GOMPHOLOBIUM BARBIGERUM. 
(Bearded keeled Gompholobium.) 
Class. 
DI ADEL PHI A. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOSjE. 
Order. 
DECANDRIA. 
3nkric Character. — Calyx five-parted, nearly 
e ll. Carina of two concrete petals. Vexillum broad, 
s ading. Stigma simple. Legume many-seeded, nearly 
s jrical, and very blunt. — Mag. Bot-, vol. xii.,t. 19. 
-ecific Character. — Plant an evergreen shrub. 
S i erect. Branches angular. Leaves alternate, 
nearly sessile, trifoliate ; leaflets linear, rather acuto. 
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 
i roduced to this country in 1824 ; but it is questionable whether, if this be correct, 
i;vas not again soon lost, as we have no account of it until about three years ago. 
] t however it may have been with respect to its first introduction, it has certainly 
i w found its way into many collections. It is a native of New Holland. 
Under cultivation nothing beyond the treatment bestowed upon greenhouse 
j ints generally, is required. It is a robust grower, particularly when compared 
'ch G. polymorphum, and some others. Plants in very fine condition were exhi- 
' ed in London last year by Messrs. Lucombe and Pince of Exeter, who are said to 
ve been the first to introduce the species to this country. A specimen grown by 
em had become a large bush, and was profusely decorated with its fine yellow 
hssoms. It is easily increased by cuttings. 
Mrs. Lawrence’s extensive and famous collection of plants, at Ealing Park, 
rnished 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 
and in a light airy greenhouse, like other New Holland plants, and receive a liberal 
pply 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 
the shape of the seed-pods. 
