Tab. 4171 

 GOMPHOLOBIUM barbigerum. 



Fringe-keeled Gompholobium. 



Nat. Ord. Leguminosjb. — Decandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra Tab. 1533.J 



Gompholobium barbigerum; ramis angulatis, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis 

 lato-linearibus setaceo-acutis, carina margine barbata, vexillo amplo 

 petalis calyceque majore. 



Gompholobium barbigerum. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 105. 



Gompholobium fimbriatum. Sieb. PI. Exsicc. Nov. Holl. n. 361. (in Herb. 

 nostr.) not Sm. 



One of the most beautiful of the many New Holland 

 Leguminoscs, confounded by Sieber with the G. fimbriatum, 

 but correctly determined by De Candolle, and named by 

 him " barbigerum" in allusion to the curious, deep, beard-like 

 fringe on the margins of the keel of the corolla ; by which 

 character it is readily distinguished from G. grandiflorum, 

 and no less easily by its broader leaves and larger flowers. No 

 exact locality is given for the plant by Sieber, nor by Mr. 

 Fraser (in Herb, nostr.) : but I possess beautiful specimens 

 gathered at Port Stephen by Capt. Sir Edward Parry. It 

 flowers in the greenhouse of the Nursery of Messrs. Lucombe 

 and Pince, who appear to have been the first to introduce it 

 alive to this country, in April, 1845. 



Descr. Apparently a moderate-sized shrub, with twiggy, 

 erect, glabrous, angular branches. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 bearing three rather broadly-linear, more or less acute, 

 often setaceous (sometimes obtuse or even retuse) leaflets, 

 tapering at the base. Flowers copious, very large, terminal, 

 or usually on short, axillary branches, with small leaves, 

 which in structure resemble those of the stem. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, of five deep, oblong, acute, segments. Corolla full 

 yellow : Standard, or vexillum, very large, suborbicular, but 

 much broader than long, hence subreniform, and considerably 



