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OXYLOBIUM CORDIFOLIUM. HEART- 

 LEAVED OXYLOBIUM, 



Clafs and Order. 

 Decandria Monocynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. profunde 5-fidus, fubbilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea : carina 

 comprefTa longitudine alarum aequantium vexillum explanatum. 

 Stylus adfcendens. Stigma (implex. Legum. polyfpermum, ven- 

 tricofum ovatum, acutum. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



OXYLOBIUM cordifolium ; foliis ovatis cordatis pilofiufculis, 

 umbellis terminalibus feffilibus. Brown in Hort. Kew. 3. 

 A 10. 



OXYLOBIUM cordifolium. Bot. Repof. 492. 



Be scr. a j ow fh ruDj w ith ereft, rigid, hairy, proliferous 



branches. Leaves growing by threes in whorls, but frequently 



°ne, fometimes two are abortive, fubfeflile, cordate-ovate, acute, 



punctate, with revolute and very rough margins, lnfiorefcence 



terminal umbels, from three to fix-flowered. Bowers fubfeffile, 



Papilionaceous, of a fcarlet-orange ' colour. Calyx five-cleft : 



Hments nearly equal, lanceolate, hairy, patent. BraBe one to 



ea ch pedicle, nearly equalling the calyx in length, foon falling 



ott or withering. Vexillum quite entire, nearly round, with a 



^ort claw, feldom quite expanded. Ala lefs by half than 



^xillum and fomewhat fhorter than the carina, the petals of 



j lch la{ t are connate at the apex and diftind at the bafe. Stamens 



^ diftina, inferted below the germen : anthers^ yellowiih : 



vrtum ovate, very hairy. Style afcending, awl-fhaped. Stigma 



cute > when not loaded with pollen. Legume inflated, conical, 



terminated 



