Identifier: floralcabinetmaIIIKnow (find matches)
Title: The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Knowles, G. B. (George Beauchamp), 1829-1852 Westcott, Frederic, -1861 Baxter, W. Henry, former owner. DSI Smith, John Donnell, 1829-1928, donor. DSI Bradbury & Evans, printer Day & Haghe, printer of plates
Subjects: Plants, Ornamental Plant introduction Botanical illustration Botany Gardening
Publisher: London : William Smith
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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hiefly from A. vera, A. arabica, A. Ehrenbergii, A. tortilisand, perhaps, many others. The bark of many of the species of Acacia is powerfully tonic and astringent;which latter property renders it valuable as an article in the process of tanningleather. In fact, the bark of some of the species contains tannin in such quantitythat it has become an object of commercial speculation; and, according to theEdinburgh Philosophical Journal, in 1824 some tons of the extract of Acaciabark were imported into this country from New South Wales for the use oftanners. Since that time a preference has been given to the bark itself, of whichlarge quantities are regularly shipped at Hobart Town for England. The rose-wood of commerce is said to be the produce of a species of Mimosa found in theBrazilian forests. The generic name is formed from to sharpen, the specific name dealbataalludes to the whitened appearance of the leaves. The dissection shows a singlefloret with the germ and calyx.
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■58 PODALYRIA STYRACIFOL1A. (Styrax-leaved Podalyria.)LINNEAN SYSTEM. Nq Jq^ NATURAL ORDER. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS^ § P APILIONACE^E. GENERIC CHARACTER. Podalyria (Lam). Calyx 5-fidus, lobis ineequalibus, basi intrusa. Corolla vexillo majore,carina alis obtecta. Stamina 10, persistentia basi subconnata. Stigma capitatum. Legumensessile ventricosum polyspermum. Frutices capenses saepius sericei. Stipulce angusta? adpressse.Folia simplicia alterna. Pedunculi axillares imi aut pauci-flori. Bractea caduca?. Corolkepurpurea? roses aut albse. Calyx 5-parted, lobes unequal, thrust in at the base. Corolla with a large standard, thekeel covered by the wings. Stamens 10, persistent, somewhat joined at the base. Stigma capi-tate. Legume sessile, swelling, many-seeded. Shrubs natives of the Cape, most frequentlycovered with silky hairs. Stipules narrow, pressed to the stem. Leaves simple, alternate.Peduncles axillary, oneor few-flowered. Bracts caducous. Corolla of a purple, rose, or w

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