LEGUMINOS.E. XXIV. BILLWYNIA. XXV. EUTAXIA. XXVI. SCLEROTHAMNUS. XXVII. GASTROLOBIUM. 121 



/fcicu/ar-leaved Dillvvynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1826. Sh. 

 1 to 4 feet. 



7 D. RU'DIS (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 400.) racemes 

 terminal, leafy ; branches villous ; leaves acicular, straight, 

 rather inucronate, and scabrous from tubercles, glabrous. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers axillary, on short pedicels, 

 approximate, and therefore disposed in racemose spikes. Brae- 

 teas 2 at the base of each pedicel, and 2 smaller along the 

 pedicels, all deciduous. Leaves 5-6 lines long. Flowers yel- 

 low, but with the base of the vexillum purple. 



Var. /3, brevtfdlia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 109.) leaves a little 

 shorter, and distinctly mucronate. Sieb. 1. c. no. 402. 



Var. y, teretifblia (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves evidently tuber- 

 cled, glabrous ; branches with a few hairs ; calyx glabrous. D. 

 teretifolia, Sieb. 1. c. no. 404. 



Var. S, hispidula (D. C. prod. 1. c.) leaves distinctly tu- 

 bercled ; tubercles for the most part bearing tufts of hairs ; 

 calyx pubescent. 



Rustic Dilhvynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



8 D. TENUIFOLIA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 409.) flowers 

 subterminal, and usually solitary ; leaves linear, very slender, 

 rather obtuse, straight ; branches puberulous. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland. Legume pubescent. Leaves much less stiff 

 and acute than in the rest of the species. 



Fine-leaved Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



1 to 3 feet. 



9 D. PHYLICOIDES (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 347.) 

 flowers corymbose, terminal, pedicellate ; leaves linear, short, 

 mucronate, erectly-spreading, with reflexed, somewhat twisted 

 margins ; calyxes and branches villous ; stem reclinate. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on hills about Bathurst. This species 

 is nearly allied to D. ericifblia. 



Phylica-like Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



2 to 3 feet. 



10 D. SERI'CEA (Cung. 1. c.) canescent ; flowers usually twin, 

 axillary ; leaves linear, straight, rather terete. Ij . G. Native 

 of New Holland, around Bathurst. 



Silky Dillwynia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. II. XEROPE'iALUM(from npoc, xeros, dry, and Trt 

 petalon, a petal ; in reference to the petals and stamens being 

 permanent, even when dry). R. Br. in bot. mag. 2247. Petals 

 and stamens permanent even when dry. 



11 D. CINERA'SCENS (R. Br. ex Sims, bot. mag. t. 2247.) 

 corymbs terminal, sessile;, leaves filiform, spreading, ending in 

 a short innocuous mucrone ; brandies and calyxes silky. Tj . G. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land. Lodd. bot. cab. 527. D. juni- 

 perina, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 411. Mucrone of leaves 

 straight. 



Var. fi, recurva ; leaves erect, mucrone of leaves somewhat re- 

 curved. R. Br. 1. c. 



Greyish Dillwynia. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



f A species not sufficiently known, and the genus to which it 

 should be referred is extremely doubtful. 



12 D. GLYCINIFOLIA (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 264.) flowers 

 disposed in racemes ; leaves ovate and linear, reticulated, with 

 revolute edges. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, at King 

 George's Sound. Flowers purple. Style curved so much as to 

 form a circle. Stems decumbent. Leaves pungent. Fruit un- 

 known. Perhaps a species of Chorizema, or perhaps a proper 

 genus. 



Glycine-leaved Dillwynia. PI. procumbent. 

 Cult. The species of Dillnynia are very elegant shrubs when 

 in flower, and deserve to be cultivated in every collection of 



VOL. II. 



greenhouse plants. They should be grown in an equal mix- 

 ture of loam, sand, and peat, and the pots should be well drained 

 with sherds. Young cuttings root freely in a pot of sand, with 

 a bell-glass placed over them. 



XXV. EUTA'XIA (from tvra&a, eutaxia, modesty; in allu- 

 sion to the delicate and modest appearance of the plants when in 

 bloom). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 16. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 109. 



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

 lip somewhat emarginate, lower lip trifid. Vexillum broader than 

 long. Ovary 2-seeded. Style hooked. Stigma capitate. 

 Legume a little ventricose. Seeds strophiolate. Smooth Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, with simple opposite leaves, and golden flowers. 



1 E. MYRTIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate or obovate- 

 lanceolate, mucronate ; pedicels axillary, twin ; appendages of 

 wings very short. (7 . G. Native of New Holland. Dillwynia 

 myrtifolia, Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 263. D. obovata, Labill. 

 nov. holl. t. 140. Sims, bot. mag. 1274. Flowers numerous 

 along the branches, elegant. Stipulas small. 



Myrtle-leaved Eutaxia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 2 to 6 feet. 



2 E. PU'NGENS (Sweet, fl. austr. 28.) leaves scattered or ver- 

 ticillate, acicular, somewhat recurved, ending in a pungent mu- 

 crone, glabrous, with revolute margins ; peduncles few-flowered, 

 axillary, crowded ; ovary villous ; branches and pedicels clothed 

 with adpressed c;mescent down. >;> . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Dillwynia pungens, Cung. mss. Branches slender, 

 thickly clothed with acerose leaves. Flowers crowded towards 

 the tops of the branches, yellow, but with a dark-orange circle 

 round the base of the vexillum. 



Pungent-leaved Eutaxia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1825. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Cult. The species of Eutaxia are very elegant plants when 

 in flower. For culture and propagation see Dillwynia. 



XXVI. SCLEROTHA'MNUS (from <\ W oe, skleros, hard, 

 and Sayuvoc, thamnos, a. shrub ; rigid shrubs, with stiff" hard 

 leaves). R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 16. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 109. 



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

 bibracteate at the base. Carina of flower length of wings. Ovary 

 2-seeded, pedicellate. Style ascending, filiform. Stigma simple. 

 Legume ventricose. Flowers yellow. 



1 S. MICRO PHY'LLUS (R. Br. 1. c.) t? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the southern coast. 



Small-leaved Sclerothamnus. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. An elegant plant when in flower. For its culture and 

 propagation see Dillnynia. 



XXVII. GASTROLO'BIUM (from ya.rr.jp, gaster, the belly, 

 and Xo/joc, lobos, a pod ; in reference to the pods being inflated). 

 R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 16. D. C. prod. 2. p. 110. 



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

 bractless. Petals about equal in length. Ovary 2-seeded, pe- 

 dicellate. Style subulate, ascending. Stigma simple. Legume 

 ventricose. Seeds strophiolate. Australian shrubs, with simple 

 leaves, disposed 4 in a whorl. Stipulas subulate, distinct. 

 Flowers yellow, disposed in a terminal ovate raceme. 



1 G. BILOBUM (R. Br. 1. c.) Tj . G. Native of New Holland, 

 on the south-west coast. Ker. bot. reg. t. 411. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 70. Turp. diet. sc. nat. with a figure. Leaves uncinate, wedge- 

 shaped, refuse or emarginately 2-lobed, with a mucrone in the 

 notch, silky on the under surface. Legume pedicellate, about 

 equal in length to the tube of the calyx. 

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