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1.—PLATYLOBIUM TRIANGULARE, R.Br. THE TRIANGULAR-LEAVED 
FLAT PEA. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 1508 ; and our fig. 2, in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. —Branches flexuose, stiff; leaves deltoid, three-lobed, with shining 
angles. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. 
Description, &c. —The plant figured in Plate 8 was called in Mr. 
Knight’s nursery Platylobium Murrayanum (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3259); 
but Mr. Don thinks it only a slight variation from P. triangulare , which 
was introduced from Van Diemen’s Land in 1805. It is a healthy 
greenhouse plant, easily kept, and requiring very little care, except in 
regular daily watering, and keeping it without a saucer. All the Austra¬ 
lian plants require care in this respect, as they are all easily injured, either 
by suffering their slender roots to become too dry, or by rotting them by 
suffering them to remain in stagnant water. 
PODOLOBIUM, R. Br. THE PODOLOBIUM. 
Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Leguminosse. 
Generic Character.— Calyx 5-cleft, 2-lipped. Keel compressed, the length of the wings, 
which are equal to the expanded standard. Ovary many-seeded, in a single row. Style 
ascending. Stigma simple. Pod stalked, linear, oblong, moderately ventricose; smooth 
inside. 
Description, &c. —The plants belonging to this genus are all natives 
of Australia, with very showy flowers; and which are remarkable for the 
long stalks they have to their pods. They are all of very easy culture, 
requiring only the same treatment as the Platylobiums. 
1.—PODOLOBIUM TRILOBATUM, R. Br. THE THREE-LOBED LEAVED 
PODOLOBIUM. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 1477 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 8. 
Specific Character. —Leaves opposite, spiny-toothed, three-lobed, the lateral lobes the 
smallest. Ovarium silky. 
Description, &c.— The species called Podolobium trilobatum is a native 
of New South Wales, whence it was introduced in 1791; but the plant 
figured in Plate 9 certainly differs from it considerably, both in the size 
of the flowers and their colour. It also appears much more hardy than 
the species. It was raised from Australian seeds received by Mr. Knight 
in 1840. 
