1647 



GASTROLOBIUM* retiisum 



Blunt-leaved Gastrolobium. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. LEGUMiNOSiE Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 86.) 



GASTROLOBIUM.— Supra, vol. 5.fol. 411. 



G. retusum ; foliis cuneato-oblongis retusis subtils subsericeis reticulatis : 



mucronulo deciduo, capitulis paucifloris. 



Caulis erectus, sericeus, ramis compressis. Folia verticillata, uncia 

 breviora, cinereo-viridia, cuneata, apice retusa, nullo modo biloba, nunc 

 acutiuscula, mucronulo uncato prominente deciduo ; subtus reticulata, sub- 

 sericea, demum calva ; stipuloe setacece, plumosce, recurvce, petiolis longiores. 

 Capitula terminalia et axillaria. Calyces villosissimi. Corollae aurantiacoe, 

 purpureo striolatce, carind concolore. 



A smaller plant than the old but rare species G. bilobum, 

 already figured at fol. 411 of this work. Its flowers are of 

 the same rich orange yellow, but in smaller heads; and 

 their keel is not purple, but of the same colour as the other 

 petals. 



A native of the south coast of New Holland, whence it 

 was received by Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, in whose 

 Nursery our figure was made in May last. 



It is a pretty greenhouse plant, easily propagated by 

 cuttinsrs. 



Fig. 1. is a magnified representation of the calyx ; 2. of the ovary ; 



and 3. of the stamens with the ovary in their middle. 



J. L. 



* From y*0«r*g, the abdomen, and **fSk% f a pod : it might be Englished 

 11 Bladder- pod," the pods having an inflated appearance. 



