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GASTRQLOBIUM SPINOSUM, 
! 
From the original plant, which flowered profusely with Mr Young for the first I 
time last March, we were courteously permitted to make the annexed representation. 
Although flowers have never been disclosed before the present year, the prodi- 
gality of tlieir production, in every case we have witnessed, justify us in considering 
it as a free-flowering and highly ornamental species. At Ealing Park, Mr.i 
Robertson had a number of small plants just raised from cuttings, completely 
laden with blossoms. These had been kept in a warm house ; and we have no 
doubt that the flowering, and indeed the health and vigorous growth of most 
New Holland plants, will always be vastly improved by the application of a 
little additional warmth in the early spring months when the shoots are tender. 
The name of the genus is a combination of two Greek words g aster , the belly, 
and lotos , a pod, alluding to the distension of the legume. The marginal spines 
of the leaf have suggested the specific term. 
