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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.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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