule gemine, intra basin petioli inserta, eoque parim 
longiores, recurvate, lineari-lanceolate, membranacee, nigricantes, extis 
sericee, perstantes. Racemi ramorum terminales, simplices, solitarit, erecti, 
ovato-oblongi, conferti, longiores foliis, bracteati; pedunculus infra breve 
nudus. ‘Flores aureo-flavicantes, magnitudine CoLurem arborescentis: 
pedicelli flore breviores, sericei. Bractee: lanceolate, acut@, membranose 
sericee, nigricantes, concave, una ad basin pedicelli ali@ supra, caduce. 
Cal. equalis, sericeus, longitudine dimidii corolle, acutus, labio tnfiteg tri- 
fido patente. Cor. petala breve unguiculata: vexillum erectum, suborbicula- 
tum, emarginatum, bast rubro-maculatum: ale deflexe, equales vezillo, 
cuneiformes, includentes carinam: carina obtusa, brevior alis, petalis utroque 
fine liberis medio coherentibus. Stamina receptaculo corolle inserta, carina 
inclusa. Germ. pedicellatum, inflatum, hirsutissimum. Sem. 6-8, reniformia, 
atra. 
A rare and handsome greenhouse shrub, introduced 
since the late edition: of the Hortus Kewensis, we believe 
from the collections in France. First imported into Europe 
by Captain Baudin, the chief of the late French expedition 
of discovery to New Holland. : 
CausTacuys was instituted by M. Ventenat, who had 
included in it the Gompxotosium ellipticum of Labillardiére, 
which Mr. Brown has removed to Oxytonrum. Another 
species was also incorporated in the genus by Sir James 
Smith in the Linnean transactions, under the specific name 
