Tas. 6751. 
LABICHEA LANCEOLATA. 
Native of South-Western Australia. 
Nat. Ord. LEgumrnosz.—Tribe CassiEz. 
Genus LasicHEa, Gaud.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p. 573.) 
LasicueEa lanceolata; frutex erectus, glaberrimus, foliis 1-3-foliolatis subsessilibus, 
foliolis lineari-oblongis linearibusve utrinque acuminatis apice pungentibus 
coriaceis nitidis, racemis axillaribus foliosis, sepalis 4-5 oblongis, petalis 4 
sepalis duplo majoribus rotundatis aureis, anthera majore corniforme minore 
lineari-oblonga duplo majore, ovario stipitato villoso-sericeo. 
L lanceolata, Benth. Enum. Pl. Hueg. p. 41; Fl. Austral. vol. i. p. 293. 
L. diversifolia, Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. vol. i. p. 23; Lindl. et Part. Fl. Gard. 
t. 52. . 
L. bipunctata, Paxt. Mag. vol. x. p. 150, cwm Ie. ° 
Labichea is an Australian genus closely allied to Cassia, 
but differing remarkably in having only two stamens, and 
these being often very dissimilar; only five species are 
known, and of these the present alone has been brought 
into cultivation. The genus was named by M. Gaudichaud, 
the naturalist attached to the expedition, in memory of an 
officer (M. Labiche) of the ‘“ Uranie,’’ a French frigate, 
which was sent on an exploring voyage under the command 
of Captain Freycinet. LL. lanceolata is one of the many 
beautiful Western Australian plants that were introduced 
shortly after the colonization of Perth and the Swan River 
Settlement, chiefly through the exertions of the late Captain 
Mangles. Of these plants, which were once almost the 
rage, the Rhodanthe Manglesii is now one ot the few 
remaining that is common in greenhouse or conservatory ; 
the rest have for the most part been watered to death, 
having been treated like Geraniums and other “ greenhouse 
stuff.” : 
L. lanceolata is apparently a widely distributed species, 
being found from the Murchison River, on the west coast, 
in lat. 272° S., to Swan River, lat. 35° S., on the south 
APRIL Ist, 1884, 7 ' 
