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LEGUMINOS^E. XXI. VIMIN-AUIA. XXII. SPH/EROLOBIUM. XXIII. AOTUS. XXIV. DILLWYNIA. 



Naked Viminaria. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1780. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 V. LATEKIFLOKA (Link, enum. 1. p. 403.) flowers subrace- 

 mose ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, reflexed. Jj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Flowers larger than those of V. denudata. Leaves 

 wanting. Fruit unknown. 



Slde-Jlowered Viminaria. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 9. to 3 feet. 



Cult. Elegant shrubs when in flower. For culture and pro- 

 pagation see Jacksonia, p. 119. 



XXII. SPHjEROLO'BIUM (from afyatpa, sphaira, a sphere, 

 and \oj3oe, lobos, a pod ; in allusion to the spherical legumes). 

 Smith, ann. bot. 1. p. 509. Lin. trans. 9. p. 261. R. Br. in hort. 

 kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 14. D. C. prod. 2. p. 107. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndna, Monogi'/nia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, 

 bractless at the base. Style furnished with a membrane at the 

 apex, beardless. Stigma terminal. Legume spherical, 1-2- 

 seeded, pedicellate. Little Australian shrubs, with twiggy few- 

 leaved branches, but the adult ones are perfectly leafless. Leaves 

 simple. Flowers disposed in loose racemose spikes. 



1 S. VIMI'NEUM (Smith, 1. c.) tube of calyx a little shorter 

 than the lips ; style inclosed, arched at the base. \i . G. Native 

 of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Sims, bot. mag. 969. 

 S, minus, Labill. nov. holl. t. 138. Flowers yellow. 



7' n '' l 8gy Sphserolobium. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1802. Sh. 1 ft. 



2 V. MK'DIUM (R. Br. 1. c.) tube of calyx one-half shorter 

 than the lips. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the south- 

 west coast. Flowers red. 



Intermediate Sphaerolobium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Cull. The species of this genus are elegant when in flower ; 

 their culture and propagation are the same as that for Jack- 

 sbnia, p. 119. 



XXIII. AO'TUS (from a priv. and wra, ota, ears; in allu- 

 sion to the want of appendages in the calyx, which in Pultence a 

 are very distinct, a genus which is most nearly allied). Smith, 

 ann. bot. 1. p. 504. in Lin. trans. 9. p. 249. R. Br. in hort. kew. 

 ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 14. D. C. prod. 2. p. 108. 



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

 bractless at the base. Petals and stamens deciduous. Ovary 2- 

 seeded. Style filiform. Legume 2-valved. Seeds without a 

 strophiola. Australian shrubs, with simple, linear-subulate 

 leaves, revolute at the margins, alternate or nearly opposite, or 

 3 in a whorl. Flowers axillary, yellow. 



1 A. VILLOSA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves smoothish on the upper 

 surface ; flowers axillary, disposed in racemose spikes along the 

 branches. J? . G. Native of New Holland. Calyx clothed 

 with silky appressed villi. Legume pedicellate. Seeds covered 

 with wrinkled dots. 



nilous Aotus. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1790. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 A, ERICOIDES; leaves linear, very acute, hairy; flowers 

 solitary, axillary, appearing in axillary racemose spikes along 

 the branches ; branches clothed with cinereous spreading hairs. 

 Ij . G. Native of New Holland. Pultenae'a ericoides, Vent, 

 malm. t. 35. A. villosa, Sims, bot. mag. 949. Pultenae'a rosma- 

 rinifolia, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 387 1 A. villosa var. a, 

 ericoides, D. C. prod. 2. p. 108. 



Heath-like Aotus. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1810. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



3 A. FERRUGINEA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. t. 132.) leaves linear, 

 obtuse, scabrous from tubercles above ; flowers twin, axillary, 

 rising along the branches ; branches clothed with rusty down, 

 when young with silky rusty down. Jj . G. Native of Van 

 Diemen's Land. A. villosa var. ft, ferruginea, D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 108. 



Rusty Aotus. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



1 A. VIRGA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 108.) leaves scabrous from 

 tubercles ab>ve; flowers axillary, disposed into ovate, capitate, 

 terminal spikes. tj . G. Native of New Holland. Pultenae a 

 virgata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 389. Branches grey 

 from velvety pubescence. Leaves disposed 3 in a whorl. Brae- 

 teas wanting. Calyx clothed with appressed pubescence. 



T n ''ggy Aotus. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. Elegant little shrubs when in flower. For culture and 

 propagation see next genus. 



XXIV. DILLWY'NIA (in honour of Lewis Weston Dill- 

 wyn, F.R.S. F.L.S. whose labours on British Confence are 

 well known). Smith, ann. bot. 1. p. 510. Lin. trans. 9. p. 262. 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 15. D. C. prod. 2. p. 108. 



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

 tapering at the base. Petals inserted in the middle of the tube 

 of the calyx. Lamina of vexillum twice the breadth of the 

 length, 2-lobed; lobes spreading. Ovary 2-seeded. Style 

 hooked. Stigma capitate. Legume ventricose. Seeds stro- 

 phiolate. Australian subshrubs, with simple leaves and yellow- 

 flowers on short pedicels. Slipulas wanting or very small, deci- 

 duous. 



SECT. I. DILLWYNIA'STRUM (see genus for derivation). Petals 

 and stamens deciduous. 



1 D. FLORIBU'NDA (Smith, exot. bot. t. 26.) flowers crowded, 

 axillary, twin; leaves crowded, subulate, mucronulate, scabrous 



^from tubercles. f; G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south and east coasts. D. ericifolia, Sims, bot. mag. 1544. 



Bundle-flowered Dillwynia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1794. Sh. 

 2 to 6 feet. 



2 D. ERICIFOLIA (Smith, exot. bot. t. 25.) corymbs of flowers 

 terminal ; leaves subulate, pungent, scabrous from points, divari- 

 cate, scattered ; branches pubescent. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the eastern coast. Pultenae'a retorta, Wendl. hort. 

 herrenh. 2. p. 13. t. 9. 



Heath-leaved Dillwynia. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1794. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



3 D. JUNIPE'RINA (Lodd. bot. cab. 401.) leaves nearly filH 

 form, smooth, ending in a pungent mucrone, spreading, straight, 

 serrated ; heads of flowers terminal ; pedicels bibracteate ; 

 branches twiggy, spreading, pubescent, fj . G. Native of New 

 Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Corolla orange-coloured, with 

 the vexillum and wings streaked in their lower part with red. 



Jimiper-lilee Dillwynia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 



1 to 3 feet. 



4 D. GLABE'RKIMA (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 263.) corymbs 

 terminal ; leaves filiform, erect, smooth, ending in a soft 

 recurved mucrone. \i . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. Sims, bot. mag. 944. Lodd. bot. cab. 582. 

 Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 109. t. 139. Legumes puberulous. 



Very smooth Dillwynia. Fl. March, July. Cult. 1800. Sh. 



2 to 4 feet. 



5 D. PARVIFOLIA (R. Br. in Sims, bot. mag. t. 1527.) corymbs 

 terminal, few-flowered, rather capitate ; leaves short, crowded 

 in a decussate manner, and spreading ; pedicels bibracteate : 

 stigma capitate. ^ . G. Native of New Holland. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 559. D. microphylla, Sieb. I. c. no. 410 and 553. 



Small-leaved Dillwynia. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1800. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



C D. ACKXLA'RIS (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 401.) racemes 

 naked, terminal ; branches and pedicels covered with adpressed 

 canescent down ; leaves" ascicular, straight, rather mucronate, 

 smooth. \i . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 8-10 lines 

 long. Racemes 8-12-flovvered. Calyx rather pubescent. 



