supplementary to Enc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 365 



" The white peach is a hardy ornamental shrub, with the habit of an 

 almond. Its fruit has little merit." {Bot. Reg., May, where are pre- 

 sented some lengthened and relevant remarks on the causes of the 

 variations in colour, which plants not rarely exhibit.) 



LXXVIl. LegumindscE § Sophoreae. 



1251. GOMPHOLO^BIUM. 

 10527a venulosum Liiidl. \einy-lvd. *t i_J or l* jl.au Y S. of N. Holl. 1830. C s.p Bot. reg. 1574 



This is a delicate little shrub, raised by Mr. Knight, of the King's 

 Road, from seeds collected by Mr. Baxter. The rich yellow blossoms 

 appear to be produced singly at the tip of as many branches ; each blos- 

 som in outline is as large as a shilling. The south of New Holland seems 

 to abound as much in Gompholobia as the south of Europe in iathyri, 

 for almost every new collection yields additional species of the genus. 

 {Bot. Reg. April.) 



1262. PULTEN^Vi. 



10S91a rosmarinifblia Lindl. Rosemary-lvd. tt i [ or 2 ap.jn Y N. Holl. 1824. C s.Ip Bot reg. l.')84 



No. 10606. of Hort. Brit., p. 164. It is closely allied to P. stipul^ris ; as is also P. mucronkta. 



No. 29165. 



A pretty species found on the south coast of New Holland by Mr. 

 Baxter, and was raised in the Clapton Nursery (Messrs. Lowe and Co.), 

 where the drawing for the figure published was made. (^Bot. Reg., May.) 



LeguminoscB ^ Pkaseolece. . 



1985. ZUPrNUS. 



ilegans Hum. S( Ktk. elegant O or 2 jn V.Ro Mexico 1831. S si Bot. reg. 1581 



" Of all the annual lupines this is by far the handsomest : it even rivals 

 the best of the perennial species. It 'flowers in the open air, most 

 abundantly, in June. Its seeds are ripened in tolerable quantity, and by 

 them it is increased." (Bot. Reg., May.) 



Erythrina velutina Loive is figured in the Botanical Magazirie for April, 

 t. 3227. It is a noble species, growing in Madeira, and not yet introduced 

 to Britain ; it is a tree about 30 ft. high, with a cylindrical straight 

 trunk, 7 or 8 in. in diameter, unbranched, in the single individual observed, 

 to the height of 12 ft. or more. Branches spreading, forming an irregular 

 spreading head of fine densely clustered bright green leaves, which, in 

 Madeira, are deciduous, and come out at the same time, but on different 

 branches. The clusters of blossoms are a foot long, and numerously 

 produced. Flowers very conspicuous, large and handsome, the standard 

 from li to 2 in. long and broad, and of the colour of red lead, approach- 

 ing to vermilion. The plant is believed to have been imported into 

 Madeira, where it is extremely rare. 



Erythrina poianthes is figured in the Botanical Magazine for May, 

 t. 3234. This splendidly blossomed Asiatic tree is " not an unfrequent 

 inmate of the gardens of Madeira," where it is " a low tree, 15 ft. to 20 ft. 

 high, with the trunk and branches thick in proportion, the trunk being 

 sometimes 4 ft. in circumference." The branchlets are tipped from April 

 to June with a spike, finally a foot long, of flowers of a most brilliant ver- 

 milion scarlet colour, which are unaccompanied, for the most of the time, 

 with a single leaf, and thus present a most singular and beautiful appear- 

 ance. The leaves, when produced, are numerous, large, and handsome. 

 " Besides the singularity and beauty of the various species of Erythrina, 

 the facility with which they are propagated is no small recommendation. 

 Every branch, however rudely broken off and carelessly stuck in the 

 ground, will readily take root and grow." (Bot. Mag., May.) 



LegumindscE ^ Mimosece. 



2837. ^CA^CIA 24645 decipiens. 



2. praem6rsa Grak. bitten./urf. * i | or 3 mr.jn Y N. Holl 1830. C s.lp 



Raised by Mr. Knight from seeds collected by Mr. Baxter. Dr. Gra- 

 ham, who received it from Mr. Knight in 1831, describes it in detail, in 



