P L A T E CCXXXVIL
C Y T I S U S T O M E N T O S U S .
Downy-leaved Cytifus.
C L A S S XVII. O R D E R IV.
DI A DE LP 111 A DECANDRIA. Threads in two fets. Ten Chives.
G E N E R I C
C A L Y X , Perianlhium monophyllum, campanu-
'. . r b r e v e , ban" o b t u f i im ¡ o r e b i l a b i a t o:
l a b i o l u p e r i o r e bifido, a c u m i n a t o ; inferiore
t r i d e u t a t o .
C O R O L L A papillionacea.
VexUlum ova t u r n , affurgens, laterioribus
reflexis.
Alt l o n g i t u d i n e v e x i l l l , reda?, o b t u s e.
Carina ventricnlofa, acurainat 1.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta diadelpha ((implex et n o -
vemfidum) a m i r g e n t i a . Anthera; limpliees.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen oblongum. Stylus iimp
l e x , affurgens. Sligma obtufum.
P E R I C A H P I O M . Legumen oblongum, obtufum,
ball a l t e n u a t u m , rigidum.
S E M I N A n o n n u l i a , reniformia, comprefla.
S P E C I F IC
Cytifus racemis l a t e r a l i b u s , e r e c t i s ; ramis t c r e -
t i b u s , divarlcatis; foliolis ovatis, tomentofis;
vcxillo c r e n u l a t o ; corollls l u t e i s.
CHARACTER.
E M P A L E M B N T . Cup one-lcaved, bell (baped,
fliort, blunt at t h e bafe; m o u t h t w o - l i p p e d;
upper l ip t w o - c l e f t , t a p e r e d ; lower tip t h r e e -
c l e f t .
BLOSSOM butterfly-fbaped.
S/n/zAmi c g g - t h a p e d , r i f i n g upwards, t u r n ed
b a c k a t t h e fides.
Wings the l e n g t h of t h e ftandard, itraight,
b l u n t .
A W a l i t t l e b e l l i e d , tapered.
C H I V E S . Threads in two fets (one fingle, the
other nine-cleft) turned upwards. Tips
fimple.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud oblong. Shaft fimple,
t u r n e d upwards. Summit obtufe.
S E E D - V E S S E L . Pod oblong, obtufe, tapered at
t h e bafe, (tiff.
SEEDS a f e w , " k i d u e y - f l i a p e , flattened.
CHARACTER.
Cytifus with the bunches of flowers growing
from the fides of the branches, which are
round and ftraddle; leaflets egg-fiiaped and
d o w n y ; ftandard a l i t t l e fcolloped; bloffoms
yellow.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1. T h e Empalement.
2. T h e ftandard.
3. One of t h e W i n g s .
A. T h e Keel.
5 . T h e E m p a l e m e n t , Chives, a n d Pointa!, a l i t t l e magnified.
6. T h e Seed-bud, magnified.
7. A r i p e Pod.
8 . T h e fame, fplit open, t o expofe t h e fituation of t h e feeds.
T H . S p r e t t y Cytifus, a native of t h e C a p e of Good H o p e , was raifed from feeds a t t h e H a m m e r f m i th
n u r f e r y in the year 1 7 9 8 . It is rather a w e a k , and loofe growing fhrab, a t t a i n i n g t h e height of a
Iot a d half, and flowering about Augufi. It d e l i g h t s in a l i g h t foil, and is propagated with eafo
by c u t t i n g • it hkewife perfects its feeds. The whole habit of t h e plant m u c h more r d e m b l e s Crotoferia
than^Cytifus; but t h e feed-veffel and e m p a l e m e n t p r e c l u d e i t s a d m i l h o n t o that Genus.