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GOMPHOLOBIUM* marginatum. 

 Thick-edged Gompholobium. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^ Juss. §. Papilionacese. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 



GOMPHOLOBIUM.— Supra; vol. Q.fol 484. 



G. marginatum ; foliolis 3 obovatis marginatis planis, stipulis petiolum 

 eequantibus, corolla longitudine calycis. De Cand. prodr. 2. 105. 

 R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 11. 



Fruticulus spithamceus, ramosus, erectus, ramulis subteretibus, gracil- 

 limis, glabris. Folia trifoliolata , subnitida, glabra, glaucescentia ; foliola 

 in petiolum brevem subsessilia, cuneato-obovata, mucronata, venis primariis 

 obliquis rectis excurrentibus, in margine incrassato evanescentibus ; stipuloe 

 subulatce, petiolo aquales. Pedicelli axillares, solitarii, Jiliformes, cernui, 

 versils basin bracteolis quibusdam minutis squamati. Sepala viridia, corolla 

 paulb breviora. Petala utrinque lutea, unicolora. Legumen oblongum, 

 ventricosum, polyspermtim, fragile. Semina reniformi-oblonga, parva, pal- 

 lide testacea. 



A native of the South-western coast of New Holland, 

 whence seeds were brought by Mr. William Baxter to 

 Mr. Knight, in whose Nursery, in the King's Road, our 

 drawing was made in August last. It is a neat little plant, 

 requiring the same treatment as Gompholobium tomentosum, 

 already figured at tab. 1474 of this work. 



A small shrub, about a span high, branched, erect, with 

 roundish, slender, smooth shoots. Leaflets shining, smooth, 

 somewhat glaucous, cuneate-obovate, mucronate ; their 

 primary veins straight, oblique, running out to the edge, 

 which is remarkably thickened ; stipules subulate, as 

 long as the petiole. Pedicels axillary, solitary, filiform, 

 drooping, covered towards the base with a few scale-like 

 bractese. Sepals green, rather shorter than the corolla. 

 Petals yellow on each side. Pod ventricose, oblong, many- 

 seeded, brittle. Seeds reniform-oblong, small, pale brownish. 



J. L. 



* See fol. 1468. 



