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pedicels having permanent bracteas at their apex ; corymbs of 

 flowers crowded ; legume hardly longer than the calyx. Tj . G. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land. Ker. hot. reg. 392. Lodd. 

 hot. cab. 163. Sims, bot. mag. 2442. Flowers yellow. 



Arborescent Oxylobium. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1805. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



2 O. ELLI'PTICUM (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves oval-oblong, mucro- 

 nate ; pedicels having caducous bracteoles beneath their apex ; 

 corymbs crowded ; legume twice the length of the calyx on a 

 short stipe. T? . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Gom- 

 pholobium ellipticum, Labill. nov. holl. spec. 1. p. 166. t. 135. 

 Callistachys elliptica, Vent. malm. 115. Flowers yellow. Le- 

 gume villous. 



Elliptic-leaved Oxylobium. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1805. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 O. RETU'SUM (R. Br. in bot. reg. 913.) leaves oblong, re- 

 tuse, coriaceous, reticulated, glabrous ; corymbs axillary, stalked, 

 crowded, shorter than the leaves. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers orange-coloured. Chorozema coriaceum, 

 Smith. Podolobium, D. C. ? 



/fetoe-leaved Oxylobium. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1823. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



4 O. CORDIFOLIUM (Andr. bot. rep. 492.) leaves ovate, cor- 

 date, rather pilose ; umbels terminal, sessile. Tj . G. Native 

 of New South Wales. Sims, bot. mag. 1544. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 937. Flowers of a coppery-red colour. 



Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1807. 



FIG. 



Cordate-leaved Oxylobium. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



5 O. OBTUSIFOIIUM (Sweet, fl. 

 austr. 5.) leaves oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, smooth above, but clothed 

 with silky tomentum beneath, with 

 revolute edges ; corymbs loose, 

 verticillately racemose ; pedicels 

 with permanent bracteoles at the 

 apex ; calyx clothed with silky 

 tomentum ; wings of corolla re- 

 flexed. Jj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, at King George's Sound. 

 Flowers with carina and wings 

 crimson, and with the vexillum 

 deep orange-coloured, and yellow 

 at the base. 



Obtuse-leaved Oxylobium. Fl. 

 April, May. Clt. 1825. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



6 O. SPINOSUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 104.) leaves broadly-ovate, 

 with the middle nerve terminating in a long spine ; stipulas 

 spiny, short. T? . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 3 in 

 a whorl, glabrous. Bracteoles 2, pressed to the base of the 

 5-cleft calyx. Keel, wings, and vexillum about equal in length. 



Spiny Oxylobium. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



7 O. PULTENE\E (D. C. leg. mem. 5. prod. 2. p. 104.) leaves 

 3 or 4 in a whorl, or alternate, linear, rather obtuse, with revo- 

 lute margins, glabrous, but with the middle nerve as well as 

 branches pubescent ; flowers pedicellate, umbellate ; pedicels 

 furnished with deciduous bracteoles in the middle. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Pultense'a sylvatica, Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 nov. holl. no. 403. Calyx 5-cleft, permanent, with the short 

 tube girding the fruit, the lobes reflexed. Stamens and petals 

 deciduous, hypogynous. Ovary sessile, containing 8 ovula. 

 Funicle dilated into a strophiola. Perhaps a proper genus. 

 Flowers dark-orange. 



Fulteney's Oxylobium. Fl. Mar. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 

 Cult, Elegant shrubs, requiring the same treatment as that 

 recommended for Podolobium, seep. 116. 



XVI. CALLI'STACHYS (from caXXoe, callos, beauty, 

 and (TTCfxyr, stachys, a spike ; in allusion to the fine spikes of 

 yellow flowers). Vent. malm. 115. D. C. prod. 2. p. 104. 

 Callistachya, Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 266. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx bilabiate; upper 

 lip bifid, lower one 3-parted. Vexillum erect, longer than the 

 keel and wings, which are about equal in length. Stamens in- 

 serted in the disk. Style incurved. Stigma simple, acute. 

 Legume stipitate, woody, dehiscent at the apex, young ones 

 many-celled, but with the transverse dissepiments at length va- 

 nishing. Elegant Australian shrubs, with entire leaves, which 

 are either scattered or disposed in whorls, silky on the under 

 surface, and with long terminal racemes of yellow flowers. 

 Calyxes and fruit very villous. 



1 C. LANCEOLA'TA (Vent. malm. t. 115.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, scattered, opposite, or 3 or 4 disposed in a whorl. 



J? . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Ker. 

 bot. reg. 216. 



Lanceolate-leaved Callistachys. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



2 C. OVA'TA (Sims, bot. mag. 1925.) leaves obovate, mucro- 

 nulate, usually disposed 3 in a whorl. I? . G. Native of New 

 Holland. 



Otfl/e-leaved Callistachys. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



3 C. LINARI^EFOLIA (Hortulan.) leaves linear-lanceolate, scat- 

 tered, or disposed in whorls. fj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Toad-flat-leaved Callistachys. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



4 C. CUNEA'TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 267.) leaves wedge- 

 shaped, emarginate ; peduncles axillary, solitary, longer than 

 the leaves. 1. G. Native of New Holland. An herbaceous 

 dwarf plant. Calyx pilose. Flowers large, yellow, but with 

 the keel purple. This species, according to Mr. R. Brown, 

 should be removed from this genus, but its real situation in the 

 order is uncertain. 



H edge-leaved Callistachys. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 ft. 

 Cult. See Podolobium for culture and propagation, p. 116. 



XVII. BRACHYSE'MA (from /3pa X e, hracl >y s > short > and 

 ar}fi.a, sema, a standard ; the standard of the flower is very 

 short). R. Br. in hort. kew. vol. 3. p. 10. D. C. prod 2. p. 105. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, a little 

 unequal, with a ventricose tube. Vexillum shorter than the 

 wings and keel, which are compressed and about equal in length. 

 Ovary with its pedicel girded by a little sheath at the base. 

 Style filiform, elongated. Legume ventricose, many-seeded. 

 Elegant Australian, procumbent, or climbing shrubs, with alter- 

 nate, oval, or ovate, entire, mucronate leaves, which are silky 

 on the under surface, and axillary and terminal few-flowered 

 racemes. 



1 B. LATIFOLIUM (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves ovate, flat, silky be- 

 neath ; calyx bractless at the base, 4-times shorter than the 

 petals ; vexillum oblong-obovate. T? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the south-west coast. Ker. bot. reg. 118. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 2008. Flowers large, scarlet. 



Broad-leaved Brachysema. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub procumbent or climbing. 



2 B. UNDULA'TUM (Ker. bot. reg. 642.) leaves elliptic, undu- 

 lated ; calyx bracteolate under the base, 3-times shorter than 

 the petals ; vexillum oblong, cordate, convolute, and bluntish 

 above. fj . G. Native of New South Wales, in the interior of 

 the country. Lodd. bot. cab. 778. Ker. bot. reg. 642. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow, inconspicuous. 



Waved-leaved Brachysema. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1820. Sh. pr. 



