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ÉBENIT8 eretica.
Cretan Ebony.
Linnean Class and Order. D IA D E L P H IA D E C A N D R IA .
Natu ra l Order. L E G U M IN O SÆ . Jm s . g e u . p . y h .
E B E N U S . Calyx persistens, ultra medium 5-fidus, tubo dem«“ subveip
tricoso, laciniis lineari-subulatis corollam æquantibus. Cordloe aloe minima;
tubo calycis ferè breviores. Stamina monadelpha. Legumen su-
brotundum, 1-2-spermnm.
F olia scepiùs pinnata cum impari sessth. Stipula; a p e tw k disUnctoe. 1 e-
A n fvM axillares ehmgati. Spicæderesoe. Flores rrefteZZt. Genus a bA n -
thyllide distinctum alis minimis, laciniis calycinis longioribus e t habitu
ferè Onobrychidis. Decand. prodr. 2. p. 350.
E eretica, fruticosa, foliis rariùs 3-foliolatis siepiùs pinnatis bij ugis cum impari
sessili, foliolis oblongo-linearibus, stipulis connexis e t ideo bifidis
oppositifoliis, spicis ovato-cylindraceis. D e c a y . I. c. 2. p. 350.
Ebenus eretica. Linn. sp. pi. p. 1076. Prosp. A lp tn . exot. p . 279. t. 278.
G. Don. syst. gard. and bot. 2. p . 309. c-
Anthyllis eretica. Lam. d i c t . l . p .2 9 3 . Willd. sp. p l 8 . p .W W . Sims
A.*Frufi'cosaffoliolisternatisac quinatis lanceolatis tomentosis. Sauv. monsp.
Tritoiium spicis ovatis villosis, caule fruticoso. R o y . l y M . p. 380.
Barba jovis Cytisi folio, fiore rubello. B a rr. tc. t. 377 ei 913.
Loto affinis a la ta , folio et facie pentaphylloides fruticosi, fioribus in spicam
longiorem positis. P lu h . aim. p. 227. t. 61. j . 5.
Cytisus incanus creticus. B auh. pin. p . 390.
A small bushy evergreen shrub, from a foot to 18 inches
high, the younger parts silvery, with copious adpressed silky
hafrs. Branches anguXax. ieam-stalked, ternate or quínate.
Leaflets oblong-spathulate, mucronulate, flat, an inch long,
obscurely nerved below, the lateral ones seated on very short,
pale green, partial stalks, which are jointed at the base.
Fetioks persistent, narrow, channelled above, convex beneath,
broader at the base, from half an inch to an inch m
length. Stipules 2, concrete, persistent, membranous, sea