


OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS. 9) 
OTHER SPECIES OF PODOLOBIUM. 
P. STAUROPHYLLUM Dec. 
This rather singular-looking plant is a native of the eastern coast of New Holland. It isa shrub with small 
yellow flowers, and very curious leaves, which are divided into three sharply-pointed lobes. The species was 
introduced in 1822, and it flowers in March and April. 
There are several other species, but those above described are the most remarkable. 


GENUS VII. 
OXYLOBIUM dAndr. THE OXYLOBIUM. 

Inn. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Genentc Cuaracter.—Calyx profoundly five-cleft, somewhat bila- | of the calyx. Style ascending, crowned by a simple stigma. Legume 
biate. Carina compressed, length of wings, but about equal in length | sessile or subsessile, many-seeded, ventricose, ovate, acute. (G. Don.) 
to the broad vexillum. Stamens inserted in the torus or in the bottom 
Descriprion, &c.—Very ornamental little plants, natives of Australia, and bearing abundance of yellow 
flowers The name of the genus is derived from two Greek words, signifying a sharp pod. 
1.—OXYLOBIUM ARBORESCENS &. Brown, THE TREE OXYLOBIUM, 
Eneravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 2442; Bot. Reg., t. 392; and Lodd. 
Bot. Cab., t. 163. 
Sreciric Cuaracter.—Leaves linear-lanceolate; pedicels having 
permanent bracteas at their apex. Corymbs of flowers crowded. 
Legumes hardly longer than the calyx. (G Don.) 

Description, &c.——This species differs from all the others which are nearly allied to it in assuming a decidedly 
tree-like character, particularly if planted in the free ground of a conservatory, where it will soon grow to a 
considerable size. It is a native of Van Diemen’s Land, whence it was introduced in 1805. It flowers from 
April to June, and its flowers are yellow, with a slight stain of red at the base of the standard. 

2.—OXYLOBIUM RETUSUM Lindi. THE NETTED-LEAVED OXYLOBIUM. 
Synonymrs.—Chorozema coriacea Smith; Callistachyscapitata Hort. | glabrous. Corymbs axillary, stalked, crowded, shorter than the leaves. 
Encravines.—Bot. Reg., t. 913; and our fig. 1, in Pl. 23. (G. Don.) 
Sreciric Cuaracter.—Leavyes oblong, retuse, coriaceous, reticulated, 
Description, &c.—A very showy plant, with large corymbs of orange-coloured flowers; a native of King 
George’s Sound, in New Holland, whence it was introduced in 1823. 

OTHER SPECIES OF OXYLOBIUM. 
0. CORDIFOLIUM Andr. 
A handsome species with cordate leaves and coppery-red flowers, which continue appearing all the summer. 
O. PULTENEA Dec. 
A very curious plant, with a mass of flowers crowded together, and growing at the point of each shoot. The 
plant is generally two feet or more high, and the flowers form very large, ornamental, pyramidal masses. 
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