


OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS. 93 
2.—BRACHYSEMA UNDULATUM Ker. THE WAVED-LEAVED BRACHYSEMA. 
Encravincs.—Bot. Reg., t. 642; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 778. late under the base, three times shorter than the petals. Vexillum 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves elliptic, undulated, Calyx bracteo- | oblong, cordate, convolute, and bluntish above. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c.—This species is much less ornamental than the other, as the flowers are of a greenish- 
yellow, and quite inconspicuous. It flowers early in spring, and is decidedly procumbent, the stems frequently 
withering when it is attempted to train them upwards. It was introduced in 1820. 
GENUS X. 
GOMPHOLOBIUM Smith, THE GOMPHOLOBIUM. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx five-parted, nearly equa.. Vexillum broad. Stigma simple. Carina of two concrete petals, Legume 
many-seeded, nearly spherical, very blunt. (@. Don.) 

Description, &c.—The species belonging to this genus are all stiff shrubs, natives of Australia, with 
compound leaves, which are generally very slender. The pods are smooth both on the outside and the inside, 
the latter being a distinguishing characteristic, the pods of the ornamental leguminous plants being often, like 
those of the bean, covered inside with a soft silky down. The calyx is generally fringed with very fine wool, and 
the flowers are generally yellow. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words gomphos, a club, and 
lobos, a pod, in allusion to the shape of the pod, which somewhat resembles that of a club. 
1.—GOMPHOLOBIUM GRANDIFLORUM Smith. THE LARGE-FLOWERED GOMPHOLOBIUM. 
Encravinc.—Bot. Reg., t. 484. branches angular, Keel beardless. Vexillum twice the length of 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaflets three, linear, acute. Stem erect; | the calyxand the carina. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c.—This is a broom-like shrub, growing about three or four feet high, and flowering in October. 
The branches are remarkably rigid, but the flowers are large and handsome, closely resembling those of the broom, 
but easily distinguished by the woolly fringe of the calyx, which looks at a little distance like a delicate white 
margin. The pod is almost round, and it looks so much inflated as to obtain for the genus its English name 
of Air-Pod. ‘The species is a native of the eastern coast of New Holland, whence it was introduced in 1803. 
2—GOMPHOLOBIUM POLYMORPHUM R&. Brown. THE VARIABLE GOMPHOLOBIUM. 
Synonyme.—G. grandiflorum Andy. recurved at the margin, sometimes dilated at the point. Stem either 
Eneravincs.—Bot. Mag., t. 1533; Bot. Rep., t. 642. procumbent or climbing. 
Spreciric Cuaracter.—Leayes ternate, or quinate; leaflets linear, 
Description, &c.—This species, which is called G. grandiflorum in Andrews’s “ Botanist’s Repository,” is so 
far from being the same as that plant, that it might easily be mistaken for another genus. The stem, instead 
of being rigid, is procumbent unless it has a support ; and the flowers, instead of being yellow, are scarlet on the 
inside, with a yellow base, and pink on the back. The species is a native of the south-west coast of New Holland, 
whence it was introduced in 1803. It occasionally ripens seeds in this country, and by these, indeed, it is 
generally propagated, as it is extremely difficult to strike it from cuttings. It requires to be kept in the 




