Aspalathus Pendunculata. Small-Leaved Aspalathus.

Class and Order.

Diadelphia Decandria.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus: lacinia superiore majore. Legumen ovatum muticum subdispermum.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

ASPALATHUS pendunculata foliis fasciculatis subulatis glabris, pedunculis filiformibus folio duplo longioribus. L'Herit. Sert. Angl. t. 26. Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 16.

Of the five species of Aspalathus enumerated in the Hortus Kewensis, four are natives of the Cape; of those, three have been introduced by Mr. Masson: the albens and candicans in 1774, the present species in 1775.

This is one of the plants figured by Mons. L'Heritier, in a work of his, entitled Sertum Anglicum, containing new species observed by him during his excursion to this country a few years since, most of which flowered in the royal garden at Kew.

It will grow to the height of several feet, produces abundance of blossoms, which open during most of the summer months, and is propagated by cuttings.

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