and a new Genus named Poiretia. 303 



B. heterophylla. Vent. Jard. de Cels, t. 7- JVilld. Sp. PL v. 3. 

 9/2. Dry and. in Ann, of Bot. v. % 526. 



Platylobium lanceolatum. Andr. Itepos. t. 205. 



The almost woody texture of the legume; its two incrassated 

 margins, without the dilatation of the upper edge characteristic 

 of Platylobium ; and its being separated by its spongy internal 

 structure into as many cells as there are seeds, are surely suffi- 

 cient characters for this genus, which is moreover very distinct in 

 habit from Platylobium. The present species has often been fully 

 described ; the following are less known. 



2. B. scolopendria, ramis compressis alatis dentatis denudatis, fo- 



liis ovato-ellipticis. 



Platylobium scolopendrum. Andr. Repos. t. 191. 



P. scolopendrium. Vent. Malmais. t. 55. 



Very remarkable for its winged branches, justly compared by 

 Ventenat to those of Cactus Phyllanthus, though of smaller di- 

 mensions. The leaves are few, and soon fall off; their form is 

 rather more ovate than elliptical. 



3. B. ovata, ramis teretibus, foliis elliptico-ovatis. 

 B. ovata. Dry and. in Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 526. 

 Platylobium ovatum. Andr. Repos. t. 266. 



This has most resemblance to the first species in being, like 

 that, very leafy, but the leaves are much more uniform, and the 

 branches are all round. The edges of the leaves in my wild spe- 

 cimen are thickened, wavy, and somewhat crenate. 



4. B. microphylla, ramis teretibus spinescentibus, foliis obcor- 



dato-cuneiformibus. 

 Platylobium microphyllum. Silks in Curt. Mag. t. 863. 



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