Dillwynia
(named in honour of Lewis Weston Dillwyn, a botanist whose labours were more especially directed to the British Confervae; born 1778, died 1855). ORD. Leguminosae. A genus of elegant greenhouse evergreen Heath-like shrubs. Flowers yellow or orange-red, few together, in axillary or terminal racemes or corymbs, rarely solitary; petals clawed. Leaves alternate or scattered, simple, narrow-linear, or terete, channelled above; stipules wanting. There are about half-a-score species, all natives of Australia. For culture, see Chorizema.
D. ericifolia. (Heath-leaved).* fl. yellow, in very short racemes or clusters, sometimes several together, almost sessile, in a terminal leafy corymb ; petals deciduous; calyx glabrous. May. l. numerous, rather slender, usually 1/4in. to 1/2in. long, but sometimes twisted when dry, obtuse, with a short, recurved or straight, but scarcely pungent, point. 1794. There are various forms of this plant, which have been generally recognised as species; the following are the most prominent: glaberrima (B. M. 944), parvifolia (B. M. 1527), peduncularis, phylicoides, and tenuifolia.
D. floribunda. (bundle-flowered). fl. yellow, crowded, axillary, twin. April. l. crowded, subulate, mucronulate, scabrous from tubercles. h. 2ft. to 6ft. 1794. SYN. D. rudis. (B. M. 1545, under the name of D. ericifolia.) D. glycinifolia. (Glycine-leaved). A synonym of Chorizema angustifolium. D. hispida (hairy).* fl. disposed in terminal heads upon numerous side shoots; corolla deep purple-red; standard and wings red. May. l. long, obtuse or scarcely-pointed, not twisted, and without any prominent keel. h. 3ft. to 6ft. SYN. D. scabra. (L. J. F. 296.) D. juniperina. (Juniper-leaved). fl., corolla orange-coloured, with the vexillum and wings streaked in their lower part with red; heads of flowers terminal; pedicels bibracteate. March. l. nearly filiform, smooth, ending in a pungent point, spreading, straight, serrated. h. 1ft. to 3ft. 1818. (L. B. C. 401.) D. rudis (rustic). A synonym of D. floribunda.
D. scabra (rough). A synonym of D. hispida.