914 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 
Gastrolobium ovalifolium, Henfr.—“ Bloom Poison Bush.” 
This is a low-growing shrub with mostly opposite, ovate, or 
broadly oblong leaves rarely more than 1 inch long. Flowers 
nearly sessile on slender racemes 1 inch to 3 inches long. Pod 
about a quarter of an inch long. 
Gastrolobium spinosum, Benth.—“ Spiny-leaved Poison Bush.” 
A shrub attaining sometimes a height of 4 or more feet, with 
opposite, broadly ovate leaves, which end in a pungent point, and 
are bordered by sharp-pointed teeth. The flowers are rather large 
and arranged in loose racemes about 2 inches long. Pod curved, 
scarcely half an inch long. 
Gastrolobium oxylobioides, Benth.—‘ Poison Bush.” 
An erect shrub, rarely growing more than 2 feet high, with 
broad or narrow leaves either opposite or in threes, and scarcely 2 
inches long. The flowers are arranged in short, terminal racemes. 
Pod about a quarter of an inch long. 
Gastrolobium calycinum, Benth.—“ York-Road Poison Bush.” 
A glabrous, erect-growing shrub, with oblong or lanceolate 
leaves, opposite or in threes, 1 inch to 2 inches long. The few 
large flowers are arranged in terminal or axillary racemes. 
Gastrolobium callistachys, Meissn.—‘t Rock Poison Bush.” 
An erect-growing shrub attaining sometimes a height of 3 or 
more feet, with slender, twiggy, silky-pubescent branches. The 
leaves are alternate, cr irregularly verticillate, very narrow, and 
from 1 inch to 2 inches long. The flowers are rather large, and 
arranged in terminal racemes about 4 inches long. Pod about 
one-third of an inch long. 
Gastrolobium parvifolium, Benth.—* Berry Poison Plant.” 
A rigid, spreading, heath-like plant, with crowded, narrow 
‘oblong leaves under half an inch long. The small flowers are 
borne in rather dense, terminal racemes, rarely exceeding 1 inch 
long when in bloom, often 2 inches when in fruit. The glabrous 
pod is nearly globular. 
Gastrolobium bilobum, R. Br.—“ Heart-leaf Poison Bush.” 
A tall-growing shrub, with angular branches, which are usually 
silky-pubescent. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three or 
four together, variable in shape, but generally two-lobed, and 
about 14 inch long. The numerous flowers are arranged in very 
short, terminal racemes, rarely exceeding the leaves. Pod ovoid 
or oblong, about a quarter of an inch long. 
