GASTROLOBIUM RETUSUM. BLUNT-LEAVED | 
GASTROLOBIUM. 
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Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. —Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus, bilabiatus, ebracteolatus. Petala longitu- 
dine subequalia. Ovariuwm dispermum, pedicellatum. Sty- 
lus subulatus adscendens. Stigma simplex. Legumen 
ventricosum. Semina strophiolata——Frutex Australasicus. 
Folia simplicia, quaternim verticillata. Stipule subulate, 
distincte. Flores flavi, in racemum ovatum terminalem dis- 
posit. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Gastrotonium retusum ; foliis cuneatis truncatis utrinque 
lanato-pilosis breve petiolatis, nervo medio in setam ~ 
deciduam producto, stipulis setaceis pilosis persistenti- 
bus, capitulis stipitatis terminalibus axillaribusque. 
Gastrotosium retusum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1647. Grah. 
in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. 1834. 
This pretty little shrub was first raised at the Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh, in 1831, from seed brought home by 
Dr. Lane, from New Holland, and again in 1832, from seed 
communicated by her Grace the Duchess Countess of Su- 
therland. It first flowered in December 1833, and the same 
plant much more freely in March, 1834. Graham. 
Descr. Shrub erect; branches long, slender, round, 
pubescent, dotted with green. Leaves (one inch long, half 
an inch broad) verticillate, cuneate, truncate, reflected in 
the sides, covered above and below with long subappressed 
somewhat woolly hairs, shortly petioled, middle rib pro- 
longed 
