Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 792 - Colutea galecifolia (Small-leaved Bladder-Senna) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 792, Colutea galecifolia (Small-leaved Bladder-Senna).

• Plate: 792
• Latin name: Colutea galecifolia
• Common name: Small-leaved Bladder-Senna
• Flower colour: Scarlet Orange
• Linnaean class / order: Diadelphia / Decandria
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 792 ]

COLUTEA GALECIFOLIA. SMALL-LEAVED BLADDER-SENNA.

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Class and Order.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

Generic Character.
Cal. campanulatus 5-fidus persflens. Stigma hinc villosum. Legumen inflatum membranaceum polyspermum.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
COLUTEA galecifolia; caule fructicoso, foliolis ovalibis emarginatis novem-jugis, leguminibus longius pedicellatis. VICIA galecifolia; pedunculis multifloris erectis; floribus striatis; foliolis ovalibus, subtruncatis, reflexis. Bot. Repos. 139. DESC. Stem shrubby, low, flexuose, with herbaceous, angular branches. Stipules two, ovate, small, embracing the petiole, but distinct from it. Peduncles from the axils of the petioles, longer than the leaves, bearing several shewy flowers alternately on short, curved pedicles, each supported by a single, small, ovate bract. Calyx campanulate, five-toothed, persistent: teeth wide at the base, acute, with white villous margins. Corolla large for the size of the shrub, scarlet orange coloured. Vexillum orbicular, blunt pointed, somewhat reflected, keeled at the base where it is marked with a yellow spot. Ale smaller than the keel. Carina of one petal, including the parts of fructification; when folded, nearly semi-orbicular. Stamens diadelphous. Germen attenuated at both ends; style ascending, hairy on the upper surface its whole length. Seed-Pod inflated, membranaceous, veined, oblong-oval, on a pedicle four times longer than the calyx, beaked. Seeds

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