LEGUMINOS.'E. XXXIl. Hovea. XXXIII. Plagiolobium. XXXIV. Platylobium. XXXV. Bossi^a. 



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Holly-let 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1824. Sli. 



' C^ofA-leaved Hovea. FL March, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



10 H. LATiFOLiA (Lodd. hot. cab. t. SO.) leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, acute, and are, as well as the branches, smooth ; pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, hardly longer than the petioles. P? . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the east coast. Flowers with a large 

 blue vexillum, and a purple keel. 



Broad-leaved HoYeix. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



1 1 H, Ce'lsi (Bonp. nav. t. 51.) leaves lanceolate, and some- Smith in Lin. trans, vol. 2. p. 350. vol. 9. p. 302. R. Br. m Iiort. 

 what rhomboid, bluntish, mucronate ; peduncles axillary, many- kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 266. D. C. prod. 2. p. 116. — Cheilococca, 



Cult. The species of Plagiolbhimn are wortli cultivating for 

 the sake of their beauty in every collection of greenhouse 

 plants. Their culture and propagation are the same as that re- 

 commended for Hovea. 



XXXIV. PLATYLO^BIUM (from TrXaruc, platys, broad, 

 and \o(3oQy lobes, a pod ; in reference to the broad legumes). 



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flowered ; branches, calyxes, and bracteas rather pilose. T2 • ^• 

 Native of New Holland. Ker. bot. reg. 280. Platychilum 

 Celsianum, Delaun. herb. amat. t. 187. Flowers beautiful blue. 

 Filaments monadelphous with a dorsal fissure, or diadelphous. 

 This is a most elegant plant when in flower. 



Cels's Hovea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



12 H. RosMARiNiFOLiA (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 

 318.) leaves linear, reticulated, revolute, covered with rusty 

 tomentum beneath, as well as on the legumes. T2 . G. Native 

 of New Holland, freqvient on the rocky pine hills north-west of 

 Bathurst. 



Rosemary-leaved Hoy ea, Fl. March, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Cult. Hovea is a genus of very elegant plants when in flower. 

 The species are most readily increased by seeds, which usually 



Salisb. prod. p. 412. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia^ Decdndria. Calyx bracteate, bila- 

 biate, upper lip bifid, roundish, large. Stamens all connected. 

 Legume pedicellate, compressed, flat, winged on the back, many- 

 seeded. — Australian shrubs, with opposite, simple, bistipulate 

 leaves, and axillary yellow flowers, but with the vexillum red at 

 the base. 



1 P. FORMosuM (Smith, nov. holl. 17- t. 6.) leaves ovate, 

 somewhat cordate ; ovary villous ; bracteas silky ; stipe of 

 legume shorter than the calyx. ^ . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the eastern coast. Vent. malm. t. 31. Curt, bot. mag. 

 469. Cheilococca apocynifolia, Salisb. 1, c. Flowers large. 



Beautiful Flatylohium. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



2 P. PARViFLORUM (Smith, nov. holl. 18.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ripen in our greenhouses ; they also may be propagated by ceolate ; ovary ciliated, smoothish ; bracteas glabrous ; stipe of 



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young cuttings planted in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass placed 

 over them. A mixture of sand, loam, and peat is the soil best 

 adapted for them. 



Clt. 1792. 



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XXXIIL PLAGIOLO'BIUM (from TrXaytoc, p^a^z'o^, trans- 

 verse or oblique, and XofooQi lohos^ a pod ; in reference to the 

 shape of the pod). Sweet, fl. austr. no. 2. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphiaf Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate (f. 26. a), 

 upper lip broad and retuse, lower one ^-parted. Keel obtuse 



Ovary sessile. Style per- paler beneath, and by the ovary being perfectly smooth, about 



(f. 26. c). Stamens diadelphous. 



manent, unilateral. Legume inflated, coriaceous, obliquely- twice the length of the stipe. 



transverse (f. 26. rf.), 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 



lian shrub, with alternate, simple, spiny-toothed leaves, resem- 2 to 4 feet. 



legume exceeding the calyx. ^ . G. Native with the preced- 

 ing. Sims, bot. mag. 1520. 



Small-Jlowered Platylobium. Fl. May, Sept. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 P. OVA^TUM (Andr. ex Sieb. pi. exslc. nov. holl. no. 374.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 pale beneath ; bracteas and ovaries glabrous ; ovary with a very 

 short stipe. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Very like P. 

 parviflbrumy but it diflTers in the leaves being more ovate-oblong, 



Austra- 



Ovate-leaxed Platylobium. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1792. Sh. 



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bUng those of the Holly. Stipulas spinose 

 blue or purple, standing on short pedicels. 



Flowers axillary, 



4 P. triangula're (R. Br. in hort. kew. 4. p. 2G6.) leaves 

 deltoid, somewhat hastate, with the angles spinose ; peduncles 



Native of New Holland, on 



FIG. 26. 



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1 P. cHORizEMiEFOLiuM (Sweet, fl. austr. no. 2.) leaves ob- bracteate both at the base and apex, but naked in the middle; 

 long-lanceolate, spiny-toothed, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous ; legume exceeding the calyx. Tj . G. Native of Van Diemen's 



Land, as well as of New Holland. Sims, bot. mag. 1508. 



7Vtan^w/ar-leaved Platylobium. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1805. 

 Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



5 P. ? obcorda'tum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 116.) leaves obcordate, 

 cuneated at the b^se, retusely-emarginate at the apex, pubescent 

 on both surfaces, as well as the branches. T2 . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Leaves 4 lines long. Very like Bossicea micro- 

 phylla, but the leaves are opposite. 



Ohcordat€-\ea\ei!i Platylobium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See HoveUy and Pultenceay p. 127, for culture and 



pedicels axillary, usually 3 or 4 together ; legume transverse, gla- 

 brous both inside and outside. Tj, " 

 the eastern coast, as well as at King 

 George's Sound. Hovea chori- 

 zemaefolia, D. C. prod. 2. p. 116. 

 Branches thickly clothed with rusty 

 pu1)escence. Calyx and pedicels 



Flowers larore. bluish- 



villo 



purple, the vexillum having a white 

 base. 



Chorizema-leaved Vlamolohium. 



,F1. Feb. April. 



Clt. 1824. Shrub 



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2 P. luciFOLiUM (Sweet, 1. c. 



l"C, spmy-toothed, 

 glabrous 



mucronate, 



; peduncles axillary, 



r twui ; legume somewhat kidney- 



I shaped, pubescent both on the in- 



wde and outside, h . G. Na- 



propagation 



BOSSIiE^A rin honour of M 



tive of New Holland, at King George's Sound, 

 phsh-blue.: Hovea ilicifolia, Cung. mss. 



Flowers pur- 



^^ ^b ^ ^^ ^ ^^ w ^ ^^i^ -^^ '^*^ '-^ - ^ — ' ' V ^ 



a French botanist, who accompanied the unfortunate La Peyrouse 

 round the world). Vent. eels. t. 7. Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 

 302. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 266. D. C. prod. 2. 



p. 116. - . /r 



Lin. syst. MonadHphia, Decdndria. Calyx bdabiate (f. 

 27. a.), upper lip large, semi-bifid, obtuse. Stamens all con- 

 nected (f. 27. d. f. 28. h.). Legume compressed (f. 27. e. f. 28. 

 c), flat, pediceUate, many-seeded, with the margins thickened 

 on both sides. Seeds strophiolate.— Australian shrubs, with 



