This pretty Cytisus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, was raised from seeds at the Hammersmith nursery, in the year 1798. It is rather a weak, and loose growing shrub, attaining the height of a foot and a half, and flowering about August. It delights in a light soil, and is propagated with ease by cuttings; it likewise perfects its seeds. The whole habit of the plant much more resembles Crotolaria than Cytisus; but the seed-vessel and empalement preclude its admission to that Genus.[Pg 378]
PLATE CCXXXVIII.
ROËLLA DECURRENS.
Decurrent-leaved Roella.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, turbinatum, quinquepartitum, persistens; laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, dentatis, magnis.
Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis, decidua; tubus calyce paulo brevior; limbus erecto-patens, quinquepartitus, calyce longior.
Nectarium e squamis quinque, conniventibus, in fundo corollæ.