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LEGUMINOS^. XXI. Viminaria. XXII. Sph^rolobium. XXIII. Aotus. XXIV. Dillwynia. 



N, 



Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1780. Sli. 2 to 4 ft. - 4 A. virga'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 108.) leaves scabrous from 



2 V. LATERIFLORA (Link, enum. 1. p. 403.) flowers subrace- 

 mose ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, reflexed. ^ . G. Native of 

 • New Holland. Flowers larger than those of F. denudata. Leaves 



wanting. 



Fruit unknown. 



Side-Jlowercd 

 2 to 3 feet. 



•Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



Cult. Elegant shrubs when in flower. For culture and pro- 

 pagation see JacksdniUy p. 119. 



tubercles above ; flowers axillary, disposed into ovate, capitate, 

 terminal spikes. ^2 • ^' Native of New Holland. Pultena'a 

 virgata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. hoU, no. 389. Branches grey 

 from velvety pubescence. Leaves disposed 3 in a whorl Brae- 

 teas wanting. Calyx clothed with appressed pubescence. 



Twiggtj Aotus. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. Elegant little shrvibs when in flower. For culture and 

 propagation see next genus* 



Xo/3 



SPHiEROLO 



XXIV.' DILLWY'NIA (in honour of Lewis Weston Dill. 



Smith, ann. bot. l.p. 509. Lin. trans. 9. p. 261. R. Br. in hort. wyn, F.R.S. F.L.S. whose labours on British Confi 



kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 14. D. C. prod. 2. p. 107. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 

 bractless at the base. Style furnished with a membrane at the 

 apex, beardless. Stigma terminal. Legume spherical, 1-2- 

 seeded, pedicellate. — Little Australian shrubs, with twiggy few- 

 leaved branches, but the adult ones are perfectly leafless. Leaves 

 simple. Flowers disposed in loose racemose spikes. 



1 S. vimi'neum (Smith, 1. c.) tube of calyx a little shorter 

 than the lips ; style inclosed, arched at the base. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Sims, bot. mag. 969. 

 S. mmus, Labill. nov. holl. t. 138. Flowers yellow. 



Twiggy Sphaerolobium. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1 802. Sh. 1 ft. 



2 V. me'dium (R. Br. 1. c.) tube of calyx one-half shorter 



well known). Smith, ann. bot. 1. p. 510. Lin. trans. 9. p. 262. 



R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 15. D. C. prod. 2. p. 108. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 



tapering at the base. Petals inserted in the middle of the tube 



of the calyx. Lamina of vexillum twice the breadth of the 



length, 2-lobed; lobes spreading. Ovary 2-seeded. Style 



hooked. Stigma capitate. Legume ventricose. Seeds stro- 



phiolate. — Australian subshrubs, with simple leaves and yellow 



flowers on short pedicels. Stipulas wanting or very small, deci- 

 duous. 



than the lips. 



h 



Native of New Holland, on the south- 



Sect. L Dillwynia'strum (see genus for derivation). Petals 

 and stamens deciduous. 



1 D. floribu'nda (Smith, exot. bot. t. 26.) flowers crowded, 

 axillary, twin ; leaves crowded, subulate, mucronulate, scabrous 

 from tubercles. Tj. G. Native of New Holland, on the 



Cult ^Thp ^iiPPi'p« nf flWc rrnnne oro ^1^ ^ T, ' n ^^"^^ ^"^ ^^^^ coasts. D. cricifoHa, Sims, bot. mag. 1544. 



cult, ihe species of this genus are elegant when m flower; Bundle-Anw.r.d nm^vn,-. v^ a' .;i T.i,. ru 1794. SL 



west coast. Flowers red. 



Intermediate Sphserolohxum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh 

 1 to 3 feet. 



their culture and propagation are the same as that for Jack- 

 soniay p. 119. 



XXIIL AOTUS (from a priv. and wra, ota, ears; in allu- 



Bundle-Lowered 

 2 to 6 feet. 



2 p. ERiciFOLiA (Smith, exot. bot. t. 25.) corymbs of flowf^ 

 •minal ; leaves subulate, pungent, scabrous from points, divan- 



terminal 



Native of Ne« 



, ,1 , n ' , ^^ - , „.„, — „, „. - cate, scattered; branches pubescent. h- -■ 



i_„ f:.™ «^'''PP'^"f^ag^s »\ the calyx, which in Pultence' a Holland, on the eastern coast. Pultenae^a retorta, Wendl hort 



July. Clt. 1794. Sh. 



, istmct, a genus which is most nearly allied). Smith, herrenh. 2. p. 13. t. 9. 



ann. bot. 1. p. 504. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 249. R. Br. in hort. kew. 

 ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 14. D. C. prod. 2. p. 108. 



Lin. syst. Dccandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 

 bractless at the base. Petals and stamens deciduous. Ovary 2- 

 seeded. Style filiform. Legume 2-valved. Seeds without a 

 strophiola.— Australian shrubs, with simple, linear-subulate 

 leaves, revolute at the margins, alternate or nearly opposite, or 

 3 m a whorl.^ Flowers axillary, yellow. 



1 A. viLLosA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves smoothish on the upper 

 surface ; flowers axillary, disposed in racemose spikes along the 

 branches. ^2 • G. Native of New Holland. Calyx clothed 

 with silky appressed villi. Legume pedicellate. Seeds covered 

 with wrinkled dots. 



Villous Aouxs. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1790. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



March 



He 



2 to 4 feet. 



3 D. junipe'rina (Lodd. bot. cab. 401.) leaves nearly A'* 

 form, smooth, ending in a pungent mucrone, spreading, straigH 

 serrated; heads of flowers terminal; pedicels bibracteate; 

 branches twiggy, spreading, pubescent. Tj . G. Native of Ne« 

 Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Corolla orange-coloured, «i* 

 the vexillum and wings streaked in their lower part with red 



Juniper-like Dillwynia. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



March 



Clt. 1818. 



Sb> 



nibJ 



4 D. glabe'rrima (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 263.) cory 

 terminal ; leaves filiform, erect, smooth, ending in » .*°" 



Native of New Holland, on JK 



Lodd. bot. cab. 5»- 



recurved mucrone. Tj 



eastern coast. 



9 A x-nx^^v^x-^ 1 ' 'i- ""' * -" ~ t*^' caoiciii wuttsu Sims, bot. mag. 944. 



LVv ?Xrv ' ^^''•' ^\"^"^' ..y^'-y ^'^"te' J^'-^^y ; flowers Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 109. t. 139. Legumes puberulous. 



■' ' — r,^ ,„ „„. , , ,x . Cult. 1800 



solitary, axillary, appearmg m axillary racemose spikes along 

 the branches ; branches clothed with cinereous spreading hairs! 

 T2 . G. Native of New Holland. Pultense^a ericoides? Vent. 

 "?^!™-.*- t"^\^-/'"^sf»' Sims, bot. mag. 949. Pultense'a rosma- 

 rmifo ha, Sieb pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 387 ? A. viUosa var. a, 

 encoules, D. C. prod. 2. p. 108. 



Heath like Aotus. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



3 A. FERRUGixEA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. t. 132.) leaves linear, 

 obtuse, scabrous from tubercles above ; flowers twin, axillary, 

 rising along the branches ; branches clothed with rusty down, 

 when young with silky rusty down. T? . G. Native of Van 

 Diemen s Land. 

 p. 108. 



Very smooth Dillwynia. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



March 



Sb. 



5 D. parvifolia (R. Br. in Sims, bot. mag. t. 1527.)corytJ^ 

 ■"""""^ ^-" ^ -' rather capitate ; leaves short, croWd^_ 



, and spreading; pedicels ^'^"^^^'^Lt 



terminal, few-flowered, 

 in a decussate manner 



stigma capitate. T2 ■ G. Native of New Holland. Lodd 

 cab. 55d. D. microphylla, Sieb. 1. c. no. 410 and 555. 



Small-leaved Dillwynia. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1800. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Sk 





/3 



naked, terminal ; branches and pedicels covered with ^^V^^ ^^ 

 canescent down ; leaves ascicular, straight, rather ^^^^^yj^ 

 smooth, h . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 8-10 



/fMv//y Ar^f„o 171 A I T ^1 .^ ^, smooin. w . vj. JNative ot JNew Monana. xjcavca - - 



Jiu^lr, Aotns. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. long. Racemes 8-12-flowered. Calyx rather pubescent. 



