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LEGUMINOSJE. XIII. CHORIZEMA. XIV. PODOLOBIUM. XV. OXYLOBIUM. 



and keel, and with the vexillum orange-coloured, with a yellow 

 hase. 



Rhomboid-leaved Chorizema. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub procumbent. 



4 C. PLATYLOBIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 103.) leaves quite 

 entire, flat, ovate, acuminated, reticulated, smooth above, younger 

 ones as well as calyxes clothed with hoary villi ; flowers 2-3, 

 axillary, nearly sessile; ovary very villous. (j.G. Native 

 of New Holland. Platylibium reticuliktum, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. 

 holl. no. 371. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 10, distinct. Perhaps 

 a proper genus. 



Platylobium-like Chorizema. Shrub 2 feet. 



5 C. BAXTE RI (Graham, in edinb. new phil. journ. June, 

 1831.) leaves somewhat crenate, oblong-lanceolate, farinose 

 above, hut beset with adpressed villi beneath ; flowers terminal, 

 disposed in verticillate heads. 1? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Mirbelia Baxteri Hortulan. Liiull. hot. reg. 1434. 

 Stems numerous, much branched, diffuse, slender, covered with 

 adpressed hairs. Corolla yellow. Vexillum reniform, with a 

 dark base. 



Baxter's Chorizema. .Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. diffuse. 



6 C. HENCHMA'NNII (R. Br. in bot. reg. 986.) plant hoary; 

 leaves acicular ; flowers axillary. Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Flowers beautiful scarlet. 



Henchmann's Chorizema. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. A genus of pretty little shrubs. An equal mixture 

 of loam, peat, and sand will suit the species. Young cuttings, 

 planted in a pot of sand with a bell-glass placed over them, 

 will strike root. Seeds of many of the species ripen in abund- 

 ance, by which the plants may easily be increased. 



XIV. PODOLO'BIUM (from Trove TO^OC, pous podos, a foot, 

 and \ofiug, lobos, a pod ; in allusion to the legume standing on a 

 stalk within the calyx). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. 

 p. 9. D. C. Leg. mem. V. Chorozematis, spec. Smith. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 

 upper lip bifid, lower lip 3-parted. Carina compressed, length 

 of wings, and about equal to the wide vexillum. Ovary 4- 

 seeded. Style ascending. Stigma simple. Legume pedicel- 

 late, linear-oblong, rather ventricose, smooth inside Small 

 shrubs, with the habit of Chonsi-ma. 



1 . Leaves opposite, lobed, spiny. False Chorizemas. 



1 P. TRILOBA'TUM (R. Br. 1. c. Sims, bot. mag 1477.) leaves 

 opposite, spiny-toothed, somewhat 3-lobed, with a transverse 

 base ; lateral lobes much shorter than the terminal one, which 

 is entire or toothed ; ovary silky. Tj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales. Chorozema trilobiitum, Smith, in Lin. trans. 

 9. p. 253. Pultenae'a ilicifolia, Andr. bot. rep. 320. Racemes 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves. Flowers yellow, with the keel 

 and vexillum red at the base. Leaves coriaceous, usually pu- 

 bescent beneatli. 



Three- /oiet/-leaved Podolobium. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1792. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 P. STAUROPHY'LLUM (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 393.) 

 leaves opposite, trifid ; lobes about equal, entire, spiny at the 

 apex ; ovary smooth. T? . G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the eastern coast. Lindl. bot. reg. 959. P. aquifolium, Lodd. 

 cat. Leaves coriaceous, quite smooth. This plant is sometimes 

 confused with the preceding in herbaria. 



Cross-leaved Podolobium. Fl. Mar. April. Clt. 1822. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



2. Leaves opposite, quite entire, unarmed. False Da- 

 viesias. 



3 P. SCA'NDENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 103.) leaves opposite, ob- 



long-elliptic, quite entire, mucronate ; ovary villous. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Chorozema 

 sc&ndens, Smith, in Lin. soc. trans. 9. p. 253. A smooth climb- 

 ing shrub, with terminal racemes of flowers, and with the calyx 

 clothed with adpressed pubescence. Wings equal in length to 

 the carina, but shorter than the vexillum. Daviesia umbellata, 

 Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 392. but not of Smith. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Climbing Podolobium. Fl. June. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 



4 P. HUMIFU'SUM ; leaves opposite ; ovate-elliptic, quite en- 

 tire ; steins procumbent; ovary villous. fj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Daviesia humifusa, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. 

 no. 392. but not of Smith. Flowers yellow. 



Trailing Podolobium. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. proc. 



5 P. SERKJEUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 103.) leaves somewhat al- 

 ternate, elliptic; racemes axillary, length of leaves; calyx silky ; 

 vexillum narrow ; ovarv bristly. Ij . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, at King George's Sound. Chorozema sericcum, Smith, in 

 Lin. trans. 9. p. 253. Shrub climbing, with the upper leaves 

 opposite. Calyx campanulate. Flowers yellow. 



Podolobium. Shrub cl. 



3. Leaves alternate. False Oxylbbiums. 



6 P. CORIA'CEUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 103.) leaves alternate, 

 roundish-elliptic, retuse, coriaceous ; umbels axillary, stalked; 

 calyx hairy. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, with the pre- 

 ceding species. Chorozema coriaceum, Smith, 1. c. An erect 

 stiff shrub. Leaves with cartilaginous margins and reticulately 

 veined above. Flowers yellow. 



Con'aceowi'-leaved Podolobium. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



7 P. ? ACICULA'HE (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 98.) leaves 

 alternate, linear, with a pungent taper-point, and with revolute 

 edges, glabrous, reticulated with transverse veins above ; 

 branches and pedicels pubescent. J? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the eastern coast. A much-branched shrub, with stiffly 

 spreading leaves, bearing small branches and leaves in the axillae, 

 hence the leaves appear ternate. Legume stipitate, ovate, 12- 

 16-seeded, pubescent outside and smooth inside. Calyx 5- 

 cleft, tapering to the base, bibracteolate. Perhaps a proper 

 genus, but the corolla is unknown. Perhaps a species of Oxy- 

 Ibbimn. 



dcicular-leaved Podolobium. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. An elegant genus of small shrubs. The species will 

 thrive best in an equal mixture of peat, loam, and sand, and 

 young cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a 

 bell-glass placed over them. Seeds sometimes ripen, by which 

 the plants may also be propagated. The plants grow much 

 better and flower more freely if planted in the ground in a con- 

 servatory, than if grown in pots. 



XV. OXYLO'BIUM (from ofa, oxys, sharp, and Xo/3o , 

 lobos, a pod ; in allusion to the pods or legumes having a sharp 

 point). Andr. bot. rep. 492. B. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. 3. p. 9. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx profoundly 5- 

 cleft(f. 23. a.), somewhat bilabiate. Carina compressed, length 

 of wings (f. 23. 6.), but about equal in length to the broad 

 vexillum. Stamens inserted in the torus or in the bottom of 

 the calyx. Style ascending, crowned by a simple stigma (f. 

 23. c.). Legume sessile or subsessile, many-seeded, ventricose, 

 ovate, acute. Small Australian shrubs, with 3 or 4 entire leaves 

 in a whorl. Flowers disposed in corymbs, yellow. 



1 O. ARBORI/SCENS (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves linear-lanceolate : 



