Identifier: populargreenhous00catl (find matches)
Title: Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Catlow, Agnes, 1807?-1889
Subjects: Botany
Publisher: London, L. Reeve
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ft, two-lipped ; keel compressed, the length of the wings, which areequal to the expanded standard; ovary many-seeded, in a singlerow; pod stalked, oblong, narrow. Named from the Greek for foot, as the pod has a foot-stalk. These are also showy Australian papilionaceousshrubs, with yellow flowers, and holly-like leaves; as P. tri- lobatum, heteropliylliim, scandens, staurojoliylhm, Hugelii,and chorozemifolium. They must be treated like the rest ofthese Australian plants. GOMPHOLOBIUM. Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted, nearlyequal; standard unfurled; stigma simple ; pod many-seeded,nearly spherical, very obtuse, smooth. The word means a club or wedge, from the form of thepod. A delicate genus of Australian plants, some of whichare elegant climbers; as G. polymorpkum, with scarlet, andvenustum, with purplish flowers; also tenue, aduncum, andDrummondii ; those not climbing are barbigerum,fimbriatum,grandifiorum, intermedium, latifolium, splendens, Hendersonii, Slate X,
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O.Jewixt l£ti. GompTioloimim Yenustum 1/mcerit Ikoaks Jurp. fabaceje. 151 versicolor, etc. etc.; the flowers are principally yellow, butsome are tinged with purple. G. venustum is truly named the graceful Gompholobium for it is a most lovely green-house plant, and should be in every collection: it is fromthe South-west of Australia, and is a small shrub, withlong delicate branches, and pinnated leaves, formed of eightor ten very narrow pinnae, the edges turned back almosttouching behind; the flowers are of a rich rose-purple colour,in drooping corymbs. These plants, being found principallyin dry, exposed situations, should not have much moisture,or much heat in winter; they should have a cool airy placein the greenhouse: the soil should be sandy peat, and theymay be increased by cuttings, or seed. OXYLQBIUM. Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx deeply five-cleft,rather two-lipped ; keel compressed and the length of the wings,which are equal to the open standard ; style ascending ;

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