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DILLWYNIA GLYCINIFOLIA. 
(gLYCINE-LEAVED DILLWYNIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five -cleft, bilabiate, tapering at the base. Petals inserted in the middle 
of the tube of the calyx. Lamina of vexillum twice the breadth of the length, two-lobed ; lobes 
spreading. Ovary two-seeded. Style hooked. Stigma capitate. Legume ventricose. Seeds 
strophiolate. 
Specific Character. — Flowers disposed in racemes. Leaves pungent, ovate and linear, reticulated with 
revolute edges. Flowers yellow and purple. Style curved so much as to form a circle. Stems 
procumbent. Fruit unknown. 
For this interesting and beautiful species of Dillwynia, our collections are 
indebted to the exertions of the late Mr. Baxter, who about five or six years ago 
brought seeds of it from New South Wales. In this country we believe Mr. 
Knight had the honour of flowering it first, in his nursery at Chelsea. It is by no 
means difficult to cultivate, thriving well when potted in sandy heath mould, with 
a very little loam, and placed in an airy situation in a cool greenhouse, or pit where 
frost is merely excluded. In watering, it is well to observe that caution so 
necessary to the growth of all Australian plants ; for it is clear to us, that the 
many instances of indifferent success in cultivating plants from that part of the 
world, are almost exclusively owing to injudicious watering. Many of our most 
valuable greenhouse plants, if once suffered to flag or droop, will rarely recover, 
without the loss of some of the leaves, or a portion of the shoots, and, sad to say, 
in many instances the plants die : oftentimes bad soil and careless potting are the 
cause of languor and ill health in some ; still, plants in this state, if carefully 
shifted into suitable compost, are very often found to recover ; but when once an 
indication of sickness arising from immoderate watering is seen, death is almost a 
certain consequence. The compost which is in general used for Australian plants, 
comprises peat, loam, and sand, in different proportions. In our judgment, one part 
