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OXYLOBIUM retw^. 
N'etted-leaved Owylobium, 
— ^ nilCANDRIA MONOG VNI^. 
1 
Nat. ord. Leguminos J^. 
OX YL OBIUM. Suprd vol. 5. fol. 392. 
foliis ovatis v. oblongib retusis reticulatis, coryml^ capttatu 
O. retusum; 
foliis b: 
Chorizema coriaic^r^^^l^*i4yi» ima. 7Vansf9.25i> 
Ojtyjobium retusum. Brown prodr.fi. Nov, Hoi 
Rami subangulati, sulcati, densissimi cinereo-' 
erecttBf tomentoste. Folia petiolata, petiolo 
liees's Cycl. in loco. 
\ 2. iyied. 
Stipulse subulaice, 
'oso : oblonga, v. 
owrta, retusay apiculata, superficie eleganter reticulatd. Racemi capitato- 
corytnbosif pedunculati, axillares v. terminales, Joliis multo breviores. Calyx 
campantilatus, quinque-dentatus, villosissimus, basi bracteatus, in exempla- 
ribus spontaneis ferrugineus, in hortensibus argenteus. Corolla aurantiaca, 
purpureo venosa. Vexillum t^fnwersum, erectum, planum emarginatum. 
Alee et Carina compressa, p^^Knee, eequiUmgcB, purpurea^ vexilii longitudtne. 
The genus Oxylobium, as defined by Mr. Brown in 
the second edition of Hortus Kewensis, is distinguished 
from Chorizema of Labillardiere by its calyx being nearly 
regular, not distinctly bilabiate ; by the carina l)eing com- 
pressed, and as long as the alae, not inflated and shorter 
than alae ; and by the pod being ovate and sharp-pointed. 
In the characters of the flower, the subject of this article 
agrees better with Oxylobium than with Chorizema, and 
Mr. Bf&wn has been so kind as to inform us, that the pod 
is that of Oxy]o])ium, to which genus he has referred it 
under the name we have adopted. 
A handsome f>Teenhouse shrub, native of King George's 
Sound in Xew Holland, whence seeds were brought by 
Mr. J. Richardson. The spcjiimens from which our draw- 
