Gen. X . P L A T Y L O B IUM , Smith.
Calyx basi bracteolatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore máximo rotundato, bifido, inferiore trifido. T'exil-
lum planum, subrotundum. S tam in a 1 0 , monadelpha. Ovarium subsessile, pluri-ovulatum. Legumen
plano-compressura, sutura dorsali alatum, polyspermum. Semina strophiolata.— F rú tic e s; foliis oppositis,
simplic ibus, s t ip u la tis ; floribus a x illa r ib u s ,f la v is .
A small genus o f seven or eight species, o f which two are found in South-western Australia, and the others on
the eastern side.— Small shrubs, with simple, opposite, stipulate leaves. Flowers axülary, yellow. Calyx with
scaiious bracts at the base, two-hpped ; upper lip large, bifid ; lower three-parted. Stamens ten, monadelphous.
P od compressed, winged, many-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. (Named from jrXoTVf, broad, and \oßos, a pod.)
1. Platylobium triangulare (Br. H o r t. K ew. ed. 2 . iv. 2 6 6 ) ; caulibus prostratis gracilibus, foliis tri-
angularibus ovato-triangularibusve angulis apiceque spineseentibus, bracteis imbricatis magnis pedicellum
lon g e superantibus, legum ine calyce dimidio lon g io r e .— B C . F ro d r . ii. 1 1 6 ; Sims, B o t. M a g . t. 1 5 0 8 . P .
obtusangulum, HooJc. B o t. M a g . t. 3 2 5 8 . P . macrocalyx, M e isn e r. {Gunn, 6 4 .)
H a b . Common in many parts o f th e Islan d , as near Launceston, R ock y Cape, and the falls o f the
Derwen t.— (PI. N o v .) («. «.)
D is t k i b . South-east Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A variable species, easily recognized b y the very short pedicels, large, long bracts, aud short pod. Stems slender,
straggling, often prostrate, glabrous or pubescent (villous in some South-eastern Australian specimens), 6 -1 8
inches long, sparingly brauehed. Stipules small, ovate. Leaves 14 inch long, shortly petioled, triangular or
ovate-triangular, retuse or cordate, rarely rounded at the base ; angles and apex pungent ; margin recimv'ed ; under ,
siuface glabrous or pubescent. Bracts distichous, ovate, concave, imbricating, covering the pedicel and half o f the
calyx; upper gradually larger, glabrous, with downy margms. Flmcers extremely variable in size. Calyx villous
with sükv hairs. Pods 4 inch long, nearly 4 inch broad, glabrous or silky.— This is certainly Brown’s P . triangulare,
according to the figure in the ‘ B otanical Magazine,’ taken fiom specimens grown ft-om the seeds sent to
England hy Brown himself. The meaning of the character given in ‘ H ortus Kewensis ’ is generally m isunderstood ;
the bracts are inserted (as Brown described them) at the base of the pedicel, and at its apex, not on its middle.
He is silent as to the relative length o f bracts and pedicel.
2 . Platylobium Murrayanum (H o ok . B o t. Mag. t . 2 3 5 9 ) ; caulibus gracilibus prostratis, foliis
triangularibus v . ovato- v . cordato-triangularibus apice et angulis spineseentibus, bracteis parvis pedicellis
e longatis tomentosis m u lto ties brevioribus, legum in e calycem m u lto tie s superante^ {Gunn, 7 9 8 .)
H a b . In lig h t sandy soil, a t R ock y Cape and Georgetown, Gunn.
D i s t r i b . S outh-east Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
So similar in habit and general appearance to P . triangulare (with which Mr. Gunn finds it growing intermixed),
as to require no detailed description ; it differs from that plant in its very small bracts, long pedicels, small calyx,
and large Hnear-oblong pod, wbich is much longer than the calyx.— I have seen South-east Australian specimens
without the lateral angles to the leaves, which are consequently simply cordate, as in P . formosum.
3 . Platylobium formosum (W illd . Sp. PI. iii. 9 2 1 ) ; suberectum, foliis ovatis ovato-cordatisve
apice p ungentibus glaberrimis grosse reticulatim venosis, bracteis pedicello m ultotie s brevioribus imbricatis,
pedicellis tom en tosis folio brevioribus, leguminis pedicello calycem parvum m ultoties superante.— Smith,
Nov . H o ll. 1 7 . t. 6 ; B C . F ro d r. ii. 1 1 6 ; Vent. J a rd . M ah n . t. 3 1 ; Curt. B o t. M a g . t. 4 6 9 ; B r . H o r t.
K ew . ed. 2 . iv . 2 6 6 . Cheilococca apocjnifolia, Salisb. Prodm. 4 1 2 . {Gunn, 1 0 1 6 .)
H a b . P len tifu l about Mou n t D ir ec tion to th e nor th-east o f Launc eston, b u t n o t hitherto found
elsewhere in the Colony, Gunn.— (El. Oct.)
D i s t e i b . N ew South W a le s and S outh-east AustraKa. (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
A suberect plant, more robust tban tbe preceding.— Leaves ovate or ovate-cordate, not angled, spmous at the
acute apex only. B r a d s short, distichous, imbricated at tbe base ot tbe pedicel. BeiiceU sboiter tban the leaves,
witb two siuaU rod-brown bracts beneath tbe smafl oalyi. F h « e r s about i ineb long. Bo d w ith a slender pedicel
wlueh IS mucb longer than tbe calyx, 1 ineb long, i ineb broad, blunt or rounded at both ends.
Gen. X I . G O O D IA , S a lis i.
C a lyx bilabiatus, labio superiore breviore semibifldo, interiore trifido. re x illum planum, subrotundum.
Stamsna 1 0 , monadelpha, vagina Integra. Ovarium pauci-ovulatum. Legumen stipitatum, basi oblique
angustatum, plano-compressum, 2-4,-spermum.— F rú tic e s ; foliis ex stip u la tis a lte rn is p in n a tim tr ifo lio la tis ;
floribus ra o em a s is fla v is ; pediceUis ehracteolatis.
A small genus, consisting of only three known species, whereof two are South-east Australian and Tasmanian,
and one inhabits South-west Australia. It may be recognized at once by tbe simibbj babit, trifoliolate leaves, racemes
of yeflow flowers. two-Upped oaljx, o t whicb tbe lips are not deeply divided, and by tbe two- lo tour-seeded
pod, wbicli is veined and obliquely narrowed at tbe base. -(Named in bonom- of Dr. Mason Good, au eminent
physician.)
1. Goodia la tifolia (Salisb. Par. Lond. t. 4 1 ) ; glaberrima, foKolis late oblongis obovatis obcordatisv
e obtusis apicnlatisve, racemis elongatis, legum in ib u s lon g e stipitatis.— M a g . t. 9 5 8 ; D C . P ro d r.
s at Circular Head, R ock y Cape, the Western Mountains,
ii. 1 1 7 . [Gunn, 2 0 9 .)
H a b . Common in various parts o f the Island, a
etc., Lawrence, Gunn.— (El. Sept.) (w. v.)
D i s t r ib . N ew South W a le s and S outh-east Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A handsome bush, 3 -6 feet high, with spreading branches, aud long racemes of flowers, hke a smaU Laburnum.
Everywhere glabrous, except at the tips o f the young branches and cah x.— Branehes slender, terete, brittle. Pe tiole
slender, 1 -2 mches long. Leaflets 4 - 4 inch long, membranous, oblong-obovate or obcordate, sessile, entire,
glabrous. Racemes terminal, 2 -6 mches long. Flowers 011 slender pedicels, golden-yellow, 4 inch long. Caly.v
glabrous or slightly pubemlous. Fod with its slender stalk 14 mch long, lanceolate, with an abruptly incuiwed or
straight apex, thickened along the dorsal suture, and obscurely-winged, transversely UTinkled. Seeds one to four,
black, with a large strophiolus.
2 . Goodia p u b e s c e n s {Sims, Bot. Mag. t . 1 3 1 0 ) ; pubescens, foliolis obovatis obovato-obloirgisve
cuneatisve obtusis, racemis brevibus.— D r . in H o rt. K m . ed. 2 . iv. 2 7 0 ; B C . F ro d r. ii. 1 1 7 . {Gunn, 2 0 8 .)
H a b . Common tb roughout the Islan d iu rocky and shady places, Gunn, «?<;.— (El. Sept.) {v. v.)
D i s t r ib . South-east Australia ? (Cultivated in England.)
A smaller shi'ub than the former, about 4 feet high, very pubescent on the branches, leaves, and racemes, sometimes
tomentose. Petioles 4 inch long. Leaflets 4 - 4 inch long, oblong-obovate or cuneate, roimded at the apex.
Racemes short, 1 -2 inches long. Calyx pubescent.— I have uot seen the frmt, which is described as being glabrous
and two-sceded.
O b s . G. ? polyspemna, DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Genev. ii. 133 {Cytisus tomentosus, A id r . Bot. Eep. t. 237),
said to be fouud in Australia or Tasmauia, is unknown to me, if a member o f this genus.
Gen. X I I . LO TU S , U n n .
Calyx campanulatus, quinquefidus. Vexillum rotundatum. A l a margine superiore conniventes.
Carina ascendens, angustato-rostrata. S tam in a 1 0 , diadelpha, alterna loiigiora, apice dilatata. Ovarium