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GOMPHOLOBIUM* venuldsum. 



Veiny-leaved Gompholobium. 



DECANDRTA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos* Juss. § Papilionacece. (Introduction to the 



tral system of Botany, p. 87.) 



GOMPHOLOBIUM.— Supra, vol. 6. fol. 484. 



G. venulosum ; foliolis 3 lineari-lanceolatis venulosis mucronatis margine 

 revolutis, stipulis petiolo longioribus, pedunculis subterminalibus solitariis 

 apice bibracteolatis, corollis calyce longioribus. 



Frutex parvus, glaberrimus ; ramis ascendentibus, gracilibus, subangu- 

 is. Folia ternata; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis linearibusque, reticulato- 



/atfis. 



wwosis, rigidis, mucronatis, margine revolutis. Stipulae virides, subulatce, 

 petiolo longiores. Flores solitarii, terminates, aut scepiiis, ob evolutionem 

 gemma ultimce axillaris, subterminales ; pedunculis foliis longioribus, sub 

 apice semper, supra basin aliquandb bibracteolati. Calyx viridis, glaber- 

 rimus, alte 5-fidus, corolld brevior. Vexillum cordatum, emarginatum, 

 margine subcrispmn, anticd vitellinum, dorso subroseum. Alte et carina 

 pariter vitellines, obtusissimce, vexillo breviores. 



The south of New Holland seems to abound as much in 

 Gompholobia as the south of Europe in Lathyri, for almost 

 every new collection yields additional species of the genus. 

 That now figured was raised by Mr. Knight, of the King's 

 Road, from seeds collected by Mr. Baxter : it differs from 

 all that are yet known, in its leaflets being distinctly marked 

 with little elevated slightly anastomosing veins, after the 

 manner of the Mirbelias. Its stipulae are also remarkably 

 green and persistent. Judging from M. De Candolle's 

 specific character, it may be related to G. tetrathecoides ; 

 but that species has downy hispid branches. 



This is a delicate little shrub, flowering in July and 

 August. It requires precisely the treatment to be adverted 



to at fol. 1578. 



J. L. 



* See fol . 1 468 





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