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GOMPHIOLBIUM PSORALEÆFOLIUM.

Psoralea·leaved Gompholobium.

ORDO NATURALIS.

Leguminosæ. Juss. Gen. p. 345.

Sect. 4. Corolla papilionacea. Filamenta receptaculo inserta, distincta. Pericarpium 1-loculare, 2-valve.

Calyx grandis, inflatus, profunde 5-fidus: Carina obtusissima. Filamenta decidua. Pericarpium castum (germen auctorum) latum, gravidum ventricosum, polyspermum, tenuiter-stipitatum. Stylus involutus. Stigma angustum, obtusem. ''Frutices graciles. Stuplæ minutæe, inflexæ. Folia a tro-viridia, 3-nata pinnataque. Flores peldunculis brevibus axillaribus sæepius 2-floris,falvi. Bractee 2 juxtA receptaculum, minutæe.''


 * Folia Ternata.

G. caule angulato, glabro cum rore : foliorum laminis 1½ lineam latis, anguste obcuneatis, con-vexinsculis: carina discolori, valde flimbriatâ.

Sponte nasceutem juxta Port Jackson, legit D. Burton.

Floret Octobri, Novembri; apud nos Junio.

This plant was communicated by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, and has been hitherto known in their nursery by the name of Latifolium; but I dare not quote the plant Dr. Smith has taken up under that title in the Annals of Botany as the same; for he describes the leaflets "obovato-oblonga" and "venosa." The young stem, if observed through a microscope, is covered with dark green dots, of which I find no traces in the leaves. The calyx in a young state is very similar both in colour and shape to the future pod, so that the whole plant to a careless observer has the appearance of being in fruit before it flowers. It may be propagated by cuttings.

REFERENCES TO THE PLATE.
 * 1) The Calyx.
 * 2) The Anthers and Germen.
 * 3) The Germ and Receptacle.
 * 4) The Legume opened, shewing the Seed.
 * 5) The Stigma magnified.