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acuminate, turgid, the valves transversely veined, the cellular tissue very 
scanty or scarcely any. — Chorizema scandens, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 253 ; 
F. v. M. PI. Viet. ii. 40 ; Podolobium scandens, DC. Prod. ii. 103 ; Daviesia 
umbellata, and D. humifusa, Sieb. PI. Exs.; Podolobium humifusum, G. Don, Gen. 
Syst. ii. 116 ; Mirbelia (? ) Baxteri , Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1434 ; Chorizema 
Baxteri, Grab, in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1830. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidivill ; Moreton Bay, W. Hill; common about Brisbane, flowering from 
July to December. 
Var. obovatum. Leaves all or almost all broadly obovate or orbicular. Podolobium obovatum, 
A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 379. — Hunter River, R. Brown and others. I had long 
considered this as a distinct species, and had described it from the Paris Herbarium under the 
name of 0 . diffusum, but having now seen a considerable number of specimens from various 
sources, both in flower and fruit, I find that it only differs from 0 . scandens in the breadth of the 
leaves, and in this respect I have seen several intermediate specimens. — Benth. 
3. O. aciculiferum (needle-like point of leaf), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 25. 
A tall slender shrub ; branches pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, with a fine 
pungent point, about lin. long, rounded or truncate at the base, quite entire, 
coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, with transverse reticulate veins, minutely 
pubescent and at length glabrous underneath. Stipules long and bristle-like, 
Racemes slender, axillary or terminating short leafy branches, the flowers few 
and distant. Calyx slightly silky-pubescent, about 2 lines long. Petals fully 
twice as long. Ovary stipitate, with 4 ovules. Pod not seen. — Podolobium 
aciculiferum, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 75. 
Hab.: Not uncommon south of Brisbane. 
4. O. trilobatum (3-lobed), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 25. A shrub of several 
feet, sometimes almost glabrous, more frequently with pubescent branches. 
Leaves mostly opposite, from broadly ovate to lanceolate, 1 to 2in. long, with 
pungent points and bordered by a few distant pungent teeth or lobes, of which 1 or 
2 on each side near the base are usually larger than the others, coriaceous, glabrous, 
shining and reticulate above, pale and sometimes minutely pubescent underneath. 
Flowers yellow, in loose axillary or terminal racemes, often exceeding the leaves. 
Calyx slightly pubescent, about 2 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 
2 upper ones united nearly to the top. Petals fully twice as long as the calyx. 
Ovary stipitate, silky-pubescent, with 4 or rarely 6 ovules. Pod stipitate, oblong, 
3 to 4 lines long, straight or incurved, pubescent and turgid as in other 
Oxylobiums, but much narrower. Seeds not strophiolate. — Pultencea ilicifolia, 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 320 ; Chorizema trilobum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 253 ; 
F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 19 ; Podolobium trilobatum, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2, 
iii. 9 ; DC. Prod. ii. 103 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1477 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1333. 
Hab.: Not uncommon south of Brisbane. 
5. O. Staurophyllum (cross-leaved), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 26. A divari- 
cately-branched glabrous shrub, closely resembling 0. trilobatum, and much 
better deserving that name. Leaves alternate or opposite, f to l|in. long, with 
pungent points and a cuneate base, and deeply divided into 3 lanceolate, pungent 
lobes, the lateral ones divaricate and sometimes again 2-lobed, all coriaceous, 
shining, and strongly reticulate. Flowers yellow, in loose axillary racemes, 
rarely exceeding the leaves. Calyx glabrous, about 2 lines long, the lobes shorter 
than the tube, the 2 upper ones united, but not so high as in 0. trilobatum. 
Petals fully twice as long as the calyx. Ovary on a long stipes, nearly glabrous, 
with 4 ovules. Pod narrow, like that of 0. trilobatum, but glabrous. — Podolobium 
staurophyllum, DC. Prod. ii. 103 ; Bot. Reg. t. 959; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1177 ; 
Paxt. Mag. iv. 171, with a fig. 
Hab.: In a few southern parts of the colony. 
