CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMINA CE.E. SOPHO TtEJE 



569 



Brachysima latifblium R. Br. (Bot. Reg., t. 118. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2008. ; and our fie 247 ) is a h. n ^ 

 some New Holland climbing shrub, producing large scarlet flowers from April toJulv whirl?™ 

 conservative wall ought to be without. '» wlucn no 



Gompholobium grandifldrum Smith (Bot. Reg., t. 484.) is a New Holland shrub,with fine HrcP ™i 

 low flowers, which are produced from March to September. It grows to the height of <? ft 11 ', 

 there are several other species from the same part of the world. "•« ana 



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



251 Jacksdnia (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) 

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

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

 nista monosperma. It grows to the height of 6 ft., and 

 flowers in July and August. There are several other 

 species. 



Viminaria denudata Smith (Ex. Bot, t. 27. ; Bot. 

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

 and/z'g. 250. of the natural size) is an elegant New Holland 

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

 June to September. 



Sphcerolbbium vimtneiim Smith (Bot. Mag., 969. ; and 

 our^. 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 



•V mMmm is another species of the same genus, producing red flowers. 



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



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



253 



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There are other species, all with narrow 

 257 



shrub, producing its fine yellow flowers from April to June. 



heath-like, or rosemary-like leaves. 



Dillwynia. glabdrrima Smith (Bot. Mag., t. 944. ; Bot. 

 Cab., t. 582. ; and our fig. 256. to a 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. 



Eutdxia myrtifblia 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. 



Sclerothdmnus microphallus 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 

 May to July. 



Gastrolbbium b'dobum 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. 



Euchllus obcorddtus R. Br. (Bot. Reg., t. 403. ; Bot. Cab., 

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

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

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

 June. 



Pulten^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 fig. 259.) will 



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



Daviesia latifblia R. Br. (Bot. Mag., t. 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 +} of the natural size) is a Van 



