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Read about Oxylobium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Oxylobium (Greek, sharp pod). Including Callistachys. Leguminosae. One of many genera of Australian shrubs with pea-like flowers which are little known in cultivation. Undershrubs or shrubs: Lvs. very short-stalked, opposite or more or less whorled, rarely scattered or alternate: fls. in terminal or axillary racemes; petals clawed; stamens free; ovary villous, sessile or stalked, 4-30-ovuled. Nearest to Chorizema, but the keel is about as long as the wings, while in Chorizema the keel is much shorter. The following species was considered the type of another genus; it is (Distinguished from all other species of Oxylobium by the incomplete dehiscence of the pod. — Species nearly 30, of which perhaps a dozen have been cult, in Europe. Their fls. are yellow, or more or less flushed with red on the keel or the base of the standard. O. Callistachys is perhaps the best for conservatories. In America it is cult, onlv in S. Calif. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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