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22 XL. LEGUMiNOSJErf [OxylolUm. 



16. O. atropurpureum, Turcz. in Bull. 3Iosc!l9>^^, i. 250. A tall, 



stout slirub, the young branches angular and hoary or softly pubescent. 

 Leaves mostly opposite, distinctly petiolate, ovate or elliptical-oblong, obtuse 

 or eraarginate, 2 to 4 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, penniveined and finely re- 

 ticulate, I'lowers much larger than in the following species, and apparently 

 of a deep red, in dense axillary clusters or corymbose racemes. Bracts 

 broadly orbicular, very deciduous. Calyx rather narrow, densely villous with 

 long silty hairs, about \ in. long, the broad lobes shorter than the tube, the 

 2 upper ones very shortly connate. Petals, including the claws, 9 to 10 lines 

 long. Ovary shortly stipitate, with 4 ovules. Tod not seen. 



V/". Australia, Brummond, Uh Coll, n. 53, Maxwell ; Champion Bay, Bowen ; E. 

 Mount Barren, Ma tic- el I f' (specimen in leaf only). This species bears much general resem- 

 blance to Gasirolobimn fyramidale. 



17. 0» retusum, i?. Br, %n Bot. Reg, L 913. A much-branched, rigid 

 shrub, the young branches angular and hoary or pubescent. Leaves mostly 



opposite, petiolate, ovate or oblong-elliptical, obtuse, truncate or cmarginate, 

 usually 1 to 3 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous and reticulate above, 

 silky-pubescent or rarely glabrous underneath. Flowers reddish-yellow, in 

 dense, almost sessile, terminal clusters or corymbose racemes, or rarely also in 

 the upper axils. Bracts ovate or oblong, very deciduous. Calyx very vil- 

 lous, about 3 or rarely nearly 4 lines long, divided to about the middle into 

 broad-lanceolate lobes. Petals about half as long again as the calyx. Ovary 

 very shortly stipitate, with 4 ovules. Pod ovoid, scarcely acuminate, about 

 4 lines long, very hairy. Seeds strophiolate.— (7/^on>ma coriaceum, Sm. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 254; Fodolobium (?) coriaceum, DC. Prod> ii, 103 ^ 

 Oxylobium ovalifolmthM^hsw, in PI. Preiss. i. 28; CalUstacJiys tetranona, 

 Tnrcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 249. 



"W. Australia. King George's Sound, R, Broicn, A. Ciimiingham, and others; 

 southern districts ?, Drummorzd, n, 52, Zrd ColL n. 83, Wi CvlL n. 56 ; stony places. Mount 

 Manypealc and King George's Souud, Preiss, n, 813,820; E. Mount Barren, Maxwell. 

 The species often much resembles Gasirolobmm pjramidale, but is more silky, and the ovary 

 has always 4 ovules. 



Var. winus. Leaves smaller. Flowers mostly terminal. Calyx less villous.— Dr/.'/;;- 

 mond, n. 95, and Uh ColL n. 20.— This passes almost into 0. reticulatam. The diflereuccs 

 indeed which separate 0. reiusum, reticulatum, capitatmn, and cuneatmUy arc very slight, 

 although the extreme forms ore very different. 



18. O. virgatam, Tlort. Kew. An erect slirub, nearly allied to O. re- 

 tnsinn and possibly a variety only, but the very much narrower leaves and 

 smaller flowers give it a very different aspect. Leaves in threes or opposite, 

 narrow-oblong or almost linear, rarely ovate-oblong, very obtuse and emargi- 

 nate, | to If in. long, silky-pubescent underneath, much less rigid than in 

 0. relusum, with the margins often recurved. Flowers in terminal, sessile, 

 corymbose racemes or clusters, and occasionally also in the uppermost axils. 

 Calyx nearly 3 Imes long. Petals about half as long again. Ovary and pod 

 0^0. retusum. — Gastrolobium retiisim,'L\Tii\\.V>oi.^o^ +. 1R4,7. "Rnf Mno-. 

 t. 3328. 



W. Australia. Oiily known in cultivation. The original specimens preserved from 

 the Kcw Garden correspond well vvitli (he figures given ; one I have seen from the Edinburgh 

 garden has the leaves rather broader. 



