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GOMPHOLOBIUM * tenue 



Delicate Gompholobium. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 





Nat. ord. Leguminos^ Ju*8. § Papilionacese. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 



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



G. tenue ; glaberrimum, caulibus filiformibus laevibus, foliolis 3 linearibus 



angustissimis margine revolutis mucronulatis, floribus solitariis peduncu- 



latis, vexillo emarginato carina imberbi dupl6 longiore. 



Suffrutex glaberrimus, debilis, ramis Jiliformibus angulatis lavibus uni- 



floris. Folia 3-foliolata, foliolis linearibus, venosis, margine revolutis, 



mucronulatis ; stipulis subulatis petioli longitudine. Calyx viridis, lacinns 



subcequalibus . Petala lutea, vexillo extus purpurascente . 



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A little under-shrub, found on the south-west of New 

 Holland by Mr. William Baxter, from whose seeds it was 

 raised in the Nursery of Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, 

 where it flowered in August last for the first time. 



It is nearly related to G. virgatum, from which it differs 

 in the proportion borne by the standard to the keel ; and 



G. venulosum. from which it is distinguished by 



very 



A greenhouse plant, increased by seeds and cuttings. 

 It requires to be kept in an extremely well-ventilated 



situation. 





J. L. 



See fol. 1468. 



