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Gastrolobium bilobum. Two-lobed 

 Gastrolobium. 



Class and Order. 



Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus, bilabiatus, ebracteatus. Cor. papilionacea, 

 petalis longitudine subasqualibus. Germen dispermum, 

 pedicellatum. Stylus subulatus, adsendens. Stigma simplex. 

 Legumen ventricosum Semina strophiolata. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Gastrolobium bilobum; foliis (uncialibus) subtus subse- 

 riceis retusis; lobulis rotundatis mucronulo longioribus, 

 leguminis pedicello tubum calycis aequante. Brown in 

 Hort. Kew ed. alt 3. p. 16. Boi. Reg. 411. 



Gastrolobium bilobum, is a handsome shrub which blos- 

 soms freeiy in the summer months, bearing" its flowers in ter- 

 minal umb Is, which are surrounded in manner of an invo- 

 lucrum, by the fine green foliage, siiky underneath. The 

 other leaves grow in irregular whorls on the stem. 



The specific character was framed by Mr. Brown, to 

 distinguish it from another species collected by him, in which 

 the leaves are truncated at the point. 



Native of the South-west coast of New Holland, where it 

 was discovered by Mr. Robert Brown. Introduced into 

 the Kew Garden in 1803. Communicated by Messrs. Lod- 

 MGE8 and Sons, in July last. 



