VI. 
GOMPHOLOBIUM PSORALEAFOLIUM. 
Psoralea-leaved Gompholobium. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Leguminose. Juss. Gen. p. 345. 
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Sect. 4, Corolla papilionacea. Filamenta receptaculo inserta, distincta. Pericarpium 
]-loculare, 2-yalve. 
Calyx grandis, inflatus, profunde 5-fidus: Carina obtusissima. Filamenta decidua. Pericar- 
pium castum (germen auctorum) latum, gravidum ventricosum, polyspermum, tenuiter 
stipitatum. Stylus involutus. Stigma angustum, obtusum. Frutices graciles. Stipule 
minute, inflexe. Folia atro-viridia, 3-nata pinnataque. Flores pedunculis brevibus axillaribus 
sepius 2-floris, flavi, Bractew 2juxta receptaculun, minute. 
« Folia Ternata. 
G. caule angulato, glabro cum rore : foliorum laminis 1} lineam latis, anguste obcuneatis, con- 
vexinsculis: carina discolori, valde fimbriata. : 
Sponte nascentem juxta Port Jackson, legit D. Burton. 
Floret Octobri, Novembri; apud nos Junio. 
This plant was communicated by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, and has been hitherto known 
in their ‘nursery by the name of Latifolium; but I dare not quote the plant Dr. Smith has 
taken up under that title in the Annals of Botany as the same; for he describes the leaflets 
“ obovate-oblonga” and “ venosa.” The young stem, if observed through a microscope, is 
covered with dark green dots, of which I find no traces in the leaves. The calyx in a young 
state is very similar both in colour and shape to the future pod, so that the whole plant to a 
careless observer has the appearance of being in fruit before it flowers, It may be propagated 
by cuttings. ; 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1, The Calyx. 
2, The Anthers and Germen. 
3. The Germ and Receptacle. 
4. The Legume opened, shewing the Seed. 
5. The Stigma magnified. 
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