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. PODOLOBIUM siaurophyllum. 
Pungent-leaved Podolobium. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNI4. pes: 
Nat. ord. Lucuminosx. Tribus I. Sophoree, Dec. prodr. : 
PODOLOBIUM R. Br.—Calyx 5-fidus, bilabiatus: labio superiore 
bifido, inferiore 3-partito. Corolle carina compressa, longitudine alarum 
vexillum explanatum subeequantium. Ovarium simplici_ serie 4-spermum. 
Stylus ascendens. Stigma simplex. Legumen pedicellatum lineari-oblongum 
modicé yentricosum intus leve. Suffrutices Chabitu horizematis, et cum 
hoc genere forsan, Smithio preeunte, conjungende. Dec. prodr. 2.103. 
P. staurophyllum ; foliis oppositis trifidis, lobis subsequalibus integris apice 
spinosis, ovario glabro. Dec. J. c. tg 
Suffrutex, ramis rectis, subangulatis, rufo-pubescentibus. Folia opposita, 
subsessilia, rigida, pungentia, triloba, utrinque glabra, subtus reticulata; lobis 
equalibus lineari-ovatis, acuminatis, spinosis: posticis sepits bilobis. Flores 
subgeminati, axillares: pedicellis bracteolatis, pubescentibus, Calyx cam- 
panulatus, bilabiatus; labio superiore bilobo, inferiore 3-partito, laciniis 
parvis ovatis acutis. Corolla parva, lutea, carina et alis porrectis vexillo 
brevioribus; vexillo subrotundo, apice retuso. Stamina decem, distincta. 
Ovarium glabrum, staminibus brevius. Stylus ascendens, subulatus. Stigma 
minimum. ; ane ; 
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A pretty little ereen-house plant, native of the eastern 
coast of New Holland, where seeds were collected by 
Mr. J ohn Richardson. 
Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, in 
March last. he A fi 
it does not appear to have been described until it was 
defined in M. De Candolle’s work, from a collection of 
New Holland dried specimens, published by Sieber. De 
Candolle observes that he has seen it confounded with 
P. trilobatum, from which it is quite distinct. 
