GOMPHOLOBIUM BARBTGERUM. 
(Bearded keeled Gompholobium.) 
Class. 
DIADELPHIA. 
Order. 
DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOS.E. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted, nearly 
equal. Carina of two concrete petals. VexMum broad, 
spreading. Stigma simple. Legume many-seeded, nearly 
spherical, and very blunt.— Mag. Bot-, vol. xii.,t. 19. 
Specific Character.— Plant an evergreen shrub. 
Stem erect. Branches angular. Leaves alternate, 
nearly sessile, trifoliate ; leaflets linear, rather acute. 
Pedicels furnished with minute bracteoles. Flowers 
about an inch in length, handsome, golden yellow. 
Keel bearded along the suture. Vexillum large, longer 
than the calyx and keel. Pods glabrous. 
It is recorded in botanical catalogues that Gompholobium barbigerum was 
introduced to this country in 1824 ; hut it is questionable whether, if this be correct, 
it was not again soon lost, as we have no account of it until about three years ago. 
But however it may have been with respect to its first introduction, it has certainly 
now found its way into many collections. It is a native of New Holland. 
Under cultivation nothing beyond the treatment bestowed upon greenhouse 
plants generally, is required. It is a robust grower, particularly when compared 
with G. polymorphism, and some others. Plants in very fine condition were exhi- 
bited in London last year by Messrs. Lucombe and Pince of Exeter, who are said to 
have been the first to introduce the species to this country. A specimen grown by 
them had become a large bush, and was profusely decorated with its fine yellow 
blossoms. It is easily increased by cuttings. 
Mrs. Lawrence's extensive and famous collection of plants, at Ealing Park, 
furnished in the spring of this year, the specimen from which our plate was prepared. 
The soil requisite for it, is a mixture of sandy loam and peat, and the plant must 
stand in a light airy greenhouse, like other New Holland plants, and receive a liberal 
supply of water during summer, but in winter must be watered with care. 
The generic name is derived from gomphos a club, and lobos a pod, in reference 
to the shape of the seed-pods, 
