1474 



(iOMPirOLOBIUM* tomentosuiii 

 Downy Gompholobhi ni . 



DECANDRIA MONOGVXIA. 



Nat. ord. LF.Gi'MiNOs.t Juis. \ Papilionacea). {Introduction to the 

 natural syston of Botany, p. 87.) 



GOMPHOLOBIUM.Supru, vol. G.fol. 484. 



G. tojncntosnm ; foliis impari-piniiatis 2-4-jiig:is, foliolis .subulato-linearibus 

 inucronatis supra gcabris, pediinculis subsolitariis. calycibiis hirsiitis legu- 

 niine brcvioribus, carina sericco-ciliata (?) — De ('and. prodr. 2. 106. 

 G. tomentosum. Labill. nov. Holl. \.p. lOG. t. 134. Brown in hort. Kctv. 

 3. p. 12. 



Caules erecti, graciles, pallid^ viridcs, pilosi. Folia impnri-pinnata, 

 foliolis 2-5-jtigis, suhulato-linearibus , pidiescentihns , sccpe divaricatis,pctiolo 

 villoso, stipulis tentdsswiis, crectis, setaceis. Flores parvi, terminalcs, sessiles, 

 bi-ternati. Calyx atro-oliiaceo-brunneus, 5-partitiiS, subcpqualis, pnbescens. 

 Corolla vcxillo intus luteo, cxtus atro-olivncco ; alae lutcce ; carina lutea, 

 fjlaherrima. Legumen pisi 7najoris viagnitudinc, injlatum, caltjce ditplb 

 louyiiis. 



A native of Van Dicman's Land, and of the south-west 

 coast of New Holland. In the latter country its seeds were 

 gathered by Mr. William Baxter, and formed part of the 

 valuable collection now in the possession of Mr. Knight. 



A little Greenhouse plant, flowering as soon as fifteen 

 months' from seed, which it produces in abundance, and by 

 which it may be freely increased. Mr. Knight thinks it 

 probably short-lived. It is found to require a good elevated 

 shelf in the Greenhouse during winter; light soil, and not 

 to be overwatered. 



Our drawinir was made in the Nursery of Mr. Knight, 

 in the King's Road, in August last. 



* See lol. 1408. 



