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GOMPHOLÓBIUM* Knightiänum. 
Mr. Knight's Gompholobium. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosz Juss. $ Papilionacee (Introduction to the 
natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 
GOMPHOLOBIUM.—Supra, vol. 6. fol. 484. 
G. Knightianum ; foliis ternatis pinnatisque : foliolis subrotundis obovatis 
ovatis linearibusque mucronatis utrinque glabris, cymulis terminalibus 
pedunculatis foliorum longitudine. 
Fruticulus erectus, ramis gracilibus, teretibus, glabris. Folia polymorpha, 
nunc ternata, nunc pinnata, foliolis 2-5-jugis cum impare ; foliola in ternatis 
subrotunda, v. obovata, v. ovata, in pinnatis linearia ; stipulee subulate, 
decidue. Cymule terminales, foliorum longitudine, 4-6-flore. Bracteæ 
subulate. Flores parvi, cerulei. Carina alba, obtusissima, dipetala. 
A pretty addition to our Greenhouses, obtained by 
Mr. Knight from the New Holland collections of Mr. 
William Baxter. It is remarkable for the very variable 
form of its leaflets, some of which are roundish, others 
ovate, others linear, while the leaves themselves are both 
ternate and pinnate; the number of pairs in the latter case 
varying from 2 to 5. There appears to be no regular order 
in which these variations occur; some branches are wholly 
pinnate, others are wholly ternate, and some have an 
irregular mixture of both sorts of leaves. 
It is a delicate plant, requiring a good airy situation in 
winter. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Knight’s Nursery in 
August last. i 
* From yos, a club, and Asses, a pod ; in allusion to the fruit. 
