LEGUMINOS^:. XXXII. HOVEA. XXXIII. PLAOIOLOBIUM. XXXIV. PLATYLOBIHM. XXXV. BOSSLEA. 127 



CToi/i-leaved Hovea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



10 H. LATIFOLIA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 30.) leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, acute, and are, as well as the branches, smooth ; pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, hardly longer than the petioles, fj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the east coast. Flowers with a large 

 blue vexillum, and a purple keel. 



Broad-leaved Hovea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



11 H. CE'LSI (Bonp. nav. t. 51.) leaves lanceolate, and some- 

 what rhomboid, bluntish, mucronate ; peduncles axillary, many- 

 flowered ; branches, calyxes, and bracteas rather pilose. Jj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Ker. bot. reg. 280. Platychilum 

 Celsianum, Delaun. herb. amat. t. 187. Flowers beautiful blue. 

 Filaments monadelphous with a dorsal fissure, or diadelphous. 

 This is a most elegant plant when in flower. 



Cels's Hovea. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



12 H. ROSMARINIFOLIA (Cling, in Field's new south wales, p. 

 348.) leaves linear, reticulated, revolute, covered with rusty 

 tomentum beneath, as well as on the legumes. J; . G. Native 

 of New Holland, frequent on the rocky pine hills north-west of 

 Bathurst. 



Rosemary-leaved Hovea Fl. March, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Cult. Hovea is a genus of very elegant plants when in flower. 

 The species are most readily increased by seeds, which usually 

 ripen in our greenhouses ; they also may be propagated by 

 young cuttings planted in a pot of sand, with a bell-glass placed 

 over them. A mixture of sand, loam, and peat is the soil best 

 adapted for them. 



XXXIII. PLAGIOLO'BIUM (from irXaywe, plagws, trans- 

 verse or oblique, and \of3og, lobos, a pod ; in reference to the 

 shape of the pod). Sweet, fl. austr. no. 2. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bilabiate (f. 26. a), 

 upper lip broad and retuse, lower one 3-parted. Keel obtuse 

 (f. 26. c.). Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile. Style per- 

 manent, unilateral. Legume inflated, coriaceous, obliquely- 

 transverse (f. 26. d.), 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. Austra- 

 lian shrub, with alternate, simple, spiny-toothed leaves, resem- 

 bling those of the Holly. Stipulas spinose. Flowers axillary, 

 blue or purple, standing on short pedicels. 



1 P. CIIORIZEM^FOLIUM (Sweet, fl. austr. no. 2.) leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, spiny-toothed, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 pedicels axillary, usually 3 or 4 together ; legume transverse, gla- 

 brous both inside and outside. 1?. G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the eastern coast, as well as at King FIG. 26. 

 George's Sound. Hovea chori- 



zemsefolia, D. C. prod. 2. p. 116. 

 Branches thickly clothed with fusty 

 pubescence. Calyx and pedicels 

 villous. Flowers large, bluish- 

 purple, the vexillum having a white 

 base. 



Chorizema-leaved Plagiolobium. 

 Fl. Feb. April. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



2 P. ILICIFOLIUM (Sweet, 1. c. 

 in a note,) leaves ovate or ellip- 

 tic, spiny-toothed, mucronate, 

 glabrous ; peduncles axillary, 

 twin ; legume somewhat kidney- 

 shaped, pubescent both on the in- 

 side and outside, fj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, at King George's Sound. Flowers pur- 

 plish-blue.. Hovea ilicifolia, Cung. mss. 



Holly-leaved Plagiolobium. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 



1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. The species of Plagiolobium are worth cultivating for 

 the sake of their beauty in every collection of greenhouse 

 plants. Their culture and propagation are the same as that re- 

 commended for Hbcca. 



XXXIV. PLATYLO'BIUM (from irXarve, platys, broad, 

 and \o/3oc, lobos, a pod ; in reference to the broad legumes). 

 Smith in Lin. trans, vol. 2. p. 350. vol. 9. p. 302. R. Br. in hort. 

 kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 266. D. C. prod. 2. p. 116. Cheilococca, 

 Salisb. prod. p. 412. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bracteate, bila- 

 biate, upper lip bifid, roundish, large. Stamens all connected. 

 Legume pedicellate, compressed, flat, winged on the back, many- 

 seeded. Australian shrubs, with opposite, simple, bistipulate 

 leaves, and axillary yellow flowers, but with the vexillum red at 

 the base. 



1 P. FORMOSUM (Smith, nov. holl. 17. t. 6.) leaves ovate, 

 somewhat cordate ; ovary villous ; bracteas silky ; stipe of 

 legume shorter than the calyx. J? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the eastern coast. Vent. malm. t. 31. Curt. bot. mag. 

 469. Cheilococca apocynifolia, Salisb. 1. c. Flowers large. 



Beautiful Platylobium. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub 



2 to 4 feet. 



2 P. PARVIFLORUM (Smith, nov. holl. 18.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate ; ovary ciliated, smoothish ; bracteas glabrous ; stipe of 

 legume exceeding the calyx. tj . G. Native with the preced- 

 ing. Sims, bot. mag. 1520. 



Small-flowered Platylobium. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1792. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 P. OVA'TUM (Andr. ex Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 374.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 pale beneath ; bracteas and ovaries glabrous ; ovary with a very 

 short stipe. ^ . G. Native of New Holland. Very like P. 

 parviflbrum, but it differs in the leaves being more ovate-oblong, 

 paler beneath, and by the ovary being perfectly smooth, about 

 twice the length of the stipe. 



Ouate-leaved Platylobium. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1792. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



4 P. TRIANGULA'RE (R. Br. in hort. kew. 4. p. 266.) leaves 

 deltoid, somewhat hastate, with the angles spinose ; peduncles 

 bracteate both at the base and apex, but naked in the middle ; 

 legume exceeding the calyx. Tj . G. Native of Van Diemen's 

 Land, as well as of New Holland. Sims, bot. mag. 1508. 



Triangular-leaved Platylobium. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1805. 

 Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



5 P. ? OBCORDA'TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 116.) leaves obcordate, 

 cuncated at the base, retusely-emarginate at the apex, pubescent 

 on both surfaces, as well as the branches. Jj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Leaves 4 lines long. Very like Bossicea micro- 

 phylla, but the leaves are opposite. 



Obcordate-leaved Platylobium. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 Cult. See Hovea, and Pultencea, p. 127, for culture and 

 propagation. 



XXXV. BOSSI^A (in honour of M. Bossieu Lamartiniere, 

 a French botanist, who accompanied the unfortunate La Peyrouse 

 round the world). Vent. eels. t. 7. Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 

 302. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 266. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 116. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bilabiate (f. 

 27. a.), upper lip large, semi-bifid, obtuse. Stamens all con- 

 nected (f. 27. d. f. 28. 6.). Legume compressed (f. 27. e. f. 28. 

 c.), flat, pedicellate, many-seeded, with the margins thickened 

 on both sides. Seeds strophiolate. Australian shrubs, with 



