LEGUMINOSiE. XXIV. Dillwynia. XXV. Eutaxia. XXVI. Sclerothamnus. XXVII. Gastrolobium 



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. ^cicw/ar-leaved Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1826. Sh. greenhouse plants. They should be grown in an equal mix- 



1 to 4 feet. ture of loam, sand, and peat, and the pots should be well drained 



7 D. ru'dis (Sieb. *pl. exsic. nov. holl. no. 400.) racemes with sherds. Young cuttings root freely in a pot of sand, with 



terminal, leafy ; branches villous ; leaves acicular, straight, a bell-glass placed over them, 

 rather mucronate, and scabrous from tubercles, glabrous. Tj . G. 



Native of New Holland. Flowers axillary, on short pedicels, vv\7' t?tt't^a'vta fc t / • i i. • n 



«v.*^^^, ;^ 4. ;! 4.1 r J- 1 • -1 *^ T. AaV. riU 1 a XI A (irom eura^m, eutaxia. modesty; m allu- 



approximate, and thcreiore disposed m racemose spikes. Brae- • ^ .i j r . i i c.\ ^ . \ 



*«o\, o «#. i-i t. c u J- 1 J ^ 11 1 1 sion to the deucate and modest appearance oi the inants when m 



teas 2 at the base of each pedicel, and 2 smaller alonrr the n _\ xy r> - \ . ^ in i o ^JT\n i 



nprh'ppk. nil .IppiVln^n. 1...L. K_k i;..o 1 T7U„...f ,..1 Woom). R. Br. m hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 16. D. C. prod. 



pedicels, all deciduous. Leaves 5-Q lines long. Flowers yel- 

 low, but with the base of the vexillum purple. 



/3 



' folia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 109.) 



2. p. 109. 



LlN". SYST. 



Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bilabiate, upper 



shorter, and distinctly mucronate. Sieb. 1. c. no. 402. 



Var. 7, teretifolm (D. C. prod. 1. c) leaves evidently tuber- 

 cled, glabrous ; branches with a few hairs ; calyx glabrous. D. 

 teretifolia, Sieb. 1. c. no. 404. 



Var. ^, hispidula (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves distinctly tu- 

 bercled ; tubercles for the most part bearing tufts of hairs ; 

 calyx pubescent. 



Rustic Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



8 D. TENUiFOLTA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no, 409.) flowers 



subtermlnal, and usually solitary ; leaves linear, very slender, 



rather obtuse, straight ; branches puberulous. "^ . G. Native 



of New Holland. Legume pubescent. Leaves much less stiff 



and acute than in the rest of the species. 



Fine-leaved Dillwynia. Fl. April, June, Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



9 D. PiiYLicoiDEs (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 347.) 

 flowers corymbose, terminal, pedicellate ; leaves linear, short. 



lip somewhat emarginate, lower lip trifid. Vexillum broader than 

 long. Ovary 2-seeded. Style hooked. Stigma capitate. 

 Legume a little ventricose. Seeds strophiolate. — Smooth Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, with simple opposite leaves, and golden flowers. 



1 E. MYRTiFOLiA (R. Br. 1. c.) Icaves lanceolate or obovate- 

 lanceolate, mucronate ; pedicels axillary, twin ; appendages of 

 wings very short. ^2 • ^* Native of New Holland. Dillwynia 

 myrtifolia. Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 263. D. obov^ta, Labill. 

 nov. holl. t. 140. Sims, hot. mag. 1274. Flowers numerous 

 along the branches, elegant. Stipulas small. 



Myrtle-leaved Eutaxia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 2 to 6 feet. 



2 E. pu'ngens (Sweet, fl. austr. 28.) leaves scattered or ver- 

 ticillate, acicular, somewhat recurved, ending in a pungent mu- 

 crone, glabrous, with revolute margins; peduncles few-flowered, 

 axillary, crowded ; ovary villous ; branches and pedicels clothed 



Native of New Hol- 



with adpressed canescent down, 

 land. 



T^. G. 



Dillwynia pvmgens, 

 thickly clothed with acerose Icaves. 



Cung. 



mss. Branches slender, 

 Flowers crowded towards 



mucronate, erectly-spreadinrr, w^ith renexed, somewhat twisted ^i ^ p .i i i n i * -^i i i • i 



mnrmn. • ..!.../_ -^ K.o^.^L ..;u... . ..' ...i:.... t. n the tops of the branches, yellow, but with a dark-orange circle 



Native of New Holland, on hills about Bathurst. This species 

 is nearly allied to D. ericifblia. 



Phylica-Uke Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



10 D. SERi'cEA (Cung. 1. c.) canescent ; flowers usually twin, 

 axillary ; leaves linear, straight, rather terete. ^ . G. Native 

 of New Holland, around Bathurst. 



Silky Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



round the base of the vexillum. 



Pur}gent-\eQ,veii Eutaxia. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1825. Shrub 



Cidt. The species of Eutaxia are very elegant })Iants when 

 in flower. For culture and propagation see Dillrvynia. 



XXVI. SCLEROTHA'MNUS (from cKXripoq, sMeros, hard, 

 and ^afxvoQ, thamnosy a shrub; rigid shrubs, with stiff* hard 

 leaves). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. IG. D. C. prod. 2. 



Sect. U. Xerope'talum (from ^i?poc, ^^ro5, dry, and TreraXoj^, Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogyma. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 



petaloriy a petal; in reference to the petals and stamens being bibracteate at the base. Carina of flower length of wings. Ovary 

 permanent, even when dry). R. Br. in bot. mag. 2247. Petals 2-seeded, pedicellate. Style ascending, filiform. Stigma simple. 

 and stamens permanent even when dry. 



11 D. cinera'scens (R. Br. ex Sims, bot. mag. t. 2247.) 

 corymbs terminal, sessile : leaves filiform, spreading, ending in 



Legume ventricose. Flowers yellow. 



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1 S. micropiiy'llus (R. Br. 1. c.) Tp . G. Native of New- 

 Holland, on the southern coast. 



Small-leaved Sclerothamnus. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1803. 



Native of Van Diemen*s Land. Lodd. bot. cab. 527. D. juni- Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



perina, Sieb. pi. exsic nov. holl. no. 411. Mucrone of leaves Cult. An elegant plant when in flower. For its culture and 



straight. 



Far. (3 

 curved. R. Br. 1. c. 



propagation see Dillwynia. 



BIUM 



n^^.,;o7 r^u • 171 Tir T T 1 r-i. loin cii. 4.^4^4. AAV 11. U A^ i H^LjU i5iv IM [ivom ya(TTT]p, gasier, lUG Dtny, 



Greyish B^lWyma. Fl. March. July. Clt.1819. Sh.2to4ft. ^^j Xo/3oc. /o6o., a pod ; in reference to L pods being inflated). 





f A species not suffi 



TV hie h it 



?f erred is extremely doubtful 



R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 16. D. C. prod. 2. p. 110. 



LiN. SYST. 



12 D. GLYciNiFOLiA (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 264.) flowers 

 disposed in racemes ; leaves ovate and linear, reticulated, with 

 revolute edges. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, at King 

 George's Sound. Flowers purple. Style curved so much as to 

 form a circle. Stems decumbent. Leaves pungent. Fruit un- 

 known. Perhaps a species of Chorizema, or perhaps a proper 

 genus. 



Gly cine-leaved Dillwynia. PL procumbent. 

 CuU. The species of Dillwynia are very elegant shrubs when 

 in flower, and deserve to be cultivated in every collection of 



VOL. II. 



bractless. 

 dicellate. 



Legume 



Decdiidria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 

 Petals about equal in length. Ovary 2-seeded, pe- 

 Style subulate, ascending. Stigma simple, 

 ventricose. Seeds strophiolate. — Australian shrubs, with simple 

 leaves, disposed 4 in a whorl. Stipulas subulate, distinct. 

 Flowers yellow, disposed in a terminal ovate raceme. 



1 G. BiLOBUM (R. Br. 1. c.) ^ . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the south-west coast. Ker. bot. reg. t. 411. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 70. Turp. diet, sc, nat. with a figure. Leaves uncinate, wedge- 

 shaped, retuse or emarginately 2-Iobed, with a mucrone in the 

 notch, silky on the under surface. Legume pedicellate, about 

 equal in length to the tube of the calyx. 



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