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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



PODOLOBILTM. 



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

 lipped ; keel compressed, the length of the wings, which are 

 equal to the expanded standard ; ovary many-seeded, in a single 

 row; pod stalked, oblong, narrow. 



Named from the Greek for foot, as the pod has a foot- 

 stalk. These are also showy Australian papilionaceous 

 shrubs, with yellow flowers, and holly-like leaves ; as P. tri- 



lobatum, heteropliylliim, scandens, staurojoliylhm, Hugelii, 

 and chorozemifolium. They must be treated like the rest of 

 these Australian plants. 



GOMPHOLOBIUM. 



Gen. Char. {Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted, nearly 

 equal ; standard unfurled ; stigma simple ; pod many-seeded, 

 nearly spherical, very obtuse, smooth. 



The word means a club or wedge, from the form of the 

 pod. A delicate genus of Australian plants, some of which 

 are elegant climbers ; as G. polymorpkum, with scarlet, and 

 venustum, with purplish flowers ; also tenue, aduncum, and 

 Drummondii ; those not climbing are barbigerum,fimbriatum, 

 grandifiorum, intermedium, latifolium, splendens, Hendersonii, 



