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OXYLOBIUM ARBORESCENS. TALL 
OxyYLoBIUM. 
REE EKER EEK EK EEK 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. profunde 5-fidus, subbilabiatus. Cor. papilionacea: 
Carina compressa, longitudine alarum equantium vexillum 
explanatum. Stylus adscendens. Stigma simplex. Legu- 
men polyspermum, ventricosum, ovatum, acutum. Brown. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Oxytogrium arborescens ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, bracteis 
| apicis pedicellis persistentibus, corymbis confertis, 
leguminibus calyce vix longioribus. Br. in Hort. 
Kew. ed. alt. 3. p.10. Bot. Reg. 392. 
The teaves in this species are long, linear with re- 
curved margins, smooth, but wrinkled on the upper side, . 
and tomentose on the under; in our specimen they grew 
by fours, in whorls; but this is not constant, Mr. Brown’s 
native specimens more frequently growing by threes, and 
sometimes being simply opposite. The flowers are much 
crowded together at the extremities of the branches, and 
also in whorls lower down the stem, which is villous and 
brown. 
The specimen from which our drawing was taken was 
communicated by the Hon. and Rev. Wituiam Herpert. 
It was raised from seeds gathered near Port Macquarrie, 
and flowered at Spofforth in June last. Through the favour 
of Mr. Brown this specimen has been compared with his 
native ones, and the comparison leaves no doubt of its 
pane reall¥ the Oxyiosium arborescens of the Kew cata- 
ogue. : 
A hardy greenhouse shrub. Native of Van Diemen’s— 
island and New South Wales. It was first discovered by 
Rozert Brown, Esq. Introduced into the Kew garden in 
1805. Flowers from April to Midsummer. 
