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Read about Adesmia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Adesmia (not bound; referring to the free stamens). Leguminosae. More than 100 species of tender herbs, shrubs or sub-shrubs from S. Amer., allied to the peanut. Lvs. abruptly pinnate, ending in a bristle: fls. axillary, solitary, or sometimes racemose and terminal. Some of them are showy.

A. balsamica, Bert. Lvs. 1-1 1/2in. long; lfts. 10-16 in pairs: racemes 3-8-fld.; fls. 2/3in. across, golden yellow. Chile. B.M. 6921.—Has the odor of balsam.—A. boronioides. Hook. A pretty shrub, warted all over, except the petals and lfts., with large balsamiferous glands: lvs. 1 1/2-2 in. long, made up of from 10-13 pairs of sessile, orbicular, coarsely crenate, dark green lfts.: fls. bright orange-yellow, in terminal racemes. Patagonia. B.M. 7748. —A. glutinosa. Hook. & Arn. 2 ft., shrubby; the branches clothed with glutinous hairs: lvs. with 3-4 pairs of hairy elliptic lfts.: fls. yellow, racemose and terminal. Chile.—Neither is in the American trade, but both cult. in botanic gardens. N. Taylor.

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