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PLAGIOLOBIUM chorizemeefolium. 
Chorizema-leaved Plagiolobium. 
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Linnean Class and Order, DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. LEGUMINOSEE. DC. prodr. 2. p. 93. 
Subordol. PAPILIONACE#:.—Tribus 11. Lore. Embryo homotropus. Corolla 
papilionacea, Stamina aut monadelpha aut more ordinis diadelpha (9 et 1.) Legumen 
continuum uniloculare, aut raritis sutura alter& introflexa biloculare. Cotyledones pla- 
niuscula per germinationem in folia stomatibus donata converse. DC, prodr. 2. p.115. 
Subtribus I. GENISTEH. Legumen uniloculare, Stamina sepissimé monadelpha. Fo- 
lia simplicia aut palmatim trifoliata rarits pinnata, Caules sezpissime fruticosi. 
PLAGIOLOBIUM. Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore lato retuso, inferiore tri- 
partito. Carina obtusa. Stamina diadelpha(9 et 1.) Ovarium sessile. Stylus persistens 
unilateralis. Legumen oblatum, coriaceum, ventricosum, dispermum. Semina strophi- 
olata.—Frutices. Folia alterna, simplicia, spinoso-dentata. Stipule spinose. Flores ax- 
illares, ceerulet aut purpuret, breviter pediculati, 

P. chorizemefolium,* foliis lanceolato-oblongis sinuato-spinosis mucronatis coriaceis 
glabris, pedunculis axillaribus subquaternis, leguminibus oblatis intus et extus 
glabris. 
Hovea chorizemzfolia. DC. prodr.2. p. 116. Swt. hort, brit. add. p. 473. 

Stem shrubby, erect, branching, thickly clothed with a ferru- 
ginous pubescence, consisting of close-pressed hairs, which wear 
off by age. Leaves and young branches crowded in our plant. 
Leaves oblong, or lanceolate, coriaceous, smooth, sinuate, spiny, 
reticulately veined, the margins more or less undulate, termi- 
nated with a sharp rigid spine; lower ones broader, flatter, and 
blunter, becoming gradually narrower, sharper, and more undu- 
late upwards. Petioles short and stout, rather shorter than the 
stipules, and clothed with a short rusty pubescence. Stepules 
short, subulate, spine-like, but not very rigid. F’lower's of a bril- 
liant dark blue, tinged with purple, axillary, 2 to 5 in the axil 
of each leaf. Pedicles slender, more,than double the length of 
the petioles, clothed with a ferruginous pubescence. Bractes 2, 
spine-like, at the base of the calyx, similar to the stipules. Calya 
9-lipped, thickly clothed with long villous hairs, and short ferru- 
ginous pubescence underneath: upper lip obcordate, keeled, press- 
* P. ilicifolium, foliis ovatis ellipticisve sinuato-spinosis mucronatis glabris, pedun- 
culis axillaribus geminis, leguminibus obreniformibus intus et extus pubescentibus. 
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