Plate 829 - Hairy Aspalathus

[ 829 ] AsPALATHUS ARANEOSA.

HAIRY AsPALATHUS. ****** **** Class and Order.

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia superiore majore.

Legumen ovatum, macticum, fubdispermum. specific Character and synonyms.

AsPALATHUS araneofa; foliis fasciculatis filiformibus laxis pilofis, capitulis hirfutis.

Thunb.

Prod. 126.

Willd. spec.

Pl. 3. p. 962.

AsPALATHUS araneofa; foliis fasciculatis fetaceis inermibus hifpidis, floribus capitatis.

GENIsTA Æthiopica flore flavo, foliolis inflexis et araneofa lanugine fimbriatis, fummo ramulo circa flores glomeratis.

Pluk.

Mant. 87. t. 414. f. 4.

Seb.

Thef. 1. p. 38. t. 23. f. 6.

DEsCR. stem shrubby with pendulous woolly branches.

Leaves filiform, befet with long white hairs, from three to nine, collected in alternate fafcicles, which are woolly at the base.

Flowers bluifh white, terminal, collected in a capitulum, nearly sessile, intermixed with bracttes like the leaves, three to each flower, the length of the calyx.

Calyx of one leaf five-toothed: teeth long, awl-shaped, befet with very long white filky hairs, and are equal in size, in which respect they do not correfpond with the generic character.

Vexillum for the most part ftraight, connivent, longer than the alæ which enclose the carina: all these parts are hairy or villous on the outfide.

The flowers when dried appear yellow, which probably mifled PLUKENET and SEBA, who never faw the plant in a living state, if their plant be indeed the fame with ours.

This elegant shrub is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and requires a greenhouse to protect it from frost.

Our draw- ing was taken in June 1804, at GEORGE HIBBERT's, Efq. at Clapham-Common HULL subfcription Library N° N° 829 syd Edwards del Pub by TCurtis, sGeo Crefcent Apr 1, 1805 ESanfom sculp

[ 829 ] AsPALATHUS ARANEOSA. HAIRY AsPALATHUS. ****** **** Class and Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Generic Character. Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia superiore majore. Legumen ovatum, macticum, fubdispermum. specific Character and synonyms. AsPALATHUS araneofa; foliis fasciculatis filiformibus laxis pilofis, capitulis hirfutis. Thunb. Prod. 126. Willd. spec. Pl. 3. p. 962. AsPALATHUS araneofa; foliis fasciculatis fetaceis inermibus hifpidis, floribus capitatis. GENIsTA Æthiopica flore flavo, foliolis inflexis et araneofa lanugine fimbriatis, fummo ramulo circa flores glomeratis. Pluk. Mant. 87. t. 414. f. 4. Seb. Thef. 1. p. 38. t. 23. f. 6. DEsCR. stem shrubby with pendulous woolly branches. Leaves filiform, befet with long white hairs, from three to nine, collected in alternate fafcicles, which are woolly at the base. Flowers bluifh white, terminal, collected in a capitulum, nearly sessile, intermixed with bracttes like the leaves, three to each flower, the length of the calyx. Calyx of one leaf five-toothed: teeth long, awl-shaped, befet with very long white filky hairs, and are equal in size, in which respect they do not correfpond with the generic character. Vexillum for the most part ftraight, connivent, longer than the alæ which enclose the carina: all these parts are hairy or villous on the outfide. The flowers when dried appear yellow, which probably mifled PLUKENET and SEBA, who never faw the plant in a living state, if their plant be indeed the fame with ours. This elegant shrub is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and requires a greenhouse to protect it from frost. Our draw- ing was taken in June 1804, at GEORGE HIBBERT's, Efq. at Clapham-Common. HULL subfcription Library N° N° 829 syd Edwards del Pub by TCurtis, sGeo Crefcent Apr 1, 1805 ESanfom sculp.