PSORALEA pedunculata, 
- Flat-headed Psoralea, 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. ‘Div. V. Corolla irregu- 
Jaris papilionacea. Legumen 1-loc. tivelre! 
PSORALEA. Cal. turbinatus 5-fidus, punctis callosis aspersus. Pet. 
venosa; carina 2-petala, Leg. compressum, calyci persistenti equale 
I-spermum. Herbe aut frutices ; fol. ternata v. rarius simplicia v. impart- 
pinnata ; stipule a petiolo distincte ; flores spicati ». glomerati, axillares aut 
terminales. Juss. 1. ce. 345. 
P. pedunculata, foliis ternatis subtis sericeis, pedunculis axillaribus bis 
térve superantibus folia, capitulis depressis involucratis, involucri foliolis 
aquantibus calyces. ; ; , 
_ . Frutex erectus, ramosus 3-pedalis v. ultra ; rami teretes striati subsericeo- 
ilosi. Fol. sparsa, distantia, peepng, foliolis obovato-oblongis v. lanceolato- 
ovalibus, mucronatis, supra pilosiusculis subnitidée at obscure viridibus, sub- 
tus sericeis albicantibus, a nervis lateralibus plurimis parallelis proximis 
costatis, margine depresso; terminali majore modo sesquiunciali, v, 3-plo 
longiore petiolo villoso unisulcato: stipule geming, equales petiolo, erecta, 
appresse ramo, lanceolato-lineares, extus dense pubescentes. edunculi solj- 
tarii, in summis foliis axillares, striato-teretes, erectt, pilosiuscult, superné 
nigricantes, basi stipati bracteis 2 oppositis stipulis inclusis, nigro-pilosis, 
Capitulum depresso-hemisphericum, multi (14-20)-florum, involucratum toliolis 
membranosis ovato-lanceolatis intus glabris extus nigro-pilosis aquantibys 
calyces. Bractee triplices, similes foliolis involucri at plurimim angustiores. 
Cal. pro flore magnus, albo-virescens, nigro-hirsutus, ‘segmentis 4 supe- 
yioribus. acuminatis aequalibus, imo 5'°. duplo feré longiore, vin breviore 
corolla, lanceolato-cspidato, secundim carinam ascendente. Cor. % uncie 
circiter longa ; pet. longé unguiculata, isometra, inferné pallescentia, superné 
‘violacea, tola venuloso-striata ; vexillum obcardato-rotundum reflecum plicd 
“media profundd, ungue arcuato-gibboso : ale et carina compresso-conniventes 
vexillum versits assurgentes, alarum laminis oblongis obtusis supra violaceis 
carina his @qualis, inclusa, unguibus longissimis, laminis ovatis Grice cohe- 
rentibus sanguineo-violaceis. Fil. digdelpha, uno libero sterili, pro longitudine 
“carine recta, ind2 cum angulo ‘recto ascendentia: anth. ochroleuce, parve. 
Germ. breve, compressum: stylus longus capillaris glaber albus prope stigma 
angulo recto assurgens, ad genu crassior: stigma acutum puberulum, erectum, 
viridans. 
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A plant we are unable to refer to any species recorded in 
the works known to us; and, as we are informed by Messrs, 
Whitley and Co. in whose greenhouse, in the King’s Road, 
Fulham, the drawing was taken, raised by them from seed 
received from the Cape of Geod Hope. It comes nearer to 
the P. bituminosa of the south of Europe than any other, 
but is abundantly. distinct from it, as well as from the 
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