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of cuneifolia, and this Mr. Brown knows decidedly to be no 
congener of the present species. But in the concluding part 
of the Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland, other 
species, not at present published, will appear. The prin- 
cipal distinction of CaLiistacuys from OxyLosiuM consists 
in the seed-vessel of the first being divided into several one 
seeded cells while young, the partitions of which are obli- 
terated in the ripe pod. No species of it has been recorded 
in any general System of Vegetables. 
Sten 3-5 feet high, leafy, pubescent, branching, the 
branches approaching nearly to a whorl, as in a proliferous 
plant. Leaves nearly opposite or in whorls of 2, 3, or 4, 
spreading, shortly petioled, lanceolate, several times narrower 
than long, silky, nerved, reticulately veined, whiter under- 
neath, mucronately pointed: petioles jointed at the base, de- 
current: stipules two to each leaf, longer than petioles, linear- 
lanceolate, blackish, silky on the outside, spreading, re- 
curved, persistent. Racemes terminal, simple, solitary, 
upright, ovately oblong, crowded, longer than the leaves. 
Flowers of a golden yellow, about the size of those of the 
Bladder-Senna; pedicles shorter than the flowers, silky. 
Bractes \anceolate, sharp-pointed, membranous, silky, 
nearly black, one placed at the base of the pedicle, the 
others upon it near the top, caducous. Calyx silky, equal, 
half as long as the corolla, pointed, with a trifid spreading 
‘lower lip. Petals of the corolla shortly unguiculate; vexr- 
illum or standard, nearly orbicular upright, emarginate, 
stained at the base with red: alc or wings, deflectent equal — 
to the vexillum, inclosing the carina or keel, which is 
shorter and obtuse. Germen pedicled, inflated covered 
with thick shaggy silklike pubescence. Seeds 6-8, black as 
jet. 
The drawing was taken from a plant which flowered in — 
June last, in the nursery of Messrs. Colvilles, in the King’s 
Road, Chelsea. : 
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a Calyx. 0 Vexillum. c One of the ale or wings. d Carina or Keel. 
e The stamens. f The pistil. mt 
