FABACEiE. 



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DILLWYNIA. 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-cleft, two- 

 lipped, narrow at the base ; petals and stamens falling off, in- 

 serted into the middle of the tube of the calyx ; standard twice 

 as broad as long, spreading, two-lobed ; style hooked ; pod in- 

 flated. 



Named after Dillwyn, a botanist. Handsome Australian 

 plants, of which many of the species are introduced into the 

 greenhouse. D. speciosa has very beautiful flowers of yellow 

 and crimson hues ; ericifolia, rudis, tenuifolia, pungens, 

 cinerascens, etc. are yellow-flowered ; clavata is yellow and 

 brown ; besides these there are the species cinnaharina, con- 

 testa, Drummondii, elegans, Henckmannii, glycinifolia, rigida, 

 scabra, glaberrima, splendens, sulphured, etc., all worthy of 

 a place in the greenhouse. Young cuttings root freely in 

 sand under glass ; and as the plants do not bear much wet, 

 the pots must be very well drained. D. obovata is now called 

 JEutaxia myrtifolia, and there are three other species belong- 

 ing to the new genus, as Baxteri, floribunda, and pungens ; 

 the flowers are yellow. 



