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TAB. 4171

GOMPHOLOBIUM BARBIGERUM. Fringe-heeled Gompholobium.o

Nat. Ord. LEGUMINOSE.-DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character (Vide supra TAB. 1533.)

GOMPHOLOBIUM barbigerum; ramis angulatis, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis lato-linearibus setaceo-acutis, carina margine barbata, vexillo amplo petalis calyceque majore. GOMPHOLOBIUM barbigerum. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 105. GOMPHOLOBIUM fimbriatum. Sieb. Pl. Exsicc. Nov. Holl. n. 361. (in Herb. nostr.) not Sm. One of the most beautiful of the many New Holland Leguminosa, confounded by Sieber with the G. fimbriatum, but correctly determined by De Candolle, and named by him "barbigerum" in allusion to the curious, deep, beard-like fringe on the margins of the keel of the corolla; by which character it is readily distinguished from G. grandiflorum, and no less easily by its broader leaves and larger flowers. No exact locality is given for the plant by Sieber, nor by Mr. Fraser (in Herb. nostr.): but I possess beautiful specimens gathered at Port Stephen by Capt. Sir Edward Parry. It flowers in the greenhouse of the Nursery of Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, who appear to have been the first to introduce it alive to this country, in April, 1845.

Botanical Description Apparently a moderate-sized shrub, with twiggy,

erect, glabrous, angular branches. Leaves shortly petioled, bearing three rather broadly-linear, more or less acute, often setaceous (sometimes obtuse or even retuse) leaflets, tapering at the base. Flowers copious, very large, terminal, or usually on short, axillary branches, with small leaves, which in structure resemble those of the stem. Calyx cam- panulate, of five deep, oblong, acute, segments. Corolla full yellow: Standard, or vexillum, very large, suborbicular, but much broader than long, hence subreniform, and considerably © Thirty Whiskers larger than the rest of the petals. Wings somewhat deflexed, obliquely oval, obtuse. Carina obliquely obovate, clawed, with a remarkable, deep, woolly fringe at the apex and along the upper margin. Stamens ten, unequal, free. Pistil stipitate. Ovary oblong, laterally compressed. Style as long as, or longer than, the ovary, carried upwards: Stigma a mere point.

Figures

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