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GOMPHOLOBIUM* capitatum. 

 Capitate Gompholobium. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminosje Juss. § Papilionacese. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 



GOMPHOLOBIUM.— Suprtl, vol. 6. fol. 484. 



G. capitatum; pilosum, floribus capitatis, foliis impari-pinnatis 3-4-jugis 

 nunc subpalmatis, foliolis subulato-linearibus mucronatis supra Isevibus, 

 calycibus hirsutis, carina ciliata. 



G. capitatum. Cunningh. MSS. ^ 



Frutex tenellus, pilosus, habitu G. tomentosi, sed minus ramosus. *olia 



similia, sed minus pinnata, et supemb nequaquam scabra ; fohohs septus 



tali modo approximate tit e pinnatis palmata fiunt. Stipulae minimce. 



Flores ad fastigia ramorum congesti, pedicellis foliis multb brevioribus. 



Calyx G. tomentosi, sed viridis, nee discolor. Corolla vitelhna. Carina 



paululum ciliata. Ovarium glabrum. 



Raised in the Nursery of Mr. Knight, of the King s 

 Road, from seed of the collector Baxter. Mr. Cunningham 

 first discovered it in 1822, in brushy forest-ground on the 

 hills around Oyster harbour, King George's Sound. 



In many respects it approaches G. tomentosum, figured 

 at fol. 1474 of this work ; but appears to be essentially dis- 

 tinguished by its less pinnated, shorter leaves, which are 

 by no means scabrous on the upper side, and by its flowers 

 growing in terminal clusters instead of singly, or in pairs. 

 They are also of a bright deep yellow, and not pallid. It 

 is also closely allied to the G. lanatum of Mr. Cunningham, 

 to whom we are indebted for a specimen ; but its capitate 

 inflorescence at once distinguishes it. 



A neat little greenhouse plant, flowering in July, and 

 readily increased by seeds or cuttings. J. L. 



* See fol. 1468. 



