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GOMPIIOLOniUM* Kiiightianum 



j\Ir. K night' 6' Civnipltolobinin. 



DECANDRIA MO NOG VXIA. 



Nat. ord. Lfguminos.t. Juss. § Papilionacea3 (^Inlroduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 



GOMFHOLOBIUM.—Suprd, vol. 6. foL 484. 



G. Knightianuyn ; foliis ternalis pinnatisque : foliolis subrotundis obovatis 

 ovalis linoaribuscjue mucronatis utrinque glabris, cymulis terminalibus 

 pedunculatis iolioium longitudine. 



Fiuticiilus ercctus, ra7nis gracilibus, tcrctibus, cjlabris. YoWa polymorpha, 

 nunc ternata, nunc jiinnata, foliolis 2-5-jugis cum impure ; foliola in tcrnutis 

 subrotunda, v. obovata, v. ovata, in pinnatis lincaria ; stipuliu subulatce, 

 deciducE. Cymuloe terminales, foliorum longitudine, A-d-fiora. Bracteee 

 subulatce. Fiores parvi, carulei. Carina aZ6a, obtusissima, dipetala. 



A pretty addition to our Greenhouses, obtained by 

 JNIr. Knight from the New Tlolhmd collections of Mr. 

 M'illiam liaxter. It is remarkable for the very variable 

 form of its leaflets, some of which are roundish, others 

 ovate, others linear, while the leaves themselves are both 

 ternate and pinnate ; the number of pairs in the latter case 

 varying from 2 to 5. There appears to be no regular order 

 in which these variations occur; some branches are wholly 

 pinnate, others are wholly ternate, and some have an 

 irregular mixture of both sorts of leaves. 



It is a delicate plant, requiring a good airy situation in 

 winter. 



Our drawing was made at Mr. Knight's Nursery in 



August last. 



^ J. L. 



• From y«^<p<>j, a club, and Aa/3#{, a pod ; in allusion to the fruit. 



