CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUM1NA CE^E. SOPHO 



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Brachytlma latijilium R. Br. (So/, Reg., t. 118. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2008. ; and our Jig. 247.) is a hand- 

 ome New Holland climbing shrub, producing large scarlet flowers from April to July, which no 

 conservative wall ought to be without. 



Gompholbbivm grandifiorum Smith (Bot. Reg., t. 484.) is a New Holland shrub.with fine large yel- 

 low flowers, which are produced from March to September. It grows to the height of 3ft.- and 

 there are several other species from the same part of the world. 



Jiurtonia R. Br. is a genus that includes a few New Holland species ; but they do not exceed 1 ft 

 in height. 



Jiirksonia (named by Mr. Brown in honour of George 

 Jackson, an acute Scotch botanist, once librarian to 

 A. B. Lambert, Esq., and a particular friend of ours) 

 scoparfa R. Br. (Bot. Cab., t. 427.) is a handsome shrub 

 from New South Wales, with the habit, nearly, of Ge- 

 in'sta monosp^rma. It grows to the height of 6 ft., and 

 flowers in July and August. There are several other 

 species. 



1'imintiria dcnndata Smith (Ex. Bot., t 27. ; Bot. 

 Mag., t. 1190. ; and our fig. 249. to scale of 2 in. to a foot, 

 and Jig. 250. of the natural size) is an elegant New Holland 

 shrub, growing to the height of 4ft., and flowering from 

 June to September. 



Sptuerolbbium vimineum Smith (Bot. Mag., 969. ; and 

 our fig. 251. to a scale of 2 in. to a foot, and fig. 252. 

 of the natural size) is a diminutive Australian shrub, 

 producing yellow flowers from May to August; and 

 f>. medium is another species of the same genus, producing red flowers. 



Aotus ericdldfs Don's Mill., 2. p. 120. (Bot. Mag., t. 949. ; and ourfig. 253., in which the branch of 

 the natural size is marked (as in all similar cases) with a +) is a very neat little heath-like low 



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254 



shrub, producing its fine yellow flowers from April to June. There are other species, all with narrow 

 heath-like, or rosemary-like leaves. 



Dilhvym* glabe'rrima Smith (Bot. Mag., t. 944. ; Bot. 257 



Cab., t. 5S2. ; and our fig. 256. to> scale of 2 in. to a foot, 

 and fig. 255. of the natural size) is a handsome New Hol- 

 land shrub, producing its fine yellow flowers from March 

 to July, and growing to the height of 4 ft. There are 

 several other species, all deserving of culture. 



Entuxia myrtifo/ia R. Br. (Bot. Mag., t. 1274. ; and our 

 fig 254. the flower of the natural size being marked with 

 a +.), and E. ptingens Sweet (Ft. Aus., t. 28.), are elegant 

 evergreen New Holland shrubs, which Mr. Sweet has 

 shown might easily be kept in pits, or against conservative 

 walls in the neighbourhood of London ; or grown, without 

 any kind of protection, in the open air, in Devonshire. 



Sclerothrimnus microphijUus R. Br. is an elegant New 

 Holland shrub, growing to the height of 2ft. The leaves 

 are stiff, and the whole plant rigid, as the generic name 

 implies. The flowers are yellow, and are produced from 



Gastrolbbium bilobum Ker (Bot. Reg., t 411.; Bot. Cab., 

 t. 70.) is a pretty little New Holland shrub, producing its 

 fine yellow flowers from March to May. 



EucMlus obcordatus R. Br. (Bot. Reg., t. 403. ; Bot. Cab., 

 t. 60. ; our fig. 258. to a scale of 2 in. to a foot, and fig. 257. 

 of the natural size), is an elegant plant, producing 

 yellow flowers, which have a purple keel, from March to 

 June. 



Pultente*a. is a genus of 41 species, which are described 

 in Don's Miller; and many of them are in cultivation in 

 our green-houses, pits, or cold-frames. P. stricta Bot. 

 Mag., t. 1388. ; (Bot. Cab., t. 274. ; and our fie. 2-39.) will 

 give an idea of these plants. P. stricta is a native of Van Diemen's Land. 



Davit-si* latifblia R. Br. (Bot. Mag., 1. 1757. ; and our fig. 261. representing one branch (a) to 

 the scale of 2 in. to the foot, and part of a branch (marked with a -f v of the natural size) is a Van 



