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OXYLOBIUM retusum. 
| Netted-leaved Oxylobium. 
- DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LrGuMinosx. | 
OXYLOBIUM. Supra vol. 5. fol. 392. 
O. retusum; foliis ovatis y. oblongis retusis reticulatis, corymbis capitatis 
foliis brevioribus. © / } 
Chorizema coriacea. Smith in Linn. Trans. 9.254. Rees’s Cycl. in loco. 
Oxylobium retusum. Brown prodr. fl. Nov. Holl. vol. 2. ined. 
Rami subangulati, sulcati, densissime cinereo-velutini. Stipule subulate, 
erecte, tomentose. Folia petiolata, petiolo brevi, tomentoso; oblonga, v. 
ovata, retusa, apiculata, superficie eleganter reticulatd. Racemi capitato- 
corymbosi, pedunculati, axillares v. terminales, foliis multd breviores. Calyx 
campanulatus, quinque-dentatus, villosissimus, basi bracteatus, in exempla- 
ribus spontaners ferrugineus, in hortensibus argenteus. Corolla aurantiaca, 
purpureo venosa. Vexillum transversum, erectum, planum emarginatum. 
Ale e¢ Carina compressa, porrecte, equilonge, purpurea, vexilli longitudine. 
The genus Oxylobium, as defined by Mr. Brown in 
the second edition of Hortus Kewensis, is distinguished 
from Chorizema of Labillardiere by its calyx being nearly 
regular, not distinctly bilabiate ; by the carina being com- 
pressed, and as long as the ale, not inflated and shorter 
than ale; and by the pod being ovate and sharp-pointed. 
In the characters of the flower, the subject of this article 
agrees better with Oxylobium than with Chorizema, and 
_ Mr. Brown has been so kind as to inform us, that the pod 
is that of Oxylobium, to which genus he has referred it 
under the name we have adopted. 
A handsome greenhouse shrub, native of King George's 
Sound in New Holland, whence seeds were brought by 
Mr. J. Richardson. The specimens from which our draw- 
