PODOLOBIUM staurophyllum. 
Pungent-leaved Podolobium. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LeguminosvE. Tribus I. Sophoreee, Dec. prodr. 
PODOLOBIUM R. Br. —Calyx 5-fidus, bilabiatus: labio superiore 
bifido, inferiore 3-partito. Corollce carina compressa, longitudine alarum 
vexillum explanatum subaequantium. Ovarium simplici serie 4-spermum. 
Stylus ascendens. Stigma simplex. Legumen pedicellatum 1 ineari-oblongum 
modic6 ventricosum intits laeve.-Suffrutiees Chabitu horizematis, et cum 
hoc genere forsan, Smithio prceeunte, conjungendce. Dec. prodr. 2.103. 
P. staurophyllum; foliis oppositis trifidis, lobis subaequalibus integris apice 
spinosis, ovario glabro. Dec. 1. c. 
Sufl'rutex, ramis rcctis, subangulatis, rufo-pubescentibus. Folia opposita, 
subscssilia , rigida, pungentia, triloba, utrinque glabra, subtiis reticulata; lobis 
cequalibus lineari-ovatis, acuminatis, spinosis: posticis sceptics bilobis. Flores 
subgeminati, axillares: pedicellis bracteolatis, pubescentibus. Calyx cam- 
panulatus, bilabiatus; labio superiore bilobo, inferiore 3-partilo, laciniis 
parvis ovatis acutis. Corolla parva, lutea, caiina et alis porrectis vexillo 
brevioribus; vexillo subrotundo, apice rctuso. Stamina decern, distincta. 
Ovarium glabrum, staminibus brevius. Stylus ascendens, subulatus. Stigma 
minimum. 
A pretty little green-house plant, native of the eastern 
coast of New Holland, where seeds were collected by 
Mr. John Richardson. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in 
March last. 
It does not appear to have been described until it was 
defined in M. De Candolle’s work, from a collection of 
New Holland dried specimens, published by Sieber. De 
Candolle observes that he has seen it confounded with 
P. trilobatum , from which it is quite distinct. 
