FLORA AUSTMLIENSIS.

FLORA AUSTR ALIENSIS

A DESCRIPTION
OY THE

PLANTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY

UY

GEORGE BENTHAM,
ASSISTED BY

F.R.S., P.L.S.,

FERDINAND MUELLER,
QOVEKNMEKI
BOT2fIST,

M.D., F.R.S.

&

L.S.,

MELBOURWB, VICTORIA.

VOL.

II.

LEGUMINOS^ TO

COMBEETACEJEl.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHOKIXY OF THE SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS OE THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

LONDON
LOA^ELL EEEVE &
CO.,
5,

HENEIETTA STEEET, COVENT GAEDEN

1864.

Mo.Bot.Gard^^n,
1902.

LiTTLB qrjsiir n.t.T. nacouB-.

mn

ni^Di.

CONTENTS.

Pj'ije

CoNSriiCTUS OF IHE OUDKHR

TU
1

* t

OrJur XL, Lcgununo^r*^

Suborder
1.

rapilionaccnp

2. Cocsalpiiiicfls
3.

276
297
4i'5
.-

Mimoscas

Order XLI. Kosaccae

XLII. Saxifrages
XLIII. CraMulacc;^

435

450
*

XLIV.

"Proseracea?

462

XLA*. Jlaloragrnp

470
492 4DG

XLVl.

Rliizophore*

XLVII. CombrcfnoesB

vn

CONSPECTUS OF THE ORDERS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.

Class

L DICOTYLEDONS.
YoL
I. p. 4.)

Subclass L POLYPETAL.f:.
(Continued from

petals usually inserted on the margin of a thin disk lining the base or the whole of the calyx-tube, and free from the ovary unless the calyx-tube is also adnata to it. Stamens definite

Series

III.

Calyciflor/E. Stamens and

or indefinite. Ovary either free and superior, or enclosed in the calyx-tube, or inferior and adnate to the calyx-tube.
(In 3Iimosece and a few genera of Papilionacece and CmafjjmieiB, as well as in isolated genera of Saxifragea; and some other Orders, the stamen-LcariDg disk is reduced to a narrow ring or disappears altogether. The distinction between Cahjciflone and Thaiamiilor(S
therefore general only, not absolute.) (The whole of the Calyclfiom not having yet been gone through, either for the present work or for our ' Genera riantarnra/ the subdivision of the Series into Alliances is, for the present, deferred.)
is

Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, often ccfmpound. Stipules rarely wanting. Gyncccium f/ee, consisting of a single exeentrical carpel with a terminal style, the ovules insej'ted along the upper or inner angle of the cavity. Albumen usually scanty or none.

XL. Leguminos^.

SuBOEDEK

1.

PArihiONACE^.Flowers

irregular.

Petals usually

5,

imbricate,

the

upper one or standard outside. Stamens 10, rarely fewer by abortion. Radicle curved and accumbcnt, rarely straight. Suborder 2. C^salpinie^e. Flowers irregidar or nearly regular. Petals 5 or fewer, imbricate, the upper one inside. Stanicus (in Australian genera) 10 or fewer. Radicle
straight.

Suborder
rarely
3,

3.

Mimose^.

Flowers regular, small, in spikes or heads.

valvale or rarely slightly imbricate.

Petals 5, 4, or Stamens definite or indefinite. Radicle

atraight.

XLL

RosACE.E.

Shrubs or herbs.

Stamens usually

indefinite.

Leaves altcruate. with stipules. Flowers regular. Carpels of the gynoecium 1 or several, free and distinct, or, if
Styles distinct.

adnate to the calyx-tube, either distinct or combined into a single ovary. Albumen usually uoue.

XLII. Saxifrages.
Ilowers regiilar

Shrubs or herbs. Leaves various, with or without stipules. or nearly so. Stamens definite or rarely indefinite^ Carpels of the gyno:-

riiun usually united into a 1- or several-celled ovaiy, at least at the base, it^fi. or more or less adnate or inferior. Styles nsunlly distinct or readily separable. Albumen usually copious.

vm

COXSPECTUS OF THE OKBERS.

Flowers regular superior, with distinct carstipules.
cilia.

XLIII. Crassulace^. Herbs with succulent leaves, without and perfectly isomerous. Stamens in 1 or 2 series, Gynoecium
pels.

Seeds albuminous.

XLIV, Droserace^.

Herbs.

Leaves fringed with glandular

Stipules scarious

Flowers regular. Stamens definite. Ovary free, l-cellcd, with parietal placentas. or none. Seeds albuminous. Styles distinct (except Bj/hJis). XLV. HALORAGE.E. Hcrbs, aquatic or terrestrial. Leaves opposite or alternate, without

Ovary inferior, Flowers small, regular, often much reduced. Stamens definite. with as many cells and ovules as styles or rarely fewer, the ovule pendulous from the apex Seeds albuminous. Styles or sessile stigmas 1 to 4, distinct. of the cell. XLVL EuizoPHORE j:. Trees or shrubs, often maritime, with opposite leaves. Stipules Flowers regular. Calyx-lobes vatvate. Petals usually notched or jagged. Stadeciduous. mens twice as many as petals or more. Ovary usually inferior, several- celled, with 2 or mpre ovules pendulous from the apex of each cell. Style undivided. Seeds usually solitary, with or without albumen. XLVII. CoMBRETACE^, Trccs, shrubs, or woody climbers. Leaves opposite or alternate, without stipules. Flowers regular or nearly so. Stamens definite or rarely indefinite. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled, with 2 or more (1 in Gyrocarpus) ovules pendulous from the apex of the cavity. Style undivided. Seed solitary, without albumen. Cotyledons convolute.
stipidcs.

PLORA AUSTEALIENSIS.

Okdeu XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

Calyx of 5 or rarely fewer, usually united sepnis, campaniijjitc or tubular, more or less divided into 5 or fewer teetli or lobes, or rarely the sepals eutirely distinct. Corolla of 5 or rarely fewer petals, perigynous or rarely
hypog-ynous, very irregular in tlie lirst s'uborder, less so in the second, small regular and the petals often united in the third. Stamens twice the number ot petals, rarely fewer or sometimes indefinite, inserted with the petals. Uvary single (consisting of a single carpel), with 1, 2, or more ovules an-anged along the inner or upper angle of the cavity style simple. Fruit a pod, usually flatfish and opening round the margin in 2 valves, but sometimes follicular or indehiscent, or variously shaped. Seeds with 2 large cotyledons, a short radicle, and, with few exceptions, little or no albumen. Jierbs shrubs trees or climbers. Leaves alternate or (chiefly in some Austrahan genera) opposite, usually furnished with stipules, compound or reduced to a single leaflet or to a dilated petiole, or in a few cases really simple, the leatlets or leaves entire or rarely toothed or lobed. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes spikes or clusters, when terminal often becoming leafopposed by the growth of a lateral shoot, rarely solitary and axilhiry. The largest Natural Order of Phicuogamous plants next to Compodtm, and wiilely disuibutol over the whole surface of the globe. Out of 92 Australian gpnera, 33 arc dispersed ^^^'^'"' ''^i'^% tropical regions of both the New and the Old World; of 20 other To/*' / 1 ^"^ ^^^ ^^ Africa and Asia but not in Auurica, 2 in America and Asia but A^*^"*^' ' ^ "^ "^^'^ ^^**"'^' ^ K'ErylhropMmm) only in Africa 4 more of the Australian pen t'V^*'
; ;

genera belong to the temperate regions of the uorthcra hemisniiere, 1 {Clianihus) extends o'liy to ^^yi Zcalaud. and 34 are endemic in Australia.
* ^'^'^^'^ marked nni only as lutroduced,

with an asterisk in the following table are those which are mentioucd uot descrihed as indigenons.

fetjBouDER

I.

Papilionaceae. .F/ozi'f;-5

l-merous.

Corolla very irrc-

/'''i'"/'^^'o?i</ceos, Pf^tals imbricate,

or very rardy {in a few Sophoreas) nearly regular, the the upper one (or standard) alwaya ouhide in the bud. Sla'^'^ 10, or very rarely 9 or 5.

*^odalyriese. Slinibs, rarely herbs or small trees. Leaves simple or tUyiUtel ^^^P^^^^^ {exce-pi in a few Goinpholobiums and Ihirtouias), without si q)clla!. Slamem all Jjee f or scarcely united at the base. Fad not artleulate.

VOL. IT

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.

Standard small or narrow. Ovules 4 or more. riowers ill heads of 4, surrounded by an involucre. Upper lobes . . , Leaves simple, opposite of the calyx very small.
.

1.

JxVNSOXlA.

Howxrs not

in beads.

Upper

larger than the others.

lobes of the calyx as large as or Leaves simple, opposite alternate or

2.

none Standard orbiculnr or

Brachvsema.

reniforni, large.

Ovules 4 or more (except

in a few ^lirbelias).

Calys-lobea shorter or scarcely longer than the tube. simple or none

Leaves
5.

Ovary and pod divided by a longitudinal Ovary not divided longitudinally^

Keel about
as

partition

....
.

Mirbelta.

long as the wings.

Leaves usually more or

3.

less opposite or verticillate

Oxylobium.
Choui/.ema.

Keel shorter than the wings or beaked. Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube.
Calyx-lobes imbricate.

Leaves alternate

4.

Funiclcs short or slender. Pod oblong -linear. Leaves simple or unifoliolate Calyx-lobes valvate. Funiclcs lon^ and Ovary stipitatc. thick, all folded or curved downwards. Pod globular. Leaves pinnate, digitately 3- to 5-foUolate, or simple . . Standard orbicular or rcuiformj large. Ovules 2 (4 to 6 in Jacksonla pipfome7-7s) Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube, valvate. Funiclcs long and thick, one folded or curved upwards, the other downwards. Pod globular or nearly so. Leaves
sessile.
.

Ovary

6.

IsoTROVis.

7.

Gompitolobium.

pinnate, digitately 3- to 5-foliolate or simple Funiclcs short and slender. Pod flattened or oblong.

8.

Burtonta.
Jacksonla,

Leaves
9.

none or very rarely 1-foliolate Calyx'lobes shorter than the tube, open in the bud.

or, if longer,

imbricate or

Pod

nearly

globular,

usually

stipitate.

Strophiole

none.

Calyx upper lip very large. Petals nearly sessile. Leaves Bimj)le and narrow or none 10. Spilt-:rolobium, Pod sessile, ovoid, small, and indehisccnt. Calyx shortly 5toothed. Leaves reduced to along petiole, with or without
1 or 3 digitate leaflets Pod triangular, 2-valvcd.

11. Viminaria.

Seeds strophiolatc.

Calyx shortly

Leaves simple, alternate or none 12. Daviesia. Pod ovate or oblong, 2-valved. Calyx 5-l()bcd or toothed or 2-lipj)ed. Leaves simple, sessile or shortly petiolate. Leaves flat or folded lengthwise, or with revolute margins,
underneath. Bracteolcs none or very deciduous.
or, if terete, channelled

5-toothed.

.....

No
^

strophiole.

^Jl

No

stipules.

Flowers 1 to 3 in each
13. AoTUS.

Seeds strophiolatc. Stipules often present. in racemes or dense axillary clusters

Eracleoles
to
it.

Flowers
15.

Gastrolobium.

persistent close under the calyx, or

.

adnate
all

No
.

sti'optiole.

No

stipules.

Pilamcnts sorce or

nnited with the petals at the base 14. heeds strophiolatc. Stipules usually (not always) prcsent.
or, if
.

Phyllota.

Filaments free Leaves concave or with incurved or involute mainins, terete, channelled above. Seeds strophiolatc. Braeteoles persistent close under the calvx or
It.

IC. 1'ulten.i.:a.

Stipules usually present

..."

ndiiate to

10. n.-i.TEN.EA.


XL. LEGUMINOS.^:.
Bractcolcs none or at a distance from the calyx, and usually very small. Stipules none or minute. Calyx-teeth or lobes equal. Pod flat, usually oblong I7. Latrobka. Calyx more or less 2-lipped, or the upper lobes broad. Pod ovate, flat or turgid. leaves all opposite . ; 18, Eutaxia.
.

Leaves alternate or crowded. broad

Standard usually very

19. DlIXAVYNIA.
it is

(73 Barhji^a, has simple, or rather l-foliolate, leaves, and the stamens free: but I arge tree, with small nearly reirular flowers.^

Tribe IL Gemsteae. aS/^^-w^j or kerbs, verf/ rarely small trees. Leaves simple or with I or 6 or more digitate leajlets {except Goodia). Stameyis all united in a sheath open
on the tipper side
Leaves
all

m all the Australian genera

Flowers

{except in one species of Ilovca).

simple or none.

axillary, solitary or clustered.

Seeds strophiolate. Anthers uniform. Pod very flat. Upper suture of the pod bordered by a narrow wing and not splitting, the valves rolling back upon it elasticallv. Leaves

^Pl'^si^
1 od not winged, opening at both sutures. alternate

'...

20. Plati-lobium; 21. Bosslea.

Leaves opposite or

Anthers alternately longer and shorter. Leaves alternate or none. Pod at least twice as long as broad, with coriaceous convex valves.^ Flowers red, yellow, or reddish-purple 22. Templetoxia. Pod turgid, scarcely longer than broad. Flowers blue or

....

bluish-purple

23. IIovea.

Leaves pmnately S-foliolate. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Seeds strophiolate 24. Goodia. Leaves digitate or simple. Flowers or racemes terminal or leafopposed. Seeds not strophiolate. Anthers alternately longer and shorter. Style (often very
minutely) bearded under the stigma. Keel acute or beaked. Pod turgid Keel obtuse. Pod Hat
25. CrotalAria. 26.
foUicidar.

Pentadvnamis.

Anthers uniform. Style beardless. Pod lincaj*, Flowers minute, solitary or in short racemes
^^y^\^^^GJ^^(f,

27. Eothia.

has the flowers of Genistece, but the ])iunatc leaves of Galegea,) rfi?' -^^^ii^^^^giay and a very few species of other genera of Phaseolea, have 3 digitate 1 fl eaflets, but may readily be distinguished from Genistetc, either by their upper stamen free "^'" Some species o^ 2Q, Psoralea, and Z\, Indigofera^ ^y *.^? t^^'iuiug herbaceous stems. with digitate leaves, may be known, the former by their ovary and pod, the latter by the stamens and anthers.)
Jlerbs^ very rarely sJtruls, Leaflets nsually 3, pinnate or ^^^ y digitate^ the veinlets eo-tending to the edge and often produced into minute teeth, e uncles racemes or Jlower-heads axillary for apparently terminal by the reduction of le upper floral leaves)^ never leaf-opposed. Upper stamen free {except Ononis), the others united in a sheath. Pod not articulate.
Kf^cl

Uich IIL Trifoliese.

beaked.

^eel obtuse.
Petals free

Stamens all united Upper stamen free. from the staminal tube.
flat,

*Onoxis.

*^^ Pod
All K \ \v the

straight, or falcate, or undulate, liucar, or spiral (rarely small, curved and 1-seeded)
^^^^^^' ^^^*^^'* straight,

or braked 28. TiUGOM:T,r.A.

and

iudcliisccut
adiiate to

*Mkdicago. * JIehlotus.

P^^^^*' ^^

^-'^G

4 lower ones, with their claws

base of the staminal tube.

Pod

usually included iu the

<^3lyx

*TKIFOr.IUM.

B 2
i

4
Tribe IV. Eulotese.

XL. LEGUMINOSiE,

Leaves pinnate, leaflets entire. Flowers capitate or urnlellate on axillary peduncles. Upper stamen usually fiee, at lea^'t at the lose, the others united in a sheath ; filaments either all or 5 only dilated towards the end.

Herbs^ rarely shrubs.

Pod

not articulate.

Leaflets 5, the 2 lowest taking the place of stipules.

Keel Leaked

29. Lotus.

Tribe V. Galegese.

Herbs not twining, shrubs^ or rarely trees or

;

Leaves pinnate^ rarely reduced to i or \ leaflets. Stipellce noiie, pinnate genera. Upper stamen usually free^ at least at the hase^ the others iinited
sheath^ very rarely all united
fera linifolia

woody climbers. or setaceous in a few

tall in

filaments filiform.

Ovules 2 or more {except in lutligo2-'valved {excejjt Psoralea).

r

and

in Psoralea).

Pod

7iot articulate^

Ovule

Fruit small, the pericarp adhering to the seed. Herbs or shrubs with black glandular dots. Leaflets (in Australia) 1 or 3, sometimes toothed 30. Ovules 2 or more (1 in /. linifolia). Anthers tipped with a small gland. Pod 2-valved. Herbs or shrubs, sometimes glandular.
1.

Psoralea.

Leaflets entire.

.centre.

.........,,,....
Anthers without glands.

Hairs often appressed and attached by the

31. Indigofera.

Ovules 2 or more.

]?accraes or flowers terminal or leaf-opposed.

Herbs or

slirubs.

Stamens

all

united in a sheath, open on the upper side.

Seeds strophiolatc . 24. Goobta, * Leaflets several, small. Rowers solitary, on long peduncles 32. Ptychosema. Leaflets few. Petals not exceeding the deeply lobed calyx. Seeds strophiolatc, with a straight radicle 33. Lampuolouum. Upper stamen usually free, or all united in a closed tube . .34. Tephrosia. Racemes in a terminal panicle. Tall woody climbers. Pod
in racemes.

Leaflets 3.

Mowers

^^^^

35. MiLT.ETTTA.
flowers axillary.

Racemes or

Herbs or shrubs.
tuft of hairs

Styleuot bearded (rarely a small

in Tephrosia),

on the stigma

Pod

linear, rarely short

flat

and oblong
ripe

valves thin or coria3J-.

ceous,

or convex

when

TEriiROSiA.

Pod

thick, the endocarp continuous with the transverse partitions between the seeds 36. Pod 1-seeded (ovules 2),muricate. Plant glandular. An-

long, narrow

and

Sesbania.

thers with confluent cells opening in unequal valves . 39, Style bearded under the stigma. Pod turgid, membranous or
coriaceous."

Glycyrrhiza.

Petals acuminate Petals obtuse

37. Cf-TANTiius. ,38. Swai.\sox\a.

liave the teclniical characters
less

A&rus, and a very few pinnate-leaved Pkaseotea, may ot (jalegea, but are distinguished by their herhaeeous more or
(66

twining stems.)

Tribe YT. ^edysa.Tex.Pod sepamtinff into X-seodcd seeded and indeJnscent {except Pycnospora, and rare!;,
Leaves pinnate with several
Galegea. united in a sheath, or in 2 bundles of 5 each Tall shrubs Articles of the pod oblong, striate
as in
leaflets,

arlicles, or the

whole pod

Desinodiuni).

rescence, in the Australian genera, either of Galcgea- or of I'hascolcie.

Foliage a

l-

inflo-

Stamens
40. Ormocarptim. 41. iEscuYNOJiKMi.

JTrrbs.

Ar

Herbs.
CftlVX

ices of the pod square or semi-orbicular, flat . . Articles of the pod folded over each other within the
B'racJeofes lar^e, "enclosing' the flowers! Anthers alternately long and short . .
.

Leaves with 2'le;flei9.

*^'

^"'""*'

Stamens

nil

united.

43. Zoiixia

XL. LEGUMINOaJ-:.
Leaves pinnatcly 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate, with
seolece.
stipclla3

asinP/z^f-

Stipules usually dry.

not folded 44. Desmodium, turgid, not articulate^ but with transverse lines 45. Pycnospora. Pod-articles folded over each other within the calyx. Calyx-tube small, lobes subulate 46. Uraeia, . v . . . , * Calyx campanulatCj enlarged after floweriug, with short broad

Pod Pod

flat,

...*...
.

....

lobes
Pod-articles
thick.

47.
globular,

LouKEA.

oblong-terete, or slightly flattened but

Calyx narrow, dry, deeply lobed.

Leaves pinnatcly 3-foliolate, rarely Ovule 1. Pod 1 -seeded, flat, indchiscent

r

Leaves 1-foliolate . 48. Alysicarfus. 1-foliolate,* witbout stipclhe.

49. Lespedeza.

TuiBE *Vicieae.
axillary.

Herbs,

ing in a tendril or fine ^oint.

Leaves alriqdhj 'pinnate, the common petiole usually end* Flowers and fruit of Phaseolese. Peduncles or racemes

Style with a tuft of hairs at the top Style not bearded.

on the outside or

all

round
.
,

(not bearded longitudinally inside)

.....

Upper stamen wanting

4

..;....

....

*ViciA.

66.

Abkus.

Tribe VII. Phaseolese.

Ilerls usually
Leaves

at the base, very rarely trees.

ticininy or prostrate, rarely erect or shrubby pinnatcly ^foliolate or \-foliolate^ rarelj/ 5- or 7-

foliolate, with stlj}ell(B (digitate in Plcmiiigia and a very few species of other genera, stiUpper stamen usually free^ at least pella minute or none in Rhyuehosia and its allies). at the base or all bnt the base. Anthers uniform or nearly so {except in Mucuna). Tod

not articulate^ 2-valved.

Flowers in axillary short clusters w^ith persisteut striate bracts and bractcoles. Seeds not stropbiolate. 50. Cutoria. , Calyx tubular . . . . . Calyx campanulate 60, Dolichos. , . Plowers pedunculate umbellate or racemose, the rhachis not nodose,
'

'

Biacis i)ersistent or deciduous. Seeds stropbiolate. 53, Flowers red, in 1 or 2 pairs or in umbels or in short racemes Flowers small, blue or purple, in loose racemes. Keel usually 52. small Flowers small, single, scattered in a loose raceme, the rhachis not
,

Kennedya.
Hardenbergia.

Bracts small, deciduous. (Lower flowers often solitary 51. Glycik. in the axils.) . Seeds not stropbiolate Trees or tall erect herbs with conical pricldes. Flowers large, red. 5^- Erythrina. Wings very short Anthers alternately long and short. Flowers large, pUrple yellow Mucuna. 55orvvLite. . . acuminate Standard short. Keel Twining or erect at the base, not glandular. Rowers in pairs or
nodose.
.
.

clusters along or at the top of a common peduncle, the rhachis of the cluster gland-like or forming a protruding node. Bracts

deciduous or none.
Style beardless.

Anthers unifonn.

Galactia. 56. acuminate united), 2 of 4 (the upper one Calyx 2 upper lobes united iu a large upper lip, the 3 lower Canavalia. ^7. minute . 7
Calyx-lobes

...

.......

Style bearded

under the stigma.

.

* *

Stigma oblique or lateral. Keel spirally twisted Keel straiL^ht, or with a curved plete sphx Stigna smalUermiual

58.

Phaseolus,

bcalv

not forming a com-

..

'll'l'^'''' 60. Douciios.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

Flowers racemose umbellate or solitary, the Tvviuing or erect. Bracts usually membranous and decidurhachis not nodose. Style beardless. Upous. Stipellec usually miuutc or none.
per stamen free. Ovules 4 or more.

Pod Pod

very

flat,

obliquely acuminate

61.

Duxbaria.
.

flattened, very obtuse, with transverse lines or depressions

between the seeds Ovules 2 or rarely 1.

G2. Atilosia-

Pod

flattened.

Ililum of the seed parallel to the suture with

* a central fuuiclc 63. RuYNCHOSiA, Pod flattened. Seed obliquely transverse, the funicle attached to one end of the hilum. Standard usually very silky 64, Eri
.

Pod
Erect.

turgid.

Leaflets digitate

65.

Flkmingia.

Flowers small, in terminal racemes or panicles. Stipules dry, and habit oiDesmodium . 45, Pycnospoua. Twiners. Leaves abruptly pinnate with small leaflets. Upper stamen wanting, the other 9 united in a sheath open on the upper
side

GG.

Abuus.

Leaves pimiate with 5 or more leaflets or sometimes 1 leaflet^ very rarely 3, Siijpellm none or small and suhulate. Stamens all united in a sheath or tube or into two parcels of 5, very rarely the ttpper one
climbers.

TinnE VIII. Dalber^eae.

Trees or woodi/

free.

Fad

indehiscent.

Anthers small, erect, didymous, opening at the top. Flowers small, iu cymes or short panicles. Pud flat and thin . . , . Anthers opening lont^Itudiually. Flowers racemose. Pod flat and thin, not winged Pod flat, thin or coriaceous, one or both sutures edged with a narrow wing Pod flattened but thick, with obtuse sutures
(35, Millettia,
is

67,

Dalbeegia.

68. LoNCiioCAia>us.

Dekhis. 70. Pongamia.

G9.

closely allied to

Loncho carpus but has a dehiscent 2-valved pod.)

,

Tribe IX. Sophoreae. K-.?^j, woody

ceous.
leaflet.

climbers, or rarely tall shruhs or almost herbastipelli^^

Leaves pinnate, with several leaflets, without Stamens all free or scarcely uyiited at the base.

or reduced to a large

Leaves pinnate.
Corolla papilionaceous.

Pod

terete or 4-anglcd, moniliform

71.
72.

Sophoua.

Corolla papilionaceous or nearly so.

Pod

large, hard, almost

woody, spongy inside

Leaves 1-loliolate.
outside.

Castanospkumum.
Bakklya.

Pod

Corolla small, nearly regular, the upper petal flat and thin 73.
'

....

(A few species of 7, Gompholobium, and habit and small leaflets of Podalyriece.)

8,

Burtonia, have pinnate leaves, but with the

SuBOKDEK

II.

C^s^piniese.Flowers

usually Z-merous.

Corolla ir-

regular or nearly regular, imbricate in the hud, the upper petal inside. Stamens (in the Australian genera) \^ or fewer and all free. Radicle usually
straight.

Leaves twice pinnate, often with hool^ed prickles. Stamens 10 all bearing anthers. Ovules 2 or more. Stigma small. Pod ovate, compressed, covered with prickles 74^ Guilandina Pod ovate-oblong or linear- falcate, compressed, without prickles or wings, 2-valved . 75.

Pod

flat,

thin or coriaceous, the upper suture

;;.;.
wmged
,

C^salpinia.

7G.

Mkzo.neuuum.

/"

XL. XEGUillNOSiE.
Ovule 1. Pod samara-like, with a terminal wing . . 77. Ptkrolobium. Stigma lai-ge, peltate. Pod oblong-lanceoOvules 2 or more. 78. PELTOPnoiUTii. late, flat and thiu, inJelusceat
Leaves simply pinnate.
Sepals and petals 5.
in

Stamens 10; anthers all perfect, opening terminal pores or short slits, or some minute and empty.

79* Cassia. Leaves abruptly pinnate Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 3 with perfect anthers opening in Leaves unecinally pinlongitudinal slits, 2 small staminodia. SO. Pktalostylks. nate
Sepals

and petals 4 or 5. Stamens 2, opening in termnial pores. Leaves unequally pinnate or w^ith sessile, digitate
81.

leaflets

Labicuea.

Sepals 4.

Petals 3.

Stamens 3 or 2

perfect,

4 or 5 minute

82. Tamarindus. staminodia. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Pod thick Sepals 4. Petals 5. Stamens 10, regular, with small anthers. 84. Cynometra. Leaflets 1 or 2 pairs. Pod semiorbicular, turgid Leaves of 2 leafk-ts or 2-Iobed. Stamens 10 or fewer. 83, Bauiiinia. Calyx-lobes or sepals valvate 84. Cynometua, Calyx-lobes or sepals imbricate
petal upper the but regular, nearly flowers the has (73, Barkhja, with l-foliolate leaves,
is outside.)

.... ....

imbricate, but the slightly petals the has (85, Erythrofldmum, with flowers small, in dense spikes, as in the other MlmosecB.)

bipinnate leaves,

3rarely 4-merous, SuBORDEH III. 'Sdixaosex.Floioers ^-vierous, merous or ^6-merous, small, regular, sessile in spikes orjieads, or very rarely (except valvate Petals united. shortly pedicellate. Sepals valvate, often number the of double or to equal Stamens Erytliroplilceum), often united.

petals or indefinite.

Radicle straight.
petals.
.

Stamens twice as many as

Petals slightly imbricate Petals strictly valfate.

85.

EuYTUiiopirL(Enr.

Anthers tipped with a g'and.

Pod

large, coriaceous or wootly, the sutures

forming a perarti. .

sistent
cles.

replum, the valves falling away in 1-scedcd

Tall

woody climbers
Seeds thick.

8G. 1.ntada.
87.

Pod

linear,

2-valved.
*

Flowers pedicellate.

ipj.^,g

Adexantheka.

Pod

linear* tw'isied.

Lower

flowers of the spike with long,

linear, coloured staminodia.

Shrubs

t^^^,.,,^^,^^. 88. DiciUvObTACHYS.

Anthers without any gland.

oblique.

Pod

short,

flat,

falcate

or
8J. ^Ei>TUNL\* 90. Acacia,

Lower flowers of the spike often with coloured staminodia. Herbs or undcrshrubs Stamens indefinite.
,

long, linear,
.

Stamens, at least in the hermaphrodite Stamens monaJelj>hou3. ^ Albizzia. ^1Pod flat and thin, straight or scarcely fidcate Pod curved or twisted, 2-valved and often reddish or pulpy ^,* . PmiKCOLOBiuir. 92. inside, or scparatmi.^ into indchisccnt ai'ticles
flowers, all free
.

......
Hook.

{Achp-onia

villosa,

Wendl, mid Galega

is

tricolor,

{Callotropis,

Don

^,

Accorombona,

Eudi.) are not Aubtraliau; the former

persica.) Galega latter the a Frrestleya,

SuBOHi^Eu

L PAP1LI0NACE.E.
S-toolhed or
cleft,

Sepals united in a canipanulale or tubular calyx,

or

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

complete union of the 2 up])cr sepals, or 2-lobfid. the upper lobe or lip entire or 2-toothed, the lower entire or 3-toothecl, rarely irregularly split, Corolla very irregular, nsuaWy pajnlionaceoKs^ that is of 5 petals, the upper one or standard {vexilhtm) outside in the bud, the 2 lateral ones or wings (aJa) intermediate, the 2 lowest ones more or less united along the lower edge or approximate, face to face, into a boat-shaped keel (carina), more or less enclosing the stamens and style. Stamens usually 10, either all free or all united in a tube or sheath enclosing the style^ closed or open along the upper edge, or the upper stamen more or less tree from the others, the filaments all free for some distance under the anthers. Ovules usually amphitropous, and the radicle of the embryo more or less curved over the edge
4-tootlic(l

by
"

tlie

of the cotyledons, rarely short and straight.

subdivision of this large suborder into tribes is attended Mnth very great difTiculties, nor Las any one character by which it has as yet been attempted proved constant. Tho^c here adopted are such as have appeared the least objectionable, but there are connecting gcucia

The

between
_

all

of them.
I.

Podaiyrie;e. Shrubs, rarely licrLs or small trees. Leaves simple or digitately compound (except in a few species of GompJiolohium and nurtonia). Stipellse none. Stamens all free or scarcely united at the base.

Tribe

Pod not
_

articulate.

This tribe was fonnevly united witli Sophorea, and technically cliaracterized as PapiUonaceee with free stamens; but the affinity has always appeared to me much greater with GenistecB with which it i connected by some S. African genera. The Sop/iorem seeiii
rather to represent the Galeyem and Dalhergiece, connecting them by small gradations with Casalpmtece. The connecting links between Pothlt/riece and Sophureaare sup^jlied bv the pmnale Gompholobiums, which, however, are verj' unlike SopJiorecs, and by a few almost heibacecus northern species of Sophora itself, which are certainlyallied to the Podalyriea of the northern hemisphere.

1.

JANSOWIA,

Kipp.

(Cryptosema, Meissn)

Flowers 4 together, enclosed in the bud within an iuvolucrc of 4 bracts in Calyx very oblique, split on the upper side, with 2 upper minute 2 rows. teeth and 3 lower elongated lobes. Standard very small, recurved wings oblong; keel longer than the wings. Stamens free. Ovary sessile, with several ovules style filiform, with a small terminal stigma. Pod unknown. Shrubby, Leaves opposite, simple, with stipules.
; ;

The genus
1.

is

limited to a single species, endemic in Australia.

.

3.

iovmosB.y Kipp

in Trans. Linn. Sac. xx.

384.

t.

16.
1

apparently of several feet, the young branches silky-pubescent. ovate to lanceolate, obtuse and usually shortly

shrub,

Leaves from
to 2 in. Ion"-,

mucronate,

rounded or cordate

at the base

on a short

glabrous above, silky-hauy or at length glabrous underneath. Stipules lanceolate-subiilate, deciduous, or the u[.per ones shortly connate aud persistent, riowcr-heads 1 or 2, nearly sessile between the last 'leaves, recurved. luvoucre at first globular, the 2 outer bracts nearly orbicular, about 5 lines long, t nek, yalvate and closed over the inner rather thiuner aud smaller ones, all shorter than the open flpwcrs, vi bus outside, glabrous within. Calyx about 9 hues long, de.jsely hany outside. Petals glabrous standard cordate, lanceolate, 1 to 11 hues long, on a claw of nearly 2 lines ; lower petals on claws
;

petiole, coriaceotis, finely reticulate,

Jaiisonia.]

XL. leguminos.^.

of about 4

lilies,

Ovules about 5.

the lamina of the keel about 6 lines. Cruntosema mmeleoides. Meissn. in PI.
4

Ovary very
Pvt^iss. ii.

villous

207.

XV
2.

BRACHYSEMA,
;

E. Br.
;

(Leptoscina, Benih,

Kaleniczcnkia, Turez,

Burgesia, F.

MaelL)

Calyx-lobes nearly of equal length, the 2 upper oucs often united higher lip. Standard shorter and narrower than the wings, usually recurved; wings narrow; keel usually broader and longer than the wings, incurved.. Stamens free. Ovary* sessile or stipitate, with several ovules ; style filiform, with a small terminal stigma. Pod ovoid or elongated^ turgid, the valves
usually coriaceous.

Shrubs

or undershrubs.

Leaves opposite or alternate

and simple, or all reduced to small scales. Rowers red or rarely yellowgreen or almost black, terminal or axillary, solitary or several together, or crowded on short radical scapes, the pedicels usually recurved so that the keel is turned uppetuiost. Eraeteoles none, except in B, bracteoloaum.
The genus
is

limited to Australia.

Skct. 1. Etibrachyseina. Stems leafy. Ovary surrounded^ within the stamens, by an inner cup-shaped or shortly sheathing disk. Leaves usually opposite, broad, truucate. Calyx deeply divided into
lanceolate lobes
1.

B. pramorsnm.
B. lanceolatum*

Leaves mostly opposite, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Calyx tub ularcampanulale, the lobes shorter than the tube Leaves various. Calyx shortly and broadly eampuuulate, the lobes

%
3.

shorter than the tube. Keel 3 times as long as the calys.

^

Bracteoles none
:

J?,

latifoUum,

Keel not twice as long as the calyx. Bracteoles none. Leaves mostly alternate. Ovules about 20 Leaves mostly opposite or vvhorled. Ovules 4 ^ Keel not twice as long as the calyx. Bracteoles 2, orbicular
Sect.
ovary.
2.

......
.

4.
6. 6.

^. nndnlahm, ^. suhcordaimi.

5. bracteolosum.

Iieptosema.

Stems

leafless^

except small scales.

No

inner disk round the

Stems wingeJ, bearing the flowers

at their notch-like nodes.

Keel scarcely exceeding the calyx or shorter. Pod ovoid. Flowers mostly chistered. Pod not exceedBracts imbricate. ing the calyx Flowers solitary. Bracts minute or none. Pod more than twice

T.

B. bossictoides.

as long as the calyx.

Wings of the stem 2

to 3 lines broad

on each

side, striate.

Calyx and pod hairy 8, -B. oxylobioides. . Wings of the stem not 1 line broad on each side. Calyx almost and pod quite glabrous 9. 5. tmiflorum. Keel twice as long as the calyx. Pod long and cylindrical. Pedicels at the upper nodes of the branches 10. 5. aphjllmu Pedicels 1 or 2 at the base of the stem IL B.macrocarpum. 1^ lowers crowded on short radical scapes. Barren stems erect, dicho-

....*..-.
Flowers scarcely

,,,..,

tomous and

leafless.

Barron stems flat, softly silky, not spinous. 1 in. long . , , BariTn stems nearly terete, silky-pubescent, Flowers 1^ in. Ion*'
.

12. 5. iomentosiim,
often
spinesceat.
13. -B- Chambersit.
1 in.

iiarren stems terete, glabrous, spinesccut.

Flowers scarcely

long

14,

i?.

davicsioides.

iO

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[BracJtysemu.

Section

I.

Eubrachysema. Stems

leafy.

Ovaiy surroimclcd,

witliin

the stamens, by an inner cup-sliapetl or shortly sheathing disk.

Meissn. in Ft. Preiss. \. 25, shrab of 2 or 3 ft., the young shoots pubescent or villous, glabrous with age. Leaves mostly opposite, shortly petiolate, obvcrsely triangular, truncate or broadly sinuate8-lobed at the top, mostly 1 to l'| in. long and often as broad at the top,
the base, thinly coriaceous, reticulate and glabrous when old, rarely a few smaller ones are obovate. Stipules setaceous, recurved, deciduous. Elowcrs red, usually 2, on short axillary leafy branches, or on peduncles bearing a pair of small leafy bracts. Calyx villous, \ to nearly f in. long, deeply divided into lanceolate segments, the 2 upper ones broader and more or less united. Standard on a rather slender claw, lanceolate, concave,
at 1.

B. preemorsum,

rounded

reflexed, rather longer than the calyx if straightened as the keel, yvhich is fully 1 in. long, broadly falcate.

wings nearly as long Inner disk short and

cupular.

Ovary

short, densely villous,

with 15 lo 20 ovules.

Pod

ovoid, as

long as the calyx.

Seeds strophiolate.
;

Australia, Drummond ; Prestoa river, Preiss, n. 824 Vasse river, Mrs. Mollou Kalgan, Gordon, aud Tweed rivers, Olilfield ; Hay river. Maxwell; Hampden, Clarke.
of 2 or 3 ft., the young branches silvery-white with a silky pubescence, at length glabrous. Leaves usually opposite, from broadly ovate-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, acute aud often mucronate, 1^ to 3 or even 4 in. long; occasionally, however, they are all alternate, or some of them small and ovale, almost as in B. latii.

W.
2.

B. lanceolatTun, Mc'imu

in PI. Preiss.

24.

A shnib

fohum ;

glabrous, and finely reticulate above, silvery-pubescent or at length glabrous underneath stipules setaceous. ; Flowers red, axillary, solitai-y or clustered on short pedicels. Bracts very small. Calyx narrow campanulate, rather above \ in. long, silvery-white with silky hairs! the lobes broad, acnmmate, shorter than the tube. Standard lanceolate, about as long as the calyx ; wmgs longer, with a broad basal auricle keel broadly falcate, ; about 1 in. long. Ovary shortly stipitate, with 15 to 20 ovules, surrounded by a short inner disk. Pod oblong, loosely villous, as long as the calyx, beeds rather large, strophiolate.Bot. Mag. t. 4652, copied into Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 301 ; B. cehiamm, Lemaire?; Walp. Eep.
v.

all coriaceous,

423.
;

^"("''"ond, Zth Coll. n. 20 R9?^8of ^i, 23 ;'^f*''^^-^' to Point t/"" Henrj', Salt river, and Vasse river, Oldfield.
''^''''

^^P^

^''^^^'

Prehs,

n. 81 5,

B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 10. A diiTuse, procumbent or half-climbing shrub, the young branches often silky-tomentose. Leaves alternate or very rarely opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate or almost orbicular, obtuse with a short often recurved point, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous above, sdky-tomentose or at length glabrous underueatL Flowers red, axiUaiy, soLtary or 2 or 3 together, and then often on an elongated, sometimes leafy peduncle. Calyx broadly campanulate, not above 4 lines long silky-pubescent with short acute lobes. Standard obovate-oblong, nearly twice the length of the calyx ; wings narrow, nearly as long as the keel keel fully 1 ui. long. Ovary stipitate, with about 10 or 12 ovules, $un-ouiided by a cup-shaped inner disk. Pod nearly globular or shortly
;

3.

B. latifolimn,

i-

BracJiJjsema.']

XL.

legcminos^.
ii
" '

H
105- Dot
' "

oblong, about as long as the calyx or ratlier longer. DC. Prod Reg. t. 118 J Bot. Mag. t. 2008 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 411.
^'"'"'"''^^'
^'".^ ^''^^-

MaTwell
4.

86

aud eastward to Cape Arid and Cape Kuob,

Ker, in Bot. Reg. t. 642. An erect slirub, with weak ailtuse or pendulous branches, silky-pubescent when young. Leaves usually alternate, from broadly ovate or almost orbicular to naiTOw oblong or almost Imcar, obtuse, with or without a small point, or rarely 2 in lono| to coriaceous, glabrous above, minutely silky-white underneath or at len-th <da^ brous, the margins generally undulate when the leaf is broad, recurved when It IS narrow. Flowers yellowish-green or almost black, rarely red, axillary solitaiy and pedicellate, or 2 or 3 together on a common, sometimes leafy pejluncle Calyx veiy broadly campanulate, silky-pubescent, about 4 lines long divided to about the middle into broad obtuse or scarcely acute lobes btandard ovate-lanceolate, rather longer than the calyx wings nearly as long ; as the keel; keel bi-oad, not twice as long as the calyx. Ovary 15- to 20 ovulate, surrounded by a short inner disk. Pod ovoid, very hairy, usually exceeding the calyx.DC. Prod. ii. 105 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 778; CJioro; zmasenceum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 253; Podoloblum (?) sericeum, I^C. Prod. 11. 103 ; Oxyhbhm (?) sericeum, Benth. in Ann.

B. undulatum,

Brachymna

Wien. Mus.

ii.

70

melanopetalurfi, F. Muell.

W. Australia.
Oldfield.

Fragm.

iv.

11.
districts,

Brummond, Zrd Coll. n. 87, Preiss, n. 808, 809, and others. Leaves mostly narrow-oblong. Gordon, Tone, and Blackwood y^^^. angustifoliwn. rivers,
Dark-tlowered aud
jiale
F

King George's Sound aad adjoining

Menzies, R. Brown,

yellow-flowered specimens occur in both varieties..

r"+ liabit
1

^' ^^*^^d3't^^>
of an Oxylohiim, the

Benth,

rigid shrub, apparently erect, with the

young branches minutely

silky-pubescent.

Leaves
broadly

rather crowded, opposite or in whorls of 3, very shortly petiolate,

cordate-ovate or almost orbicular, obtuse with a minute point, coriaceous with undulate margins, glabrous above, silky-pubescent undeniealh, or glabrous with age. Flowers apparently red, axillary, solitary or several on a short common peduncle, like those of B. mdulatmn, but much smaller. Calyx about 3 lines long, silky-tomentose, broadly campanulate, the lobes broad
juul^shorter

Standard rather exceeding the calyx, broadly obong truncate, reflexed, on a broad ereet claw wings as long as the keel ^eei broad, curved, half as long again as the calyx. Ovary very with . J J J hirsute,
;

than the tube.

4 to 6 ovules.

Pod not

seen.
Coll. n. 21.

"W. Australia, Brummond, ^th

^'

.^* ''^'acteolosum, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 10. Leaves alternate, oblong, Ii niear or lanceolate, obtuse, 2 to 4 in. long, glabrous and coriaceous when grown, with rcvolute margins, silky-hairy underneath when very young.
'

lowers red, axillary, solitary or 2 together on short slender pedicels, with 2 roadly orbicular bracteoles, nearly 3 lines long, close under the calyx.
"^1

^^^^^'^

and
r
.

campanulate, silky-villous, f
^^''^

in.

long, the lobes broad, obtuse,

'?^^'" ^''^"

i^c.

Standtu-d on a long claw, shorily ovate, concave,

;

.fl

^xcil,

shortly exceeding the calyx

wings exceeding the standard, but

12
shorter
calyx.

XL.

LECUMiNos^.

[Bmclii/sema.

and naiTOwer than the keel; keel falcate, not twice the len-th of the Ovaiy very silky-haiiy, with 6 ovules in the flower
examined.
Cape Riche, Herd. Mueller; Kojonerup, Herh. Oldfield.
II.

"W. Australia.

without any leaves, except small scales at the nodes. No prorament disk round the ovary within tliat which bears the stamens and lines the base of the calyx.

Section

Leptosema. Stems

^ossiseoides, Benth.
fln7' ^fl
t

f:r 1 nn^lo'fr ^f'^n the

fnUw

?l^

''f T^"'"^'
'^*

'

Stems apparently erect, slightly branched, coriaceous wings descending from the nodes, and
"^^^
1^^^'^^t

'''? * ^^'^

node on the same

side, gla-

1^ ^Wf peduncles. f short

nodes, with several imbricate bracts on the vciy Calyx about 4 lines long, silky-hairv, deeply lobed the 3
''

f lower

'^^? y^"-

^^"^^^'^ -^l^^tered or rarely solitary,

^" f ^^'^^r consis ^ tence tt ' ft n ^^^^^'^ ^"1*^^broadly ^^^^ ovate, ^ acumin.te lt^''''''^' r^"'S '^"r^' *^' '^''^'' '^^"'^'' *"^^^'^' towards the " ^P"^"V uuJe ,1ffW ^' "' ^'^-^^^"^ ^^ ''^^'^^^^ heart-shaped. .^^^ ' Seeds not s eu n^e.-Lej>iolo5ium seen ? ?;/. 7 bommoide,, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 84. N. coast, i2. Brown; Sims Island, ^. Cunningham.
'

of the kil i

Vf

T^^
*

T'"'
'

""''^^' ^''"^^ two-thirds to nearly the length

^^^^'^^
^'''''^^''

"^ '% ^^'

cS le
wrngs

'f

"" SMKK, VuTfl""?,!*'^ stMk miliise f

"PP'-"-'ly several from the same 01 subereot, 1 or more ft. bng, flat, witli coriaceous striate dcscendmg fn,m the ratler distant odes and abou 2 or 3 l" J

S'T'

iSv

F. MuelL Rep!Bnrdek. Exped.

'^^^^^^^^-^^/^^**- a.^^.5/./^...
8.
/-

Herbariuin, marked
Bpecific

T^ci.r\Tt,;

unfoitunately chos^r, nff i/p/ ^ the flowers are very ' '''''
is

name

oe
'

L^ Tt!!
"
,

""'

nnlS

''

^^ "" ^^'^^'^

t ^"''^"^^y
'"^

'P'^'r ^^

'^^

^^'^

Hookerian

^^^i" ^st'-^ke.

The
",

'J'^^'^^

of 0.ryfoi; known, and

wings^f t^^'ftrv"^'
wings
rarely

Lw tf exceTdiltVC'
^

'"'.

^ ^- oxylollolde., but the i''^^^* ""^""^ ^''''^'^ ^^ ^^^ branch with the 3
^^'"'''^ ^^^^azy at the

n-

glablLs.

Sieet of it'tT^^' ''"^'^' ''T'' '?.^"^'* ^^'''' "^ ^- ^-^^y^^' lloides, but otheUe imilar Cnf '' '"^^*^^ ^ilky-pubescent. Ovary- sessile, slight yvSs ^ Po^^' 'f rP\
i

nodes, on relex d

1j

Seeds:

acLdin^io

1^'; no tbout
jf^^
/

' ^^^ ^^^^' ^^^^^

10.

B. aphyllum, //w/t.
a. iong, at, wit'h rigid,

J?oiJ

4,j.qi

-era.

o.

eori/artlt^^iaf ^w'i

",TSdt'

^
-t

Brachjsema?^
-

XL, leguminos.e.

13

from the nodes, truncate and forming an obtuse notch at the upper end, tapering downwards to the next node of the same side, glabrous and often somewhat gLnucous, Flowers red, pedicellate and solitary in the upper

Calyx f to nearly 1 in. long, glabrous or slightly 'silky-pubescent, deeply divided into narrow lanceolate segments, the 2 upper ones usually fi'ee or slightly connate. Standard ovate, very shortly clawed, scarcely half the length of the calyx, recurved between the upper lobes; wings nearly as long as the calyx keel oblong-falcate, nearly twice the length of the calyx. Ovaiy silky-villous, with numerous crowded .ovules. Pod nearly cylindric, turgid, fuiTowed at the sutures, 1^ to 2 in, long. Seeds small, without any strophiole; testa with an outer meuibranous coating, the inner coating thick and cartilaginous, especially at the back of the embryo, but not truly albuminous. Burgesia homalodada, F. Muelh Fragm. i. 222, W. Australia, Dynmmond, Uli Coll n. 37 White Peak, Murchisoii river, Oldfield
^

notches.

and Walcoit.

Herbarium contains specimens from York Sound, ou the N.W. coast, of ^vhat, from the remains of a pedicel and calvx, I should suspect to he a Brachysema near B. apki/llum and B, dossiccoides, but distinct from both. There being, however, neither
flowers nor fruit,
it is

CuniiiTigham's

useless to

name

or describe them,

Stems numerous, from a woody, tufterl Bcmfh, stock, slightly branched, 1 ft, long or more, flat, with naiTow, coriaceous, striate wmgs, more or less silky-hniry, or becoming glabrous with age, the nodes distant and the scales very minute. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicels sohtary or veiy few near the base of the stems, although not on separate
scapes.
point.

11.

B. xaacrocarpum,

Pod

2 to 4 in. long, nearly cylindrical but tapering into a long

Seeds not seen, but the persistent funicles show them to have been as least as numerous as in B. apltylUm. W, Australia. Dirk ITartog's Island, plentiful, Milne; sand plains, Murchison river,
Oldjield (the latter specimens too

young

to detennine with certainty).

Barren stems erect and dichotomous, as "I the following two species, but stouter, flattened to the breadth of 2 or 3 lines, densely and softly silky-pubescent, the ultimate branches flat and divergent, and not spinescent. 'Flowering scapes short and tufted, and flowers of ^, daviesioldes. Pod, also, as in that species, ovoid, turgid, acuminate,
BentJi,

12.

B. tomentosiim,

but larger, almost exceeding the calyx, and more silky. "Wr, Australia. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Dmmmond.
13.

B. Cham'bersii,

F. MuelL Herb,

Barren stems

erect, diehoto-

i^ous and spinescent as in B, daviesioidt% but silky -pubescent, terete or slightly compressed, Flowering sc^npes short and tufted, but rather looser than in B. daviesioides, the flowers rather larger, attairiing 1^ in., in onesided racemes. Calyx softly villous, deeply divided into narrow lobes, the

two ni>nr.r tjvo upper

* ^^^. ,.,.:^..i it,. *^ ^., ^ ones united nearly to the top. Standard lanceolate, about twothu-ds the length of the ealjx ; keel rather louOTr than the calvx ; wings not ^uite so long. Ovary very densely villous, with numerous crowded ovules. l^od not seen. Zr/;/rj5^;;;a CJiambersii, F. MuelL Bcp. Burdek. Exped. 8. N. Australia. Between the rivers limke and Stephenson, M'BouallSimrL

14.

B. daviesioides,

BenlJi,

Rhizome

thick

and wcody, emitting several

14

XL. legvmiin'os.^.
to

\_B7^achpema

erect, I'igid, leafless, ban*en stems,

f ft. high, glabrous^ nearly terete, striate, with numerous dichotonious corymbose branches, the ultimate bvauchlets subulate and spinescent. Scales veiy minute at the base of the principal ramifications, and a few larger ones at the base of the stem. Plon'ers red, nearly sessile, in short unilateral or dichotoraous racemes on very short scapes, forming very dense radical tufts, 2 or 3 in. high and often 3 to 4 in. diameter, witli ovate or lanceolate, villous scales under the branches and very short pedicels. Calyx f to nearly 1 in. long, reddish and villous, very
|-

deeply divided, the lobes nan'ow, the 2 upper ones united to near the to|). Standard cordate-lanceolate, about two-thirds the length of the calyx Avings narrow, nearly or quite as long as the calyx keel rather longer and broader, the petals shortly connate above the middle. Ovary sessile, short, villous, tapering into a long style ; ovules very numerous and crowded, on slender funicles. Pod ovoid, turgid, acuminate, sliorter than the calyx. Seeds not %cm,~Kaleniczenkia daviesioides, Turcz. in BulL IMosc. 1853, i. 252,
; ;

^?ir.

Australia. DnimmMul Xil

r.nll

<

9fi

3.

OXYLOBIUM,
;

Andr.
J2.

(Callistachys, Vent,

Podolobium,

Br)

Calyx-lolies nearly of equal length, the 2 upper ones usually broader and united higher up. Petals clawed. Standard orbicnlar or reni'fonn, emarginate, longer than the lower petals ; wings oblong keel broader than the
;

wmgs and
mens
on

free.

about the same length, straight or slightly curved, obtuse. StaOvary sessile or stipitate, with several (4 to above 30) ovules,
;
.

thickened towards the base, with a small terminal stigma. Pod sessile or stalked, ovoid or oblong, turgid, continuous inside or rarely with a cellular tissue forming irregiilar transverse half-dissepimcuts, or shghtly lining the cavity valves iTsually coriaceous. Seeds with or without a strophiole. Shrubs or rarely undershi-iibs. Leaves on very short petioles, more or less distinctly verticillate or

straight, filiform funicles

style incunx'd, iiliform or

opposite, oc-

casionally scattered or ]-arely all alternate, simple, entire or rarely with ])imgcnl lobes. Stipules setaceous, sometimes minute or none. Flowers yellow, or the keel and base of the standard, or rarely entirely, pui-ple-red, in terminal or axillary racemes, either loose or contracted into corymbs or wborl-like clus-

Bracts and bracteoles very deciduous. Staminal disk usually very short. Ovary very villous, except in 0. daurophjllnm.
ters.

limited to Australia. proportions of the loTr petals ; from

is

and in the Gadrohbium ouly iu the n.nnber of ovules. 4 or more, '^'"''", f Gadrololium, arc sent as the poison ^' ^''^" 4 r'r "'A' f"'"'plant 7lv of W. Australia, especially 0. Imeare, capitatum, and parviflontnu

Tlic genus

It differs from

Chonzema,

clucflv in ha1.it

Z2

'"^^

ft

terminal, venj dense.

Ovules alout

8.

Strophiole none or minute.

hard, opening at the top
'
'

Racemes oblong

or elongated.
'

Pod very

racemes "short/corynibos'e.
Stipules inconspicuous. Stipules conspicuous at

Pod opening to thobase! Pod smooth inside the upper leaves. Pod silky

'

^'
<y,

^-

CaUutaclp.
.;/;/,>,

....
inside
\

%.

6. alpcslre

Oxi/lobium.]

XL.

leguminos^.
mostly alternate (except in 0. ottusifolium).
StropJiiole none.
4.
(?.

15
Ra-

Sekies IL

Racemosae, Leaves

cemes terminal, loose.

Ovules 10 to 30.

Ovules about 20 .' .' . Leaves alternate, linear, 2 to 6 in. long. Leaves alternate or ^vhorlcd, linear, J to \\ iu. long, hooked at tlie Oviiles above 20 end, the margins revolutc, Ovules Leaves mostly alternate, under 1 iu. long, flat or nearly so. about 10. . . Leaves oblono^ or lanceolate Leaves cuucatc
,

lineare.

7.

0. oUusifohum.

5.

0. cannatnm.

6.

0. sjuitliulaiim.

SeiuI' s
late.

IIL 'Er\co\d^7i&. Slender

heath-Ulcc sliruls.

Lea

Flowers axillanj, or in short, terminal, umheUlike Strop/nole none {except in O. Pultenefe?).

es small, mostlt/ verticiU Ovules 8 to 10racemes.

Flowers axillary, solitaiy. Leaves ovate, about 1 line long Flowers iu short, terminal, unibel-likc racemes. Leaves cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, \\ to 3 Hues long . Leaves lanceolate to linear, 2 to 4 lines long Leaves linear-subulate, with hooked points, 2 to 4 lines long

...
.

9.

0. microj)hjUum
j-r

r cordifohum. 8. 0.
10.
<?

Fidtene<R.

.11.0. hamulosunu

Leaves mdershrnbs. iraiUng Si^RiES IV. Laxiflorce. 5;/r?^j5 or procumbent or or sligfiwj glabrous Calyx axillary. mostly opposite. Flowers in loose racemes, or fete,
pubescent.

Ovules usually 8.

Strophiole none.
i

Stems

o Leaves obovate, oval, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or mucronulate 13. 13. Leaves ovate, rigid, pungent-pointed
Leav*es crowded, rather small, truncate, 3-pointed. 1 rx solitary or scarcely racemose ,

diffuse

procumbent or

trailing.

n U
"^

^ scanaens.

0. procnmbens,

Flowers

fcvr,

14. 0.
i e \f>.

^ tncuspidatum,
^
.

-j

Stems

erect.

Leaves deeply cordate, rigid

n V^

/ / 7/ spectaoiie.

threes in or opposite mostly Series V. Gastrolobioide^.-^^V/ shrubs. Leaves tatyJ^ racemes, corymbose coriaceous. clusters, or terminal short,

Flotvers in axillary

villous.

Ovules 4 or very rarely 6.

Seeds strophiolate.

Calyx 5 lines long, very villous. Petals purple, nearly twice . long. Bracts icry ^^^ Leaves ovate or obbnig. Calyi 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers mostly in a terminal corymb. Leaves ovate or oblong, Calyx very villous. very obtuse or emargiuatc. broadly ovate \ ; Leaves narrow oblong Flowers mostly in axillary clusters. Leaves obovatc or broadly oblong, strongly reticulate . . Leaves, except the lowest, oblong, lanceolate or linear spathulate, broadly or U^aves cuneate-oblong, obovate-truncate
. ,

^^

KS,

, ^ .,r.uy,vm atropurpuU2m. 0.

Ws

retusuu
l^\ 6. viryatum. -^
-^"^

...

ia
^;^-

iO

rpflrulatum '
.

^^.

IJ'ZZm ^ ^- capiuui

very obtuse or emargiuatc, faintly reticulate Leaves small, elliptical-oblong, pungent, pointed

runeatum ^^^' ^*^ ^^- ^- nrvfnm

in Flowers opposite Series '^^^^^.^^^^^^^^^ Podoloble^.-Zmr.. mostly la^ely 6. venj or Ovules 4 lary o, terminal racemes. Calyx nearly glabrous.

VL

^eeas

(where known) not strophiolate.

Leaves oblong or almost mostly terminal.
Stipules inconspicuous.
linear,

obtuse,

coriaceous.

Racemes,

unsdky mnintely leaves closely and

-

'

derneath
Stipules setaceous.

'

t,,

"

Leaves softly pubescent or villous Leaves pungent-pointed, entire or lobed. Racemes mostly aMllary. Leaves lanceolate, entire, rounded or truncate at the base
.

/ \,v underneath
'

oa' 24.

^ ^arviforum. fiete^oj j O O. heteronhyllum.

acicuHJerum.

'^

Leaves cuneate at the base, usually toothed or with divaricate,

pungent lobes.

16

XL. LEGIJM1N0S.E.

[OxylobiuM.

Leaves ovate or lanceolate, toothed or shortly lobed 26. 0. triloUtum Leaves deeply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes lanceolate and divari^^^^'

....

,,
r

27.

O.staurophyllim.

Callutachjs linaviaifolia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 117, is not recognizable from the very short diagnosis given, but is most probably the nan'ow-lcavcd variety of 0. ellifticmtu

Sehies

I.

CALLisTACHYiE.Leaves mostly
Ovules about

ii-regulariy verticil late.

8.

In-

florescence termmal, very dense.

with a very minute strophiole. ovules and strophiolate seed.

1.

Seeds without any or The Gastrolobloidea differ chiefly in their 4

O. Callistachys, BenfL
more or
less clothed

tall

shrub, the

young branches

often

silky-pubescent underneath when young. Flowers yellow, in dense tevminal racemes of 2 to 6 in. Pedicels short. Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, deciduous. Calyx about 4 lines long, hirsute with long silky hairs. Ovary very shortly stipitate with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod at least i in. long, acute, ngidly coriaceous, opening at the top only, more or less lined with cellular tissue which often dries up into partial transverse dissepiments, beeds without any or with a scarcely perceptible stvoiMok.-Cakfacki/s lanceolata. Vent. Jard Malm. t. 115 I)C. Prod. ii. 104 Bot. Erg. t-. 216
;

reticulate above,

with appressed silky hairs. Leaves mostly iu irregular whorls of 3, from ovate-oblong and 1^ to 2 in. long, to lanceolate and 4 or 5 m. long, obtuse with a small, callous point, coriaceous, glabrous and

angular,

'""

f.Z7:
L^Tl

KTr

T'i^n

,
'

^.

^^^> Siins,Bot.

'i??.- V?.^-

"

J^^

'

1925 (short broadMeissn.inPl. Preiss. i. 26 ; C. rc4.sa,

t.

Mag.

Gordon rue Oldfield ; Champion Bay, Bowes. fouuJed ou this pant hns been siibsequently
,

well

The genus Callutachm

from
but ocafrs

ori'nn-illv

distinj^uishcd

cellular tissue

(he pod, which is usually abundant in this species Others, sometimes iu the form of transverse raised lines,

withm

oJySfSfl^^^

someti.riryin,

and rarely furnishes even ^ood speeiflc charaders The plete dehiscrncc of the pod does however distinguish this species from all others.

il h

S 1^1
iu

tZ L-f

'"'''^ Frc'^Ptib'^,

iHikeT^

Til shrub,

elUpt ' ow and compact

*.

in

--.'.'.

^^xjiv^ ^cf(/. ra-

i.

111.

IU,

All i\ii

erect

mountain

high when oHomento.e Leaves mostly in irregular whorls of 3, from oud-oblong or elliptical and under 1 m. long to oblong-linear or lanceolate
ft.

hmes above 10

situations, tall, often strajvcHnoluxuriant, the branch'es silky-pubescent

some

keel shorter. Ovary nearly sessile, with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod 4 tT long, acummatc, very villous, opening . to the base, glaln-ous inside

underneath. ous. Eaccines densely corymbose, terminal or in the upper\xi . 1 to 4 Imes long. Iraeteoles linear, deciduous. Calyx softl dllous 3 ^le long or rather more; lobes as long as the tube, acuminatth upper o urn ed much h^^her up. Standard much longer 'than the
.

late iTeTbov? above, silkv ilkv'P" -pubescent or villous

T""1,

" "^"!^^^^^ ^"^^^-^'

and 2 or

I in

glabrous aid Stipules quite inconspicu-

W rS:
u
s

PeSs

calyx

Ss
(T

without any strophiole.-DC. Prod.

ii.

104

Hook.

I PI.

Seeds i.Sl ; Bot!

Oxylohium.']

XL.

leguminos^.

17

/ieMer; Argjle couBty, J. Cunningham; Illawarra, Backhouse, Victoria. Sources of the Avon and Macalister rivers, F, Mueller. Tasmania. Derwent river, Brown ; abundant in heathj places in the soutliern part ot the island, ascending iu the mountains to 4000 ft,, /. D, Hooker, "W. Australia. East Eiver Flat, Stokes Inlet, Maxwell. This specimen (a small young one), and a few mountain ones, both from Victoria and from Tasmania, are silkypubescent only on the young shoots and inflorescence, and come very near to 0, alpestre, but the stipules arc very sraaU or quite inconspicuous, and the pod appears to be alwavs quite i ' . glabrous and smooth inside.

GompJwIohlum elUpticum, Labill PI. Nov. HolL i. 10r3. t. 135; Callidachys elliptica. Vent. Jard, Malm, under n. 115; Chorizerda eUipticum, P. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 39 Pleurandra (?) reticulata, Hoolc. Journ, ^ot. 1. 245 ; Oxylohimn argerdenm, Kunze, in Linnsea, xx. 61 0. PultenefS, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1947, not of DC. N- S.Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown; Hastings nver, Fraser Clarence
t.
;
:

Mag.

3249;

river,

in

Var. angusiifolium. Leaves long and narrow. I find no other character; the distance of the bractcoles from the calyx is very variable. 0. arhoresceus, R. Er. in Ait. Hort, Kew.

not of ^C, Herb., erroneously referred in Ann. Wien. 3Ins. ii. 70, to 0. obtusifohum, Sweet, a species.which I had then mistaken. N. S. Wales and northern parts ot lasmama. Port Dalrymple, S. Brown.
;

^44:^ ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. U. a7igusHfohtim, A. Cunn.

81

0, Pulteuea, Paxt.

Mag.

ix.

149, with a

fig.,

3.

O. alpestre,

i^.

MuelL

Trans, Phil List. Fid.

i.

38.

busLy or

diftuse shrub, attaining sometimes 3 or 4 ft., the young shoots silky-pubescent, at length nearly glabrous, much resembling the more glabrous varieties

Leaves mostly opposite, occasionally in whorls of 3, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or mucronate, f to in- long, the margins recurved,
Stipules narrow-lanceolate or linear-subulate, recurved, small but conspicuous at the upper leaves, at length deciduous. Eacemes shortly coiymbose, terminal or in the upper axils. Pedicels 1 to 3 lines long, Bractcoles linear, deciduous. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 3 lines long, the
lobes acute, the 2 upper ones Standard half as long united above the middle. again as the calyx; wings and keel rather shorter. Ovary nearly sessile with about 6 ovules. Pod ovoid-oblong, acuminate, very villous, opening to the
^ase, lined

or 0, ellipticum.

coriaceous, reticulate.

with a loose pithv substance or scale-like hairs.

Seeds not stro-

phiolate.

Victoria. Cobberas Mountains, Macalister river, Mount Butler, Timbertop, etc., F, ^ ^^^ inclined to consider this as a variety of 0. enipdcumj but, as observed by ^' ^lueller, the stijjules are much more conspicuous, and iu all the specimens I have seen tile pods are slightly pithy inside. The whole plant is also usually much more glabrous.

Vm

Eacemosj^;. Leaves mostly alternate (more frequently verticulate in 0. oUnsifoUum). Eacemes terminal, loose. Ovules about 10 to 30. Seeds not strophiolate.
II.

Series

Benth. An erect shrub of 6 to 10 ft., with long and slender branches, Leaves mostly alterminutely silky-pubescent when young. nate, linear or linear-lanceolate, 2 to 6 in. long, obtuse or mucronate, flat or ^ith the margins recurved, reticulate, glabrous or silky underneath when veiy young. Flowers yellow or of a dull red, in rather loose terminal racemes or sometimes in the upper axils. Pedicels very short. Bracts nan-ow, very de4.

O. lineare,

ciduous.

Calyx 3^ to 4
11.

lines long, silky-villous.

Petals of 0. CallistachyH

VOL.


18
or rather smaller.

' *

XL, LEGUMixos.^.
m

[Oxylobinm.

with about 30 closely -pa clced ovules. Pod Calliovoid, acute, rarely above 5 lines long. Seeds minutely stropliioUite. dacJiys linearis, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 27 Bot. Mag. t. 3882 ; Meissn. in C, farmflora^ Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 26 ; Meissn. in PI. PI. Preias. i. 27 Preiss. i, 26 C. Unari^foUa^ Gr. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 117 ; CJwrizema Unea?'e, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 17.

Ovary

stipitate,

River, Fraser, Huegel, Freiss, n. 853, and others; nortlnvarJ to Murcliison river, Oldfield; southward to Preston river, Toby's Inlet, etc., Freiss, n, 851, 852, 854; Vasse, Gordon and Tone rivers, OldfielcL The breadth of the leaves, the size

"W, Australia.

Swan

and colour of the flowers vary in almost all stations, without having any relation to each other. The short:leaved specimens sometimes much resemble Gastrolobium Callutachys.
5.

O. carlnatum^

Benth,

A low shrub, with ascending or erect simple or

branched stems, often under 1 ft., but attaining 3 or 4 ft., more or less hirsute. Leaves scattered, oblong or lanceolate with a small rigid recurved point, often under \ in. and rarely nearly 1 in. long, coriaceous, often undulate, glabrous or slightly hirsute, with a prominent midrib and transverse reticulations. Flowers bright yellow, in terminal racemes of 1 to 2 in. Pedicels short. Calyx 3 to 4 lines long, silky-hairy, the lobes narrow and acute, the 3 upper ones scarcely connate. Petals often scarcely exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary shortly stipitate, with about 10 ovules style rather thick with an oblique stigma. Pod ovoid, acuminate, 3 to 4 lines long without the stipes. Seeds shining black, without any strophiole. C?Z/.s^ac/^y5 carinata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 27 Chorizema pnbescens; Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 256, V;*. Australia, Bnanmond, Wt Coll. n. 33 south side of Konkobemp hills, Freiss,
^

Kalgan j parvifohum,
.

1068

river, Ohlfield.

The

species bears

some resemblance to Gastrolobium

shrub allied in appearance to 0, carinatum, biit evidently taller and more branched, the branches hirsute. Leaves alternate, linear-cuneate or almost oblong, with recurved points, mostly \ to f in. long, rigid, with a prominent midrib, recurved margins and a few transverse reticulations.
cels short.

6.

O. spathulatum,

Benth.

Racemes terminal,

rather dense, 1 to 2 in. long.

Pedi-

Bracts linear-subulate, very deciduous. Calyx 4 lines long, silkyvillous, the lobes lanceolate-subulate, the 2 upper ones rather broader and more connate. Petals larger than in 0. carimUum:, although scarcely exceeditig the calyx. Ovary^ shortly stipitate, with about 10 ovules ^ style rather thick, stigma oblique. Pod almost sessile, ovoid-oblong, acuminate. Seeds without any ^tvo^\iiQ\t, Callidachys spathulata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. ii. 308.

"W. Australia, Drummond, 2nd

7.

ColL n, 89.

O. obtusifolium.

Sweet,

FL Judral.

t.

5.

procumbent, httle branched, minutely silky-pubescent or at length glabrous. Leaves alternate or irregularly whorled in threes, linear, obtuse and recurved at the end, f to 1 in. or rarely ]i in. long, tlie margins much rcvolute, coriaceous and transversely reticulate above, the under side silkyliairy l)ut usually almost concealed. Flowers orange-red, in terminal often ]_-suIed racemes of 1 to 2 in. on very short pedicels. J^raets and bracteoles linear, very deciduous. Calyx silky-pubcsccnt, 4 to 5 lines lono-, not so broad as in other species and scarcely divided below tlie middle, the 2 upper
difiuse or

Stems 1 to Ii

ft.

long,

Oxyhbium.']

xl.

leguminos^.

19

lobes united nearly to the top. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx lower petals much shorter ; keel obtuse, rather shorter than the wings.' Ovary on a rather long stipes with above 20 ovules. Pod not seen.

i his species is
.

many

respects aUied to Chorizema cytlsoides, but the keel

is

Vxf/Iobium,

quite ^

tliat

of

Leaves small (] to 3 or rarely 4 lines long), mostly vcrticillate. Flowers axillary or few in short terminal umbel-like racemes. Ovules 8 to 10. Seeds not stropliiolate (except perhaps in 0. TultenecB).'
slirubs.
8.

Series

III.

Ericoide^. Slender hcatli-likc

O.cordifolium, Andr,

Bot, Reg. t 492.

Branches slender,

diffuse,

Leaves irregularly vcrticillate in threes, ovate-cordate, 1| to 2 lines or the upper ones 3 or rarely 4 lines long, the margins revolute, often hirsute when young, nearly glabrous when full-grown, -rlowcrs orange-red, usually 3 or 4 together in little terminal heads or umbels, the pedicels short and hirsute. Calyx villous, about 3 lines long, tlie lobes longer than the tube, lanceolate, acuminate, the 2 upper ones shortly united, standard about 4 lines long and broad; keel equal to or rather longer than ^the Avings. Ovary almost sessile, with about S ovules. Pod ovoid, acuminate, 4 or 5 lines Ions:, scarcely coriaceous. Seeds without any strophiole. DC. Prod. ii. 104^ Bot. Mag. t. 1544 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 937 CJiorizema cordifoUnm, F. MuelL Fragm. iv. 17.

pubescent or hirsute

when young.

W. S. Wales.
and others.
9.

Botany Bay, Banks and Solander ; Port Jackson,

iJ.

Brown. Irasi\

O. microphyllum,

shriib,

much-branched diffuse or divaricate the branches minutely tomentose-pubescent. Leaves scattered, about
Benth.

Flowers small, apparently dark-coloured, axillary and solitary, shortly pedicellate. Calyx about 1^ hnes ^^lo' deeply divided iiito broad acute lobes, the 2 upper ones rather more tinitcd. Petals nearly of equal length, shortly exceeding the calyx. Standard very broad; keel broad, obtuse. Ovary on a rather long stipes, with about 8 ovules. Pod not seen,

1 line long, ovate, obtuse,

with recurved margins.

Mirleha oxylobioides^ but the trace of any dissepiment in the ovary slightly enlarged none much advauccd in the specimens I have seen.

,^'

Australia.

Flats of E.

Mount Barren, Maxwell. This has much the aspect of leaves are much smaller, the flowers all axillary, and I see no
after flo\vcriii<5; there are,

however,

10. O, Pulteneae, LC, Trod. ii. 104. heath-like shrub, with slender ~ branches, glabrous or minutely pubescent when young. Leaves alternate i or

2 to 4 lines J^^iJ?, the margins much rcvolute, glabrous or scabrous above, minutely pubescent underneath. Flowers few, in short terminal racemes usually contracted ^nto umbels. Calyx 3 lines long or rather more, Bracts very deciduous.

^'regularly vcrticillate

m threes,

from ovate-lanceolate to

linear,

below the middle into lanceolate *'icnminate lobes, the Standard longer than the 2 upper ones shortly comiate. ^alyx; wings and Ovaiy shortly stipitatc, Mitli S keel scarcely exceeding it. to 10 ovules. Pod nearly sessile, acuminate, 3 to 5 lines long. Seeds stropniolate according to Do Candolle; I have not seen them. Bid fen sylvatica, C 2
hairs, divided to'

pm-scent with appressed

20
Sieb.

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^,
Cuun.
;

[OxyloMtm.

PL

Exs.

Callistachys sparm, A.

Benth. in Ann. AVien. Mua,

iL 69.

S. "Wales. Port Jackson, Bleher, n. 403; Hunter's River, A. OunningJiam ; near Wollomby, Blue Mountains, C. Moore, The plant figured in Paiton's Magazine' as 0. Pul'

N-

tencsa appears to be the narrow-leaved var. of 0. eUijdicitm,

11, O. hamulosum, Benth, in A. Gray, Bot. Amei\ Expl Exped. i. 379. heath-like shrub evidently very nearly allied to O. PuUenece-, but the leaves are all narrow-linear, almost subulate, 3 to 6 lines long, hooked and pointed

margins much revolute as in the allied species. Plowers not seen. Fruiting racemes short, like those of 0. Pultenece, and pod the same. Seeds not seen.
at the end, the

S. "Wales- Hunter's River, American Exploring Ea-pedilion'; also in Herb. A. Cunningham, from Herb. I^ambei-t. This will probably prove to be a variety of 0. Pultenece,
but the leaves are too distinct to unite
it

N.

without having seen the flowers.

or procumbent or trailing unclerslirubs. Leaves mostly opposite. Flowers in loose racemes or few and axillary. Calyx glabrous or slightly pubescent. Ovules usually 8. Seeds not stropliiolate.

Series IV. Laxiflob/E.

Shrubs

This series

differs

from the Podolobiea

chiefly in the

more numerous

ovules.

12. O. scandens, Benth. in Jnn. JFien. Mus. ii. 70. shrub or undershrub with weak procumbent or half climbing branches, pubescent

when young.

Leaves mostly opposite, from obovate or ovate-elliptical to ovate-lanceolate or nan-ow-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate, 1^ to 2 in. long or rarely more, the margins flat, nan-owed nt tlie base, reticulate, glabrous when full grown Kacemes_ terminal or in the upper axils, loose, with few yellow flowers. Pedicels sometimes as long as the calyx, with two small lanceolate-subulate bracteoles at a distance from the calyx. Calyx under 3 lines long, slightly pubescent with appressed hairs the lobes broad, acute, about as long as the tube, and nearly equal Standard about 5 lines diameter ; wings shorter, obovateob ong keel rather smaller, the petals scarcely cohering. Ovary stipitate, with about 8 ovules. Pod very shortly stipitate, about
;

curved, acuminate, turgid, the valves transversely veined as in 0. Callistachys, but the cellular tissue veiy scanty or scarcely any. QorL-ma scandens, Sm. '" ^^'^^ ^^- 2^^ 5 F. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 40 ; Fodolohium scan^'5i^l'; I'""if^

in. long,

somewhat

humifi
Lindl.

Bot Ecg.

t.

1434

Journ. 1830.

Chorizema Baxteri, Grah. in Edinb.

;

New

Pliil.

Queenslaiid.

Wide Bay,

Bidwill
^-

Moreton Bay, W. Hill

^'"'5^'^'

7 '''''^'""tV Bl,^ Cliic iMoiintains, Mo;,S*'^>;.f Ji?M ^rtwo/j. Hustings

I

&V^^^

391. 3!)2

Paramatta,

Woolk

river

Beckler
Ji.

hafwtnsS;J L^
utkr

'

^.^I'?-^/P'^^-.'-

379.-Hunter's River.
'^"'^

Brown and

others,

dZrtm

riurn

trll of

^V

oTa Jirin

varLT/LLI^rr^-''"]

"'i'rr'^ ^"""^

^'^^

^''''^'^

''^

f"^ the Paris Herba-

ri

*f

*l!

""'^ ^^^ considerable mimber of spe' "'''": ^^^^ ^'"'*' ^ ^^^ that it oulv differs from

umbeus

Khi

Ox7/lobium.]

XL. leguminos.'E.

21
rigid stems.of

zome very thick and woody, emitting procumbent or ascending

a to 1 ft,,

pubescent when young. Leaves irregularly opposite or in threes, ovate, with a fine pungent point, under 1 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, reticulate and glabrous when full grown, Flowers few, in short, loose, terminal, pedunculate racemes, or in the upper axils. Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, deciduous. Calyx about 4 lines long, slightly pubescent with appressed hairs, the lobes about as long as the tube, all acuminate, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Standard ^ in. diameter; wings and keel sliorter. Ovary nearly sessile, with 6 to 10, usually 8, ovules. Pod very shortly stlpitate, oblong, obtuse, about ^ in. long.
S. Wales. Maneroo, S. Mossman. "^^***"*- Delatite river. Mount Macedou, ranges on the Upper Genoa

^;

river, etc., F,

F. Mueller now proposes to unite this with 0. scandeyts, but it appears to me constantly distinct in habit and foliage, in its longer deepercoloured flowers, and, in the only fruiting specimen s5en, the pod is differently shaped.
at Lexton, etc.,

MueUer; ranges

Whan.

low diffuse or procumbent glabrous shrub. Leaves mostly opposite, often crowded, obovate or oblong-cuneate, truncate with 1 to 3 fine bristle-like or almost pungent pomts, rarely above | in. long, thin but" rigid, reticulate. Flowers small and few together in the upper axils or at the ends of the branches. Calyx 2 to 2~^hnes long, glabrous or nearly so, the lower lobes narrow-lanceolate longer
in

14,

O. tricuspidatum, Memn.

PL

Preiss,

i.

30.

than the tube, the upper ones broader, falcate, and united above the middle, all usually with fine bristle-like points. Petals scarcely half as long again as the calyx. Ovary nearly sessile, with 6 to 10 ovules. Pod sessile, ovoid, obtuse, slightly pubescent.

Seeds not strophiolate.

Ji^* *"0,
15.

Australia-

Gravelly places,

Hay
Nov.

district,

Preiss, n. 1064, also

Dnimmond,

n.

J. S, Hoe,

O. spectabile,

IJndl.

Stirp.

Dec. 2.

Rigifl,

glabrous

and

glaucous, or the young shoots slightly silky-pubcsccnt. Leaves opposite, deeply cordate, ovate or orbicular, mucronate, 1 to 1^ in. long, rigid, coriaceous, reticulate. Eacemes terminal, loose, 1 to 3 in. long. Bracts lanceoI'lte, the lower ones trifid, but all falling off before flowering ; bracteoles none. Calyx broadly campanulate, 3 to 4 lines long, glabrous or nearly so, the lobes rather shorter than the tube, the lower ones broad and rather obtuse, the 2 upper cues Stanmiddle. the above united and broader, very obtuse,

dard above with about

wings and in Benth. cordatim, Gastrolobiim 8 ovules. Pod not seen. Lmdl. Swan Eiv. App. 13, t. 5 B.
in.

diameter

keel rather shorter.

Ovary

stipitate,

"^ . '^usiraua.
.

Roe.

Series V.

Gastrolobioide;E.Rigid shrubs.
Calvx
villous.

Leaves mostly oppo-

site

or in whorls of 3, coriaceous.

lymbose racemes.
phiolate.

coshort or clusters axillary in Tlowers stroSeeds rarely 6. very or Ovules 4

all other Oryfrom These have the 4 ovules as them, from differ of the PodoloUea, but brings them \obiams (except character This seeds. perhaps 0. PuUenece), in their strophiolate into close affinity with Gastrolobitm, of several species of which they have the habit, diflenng only in

the ovules, 4 instead of 2.

22

XL. LEGUMiNOSJErf

[OxylolUm.

16. O. atropurpureum, Turcz. in Bull. 3Iosc!l9>^^, i. 250. tall, stout slirub, the young branches angular and hoary or softly pubescent.

Leaves mostly opposite, distinctly petiolate, ovate or elliptical-oblong, obtuse or eraarginate, 2 to 4 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, penniveined and finely reticulate,

I'lowers

much

larger than in the following species,

and apparently

of a deep red, in dense axillary clusters or corymbose racemes. Bracts broadly orbicular, very deciduous. Calyx rather narrow, densely villous with long silty hairs, about \ in. long, the broad lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones very shortly connate. Petals, including the claws, 9 to 10 lines long. Ovary shortly stipitate, with 4 ovules. Tod not seen. V/". Australia, Brummond, Uh Coll, n. 53, Maxwell ; Champion Bay, Bowen ; E.
Barren, Ma tic- el I f' (specimen in leaf only). blance to Gasirolobimn fyramidale.

Mount

This species bears

much

general resem-

17. 0 shrub, the

Br, %n Bot. Reg, L 913. A much-branched, rigid young branches angular and hoary or pubescent. Leaves mostly
i?.

retusum,

opposite, petiolate, ovate or oblong-elliptical, obtuse, truncate or cmarginate, usually 1 to 3 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous and reticulate above,

silky-pubescent or rarely glabrous underneath. Flowers reddish-yellow, in dense, almost sessile, terminal clusters or corymbose racemes, or rarely also in the upper axils.

Bracts ovate or oblong, very deciduous. Calyx very villous, about 3 or rarely nearly 4 lines long, divided to about the middle into broad-lanceolate lobes. Petals about half as long again as the calyx. Ovary very shortly stipitate, with 4 ovules. Pod ovoid, scarcely acuminate, about 4 lines long, very hairy. Seeds strophiolate. (7/^on>ma coriaceum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 254; Fodolobium (?) coriaceum, DC. Prod> ii, 103
^

Oxylobium ovalifolmthM^hsw, in PI. Preiss. i. 28; CalUstacJiys tetranona, Tnrcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 249. "W. Australia. King George's Sound, R, Broicn, A. Ciimiingham, and others; southern districts ?, Drummorzd, n, 52, Zrd ColL n. 83, Wi CvlL n. 56 stony places. Mount Manypealc and King George's Souud, Preiss, n, 813,820; E. Mount Barren, Maxwell. The species often much resembles Gasirolobmm pjramidale, but is more silky, and the ovary
;

has always 4 ovules. Var. winus. Leaves smaller. Flowers mostly terminal. Calyx less villous. Dr/.'/;;mond, n. 95, and Uh ColL n. 20.This passes almost into 0. reticulatam. The diflereuccs indeed which separate 0. reiusum, reticulatum, capitatmn, and cuneatmUy arc very slight, although the extreme forms ore very different.

18.
tnsinn

O. virgatam,

Tlort.

Kew.

An

erect slirub, nearly allied to O. re-

and possibly a variety only, but the very much narrower leaves and smaller flowers give it a very different aspect. Leaves in threes or opposite, narrow-oblong or almost linear, rarely ovate-oblong, very obtuse and emargilong, silky-pubescent underneath, much less rigid than in 0. relusum, with the margins often recurved. Flowers in terminal, sessile, corymbose racemes or clusters, and occasionally also in the uppermost axils. Calyx nearly 3 Imes long. Petals about half as long again. Ovary and pod 0^0. retusum. Gastrolobium retiisim,'L\Tii\\.V>oi.^o^ +. 1R4,7. "Rnf Mno-.
in.

nate,

| to If

t.

3328.

W. Australia.
the

Oiily

known

in

cultivation.

Kcw Garden

The
;

correspond well

vvitli

(he figures given

garden has the leaves rather broader.

from one I have seen from the Edinburgh

original specimens preserved

Oxylobimn.l
19.

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.
in

23
i.

O. reticulatum, Meism.

0. capilatum, witli

Very nearly allied to the same iudumentum and inflorescence. Leaves mostly
29.

PL Freiss.

opposite, obovatc or broadly ovate-oblong, very obtuse or emargiuate, with or

without a minute recurved point, rarely above 1 iu. long, very coriaceous, strongly reticulate and glabrous when full-grown. Flowers and pods rather smaller than in 0. capitatum^ but otherwise the same.

^V. Australia.

Saud-hills on the seashore and in the interior, FreisSy

7i,

840 and

831, Brmnm07idy w. 95 and 205 {or 215 ?). , Var. gracile. Branches slender. Leaves rather smaller, often undulate on the edges, the reticulations not quite so coarse. GastroloHum axiUare^ Flowers and pods rather smaller. Meissn.in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 29. Drummond^ ^th ColL n, 22. These specimens agree per-

with the diagnosis of Meissner, who refers to the same umnhcr of Drummond's, except that I have found in all the flowers that I have examined 4 ovules instead of 2.
fectly

20.

O. capitatuxn^
ft.,

of 2 to 3

A shrub or undershrub Benth. inllneg. Emim, 28. with rigid, bnt not thick branches, minutely hoary or silky-

pubescent when young. Lowest leaves sometimes obovate, all the otiiers oblong, lanceolate or linear, 1 to 2 in. bug, obtuse, with a short, usually recurved point, rigid, glabrous and reticuhite above, minutely silky-pubescent Stipules usually or glabrous underneath, with a stout, prominent midrib. recurved. Flowers in axillary clusters or sometimes forming a terminal, Calyx silkycompact, corymbose raceme or head. Bracts very deciduous. villous, 3 or rarely nearly 4 lines long, rather broad, divided to about the middle Standard nearly into acuminate lobes, the 2 upper ones nnited at the base.
twice as long as the calyx
stipitate,
;

wings and keel much shorter.

Ovary

shortly

with 4 or rarely 6 ovules.

Pod

ovoid, scarcely acuminate, about 4

lines long, villous, often

MoUoy Mrs, river, Vasse stony places, foot of 814 ; n. 805, Preiss, IMaiivpeak. Buiibury, Canning river, and Cape Leschcnanlt, (9/^^^/^; between Moore and Murchison
rivers,

Seeds with with cellular tissue. a rather lai-ge strophiole.Bot. Eeg. 1843, t. 16 ; Meissn. in Pi. Preiss. i. 80 ; O. nervosum, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 12 ; Cullistachjs oxjjlobioides, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 27. 844; 8U, 842, 843, n, Preiss, "W. Australia. Coll, 1st Lrummond, River,

more or

less lined

Swan Mount
ColL

Briimmond,

Uh

n, 21.

Bracts narrow, bose racemes or clusters, either all axillary or also ternimaL tlie villous or silky-pubescent very deciduous. Calyx about 3 lines long, btanfalcate, somewhat lobes lanceolate, the upper ones slightly united and ovules. with sessile, 4 dard nearly twice as long as the calyx. Ovary almost
l*od ovoid, acuminate, rigid,

erect, An 12. App. Riv. Sican O, cuneatum, Bentli. in LindL rigid shrub, attaining several ft., the specimens usually assuming a yellowish or a glaucous tint when dry, young branches angular, minutely tomentoseof 3 or 4, whorls in or opposite pubescent or almost silky. mostly Leaves from broadly obovate-triangnlar or spathulate to almost linear-euneate rounded, truncate or emargiuate at the end, mostly 1 to 3 in. long narrowed to the base, usually folded lengthwise, coriaceous, glabrous or slightly silkywhen except prominent scarcely pubescent underneath, the reticulate veins coiymdense in purple, petals the leaf is thin. lower Flowers yellow or the

21.

4 to 5 lines long.
George's Sonud to

W, Australia.
J^rummond and

From King

Swan River and Murchison

river,

others.


24-

XI.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Oxylohlum.

following forms have been described by myself and others as distinct species, but different as some of them appear at first sight, we now find that they all pass into each other by inscLsible gradations, the only difference consisting really in the relative breadth of the
leaves.
a.

The

All are closely allied to 0. reticulatum and 0, capifatum, but have the leaves more or less cuneate, not so coarsely reticulate, and a more dense inflorescence.

emarginatum. Leaves oblong-cuneate, mostly emargiuate, rather small; aiillary peduncles often growing out into leafy branches with terminal inflorescences. 0. Briiminondii^ Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 30. Swan Kiver, Brnmmond, w. 72 and2l0, FreisSy n. SOO/in my
set.
b.

This variety almost passes into 0. capitatum. cnneifolmm. Leaves linear-cuneatt, rounded at the end, mostly about
Elver,

i to 2 in. long.

Swan
c.

Drnmmond,

1st Coll., also n,

71 and 201

(partly).

ohoxatum. Leaves very broadly cuneate, truncate, mostly about \\ in. long. 0. obovaium, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 12; Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 36; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 29 ; Paxt, Mag. x. 243, with a fig. Swan River, Drummond, Isi ColL, also n. 70
a?id

207

(partly).

Leaves very nuich dilated at the end, so as to be almost 2-lobed when truncate, or 3-lobed when also acuminate, and abruptly narrowed below the dilatation. 0. dilatatum, Eenth. in Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 12 ; Meissn, iu PI. Preiss. i. 29. Swan River,

d. dilalatim.

Drummond^

\st Coll., also w. 71.

22, O. acTittim, Benth. Apparently a small shrub, our specimens^ all *vitli the root, from 1 to 1| ft. high ; branches few, erect, softly pubescent or villous. Leaves in whorls of 3 or scattered, ovate-elliptical or almost oblong, tapering into a pungent point, i to f in. long, rigidly coriaceous, reticulate,

Flowers all axillary, ia loose clusters, shorter than the leaves. Calyx about 3 lines long, silkyvIUous, the 2 upper lobes shortly united. Standard about twice as long as the calyx; keel much curved, deeply coloured. Ovary nearly sessile, with 4
fall-grown.
acute, rather coriaceous, shortly exceeding the calyx. loblum acutum, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 14 ; Eot. Mag. t.
"W". Australia. Swan River, Brummond, 'ist ColL, aha n. 67 sight this much resembles Gastroloblum epacridloides, but the ovary always with 4 ovules.
.
V

silky-villous

when young, glabrous when

'

ovules.

Pod

Gastro^

4040.
At
first

and 213.
is

more

sessile

and

mostly opposite. Flowers in loose or slender axillary or terminal racemes. Calyx nearly glabrous. Ovules 4 or very rarely 6. Seeds (where known) not strophiolate. The first two species of this series have the habit of the racemose species of GaslroUImm, but the ovules are 4 and the seeds Lave no strophiole. The remaining species
three
are alhed to the Laxiflora;, but with only 4 ovules and a narrow pod, which, with a somewhat peculiar habit, had induced the establishment of Podolobimi as a distinct genus But I find no character sufficieutly distinct or consonant with habit to maintain it as such.

Series VI.

Podolobie^. Leaves

parviflorum

spreading shrub, the young shoots hoary with a mlimte silky pubescence. Leaves alternate, opposite or threes, narrow-oblong, slightly cuneate or linear, obtuse or eraarginate, mostly about 1 in., long, coriaceous, glabrous above, muiutcly silky-pubescent underneath, the margins usually recurved. Flowers small, orange-yellow and purple, in slender racemes, terminal or in the upper axils, often 2 to 3 long. Calyx about 2 lines long, minutely pubescent, the lobes scarcely so long as the tu])e, acute, the 2 upper ones broader, falcate, and united nearly to the top into a truncate upper lip. Standard nearly 4 lines diameter, the lower jjctals rather shorter. Ovary on a rather long stipes, With 4 ovules. Pod stipitatc, acuminate, 4 to 6 lines lon<', pubescent or

tall

Oxylohium.']
J

XL. LEGUMINOSiE,

25
r

villous.

Seeds often only 1 or 2, not stropliiolate, embedded in a pitliy substance lining the cell. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 31. ^V. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st Coll., J. S, Roe^ Freiss, n, 798 and

80i, where

it is

said to be one of the worst of the poison plants

S. coast, at various points,

from Phillips river to the Great Bight, MaxioelL Very nearly allied to Gmirolobium crassifoliiim, but I always find 4 ovules, besides that in that species the leaves are somewhat folded lengthwise, the margins never recurved,

(?) heterophyllum, Bentli, Branches apparently diffuse, slender, minutely pubescent. Leaves mostly opposite, oblong-linear or lanceolate, or the lower ones obovate-obloug, obtuse, with a small point, f to 1^ in.
24.

O.

margins recurved, glabrous and reticulate above, loosely pubescent or villous nndcrneath. Flowers not seen. Fruiting-raccmes slender, 1 to 3 in. long. Pedicels 1 to 2 lines long. Calyx about 2 lines long, pubescent or hirsute, the lobes short, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard about 3 lines diameter; keel nearly as long; wings rather shorter and narrow. Ovary stipitate, with 8 ovules. Pod shortly stipitate, oblong, 3 to 4 lines long, scarcely acute, haiiy. Ckorizema Jtetero-Seeds not stropliiolate. phyllum, Turcz. in BuU. Mosc, 1853, i. 255. ^V. Australia, Brummoud, Wi ColL n. 27; gravelly soil, Oldfleld river and mouth
long, the
of

Young
25.

river,

Maxwell,

Apparently a slender shrub; branches Bentlu pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, wath a fine pungent point, about 1 in. long^ rounded or truncate at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, with transverse reticulate veins, minutely pubescent and at length glabrous underneath. Kacemes slender, Stipules long and bristle-like. axillary or terminating short leafy branches, the flowers few and distant. Calyx slightly silky-pubescent, about 2 lines long. Petals fully twice as long. Ovary stipitate, with 4 ovules. Pod not seen. Podolobium acicidiferum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 75.
.

O. aciculiferxim,

Queensland.
26.

Brisbane river, W. EilU a

sinj^de

specimen.

shrub of several ft., sometimes almost Benth. glabrous, more frequently with pubescent branches. Leaves mostly opposite, from broadly ovate to lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. long, with pungent points and bordered by a few, distant, pungent teeth or lobes, of which 1 or 2 on each side
near the base are usually larger than the others, coriaceous, glabrous, shining and reticulate above, pale and sometimes minutely pubescent underneath. Mowers yellow, in loose axillary or terminal racemes, often exceeding the

O. trilobatum,

Calyx slightly pubescent, about 2 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper" ones united nearly to the top. Petals fully twice as ovules. ^ong as the calyx. with or rarely 4 6 silky-pubescent, Ovary stipitate, I*od stipitate, oblong, 3 to 4 lines long, straight or incurved, pubescent and
leaves.

Seeds not stropliiolate. narrower. PuUenaa ilicifolia, Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 320 ; GJiorizema trilobum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 253 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 19 ; Fodolobiim trilobatum, ^- Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 9; DC. Trod. ii. 103; Bot. Mag. t.
turgid as in other Oxylobiums, but

much

1477; Bot. Eeg. t. 1333. Queenslaad. Cabbage-tree

Hills,

Moretou Bay,

TV. IIlll.

26
r

XL. LEGUMiNOS.^.

[^Oxylohlim.

Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sleber, n. 395, and Fl. Mixt. n. 571, and others ; and uorthward to Clarence and Hastings rivers, Beclder ; Hunter's River, Oldfield; New England, G. Stuart ; southward to Illawarra, Shepherd; Twofold Bay, F. Mueller.

N. S. V7ales.

27. O. staurophyllum, Bentli. divaricately branched, glabrous shrub, closely resembling 0. trilohattm, and much better deserving that name. Leaves alternate or opposite, | to l^- in. long, with pungent points and a cuneate base, and deeply divided into 3 lanceolate, pungent lobes, the lateral

ones divaricate and sometimes again 2-lobed, all coriaceous, shining, and strongly reticulate. Flowers yellow, in loose axillary racemes, rarely exceeding the leaves. Calyx glabrous, about 2 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united, but not so high as in 0. trilobatum. Petals fully twice as long as the calyx. Ovary on a long stipes, nearly glabrous, with 4 ovules. Pod narrow, like that of 0. trilohatmu, but glabrous.

Podolobium dauropJii/Uim, DC. Prod. ii. 103; Bot. Keg. t. 959; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1177; Paxt. Mag. iv. 171, with a fig. N, S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, B. Brown, Sieler, n. 393, and
others
;

between

Emu

Plains and Lachlan Depot, A. Cunningham.

4.

CHOmZEMA, LabilL
(Orthotropis, BentJi.)

Calyx-lobes nearly of equal length, the 2 upper ones usually broader and united higher up. Petals clawed ; standard orbicular or reniform, emarginate, rather longer than the wings wings oblong ; keel much shorter than the wmgs straight and obtuse or with an erect point, or rarely incurved, btamens free. Ovary sessile or stipltate, with numerous or rarely 8 to 10 ovules ; style usually short, incurved ; stigma terminal, frequently oblique. 1 od ovoid, turgid 01' compressed, continuous inside. Seeds not strophiolate. bhrubs or underslirubs. Leaves all alternate (except in C. ericifollnm), simple entu-e or pnckly-toothed. Stipules small, setaceous, sometimes wanting i^ lowers usually orange or red, in terminal racemes or rarelv axillary. Pedicels short, with 2 small bracteoles, usually deciduous. Ovary villous
;

The genus
Keel

is

exclusively Australian.
;

It differs

from OxyloUum

the short or acunnnate keel

chiefly in habit

and

in

the pod

is also

usually less turgid.

Stigma fringed, very oblique. Erect rigid shrub. Leaves rigid, with pungent points Keel erect, obtuse or shortly pointed. Stigma not fringed. Leaves Mat or the margins recurved.
cui-vcd, rostrate.

much

\.

Hicksonii

Leaves orbicular-cordate rigid, pungent-pointed, quite entire, much undulate. Erect shrub Leaves cordate, all or almost all prickly-toothed. Tall erect shrub. Branches and under side of the leaves pubescent Branches and leaves glabrous.
TttU shrub, with weak,slenderbranches. Low or diffuse shrub or undershrub.

ri

nervosum.

3. 4.

G varmm. varium

Leaves quite entire or a few very loosely " prickly-toothed Low diffuse or ascending shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves rounded or almost cordate at the base, the lower ovate, the upper narrow. Style much curved. Leaves mostly or all ovate. Mowers few, larp-e. Stiema ^ very oblique

Leaves prickly-toothed Leaves inickly-lobcd . "'^

G
C ^-

cordatum.

mdfolivm ^''"J'^l"'^^-

rhombeum.

Chorizeina ."]

XL.
all

leguminos^.
ovate.

37

Leaves mostly narroWj rarely

Flowers

several, small.

Stigma small, terminal.

Leaves distant. Racemes loose, glabrous pedicels slender Leaves crowded. Eacemes on long peduncles, hoary or
;

8.

C.

angustifoUum.

silky-pubescent

pedicels short

9,

C reiiciiJaiiim,

Shrub, with slender, climbing, terete branches, Leaves narrowed at the base. Style nearly straight 7- C". diversifolium. Stems rigid, stout, suberect, very angular. Leaves few, oblong10. C. t7igonum. linear, very thick.' Style incurved Stems slender, ascending,' angular-striate. Flowers small. 31. C, humile. Leaves obovate or cuneate. Keel acuminate Leaves lanceolate, acute. Keel shortly acuminate 9. (7. reiiculniinn. 12. C, parviflorum. Leaves linear or oblong. Keel obtuse Keel erect, acutely acuminate. Leaves narrow-linear, with much-

...

revolutc margins (Ori/wtropis).

Leaves obtuse. Racemes tcnuinal, dense, and spike-like . . .18. C, ct/iisoide^. Leaves pungent-pointed. Racemes or clusters short, axillary 14. C. Henchmanm, Keel erect, obtuse or with a short recurved point. Stem erect. 15. C'. ericifoHtm, Leaves small, linear, with rcvolute margins [Cvylohium carinatum and 0. spaihulatum have nearly the habit of Chorizema, but the
petals are nearly equal iu length.)

of shrub erect An 106. t. Botanist, Ifaund. GraJi, in Leaves rather 1 to 3 ft., with numerous branches, pubescent when young. crowded, oblonj^-lanceolate or almost linear, tapering to a puugcut pomt,
1.

C. Dicksonii,

Flowersred, rather Calyx silky -villous, 4 lines long or rather more, the lobes all acuminate, the 2 upper ones broader, falcate, and united above the middle. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; wings scarcely exceeding the calyx, obliquely obovate ; keel shorter, very much curved and rostrate. Ovary stipitate, with 8 to 10 ovules; style inflexed, with a very oblique stigma, fringed at the base on the upper side.

under in. and rarely f in. long, thick, rigid, shining, with a prominent midrib and transverse veins. Large, in loose terminal racemes. Pedicels rather short.
often
|-

glabrous and often

Pod acuminate, 4
with a
fig.
;

to 5 lines long.

Seeds not seen.Paxt. Mag. vni. 173,

C, costatim, Meissn. in
*S^yan River,

PL

Preiss.

i.

33.
j

W. Australia.

Preiss, n, 103G, also n.

Bnimmond, \d 1039 and 1040 Hampden,

j

Coll, and n, 183 IK Clarke,

Darling Range,

into copied Comp.\%^%.withaJlg. 2. C. nervosum, T. Moore.in Gard. branches. pubescent with shrub Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. ^.383. An erect rigid undulate, much very point, Leaves broadly orbicular-cordate, with a pungent coriavery long, than broader but not toothed, about often and long, in. i Kacemes loose, lew-flowered. ceous, coarsely reticulate, usually glabrous.

glabrous, with a long,, resembling that of C. ilicifoUum.

Pedicels often as long as the calyx. Calyx 2 to 2i Standard middle. the to the lobes rather acute, the 2 upper ones united much keel loiig as nearly ; about 3 lines long, but much broader; wings more or with 12 sessde, Ovary shorter, broad with a short obtuse point. m, about lod 'stigma, ovules; style distinct capitate

lines long, nearly glabrous

Seeds

shmmg. C.

parvfjolium.

gravelly

28
3.

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[CAorizema,

Benth. in Bot, Reg. 1839, t. 49, An erect sTirub of several ft,, with pubescent branches. Leaves cordate-ovate, more or less prickry-toothed and undulate, 1 to 2 in. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent

C. varium,

above and coarsely reticulate, pubescent or tomentose underneath. Racemes usually numerous, pubescent, the flowers not so distant as in C, cordatnm. Pedicels short. Calyx about 3 lines long, like that of C. cordatnm^ but pubescent. Petals of G, ilicifoUum, Ovary shortly stipitate, with numerous
ovules.

shining.
Oldfield.

Meissn.

Pod

stipitate, 6 to 8 lines long, often obtuse.

in PI, Preiss.

i.

32] Paxt. Mag.

\st

vi.

Seeds smooth aud 175, with a fig.

MT. Australia.
4.

Swan

River,

Drummond,

ColL and n, 184, Preiss. n. 1046,

Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 10. glabrous shrub, with slender weak branches, very nearly allied to C. ilicijolium^ but much larger, attaining several feet. Leaves cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. long, bordered by small prickly teeth or lobes, which are neither so

C. cordatum, LindL

deep nor so much undulate as in C. ilicifolium^ and often very small. Flowers more numerous and larger than in tbat species, but otherwise similar. Pod also larger. Ovules 20 to 30, Maund. Botanist, t, 89 ; Meissn, in Pi. Preiss. i. 32; Paxt. Mag. v, 97, with a fig.; C. Jlavum, Henfr. in Gard. Mag. i. 73, with a fig. ; C. superbum, Lemaire, lUustr. Hortic. t. 29. "W. Australia. Swan Eiver, Drummond, \st CoU.^ also n. 185, and 2nd ColL n. 91,
Preiss. n. 1042,

Labill Voy. i. 405, L 21, and PL Nov. noil. ii. 120. small weak shrub, flowering often the first year so as to appear annual, with slender branches, sometimes erect and rigid, more frequently diffuse or almost filiform, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs when young. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, | to 1 in, long, undulate and bordered with prickly
5.

C. ilicifolium,

teeth or lobes, often cordate at the base, glabrous, coriaceous and coarsely reticulate. Flowers orange-red, few and distant in axillary or terminal loose racemes. Calyx varying from under 2 to about 3 lines long, the lobes all acute, the 2 upper ones falcate and united to the middle.- Standard broadly

reniform, twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard ; keel shorter than the calyx. Orary nearly sessile, with 20 to 30 closely packed

ovules; style short.

t.

35; DC. Prod. ii. ^maaff^, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1032; DC. Prod. ii. 102; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1513 ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. L 32, and

oblong, \ in. long or shorter, Bonpl. Jard. Malm. 102; PultencBa nana, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 434; Chorl'
C.
ii.

Pod

triangulares

208

Paxt.

Mag.

xiii.

73, with a

fig.

King George's Souud and neighbourhood, Lahillardlere, R. Brown, Fretss. n. 1041, aud others, and thence to the Great Right, Maxwell; Swaa River Brummond; Flinders Bay, Collie ; Blackwood river, Oldfield.

W.
6.

Australia.

Hart. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 9. An undershrub for herb ?\ with several ascendino- Qimnlp r^v clin-hiKr T^^ov.^u^ri ^fntn
in Ait.
i

C. rhombeum, R.Br,

more or less angular or compressed, or at length terete . Lower leaves obovate or rhomboidal, passing into F ovate or ovate-lanceolate, and under 1 in. long; upper ones often lanceolate and longer, flat or the margins slightly recurved, veined, glabrous or sprinkled
iwiii a lu j-a iL. 1U1J-, and often pubescent,'

Chorizema^
with a few hairs underneath.

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

29

Flowers few and distant^ on long terminal peduncles, forming loose racemes. Calyx 4 lines long or rather more, usually pubescent with appressed hairs, the upper lobes rather broader, united above the middle. Standard rather more than half as long again as the calyx keel ^ about the length of the calyx, erect and obtuse, but narrowed towards the top. Ovary shortly stipitate, with 20 or more ovules style short, incurved, with a very oblique stigma. Pod more or less compressed, above ^ in. long, acuminate. DC. Prod. ii. 103 ; C. ovatiim, Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t 1528 ; Paxt! Mag. iv, 153, Avith a fig. Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 219 (an unusual garden form); Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 32. ^IV. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, and others, Dnimmond, 2nd ColL . 125 Cape Naturahstc, Gordon river, etc., Oldjield ; Mouut Manypeak river. Maxwell,
;
; ;

7e Not. (1836), 44, t. 8. tall shrub, with weak, slender, often climbing branches, slightly pubescent or at length glabrous. Leaves from ovate to narrow^lanceolafe, 1 to 2 in. long or rather more, obtuse acute or mucronate, narrowed at the base, flat and not so rigid as in C, rJwmheum, glabrous or slightly pubescent under-

7.

C. diveraifolium, A. BC.PLRar.Jard. Gen.

Flowers often numerous, in loose racemes. Calyx 4 lines long, glabrous or nearly so, the lobes acute, the 2 upper ones much falcate and united above the middle. Standard half as long again as the calyx keel very obtuse, not exceeding the calyx. Ovary nearly sessile, with above 30 ovules ;
;

neath.

Pod much curved, with -a capitate slightly oblique stigma. flattened, about f in. long, acuminate, transversely veined. Seeds numerous. C. spectabile, Lindl. Bot. lleg. 1841, t. 45 ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. ii. 209 j Bot. Mag. t. 3903 ; C. rJwmbeum, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1G19 (from the figure),
style slightly

not of R. Br.

"W, Australia.
F

Flinders Bay, Collie

Swan

River,

Drummond, ColL

2, n,

120

Cape Naturaliste, Oldfield.

Benth. in Iltieg, Emm., 28, and in Ann. Wien. Mhs, ii. 71. low slender shrub or undershrub, witli ascending branches of from often leaves Lower to young. wlicn ft., pubescent slightly IJ I ovate or lanceolate, acute, and almost pungent, like those of C. r/iombeum, but more rigid, and sometimes borJcjed with a few small prickly teeth upper
8.

C. angnstifolmm,

and sometimes all linear or linear-lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. long, iDucronate, the margins recurved, glabrous and reticulate above, usually silky-pubescent underneath. Flowers usually smaller than in C. rJiombeum, in slender racemes. Calyx 2^ to nearly 3 lines long, glabrous or minutely pubescent, the lobes acute, the upper ones broader, but straight and separated below the middle. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx keel scarcely as long fs the calyx, obtuse Ovary shortly stipitate, with or with a short erect point. Pod 15 to 20 ovules; style much incurved, with a small terminal stigma. i to nearly | in. long, slightly compressed. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 33 DC. Prod. ii. 109 ^lllwynia glydnifoUa, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 264 ^t. Peg. t. 1514: Chorizma capillipes, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. J 853, i.
leaves,
; _

ipecimens
rigid)

^V. Australia.

^tk Coll. n. 25 and 26 Oldfield ; Bremer Bay and

Drummond, others; and Baxter, 3Ienzies, King George's Sound, Clarence, Mount Maxwell; 1127, 1047, n. ; Stirling Terrace, Preiss.
Cape Riche, Maxwell.

30
9.

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.
i.

\C1iorizema.

C. reticulatum,

Aleissn. in PI. Preiss.

34,

Stock woody, with

erect or ascending slightly branched stems, of ^ to 1 ft., slightly silky-pubesLeaves rather crowded, lanceolate, acute, |- to 1 in. long" rigid, reticucent.

keeled underneath, the margin flat or slightly recurved. Flowers several, rather small, in terminal erect racemes, often 6 "in. long, including the long peduncle ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx about 2^ lines long, silkypubescent lobes acute or acuminate, nearly as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones broader and more united. Standard about twice as long as the calyx
late,
;

, *

wings nearly as long; keel scarcely exceeding the calyx, flattened towards the end with a short obtuse point. Ovary very shortly stipitate, with about 20
.

ovules

stigma capitate.

Pod somewhat compressed, acuminate, 4

,

to 5 lines

long.

Australia, Drummond ; dense bushy places at the foot of Mount Wuljcnup, Prmss. n. 1045 Vasse river, Oldfietd ; Mount Maiiypeak river and Cape Riche, Maxwell. The Vasse river specimens have the leaves rather more oblong or almost linear, with the margins slightly recurved, but I can see no dijTercncc between them and the soutliem ones. The short_ pedicels and long pedunculate racemes distinguish the species from forms of

all

C. anguslifohum, independently of the foliage.

Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 254. A very rigid undershruh or shrub, the stems erect or ascending, not much branched, 1| to above 2 ft. high, glabrous, very angular, the upper flowering branches often leafless. Leaves few, distant, erect, linear-oblong, li to 2 in. long, with a short recurved point, narrowed at the base, thickly coriaceous, slightly folded lengthwise, glahrous, coarsely reticulate. Flowers on short pedicels, in termmal or lateral racemes. Calyx slightly pubescent, about 3 lines long, the lobes rather broad, the 2 upper ones more falcate and united above the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx keel somewhat exceeding the calyx, shortly and obtusely acuminate. Ovary nearlv sessile, with above 20 ovules style short, incurved, with a capitate terminal stigma. Pod turgid, * about I in. long.
; ;

10.

C.trigonum,

r>^.' ,"^"**f,''^'''' iJignt, Maxwell.

11.

Bmmmond, Uh

Coll. v.

22

Phillips river and towards the

Great

Tm-cz. in Bull. Mosc. 1333, i. 254. small diffuse branchmg shrub, more or less silky-pubescent, with erect or ascendinoangular branches, of I to 1 ft. Leaves from obovate or cuneate, and 2to 4 lines long, to cuneate-oblong, and above | in., obtuse truncate or emarginate, with a small recurved point, pubescent on both sides. Flowers small, on short pedicels terminal racemes. Calyx 2 to 2^ lines long, the lobes rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones more obtuse, united above the middle. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx keel slightly exceeding ; the calyx, flattened towards the end and shortly acuminate. O^i^ shortly st.pitate, with 15 to 20 or more ovules; styles slightly curved, with a small capitate stigma. Pod turg.d, acuminate, 4 to 5 lines \oJ^g.-OxyloMnm geo J J rastoides, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 12.

C. humile,

LZ'rnfTmColt:.^:'''''
12.

'''

'""

"" '''

-^'

^^'-- ^r-- ^ M-1^-"

"vers:

Ann. Jflen. Mus. ii. 71. An under8hiub, with a thick rhizome, and numerous ascending, rather slender, angular,
in,

C. parviflorum, BenlL

Ckorizema.]

xl. LEGr"MiNOSiE.
r

31

stems, of about 1 ft., glabrous or slightly pubesceut. Leaves not numerous, linear, and above 1 in. long, or shorter and oblong, obtuse or niucronate, the margins recurved. Mowers small, on very short pedicels, in rather
striate

long, slender, terminal

racemes. Calyx li lines long, slightly pubescent, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, truncate and united nearly to the top. Standard very broad, twice as long as the calyx; wings shorter keel much shorter, broad and obtuse. Ovary very shortly stipitate, with about 10 ovules ; style slightly incurved, with a capitate stigma. Pod oblique, often broader than long, very turgid, 3 to 4 lines diameter. <7.Pm^ tenecB, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 19, but not the synonyms adduced.

Queensland.
Leichhardt ; nver, i^. Mueller. N. S- "Wales.
v^ilh
^

Keppel Bay, R. Broton ; E. coast, A, Cunningham; Wide Bay, BidStradbrooke Island, Traser ; S. tributaries of Burnett river and Brisbane

Port Jackson, on the Paramatta road, M, BroxvUy Woolls ; Hunters' nver, American Exploring Expedition; HastiiJc;s river, Beckler ; foot of Wacamurrum,
Leichhardt.

Mosc
with
oescent^
a

towards the top.

to

in.

Leaves scattered, linear, obtuse, with a small point, long, the margins much revolute, glabrous above, silky pubescent

underneath.
long.
sistent

Eacemes terminal, oblong, dense and

Bracts

spike-like, 1 to

Pedicels very short.

and bracteoles

larger

1^ in. and more per-

than in the other Species, lanceolate, acuminate, silky-hairy. Calyx about 4 lines long, silky ^hairy, deeply divided into lanceolate acuminate lobes, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard about 6 lines long, including the claw, not emarginate, the sides reflcxed wings rather shorter; keel terminating in an erect recurved point, nearly as long as the wings. . Ovary shortly stipitate, with about 15 ovules ; style short, curved, with a capitate Stio-mn T>^.1 Stigma. Pod not seen.
;

"^

j-

W.
inlet

Australia, Bmmniond, Ith

Coll. n.

17

from King George's Sound

to

Bremer

and Cape Riche,JJ/^^i;^/A

shrub amuu erect t^it^ci An i" v^o. in or undcrshrub, 1 to 2 or 3 ft. higli, with virgate branches, pnbescent ;vhen young. Leaves linear, usually ones smaller with long, in. pungent, | to | eJustered in the axils, side under the above, ghibrous the margins revolute, often pubescent, Flowers red, in short racemes but usually concealed. or clusters in the upper axils, often forming long terminal leafy raceme-like panicles. 3 about silky-vUlous, or Pedicels 1 to 3 lines lon^r. hirsute Calyx lines long, the lobes narrow, longed than the tube, the 2 upper ones broader ^M united to the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx; wnigs .Shorter Iccel tapering into an erect point, nearly as long as the wings. Ovary ^f^ortly stipitate, a with hooked, short, style with about 12 to 15 ovules;
-^-

^. Henchman xrencnmanni, IL Ur,

l5oi. itcg.

t.

^iipitate

stigma.

Pod

vcn^ tumid, rather obtuse, 4 to 5

li

^ uxc.

Mag. 1,. 171^ ,,.i^h a fig. ; Fodolobium (?) aciculare, 1^0. rroa. ii. luo ^ionzema Baueri, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 34, ii. 209, not of Benth. C rhjn;

^mropis^ Meissn.
^^iv.

1.

c. ii.

209;

Lindl. in Benth. Orlliotrojns fungens,

bwan

App, 16.

32

XL. LEGUMiNoSiE.

[Chorizema,

Australia. King George's Souud, Baxter , Swan Eiver, Lrmnmond, \st Coll. and %nd Coll n. 92, 93,94; Harvey river and Mount Barker, Oldficld ; S. coast, from King George's Sound to Cape Riche, Maxwell.

W.

209. Erect and much bvauched, 1 to 1^ ft. high, tlie branches rather slender, but rigid, striate, glabrous, often irregularly verticillate, the smaller ones sometimes spinescent. Leaves few and small, alternate or irregularly opposite or verticiUate, linear, with revolute margms, 2 to 3 lines long. Flowers small, rather numerous, often verticillate, termmal loose racemes, of 1 to 2 in. Pedicels very short. Unlyx silky-pubescent, from 2 to nearly 3 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube the 2 upper ones broad, obtuse, and united nearly to the top. btandard scarcely twice as long as the calyx wings shorter keel much shorter, obtuse or with a very short recurved point. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 10 ovules style incurved or hooked, with a capitate stigma. Pod ovoid or almost globular, about 2\ lines long, with a short flat point. Seeds usuaJlytew, not ^i^o^\no\&i&.~I)ichosemaracemosum, Meissn.inPl.Preiss.i. 78.
ii.

'-15.

C. ericifolium, Mehm.

hi

PL

Prelss.

^'"'^ ^^^^'ff^--^ i" I'^^it ^P'^'^^"^^ . r^/ ^J'T proaching hat olMirheha chwienoides, but there is no trace of auy intrusion of the endo^"^ P*?'^; ,^"'' s,)eeimeus from Bowes river. Oldfield, are remarkable for^th^ for the size of the flowers, with the calyx-lobes narrower and more acute.
""

S?' Tl

n^'/A^'^^^'*^}^' ^>'T"!"'^'

^""^ ^"^^^

^6

Murchison

river

and Champion Bay, from all others, ai,-

T^\

5.

MIRBELIA,

Sm.

(Dichosema, Benth., Oxyeladium, F. Muell.)

Wing
sile

Calyx-lobes nearly of equal length, the 2 upper ones often broader and urnted higher up. Petals clawed standard orbicular or reniform, emarginate or entire, longer than the lower petals wings oblong ; keel broader than the
; ;

Stamens

free.

with 2 or several ovules ; style usually short, incurved, with a terminal capi ate stigma. Pod ovoid or oblong, turgid, divided longitudinally into 2 cells by a fiilse dissepiment projecting into the cavity from the lower suture and overlapped by or connate with the projecting placentas, beeds without any strophioIe.-Shrubs with the habit nearly of OxLhium or ot_ thonzema Leaves opposite verticillate or alternate, simple or
or_ stipitate

Ovary

ses-

prickly-toothed. ^.Stipules small, setaceous or none. Flowers yeUow pnrplered or blue, solitary or clustered in the axils of the leaves, or in axillary or termmal racemes. Bracts and bracteoles small or none. Ovary glabrous or ^ *^'' P'^'^ separating from the epicarp in some species,

entire

but

ri

ii'^'''''P

The
a eatij an eadv mor^o; moie or
fp less

'\^^^ ^ fapparent f^' m the

i-'"ri<a^lc 2-eelled pod,

the false dissepiment being

ovary at the time of flowering.

1 lant not thorny.

Leaves obtuse or pungent.

WS

^ ' \ i.eayes ovate ottVvatl\?.^ ovate-lanceolate or broadly oblong entire. Keel much shorter than the wings. Leaves about 1 to 1^ in. long, quite glabrous. Flowers racemose. Ovary stipitate Leaves silky underneath. Mower's axillary

^-^

M.

dilataia.

....
.

a
'

,.

vac em OS a
j,, grandi flora.

'or in

tcrs,

Uvary ^

termind

c'lus-

sessile

n 3.

M.

-^m

Mirbelia.]

XL.

lequminos^.
Leaves usually i
in.

'

33

Keel about as long aa the wings. less. Calyx deeply lobed. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pointed

long or
4.
5. 6,

M,

suhcordata.

Leaves ovate, very obtuse, i to ^ in. long Leaves ovate, very obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long Leaves linear-oblong or narrow-linear, the margins recurved or revolute, entire.

J/, ovata.

M.oxylobioides.

Ovules 2. Leaves oblong, linear with recurved margins, mostly vertieillate Leaves narrow-linear, with revolutc margins, all alternate , Ovules 8 to 12. Leaves narrow-linear, with revolute mp.rgins.
.

7.

M,

reticulata.

8. 3f. aotoides.

Plant thorny.

Leaves pungent. Calyx-teeth very short, the upper lip broad and truncate 9, M. pungens. Leaves obtuse. Calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tube. Ovules about 12, Pod broadly ovoid 10, M. speciosa. Ovules about 8. Pod oblou"; ' 11. M.fioribiinda.
"

rather longer than the small leaves. Leaves linear with revolute margins. Ovarv sessile , . , , Leaves flat or folded lengthwise. Ovary stipitate. Leaves 1 to 1^ lines long. Ovary glabrous with 6 to 8 ovules Leaves 2 to 3 lines long. Ovary pubescent with 12 to 15 ovules Branches leafless, spinesceut at the end. Ovules above 12. Pod oblong, deeply furrowed Ovules 2 ? Pod ovoid or almost globular, with prominent sutures
1.

Thorns

lateral, subulate,

12.
14.

M,

spinosa.

M. microphyUa.

13. J/. maUicanlis.

15.

16,

M. daviesioides. M, oxyclados.
erect

bushy shrub, with angular pubescent branches, or quite glabrous. Leaves numerous, scattered or irregularly vertieillate, cuneate, much dilated and undulate at the end With 3, 5 or 7 pungent-pointed lobes or teeth, | to \\ in. long, mnch narrowed below the middle and sometimes petiolate, rigidly coriaceous, strongly reticulate. Flowers of a bluish-purple, shortly pedicellate, solitary m the axils or formiug terminal leafy racemes. Calyx slightly pubos^ Cf^nt, 2 to 2i lines long, the teeth or lobes short acute and nearly equal in ength, the 2 upper Standard ones rather bioader and more or less united. ijvice as long ns the calyx; wings nearly as long as the standard; keel rather siiorter, obtuse. OvarV stipitate, villous in the originallv described form, jvith 6 to ii, 115; Prod, 8 ovules. DC. long, in. Pod oblong, about

M,

dilatata, R. Br.

in

Ait

HorL

Keic. ed. 2,

iii.

21.

An

^^iiHll.

Bot. Reg.

t.

1041

Lodd. Bot. Cab.

t.

1367,.
-

King f^^^^iaGeorge's iJ. Brown, Baxler, and others. Sound, V^' var. Meissneri. glaOvary form. original the Leaves shorter and more lobcd than in Dfous.^J/. i. 76. Preiss. PL in Meissn. Meissneri, Hook. Bot. :Maff. t. 4419 M. dilatata, river Vasse Ma^rwell ransre, ^"-""^^^ond, Stirling ; \si CoiL Preiss, . 1049. 0/1^ /J'"'"' ''^J^^^d In some specimens the foliage of one form passes into that of the other, but 1
;

ave only observed the villons ovarv Georije's Kins; ireorg ry in tne the Jving

Sound form.

apparently shrub A 282. i. 1853, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. lo josely branched, ovalpetiolate, opposite, mostly perfectly glabrous. Leaves Oblong, very obtuse, 1 tJ 1^ in. long, flat, coriaceous and shining, strongly
2.

M. racemosa,

several-flowered, terminal, Stipules persistent. Racemes loose, l^edicels 2 to long hues nearly 3 2^ to 3 lines long. Calyx quite glabrous, united lobes truncate, or short obtuse J^^e and broad, the 2 upper ones very y^^y to the top. Standard i in. long, not emarginate, on a slender claw ; ^^ngs nearly as pubescent, stipitate, Ovaiy long, keel short, shortly rostrate. "^ VOL. II. D

i-

reticulate.'

34
^

XL. LEGUMiNOS.^.
L

[Mi7'6elia.

vvitli

8 to 10 ovules. Pod about ^ in. long*, oblong'-elliptical, 'glabrous, coriaceous, the longitudinal dissepiment splitting as in other species but more
pithy,
iv.
tlie

endocarp not separating. CltGrizema magnifolium, Y, Muell. Fraj^m.

7i.

18.
59
;

Aiistralia, Dntmmond, hth CoIL Ma.rweIL

Vr.

Bremer Bay and MiJtlle Moimt Barren,

M
ticulate above,

A shrub

or un-

derahrub with diffuse or ascending- branches of ] to 2 ft., more or less silkypiibcscent. Leaves alternate or opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or almost obtuse, f to IJ in. long, coriaceous, glabrous shining and strongly resilky-pubescent or villous underneath, the margins recurved. Flowers bright yellow and red, nearly sessile in axillary or terminal clusters, or rarely solitary. Calyx silky-villous, about 4 lines long, the lobes acute, as

long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. StandiU'd large, deeply emarginate; wings nearly as long; keel much shorter, obtuse. Ovary sessile, very villous, with 10 to 15 ovules. Pod thicklv oblong, hoary with appressed hairs, about f in. long, very obtuse. Flaii/Mimu reticiilatum, Sieb. PI. Exs. ; Chorizema (?) platyhbloides, DC. Prod. ii. 103.
y''"*^^^^i't Jackson, Sieber, n. 371, 373, and -^' ?' * taius, A. Cumungliam ; lUawarra, Backhouse, M' Arthur.
Fl. Mirt. n.

G07

Bhic Moun-

much283. branched apparently small shrub, the branches terete, pubescent with very short spreaduig or reflexed hairs. Leaves mostly verticillate in threes, ovatelanceolate with a small almost pungent point, rarely above in. long, glabrous
reticulate above, pubescent miderneath. Flowers very shortly pedicellate in the upper axds or in terminal clusters or short racemes. Calyx pubescent, 2^ to nearly 3 lines long, deeply divided into lanceolate acuminate obes, the upper ones scarcely more united than the others. Standard rather longer than the calyx, emargiuate; wings and keel nearly as long the latter
verj'

shinmg and

somewhat curved, obtuse. Ovary nearly sessile, ovules. Pod oblong, villous, not seen full grown.
^w
5.

villous,

with 4 to

ovata, Melmi. in PL Preiss. 1. 77. A diffuse or divaricate muchbranched shrub, the young branches terete and tomentose or shortly villous.
Leaves opposite or in threes, ovate, obtuse, under i in. long, with recurved or revolute margins, coriaceous, reticulate, glabrous above or scabrous-pubescent when young, more or less pubescent underneath. Flowers nearly sessile, 3 or i together at the emls of the branches, or in 2 or 3 distant pairs or threes in a erimnal mceme. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 21 lines long,
deeply divided
as

M.

that species

Ovary nearly

sessile, villous,

with 6 to 8 ovules.

Pod

w
r.L^\'''7^f^''^^^f.' Tancate shrub of several ft.,
^'"^'"- " 154, and iv. 12. dirigid ^--f"^^with rather slender branches, the short branchlets

Mirielia.]

XL. LEGUMINOS/E.
r

35

Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or scattered ovate, 1 to lA or rarely 2 lines long, obtuse or with a minute recurved pohit' the margins recurved, scabrous above, silky-pubescent underneath. Tlowers tew together at the ends of the short branchlets, on pedicels of about 1 line, liracteoles small, narrow, deciduous. Calyx silky-pubesccnt, about 2} lines long. Standard very broad ; keel broad, deeply coloured. Ovary nearly sessile with about 12 to ovules. Pod ovoid, turgid, shortly acute, about i m. ong, deeply lurrowed on the upper side, divided by a dissepiment proceeding from the lower suture, but the endocarp not separatiuir from the
_

terete,

tomentose-pubesccnt.

epicai-p.

N- S. Wales.

"/*

^^^^^^^ ^^'^^^ "'^ *^^^

boundary of the marshy

plains,

Argyle county,

Victoria. Deep rocky valleys, Haidina;cr range, Dandcnonsr ranges, Snowy river. Mount i^igar, and adjonnng ranges, generally at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., F. Mueller.
^

2rl" -^00.
^>?

^' ''*^culata, Sm. in Ann. Bot. A low shrub with slender but rigid
pubescent.

i.

511, andin Trans. L'lnii. Soc. ix. angular branches quite glabrous or
verticillate in threes, oblong-linear

Leaves mostly

margins recurved, glabrous, sniiung above with raised transverse reticulations, occasionally bordered by smjll tooth-like glands. Flowers small, bluish -purple, shortly pedicellate in axu.ary clusters or short terminal corymbose racemes. Calyx minutely pubescent, about li lines long, the teeth much shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad truncate and united nearly to the top. Standard about 4 lues long, slightly emarginate; wings nearly as long; keel very short, obtuse. ^<iry shortly stipitate, glabrous, with 2 ovules. Pod ovoid, acute rarely above 2 hues long. Yent. Jard. Malm. t. 119 ; DC. Prod. ii. lU; Bot. ^lag t. 1211; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1371 ; PuUencea ruhio'foUa, Andr. Bot. ^ep. t. 351 ; Mirbelia ralicEfoUa, G. Don. Gen. Syst. ii. 126 ; il/. amjudifolia, wall, in Ldinb. N. Phil. Journ. 1838 (from descr.^. Cfrom the descr.)
in. long, the

^utli '"t!""^^^^ short

pungent points, | to f

' _

"^ S.

Wales.

Port Jacksou, ^. Brown, Sieher, n. 3G8, and others.

in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict.
iii.

iv

^j,^*f A rigid ,

*?ides, F. Mnell.

53,

and Fragm.

|"ostly

shrub with divaricate terete ])ubescent branches. Leaves alternate, narrow-linear, obtuse or with a small recurved or straight

n,\..

-'

'"""'V

ot^ssiie,

axillary

th

^T
1

V.

bro

^^"^^ ^iQvX 2 lines long, pubescent with minute appressed hairs, Standard very united. ^^^^- ^^"^'*' *^^ and truncate "^^ "PP'^^
^^ I'ather

ovoid

glabrous, with 2 ovules, ?o'dT 1 ?'^ ^^' ^^'^^' ^^'y obtuse, shortly exceeding the calyx, separating into 2 1 p] Seeds epicarp. the to the attached endocarp remaining ^'^^^'^^'P^^^'
'

shorter, obtuse."

Ovary

sessile,

"

Mitchell, Chirence river, BecUer. pistil' monstrous, with 3 carpels more or less developed.

*'^'i^'

Burnitt ranges,

J'.

J/M^//m
In one flower
I

,^^^^-

Mount

found the

Or

A small

shrub

iin,

nches rather D 2

36
slender, pubescent.

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

\_MirheUa,

Leaves alternate, narrow-linear, with pungent points and closely revolute margins, under \ in. long, glabrous. Flowers (bluish-purple?) clustered in the upper axils on very short pedicels. Calyx slightly pubescent, rarely exceeding 2 lines and usually shorter, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united in a truncate or shortly 2-lobed upper lip. Standard twice as long as the calyx; keel shorter than the wings but exceeding the calyx, obtuse or with a short erect point. Ovary glabrous or slightly hirsute, with 6 to 1 ovules. Pod OA^oid, about 3 lines long, but not seen in a perfect state. Cliorkema Baneri, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 71.

N. S. Wales.
Cunningham ;
lection.

Paramatta and lliclunonJ, E, Brown ; rocky bills, Cox's river, A> Illawarra, Backhouse; New England, C, Stuart ; also in Leichhardfs col-

10.

M.

apeciosa^

Sieb. in

DC. Prod,

ii.

115.

An

erect shrub of 2 to

3 ft., with nuniei-ous virgate angular branches, slightly hoary-pubescent or glabrous. Jjeaves scattered or verticillate in threes, narrow-linear, obtuse with a small straight sometimes almost pungent point, -^ to in. long, the

margins closely revolute, glabrous, scarcely reticulate. Flowers bluish-purple, almost sessile in the upper axils, the u])per ones forming a terminal interrupted
hoary-pubescent, the lobes acute, as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx, emarginate ; wings nearly as long; keel very short, obtuse. Ovary sessile, glabrous, with about 12 ovules. Pod thickly ovoid, about 4 or 5 lines long.Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 58 Eeichb. Icon. Exot. 1. 191. 5 N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson, Sieber, n. 3G7 and FL Mixt. n, 570 aLuiiJant in arid rocky tracts of the Blue Moautalns, A. Cnnnhujham ; New England, C. Stuart; Illawarra, Fraser, Backhouse, Shepherd. Tlie figure of M. floribunda, Paxt. Mag. viii. 103, gives mnch more the idea of this plaut than of the true wesicru M.jloribunda,
fully 3 lines long,
; ;

spike leafy at the base.

Calyx

11.

M.

floribunda, Benth,

in Lindl.

Swan

Rlv. App. 12.

A low,

nincb-

branehed, divaricate or ditfuse shrub or undershrub, the young branches hoarypubescent. Leaves scattered or irregularly opposite or in threes, narrowlinear with a recurved point and closely revolute margins, usually under \ iu. l^"aj glabrous and not reticulate above^ slightly pubescent* iniderneath. Flowers bluish-purple, numerous although solitary in each axil, scattered <ilong the branches and not forming a terminal raceme as in M. speciosa, which this species closely resembles. Calyx under 3 lines long, silky-pubescent, the lobes equal to the tube, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Standard fully twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter keel shorter than the wings, but not so short nor so broad as in Jf. speciosa. Ovary sessile, glabrous;
;

Pod, oblong, 4 to 5 lines long, much narrower than in M. speciosa.M. speciosa. Sweet, Fl Austral, t. 31, not of Sieb. : if. pulchella, Meissn. in PI. Preiss, ii. 221.
^_'^'*^-

ovules usually 8.

:^^**^*^^*-

Swan

iVlouut Yulngan, Oldjetd, look yellowish,

Barnes; The flowers usuaUy dry blue, but hi Buro-es's specimens they n 1
1st Coll
n. 92,
.

River,

Bnmmond,

and 2nd ColL

shrub of 2 or 3 ft., with ascending or virgate branches, glabrous or pubescent when young. Leaves narrow-linear, obtuse with revolute margins, under | in. long, usually clustered round a slender but rigid spreading thorn (an abortive branch), as lung as or rather

MrheUa.]

'

XL.

leguminos^.
leaves are solitary

37
and
alter-

longer than tliemselves^ but in

nate,

young shoots the

Flowers pink or pui-ple (yellowish when dry), axillary, sessile. Calyx pubescent with appressed hairs, about 3 lines long, the lobes -narrow, acuminate, nearly as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united at least to the middle. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx, eniarginate; wings shorter; keel still sliorter, obtuse. Ovary sessile, glabrous, with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod not seen, BicJioseuia spino-sumy^Benih. in Hueg. Enum. 85 Meissn.in PI .Preiss. i. 77; I),si^l^iHenne,Mei$snA.cA. 78; Moore,in Card. Couip. i. 129, with a fig. copied into Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 350. j'^" Australia. Swan River, Huegel, Dnimmondy Ist Coll. and n, 191, Preiss, .
;

without thorns.

00^; nortliward to Murchison river, nnd southwai'd to Kalgaa river, OldfieJd, towarrls the lreat liiglit, Maxwell, The spiiibs iu this species appear to be abortive branches proceeding from the centre of the tufts of leaves. In M. microphylla they are mostly siipra-axillary. Jn JH. muHieauhs they are lateral or quite away froai the nodes yet they ha\e no appearance ot being epidermal productions.
13.

M.

multicaulis,

BeulJt.

Our specimens show

a thick rootstoclc,

with numerous, erect, simple or slightly-branched stems of | to 1 ft., glabrous or slightly hoary. Leaves alternate, mostly solitary, ovate or oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines long, the margins flat, coriaceous and reticulate. Spines subuoften recurved, longer than the leaves, not usually arising from the nodes. I lowers axillary or clustered at the base of the spines', very shortly pedicelnjte,

apparently purple. Calyx minutely pubescent, about 2 lines long, the globes shorter than Standard the tube, the 2 upper ones truncate and united.
twice as long as the calyx
;

ate,

wings nearly as long

keel

much

shorter, although

exceedmg the calyx, broad, incurved, obtuse. Ovary on a long stipes, putrescent or villous, with 12 to 15 ovides. Pod not seen. Dic/mema mulli<^^^, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc, 1853, i, 283. ^V- Australia, Bmmmond,

Mh

ColL

. 34.

diffuse

or

divaricate shrub,

with

slender glabrous or slightly hoary branches.

Leaves usually verticillate and Clustered round or a little below subulate thorns, oblong or linear-cuneate, obTuse not 2 lines long, flat or folded lengthwise. Flowers small (yellow and P^i'ple ?), axillary and very shortly pedicellate. Calyx miuutely pubescent, A to nearly 1^ Hues loui-, the teeth much shorter than the tube, the 2 upper
broad, truncate, and calyx the as long as twice Standard united. J^ngs nearly as long; keel short, obtuse. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod not ^een,~DlcIwsma microMUtm, Turcz. in BulL Mosc. ^So3, i. 283.
oijes

^'
13.

-^^stralia, Brummond,

ol/i

ColL

. 85.

M.

daviesioides,

or the

Uoil/i,

An

erect rigi*^ ^^^^^^^ shrub, glabrous

stnate terete, numerous, branches slightly pubescent, the ^^ suleate, the smaller ones divaricate and abi.ost all splnescent, sometunes snial, fiue, and phvUodineous. Leaves replaced by minute scales. Flowers '', shortly the under close or termuial pedicelhite, racemes either
in

young shoots

smaller phyllodincous branchlcts.

^'lorter

Calyx about than the tube, the 2 upper ones truncate and united.
; ;

2 lines long, the lobes

much

Standard twice

JJ ^"^^^y stipitate,

^^"g as the calyx

obtuse. broad, shorter, much wings rather shorter keel specimens). Drummond's (in villous, witli about 15 ovules

38

XL. legumfnosjE.

'

[Mirbelia.

Pod

ovate, acuminate, aljoiit 4 lines long, the ventral or axillary face mucli flattened, the hack more or less furrowed, divided longitudinally as in other

Daviesia rmnulom, Benth. MirbeUas, hut the endocarp scarcely separating. in Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 14 ; Chorizema daviesioides^ Meissn. in Pi. Preiss. Mirldia aphylla, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 11. i. 34 \V. Australia. Swan Kiver, Dmmmond, \st ColL and n, 190; Gardner's River, Maxwell ; iMurchison river, OldJiehL
;

Specimeus i fruit, with few stout but frequently spinescent branches. Var. (?) riglda. Pod oblong, scarcely furrowed on the back. Dirk Hartog's Island, Milne.

16.

M.

(?)

oxyclada,

I.

MuelL Fragm,

iv.

12-

rigid leafless shrub,

resembling M, daviesioides, but more slender, the branciilets usually spinesFruiting pecent. Leaves replaced by minute scales. Flowers unknown. Pod shortly stipitate, dicels short, solitary or in pairs along the branches. ovoid, turgid, but with prominent sutures and acuminate with the rigid persistent base of the style, 2 to 3 lines long, imperfectly divided into 2 cells by an incomplete dissepiment, the sutures persisting as a replum after the valves Seed 1 in each cell, not strophiolate. Jackmnia viuiinaUs, A. have fallen. ('unn.; Benth, in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii, 75; Ojcydadiian semiseptatHm,"F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Journ. ix. 20, and Fragm. i. 168.
Iff.

Australia, J, Cunningliam
Land, I\ Mueller,
6.

sandstone table-land at the head of Victoria river, and

in Arnhera's

'

ISOTROPIS,

Benth.

Calyx deeply lobed, the 2 upper lobes united nearly to the top. Petals Standard orbicular, emarginate, longer than the wings; wings oboclawed. keel incurved, nearly as long as the wings. Stamens vate, somewhat falcate Ovary sessile, with numerous ovules style incurved, filiform, with free. Pod oblong linear or lanceolate, acute, more or a minute terminal stigma. Seeds not strophiolate. Herbs or undershrubs, with diffuse or less turgid. ascending stems. Tjf^aves alternate, simple or unifoliolate, herbaceous.' StiFlow^ers solitary, on axillary peduncles, or pules linear-falcate or minute, forming a loose terminal raceme. Ovary villous.
;
;

Oxylohiian and Chorizena^ differing chiefly in habit, in the dccpcr-cleft calyx, and in the longer pod.
is

The genus

exclusively Australian.

It is closely allied to

Leaves simple, sessile, continuous with the petiole. Leaves obtuse, truncate or dilated and 2-lobcd. Pedicels much longer than the calyx Leaves few, cuneatc acute or none. Flowers loosely racemose, the pedicels shorter or scarcely longer than flic calyx . , . . Leaves of 1 leaflet, articulate on the petiole. Calyx glabrous, 4 to 5 lines long. Racemes terminal, leafless. Stcni-lcaves cuueate-ohlong or linear-obtuse Calyx tomentose, 4 lines long. Racemes terminal, leafless. Leaves ovate or oblong, veiy obtuse , . Calyx pubescent, 3 hnes long. Racemes mostly leaf-opposed, leafStem-leaves lanceolate, acute less. Calyx pubescent, 2 Hues long. Pedicels short, axillary or leafopposed. Stem-leaves linear, flat^ Calyx tomentose, 3 lines long. Pedicels short, in a short terminal raceme or solitary. Steui-kavcs terete, channelled above . .

1, /. striata.

2, 7.

Brummondii.

3-

I.juncea,

4, 7. atropurpurea.
5. hfillcaulis.

6. /. parvijlora.
7. 7. Wheeleri.

Isoirops,]

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
ITnect.

39

28, and in Ann, TFien. Mus and silky hairs, long with clothed less or more A perennial or uuderslirub, calyxes, and leaves, the of side under branches, oppressed on the upper to ascending, or diffuse i Stems plant. of the spreading on the lower part very cuneate, or obovate ones lower the ft. high. Leaves not niimerons,

Emm,

1^

narrowed obtuse, petiole, long rather a into tapering or below the middle, either nearly sessile and narrower ones upper the sides, but not articulate upon it, green on both Stipides sometimes acute, and some branches ((uite leafless and dichotomous. or long in. often axils, 2 upper mostly falcate. Pedicels solitary in the under close bracteoles linear of more, bearing large llowcr with a pair
truncate or broadly 2-lobed, sometimes exceeding 1
in.,

a single

Calyx 4 to 5 lines long. wings and keel purple. Ovaiy

it.

strcats^ purple with yellow large, Standard I'^^*' ovules. above 30 with sessile, nearly

PL Meissn.m pubescent. to 1 in. long, much contracted towards the base, Trans. in Sm. cuueifoUa, CaUistadiys Preiss. i. 31 P. Mucll. Pragm. iii. 16 Bot. Lodd. spartioides, Linn. Soc. ix. 267; DC. Prod. ii. 104; Chorizema m Benth. hiloha, hotropk Cab. t. 1953; Paxt. Mag. x. 127, with a fig. Hueg. Euum. 29, and in Ann. Wicn. Mus. ii. 71.
;

W.Australia. Kiug George's Souiul, iJ. Brown and va-.ynu.ch eaves The nivcr, mmjd, Brummonl and oU.ers Vasse river, Mrs. MoUoy. no we but obtuse, inshnpe,from very much dilated and 2-lobcd to narrow and scarcely
;

others, a.id thence

to

Swan

find tliat all

.

Var.

(?)

the different fonns occur sometimes on the same spccmien. _ _ loi msuflic.ent specimens tne hut small, flowers and j>nrnfiom. Leaves narrow

accarate detcnuhiatiou.

Murchisou

river, Ohlfidd.

3. I.

Drnmmondii, Memn.

in

PL

Preiss.

i.

31.

Stems

several from a

ascending or erect, \ to 1 ft. leafless, someentn-ely toivards the base and silky-hairy upwards, sometimes above rarely base, times with a few oblong-cuncate sessile leaves towards the ' i in. long. Stipules setaceous. Flowers like those of /. f'"^"'^f^^ .^ lue than longer ranged in a loose terminal raceme, the pedicels rarely much o lo Calyx 4 bract calyx and usually minute a of shorter, each in the axil 6M with stipitate, luics long. Ovary Standard veined, a? in /. slriaia. 40 ovules or even more. Pod not seen. -ii, .t ^''^^ *^"^ T W. n. 95. Coll ^^-^':'^^' 2.d Australia, and Brummoud, n. 277. ^
perennial rootstock,
"

hnsute or glabrous high,

i- striata,

but I have not seen any

union. the confirm to specimens which appear

1ft. 1^"^' f;om a pcremnal to erect, 'stock, ascending or ^ lo ^^^"^e Leaves few, ^ 'k^^th angular or compresse<l, |abrous. J^^^^^^J^" a i at her on e ^vticulat of the stem, consisting of a single leaflet, always

Stems numerous

^r
u.

or shorter 'femes, but smaller. filiform, I^dicels almost I'c calyx, Calyx gl'-^^'^^'^f ?" each in the axil of a minute bract. lo^o ^"'-'^' very '-^"g, the lobes Standard narrow, usually reflexed. g^-f; se..ile, ^,f nea.l^ Ovniy "."[c or less shorter. veined ; ;iugs and keel rather ^">tb about striata. strici/a. /. of that 30 ovules. Yo"mg-pod Young "pod like

^-^tHer lo

.u

W- Australia,

Biummoud,

W,

Coll. n. 2i.

40

XL. LtGUMiNos.^.

[Isolropis.

atropurp

bushy shrub or

undershrab of 1 to 2 ft., densely clothed with a short, velvety nisty or whitish tomentum. Leaves of a single leaflet, nearly orlucular, ovate or oblong, very obtuse, | to 1 in. long, always articulate on a petiole of 3 to 3 lines. Flowers in loose terminal racemes, on pedicels of 1 to 3 lines. Stipules, bracts, and bracteoles small and narrow. Calyx tomentose, nearly 4
lines long, the lobes not reflexed. Petals deep purple, the broad somewhat striate standard not much exceeding the others, all rather longer than the calyx. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 20 ovules; style 'usually short, but

occasionally
tose.

much

longer and filiform.

Young pod

oblong, softly tomen-

Australia. Ilararaersley Range, F. Gregory' s Expedition; Attack Creek and between Mount Morpliett and Bonuey river, M'BouaU Stuart.
If.

I. filicaulis, Benth. in Arm. Wien. Mus. ii. 71. Stems erect or ascending from a perennial base, often above 1 ft. high, slender as in I.jiincea, but more branched and terete, glabrous or pubescent with appressed hairs. Leaves consisting of a single leaflet, articulate on a rather short petiole, linear or lanceolate, acute, 1 to nearly 2 in. long, or rarely small and linear-cnneate. blowers smaller than in /. jimcea, in loose slender racemes, mostly leafopposed. Pedicels ratlier longer than the calyx. Bracteoles minute or none, talyx nearly 3 hues long, pubescent, the lobes lanceolate, broader than in /. juncea. btandard very broad, shortly exceeding the calyx, slightly streaked ; wings and keel nearly as long. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 20 ovules. Pod Iniear, pubescent, often exceeding 1 ix,.Cliorizema LeichMrdtiL Y. Muell. Fragm. iv. 20.
5.

^SzSSw/'"^"'^^"
parviflora, ' ~, ^^.7. mrdis, and perhaps a
1

^"^' ^-

^''"'-'" '

1'--^

^"'

^^'^^-^^-'^^

'

^Vide

Bay

Ann. JFien. M, " ^^'^' -^""o. li. 11. uuvery \\^i\Y 1. J' variety. Stems slender, decumbent, branched, pubescent Leaves of a smgle leaflet, articulate on a rather short petiole. Plowers smaller than m/.//^.^..s, in all the specimens seen on short axillary or leafopposed pedicels. Calyx pubescent, about 2 lines long. Petals
BentJt. in .

but smaller.

Pod

of /. faicaidii,

linear, pubescent,

about 1

in. lon<^.
It.

Australia
clothed

Islauds of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

Brown,

.^r
\

J'l
'
11

f
i^

^"'\

nen

tev/l^

^^

^^''\ ^"'^^ ^"^'^y broom-like shrub, ^ '^'^' '^''^' ^""^'^ tomentum. Leaves few,
^'^^^^-^ '^^ther small

?'''"^''' '''^'''''^ ^^ ^ ^i^gl*^ A^^ver. Pedice7s' si cels Im er tl n the calyx. ^'"'''n oiter than Calyx tomentose, about 3 lines IonPetals ratlier longer and nearly equal in length, the sta'ndard broad and striate S. Australia. Bctweeu Stokes Range and Cooper's Creek, Wheeler.

few "n 4ort

^ n LT

' ^"'^ "^'''' P^'"^*^-

and very

GOMPHOLOBIUM
sli<rlitlv

in.

Calyx deeply cleft, the tube very short, the lobes lanceolate valvatc the 3 npper ones sometimes more falcate or
coliPruHr '].+

petals very shortly clawed,

StauJa,cl

o.bkZ

or

3 IS j W

c'

connate,

ger than the

Gompholobiim.']

XL. leguminos.!:;.
m

41

lower petals;
the

wings dhhng, more or less folcate; keel usually broader than wuigs, obtuse. Stamens free. Ovaiy usually shortly stipitate or nearly
;

thickened from the middle upwards ovules several, usually 8 or more, rarely 4 or 6, the funicles long and thick, all curved or folded downwards. Pod broadly ovoid or nearly globular,
usually oblique, inflated.
rarely

sessile

style incurved, filiform or slightly

Seeds small, without any strophiole. Shrubs or nndershrubs, glabrous pubescent or hirsute witli spreading hairs.

Leiives simple

or more frequently compound, the leaflets usually narrow, digitate or pinnate with the teruiina! leaflet sessile between the' last pair. Stipules small, lanceolate or subulate, or none. Flowers yellow or red, terminal or rarely in the upper axils, solitary or 2 or 3 together or in short racemes. Bracts and bracteoles small, sometimes minute or none. Ovary glabrous all except G. Baxteri, where the style is also exceptionally thickened at the base. The genus is limited to Australia. It is rearlily distinguished from all except Burfoma y the calyx aud pod, and is separated from that genus by the more numerous ovules, with tne regularly-packed funicles all turned downwards. The ovules in both genera are usually

sc-arcely

larger than the breadth of the funi<Je.

ledicels longer

than the calyx, solitary or 2 or 3 together in a very loose raceme. Plant glabrous:
-

....
^. ovahun. 2- G. amplexicaule,
1.

Leaves all simple, sessile, coriaceous.

leaves broadly ovate or orbicular Leaves cordate-lanceolate -Leaflets 3, very rarely 5 or more, digitate, the usually very short. Keel not ciliate (western species).
Leaflets linear, or, if broad, truncate,

common

petiole

mucronatc, and veined

5.

above.
scare

Flowers large
not mucj-onate, the veins very ob-

G.polymorphum.
obcordatum.
^

Leaflets small, obcordate,

^Q^
obscure.

Leaflets obovate or cuncnte-oblong,mucronatc Jnargius, the reins

i^eei cihate

with thickened Flowers small

....

7-

0. marginatum.

or fringed at the edge (eastern species). Au 1 erect shrub. Leaflets 1 to 2 in. long. Standard above i m. diameter. Keel densely friuijed JJiffuse or much bratirhed. Standard Leaflets under \ in.

...;..
....

3.

tf.

latifoUum.

fin. Keel (often very shortly) p^'^P'^^ate, with several leaflets .

'o
' ^'^^{ '*^''^ 0'^ .^

to

ciliate

4.

G. UuegeliL

21. G.pinnalum,

not longer than the calvx, solitary or 2 or

^^^0^

!.! ?^o -leaflets

"'

^''''^''

corymbs or heads, ^

3, digitate.

Flant quite glabrous.

<3ard

Leaflets above \ in. long, i^eatlets with revolutc margins. Calyx i in. long.

Stan.

in

"^
^

Leaflets

....
'

'

8.

G. grandifiorum.

usually

flat

or

recurved.

Calyx 4 to 5

lines.
. .

Mandard 6 or 7

lines long

9.

um. G. virgaH

branches pubescent or villous. ^aiyx glabrous.

Leaflets under i ^"- lon.s:, 3 in. *""i3

Stipules inconspicuous (eastern species).

Howers yellow, rather

Flowers red, smalL

Ovules 12 to 20 Ovules about 6

large.
.

.10. G. minus.
11.

G.uvanaUm
Baxten G.amtatam,

otipules setaceous, persistent (western species)

j^

^^-Jyx villous. ^es pinnate.

......,,....-.
more than 3
(the petiole sometimes

12. G.
13.

Leaflets

so sliort that (hry

appear digitate).
^

42
Calj^x pubescent or villous.

XL.'

LKGUMINOS/E.

{GomjjJtolohium.

Conimou

petiole none.

Leaves linear, terete, with revolute

13.
Leaflets linear, with recurved
,

"largiiis

G. anslalum.
\

Common Common

petiole very short.

margins.

Flowers
in

in

dense leafy corymbs or heads

14. G. burtonioides.

petiole elongated-

Flowers

dense leafy corymbs or heads. Leaflets linear, terete, revolute, usually fewer than 11. Ovules 8 . 15. G. capiiaimn.
Leaflets
linear-terete,

riowcrs few.

revolute,

usually
'.

Ovules 16 to 20 . . , . , 16. G. iomentosum. Flowers few. Leaflets numerous, often dilated at the end. Ovides 8 1?. <^. Preissii. Calyx gUibrous.
'

fewer than 11.

Viscid erect shrub (western species) fehruhs, usually diffuse, not viscid (eastern species). Leaflets narrow-linear. Common petiole very short
Leaflets cuneate.
.

........
. ,

18. G. viscidulum.
19.
C=.

'
.

.
. .

gJabratiim,

Leaflets

Common petiole elongated narrow-linear. Common petiole elongated

.

20.

G. nitidim.

21. G.plnnatum,

J*Jowcrs in short

leaves.^ Leaflets linear-terete, with revolute margins. Leaflets 3 to 7, under in. long, with

corymbose racemes, pedunculate above the last leaves all or mostly pinnate. Bracts persistent.
\
a very short

common
22.
G^.

-,

^''l^f'' Leaflets

ShtiWeworlhiL

numerous, i to J

in.

long, on an elongated

common
24. G.

Leaflets flat or nearly so, linear-lanceolate or

P'""^**^'^''''''^^ 'P*^"'

oUoug

....
35.

KnhjMianum.

^^^^

ly

ioufa)
1.

2 ovules to the ovary, arc

now

transfcn-ed to Bur-

G. ovatum,

Meissn. in Fl.

Frem.

i.

with simple or slightly brmiched ascending or erect stems, more or less compressed and prominently angular. Leaves simple, broadly ovate or orbicular, long, very obtuse or slightly f to 1 pointed, comceous, penniveined. i^ lowers rather large, on long pedicels, solitary or 2 to 4 together in an irregular terminal raceme. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long, the 2 upper lobes slightly falcate Standard 8 to 9 hues long, very broad, cmarginate wings and keel about G hues Ovary almost sessile, with about 20 ovules; style rather attenuate at the base. Pod oblong, nearly twice as long as the calyx.

glabrous underslirub,

^'"""""'"^

"^''^
'

rlv^b^/,^/^^*^'^'

^""y> ^'^^.

n.

1105

Ironstone hilh, Blackwood

^'^P^exicaule, Meism. ? .w\

tl

in Fl. Frelss.

l,nl
f'

T^n T-^
\
\

P^'-l^'-ips

a variety.

s
1

mnl^

e b.;P

^t
1

""'f
'

! *? ^^"^'^^^Ifte, acute,

t' G

"'"''^^ flattened,

I 3f>, and ii. 21 0. Closely Stems decumbent or branched nt with prominent angles. Leaves

^ to

in.

long, alwavs cordate at

r tl.er
Tniv*.!-

nv' w ce

"T. '^',!" 11 ^ <^,i.. . r"''

'
*'

J.

^^

']^''^-^^^V^^'i, coriaceous, obscurely veinl.'

Flowers

o,atam;i\.e pedicels p^-^iLt,.ia not iiui cpiite quae so long, lono-, ana iiie and the Ml

Ihe

cab^

nnn. '

n "f f^f^' ^' ^^-

^'^^^

^'^^^^

"^"'^

Standard nearly * ^^"^^ ^^^S"^"^-^y globular: much longer thafi

TV
r'fices,

Tone

river, Oldfield.

3.

G.

latifoliiim

GompMoLium,']
b

XL. legumIxNOs^.

43

'

249, not of LahilL A glabrous slirulj, with erect virgate, branches. Leaflets 3, on a very shoi*t common petiole, linear linear-lanceolate or Imear-cnneate, acute or truncate and mucronale, 1 to 3 in. long, the margins ^flat or slightly recim^ed, the veins fine nnd almost longitudinal; stipules inconspicuous. Flowers large, yellow. Peduncles (or leafless flowering branches) solitary in the upper axils, nearly as long as or longer than the leaves, with a pair of small 3-foliolate bracts about the middle, or sometimes growing out into leafy branches with a terminal flower. Calyx i to | in. long. Standard broad, usually above 1 in. long; lower petals nearlv -as long; keel incurved, very obtuse, denselv fringed on the inner edge with short white woolly hairs. Ovary with about 20 ovules. Pod ovoid, \ to f m. hr\g.~G, frndriatinn, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 58 G. psoral(Pfolium, Salisb. Lond. t. 6 G. barbigcrnm, DC. Prod. ii. 105 ; Bot. Mag. f. 4171 Paxt. Mag. xiv. 221, with a fig. Queensland. Glasshouse mountains, F, Mueller (from a specimen in leaf onlv). W. S. Wales. Port Jackson, E, Brown, Sieber, n, 8G1, and FL Mixt, n. 577, and
Linn, Soc.
ix.
;

1-

others
;

Port Stevens, Fraser, M^JrihHV.

name
to the

following species

ril^'^r^ ogether

Benth, in Ilueg. Enum. 29, and in Jmi.,JFien. Mns. ii. 7". A low, diffuse or inucli branched, glabrous shrub, rarely above 1 ft. Jgh. Leaflets usually 3, on a veiy short common petiole, linear or the lower oues oblonn^-cuneate, or rarely almost obovate, mostly about \ in. long, but occasionally very narrow, and f or even 1 in, long, obtuse or mucronate, tlie ^^^' recurved or rarely re volute. Flowers yellow, solitary or 2 or 3
79*'
;

^* Huegelii,

pedicels always longer tlian the calyx, attaining sometimes 1^ or '^^ 4 to 5 lines long. Standard 6 or 7 lines long; wings rather ^h\ snorter; keel as^ long as the wings and rather broader, very obtuse, usually

ordered on the inner edge with minute white hairs, which sometimes almost fnsnppear. Ovaiy ^vith 15 to 20 ovules. Pod ovoid, longer than the calyx-

folium, Labill. PL Nov. '^^^'J^

IIoll.

i.
:

r?A" I" t- 1639?

.

^^'

'^^^^"^^

i-

82, not of Sm.

105, t. 133 ; DC. Prod. ii. 105 ; G. pedimcnlare, Lodd. Bot. Cab.

(from the figure).

^*^^^

Jackson, to the Blue Monntni ns, R, Brown, A, Cunningliam ; Ne^F^'i'^*^^^-'nglaud, C. Sfnnrt, LacAr^uff^c and to the sonthwaril, Ihfrgef, Backhouse. ranges, Dandenoug Land, Gipps Island, ^^"S's Brown; Port R. Phillip. pfp ^ ^^f iJ^*" filler,

DWnT^^^^^' places throughout

^^^^ Dalrymplc and Dcrwcnt

the colony, J. J). Hooker.
I^^^^^^ts

river,

R,

Brown: abundant

in

heathy

and Z'^^'^%^^^^^^^"' ^^"ghnnd, also a])parcntly Mount snenlm specimens arc past flower. ^^^ decmnbeut loose-flowercd snecimcns of this species forn.T^f ?f ^^^^^i'ii ^' jpolg7norj)hum.
.

very

fine, often 5 in.

Mountains of Victoria long or more, latter the Beckler,\iyx\ rirer, Clarence Mitchell,

come very near

to

some

da-

^^us shrub or btcnis leaflets, and aspect nndershrub, truly polymorphous in long or long, ft. to and slender, either decuuibent i a:,S'^."""''^'^^^^> "u twuiing, or more or less erect and virgate. I^aflots 3, rarely 5 or even 7 ^^ ^I'gitatc on a common pctiolr, usually short, but sometimes 3 or 4 lines

44

XL. LEGUM1N0S.E.

[GowpJiolobium,

.long, mostly linear, with recurved margins

to 1 in. long, but

and short straight points, and \

sometimes the lower ones, or in luxuriant shoots, nearly all are broadly cuueate, spathulate or almost obovate, and then marked on the upper surface with raised oblique veius. Stipules setaceous. Pedicels long,
terminal or leaf-opposed, solitary or 2 or 3 in a loose raceme. Bracteoles minute, at a distance from the calyx. Tlowers varying from orange-yellow to a briglit crimson. Calyx glabrous, about 4 lines lo'iig. Standard often twice as long as the calyx; wings considerably shorter; keel glabrous on the edge, rather shorter than the wings. Ovules 15 to 20. Pod ovoid-globular, much
inflated,

i to | in. long. 13ot. Mag. t. 1533 DO. Prod. ii. 106 Meissn. in. PL Preiss. i. 37; Paxt. Mag. vi. 151, with a fig.; G. grandiflorum, Andr. Bol. Rep. t. 642, not of Sm. G. pednnculare, DC. Prod. ii. 105 Meissn. in
; ;
;

36; G. vendomm, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1574; G. tenue, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1615 Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 37 G. versicolor, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 43 Paxt. Mag. xii. 219, with a fijr.; Bot. "". Mas. > '--^"a t. 4179 o (the laUer a luxuriant form with long leaflets and large flowers).
Pi.

Preiss.

i.

King George's Sound, 72. Brown, Baxter, and others, to Vasse and Swau rivers, Drummond, Preiss, n. 1108 (?), 1109, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, Oldfield and others, and extending eastward towards the Great Bight, Maxwell. The station, E. AnstraIja, given by De Candolle for his G. pedunculare, was a mistake. The specimen in Souder's herbarium, marked Preiss, n. 1108, is evidently G. Huegelii, with a strongly fringed keel, probably some mistake has occurred if it be really West Australian, and a form only of Q. poly tnorjph urn, the disluictioii between the two species disappears.
;

W. Australia.

"***^**da*^ Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 258. erect, An ^'u?* much branched, glabrous shrub, with slender, angular, flexuose branches. Iveaflets 3, on a very short common petiole, obovate or obcordate, very obtuse and not mucronate, 2 to 4 lines long, the margins usually reflexed, smooth or obscurely reticulate. Stipules minute or none.
Pedicels' terminal, solitary or

2 or 3 in a loose raceme, longer than the calyx. I'lowers inuch smaller than in G. polymorphim. Calyx about 3 lines long, glabrous. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter, narrow keel about as Ion"- as the wind's, ; much broader and incurved. Ovules about 8. Pod broader than

lon-

G
glabrous,

marginatum,

li.

isr.

in Ait. llort.

Km.

ed. 2.

iii.

11.

and somewhat ghaucous shrub, with

A low,

or ascending stems, under 1 ft. long. mon petiole of I to li lines, from obovate to linear oblong, i to | in. lon<r, witti a short sharp point, coriaceous, bordered by a thickened nerve-like edge, the veins obscure. Stipules lanceolate-subulate or setaceous. Flowers small, yeUow few, in irregular loose terminal racemes or rarelv solitary. Pedicels much longer than the caly.x, bearing minute bracteoles" below the middle. Calyx 2 J to 3 lines long. Standard about 4 lines long, deeply notched; lower pet^ds scarcely exceeding the calyx. Ovules 10 to 12. Pod much inflated. ^ in diameter.-DC. Prod. ii. 105 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1490 Meissn. in PI. ; Preiss. 1. 36.
Uarling range. Collie;
8.
Kalgaii, Gordon,

slender, but rigid decumbent Leaflets 3 or rarely solitary, on a com-

and Harvey

rivers, Oldfield.

G. grandiflorum,

Sm. Exot. Bot. L

5,

and

in Trans. Linn. Sac. ix.

GoDipJiolohinm.']
r

XL. LEGUMiNOS.f:.
Leaflets 3,

45

249.

glabrous, erect, branching shrub.

niou petiole,
or rather

on a very short comnarrow-linear, with a short almost pungent point, ^ to 1 in. long

more, the nmrgiiis revolute, the veins inconspicuous. Flowers large, solitary or 2 or 3 together, shortly pedicellate, terminal or on very short axillary leafy branches. Calyx about | in. long, glabrous, except minute hairs at the edge of the lobes. Standard broad, fully f in. long; wings

Ovules varying from long as the wings, broad, not fringed. 8 to 14. Pod scarcely exceeding the calyx. DC. Prod. ii. 105 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 484? (the pedicels figured much longer than I have ever seen them); G. maculatum^ Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 427.
shorter; keel as

N. S. "WTales.
others.

Port Jackson, to the Blue Mountaius. R. Brown, Sieber,

river, -F.

n.

358, and

Victoria.

specimen from I.atrobe

it is

Mueller, appears to be this

species^ but

being in fruit only,

Var. seiifolimn,

doubtful.
Leaflets narrower.

Flowers rather smaller. 6^. setifoHtm, Sieb. PL Brown^ Exs.; G. glaucescens, A. Cunii. in Field. N. S. "Wales, 346. Blue Mouutaius,

DC.

^ieber, n,

363,

.4.

Cminmgltam, aud olLers.

shrub, glabrous erect Sieh, in DC, Prod, ii, closely allied to Q, grandiJJorum, and diflering chiefly in the sliorter and less very petiole comnion revolute leaflets and smaller flowers. the Leaflets 3, short or scarcely any, linear, the margins always recurved, althongh rarely abtermnjal, yellow, solutely revolute, Flowers to in. long or rarely none.
9.

G. virgatum,

105.

An

solitary or

4 to
^vith
t.

Calyx calyx. the as long 2 or 3 together, the pedicels rarely so Ovary fringed. not 5 Hues long. shorter, Standard 6 to 7 lines ; keel lixot. Icon, Reiehb. about 8 ovules. calyx. Pod about as long as the

97.

Queensland. Sandy Cape. It, Brow7i ; islands of Moreton Bay, F^ Mueller, W. S. Wales. Toi-t Jacksou, B. Brown, Sieler, n, 360, and FL mrf. . 578, and
others; Port Stepheas, J/' Jr^y^^^r. Var. asjialathoides. I.eaflets aarrower

nlaiholde., A. Cunu.
near to

much

eona-s valley.^lins Wellington Benth. in Ann. ^Vicn. ^lus. ii. 72, some forms of Q. minus, but is quite glabrous, the leaves are longer and the ovnies
;

and more revolute, not above \

i. in.

. o-.i^Jlong r

fewer.

raucli-branched G. minus, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. ^ it., in^ or slu-ub, sometimes 6 2 low and decumbent, sometimes attaining a very on d, Leaflets branches more ov less pubescent, at least \Yhcn yonng. ut strai small a short eommon with obtuse, subulate, petiole, linear or almost s \^ lowe or recurved glabrous. poi.it, under \ in. long, the margins revolute, calyx and the exceeding O'ellow ?) usually 2 or 3 together, the pedicels rarely o or rarely 6 usually much Standard shorter. to 4 lines long. CaWx itli Ovary h'les long ; wings and keel rather shorter, the keel not fnnged._ UL. 12 to 20 ovides. cds^.^Surlouiammor, Pod shortly exceeding the lUb. u. Prod. ^J-od. ii. DC. 106 ; Gompholobium Mratliecoides, Sieb. in
10.

251.

S. Wales. Port Jackson, 12. Brown, Sieher, n. 359, and others. J; Victoria. Uom\i KhTMni, DallacAi/. mmer^, \\ : Mueller F. txlenclg. Glenck ti, nf the of mouth S Australia. Lofty floods; F. Mueller; r.nola, J.

KanVs,

''it
1

Kan^'aroo Isliind, Water/iouse.

2':- '^'r^'Ma. ttiMc

longer; rather pedicels Flowers rather larger, I'fJ belong !f variety this edgiug of white hairs. Ovules often above 20. To

^p:onal1v with a

most ~J,\

^f' ol

th' tu^

*"
ouLliern specimens,

XL. LEGUMIX0SJ2.

[Gotnpliolobkmi.

and some seem almost to i)ass into G, Iluegelii, although they have always shorter pedicels, smaller leaves, and more or less puhcsceut branches.

Ann, Jfien, Mus. li. 72. An erect, much branched, heath-like shrub, the young branches usually minutely pubescent. Leaflets 3, on a very short common petiole or almost sessile,
in

G. uncinatxLiu ,

A. Lu7in.; Benth.

with a recurved point, rarely above 3 lines long, the margins revolute. Flowers red, much smaller than in the preceding species, solitary or 2 or 3 together, the pedicels shorter or rarely rather longer than the calyx. Calyx scarcely 3 lines long. Petals almost sessile ; standard very broad, about 4 hues long; wings and keel rather shorter, the latter not fringed. Ovary with about 6 ovules. Pod nearly globular, rather lon-er than the calyx.
+

linear, obtuse,

T ^'
1 2.

^' .^f^^';

^^"^ ilountains, J, Cunningham, Fraser

Paramatta, IFooIls ;

New

d or rarely 4 Imes long. Stipules setaceous, persistent. Flowers terminal, solitary or 3 or 3 together, sessile within the last leaves. Calyx glabrous, apparently viscid about 3 lines long, very angular in the bud. Standard 4 lines long or rather more wings shorter keel almost as long as the standard, Ovary hirsute, almost sessile, with about 8 ovules; .fvU" r/.f-^.K r^'-i tl^'^kened at the base. Pod ovoid-globular, slightly compressed, ^ ^ f as ' about long as the calyx, more or less '^ ^ pubescent.
; ;

numerous virgate pubescent brandies. Leaflets usually '6, sessile or on a very short comraou petiole narrow-linear, with revolute margins, mostly hooked at the ends,

G. Baxteri, BenU.

An

erect heath-like shrub, witli

S
witi

Eaiiges,

Maxwell.
1*

31 lines long, the P^"^^ "^ ^^'' ''^'^'Standaii ' to lines '^ 5 6 ff "r-^'^' ^"^^^"^'^^ "^"^"t% ^'li'-'te on the edge. ^ Ovfr'v sttinf^ 'n ^TI'/?'''^'^ P^ compresied-globular, scarcely ' -^ ^^exceSi exceeding hoi 7l \'r ";t'the scpals.-Meissu; m Pi. Preiss. 1. 38, and ii. 210
villous, 3 to
1

hn *nof buds tln^Jl"'^''

I

T 7 ^'-^^' nari;w:iine:;";ith^ osely " '' ^ ^''^^ "Jii;;r : : 'f^f^ ^" ^' '^'"^'* point, pungent rarelv mor; T"'' ^r''' "' ^ Stipules small, setace^ OU8 7aZ T r'' r^^'^'^''^"^^'^l^^^^^'l^' Jif^^y or in compact leafy eUmbs,
ne oil o petiole of ft the leaves
is

ilf r^

1^ '"'''
'

^ ^^' "^' ^'''''^''' f ^- tomentosnm, but the never developed. Leaflets 3, 5, or rarely sessile
*'^^

"^'^'

"'^""' ^^*^"- ^'''-

"

72.

An

erect shrub,

'',

"^^'^

"^

^''' ^^^"^^^^

'-

^'''

r
?

"^l'

''^^'
'''

?/'^/^^?^'"-

Calyx

'

vTrii^'Sf Leafler^uS^"^^^^ s long ai theraves Sh X i!; '^'"l"^^^^

1198

T
'

'

^r'"'

^'"**' " ^^^^' -'I others. ^ ' ^' t^^""^' V'^^^'^^s nearly
i,f

MojrtcWl, also oue specimen

Herb. Soiider, with Preis/s,

rather

more
G.

examined.

Dr
,
.

ison rivers,

'

--""""

^."iiver,

anu Aaigau
''

river,

Oldjidd.

-ndW. ^^^ 210. erect sluub. slSila'!lt?Tnr'^^'%T"'nallied to G. andaluni, but at once distinguished by the broader
"^ ^^' ^'''''''

An

Gomplwlohium.]

xL. leouminos.e..

47

with a more or less prominent common petiole, sometimes lA lines lono; Yollug branches usually pubescent. Leaflets 3 or 5, the lateral ones usually inserted lower down than the 3 terminal ones, all linear, obtuse or mucronate, under \ in. long, tlie margins recurved or revolute. Flowers yellow, tennnial, solitary or several together, sessile or shortly pedicellate amongst the last leaves. Calyx hirsute or nearly glabrous, fully 4 lines long. Standard about \ m. long wings and keel scarcely exceeding the calyx. Uvaiy with about 8 ovules. Pod rarely exceeding the calyx. W. Australia, Brummond, ^,d Coll. n. n\,and o(h Coll.n. 29 ^30; nenr Albany, -r/.*, u. iiUO, also 1193 heathy -round, Gordoa river, Oldfield ; Salt river, Maxwell.
leaflets,
; ;

15. <S.
allied

to

capitatiun, A. Cunn. in Lhidl. Bot. Reg. t. 1563. Very closely ff. tomentosnm, and perhaps a variety. It is less tomentose, and

sometimes glabrous or hirsute with a few long hairs. Foliage the same or ine leaHets rather more slender. Flowers yellow, very shortlv pedicellate, in

corymbs, almost contracted into heads.' Calyx usually about 4 lines long. Petals sometimes shorter than the calyx, ana rarely exceeding it so much as in Q. tomentosnm. Ovules not more than lu any of the flowers I have opened. Pod usually shorter than the calyx. -Meissu. PL Preiss. i.

oense, terminal, leafy eiy hirsute,

38.

movd 'f^^^^^^^^'

-^'"S Geortre's Sound,

(district

R. Broicn and

others

mAr and Cannnig

shmb "
til

.^'^"^;.'='"ssex

and

rivers,

Stlrliuir n. Preiss, > , ^ Terrace,

Swan River, Dnm1200 and 1201 Blackwood

;
;

Oldjleld

^ 1

^^"^^'^^osum, Zadlll. in PI. Nov. Boll. i. lOG, t. 134. An erect ^0 3 ft., the young branches tomentose-villous. Leaves pinnate,
P^^^^e
''^'irely
*'

but J"^'.^"

above 2 or 3
in.

lines long.

Leaflets usually 5 or 7,

alninTr"" "^'^*^'
iess
1

^'""^ ^

"'^' "''I'l'ow-linear,

the margins revolute so as to be

mucronate, about |
^^' ^'^^""^^

Diot

?"p

^^'^"^-

Stipules subulate.

or sometimes' nearly | in. long, more or Flowers yellow, terminal, 'ii^\'f, in coni-

about 4 ]

^^''^"'^^

solitary, the pedicels very short.

Calyx

villous.

^''^-"- 1*^6 J Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 40; Bot. Eeg. t. 1474 ^^ ^'"'^'-^, Reichb. Icon. lanatmi, G. fig.); the (from 2 Exot. n,' t. 13. A ^^- Uim.m G.Don, Gen. Syst.ii. 113. ;7"^*^*^a- King George's Sound, Labillardiere, R. Brown, and others Swan Eiver " 2^^' '^'^'"*> 1198; Doubtfid Island Bay, Champion Bay, and

V'^^-

"

Mnrchkn,f"-""""i 't-nison river,

Oldfield.

to G. allied closely Very Meissn. 40. i. in PL Preiss. tomlif spreadwith hirsute perhaps leaves a and variety. Branches in<r \,l\''t^^^ to 19, usually 11 ,^^^^ tomentosum, ^ore numerous than in G. bulopp 'j'^^^io'ially more, or on the lower leaves fewer, linear, with revolute margins, as i " ."^ ^P^cies, but most of them more or less dilated at the end, with recin. tomentosum, G. in 1^"'*^ as Flowers corymbs, few, iu leafy terminal but smn than longer ^''^'-^^ 'i^^"^"te, rather Standard 31 long. 3 to lines the cilu 'i flowers exathe in '^'""'^^^ ^"'^ Ovules 8 ciliate.

^* ^^^ss">

inined

p i'od
.

straight, not

short, as in

'

'^'***"alia,

G. capitatum. Drammoud, . 60 and 201

n. 1194. Preiss, Terrace, Stirling

48
18,

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
in

[Gompholohmm.
i.

G.

viscidiiluin, Ueissn,
less viscid,

PL Freiss.

39, and

ii.

210.

An
;

erect,

glabrous,

more or

pinnate, occasionally

much branched shrub, of i to 1^ ft. opposite, the common petiole rarely ^ in. long
Stipules minnfe.

Leaves
leaflets

5 to 9, narrow-linear, with revolute margins, obtuse or nearly so, rarely

in.

Flowers terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together, on very short pedicels within the last leaves. Calyx glabrous, about 3 lines long, the lobes broader and the buds more angular than in most Standard broad, 4 or 5 lines long; wings and keel shorter, the species. latter broad, slightly inclined, very minutely ciliate on the edge. Ovules
long, rather rigid.

usually 8.
"^V. Australia;,

Drimmond, Srd CoJL

m.

Fitzgerald river, Phillips Ranges, Stokes Inlet,

75; Konkoberup Hills, Pmw, Orleaus Bay, etc., Maxwell,

1196

106. A low decumbent or diffuse or rarely erect shrub, with the habit of G, minus, but readily known by the leaves really pinnate, although with the common petiole very short, rarely attaining 3 lines. Branches slender, virgate, minutely pubescent or rarely quite glabrous. Leaflets 5 or 7, very rarely 3, narrow-linear, with recurved or revolute margins, under ^ in. long, obtuse or minutely pointed, usually glabrous. Flowers terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together, the pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous, 3 to nearly -i Hues long. Standard 4 to 5 lines keel shorter, broad, somewhat incurved, not ciliate. Ovary with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod not seen. G. poly morpkmn, Sieb. PL Exs. not of R. Br. N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson, R, Brown^ Sieher, n, 362, and others; Double Bay,
19.

G. glabratum, BG,

Prod,

ii.

Leickhardt,

Solmid. in Herb. Banks. much- branched, glabrous shmb. Leaves pinnate, with a common petiole of about I in. ; leaflets iisually about 7 to 11, oblong-cuueate or almost obovate, emarginate, 4 to 6 lines long, dark and shining above, glaucous underneath. Flowers terminal,
solitary, rather large,

20.

G. nitidum,

on very short

pedicels.

Calyx glabrous,

fully

lines

long, the lobes of a thickish consistence and not separated so low down as in other species. Petals shortly exceeding the calyx, the keel not ciliate.

Ovules (from
-B. Br,).

Tl,

Brown's notes)
Endeavour
river.

4.

Pod

sessile, shorter

than the calyx.

Queensland21.

Banks and Solander. R. Brown (Herb. Banks and "

Sm. in Tram. Linn. Soc. ix. 251. A glabrous undershrub, with slender, but rigid, ascending or erect stems, of 1 ft. or rather more, simple or little branched, and usually flexuose. Leaves pinnate; lejrftets few in the lower leaves, on a short common petiole, often above 30 in the upper ones, with a common petiole of above 1 in., linear or almost subulate, 4 to 8 lines long, mucronate or acute, the margins revolute. Piowers few, in short, loose, terminal racemes, or rarely solitary, the pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx about 3 lines long, 'Standard very broad, rather longer than the calyx, and the lower petals Ovary nearly as long.
usually with 8 ovules.

G. pinnatnm,

Pod

DC.

Prod,

ii.

106.

ovoid-globular, rather longer than th^ calyx. '

Sandy Cape, R. Brown; Port Curtis, WQUlivrau ; Wide Bay, Bidmil; lirisbaiie river niid Moreton Bay,/'. Mueller. S. VTalea. Port Jackson, S. Bjoioti, WooUs.

Queensland.
.

GompholohiumJ]
22.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

49
i.

UKe
1,-t

Leaves pinnate, with a very short common petiole; leaflet^ 5 or 7, rarely 3, narrowwith reyolute margins, under 1 near l in. long, obtuse or with a short recurved point, glabrous or scabrous-pubescent. Flowers purple-red, in short, corMiiOose, almost capitate racemes, pedunculate above the last leaves, ijiacts and bracteoles linear-subulate, persistent. Pedicels much shorter than ^ ^"^ '^ ^'""^^ ^' glabrous. Standard about 5 lines long, V' not .0 brot.d as in some species; keel shorter, slightly incurved, minutelv or sea cely perceptibly ciliate on the edges. Ovules 6 in all the specimens I examined, but Jleissner found only 4. Pod not seen.

^;^leworthii, Memn. ^r slu-u of i to li ft., the

r ),

PI. Preiss.

39.

An

erect, heath-

brandies shortly pubescent.

^^^

CoW^'S'*''*''*^i*iVo^"""^'*"'''' <-fl//^.?mw,.

^>-"*nmoi,d,

\st

Coll.

and

1178; Gordou

200; Darling S

Ratige, b.

river, 0/>Wrf.

IL Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 12. A glabin "^^\^'^^'^os shrub or undershrub, with slender, flexuose stems, of 1 to ? f '^^^-^ pinnate, with a common petiole of to in. ; leaflets 1 f usuall 9 3-^^' ^"^^''''''"t*''**^t^> acute or mucronate, the margins closely re volute' ^"* ^^"*' *.^''"^^''sely wrinkled when diy. Flowers pink or pur* ple r^h "iwierous, hi a short corymbose raceme, on a long peduncle above 7 the'l ^^^^^^'^^. ^"g*^'' ^^^^ the calyx, in the axils of subulate bracts vT^' 3 to 4 lines long, glabrous. broad, rather ' Standard very lonof,er fi than the calyx wings and keel rather shorter. Ovules about 8, ^'^^ ^^ '^"S ^^ t'^e calvx.-DC. Prod. ii. 106; Meissn. in PI. Piei H- 1. 40 Boi.Mag. t. 4258 Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 76.
^"

^^f^stum, 9/

M
.

George's Sound, R. Broim and others, Drummond, l^rd Coli. ^^"^ n^^ Albany, Au Preiss, n, 1102; Mount Barker, Oidjleld ; near Cape Paisley. Maxwell

72'

3.1'

{%\

Mount Bantu'
*

M^^^^^

*
^^" ^^^'

^'

!<-'

perfectly smooth, but revolute, as in the

common form. Middle

dcrsh'ruf
attainii late
o^

*^^*Slitiauum,
^'^'^^^

LlnJl. in Bot.

lieff. I.

UGS.

glabrous mi-

^/^"^^^

"^ '^^^"^'" "'''*^or'l-

slender, but rigid, ascending or erect stems, -leaves mostly pinnate, with 5 to 1 1 lanceo-

shVhflv htly

^"^^^ leaflets,

thelowpn"''^
times
1

digitate leaflets. Stipuies oblong, obovate or subulate Pi ^^'*^^"s pink or rather on a raceme, corymbose purple, in short a lonu upri* scarcely ^^ Calyx ^^'^ ^"** linear-subulate. '^^*^B'acts 2 liues c lo ^^^^^^^'<^ broad, rather longer than the calp ; wings and keel ^^tber sh^'i PL in ""'/> ^^"^^^ ^^^^^ 8Meissn. long. lines about ^^^ 4 Pfeiss i 4n Syst. ii. 1 18. ^^^^''-^%^^'". Gen. A. Don, ' Cunn. in G. ^ . W.
^ ^
^^^"^"^'

r^'

1 to 1 in. long, obtuse or mucronate, flat or with margins, rigid and strongly reticulate on thle upper side souiehowever, or nearly all those of the lower branches, anches, some^''^^^'

An

Swan Rivp^"^*^'*"
Vasse rivers'
'

fiuTT'^"^'

J^ing George's Sound, Baj'ter, J. Cunningham, ^*^ ^^^- ^ 220 ; York District, Freiss, n.

Preiss, n.

1103;

'^'"Md; Cape Kuobb and Cape Le Grand,

8.

1104

Gordon and

Max well.
A

BITKTONIA,

R. Br.

2 upper^ '^^^P^y

'^^^^ft,

VOL ri"^^

the lobes longer than the tube, lanceolate, valvate, the Petals veiy broader or more obtuse, but not connate.

Mo.Bot.

Garr'---

Ipoo

50

TL. LEGUMIXOSiE,

\Burloniq.

petals lower the than longer shortly clawed ; standai-a orbicular or renlfonn, the than broader usually keel talcate less or more obovate, or oblong win-s uistyle stipitate shortly ; Stamens free. Ovary sessile or wins, obtuse. and long fuuieles the curved, moie or less dilated towards the base ovules 2, broadly Pod downwards. other the thick, one curved or folded upwards, any without small, Seeds ovoid or nearly globular, usually oblique, inflated. spreadwith hirsute or strophiole. Shrubs or rarely undershrubs, glabrous tenmthe with pinnate or ing hairs. Leaves simple or compound, digitate, lowers none. or minute 1 Stipules nal leaflet sessile between the last pair. leaves upper the of axils yellow, orange-red or bluish-purple, solitary in the
; ;

Bracts small ; or forming terminal racemes. below the middle of the pedicel. Ovary glabrous or villous.

bracteoles also small, usually

same the with Gomphololjiiim, The genus is limited to Australia, It is closely allied to oiily^ always ovules, 2 the in chiefly ditfering diversity of foliage, valvate calyx, etc. ; ^j^^ toUlea or curved always oue but the funicles very long and thick, as in Gompholobium, laucn also is style The genus. that upwards, the other downwards, not all downwards, as in
thicker at the base.

Leaves pinnate. Racemes terminal. Kacemes 1- to 3 -flowered. Plant glabrous.

Leaflets few, subulate Leaflets

..,,..

1.
.

. . numerous, very small, obovatc or obcordate Racemes elongated, many-flowered. Leaflets Plant very hirsute. very numerous, small, ovate Leaflets"^, liuear-revolute, sessile (the common petiole not produced).

2, %.

B. subuJaia, } rt -p i foUolosa, ^.

B. poI^Z}/ga.

Pedicels in the upper axils.

Calyx and ovary villous Calyx and ovary glabrous. Branches tomentose. Leaflets
ternodes.
dicels

4.

^.

villosa.

rigid, often shorter

_

than the in5. J?.

Pedicels long
'

Ilendenoniu

Branches glabrous.
. .
.

Leaflets longer than the intcruodes

and pe-

^.B.scahra.
Racemes umbeblike, terminal
.

Leaves simple, linear or subulate.

7-

B. cojiferia.

with ft., i to of 1 glabrous shrub, An erect, 1. B. subulata, Benth. 4 or of petiole 3 commou with a Leaves pinnate, slender, rigid branches. niumargins, revolute with lines; leaflets 5, 7, or rarely 9, liiiear-subulate, almost terminal, short, very Flowers few, in cronukte, ^ to f in. long. the than longer usually pedicels corymbose racemes, or often quite solitaiy ; length. in equal nearly Petals long. lines calyx. Calyx glabrous, about 4 yet Burionias, Style more slender than in most slightly exceeding the calyx. exceeding scarcely compressed-globular, somewhat dilated at the base. Pod the cnlxK.GomphoIobium subulatim, Benth. in
stenophi/llum , F. Muell. Fragra. o
iii.

Ann. "Wien. Mus.

ii.

73

fr.
;

30.

isla^^^ Cunningham A. coast, ; N.W. Bay, N. Australia ia. Regent's River, Brunswick Land, of the Gulf of Carpentaiia, R. Brown; Port Easingtoa, Armstrong; Arnhem's Mueller,

mon

and glabrous An elegant little shrub, quite 2. B. foliolosa, Bmth, comthe pinnate, with Leaves slender terete branches. somewhat glaucous, oboyate more, even above in. long; 21 or leaflets 11 to rarely
petiole

or obcordate, very obtuse, 1 to

in loose, terniinal,
V

1^ than longer almost corymbose racemes, the pedicels rather

lines long.

Plowers small, few. together,

Budonk.]

XL. leguminos^e.

51

the calyx.
species,

obtuse.
shorter.

Calyx nearly 2 lines long, less deeply divided than in most other although the lobes are longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones more Standard at least half as long again as the calyx; wings and keel Ovary sessile, glabrous style slightly flattened towards the base.
;

Pod not

sm^,GompMo6iumfoliolosu7n, Benth.
Sandy
forests,

in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 348.

Queensland.
3.

Warrego

river,

31it chell ;

Dogwood
ft

Creek, Leickhardf,

B. polyzyga, Benth.

An

erect shrub, tbe branches, leaves,

and

in-

florescence

densely clothed with long, spreading, white, almost woolly hairs.

Leaves pinnate, with a

29 to 51, oval
ID long, loose,

common

petiole, of 1 to 2 in. or rather

ohovate or oblong, rarely exceeding 2 lines. terminal racemes ; the pedicels longer than the rnlyx.

more Flowers
;

leaflets

yelloAV,

'Bracts

and bractcoles filiform. ofnearly equal length.

Calyx about 4 lines long. Petals ratheV longer, all Ovaiy almost sessile, hirsute with long wliite hairs. 1^0(1 not seen. GompMobium j)oIi/zt/ffum, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 29. K. Australia. Between Mount Morpliett and Bonny river. H'Douall Stuart.
4

rigid, heath-like, erect 41. surub, with virgate Leaflets 3, branches, villous with short spreading hairs. sessile on the stem, narrow-linear, with revolute margins, obtuse or with a short, callous point, mostly about ^ in. long and much longer than tbe inter-

B. villosa, Meissn.

in PI.

Treiss.

i.

glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs. Flowers large, pale pui-ple, ^olitary the upper axils, on pedicels usually shorter than the leaves. .Calyx

iioaes,

4 to 5 lines long. Standard fidly | in. long wings rather shorter Keel shorter than the wings, incur\'ed. Ovary nearly sessile, villous ; style flattened towards the base, ciliate on the inner edge. Pod somewhat comJirsute,
;

pressed, shortly

M^JT* Dt
5.

exceeding the calyx, as broad as long. Bot. Mag. t. 4410. near woods sandy Dnminoiid ^'"g George's Sound, 7?. Brown, ; '?i'*^*^'*w Wuljenup, Preisi, . 1172; Mount Barker, OlJfidd.

B. Headersonii, Benih.
and

^fanches "terete 3.'"^,?

stout,

rigid,

divaricate
3,

tomentose when young.

Leadets

shrub, the sessile on the

"' ^^^^^^ revolute margins, obtuse or with a hooked point, 2 to 3 lin/'l es long, and scarcely covering the internodes, rigid, glabrous, but appearthe solitary g'iHlular under a lens. orange-red, y Flowers Q.^,/^ff outside, glabrous *''^ Pcflicels Calyx leaves. longer than the abS f r ^^ ^"' ^^'^ l^^s ciliate on the edge, whitish but scarcely tomciilose ^^""-'"I'd very broad, above \ in. long; wings scarcely esqeedinAr i'
' .

near

-^

'

^^^^

^'^^^^^^'

Ma?

^^'^^^'ows.
^-^Tft XI.

\on^Qr, dee])ly coloured, Paxt. Ileudersoiai, Gomjiliolobiim Pod not seen.

much

incurved.

Ovary

103, with a fig. (from the figure Australia. From

the interior, /.

and

description).

,S. J2<;^.

?;^abra, H. Br. in Ait. IIorL Kett>. ed. 2, iii. 12. A heath-like shl^' Leaflets 3, ^ Slabrous or the young branches mhiutcly hoar5% ses^iiL n o ... .'^''SUeont.liP . ,. J ,. a with or obtuse ^-^^ ^*^^' ^^I'l'ow-linear, with revolute margins, ----IS, l>ooked" lines. 8 4 to i from frc "^^^^'y varying a^"i't but in. long, Slower, f^*' the than shorter P^^^^*^' solitary in the upper axils; pedicels slightly pusometimes "^"'^ 4 lines long, glabrous outside, bescpnt ""' inside. shorter. keel and wings Standard twice as long as the calyx ; 15 2

Ws nf

'

-T

52

XL.
sliortl)^

LEGUMiNos^.

\Biaiovw.

Ovary
base.
c/^

Pod

glabrous or pubescent; style flattened towards the glabrous or shortly pubescent, scarcely exceeding the calyx.
stipitate,
lifolia

Prod.

ii.
;

106
B.

Deless. Ic. Sel.

slender)

pHlcJiella,

61 (with the leaflets rather shorter and Melssn. in PL Preiss. i. 41 Pot. Mag. t. 4392.
iii.

t.

King George's Sound, R, Brown and others near Albany, Preiss^ n, 1177: and eastward to Stokes \\\\tij Herb. F, Mueller ; Swan River, Drummond^ n. 19D, Preiss^n, 1173, and others.
;

W. Australia.
7.

Prod. ii. 1C6. heath-like, glabrous shrub, with erect, virgate branches. Leaves crowded, all simple, narrow-linear or subukte, with closely reflexed margins, obtuse or shortly mucronate, rarely exceeding ^in. in length. Flowers bluish-purple, usually nuuierous, in a short, dense, umbel-like, terminal raceme, the pedicels rarely longer thari the calyx. Bracts small, subulate; bracteoles minute. Calyx 3 to 4 lines long, glabrous." Petals nearly equal in length and rarely exceeding the calyx; keel strajghter than iu the other species and shortly acuminate. Ovary sliortly stipitate, glabrous style flattened towards the base. Pod not exceeding the calyx, as broad as long. Bot, Keg. t. 1600 Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 42 Paxt. Mag. xii. 54, with a fig.
; ;

B. conferta, DC.

From Kin^ George's Sound, E, BrowUy and Cape Kiche to Swan River, Dnmmond, \st CoIL and n. 197 and 198, Freiss^ n, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1179, and others; eastward to Bremer Bay and F.ast Mount Bnvreu, Maa:welL It varies much in the leaves; in some specimens rather thick, very obtuse, and about
i m. long;
la others slender, attaining

'^^^ Australia,

sometimes above Jiu.

9.

JACKSOTfIA,

E. Br.

(Piptonieris, Turcz.)

Cal^YX deeply cleft, the tube usually very sliort, lobes valvate, tlie 2 upper ones broader, sometimes falcate, rarely connate. Petals shorter thau the calyx or rarely exceeding it, nearly equal in length, the claws standard

very short

orbicular or renifonn, usually emarginate ; wings oblong ; keel nearly straight, obtuse, broader than the wings. Stamens free. Ovary sessile or stipitate; style subulate, incurved, with a minute terminal stigma ovules 2 (except in ; J. piptonieris) attached by short funicles. Pod sessile or stipitate, ovate or oblong, flat or turgid. Seeds usually solitary, without anv strophiole. Shrubs

or undershrubs, rigid and leafless, or rarely with a very few 1-foliolate leaves; branches rigid, terete, angular or winged, the brauchlets often phyllodineous or leaf-like flat or terete or angular, very much branched and spinescent. Leaves replaced by very minute scales at the nodes. Flowers yellow or with an admixture ot purple, either in terminal or lateral racemes or spikes, or scattered along the branches. Bracts small and scale-like. Bracteoles small, deciduous or persistent. Ovary villous.
limited to Australia. It is ullicd to GompJwlobium and Burtonia iu Ihfi deeply lobed valvate calyx, but very different jn habit, in the short slender funicles of the ovules, the pod, etc. Iu the two species {J.veniicom and J. thesioides) where the calyitnbe IS longer proportion to the lobes, it is lined, at least halfway up by the staniiual
is

The

geniis

Sad'souia.']

XL. leguminos.^,

53
Hgidly conaceons^ toothed
1, J, dilatafa.

Series

I.

Fhyllodinese.

or lob ed; often pric^/i/.

'..
1

Thyllodineotis hramhiets fat,

.,

Flowers in racemes or spikes

Flowers in

branches

.....:

terminating the phyllodia , ... , racemes or s(^ik"es laLeral or terminating the normal

;;

Flowers in heads sessile Flowers mostly solitary

amongst the pliyllodia on the teeth or lobes of the phyllodia

^ ^

..,..,.. ......
.

2. /. densiflora.

cardaacea. 4. J.foribiinda.
3. 7.
^ -' A

Skries
striate,

IT.

Ramosissixnse.

Subphf/IIodineous

hrancklets crowded, linear, angular-

with projecting tooth-like nodes.

Flowers in dense terminal spikes. ilowcrs ill short terminal racemes.

Calyx very hirsute , . . Calyx sparingly silky-pubescent

less

5. /.

odontoclada,

6. /. ramosissivia,

oERiES III.
cate, terete

Pun^entes.

Branchlets more or

phgllodineous, spinescent, divarl'

a^g/dar or slightly compressed.

Undershmhs, occasionally with a few leaves at the base, paniculately branched upwards, nowcrs on the punn;cnt branches Flowers on vir^^ate unarmed branches; pungent branches sterile

,.,.,..,.

1, J.foliosa.

below, Seopari<e), Branching shrubs.

Branchlets terete sulcafc or slightly angulai". liowers 2 or 3 below the summits of the pungent branchlets, which are usually divarigatcly trichotomous . . . .

(see

8. /. sjnnosa.

Flowers in clusters or very short racemes, terminal or at the base of the pungent branchlets. PiMigent branchlets mostly simple. Calyx miuutely pubescent . . , ,
.

9. /. stricta,

Pungent branchlets mostly branched.

cent or vitlous

Calyx silky-pubes10.
.

J",

hakeoides.

'

^l^wers in distinct terminal racemes. Branchlets crowded g '^^'ichlets very angular or com])rcsscd, usually silky-pubescent, imgeut branchlets short, crowded and forked or trichotomous. rungent branchlets slender. Flowers distinctly racemose.
-l

11. J.farcellata,

!! J-furcellata. though shortly stipitate Fuiigent branchlets stout. Flowers iu irret;ular racemes ""xed with phyllodia. Pod nearly sessile ^ . . ^ \%. J. horrida. Fungeat brancrhlets mostly simple aud not crowded. Fod ovate, nearly sessile. raceloosely or Flowers shortly ' mose 13. /. sericea. , Pod oblong on a stipes Flowers rather
distinctly

rod

of about

iiues.

l^^rgc,

few, distant

14. /. Stenibergiana.

^^^^"^^^^^ macrocalgx, and perhaps some others auioug Scoparia, have J^^^^^!*^^"^^' sionally a few pungent barren branchlets near the base of the stem.)

rfw;^^

^^'

Scoparise./'^irmW branches

virgate or rush-like wilhout pungent occasiona

*^'^^'

Cal ('.^^'^\^.^^l'"as

"^^Gh-h ranch edfiexuose or puvgent.

Calv
Calvx
f

I V
>

long as the lobes or longer, turbinate, 10-uerved. vertiicosa. ^"^"^^ ^^^ tube half as long as the lobes . . - 15. J", ^^^'^' ^^^ t"^e "^^^'^v as long as the lobes 16. /. thesiotdes,

...

prominent nerves. CalvTr>!^^^ J^-iobes deciduous (or persistent in /. restioides, umhellaia, ^^^\<^^J^itata). Buds not angular,
^^^uches Iha or angular.

short, without

Pod
i.>

sessile.
flat,

-^

Pod oblong-lnnccolate,

I in. long.

Branches

Hat

17. /- compressa.

&4i

XL.*

LEGUWiNOSiE.
Branches usually
*
,

[JacksQiiia.

Poll broad, turgid, S to 4 liucs long.

anpjiilar

13. /. sericea.

Pod on

a long strpes, about

iu. long.
.

Flowers racemose. Calyx 2i to 3 lines long . . 18. */l scoparia. . Flowers tew. Calyx 5 to 6 lines long I4i. /. Bternhergiana. Branches terete or sulcate. Flowers distant or racemose. Calyx villous. Standard large, exceeding the calyx. Flowers few, distant. Calyx 5 lines long. Keel much shorter than the wings 19. J. resiioides. Flowers in lateral clusters. Calyx about 4 Hues. Keel as long as the wings 20. /. velutina. Calyx silky-pubescent. Standard shorter than the calyx ;
keel as long as the standard.
^

Ovules 2. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long.

of 1 line

Pod acumiuate, on

a stipes 21. J.

Lehman ni.

Calyx 3 lines long. Pod scarcely acute, almost sessile 22. /. racemosa. Ovules 4 to 6 i 26. /. pijjiofneris. Flowers small, in terminal heads or umbels. Calyx-lobes

...*.,

persistent.

Flowers distinctly pedicellate. Keel long Flowers almost sessile. Keel short . Calyx-lobes persistent. Buds prominently angled. Branches flat. Calyx 2 to 2J liues long Branches terete, sulcate. Calyx about 4 lines long. Ovules 2. Keel very short Ovules 4 to 6. Keel as long as the standard . . Calyx about 6 lines long. Keel as long as the standard
.

...

23. /. umbellaia.
,
.

24,

J".

capUala,

25. J. afaia.
i

.
.

27- J. angulafa. 26. J. pijdomeris.

28, J. macrocalyx.

Branclilets, either baiTen or flower-bearing, pliyllodineous, flat, rigidly coriaceous, toothed or lobed, often pungent.

Series
1.

I.

Peyllodine^.

J. dilatata, Bentl, in Ann. Wien. Mas, ii. 74. An erect shrub, silkyrpubescent or tomentose, more or less rust-coloured under the inflorescence. IJranclilets leaf-like, flat, lanceolate, 2 to 4 in. long, the nodes forming toothlike notclies on the edges with an arched nerve from the midrib to eacli node. Flowers sessile in oblong spikes or heads at the ends of some of the leaf-like branchlets, wliich taper more to the end than the barren ones. Bracts ovate, scale-like, 1 to 1^ lines long, bracteoles often longer and lanceolate, all very deciduous. Calyx villous, about 3 lines long. Standard about as long as the calyx, lower petals shorter. Ovary very shortly stipitate. Pod ovate, shorter than the calyx.
Melville Island, Fraser ; Victoria river, Bf/yioe of ; Islands of the Gulf Carpentaria, R. Brown; Port Essiugton, Armstrong; Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller.

N. Australia.
2.

J. deusiflora, Benth, in Lindl Swan Rlv, App, 13. A stout erect or procumbent shrub, the young shoots and inflorescence densely rusty-villous,
older brandies terete or slightly compressed, glabrous or minutelv pubescent. EuiTcn Icaf-hke branchlets flat, obovate oblons? or lanceolate, 1| to 3 in. long, usually rmiiuled at the end and narrowed into a kind of petiole at the base, the marjjins undulate, sinuate, with pungent teeth Baccmes or short lobes. or flowering branches either terminal or in the axil of a small scale under the phyllodia, always very villous, 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers dense or distant,
<F

Jachotfia.]
r

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

55

sometimes intermixed with a few small phylloclita cither barren or bearing 1

Bracts and bractcoles linear-subulate, deciduous. Pedicels very short. Calyx villous, about ^ in. long, the angles very prominent in the uud. Standard nearly as long as the sepals, lower petals shorter. Ovary
or 2 flowers.

very shortly

stipitate.

Pod

ovate, included in

the calyx.

/. Jloribimda,

Meissn. in

PL

Preiss.

i.

43, not of Endl.

distant.

W.

m
_

Var.

Australia. Swan River, Drurnmondy \st ColL laxlfiora. Racemes loose and rather less villous, the flowers
24.

Brunmoud,
4

Coll. n.

Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 25! An erect shrub with vu-gate chistercd bniiichcs, iin<,adar or somewhat compressed, silky or softly Villous. Barren phyllodiueous branchlets numerous, flat, sessile, cuncateoblong, I to 1 in. long, prickly-toothed or sometimes forked, thick, usually 3-nerved, glabrous or silky-pubcsceiit. Flowers in terminal heads within the uppermost phyllodiueous branchlets and shorter than them. Pedicels very
3.

J.

carduacea,

short.

loosely
I

Eracts and bractcoles subulate- acuminate. Calyx about ^ in. long, clothed with long silky liairs, the lobes with long subulate points.
nearly equal in length, shorter than the calyx.

etals

Ovary veiy

shortly sti-

P'tate.

Pod not

seen.

W. Australia.
4.
'

Between IMoore and Murchison

in

rivers,

Brummond,

(Sth Coll. n.

14.

J.

floribunda, Endl.
.

the deHcription)

{from ii. 197 Mus. Wlen. Ann. Stirp. Decad. rigid erect shrub with forked branches, more or less sdkyless flattened or at

terete, length more or divided irregularly linear, or flat, cuneate oblong into deep divaricate rigid teeth or lobes, which are obtuse or terminate in a swall scale, or the terminal ones almost pungent ; most of these branchlets

pubescent, or at length glabrous, flijilodiucous branchlets

narrowed as it were into a petiole, and when broad are strongly reticulate, Jue upper ones passing sometimes into forked racemes. Flowers mostly soli^^ on some of the tooth-like lobes of the bianchlets. Pedicels very short. Jiacts and bracteoles silky-pubescent., long, lines 7 minute. Calvx 5 to
Jie
isiaadard
,

and wings much shorter than the calyx

than the calyx. Pod ^^^^^J. f/revilleoidcs, Turcz. in J3ull. Mosc. 1853,

^^^ shorter

standthe than longer keel ; the thau shorter ovate, nearly sessile,
i.

259.

^^

gg

Jirummond, ,t''^*^^l^*' RielT' flov c s the describes Harvey; Vo\ni TIenry ^'^^ and Stirling Range. Oldfield. Endhche* the her larger e.ceed.ug not keel than I find then in our rpecinreus, with the in any other tut the found i not are characteristic reticulate phyllodia and inflorescence

Uh

Cape and Sound George's Coll. n. 32; b.twccn King

or

i\lT^^

iSfgJ^J^noi-

neibut subphyllodineous, " "fiAMosissiM^.-Barren branchlets toothprojectmg with pungent, crowded, Uncav, angnlar-striate,

loo!: ose

f hau-s

^'loatoclada, T. Muell. Herh.

withtooth-like confluent scales r spikes P ^J-^^tions enama^ dense at the nodes. in so nearly or Flowers sessile longer and calyx, the of base the ^''^'^^"les to lanceolate, adnate , th I'u '^''' Its : under tube the lube. long, Calvx denselv hi sute, 4 lo nearly 5 lines

and densely branched. Barren "' ^o^ewhat' flattened, the minute

Pubescent or villous fff'^'^ Imcar crowded, branchlets short,

56

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.

{JacksQuia.

1 line, the 2 upper lobes often connate to the middle. Petals shorter than the calyx ; keel shortly acuminate, broader than the wings and longer than the

standard.
ripe.
M

Ovaiy

sessile.

Young pod

densely villous, turgid, but not seen

1

W, Australia.
lat.

Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller, also

WBouall Stmrfs

expedition,

17
6.

58.

Mitch. Trop. Justr. 258. Glabrous, very densely branched. Barren branchlets crowded, linear, angular or someAvhat flattened, the small scales at the nodes often rigid and spreading. Flowers in short terminal racemes, on pedicels scarcely exceeding the subtending scales. Bracteoles ovate, adnate to the base of the calyx and often as long as its tube. Calyx sparingly pubescent, about 4 lines long, membranoiis, the 2 upper lobes broader, falcate and often cohering above the middle. Petals shorter than the calyx. Ovary sessile. Pod ovoid-oblong, acuminate, hnsute, shorter than the calyx.
.

J. ramosissima, Bmth.

in

Queensland.
t

Suttou river, F. Mueller

Belyando

river, Mitchell.

Series
nesceut

III.

Pun gentes.Branchlets

subi)hynodineou3 but not flat, or aiignlav, sometimes resembling short lateral prickles, sometimes terminating ' '^
all

either barren or flower-bearing, spidivaricate, simple or branched, terete

the branches.

J. foliosa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 260. "Rhizome thick, with several ascendmg or erect rigid stems of ^ to 1 ft., simple in the lower part and usually beanng a few petiolate obovate or orbicular toothed leaves, the upper portion leafless with numerous rigid divaricate paniculate branches, o ten slight y flattened and stnate or angular, the whole plant minutely silkypubescen the ultimate branchlets divaricate and often pungent. Flowers few, shortly pedicellate below the summits of the branchlets. Calyx 3 to 4 Jmcs long. Petals and ovary of /. sjyinosa. Pod not seen
7.

'

but with a different habit.

J. spmosa, R. Br. in Ait. Ilort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 1.3. A ri-id muchbranched shrub of 2 to 4 ft. or sometimes more slender and twice as high, g abrons or very mituitely hoary, the branches angular or striate, the smaller
8.

m^ll

,t?'"9"-'.??"'fi'

"?^^ '^^ pungent-pointed.

Flowers rather

3 ites

nl"' k i^'f

^1^^

"'^r*'-

^"^>'^ "^^""tely silky-pubescent, about

all

of iTarlv ef;.

n
0?'

the has/

Toi

f'^n

^'^^^^^ "^^"* ^^ "?' ??^'';the calyx and '"S h' dPly .floured. ' Ovary slightly contracted

DC

Trod n ^f "^""^ ' '' Labill PI Nov H^lhtlOT'. t"l36.

if '^"^'

at

"'^"^

^^'^^*^'

3 * 4
'

"'

^^'^"5 lines long.-

^^Z''^^^^^--

*/---'
towards *'
Hav,
.-, Isou's ^^ '''","

mUu;

wr Cape Riehe,

Mount Barker Old/ie/J In'tC ifl areJessious;anatLcflowers^ratndJ.Vi;.;:r;^^

Inlet, Olc/Jidd;

SS:7f^i;?' ^f BrununondVrdcJ'JTr Two-i4led Bay and G 1' ter P;;:!'^^'?*

Harveij,

^7^^^^^^ ^^?^!!r' ^^

^-"^ -3 ,""'' '"''

''^

others ; ''^''*'"'
'"'"'^

TTu" '

"^^^'7^,

^""'^ "''""^

"--'"^

^-^'^^^

stncta. Met m.

in

BoL

Zeit.

1855, 27.

Possibly a small-flowered

JGcksonia,]

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

.57

variety of /.
striate

kakeoides, with smaller spines.

"Branelies elongated, glabrous,

and furrowed but without veiy prominent angles; phyllodineous branchlets terete, rigid, pungent, divaricate, rarely \ in. long, simple or rarely M'ith 1 or 2 forks, flowers cliisteretl under the phyllodineous branchlets as in /. hakeoideny but rather smaller and the calyx less pubescent.

W,

Australia.

Between Moore and Marchison

rivers,

Drummond,

6tA CqIL n, 12;

'

Murchisou river, OldjithL

Very nearly allied to some forms of /. fnrcellata and /. JiorriJa, but less silky and sometimes almost glabrous. Branches striate, without very prominent angles and scarcely
phyllodineous branchlets terete or veiy slightly flattened, simple or once or twice forked, very rigid, striate, usually but not always pungent. Flowers of /. Jtorrida^ in short racemes, often reduced to almost sessile clusters at the base of the pungent phyllodineous branchlets, rarely terminal. Pedicels sliort, with small lanceolate bracteoles about the middle. Calyx about 5 lines long, velvety or silky-pubescent with shining hairs often of a
[(oklen
i<ila,

hakeoides. Mk

flattened;

colour.

Petals

Meissu. in PI.

and ovary of ./. horrida. Pod not seew. J. fascicuPreiss. ii. 212 ; /. ulicitm, Meissu. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 26.

.w.o 2 Lu 4 ill., uuL oue into the other even on the

.

me

several lorins aesenuuu

uj'

x^xva:^^i\^x ui^.^.. j^*"--

---v

same specimen.

J. farcellata, DC, Prod, ii. 107. A tall shrub, more or less silkyphescent or sometimes shortlv villous, attaining sometimes 15 ft. or more in neight, the branches branchphyllodineous Smaller then usuidly pendulous. let "*s crowded, compressed and narrow-linear or angular, branched or forked. jsualiy but not always punijent, short and divaricate or long and erect. J" lowers in terminal racemes of 2 to 4 or even 5 in., without any barien
11.
brancliltts
^er)-

Bracteoles Pedicels short. intermixed except (iiiite at the base. ?-''= Petals small, at a distance long. lines 5 to 4 from the calyx. Calyx
nearly equal in length.
/.

snorter,

Pod

icute, almost^; turgid, stipitate, ovate,

about as long as the

'^^^ t-

11

c^\yx.~Gomphololhuii furcellatnm, Bonp" dimosa, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 4t, and ii. 212.

more racemose
12' less

flowers, shorter
ii.

more

stipitate i)od, etc.

J.

young
;

"mate forks in. to usually t nerve, ^ linear, pungent, rigid, flat with a raised rarely broad and quite entire, and short son.etimes long and slender, or some of base the 1 or 2 notch-like at teeth. Flowers either 1, 2 or 3, merracemes irregular or forming phyllodineous branchlets, ^i, '"^f"' bracteoles. ""^^J with mmutc with phyllodia. Pediccds shorter thau the calyx

when flattened or angular silky-pubescent. Branches virgate, very ulthe foyl^ed times phyllodineous branchlets crowded, often 2 or 3

horrida, DC. Prod,

107.

tall

much-branched shrnb more

H'

7;

68
Calyx
calyx,
fully

XL. LEGUMiNOSJE.

{JacksoHia.

liiies

wings and

long, silky-pubescent. Standard nearly as long as the keel shorter. Pod shortly stipitate, oblong, turgid, someto 5 lines

what falcate, shortly acuminate, 3 45; ii. 212.

"^^" Australia,

long. Meissn.

in Pi. Preiss.

i.

Drummond, ^rd
river.

Coil,

King George's Sonne! and adjoiuing districts, B, Brown, Fmser, n, 79, Preiss, n. 1080, and others; Point Possession, ColHs ; Tone

Var. (?) te}j?ds. Branches much more slender and inflorescence nearly that of j; .^^<f*926ff^, but the branchlets much more angular. Gardner and Salt rivers, 3Ia.Twell. The habit is .almost that of J. splnosa, but the flowers are larger, the
caljx
Var. {^)racmosa.

Racemes elongated, many-flowered.

BeulJi. in Ilneg.

small specimen,

more silky, etc. Champion Bay, Oldfield, >

j

>

a single ^

13. J. 74.

sericea,

shrub, decumbent ascending or tall with pendulous branches, angular striate or flattened, either unarmed or the pungent phyllodincous branchlets linear, spreading, 2 to 4 lines long, simple or rarely with 1 or 3 short forks. Flowers either solitary near the base of some of the smaller branches or loose terminal irregular racemes. Pedicels shorter than the calyx mth very minute bracteoles. Calyx 3^ to 4^ lines long, silky-p.bescent. Petals all shorter than the calyx. Pod nearly sessile, broadly ovate, more or less tiu-gid, very villous, 3 to 4 lines long. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 44, and u. 211 ; /. gracilis, Meissn. 1. c. i. 44, and ii. 211.

A large

Ennm.

31,

and

in

Ann.

JFlen.

Mhs.

ii.

^y^,' ^fv}^,f^\^ ^^"S George's Sound, Hupr/eJ, Barrier; Swan Ri-yer, Traser,Drummond, ZrdCol. . 92 Preiss, n. 1073 and 1158 southern districts, Oldfield.
;
;

y^v robusta.
species

ihe

Braaches thick, with very prominent angles, i)/-;o^, 2>rd

very nearly
allied to J.

Coll. n. 85.

is

horrida.
.^ui,.

Stembergiana = 3
many
ft.

racemose. nearly g-l;^,rous, 5 to 6 lines long. Standard nearly as Ion- lower petals shorter. Ovary stipitate. Pod oblong, often slightly falcate, fully i in. long, pubescent, on a stipes of about 2 lines. -Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i 43 and ii.
7?''''^^'''^^' ^'''^^'' ^''"'^'^' ^>-^^ond, 1st Coll. and n. 260 ^- ^^^' ^'^"^' "" ^^''^' ^^^>'^^^' "^^^ ^^^^'^branchThe pungent - o hi, flft r sericea, 1 lets in this, c-^i*!/*^^ -riT-r. -r.^^r thisn_as in in -/ J. are occasionally wanting.

height, with pendulous flattened, glabrous or rarely minutely pubescent, the smaller branchlets rigid and pungent but usually rather slender and divaricate. Plowers few, shortly pedicellate along some of the longer branchlets, but scarcely Calyx

taiiung

^^-.y.

^luinv.

" smuu, aterect shrub, branches prominently angled or

I.

o.

An

Jill

1st m

W'. Australia slennp-W?^*9*^^

(my

Serim
nltl

IV.

ScoPARi.^. Flowering branches

branchlets.
n"'

usually virgate or

rush-

o""^

^"''

Barren stems or branches usually

similar,

or pungent.
^--""^^^^ ^e'-y Diirnerous, slender, ^^'i/St late but scarcely angled, usually glabrous, the young shoots apparently somevvhat gluUnous. Flowers not numerous, in terminal nicemes, on very short pc * t'^'^ 1>^ of the calyx. lines Cal^x 4 tnl\v, t:r^'t' ""'T'^f/ i'f' P"^<;.sccnt. ^' he lobes not twice as long as thJ tube, the 2 upper 1^^ 1 n.P'l ones bioader and falcate, the tube campanulate, lO-ribbed, lined nearly to the

sti.tw

^^?/-

^"'^-

JadsoHia.]

xL. leguminos.I;;.
starainal

59

top

by

tlie^

disk.
style.

Petals

shorter thau the calyx.

Ovary

sessile,
tlie

short,

tapering into

tlie

Pod

sessile, villous, turgid, shorter

than

calyx,

hut exposed,

owing to the calyx-lobes being

reflexed or deciduous.

N. Australia.
16.
tall

Gulf of Carpentaria, F. 3IueUer.

,-

J.

thesioides, A. Cunn.

JBenth. in

shrub, with the habit of J. scoparia.

Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 74, A Branches numerous, elongated, not

with 2 or 3 very prominent angles, minutely silky-hoary or quite glabrous. Flowers yellow, smaller than in /. scopai-ia, sessile or shortly pedicellate in terminal one-sided racemes. Bracteoles minute, just below the calyx. Calyx about 2 lines long, minutely silky-hoary, the lobes a little
pinescent,
^

longer thau the tube,

which is 10-nerved and lined at the starainal disk. Standard and wings about as long little shorter. Ovary sessile, tapering into' a short style.
what incurved, turgid, 2 to

least

halfway up by
;

as the calyx

keel a

Pod

oblong, some-

2^
,

lines long.
etc.,

Prince of Wales's Islands, adam range, F. Mueller.

N.Australia.
Queensland.

R.Brown:

Victoria river and

Mac-

Endeavour

river,

Banks and

Solander,

A. Cunningham, W. Hill;

^^ape ilinders,

^. Cunningham; Lizard Island, WGlllivray.

Stem erect, 260. virgat^ branches very flat, miiuitely silkv-pubescent, without pungent orancUets.. Flowers few, very shortly pedicellate and distant along the "Pper branchlets. Calyx Bracteoles very small, ovate, under the calyx. about 4 to JretaiS " " 5 ""^-^ lines long, iiuiijy deciduous. ui,v.hjuk^u^. lobes luuco the iiic shortly silky-villous, -Villous, siiKy ^""d> SQoi-ter, the koel at least as long as the standard. Ovary sessile. Pod sessile, oblong-lanceolate, much flattened, about glandular minutely long, in. f ana pubescent with very short close hairs. Funicles slender. W. Australia, Lrummond, ^fK Coll. n. 35 and 36.
17.
.

J.
;

compressa,

Tarcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1S53,

i.

18. J.
r

scoparia, R. Br.

in Ait.

nod.

Keic. ed. 2,

iii.

13.

A tall shrub

small tree, usually entirely leafless, but occasionally the young plants or ""se of the herbaoval-elliptical, branches or oblong have k\w a peliolate, .p eous leaves, pendulous, or erect | to 2 in. long. numerous, Brandies ongaled, not Loary-pubescent.

or minutely lowers yellow, in one-sided racemes, either terminal or from the upper nodes. euiceis rarely Calyx membranous, as long as the calyx, without bracteoles. mnutely silky-hoary, Stanbase. the to nearly 2^ to 3 lines long, divided

spinescent, angular, glabrous

tl
tinn
1

stipiOvary shorter. '""Ser than the calyx, lower petals rather }^l lines, to of stipes 2 1 a on long, usually 4 lines to 6 ^'^' ^^'0"S. u

style.-DC. Prod. ii. 107 7L .^procarpa, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 74
403
'
5

by the persistent

Lodd. Bot. Cab.

t.

427

^^ ^''^^''*^^) Viminaria lateriflora, T^P "^. Prod. ii. 107 (from the short description given).
^^""^y Cape,

errwieously filaments (the i. Berol. Hort. Enura. Link,

Curtis

iCl

^'^f; Bay Moretou and river ^^''''^''- rcoo river, Mitchell; Brisbane p';^' Pine river, Fitzalan ; Rockhampton, Z)^/r-^y, ^^ S '^"'f>-: .mU Ai., Sifer,n. Broicn, ^"^'^ ^^^^^^m to the Blue Mountains, R. others V.u**C. England, '^^'^'''''^ New Beckler; to tlie Hastings and Macleay rivers, Stum]

BiSrH'^*""!-

Broad Sound, R. Brown; Port

^'^f

^"- ^'-^'>'-.

Plowers, especially the calyx,

4

much

sTnaller.-M*acleay river, Beckler

60

XL, LEGUMiNos.f;.
w

[JacJcsonia,

and* Clarence river, Wilcox ; also in the collection of Sydney woods, of the Paris Exhihition, ' 11.117. Var. macrocarpa. Poil rather longer, at leiif^th nearly glabrous. I can find no other differeiice. J", cupu^iferay Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 27.*
"^(V.

Australia.

Between Moore and Murchison

rivers,

Drmnmondy

Qf/i

ColL

. 11;

Murchisoa
19. J,
^

river, OJdfield,

46. Stems erect, branched, virgate, rush-like, terete or nearly so, sulcate, silky-pubescent when young, at length glabrous, 1 to 2 ft. high, tlie barren branches rigid but not spinesant.^ Flowers few, on very short pedicels along the upper branches or in terminal racetnes. Bracteoles small, lanceolate, below the calyx. Calyx silky-viUous,about5llines long, the tube nea;-ly one-third as long as the lobes but without pronilneut ribs, the lobes apparently persistent but not seen in
in

restioides, Meissn.

PL

Preiss.

i.

Standard large, shortly exceeding the calyx; wings shorter; keel much shorter. Ovary stipitate. Pod not seen. "W. AustraUa. Swau Kiver, Drammond, \st ColL and n. 263; Preiss, ti, 1079; ^
fruit.

Darling range, Collie.

20. J. velutina, Benth. Branches in our speciihens elongated, simple, rather thick, sulcate but scarcely angular, shortly velvety-|3ubesceut, Avithout

Flowers in lateral clusters or very short racemes. Bracteoles small, subulate. Calyx pubescent or shortly villous, nearly 4 lines long, the tube very short, the lobes deciduous. Standard exceeding the calyx, but not so large as in J. resiioides ; wings and keel shorter and nearly equal to each other. Ovary stipitate, densely covered with lonj? hairs. Pod not seen.

barren branchlets.

W,

AustraUa.

Swan

River, Old/ie/d.
species.

The specimens

insufficient for a full descrip-

tion, but not referable to

any other

Lehmanui
ot J to la
it.,

slinib or uiulerslirub

With erect braiichinjr stems, silky-piibescent when youn!,^ at length g ahrous, terete or slightly compressed, striate, sulcate or almost angular,
all

leafless

and unarmed, or rarely with one or two short, simple

or

divaricately-furked, spinescent, barren branchlets near the base. Flowers few, along the upper slender branches. Pedicels as long as the calyx or rather sliorter, with very minute bracteoles about the middle. Calyx minutely silky-pubesccnt, 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes deciduous and the buds not prommently angular. Petals shorter than 'the calyx, the keel about as long as the standard Ovary stipitate. Pod ovate, acuminate, 5 to 6 lines long, on a stipes of about 1 line,

7)rl!!^;w^*7lw^

^ in itJf" 1 f/ larger nn pods and from ;

lfZZ7

ft

T^fl

River, ^^'^^ ^^^^^ Swan PetHeds) ; ^i"" c'^^'' " "^^^' ^'''^''' 1077 ; towards the Great Bijrht, ^""""^S T'^

^?'"'^' ^-

^'"^^

^V ''''

r' J angufata
''r

t 'r"','^ '''*"'? "'"^

u/""^

'^-

'"'"""'

^'tJi

'^-

<^9^^fata, differing

from the

^""^

'^'''=''^*

rather than tk.Iy racemose, and

dmens h.v;
22.

Sh^n

^n the calyx not nearly so angular in the bud, vvith-Jeci?* '^' ^*^"^^^'^' '" '^- ^-^^>-osa. The southern spe-

J.racemosa, 3fm,.

Pi

p,.,^,,^

^j

212.

slinih ot^^ to 1 ft, with erect virgate branching stems, silky-pubesccnt when young, at length ghibrous, terete or slightly compressed, sometimes scarcely

An

undershrub or

Jachonia.]

XL. LEOrMiNOS.E.
I

"61

more frequently more or less sulcate, all leafless and unarmed, or with a few simple or branched, spinescent, barren branchlets near the base. Flowers usually numerous on short pedicels, in terminal racemes either short
striate,

and interrupted. Calyx about 3 lines long, silky-pubescent, with deciduous lobes, the bud terete. Petals rather shorter than the Ovary very calyx, the deeply-coloured keel as long as the yellow standard. shortly stipitate! Pod ovate, less turgid thim in many species, though not so flat as in /. scoj)aria, scarcely acuminate, 3 to 4 lines long, on a very short
and dense or long
stipes.

W. Australia,
and
Var. pubijlora.

Brummond, Zrd Coll. n. 78 Stirling W. Mount Barren, Maxwell ; Tone river, Oktjleld.
;

rauge, Phillips river. Cape Aiid,

less appressed,

and more dense.

Pulesucnce of the jouiig hninches, iunorescencc, and calyx Barren braneiilets more spinescent. iJ;?o(sf.

or shrub tuabellata tindershnib, with creel or ascending-, rush-like stems, in some specimens under 1 ft. and much blanched, iu others more simple and \\ to 2 ft. high, silkypubescent when young, terete or slightlv compressed and rarely sulcata. Barren branchlets sometimes none or few, small, and simple, sometimes short, Flowers "lucli branched, incurved. much busliy, and almost spinescent or than shorter several, in terminal Pedicels down. umbels, with rarely 1 lower 4 nearly the calyx. to Bracteoles very small. Calyx silky-pubescent, Pelines long, persistent. lobes the the buds acuminate, scarcely angular, least as tals rather at and coloured shorter than the calvx, the keel deeply

ovate, sessde, nearly Ovary shortly stipitate. Pod JSlus. \^len. acute, about Ann. in as long as the calyx./, cai/data, Benth. lurcz. " 74, not of jmcea, /. pedicels) ; Meissn. (with rather shorter Mosc. 1853, i. 261 (floweriu-r branches elongated, barren branches often
as the standard.

wng

M.

wanting.

B' K'eheto
in tlie

"^^^tralia.

Kalsran river, size of the flowers.

Cape and 33 S. coast, R. Broicn, also Dnmmond, lih mueU vanes It Maxwell. Oldjield ; Stokes lulet aud Cape Legrand,
Coll.
;

stems, f broom-hke or shrub fn or umlcr.hrub, with virgate rush-like and ng'^ t;.H ft. high, bronches silky-pubescent when young, the barren often "^ sessde, recurved, bu"t rarely spinescent. nearly Flowers J^'^y and Bracts enmnal heads down. or spikes, with very rarely 1 or 3 lower Calyx long. bracteoles hue ovate or' sometimes nearly 1
erect

Memn.

in

PL

Prelss.

i.

45 and

ii.

212, not of

'

^
l^out

ovate-lanceolate,

3 lines long,

the cal'x

not buds the pubescent or almost villous, ^^^f^^'^StZ bug a about Standard than in .nost species, the lobes persistent. '''" ^''^ '^''^'''^""^ '''
'

^'"^

^'''^"""

ranT ^Dges, t''**"^"*' Herb.

I'ji

J)ru..>no.d,
;

Zrd

Coll. n.

F. Mueller

between Eyre
in

Oldfield. ranges, ranges and Oldfield

88

Peel

district,

Pre^^'';-fJ^

'

J. alata,

Lm

'

^"

^''^'^t

the silky-pubescent, ;5 parts slightly baneu ^-""f^^^/tmeu *'th 2 nodes, narrow win^rl l...n.i;,7,. fVn.n tl.e distant tooth-Ukc
or the iiouug

Uueg. Enum. ^J^*! f[^-Ji'l of 7 > undershrub, . luuch-branched shrub or ^

B..lL

30,

and

in

-^

'

62

'

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.

\_JachoHia,

branches not spinescent. Flowers small, nearly sessile, in short terminal racemes. Bracteoles minute. Calyx slij^htly silky-puLescent, about 3 lines long, the buds prominently angular, the lobes* persistent. Standard and wings nearly as long as the calyx keel rather shortef. Ovary very shortly stipitate, with a short incurved style. Pod almost sessile, ovate, much compressed, shorter than tlie calyx.
;

IV. Australia,
ColL
n, 32,

Swaa
;

and others

River, Hueffel', Drummond, 1st ColL, also n, 193, in the interior, Freiss, 7i. 1119.

and Zrd

26. J. piptomeris, Bmlh. rigid erect broom-like shrub, with virgate branches, silky-pubesceut when young, usually terete and striate, without spinescent branchlets in any specimens seen. Flowers scattered along the
shorter than the calyx, with minute bracteoles. Calyx minutely silky-pubescent, 3 to 4 lines long, slightly angular in the bud, the lobes deciduous. Petals nearly as long as the calyx, the deeplyui)per branches.

Pedicels

much

coloured keel as long as the yellow standard. Ovary stipitate, with 4 to 6 ovules ; style slender. Pod on a rather long stipes when young, but not seen/ully formed. P/>^fow^m* aphjlla, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 258.
Towards Cape Riche, Dnmmond, bik Coll. n, 32. This species doselv reseiubles /. racemosa in aspect, but the calyx is rather more augular in the hud, like the smaller forms of /. angulata. The lobes are deciduous and the keel as lon^ as the standard, as m J. racemosa; and the increased number of ovules distinguishes it from all ^ otlier Jacksomas,

W.

AustraHa.

27. J.

angxdata,
-J-

5e/A.^
1
ft.,

An

Tindcrslirub, witli

numerous ascending

or

silky-pubescent when young, sometimes nearly terete or sulcate, more frequently angular or somewhat flattened, nearly snnple or branchuig, or very flexuose. Flowers few, very shortly pedicellate on some of the lower or intermediate nodes of the more simple and straighter branches. Bracteoles very small. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 4 lines long, the bu.Is very prommently angled, the lobes apparently persistent. Petals shorter tlian the calyx, the keel shorter than the others. Ovary nearly sessile. Pod not seen fully fonncd. /. Lehmanni, var., Meissn. 46
in

erect stems of

to

PL

Preiss.

i.

(as to

Dnimniond's specimens).
Australia, Drummond,
n.

"W

262,

and

5M

Coll. n.
*

U3

flowers),

(the latter ^

with smaller

ascending stems often above 1 tt. high, the shorter ones divaricately dichotomous, with the ultimate branchlets spinescent, all sulcate or striate but scarcely angular or compressed, the bwer part of the stem occasionally bearing a few obovate-oblong leaves ot to 1 in i lowers few, lateral. Pedicels very short, ^ with 2 small bracteoles Calyx pubescent, \ in. long, the angles very prominent in the bud, the lobes persistent. Petals not seen perfect, but the standard appears to be at least as long as the calyx. Pod ovate-acuminate, rather turgid, nearly sessile, shorter than the calyx.

28. J. macrocalyx, Meism. in Bot, Zdt. 1855, 26. ^fo/ but larger in aU its dimensions, the rigid

Very near

/. an-

W. Australia.

Between Moore aud Murchison

rivers,

Brummond^m

Coll. n. 15.

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

"

G3

10,

SPHJEROLOBIUM, Sm
i

(RoeUj Iliieg)
^

Calyx-lobes imbricafejtlie
Petals with short

two upper ones

larger, falcate, united into an upper

lip.

claws ; standard orbicular or reniform, emarginate wings rather shorter, oblong, usually falcate keel longer or rather shorter than the wings, straight or curved. Stamens free. Ovary stipitate style much incurved, subulate or dilated at the base, usually with a longitudinal membrane or a ring of hairs under the stigma; ovules 2, Avith short thick fuiiicles. Pod small, stipitate, oblique, globular or compressed. Seeds 1 or
; ;

2,

not

often

strophiolate, Glabrous shrubs or iindershrubs, with iiish-like stems, leafless. Leaves, wdien present, narrow, entire, alternate or irregularly

opposite or whorlod.*

racemes or clusters.
below the middle.
The genus
is

Flowers yellow or red, in terminal racemes or iu lateral Filaments of the outer stamens often somewhat dilated Ovary always glabrous.

limited to Australia. It is readily known by its habit, by the small stipitate nearly globular pod, and, in all species except S, medium and S. euchilus, by the appendages or the style; B, enchilus has also a somewhat dIfFcrcnt habit, but is nearer to this than to
any other geuus.

B,oe2,.Cal(/X'tuhe 7iarrow-tarlinale, longer than the lobes. Stigma sur^ rounded hy a ring base, the at least at less leafy, or white hairs. of Flowering stems more
Sect.
T.
^

kernes terminal.
Calyx 3 to 4 lines long. Leaves narrow-linear.

Bracts persistent, at least the lower ones . leaves lanceolate or cuneate. Bracts none ^aJ.vx scarcely 2 lines long. Leaves very few and small. Bracts
none
^^'

1.

S.

linophyllum.
"

2.

& nudiforum.

3- S.gracile.

icn^l' ^iff^ottt any

Jf.vx-tube

^^^P^serolobium.%^^
appendage.

tviih

or stigma, the under wing a longiludiual

4. S. racemnlosum.

Flowering stems lea/ess.'

narrow-tnrbinate, longer than the lobes, llacemcs lateral aijx-tuhe about as long as the upper lip. lateral, in clusters Flowers ii i orsohtaiy, Stems winged
Stems terete. Keel broad and obtuse, slightly curved. Ca yx not 2 lines long. Keel about as long as the wings Calyx 3 lines lonf?. Keel longer than the wings

6. ^.

alatum.

6.
rj

....

c vtmtnetm. &

gr,_ndrJforum.
.
,

Calyx Hues long CaJfi^'^^y )^-tube not above half as long as the upper lip. ^
Keel longer than the standard.
^

"^^^^h

curved.

i. S. for meat um,

, ^ee narrow, ^""';^^, curved, more or less acuminate, about 3 lines long " 9. ^. "f S.scaorittscuaan, - 1^'^"^ ^cel Kr'^id >f' Li. 10. 1 t I i"long . . . ' ^^^^^^o^t, very obtuse, nearly 6 lines 1 Kpfl >! "-^ oroad and obtuse, not longer than the standard.

<?

^-

Braachlets

dimicat; o; reVirVed,

spi^^^^^^

12. S. daviesioides.

4T^'So' "^'""^^^^^^g
y
'

^''^^^^^^^^^'~Cal!^:c^tube very short.

ste7ns leafy,

appen^ any without Style subulate,

lo.

^ves

narrow-liuear.
I.

Flower Flowers axillary

longer naiTOw-turbinate. RoEA.-Calvx-tube St 'gma surrounded hairs. of fringe at the' base by a membrane or

ly-

than

tji^

joljeB.

Flo^^ernig

64

'

XL, lkguminosj:,

[Spli^srolohum.

stems leafy or leafless. Moea, Hiieg. Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 77.
1.

Benth. in Hueg.

Enum.

34, and

in

S. linopliyllum, Benth, Stems numerouSj from a tliick stock, ascending or erect, :J to 1^ ft. high, not much branched, terete or slightly angular. Leaves narrow-linear, not numerous and sometimes very few, the larger ones i- to 1 in. long and rather thick, the upper ones passing into the
Flowers (yellow?) in a loose terminal raceme, each one in the axil of a leafy lanceohite bract of 1 to 3 lines ; pedicels rather shorter than the calyx, Bracteoles small, deciduous. Calyx fully 3 lines long, the narrow turbinate tube longer tlian the lobes. Standard half as long again as the calyx wings nearly as long, much falcate; keel not exceeding the caiyx, very obtuse, the edges fringed with white hairs. Outer filaments flattened. Style subulate, folded inwards near the end, bearded with a ring of white hairs under the stigma.
bracts.
;

Pod
1.

ovoid, inflated, very oblique,

'

nearly

lines

long.

Roea

linophylla,

Wien
58.
"W*.

1121
2,

Australia. King George's Sonud, Brown^ Huegely Preiss, n. 1115 Swau River, Haeyef, I)rummo7id, 1st ColL and 7i, 252, PreisSy n. 880,

tf,

and

Sp nudifloruniy Benl/i. A glabrous undershrub, -with the habit S. UnophifUum, Stems several from a thick stock, ^ to 1 ft. high, simple little branched, sulcate or slightly angular. Leaves more numerous than
S, Unophjlluni,

of or
iu

lanceolate or linear-cuneate, acute or rather obtuse, rarely above \ in. long, .Flowers in a terminal raceme, without bracts or bracteoles. Pedicels very short. Calyx about 5 lines long, the narrow turbinate tube
.

longer tlian the lobes. Standard much longer than the calyx ; keel about as long as the calyx, obtuse, not fringed, the petals soon separating. Outer filaments slightly flattened. Style folded near the end, bearded with a ring of white hairs under the stigma. ' Pod nearly globular, 2 to 3 lines diameter. diflora, Meissn. in PI. Prciss. i. 59 Sphcerolobium folL... ; Muell. Fragni. i. 166.
,

"W. Australia.
moiid,

Zrd

Coll. .

King George's Souad, R. Brown, and, tKence to Cape RicLe, Brum82, Preiss, ?i. 1018, and to Cape Arid and Cape Legraud, Maxwell.
BeiUh.

3.

S. gracile,

Stems from

a thick rootstock; numerous, slender,

not above 6 in. high in our specimens, with a very few short linear leaves near the base, or 9oqie quite leafless. Flowers small, distant, in a slender raceme occupying more than half the stem, without any bracts. Pedicels recurved, shorter than the calyx. Calyx scarcely 2 lines long, the lobes much shorter than the narrow turbinate tube, and less unequal than in the other

Standard very broad, half as long again as the calyx ; wings shorter ; keel stdl shorter, broad and almost truncate. Style folded in at the end, bearded with a ring of white haire round the stigma. Pod ovoid, inflated, not very oblique, scarcely 2 lines long.

species.

Sand plains N. of Jlurchison

river, Oldfield.

Sect. H. Euspii,erolobium. Calyx-tube short or rarely longer than the upper lip. Style either With ii longitudinal membranous wing or appendage below the stigma on the inner edge, or without anv appendage. Flowering * stems leafless,

Sjjlm-oMlum]
M

XL.

LEGUMiNOSiE.
Stems apparently
lierbaceous,

65
slender,

4.

S.

racemulosum,
above
1

Bcnth.

long, all quite leafless in our specimens. Eaccraes lateral, slender, 1 to 2 in. long, with occasionally a few minute bracts near the base. Pedicels short, slender, solitaiy at each scar or bract. Calyx rather above 2 lines long, the tube, including the narrow turbinate base, longer
ft.

wiry, terete,

than the lobes.

shorter

Standard fully twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals than the standard, about equal in length, the keel much incurved,

broad
-ttoea

and very obtuse. Style much incurved, folded in at the end as in but with a very broad longitudinal appendage under the stigma, as in

J^ntspharolobium,

Pod
to

stipitate,

ovoid or nearly globular, 2 lines long.

;

W. Australia, Lrummond,
amf '%T'^
from b
fch

Zrd ColL n. 76 Phillips river, Maxwell, This species connect the Hocas with the true SphierolobiumsM'^'xw^^^^^ ^^^"^^
with the style nearly of the
latter,

f*^^^^^^-^

^^^

^^^i'Kitii'

and an inflorescence

different

5.

S. alatum, Bentl.
^^^ct. slightly

in

Hneg. Enum. 32, and

in

Ann. Wien. Mus.

ii.

76.

branched, 2 ft. hig-h or more, very angular or winged, e wings of the lower portion occasionally 4 or 5 lines broad, the others very narrow or reduced to prominent angles. Leaves none on any of our speci-

T^^.

towards the ends of the branches, sometimes very snort and 3- or 4-liowered, sometimes flowers. 10 8 to with long, in. f aiyx rather more than 2 lines long, usually marked with black streaks or ciies, the tube rather shorter than the uuper lip. Standard * in. broad ; teel J ootuse, obt as long as the wings. Style curved, with a short, broad, memranous vertical wing under the stigma. Pod about 2 lines diameter. ^S. /e'Vm,;.Meissn.inPl.Preiss.i."57.
lateral

^f^ns.

Racemes

W.

Australia.

viminevun
above 55 n. nign, wmi slend f a bearing ^^'''^' ^I'iiiiches, branches barren ^?' all leafless or the few T' ff ''"^'^^' *" narrow-lanceolate leaves, rarely exceeding \ in. len<'fl,^ ri {^^"^^ numerous, usually clustered 2 or 3 together along the

"^*^"uing or erect,

trom a few inches

to

'

smallp,"
l

very

incurved, somewhat keel calyx ^^ ^o"K as the ; very o! t base, ^^' ^^ ^'^^^ '^^ the near from curved ^^'6 ^^Jngs, Style much ^ith 1 diamclines .'^'."'"^"'o^^ wing along the inner edge. scarcely 3 Pod ter^-R t. 969; DC. Prod. ii. lOS; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1753;
'

upper r

f^^^''^^, forming Pedicels racemes. terminal dense or interrupted the as long as about tube ^^ ta nearly 2 lines long, the

S'^^^
''^^

'^^^^

^"^'^^^

Ho'ok
;

^w5^^-

S
""
'an j

r'

'"
*"

^-

^^

^fu

!*"'*

138. minm, Labill. PI. AlkmMhs Mountains, Blue Jackson, H. Brown and others;
5

S-

Nov. Holl.

i.

108,

t.

Victor ^andeuonVvr
">^

'xf^ ^"'^^

""'^'"g^
P^^^^^s

^''^^''"i the southern districts,

"^"'

Adamon,

Robertson

. places, 1 moist

colouv

Pn

^''''-

in places, grassy or al^ui'-Iant, nsually in marshy

many

parts of

Vol. ii'*^^*"

^^o"nter Bay, WhUtalcer

Mueller. F. Ranges, Lofty

'

66
7.

XL. LEGUMiNos^..

[Splicerolohlum,

S. grandiflorum, R, Br. Herb,

JFien,

Benth, in Haeg.

Ann,

Mas.

ii.

70.

Stems

1 to 3

ft. liigli,

33, and in terete, rather thick, uot striate,

Emm.

of axils the pairs, in in usually Flowers red, all lines Calyx 3 racemes. terminal dense, in rather bracts, scale-like truncate^ with borderetl often are which the lobes, long as nearly as lon;^, the tube black. Standard nearly twice as lono; as the calyx, very broad and deeply emarginate; wings much shorter ; keel longer than the wings, broad, very Style much curved, with a rather short and broad obtuse, not much curved. Pod longitudinal wing immediately under the stigma, on the inner edge. rather broader than long. Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 57.
leafless in our specimens.

Kiug George's Sound, Menzles, 'Enegel, and others near Albany, Treiss, n. 1116, also Lrummojid, 2nd ColL n. 116; bogs on the Vasse river, Oldjield; Phillips river, Maxwell.

"W. Australia.

inHueg. Ennm. 32, and in Ann. TFien. Mas. ii. 76. Steins erect, terete, scarcely striate, usually more slender than in S. vhnineum, and in our specimens all leafless. Flowers rather small, in termiCalyx nal racemes, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3, on very short pedicels. 1| lines long, the tube about as long as the upper lip. Petals half as long again as the calyx, the standard rather longer than the others keel very broad, ranch incurved, forming a prominent obtuse angle on the baek,^ the front very broad and obtuse. Style abruptly incurved above the base, with a longitudinal membrane under the stigma on the inner edge, usually rather short and broad. Pod not seen. Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 58.
'

8.

S.

fomicatum,

Benl/i,

Australia. Swan W^v^YyTIuegel^Manf/les^Brnmmond^ \sl Coll. ^Preiss^n.\\\^ '^w* 11:24 Mouut Melville, Plaiitagenet district, Preiss^ n. 1122; Robertson's Brook, MciJ-well* S, medium^ Meissa. ia PI. Prei&s. i. 5S, not of R. Ur., appears to be only a slight variety
VC/".
,

with rather smaller flowers.

Br. in Ait. Hart. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 14. Stems erect, 1 to 2 ft. high, usually more striate than in S. vimineum. Leaves on the barren branches small, subulate, often opposite or in whorls of 3, the flowerFlowers usually numerous, densely clustered, in terminal ing stems leafless.
9.
]t.

S. meditun^

Calyx about 2 lines long, the tube not half so long as the upp<^r lip. Standard orbicular, rather longer than tlie calyx ; wings at least as long; keel rather longer than the wings, slightly curved, more or less acuminate. Style slightly curved, tapering from the dilated base to the end, but not winged. Pod fully 2 lines diameter. Seeds mottled. DC. Prod. h. 108 S. acuminatum Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 32, and in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 76 ; Mei^-sn. in PL Preiss. i. 58. "SV. Australia. Kiag George's Sound, MenzieSj R. Brown, and others and theuce to Swan River, Hae^el, Dnmmoad, Isl ColL, and n. 216 and 218, Preiss^ n. 1111, 1 120, 1123, and 1126, and others,
racemes.

10.

S. scabriiisculum,
striate

Meissn. in

'Fl. Preiss.

ii.

214..

Stems

rather

firm, terete,

or

slightly sulcate,

and often scabrous with minute

raised dots, leafless in our specimens. Flowers in rather loose terminal racemes, usually solitary within the minute, scale-like, tnmcate bracts, pendulous,

and remarkable for their large keel, usually bordered by a pale colour. Calyx about 4 lines long, the tube about half as long as the upper Up* Standard and wings rather longer than the calyx keel usually about G lines
;

Sph(Brolohium,']

XL. leguminos.e.

67

long;, !)roacIly

Style slender at the base, much curved upwards, with very narrow longitudinal membrane ou the inner edge. W. Australia, Drummond, %id Coll. n. ] 14.
obovate.
11.

S.

macranthum,

Meissn. in PI. Freiss.

ii.

213.

Stems more rigid

and thicker

than in S. vitiilueum, erect, terete, scarcely striate, occasionany spinescent at the end, but without the lateral branchlets of S. daviesioidcs. Leaves on a very few barren branches only, small, subulate, and usually verticillate. Flowers clustered, forming rather dense racemes, and often, but
not always, larger

than in S. vimmetm. Calyx about 2 lines long, the lube scarcely half so long as the upper lip. Standard 'broad, ratlier longer than the other petals keel broad and rounded at the top, not so incurved as in o-fornicatum. Style incurved, with a narrow membranous Aving under the stigma. Pod broader than long.- S. DntmmondiL Turcz. in Bull. Mosc.
;

1853,

i.

267.
n. 115,

^ustralia. Swan Eivcr, Drummond, \st Coll, 2iid Coll. yf" */ from King George's Sound to Murchisou river, Oldjield.
;

and Uh

Coll.

'^eramrameum., Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 18.55,

""^'"'"^^
^'^f^

usn^'

lloore and iluichisoa Coll- n. 20, differs sliglitly iu the branches rather thicker than

28, from between

J^r.pulchellum.
nea state. 5'.
cnisoti rivers,

Of

smaller stature, with

Coll. n. 19.

smaller flowers, appearing more red in the

pulchcUum, Meissu.
^''"'*=''^

in Bot. Zeit. 1855,

28. Between Moore and Murplains,

Drummond, Qth

ifuw

smaller,

all

yellow. Clay

near

M'Callum

Inlet,

if"'^^''^^""''"'

^'
spmescent
tanJ'

w'tf "t ^'^''^te, divaricate branches, J.

branchlets,
''

^^^^s^oides,
all

Turcz. in Ball. Mosc. 1853,

i.

266.

A low shrub,
Flowers
soli-

numerous short, divaricate or recurved. leafless, and occasionally a few longer barren
distant, linear-lanceolate leaves.

^'''"''

7. ^[
l^^iicels

V"^'' 2 01"

^"^'''"'

l'

V**

3 togetiier, along some of the smaller spinescent brancldets ; rather slender. Calyx rather more than 2 lines long, the tube about broad; very "^ *^'^ long, lines lipnearly 4 Standard ,^ "PPCi'
'''^l'*^^'
'"'^'

\]J!i tlie stand 6

ntn

^?
1

'"

^inal
1

wmg

shorter, the keel broad, curved, very obtuse, yellow like lonbroad rather a wi ith coloured. curved, Style much '^^^P^y

under the stigma on the inner edge.

^''"'"f>'ond,

Graud" ij''**7/'*,' <^ivell. This

Uh

Coll. n.

46

Le Cape and Arid, Cape Ranges, Phillips

.S.

may prove

to be a variety of

macranthum.
short.

Iir.

^if/"^*^^' out any

^,
T

EuciiiLoiDES. Calyx-tube very

'

Style subulate,

appendage.

Flowerin<r-stems leafv.
or aserect rootstock, thick Stems from a all silky-pubescent, minutely slender, nearly terete,

cenJ:
leafv'

e^cMlus,
*

Benth.

in

^'S^' obtuse ^^'""^^s alternate narrow-hnear, opposite, or rarely irregularly or \:.u^ mirevolute ^''^^'^"^ P^"^t' closely li margins in. long, the i to nutelv often ^ '^y-P^'^escent slender, axillary, \ or Pedicels
Ion

^^

^'-

almost silver>^

glabrous, Calyx middle. minute bracteoles above the about f'l^'*^ ^''"' the t'i'>e very short, the 2 upper lobes broadly obovate, alffio t i"*^' lines "^''''' Standard 4 small. ^'CJ'.V ol^tuse, the 3 lower lobes very IoTi I
a pair of
,

vilU,
"'

' ''^^''' ^I'oad, c fetyle

incurved, acute, almost

rostrate.

Ovary

stipitate,

subulate,

without any appendage.

Pod

ovate, very turgid,

G8
m

XL.

LEGUMTNOS^.

{^SpJiarolohiam,

Seeds rather large, withabout 4 lines long, on a stipes of 1 line. ni and Enuni. 35, Hueg. in Benth. linearis, out any stropliiolc AW^-;75 Ann. AYien. Mus. ii. 80 ; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 72.
villous,

^V, Australia, Haegel ; Swan

879 and 1110; Yasse
river, Oldjield

River,
;

Drummondy 1st ColL and. base of Mount Melville, Maxwell.

n. 295, Freiss,

n.

11.
Calyx-teetli sliort, equal.

VIMINAKIA,

Sm.
Standard
orhi-

Petals on rather long claws.

cular; wings oblong, shorter than the standard; keel slightly curved, about as long as the wings. Stamens free. Ovaiy nearly sessile; style filiform,

with a small terminal stigma

Pod sessile, ovules 2, with short funicles. Seed ovoid-oblong, usually indehiscent, the pericarp thickly membranous. usually solitary, filling the cavity, with a very small annular strophiole.;

Shrub with rush-like stems. Leaves alternate, mostly reduced form petiole. Flowers small, in terminal racemes.
The genus
is

to a long

fili-

limited to a single species, with the tlowers nearly of a Daviesiaj but very

Jistinet id the fruit,

which

is

almost that of a Melilotus.

I.

V. denudata, Sm.
Lmn.
ft.,

Exot.

Trans,
to 20

Soc. ix.

261.

27, andhi Ann, Hot. i. 507, ani glabrous shrub, sometimes erect, attaining 10

BU.

51,

t.

with long, wiry, pendulous branches, more rarely low and decumbent. Leaves reduced to filiform petioles, of from 3 to 8 or even 9 in., the lower' ones or those of luxuriant branches occasionally bearing at the extremity 1 to 3 oval-oblong or lanceolate, herbaceous leaflets, of ^ to 1^^ in. [Flowers small, orange-yellow, in long terminal racemes. Pedicels rarely as long as the calyx, in the axils of small scale-like bracts, without bracteoles. Calyx nearly 2 lines long, including the short, turbinate, disk-bearing base. Petals about twice as lon^. Pod ^ ^^^ 2 to .V. ^ 3 .w.v,o lines XV/ll^ Ion":. Albumen rather thicker j^. than in the other Podal^riea^ where it has been observed, ^DC. Prod. ii. 107; Bot. Mag. t. 1190; Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 57 Paxt. Mag. xiv. 123, with

n fig;

Sop/iora juncea, Schrad. Sert.

ii.

Hannov.

t.

3;
t.

Spec.
i.

506; Davieua demidata^ Yent. Choix,

Stn.

Fiiltencea jmicea, Wilhl6 ; D, jimcea, Pers. Syn.

454, not of

N.

S.

others;

Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieher, n, 369, and FL Mixt, n. 553, anil and northward to Port Macquarrie, Fraser^ A, Cunningham; Hastings river,
Port Phillip, E,

Wales.

Beckler,

Victoria.
others.

Brown

from Gipps' Laud to the Gleuel^.

Mueller

Although the station is given by De Candolle, the plant has never beeu found in the island by Gunii or any other of its most zealous explorers. In F. ilueller's herbarium are some fragments marked Tasmania, Fitzalan, but without any precise locality, and there may be somQ mistake. 8. Australia. Torreua river, Whiitaler ; Lofty Ranges, F. Mueller. Vir. Australia. King George's Sound, R, Brown; to Cape Leeuwin, Collie; Swan River, Fret-^s, n. 1023 and Murchiaon river, Oldjield. V,(rj Freissli, Mcissn. in PL Preiss. i. 57, from saudy places inundated in winter, on the Canning river, Freiss, n. 1021, which I have not seen, is not sutneieutly described to be rccognuable. Meissner himself doubts whether it may not be a Sphierolobium,
:

Tasmania?

12.

DAVIESIA,

Sni.

Calyx-teeth short, either

all

equal or the 2 upper ones nnltcd in a truncate

DavimaP^
upper
]ip,

XL. LEGUMlNOs^:.

69

the disk-bcnriiig base either shortly turbinate or elongated and stalk-hke.^ Petals on a slender claw; standard orbieular or reniform, emarginate; wings falcate-oblong or obovate, not longer than the standard ; keel raore or less incurved, obtuse or almost acute, not exceeding the wings, btamens free, the 5 outer filatnents often flattened and sometimes cohering in a tube, although readily separable. Ovary shortly stipitate, tapering into a subulate style, with a small terminal stigma ; ovules 2, with short funicles. rod nearly sessile or stipitate, more or less flattened, acute, triangular, the
upper suture nearly straight, the dorsal or lower suture much curved, formuig almost a right angle. Seeds solitary or rarely 2, with a rather large strophiole.-Shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, coriaceous or rigid, either flat and horizontal or vertical, or terete and spinescent, sometmics dccurreut along the stem, or reduced to short prickles or teeth, or

wanting. Stipules none or very minute. Tlowcrs usually small, yellow orange or red, in axillary or lateral racemes or pedunculate umbels, occasionally reduced to short clusters or rarely solitary or terminal. Bracts
.

eutirel)'

}^-

^^^^ of the racemes small, dry

or a few
'

and

scale-like, those

under the pedicels

fruit.

similar

Bracteoles none.
Til

of them, in a few species, Ovarv glabrous.

'

much

enlarged over the

calyx-teeth usually distinguish it from short aim f^T/^n'^ ^^^^^(^^yriem except Vimiuaria and Lairobea, hut cannot he ahsulutely relied ono ft ^^.P?^'' however, is quite peculiar. It is also in most cases readily known by the habit' ^^ "'deed so natural that, numerous as are the species, I have heeu uuable to distfil t ^n? "^^*^ *li^tiaet sections. The following series are founded chiefly on the foliage inrl fu "J degree of development of j"^ the iuflorcscence. In the first five series the leaves
^imitetlto Australia.

The

never vertically compressed and iu th*^']^7'f^'^^ ^^ ^'^^^ ^'"^ ^^^^^^ ^^ vertically flattened and pungent or altogether wanting, Somc^ ^^^^^ ^^"^ genus, when not iu flower, have been occasionally mistaken for phyllo* rliiuv. ^iitoua
^^* ^^ ^^''^
^'^''^'^'

are

^^^^^^

^^^

^^^'^ obtuse,

Acacias.

Upper the pedaucles. ends ^^"'^'^^^^^^^'^^^owers ximbeUate, atihe of lrah^\^' and aftencards, ^^'^^^ enlarged much ^ ^f^*^^ ^^^e hut time of flowering, tnrhJ ?i I' ^^'^ ^^^^frnits. Leaves fiat, horizontaL
cordate, with rounded auricles ? ll!!! ^^^^Pb^ Leaves es ovate, about 2 in long, narrowed at the base , . . " ^"' JjCcIVCS ^
i
'^

\"- l*^"g'
'

1.

B. cordata.
1>.

2.

ovata. crennlata.

Timn^^j l"^'ntea

^"'

^^"fe^

orbicular, slightly cordate, puugent\

3.

I>.

wis

Vl'*^^
;

J*eticuIations few'or

&U\. j^Jiabrous

^^^'l^^'^^'-*^l>long,

obtuse.

not very prominent. Bracts very concave.

Calyx
^.

teeth very short

D. oppositifoha,

pointed. ' Bracts flat! W.n?^'^^.^"^'/'^'*''' "'*^^^b ""^^^ acuminate leav (Bracts narrow?) '* Calyx glabrous

Calyx pu.

'

5.

D. aUermfoha.

shn^

'..,..
'""^

teeth very
,

^- -^' elongata,

^^UmS
point,

^"^^ellatse. /?(^/^'^;-^ ^i
enlarging.

Bracts peduneles. the ends of umbellate, at the pungent with rigid, small, Leaves fiat, konzontal, usual/g
flowers occasionally

^^^^SttSS
leaves
nl.i......
-

''''^

^' corgmhosa, amongst the Uacemosa. have the

""^ ^*>th ends or almost linear. pSicd^^^I-^^'^r"'''^*^ at some v.,..,w..v. . calyx, ..,.,, distuure w.w from i.v.. the ^1^^*^' , ,,, enlarirpH ^^ed at the articulation

.....

and not
7-

^ pedunculata B,
, . ,

70

XL,

LEGUMiNOS^.
8. 8. 9.

[Daviesia.

Pedicels articulate close to tlie calyx and there expanded into a ring Leaves obovate or orbicular Leaves broadly ovate-cordate^ tapering into a pungent point . .

B. mollis^ var. D. mollis. D. concinna.

Series

III.

jlowerlng from Jlaty horizordaL

rhachis elomjated^ either the hme^ or the pedicels crowded towards the end. Bracts small. Leaver

Racemosae.

Flowers racemose^ the

common

Leaves (under
culate.

1 in.) linear

or

linear-lanceolate, pnngent, not reti-

Racemes flowering above the middle. Bracts vcrv small 10. D. nmhellulata. Leaves broad, obtuse or acute, young buds y^^vY obtuse." Pods under ^ in.
Leaves (under
ovate or orbicular, cordate or very obtuse at the base, sessile, not reticulate. Racemes flowerin"' from the middle Bracts small \ ^ .
1 in.)

ovate or ovate-lanceolate, reticulate. Racemes flowering from the base. Bracts ovate or oblon<' nearly as long as the pedicels ^\ \2. B. latifolia. Leaves narrow, elongated, tbe lower ones rarely ovate-oblunoin.)

Leaves

W. DAuxlfolia.

(i

to

pungent. Branches slightly angular.

line lonp;.

"'

not

Flowers numerous.

Calvx 1 to

U
14. ^. horrida.

Howenng. branches
species)
.

never spinesccnt (Eastern species) 13. B, corumhosa. Upper flowering branches often spinescent and leafless (Western
all leafy,
.

Branches very angular. few, distant. Calyx above 2 lines 15. B. reclinata. Leaves rounded at the end or emarginate. Young buds shortly acumuiate. Pod nearly 1 in. (Western species) Calyx-teeth obtuse, the 2 upper miited and rounds folia. 16. B. obtusi t'"'''?.!^""^^^ Iea.e.obo^ate. Calyx-teeth all acuminate and distinct . , H. B. ohovata.
.

IWrs

Eiicemcs loose.

Leaves

striate.

Leaves llat Leaves terete

re
'

'

'

18-

71

Eaccues or

clusters ver, short.

Leaves' no't striaie.

'.^ t.-et^

SO.'

1 '^^^

^-

lovg^foha.

Leaves above 1 in long, oblong, lanceolate or* almost ovate, narrowed at the base (Western species).
?io>vedn"/,;ife;rte^Sfl"''"'VT'''r'"''^'^^^'^-

^eel obtuse

21.

D. daphrwides.

Branches glabrous, very

l^ ^^:^
fa
1 i. l,g,

-^;:^^-

C^y.

.ith a trun-

ri'^id

Itav-cs

ooritcovak, li^^Ia'ce '

'

^"^ ^^^

^''^"'

5-toothed (Eastern species). Branches not spinescent.

linear

cjyx ^^

'zrSLi sr"*

":"""""'

"-"^ -^^

>

27.

D' squarrosa

dameda.]

XL. lequminos.e.
1 in. long.
linear,

71
Pe29.

Leaves linear, with rcvolule margins, about

dicels

very short

D.

ackularis.

Brandies spiuesceiit.

Leaves ovate, lanceolate or

puni

geut-poiuted, but scarcely Jicuminate

28.

D. ulicma.

terete or slightly compressed or rarely vertically dilated totoards the top^ at le-ngth articulate on the stem^ usually short or ptnyent-pointed.

Series VT.

Teretifoliae.

Leaves

flowers solitary, clustered

(See also

or rarely racemose.
30. D.pachyphylla. 31- -D. ieretifolia.

Calamiformes.)
. -

Leaves crowded, glaucous, thickly conical, pithy, divaricate

leaves cylindrical, erect, the pungent Leaves divaricate, very pungent.

point very short

Upper calyx-teeth truncate, lilaments slender. Bracts imbricate, longer than the pedicels Bracts very small. Keel not much curved, obtuse (Eastern species)
Keel
I

83.-0. hakeoides.
. .

32. Z>. yenistifolia.

much

curved, almost rostrate (^Ycstcru or Southern

^

species).

Calyx nearly 2 lines long, with a narrow base. Branches straight or scarcely flexuose. Leaves lu-

U. B, coUetioides, curved or spreading 35. i>. reversifolia. . Branches very llcxuose. Leaves short, reflexed Calyx about \\ line lou;r, the base very short. Leaves mostly \ in. long or more, often dilated up36. D.mcrassata, . wards, at length articulate on the stem Leaves few, rarely above i in. long, appearing like
.
.

37continuous with the stem _ Upper calyx-teeth small, distinct. Filaments much dilated aud
prickles,

^-

brevtfoha.

cohering.

Leaves not crowded, mostly 38. flat . or slender 1 in. long, to f Leaves crowded, about \ in. long, thick aud scarcely flattened 39. Upper calyx-teeth acuminate. Filamcuts free. Racemes loose 10.

D. Preissiu
D. sptnosissuna. D.pachylum,

broad a by attacked vertically flattened, often urn^^^e but not or clustered or solitary Flowers decurrent, a -pointed. nsnalhj pun ent > J i i ^ odlate^racenwse,
Series

VIL Verticales,Z^^,/;^^

Braiichlets

not spineseent. blowers iu a pedunculate almost rhomboidal

,

umbel or short raceme.

Leaves
4^
^
.

B, quadnlatera.

lowers in sessile clustera or verv short racemes.

Leaves crowded, at least half as broad as long, attached very broad base
I-eavcs

l>y

^ , . striata. ^2. i).

,

narrow, dilated upwards.

or, if

Agaves linear, compressed. ^eaves lanceolate,

Filaments free Filaments cohering

at

....
the base.

d(i.

n.im^rassata.
i^. l^reissn,

38.

ovate, contracted

'

Branches an-ular ^^aucMets spineseent.

43.

/>.

//^ polyphyla,

Flowe'rs solitar/.

Leaves small

M.

B. microphylla.

or with a ve^^^^ compressed terete or vertically the on angles raised dorsal projection^ into the_ base at usually decurreni pungent, fj^c^^s. Flowers clustered or shortly racemose.

S^aTKsVIIL Decnrrentes.-I..r..

^J^-es slightly decurrent.

Sfr'
I;^ves

'"'"'' '' '"''''^^^ "^^

^^"'^ '

"^'

'"^' ''''"^^""^
.'
'

37
%^i.

hrevifolia.

^a^esverydecurreut.

crowdVne;rlv\e;ete; '

aW^ '

'

B, spinosissima.

j-eaves terete or slightly ^^^^^es much

compressed. compressed, lanceolate.

Branchlcts very flexuose

45.

BranchleU

straight

^6. B.

fljlfj^^^^^ pecti^^ata.

72

XL.

LEGUMixos^,

[Buviesia.

Leaves horizontally dilated or channelled on the npper edge, the dorsal midrib or wing decurrent 47. D. trigonophijUa. Leaves resembling pinnate lobes of very glaucous tlat phvllodine. .

oiis hrarichlets.

Inflorescence on the face of the brailchlets

48. D. epii.hyUa.
divaricata).

Seriks IX. Aphyllse. Zratr* none {except sometimes in D. solitary cindered or rarely racemose.
Branches terete. }5rncls very small. Erauchcs very thick, cylindrical and pithy Branches rigid, but scarcely pnngent. Pedicels verv short

Flowen

49. i). mpliorUoides.

. .

37. B. brevlfon-x, var. Li-iinches elongated, not pungent. Pedicels slender* short . 52. B. apfiylla. Branch ets divaricate, pungent. Pedicels longer than the calyx 50. B. divaricata. Branchlets divaricate, slender, 2-3-chotoiiious, tlie lower ones spinesccnt. riowers terminal ^\. B. paniculata. Blanches terete, elongated. Bracts imbricate, covering the rhachis 53. B.juneea. Branches Hat. Calyx-teeth long, acute. Branches winged. Racemes short, dense, with ovale bracts . . 54. B. alata. Branches flat, bnt not winged. Racemes loose, few-flowered Bracts minute or none 55.
.

'

^^,^j,_

umbellate at the ends of the peduncles. Upper bracts orbicular, often small at the time of flowering, but niuch enlarged afterwards, and exceeding or enclosing the fruits. Leaves flat, horizontal.

Series

I.

Involuckat^. Flowers

259. shrub, A glabrous erect f \ f^Q ot ^ to 6 n., the brandies elongated, with 2 or 3 prominent angles. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3 to 4 in. long, deeply cordate and embracing the stem by their hirge rounded auricles, rigidly coriaceous, strongly reticuate on both sides. Peduncles from 1 to i or 5 in each axil, usuaflv shorter than the leaves, bearing each an umbel of '8 to 12 flowers on short slender per heels. Bracts under the umbel 2 to 4, orbicular, small when the flowers hrst open, but soon enlarging, and when the fn.it diain Traus. Linn. Soc. ix.

cordata, Bm.

Calyx about 2 lines long, the 2 Standard yellow, abou? 4 lines diameter; Jo'-ver petals shorter, falcate, purple. Pod above i in. long.-DC. 1 rod. n. 114 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1005 ; Meissn. in PI. Pieiss. i. 56.

meter, thin

is

ripe, 1 to

and elegantly veined. upper teeth broad, truncate and connate.

scarious

in.

mW

'^?A*''''-Jf*V

^R

"
^'^^'gf

Sound, Menzies,

A.Cunmnyham ; Swan

River,

Brum-

^nd'l^*.T^*f' ana Lu8e_ iiraets

^f

^^^^'on^ shrub, with the habit, angular stems, n- corduia. of D Leaves ovate or elliptiea , with a smaU

?lot^ tt

ZZt f^ ^^ f ir or^ r i^-"TH'' tl> i J. 7 r"

n,
t

"'

r''!^"''

^-

'"'-^"^''-

^'^^'^

bv^2

Peduncles axillary, "but often " ^^'-'""^^^ ^bel, surrounded when in

''.'''''*'' ''"^'"^^y ^^^'^^"

''''

of'

'' ^'"^*

''^'

s;;"
n, 23,
*'*

--

CVx

^"J ^'^S'-^"tlv veined as and pod of i). cordaia.

^V. Australia, Brummond^

^^"^shrub, 1853, i. 265. ri-id *h.\*%*''*^'^^*i^' .^"'"f the branches more slender than in the two preceding specie;, .-md u^'sually pu

^''^^-

Daviesia.]

XL. leguminos.t;,
sliovt
stiff hairs, tlie

73
^

descent with

rest of the pLant <;hibrous.

Leaves often

with a short pungent point, | to f in. diameter, the margin undulate and slightly crenulate, rigid, shining and strongly reticulate. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, bearing an umbel of 3 to 5 or rarely 6 rather small flowers, subtended by 2 or rarely 3 or 4 oi-bieular bracts, small at the time of flowering, but afterwards much enlarged, scarious and much veined, attaining often 1 in. diameter, and closing over the fruit; inner bracts small and narrow. Calyx not 2 lines long, the upper teeth broad and truncate. Standard nearly 5 lines diameter; keel much shorter. Filaopposite, orbicular-cordate,

ments as in several allied

about

species, folded inwards above tl\e middle.

Pod

I
i.

1853,

long and nearly as broad. D. calydegia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 264 ; B.parifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 16.
in.

W.

Australia,

(m Hower), and

Wi

Between Swau River and Cape Riche, Drummond^ ColL n. 30 (in fruit) Kojonerup hills, MaxwelL
;

Mh

ColL n. 40

m. Jong, uul nnnute callous point, most specmiens i to occasionally attaining 3 or even 4 in., thickly coiiaceous, with a thickened margm, the veins few and only Feduncles conspicuous on the young leaf. Hoout as long as the leaves, bearing an umbel of 3 to 6 flowers, subtended by 2 or 3 orbicular very concave rigidly membranous slightly veined bracts, ^'Inch are at first as long as the flowers and enlaroc often to above 1 in. diai^eter, completely teeth the long, lines 2 enclosnig the fruits. under Calyx ^ery short, the 2 upper ones broad and truncate. Standard about 4 lines jnameter; wings and keel rather shorter. Five outer filaments much broader
a
;;5

vx loicijr

wuu

tlian

the others.

Pod
Mount

W.
5-

\ in.

long. Meissn.
Soiiud,
Px,.

in

PL

Freiss.

i.

55.
Hitegel,

Australia.
;

King George's
Wiiljciiup,

Brown, A. Cunuhi(/ham,

Dnim-

'W, and others

Prass.n. 836.
ii.

Eudl. in Juu. IFicn. Mus. luaershrub, with angul^ir shglitly 2 ft., to decumbent or asceiulmff stems of 1 "hI often opposite rarely minutely pubescent. or alternate Leaves .-labrous, in threes, linear-oblonjr or oblong-cuneate, rarely obovate-oblong, 1 to 2 long, with a sliort rigid point or rarely obtuse, much narrowed below the "Jconacethickly "JW'l e, ^vith a pair of base, the near
'

D. alternifolia,

199.

slinib or

minute teeth

(stipu'les?)

longer rather Peduncles luunerous nor very prominent. ^Mn the leaves, orusually 3, Bracts bearing an umbel usually of 3 flowers. cular, attaining concave, scarcely or flat at length nearly 1 in. diameter, __^ Calyx pubescent, above 3
veins uot
fl<'

us. the

tifoiiZ

muted. and truncate upper ones broad, shorter, rather keel (according and to Preiss) flame-coloured ; wings T^'^f} i. 5o. "J^atter purple. Preiss. PI. Pod about \ in. long. Meissn. in n. 31 and Coll ^ih Brummond, King Huegel, George's Sound, othm". '^'''*T^"*;"'" ^ll^^".v, Pr.Ls, n. 855 ; K.-Jga.i and King rivers, OUfield T^^ ^""'" ,'.."; tl s considm Endhcher " soinetimcs sn.all realcs, whirh
"^les

ong, the teeth acuminate, the 2

the

>1?;"

^'r^"'
''

reduced to
"^^^'^'^
=>

bcCeVam

'^'''^"'"""S
1.

t''*=

pliylloJia; they

all

Lowc;cr appear

to

me

to

^- ^^>-ata] Endl.

c, from the same

loeality..

appears to me. from

his description, to

he

74

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.
L J

IDaviesia,

the same species, in which the leaves of the side branches are occasionally ternately
cillate.

verti-

6.

D. elongata^

Be?it/i.

iwr angular stems, of ^ ft. obloug-cuneate, the others linear or linear-oblong, obtiise or with a short callous point, 2 to 4 or even 5 in. long, thickly coriaceous, obscurely veined, luu-rowed at the base, but without stipular teeth. Peduncles shorter'than the leaves, bearing an umbel of 2 or 3 flowers, with 2 narrow-oblong or linearcuneatc bracts, not so long as the flower, but probably enlarging afterwards.
PloAvcrs apparently like those of D, oppositl/olia, the calyx quite glabrous, ' with very short teeth. Truit not seen.

glabrous shrub or unclershrub, with a.scendor more. Leaves alternate, the lowest sometimes

W- Australia,
distinct
tion.

from

/>.

136. The species is evidently allied to, but opposiiifolia, although the specimens are not good enough for a full descripn,

Lrummond, 2nd ColL

umbellate at the ends of the peduncles. Bracts all small and not enlarging. Leaves flat, horizontal, usually small and rigid with pungent points.

Series

II.

Umbellat^e. Flowers

dunciilata
shrub, the short slender terete branches occasionally pubescent. brous, oblonij; or alnriost linear, narrowed at both

low

Leaves glaends with a fine pungent point, i to I in. long, ratlier thick, rigid, scarcely veined besides the midrib. Peduncles slender, glabrous, much longer than the leaves or rarely about their

length, bearing a terminal umbsl of 3 to 6 flowers, and rarely a single flower lower down. Bracts very small. Pedicels longer than the calyx, articulate at some distance from it, and thickened above the articulation. Calyx \\ Jmes long, without tlie narrow-turbinate stipitifonn base, the teeth short and obtuse the 2 upper ones truncate and united. Standard twice as long as tlie calyx, lower petals rather shorter. Pod only seen young. Meissn-. in PI.
Preiss.
.1.

53.

W.Australia.
JrrfiisSj n.

Swan

River,

Drimmond,

\st

Coll.

and

n.

1043. Var minor. Leaves seen fnp nprMmpnc\

8.

Range, 229: Darling "

'

linear, not

pungent, Konkoberup i

hills,

Prehs,
>

n.

1154

(I \

have not

Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 263. A shrub, apparently decumbent, the branches leaves and peduncles in their ori'nnal form hirsute, with soft spreading hairs. Leaves rather crowded, obovate, obtuse, with a short often pungent pohit, i to f in. long, thick, coriaceous, not much veineJ besides the midrib. Peduncles usually exceeding the leaves, bearing an umbel of 3 ov rarely 4 or 5 flowers. Bracts minute. Pedicels about 2 lines long, articulate a little below the calyx and there dilated into a rin<r Calvx 2 lines long, pubescent, the teeth nearly as long as the tube, acuminate, the 2 upper ones broad, tnmcate and united. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; keel shorter, much incurved, almost rostrate. Filaments less unequal than in the preceding species. Pod about A
in.

p. moUis,

long and broad.

W.A
Ma.rurell.

Var. mluor.

Softly pul.c.cn.t or glab.uus.

Leaves uuder

I in.

long, from broadly ob

Damesia.]

XL.

leguminos^.

75

ovate or orbicular to

iiarrow-obovaf c or oblong, or iu some specimens all oblong ; nan'owcd at both euds, or almost lanceolate. Flowers smaller, with the calyx-teeth less acaminate tlianiu the ordinary form. Z). lancifoiia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc, 1853, i. 263. Brnmmond, hill Coll. n, 28, and sfippl. n. 23 W. Mount Barren, McurwelL Besides the shorter leaves, tMs may be always distinguished from B. pednnculaia by the very short base of the calyx
;

aud by the truncate dilatation of

9.

the pedicel.

D. concinna, R. Br. Ihrb.

Branches elongated, slender,

sliglilly

Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, tapering into a pungent point, not exceeding \ in., almost veinless except tlie midrib. Flowers small, in umbels of 3 or 4, on a common peduncle about as long as the leaves. Bracts very small. Pedicels slender, 2 to 4 lines long. Calyx about 1 line rorig. Petals and pod of 2). iimMliilata, from which the species differs chiefly in the broad, less coriaceous leaves, and more umbellate inflorescence.
Queensland. Rock hills. Pine Port, IL Brown. . S. Wales. Hastings river, Beckler {herb. R, Br, and F, MiielL).

angular-pubescent.

Sekies hi. Racemos.'e. Flowers racemose, the common rhachis elongated, either flowering from the base, or the pedicels crowded towards the f^tl, but not Bracts so distinctly umbellate as in the 1st and 2nd series. small, under the pedicels, or the lower ones at the base of the peduncle without flowers. Leaves flat, horizontal, obtuse or more or less pointed in the
first

2 or 3 species.

Sac Linn. Trans. in and 507, in Ann, Bat, I slender much-branched shrub, i^hibrous or sparingly pubescent, ^ I^* l^^' the branches long, in. to snlcate. | linear-lanceolate, Leaves lanceolate or i "gJcl with a pungent point, 1-nervcd, flat, not reticulate. Racemes in some specimens shorter than the leaves, in others twice as Ions:, flowering from the JKl(IIe upwards or Bracts lines. to 3 2 usually at the end oidy. Pedicels the Ji^out i hnc long. obtuse, and short teeth Calvx about 1 line long, the ^^^0 upper Petals twice ones broad,\riincate and united nearly to the top. ong as the a. Prod. DC. racemulosa, calyx. Z>. Pod long. about lines 5 f ^^^(h'oui the character given). Bay, Wide Cunningham; Peele's Island, .Aloreton Bay, Fraser, J. .JjJJ^^^^and,
10.
^

D. umbellulata, Sm.

Sidwill,
.

K- S,

Wales
on.-

nges
western ^the with Laud on the ^^^'"^^f'f?' is slightly inflorescence spcciineus of D. ulicina in which the

This te speeie, has considerable affinity and

don gated
V

''"'^ ^''"''^

Cunn.; Benth. ^'"; ":; jl ''^''^^^Ws9hort.-ZJ.ji.>.m, A. ir/'''!' ^^f'/^; Cun^un^ Bathurst of ^ ^"'^ g-y ^-^^^^-^ ^''^ C.^'^^-.on^. river. N p'tr the tm'V'"'^^. b"t uhcta '^"^"' ^"^ ^^^ ^^^^t of D. squarrosa. with the leaves of J). teeTh of n* aduccd a evidently is "'/''Iyx are iiuic more the inflorescence J" "'^ and united Ulll truncate, and ,1 "'"1 ot that ^^^^ oi of B. 7) ./,./7../... umbellulata.

bux:

76
lines long.

XL. LEGUMiNos.^;
line long, with

{Btimem.

Cnlyx about 1 broad, truncate and united.

short teeth, the 2 upper ones

Lower petals rather shorter. N, S. "%Vales. Between Wombim

Standard Pod about

river

fully

twiee as long as the calyx.

5 lines lonii^.

and False Bay, Mossman, Victoria. Avon Ranges, Macalistcr an J Genoa rivers, F, Mueller. Australia. " King George's Sound" (probably to the eastward), Baxter, F- Mueller had formerly proposed this as a species, under the name of D, cordifoHa, Mfhich I have not adopted, oo account of tlie older i). cordata, Sm. ITe now considers it as a variety of D. latifolia. If so, the specimens show it to be a very well-marked and distinct

W.

form.

latifolia, U. Br. in Ait. Ilort. Km. ed. 2, iii. 20. A glabrous shrub, of 2 to 5 ft. Leaves ovate-elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, usually termiiiatiiig iu a callous point, rarely almost piing-ent or quite obtuse, mostly 2 to 3 in. long, or smaller only on elougated side-branches, naiTowed into a petiole, rigid, but strongly reticulate. Flowers small, orange-yellow, numerous, iu racemes of 1 to 2 in. flowering often from near the base. Bracts ovate or oblong, 1 to 2 lines long, densely imbricate before the flowers are full-grown. Pedicels rarely exceeding the bracts till after iiowering. Calyx 1 line Ions, the teeth very slioit, the two upper ones broad, truncate and imitcd. Standard
12.

p.

fully twice as

andiioithward to New England, 0. Stuart; Clarence river, Beckler. Victoria. Port Phillip, R. Brown; coininou in the wet forest valleys, often forming au unpenetrable jungle, F. Mueller, and called "native Hop," Mossman and others.

long as the calyx, the lower petals nearly as long. Pod about 5 hues long. Andr. Bot. Eep. t. G38 Bot. Mag. t,' 1757 DC. Prod. ii. 113 ; Hook. f. PI. Tasm. i. 83 Paxt. Mag. iv. 223, with a fig. H. S. "Wales. Blue Mountains, Fraser, A. Cvnmvnham, Sieler, n. 349, and others,
; ; ;

Tasmania.

Leaves oval-ohlong, often under 1 in. long, more rounded at the base and less vcnicd. To this variety belong some of the most northern as well as of the southern speciracns ; they may be only lateral branches of large-leaved shrubs. They may at fir.'t Bight ajipcar to connect the species with D. buu-ifolia, but in the latter, the leaves on the main stems arc always orbicular-cordnte, and qnite sessile, whilst the larger leaves of U. taUfoha are always narrowed at the base into a petiole.

colony, /. \^r. parvi/olia

Derwent B. Hooker.

river

and Port Dalryniplc,

li.

Brown; common throughout

tlic

507, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. IX. 258. A ft., the blanches slightly angular. Leaves usually lanceolate or linear, rarely broader and oblong, with a short callou3_ point or rarely quite obtuse, li to 3 in. long or sometimes almost 4 in., rigid 1-uerved, and when broad more or less reticulate. Eacemes usually shorter than the leaves, and flowering from above the middle or from the end only, with ong slender pedicels, the bracts small, obovate, spreading under tlie pedicels, with numerous others crowded at the base of the peduncle without flowers, but occasionally the racemes flower more reo-ularly from heow tlie middle. Calyx about 1 line long, the teeth short, the 2 uj^per ones
^

13.

D. corjrmbosa,

Ann. Bot. glabrous shrub, of 2 to 4 or 5

Sr,i.

in

i.

broad, truncate and united. rather shorter Pod nearly

Itep
t

mimosoides, Bot. Mag. t. 1957 D. glauca, Lodd. Bot. Cab. ; t. 43 (from the figure); D. macrophjlla, Eiull. Nov. Stirp. Dec. 15 (a luxuriant garden specimen with the lower leaves broad, above 4 in. long). N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, to the lUue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber^n. 350, and
1
1
;

Standard 3 times as long as the calyx ; keel i in. long.-DC. Prod. fi. 113 ; Andr. Bot.

Dfitiesia,]

XL. leguminos.e.

77

northward to New England, C. Stuart; Macleav, IIastiuQ;s, and Clarence rivers, Beckkr, and southward to lllawarra, Shepherd. Victoria. Port Phillip, R. Brown and others: frequent from Gipps Land to Melbourne and the Grampians, F. 31ueller and others.
ethers:

Australia. Loftjj Flinders, and Bngle ranges, F. Miietter and ot*hers. ^^x,mimo8oldes. Leaves usually narrow, with more pinnate and less reticulate veins, xlowera smaller, the racemes flowering from below the middle; bracts smaller and less spreaJing,-i). mimosoides, K. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 20; DC. Prod. ii. 114. ^. mgata, A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag, t. 3196. B. linearis, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1615. B. lep^hjlla, A. Cuun. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 125. This appears to be the most common form over the whole range, from the Blue Mountains to Victoria and S. Australia. The onjpaal J), corymhosa is probably limited to Port Jackson and the Bine IMountains. B. vir"?ifarw, and leptophi/lla represent ^ a remarkably uarrow-lcavcd form, from the barren parts ot the Blue Mountains, whi(*h appears, however, in our numerous specimens to pass
S.
'

very gradually into

the

common

mirnosoides variety,

1-i.

D, horrida, Mem?i.
shriil)

in

PL

Preiss,

i.

54.

An

erects glabrous, often

glaucous, rigiJ

of several

feet, the

smaller branches usually leafless,

and spinescont, as in i). divaricata, but scarcely striate, ^ves chiefly on the main branches, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or shortly pointed, rarely pungent, 1^ to 4 or even 5 in. long, very rigid ami Piiyllodia-like, the midrib scarcely prominent, and the lateral veins inconspiciious. Eacemes almost always on leafless spincscent branclilets, rarely axilbut sometimes very^J-0'3 short. Bracts small. Pedicels slender, as long as the calyx or longer. Calyx about 2 lines long, including the stalk-like narrow-turbinate base, the teeth SQort but all keel calyx acute and distinct. the as long as twice Standard small, obtuse. Pod only seen youn
the rhachis often nearly 1
in. long,
;

paniculate, divaricate

usually loose,

dist 'tinct n't

othT"^'^^*^^^^^beop-aphe iky, Gordon, and Kalgan rivers, ^'^"^^^^^^ resembles D. dicaricata, but

^^""

^i^^v,

Drnmmovd,

n,

230,
it

Prel^s,

n,

1142 and

^P
15

etc., Oldfield.

^^T^^ caljx-teeth.

may

\Vhen leaflc he readily'kuowu I

rarely or to 3 2 mucronate, Leaves linear, obtuse or distant ni. long, few with but liaeemes not so long as the leaves, P^^^cels of 2 or Calyx nearly 3 3 lines, each in the axil of a miirutc brr.ct. mes Ion. including the stalk-like turbinate base, the teeth acuminate, nearly Standard as the tube, united. and /7'? ,' ,the 2 upper ones broad, truncate jot wioe alternately as long as the calyx Filaments wings and keel shorter. ^^^^^'Uilated. Pod not seen. * -^^stralia. Island, A. CunningJiam.

D. reclinata, J. Citm. IlerL

acutely angtdar.

Quite glabrous.

Branches elon-

ZvK^

Arnhera N. Bay,

ii!.

Brown

Sims

^^i^% somewhat angular brandies.

vir^^;

^* ^*^sifolia,

F. Muell. Tragm.

104. very naiTOW-oblouj,^ or Leaves broadly at the petiole a into rowed

ii.

A glabrous

slirub, Hntli

iiracts very few-flowered, and short ^-^^^mes axillary, very sftl nearly smooth, very Calyx f^'^^^els short, thickened unde? the ealyx. bud young the base, '"^' including the slender, turbinate, stalk-like obt '^sely acmiiinaie, the lower teeth very small, the 2 upper ones longer, vei-y

'^^''^-

if

78
broad rounded and united.
siderably shorter.

XL. LEGUMlxos-E.

[Daviesk.

Standard twice as long as the calyx

in. long.

keel con-

Pod

very coriaceous, nearly 1

W. Australia,

Dmmmond ;

Harvey. This stfiuetmies affiuity seems ralher with

Kiug George's Sound, Collie, Baxter ; near Cape Riche resembles D. corymbosa, var. mimosoides, in aspect, but its
o*o.^<r
especially ia the shape of the bud, the thick consis-

tence of the caJji, the short keel, and large pod.

261. A' stout glabrous shrub, the young branches sometimes flattened, but not angular. Leaves from broadly obovate to almost oblong, rounded at the end, and very obtuse or emarginate, 2 to 4 ui. long, narrowed into a petiole, very thickly coriacei.

17.

D. obovata,

Turcz. in Ball. Mosc. 1853,

the bud acuminate. Ions or even more.

ous, yeinless or more or less penniveined. Flowers the largest in the genus, few, shor racemes. Bracts oblong, 1 to 3 lines long; pedicels often not longer. Calyx nearly 3 lines when in flower, thick, with the teeth all narro^v and acuminate, enlarging uuich when in fruit, often attaining | in. diameter,

Standard i

in.

long; keel

much

shorter.

Pod

1 in.

W,
Leaves ^t^'V"fo?iJ^s. nv ^P' or hooked points. or ^J'-f}'^^ with callous
serS 'X': '^'nf n "
long, very

narrow or

terete, obtuse

"'

S:i:j.'

lI

r .^!!^.^J^
\'''^'t''

'"^^'''^ ^'''! " ^"'i

'J^^

^^P'^^t- diff'^nug

from the two preceding

in their leales never

-^^ foUowing^ne

^ *" ^ prominent parallel ribs. Racemes 1 f\^' m. InV long Iloose, and 1 to 2 2 In few-flowered. ",'-" ""'"^^cu. ,fp Bracts -oiaccs min P,.K..1= lpndpr. minute. slender. Pedicels 1 Tnlvr 1 \\ur."^r. ' '" ^^' "?"'^^' '^'^^^^'' t^^i'^"t^' ^ase, the teeth shorr tlu^ 2 Tml? r^"' ""it'.d. Petals not twice as tong as the olv. cal^x. ^""^'^^%r!^ J od only seen young. Meissn. in PI.
"'

It l?'n' DO u 2 to

W
fi

Glabrous with
' ;

"' ^^'P^^ ^"^^^*

^"^^^^^^^'^.

I^ecoming, however,

^T'''-T^' '''^^'

^^^"-^^^-linear,

obtnse or witli a callous

rod3v?"''

Pieiss.

55

fZ
in'

witlUoi^* str?d'e??^?^^.' ^T'^''"'''''' exe^ent^nt H l'

''^

^^- ^'''^''-

''^''''''^

glabrous shrub. ^" ^^'^'T respect^with D. longl-

' 48-

Sceme

terminating in in.iocuous deciduous black pdnts. Fio^vers n^

"W

Swan

River, Bntmmo7id, n. 240.

*'* * mes;rrK!'*'T-,'^"''"a jhort, booked, ino.os point,

8'"''"= *'"'', with no-

nV'Se.

Flow

t^ill

Sw
f

Dar'ma.]

XL. LEGUMlNOSyE.

79

the 2
Ifeel

upper ones triuicate

and united.

Petals twice as long as the calyx;

obtuse, not

mncli curved.

Pod

only seen young.

Series V.
compact
21.

FAScicuLAXi^, Flowers in axillary clusters or very short racemes. Leaves flat, horizontal, pungent-pointed.

the branches prominently angled. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, pungent-pointed, 1 to 3 in. long, narrowed into a
ft.,

Meiasn. hi somewhat glaucous shrub, of 2 or 3

very thick

D. daphnoides,

PL Prem.

i.

54.

rigid,

ghibrous,

Flowers few, small, in axilobscurely veined. lary clusters or exceedingly short racemes. Pedicels very Bracts very small. snort, besides the narrow, stalk-like, turbinate base of the calyx. Broad tube of the calyx scarcely 1 line long, the teeth very short, the 2 upper ones broad, tnincate and united. Standard about twice the length of the calyx i keel
rigid,
rather shorter,

petiole,

and

obtuse,

and

little

curved.

Pod not

seen.

.* i);

lY'

Australia.

Swan River and

to the nortliwai'd,

sandy plains of Quaugcu, Preiss, n, 1144<. and on the other to D, nudljhra, it has the stalk-like hase of the calyx of the former, with

Dnonmotid, w. 225, a7id Uh CoIL Allied on the one baud to i>. oUtisifolia
latter.

ttiepuugeut leaves

and truncate upper calyx-teeth of the

22. Shrub,

D. nudiflora, Meimu
of 2 to

in

PL

Pretss.

i.

53.

An

erect glabrous

Leaves the branches sulcate, but scarcely angular. oblong-laiiceolate or pungent long a into tapering sometimes almost ovate, point, 1 to 2 in. long, narrowed at the base, rigidly coriaceous, with a pro3
ft.,

racemose shortly very or clustered Flowers t the Bracts leafless lower nodes axillary. rarely or of the upper branches small. Pedicels 2 lines long or more, conspicuously thickened below the aric'uation. Calyx 1^ lines long, the turbinate base exceedingly short the
midrib and pinnate veins.
^

itmient

<^etli

short,

somewhat acute, the

the

l^^ly

twice as long as

Standard united. and truncate 2 upper ones disincurved, much shorter, calyx; keel rather
in
w.

^^nctly rostrate.

Ovary longer than

Swan Wwcr, Preiss,

3^' Australia.
]^^\ R.ow enng
^''''<^*^oIa(a,

nodes less

22G, Oldfield. vemless. almost narrow-Janceolate, Brauehes elongated. Leaves destitute of hnves.Dnmtnondy n. 133.
iu
^

most 1143, Drummond,

species.

Pod

6 to 7 lines long.

shrub, glabrous Afehsn. in Fl. Freks. i. 56. brauehes, to 2 ft., with ascending or divaricate long, rigid, apparently I ^'"^re^or less rhomboidal. or ovate angular m.d sukate. Leaves broadly 23

D. rhombifolia,

uu<^oo --v" ot z pedicels on slender small, ve^ teeth lower g, including the narrow turbituite base, the the ;e 2 twice as about 2 upper ones Petals larger, broad, truncate and united. obtuse. very as the ealyx, and others the keel not much shorter than the 'P^ wot seen.
-vm.iiy Clusters,

P^; "
'

"^^^t^^W*'l'*5

Swnn
;

River, Drurmnond, n. 224

Sussex

district

and Darling

Ruasc

and 1146

Mount Yulagan,

Old/eld.

24.

D.

I,,

low, a Apparently Mnell. Fragm. ii. lUi,. anguscarcely branches the

quite glabrous,

80
lar.

XL. LLGL'MINOSJ),
^

[Duvlem.

Leaves
long,

sessile,

in.

tliiclcj

broadly cordate, tapering into a pungent point, imder Flowers with a prominent midrib, but otherwise veinless.

Bracts very small. Calyx nearly 2 lines long, the turbinate base short; teeth very short, the 3 xipper ones broad, truncate, and united. Petals twice as long as the calyx, the keel nearly as long as the others, much incurved, obtuse. Pod not
lines.

1 to 3 in the axils,

on slender pedicels of 1 to 3

seen.
VST. Australia. Between Swan River and Cape Riche, Harvey ; sandy plains near Belganip, Oldjield. AUied to the eastern D. squarrosa^ but much more rigid, with larger, broader, less acuminate leaves, and the flowers twice the size, with a much more distinct

upper

lip to the calyx.

DrTunmondi
shrub, the

rigid, glabrous
rarely

young branches prominently angled.

in.,

Leaves numerous,

obovate or obovate-oblong, tapering into a recurved pungent point, nan-owed at the base, but sessile, very rigid, with nerve-like margins and a prominent midrib, but otherwise veinless, often folded lengthwise. Flowers h\y together in axillary clusters, on pedicels of 2 to 3 lines, slightly thickened at the top. Calyx nearly \\ lines long, the turbinate base very
sliort,

exceeding \

the teeth rather sbort, the 2 upper ones truncate

and united.

Petals

\
rather acute, but not beaked.

Pod

not seen.
n.

Swan

River,

Drummond,

227

near Kojouerup, Oldjield.

slender,

26.
terete,

filipes, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 363. Branches virgate, softly hirsute in our specimens as well as the leaves.

p.

Leaves

oblong or oval-oblong, shortly puno'cnt-pointcci, luider \ in. long, veinless except the uiidrlb. Tlowers solitary or 2 together, on filiform pedicels about as long as the leaves. Bracts rery small. Calyx 1|- to lines long, the

1|

turbinate base rather short, the teeth short, the 2 upper ones broad, truacale, tmd united. Standard twice as long as the calyx; keel rather shorter, incurved, obtuse. Potl only seen young.

Queensland.
_

On

the

Marauoa

river, Mitchell.

Sm. in Ann. Bot. i. 507, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. IX. 257. A glabrous or pubescent shrub, with slciuler terete or slightly angular branches. Leaves numerous, sessile, spreading or rellcxed, corda'te or
ovate-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, vemless except the prominent midrib. Flowers small, solitary or 2 together, on pedicels of 2 to 3 lines, with a few minute bracts at their base. Calyx about 1 hue long, the turbinate base very short, the teeth rather short, the 2 upper ones broader and shortly united, but not forming truncate upper lip.

27.

D. squarrosa,

btandard twice as long as the calyx keel rather shorter, much incurved, obtuse. Pod about 5 lines long.DC. Prod. ii. 114.
;

_Wales.
others.
41
.

iiiis species IS this , is chiefly cnieny aisiiiisi \ \ , , M ' Ihe very acumuiate aciinauate leaves, the tlu' slfiul^^r ,i al^ _t ., % i.r. slender nf.j;i. pedicels, and the abscuce of thornv Lrauches Var. wy^ra Branches and younger leaves pubescent or wWlons.D.villifera, A. Cnnn.; "^ Henth. Ana. Wieii. Mas. u. 76.

,.

The calyx

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains,

,s

that of I)

uhcma, from *.-j*ii which HU[i;u

"

li.

Brown,

anJ 348, n. Sieier, distinguished by

^"'^""' "'"'
"oth?rr^''^^*"^'

^^'"'*''" ^"y-

and Mueller, ^- Cunningham, Fraser, F.

Daviesia.]

.XL. lequmtnosje,

81
_____
_

Tilicina
256.

___

..

..

-r

^ ^

-^

.__

^ .^^

bushy shrub, attaining sometimes several feet, the branches more or less angular, the smaller ones generally ending in short thorns, glabrous or hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves from broadly ovate to lanceolate or inienr, ending in a pungent point, usually under ^ in., but occasionally attaiuirig 1 in. when narrow and luxuriant, very rigid, veinless, except the miarib. Flowers solitary or clustered or rarely in umbels of 3 or 4, on a
rigid,

Bracts very small. Calyx 1 to Pedicels short. I4 lines long, the turbinate base very short, the 2 upper teeth rather broader than the others, but scarcely united at the base. Standard very broad, more than twice as long* as the calyx; keel shorter, much incurved, obtuse. Pod 4 to 5 hnes long. DC. Prod. ii. 114; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t, 44; Paxt. Mag. ^^ith a fig. D. nUci/olia, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 304; B. umhdlulata, nn ^t> Prod. ii. 114 (partly) Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 1. 82, not of Sm. ; D. germ<^^^^*,Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1552.
'

short

common peduncle.

Queensland.
yi

Moretoii
;

^ewiLngland,
^-

bZT^^^^^'

and southward to Twofold Bay, R 31ueller. Victoria. From Ginijs' Land and Watsou's Promontory to the Murray and the Glenelg, Mueller, Roberiso77, and others. Derwent river, R. Brown; most abundant throughout the island, /. D.
(7.

v^^^^* Sluart

Bay and Burnett river, F. Mueller, Port Jackson. R. Brown, Sieber, n, '^^0^, and

others; northward to

Bay, Encounter Mueller; I-ynedoeh F. Valley Brook, Crystal and rf",.^^*^*^*Mount Serle, JFarhurfon. If^f^r^ ^ ^^^*"^ forms appear iu their extremes very distinct, but are connected by mauy erad r
lubumheUata. Glabrous aud luxuriant. Leaves narrow, \ to 1 in. long. Common Fduncleoften 1 or even 2 lines long.-D. umbellata, Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. i. 107, t. 137Victoria and Tasmania, Pedicels '"""""'' in. under Glabrous or hirsute. mostly \ lanceolate, Leaves verv ;"""<; uttered. From N. S. Wales to Tasmania. ^, e ^ the but form, common Glabrous the ^7^of or hirsute, with the inflorescence kavp , mostly ovate, ahvays pungent and under i in. long. i?. ruscifoha, A. Ciinn n^^'^^.'"' Tasmania, '*"" '" ^"n- ^Vieu. xx. 605. Victoria,
a-

ami s
""!

Mus.

ii.

75

Schlccht. Linntes,

^. Australia.

"Wifolia.
i

Wales

Glabrous. Leaves linear, but flat, Semstifolia, and the calyx quite that of D.

not terete nor

laterally compressed. undna.quccnshud and N. H.

acictdaris

scarcely and lanceokte. equal, ^f shorter, keel calyx *^^" ^^'' t"l^long as the ; as twice Standard Ob 4 to 5 lines long, acuminate.-DC. Prod. ii. 114 ; Bot. fi?n probably 79 ; Lodd. Bot. but crowded, Cab. t. 1234 (leaves much less

h ;;

tw
.

^^^ V^^'^'^^h very short. Calyx u* ' '''y hort, the 5 teeth nearly

to nearly 2 lines

long tne lur-

Map

'^e

;f same

species).

bi^hy ^id others and ; kson, R. Broun, Sieber. n. 347, lov,e9t the of or 2 1 specimens, young lu Cunningham. ^^are occasionaUy pungeut not and long, obloug-lanccolate, IJ to 2 fa.

Wales

82

.XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
terete or slightly

[Daviesio.

compressed or rarely vertically dilated towards the top, at length articuhite on the stem and not decurreut, usually short or pungent-pointed, and never horizontally flattened. Flowers solitary, clustered, or shortly racemose.

Series YI. Teretifoli.e.

Leaves

Veiy rigid, glabrous, and often becoming very glaucous, the branches thick and terete. Leaves numerous, divaricate, thickly oblong-conical, tapering into a pungent point,
iv.

30.

D. pach3rphylla5 F.MuelL

Tragm.

15.

to f in. long, nearly three lines diameter at the base, terete or slightly compressed laterally, quite smooth, without 'ribs or veins, of a dense pithy consistence. Plowers several, in loose racemes, shorter than the leaves. Pe-

long as the calyx. Bracts minute. Calyx 1^ lines long, including the narrow turbinate base, the teeth minute. Stautlard half as long again as the calyx; keel very obtuse. Pod about | in. long, of the sam6 blue-glaucous colour as the rest of the fruiting specimens.
Australia, Diummond, ^ih nvers, MaxwelL
.

dicels nearly as

'^^'

Coll. n,

45

mountains near Gardner and

Phillips

teretifolia, R. Br. Herb. A glabrous shrub, of 2 to 3 ft., with numerous, erect, terete branches. Leaves erect, cylindrical, f to 1^ in. long, about 1 line diameter, with a short pungent point, smooth or obscurely cil'ate.
31.
.

D.

Racemes

loose, few-flowered, not exceeding the leaves. Pedicels longer than the calyx. Bracts very small. Calyx above 2 lines long, including the nar-

row turbinate base, the teeth

short, the

2 upper ones connate.

Standard
iu-

nearly twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals shorter, the ke*el much curved, almost rostrate. Pod f in. long or rather more, very coriaceous.

Eans^es and Cape Arid, Maxwell llie species is evidently allied to the eastera B. genistifolia, but readily dis^ tiDgmshed as well by the foliage as by the loose large and inflorescence, larger flowers, thick pod.
Phillips

W. AustraUa.

King George's Sound, Baxter;

33. D. genistifolia, J. Cunn.; Benth. in Ann. Wlen. Mas. ii. 75. A glabrous shrub, with slender, slightly sulcate branches. Leaves linear-terete 01r very slightly laterally compressed, mostly divaricate,

pungent-pointed,

to ) 1 111. long, smooth or sulcate. Pedicels slender, li to 2 lines long, iri clusters or exceedingly short racemes. Calyx Bracts small, obovate. lines long, lucludmg the narrow, almost stalk-like, turbinate base; the teeth very short, the 2 upjier ones broad, truncate, and united. Petals twice as

long as the calyx, of nearly equal length, the keel obtuse.

long.
"

Pod about 4

Hues

Qaeensland.

Moreton Bay, Fraser.

1.^' ^'\^^^^\- Po'"' Jaclvson, i2. i5yo; ; Paramatta, Woolls ; Williams river, 5^^*' ^use; Hunters River to the south-west of Mount Cunningham and open forest laud at Jilaarra. A. Canmnyham ; New England, C. Stuart.
Victoria.

Wimmeva, DaUachy.
^'^'*'^ ^'"^^ '^"^
^'''^'^^^ ^fo'i'it

v;r'^^/^*J-!f

Remarkable, T. Mueller.

ip^;v specie, may S f

33.

"'=" ^''^'^"'^t, A. Cunningham. forms of tbi3 Both '^'"T """''i ^"^''i^ be readily distinguished from D. ulicina by the calyf. as well as by the leaves
-1

D. hakeoides, Mcmn.

in

Pi

Preiss.

i.

47.

glabrous,

erect,

J)aviesia.]

XL. leguminosj:.

83

or slightly compressed sulcata branches, allied in foliage to B. geuistifoUa and B. incrassata, but with the inflorescence and bracts oiB.juncea. Leaves terete or very slightly compressed, rigid and

ngid shrab, with terete

some specimens the lower ones 4 to 8 in. long and almost erect, the upper ones 1 to li in., slender and divergent, in others all stout, 1 to 1^ Jong, or 111 one variety very few, short, and divaricate or recurved, almost as m D. brevifolia. Flowers usually small, in very short, sessile racemes,
pungent, in
111.

unbncate, concave, the outer ones short, the inner ones IJ in. long, concealing tlie rhachis and pedicels at the time of flowering, often fallen off rom the fruiting raceme. Calyx 1 line long, with a very short turbinate base and small teeth, the 2 upper ones truncate and united. Petals twice as
ong as the calyx, nearly equal in length, tlic keel or almost acuminate. Pod 4 to 5 lines long.
'^^^*^*^**l^fi^'
y'

l^racts

much

curved, rather acute

^'t-

"'^l"' ^"^^da. Leaves few, under ^ in. long, very divaricate or recurved, the lower onea of each *k bmnch reduced to small %c-A^i. Drummond, n. 42. ^''^<=** and flowers considerably larger, but I fiud no other difference. rl^-: T1','""' Granite hills north from Cape Paisley, Maxwell.

Swan River and to the northwaid. Drummond, n. 238, Uh 16, Preiss, . 1156 and 1157 Murcliison river, Oldfield.
;

Coll. n.

*^**^*ioides, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 48, not of A. Cunn. ^;. Q^\ iosely allied to the terete-leaved forms of B. incrassata and to the var. col^^^<^ides oi B. gmistifoUa, having the narrow base to the calyx of the latter
iiinT?'
calyx,
J
.

^^^ flowers

and pods are much

larger than in either.

The

calyx,

much

incurved,

and almost
P'''^^^'- ;

rostrate,

as in D. incrassata.

Pod
101

11. loilff.

{and 1163?); King George's Sound, Maxwell; Geom\Tl'^!Tf%''- J180, variety of large-flowered ^* be a ^ not doubtful may whether this ^ iner ^^ ^^^ ^'^ Drnmrnond's specimous the base of the calyx is much broader than in^T "' ^''" the terete-leaved and " this HSO found of generally Preiss, 1 have form nf n
j;-//y

near

Ali^^^*^*^*'

^"'*" ^'^e''.

south districts

?,

Drummond, 2nd

Coll. n.

t^

very if" J^ngid

bushy rigid intri1^' '*^>'sifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 145. cat!?' J -branched shrub, allied nearly veiy^ glaucous, glabrous and somewhat ^ ,^^^^^> Meissn., with the same inflorescence flowers and fruit, but the 1^^ ai"e veiy flpxuose, and the leaves numerous, scarcely \ m. long,
1

and pungent and remarkably reflexed.

its

"^Pect"
,

^''**'"*^^*F't^Serald ranges, Ma.nvelL This plant, notwithstandmg may very probably be only an accidental form of D. colletioides.

singular

bi
divari

^* f^crassata,
'

W..X

to usually decun-ent, ^ut | at length articulate and not really 1 in towards t^^i'ete and tapering to a point or vertically dHated tie P.r^' ^i^^^' usually long, lines ^''^"^ to 3 1 narrowing ; Pedicels to the base. eveSl Calyx '^gether on a very small. Very Bracts short common peduncle. la lines long with a very short turbinate base, the teeth very shortM"""'!^ ^ "PP"^' "es broad, trunaite and united. Petals fidly twice as S as the calyx, free Fdaments rostrate. the keel much incurved, almost
^^'^"i.

^tw?

much rigid A 255. Sm.. in Trans. Linn. Leaves branches. ^^^^^us compressed shrub, with terete or slightly ; continuous appearing often ''^>'^^*^''y"g'J antl pungent-pointed,
Soc. ix.

G 2

84;

^'XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

[Davlesid.

as in

most Daviesias,
;

Pod

6 to 7 lines long;, rather turgid.

;

DC. Prod.

ii.

D. phi/sodes, A. Cimn. Acacia dolabriformis, Wendl. Comrn, Acac. 55 Bot. Mag. t. 4244 (a cultivated form with in G. Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 125 Temarkably dilated leaves) Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 49 ; I), Benlhamii, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i, 48 (a slender-leaved form with small flowers) ; D. LracliypJiylla^ Meissn. 1. c. i. 49 (a short-leaved form),

114

Port Lincoln, Wilhehni ; Kangaroo Island, JFaterJiouse, l?^r. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown Menzies^ and others; and thence to Vasse and Swan rivers, Kueyel^ Brummond^ n. 236, 241, 242, etc., Preiss, n. 1161j 1162, 1164, 11G5, 1168, 1169, 1170, and eastward to the Great Bight, MaxwelL The species is exceedingly variable in its leaves, sometimes all terete and either mostly under \ in. and recurved, or those of the principal branches 1 in. long, straight or ahuost incurved sometimes on the same specimen a few more or less dilated upwards, very rarely all dilated and scarcely ever so much so as re])resented in the plate above quoted, but all th^ forms are so frequently intermixed as to prevent the characterizing any distinct varieties. The slender-leaved forms come very near in appearance to D. genistifoJia, but the turbinate base of the calyx is much shorter and the pod much larger and more turgid. In Drunimoud's specimens, 5th Coll. n, 37, the leaves are very few, from i to J in. long, almost con* necting the species with J). Irevifolla,
j
;
i

S. Australia.

37.

D. brevifolia,

Zindl. in Mitch. Three Exped,

terete,

ii.

201.

An

erect

shrub with broom-like, rigid,

somewhat flexuose branches.

Leaver

few, distant, linear-conical, rigid

and pungent, 1 to 3 lines long, the thick base continuous with the steiu but not decurrent. Flowers usually several together on very short pedicels, the common peduncle rarely 1 line long. Bracts verj^ small. Calyx about \\ lines long, the turbinate base very short, the teeth veiy short, especially the 2 upper ones, which are very obtuse, truncate or scarcely prominent. Keel twice as long as the calyx, rostrate. Pod

in. long, turgid.

Glenelg river, Mitchell^ Rob mera, Dallachy ; Grampians, F. Mueller,

Victoria.
S.

Wim
;

AnstraUa,
D.

Encounter Bay,

I,

Mueller

Mount

Lofty, Wkiltaker.

is

nearly allied to

incrassatUy but the leaves, reduced to short spines, are

The species more contiuuoii?

with the stem.

Yar. (?) ephedroldes. Branches often clustered, sometimes quite leafless, but usually witb a very few small spine-like leaves. ^JV. Australia, Drummond, w. 137. The specimens are very bad, and may possibly

belong to a form of D. afhylla.

_

braricheil 38. D. Preissii, Md^m. in Fl. Preiss. i. 50. much glabrous rigid shrub, resembling D. incrassata and D. colletioides, but readily distin; guished by the calyx and stamens. Leaves linear-falcate, vertically com*

pressed especially towards the base or rarely terete, straight or falcate, taper; ing into a pungent point, i to 1 in. long, attached by a broad base and, when flat, usually striate. Flowers 2 or 3 together, on pedicels of 2 or .3 lines oQ a short common peduncle. Bracts minute. Calyx rigid, turbinate-campa'"^' uppff late, about l-^ lines long, the teeth erect, short, 2 somewhat acute, the
lonS ones distinct, rather smaller and not truncate. as twice Keel more than dilatea> as the calyx, uuich incurved but scarcely rostrate. much Filaments 1'"'' especially the outer ones, and cohering in a tube but readily separable. probably large, but only seen youn '

W. Australia,

Kiug George's Sound, A. Cunningli am, Baxter?^ Brummond,

5'^

daviesia:}

XL.
''''^"^*'

LEGUMlNOS^.
-^''^"*'

85

the leaves are vertically 1 to 2 lines broad; in others and almost terete ; in Drummoud's the lower ones are flattened and striate, the upper ones terete.as in I), incrassata.
39.

nfi'L^^i "n"" ^^''f' F"^ s specimens ^^"^"'Sham /" (f fn K irom Baxter?) they are thick

-1153; Vasse

river

and Gordon ranges,

D. spinosissima,
or laterally
^

slirub, TMtli

Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 51. rigid glabrous thick terete sulcate branches. Leaves crowded, linear, almost

terete
iiearly

compressed, thick and rigid with pungent points, mostly

in.

long, divergent

and often somewhat recurved, the base broad,

decurrent wlien young, but at length articulate. Flowers 2 together, the pedicels 2 or 3 lines long. Calyx with a striate turbinate base, nearly 2 lines long, the teetli broad, obtuse cr almost acute, the 2 upper ones shorter but not truncate. Standard fully 5 lines diameter keel twice as long as the calyx. Incurved but scarcely rostrate. Fi;

apparently almost sohtary or rarely

Jnraents

much

dilated,

cohering in a tube, but readily separable.

George's Sound, Baxter, Harvey
"^^"^

Pod about

i m. long, thickly turgid.

irV'^ r^t*"*^^*'
1

^S

wolvded

"^"'

^^'^fi^''^'

species
L

dift'ers

chiefly

Mount Wuljeunp, Freiss, from D. Preissii in its short

near

^^40.
'

Turcz. in Bull. Mosc, 1S53, i. 263. low glabrous ^^^^'^% pubescent shrub, with numerous slender somewhat angular and " tlexuose brandies. Leaves vertically compressed, narrow-linear, pun-

D. pachylina,

tt^^^^-^^''^^^*^^^ }^^.^^ pedunculate ^^]j

-n"^

to

in.

long, the edges

much

thickened.

liiali.

Pedicels short.

racemes or almost solitary. Calyx 1^ lines long, the teeth all

Flowers few Bracts few, veiy narrow-acuminate

Standai-d *^^^' *''^ ^ ^PP^^ ^^^^ ^^*^^^^^ *^ *'^^ middle. t\ ^^|^"a/'*^ the calyx and not so broad as in some species; lower petals &sT^ W^iif?, keel incuiTed. Stamens free. Pod only seen young.

^^

"^ ^^

^^^^

-D

anr Cf^ps

^^^T^^^^J

^yammond, 5/A ColL

n, 43.

This species bears

much resemblance

to

Its

flowers

and peculiar calyx, but the habit and

foliage arc quite dilferent.

^'II-

Tibi-^I^i^

Verticales.

Leaves

vertically flattened, often attached

by

^^^ scarcely decurrent, usually pungent-pointed, Ur.^^ ^'^' <^I^stered, or ^ ' ^ umbelhite-rnccmose.
'^^

riowers

"^^^i-"-'*^

^^'soli-

glabrous A Baifh. in Lindl. Stcan Riv. App. 14. "plat!" ^^'^' with rigid branches, terete or nearly so. vertical. Leaves L ei-ect^'w^ "o-''^^""iboi(lal, from about ! lines to nearly 1 in. long, and about half Y '^' rounded at the iijjper end towards the stem with an erect point
at th''^

^* ,^^^*^^ilatera,

reflexed point at the outer truncate a at the with base an. T^' sessile or slightly decurrent.'thicklv coriaceous, obscurely severalne^e'f] P^ .^""'icles about as lonj? as the leaves, bearing an umbel of 3 to 6 flnw.. Bracts minute, '"^^^'''y breaks out into a very sho ort raceme. ^'lyx li short very teeth "^^^ the base, i'lcluding ate turbiiu' the narrow ^"ff' and ne "''^i' fq"=ilas the calyx, the keel long Petals as twice nearly equal, au,!,
^

*'"'^'

-^

curved.

IJ^

Pod above \
Swan
River,

in.

lnW,W'^"V[f^**"" > IV er,

long.-Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 52. n. 1139; MarPrem, n. 228, and Coll. \d Drummond,

Oldjield.

?.*^*^taj ^'"'^2. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 2G4. Glabrous, with long tMck'r- * "yia branches, Leaves crowded. terete and striate or slightly angular.
t

S6

XL.

LEGUMlNos^,

[Daviesk,

rigid, vertically flat, falcate ovate or almost rliomboidal, pungent-pointed, attached by their broad base, mostly about | in. long and in. broad, but

sometimes nearly as broad as long, more or less striate. Flowers usually several, clustered on a very short common peduncle with minute brac^ts. Calyx about 1^ lines long including the turbinate base, the teeth veiy short, the 2 up-' per ones united and almost truncate. Keel much incurved, almost rostrate. Outer filaments dilated but scarcely coherin^r. Pod not seen. i). admia, -F. jMiicll. Fra-m, ii, 105.
Maa:well

polyp hyll

much-branched, the young branches angular or sulcate. ilattened but thick and rigid, linear or lanceolate, usually falcate, with pungent or rarely almost callous points, | to 1 in. long, the edges thickened, usually naiTowed towards the base. Flowers small, usually clustered on a
Pedicels slender, 1 to 2 in. lon^. Calyx scarcely 1 line long, the turbinate base very short, the teeth small, the 2 upper ones veiy obtuse or truncate. Petals more than twice as long as the calyx, the keel much incurved, almost rostrate. Filaments slender. Pod 5 to 6 hues long, turgid. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 50.
^- '^^^*' ^- ^'<^^^; n. "Sfi" d6\., ^^"^ro*^**' ^62, 233 ; Preiss, n. 1149.

Glabrous and Leaves vertically

very short peduncle, with minute bracts.

Swan

River, Fraser,

Drummond,

it Coll. and

D.augalata, Benlh.
same specimen.

iu Lindl.

ue only a luxuriant state of

D.

Riv. App. 14 ; Meissn. iu PL Preiss. i. 50, proves to polypliylla passing sometimes into the common form on the

Swan

44. D. microphyUa, Benth. Glabrous. Branches striate with raised imes, the smaller branchlets ending in stout thorns. Leaves vertically flat, thick and rigid, ovate or lanceolate, pungent-pointed, 1 to 2 or rarely 3 hnes iong the edges thickened, the base broad, but usually narrower than the micldle of the leaf. Pedicels in our specimens always solitary, slender, 1 to I lines long, with minute bracts at the base. Calyx about 1 line long, tbe -turbinate base very short, the teeth small, the 2 upper ones very obtuse or truncate. Petals and pod of B. pohjphylla.~D. incrassala, Meissn. in PL Preiss. 1. 49, not of Sm.
spinesceut branchlets as well as the the leave* broad of vertical base ; rpnnnv f ^"^"' ^'''' ''^ *^' ^""^'"^ I'^^e ^en of the true D. incrassafa, besides the ^ solitaiy fl^ flowers, which may not prove constant.
1^''

Sll
.

J^'

or vertically compressed or with a promment wmg-like dorsal midrib, usually pungent-pointed, decurrent at the base mto raised angles or along the branches. clustered Flowers shortly racemose.
terete,

Semes

YIII.

Decurrentes. Leaves

angular with the decurrent bases of the leaves, the lower portion straight, with finear, vertically flattened leaves of 1 to 2 m. or more, the flowering branches very flexuose. with small shor er leaves often nearly terete, all Flowers
;

11.

^,fl^e^^Osa, Benth. in Hueg. Emm. 33, V'-' 7o. txlabrous and v-ery rigid branches very

a7td in

Jnn. Wien. Mus.

small, clustered

tapering into a pungent point.

on a very short common peduncle with very small

bracts.

^'iviesia.]

XL. leguminosj;,

87

Pedicels rarely as
binate

ments
in.

Calyx al)Out IJ lines long, sliortly turat the base, the teeth shoi-t, the upper ones truncate and united. Filarather flat, but free. Keel much incurved but obtuse. Pod about f
tlie

long as

calyx.

long. Meissn. in

PI. Preiss.

i.

51.
;

..,^- Australia.
43: Sterling Terrace,

King George's Sound, Huegel and others Freiss, m. 1180 [Injjart). Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped.
^'6^7

Diummond,
151.

Uh

Coll. n.

46._

D. pectiaata,
^'"^'^^^^s

ii.

Glabrous and

prominently angled with the decurrent bases TV""'" of the leaves and not flexuose. Leaves vertically flat, lanceolate or linearlanceolate, tapering from the broad decurrent continuous base to the pungent point, the lower ones often above .1 in. long, the upper ones under \ in., horizontally divaricate and straight or falcate and recurved, more rarely incurved, yaiying in breadth at the base from 1 to nearly 3 lines. Flowers very small, in dense axillary clusters or very short racemes. Bracts ovate, concave, longer tlian in the preceding species but not imbricate. Pedicels exceedingly short, ^alyx about 1 Hue long, obtuse at the base, the teeth very short, the 2 upper .ones truncate. Keel scarcely twice as long as the calyx, incurved, ol)tuse. * ^ ^^'^^^ long. 2). decurrem and D. prioiwides^'Meissn. in PI. Preiss. Ko^ 52; D. latipes, F. Muell. in Linnsea, xxv. 390.
'^^1
,

Near Mount Hope, Mitchell; "Wimmera, Dallachy. ?: ^^stralia. Dombey Bay, WUhelmi. -Australia. Troin Kiug George's Sound to Swan River, Drvmmond, 2^.

Victoria.

n.

234 and

ana eastward to

" ^"f'^^'

1141, 1147,

and 1148, and others; northward Cape Kuobb and Cape Le Grand, Maxwell.

to

Murchison

river, Oldjield;

*"'""*^ of specimens the leaves are recurved-falcate, but in some they are all or tnn H '"' ifx^urved. George's Sound, they are ocKing In froiu a few of Bastci's. Jin u j'f^^ rasionally dilated upwards or oblong-falcate.

A rigid shnib, 213. minutely and densely pubescent, the branches broadly winged by e decurrent bases decontinuously long, of the leaves. in. Leaves under \ ^i^'aricate, recurved and tapering into a pungent point as in D. pec..'^''J^*' "xita, but the upper edge dilated into a horizontal concave or channelled wing. 'J"ina, the midrib decurrent prominent on the back forming the cowers few, in little axillary clusters or very short racemes, with very small Jits. Calyx Ii lines Keel united. and truncate long, the upper teeth ^1? '^^^ed- Pod fully I in. long, very turgid. Australia, Drummond, and ofh Coll. n. 42. Zrd
ii.

|7. D. trigonophylla, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. glabrous or

Coll. n. 77,

very glabrous, 27. Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855. branchlets, pmnately "'"^' '"^'^ ^^^d phyllodineous thick flat lobpr+? ^a> the lanceolate, j to a lobes (or decurrent or triangular vertical leaves) m. lo "' *^P^g to a pungent point, and occasionally branchlets proceet1 from cue seen of the faces not Flowers ^ instead of the edges of the branches. short very a on together 2 to 4 lines long, solitary or 2 or 3 P'^l^'"^" Cn!"^ mrnon peduncle, usually inserted in the centre of one of the_ faces of the Iniitr^ JUoclineous imbricate. ones branch. Br'acts several, small, the lower of base turbinate a '''"^ including long, 4 lines ^out ^ll"e. aboutT-^''^^^ obvciy but distinct "'' *''t^ sl'ort and broad, the 2 upper ones tuse *^^ coriaceous, more than 1 in. long.
'

- fPipIiylla, d^"

VT'

8S
"

XL. LEGUMIN0SJ5.
Gardener's Eange, between

[Daviesik

^^- AustraliaColl. n. IS.

Moore and Murehison

rivers,

Brummond^

Uh

Series IX. Aphyll^.

rarely racemose.

Leaves
^^/i^/^.

none.

Flowers

solitary,

clnstered or

49.

p. euphorbioides,

Erect, glabrous

and glaucous. Branches

cylindrical, not sulcate, very thick, of a pithy texture inside, the small branchlets erect, several inches long, 3 to 5 liues diameter, contracted at the base.

Leaves replaced by minute scattered prickly conical scales, rarely 1 line long. Flowers several in very short racemes or clusters. Pedicels about as long as the calyx. Bracts minute. Calyx broad, 1 line long or rather more, the teeth very short, the 2 upper ones truncate. Petals and pod only seen veiy imperfect, yet evidently showing the geuus. W. Australia, Dnmmond, '^rd Coll. n, 76.
31, and in Ann. Wien. Mm. 11. 75. glabrous tall leafless, paniculately brauched, witli divancate sulcate spinesceiit branclilets, the leaves replaced by minute obtuse or mucronate scales. Kacemes short and few-flowered, inserted on the smaller spinescent branchlets. Bracts very minute. Pedicels slender, usually longer than the calyx. Calyx about 2 lines long, including the narrow turbinate stalk-like base, the teeth very short broad and obtuse, the 2 upper ones almost
_

50.

D. divaricata,

Benth. in Ilueg. erect shrub, quite

Emm.

truncate.

obtuse.

long as the calyx Pod only seen young. Meissn. in Pi. Preiss.
t^vice as

Standard about
^^

keel rather shorter,

i.

47.

the cal

Freiss, ft. ^egel, Drummond, 1st and n. Coll. ^^n^^rf^^*' ^^fc' Ibh and 1 67 ; \ asse river, Point Gregory, and Mnrchison river, 0/dfield. Some almost .^^"^'^'"''^"^ ^ ^- ^o'"^" much resemble this species, but may always be known by

^'^'''''

UO

Hueg. Enum. 31, and in Ann. Wien. Mm^r u. Vk 75. A glabrous erect leafless shrub, the branches slender, terete, panicuMe, the lower barren ones often spinescent, the flowering ones unarmed. -Leaves replaced by minute scales. Flowers on slender pedicels, irregularly racemose,^ formnig a loose terminal dichotomoug trichotoraous panicle,
in

Paniculata, Benth.

or

Calyx about 1 Hue long, besides a narrow stallc-like base scarcely distinguishable from the pedicel, but at length articulate upon it, the broad tube truncate or obscurely toothed. Standard twice as long as the calyx.; keel rather shorter, obtuse. Pod only seen young. ,y^:. ''^",^*"'*"*.- ,Swau River, nuegel. This species, which I have seca iu uo other
collection, differs widely

liracts niinute.

from the rest of the genus ia inflorescence.

52.
leafless

p. aphyUa,

replaced by minute, often scarcely perceptible scales. Eacemes lateral, very short. Bracts very small. Calyx Pedicels slender, shorter than the calyx. I2 lines long, with a short turbinate base, the teeth short, the 2 upper ones broad, more or less united. Standard about twice as long as the calyx keel shorter, broad, curved, veiy obtuse. Pod only seen young. bnt ?"'^'^^\"^e'-. Maxwell. Allied to some forms of B. brevifolla, ih^^ u there l.'^'^^T^^''"' a, no leaves whatever, the calyx is much smaller, and e the keel not at all rostrate. 53. D. juncea, Sm. in Trans. Linn. or shrub Soc. ix. 260. A glabrous

shrub of 2 to 3 terete broom-like branches, neither furrowed nor spinescent.

F. Muell. Herb.

A glabrous

ft.,

with

Leaves

Davima,]

XL. LEGUMiNoSiE.

89

long erect leafless rusli-like slightly branclied stems, terete and smooth or slightly sulcate and not spinesccnt. Leaves replaced by minute scales, very rarely forming short pungent points. Racemes lateral, distant, veiy short andfew-flowered, the rhachis and pedicels concealed at the time of flowering by rigid chaffy imbricate bracts, the outer ones broad and short, the inner ones narrower and often 2 lines long, all very obtuse and striate. Calyx 1 to 1| lines long, with short teeth, the 2 upper ones truncate, united or distinct. Standard about twice as long as the calvx; keel shorter, curved and almost acute. Pod | in. long, very J acute. DC. Prod. ii. 114; Meissn. in
undershrub, with

PLPreiss.i.47.
^^

'

'^Australia. Kiiif; George's Soand, Meiizies, R. Brown, and others, and thence to c Swsn Kiver, Drummond, Freiss, . 1159, IIGO, and 1181, and others. 1 do not feel cerIn the King George'8 Sound specimens aI Hiid the calyx usually 5-toothed, as described by Siniih; those from Swan River are nnme^'^^'"^'^' ^'"^ ""c '^Isc '" '''"it ; they belong to two varieties, both with the 2 upper tlTh f "v! ''^'^'^ united in a truncate these forms the flowers are very upper lip. In one of i 11 J Wall and the calyx-teeth vtry short, and they only differ from D. hakeoides in the absence ^cept very rarely a few very small ones on barren branches; in the other form r^^'

"^

^'"'^

""'' '^*'

^P'''^''^*

here confounded.

tne flowers
tti

are rather larger

and the upper

lip of the calyx is very

prominent.

Branches from a short virgate, leafless, flat or 3-angled, with the angles more or less winged Raand quite glabrous. Leaves replaced by minute scales. cemes veiy short, almost capitate, the pedicels very short. Bracts almost imJJicjlte, the inner ones often 3 lines long, but not so rigid as in D. jiincea and J-'-Meoides, and often Calyx about 2 lines long, the fringed at the edge. tli lanceolate, as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones broader but distinct. |-,tandard not twice as long as the calvx, lower petals shorter. Pod 4 to 5 hneslong.-Bot.Reg.t. DOlPiod.ii. lU.
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 259.

D. alata, Sm. ^oody base, long and

54.

728;

'

'

'

S.
.V
'

Wales.

Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, . 55(5, and others.

A glabrous shrub, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 26C,. hip:li. with slender Leaves leafless branches, flat but not winged. V|placed by minute scales. Flowers solitaiy or 2 or 3 together in a short rane at the ends of small axillary branches, the pedicels each in the axil of
"^;
,

^- anceps,

acute scale-like bract.

'

twi ce as

^] ^""S

is

Calyx about 2 lines long, the teeth subulate-acnStandard the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle.
;

long as the calyx *

seen youno-.

obtuse. incurved, keel nearly long, as a j

Coll. n.

Pod only

WA

"ustralia,

Drummond, 5/A
13.

SO

Phillips river. Maxwell.

AOTUS,

Sm.
or less

lip. upper an in united ^^^^ broader and more "PP^'' 1^ Petl ^' ^<^"S-clawed standard nearly orbicular, longer than the lower. Iietal ^. '''8; wmo-s nl,Ur,. i..i .-.,_ stior sessile oblong Ovary ' TVgs ; keel incurved. Stamens free. j_ minute a with ""'''^'^ filiform, style 2 O'^ short straight funicles ht T^. ; ^ 1 -c ...,'+i,^.,t 'terminal ". St o-T t>^a .... without reniform, Seed Pod '^.^^3-valved. ovate, flat or turgid, anv If li-ophiole often branches with (except ^^^ in ^. p-acillima) .Shnihs, recurved margins the .^^^^^ whorled, ternntely ^''"Ple, scattered or or reu revoiute. threes, on in often Stipules none. clusters, Flowers in axillary
;

JS

Si:

"t

90
sliort pedicels,

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

'

[Jofm

or rarely in sliort terminal racemes.

Bracts small and very

deciduous

bracteoles none.
is

Ovarv

villous.

from Fullenaa chiefly in the want of stipules and bracteoles, and in most cases in the want of any atrophiole to the see Is. It is, in most eases, readily distinguished from Dillwynia and Lalrobea by therectu'ved, not incurved, margins of the leaves, independently of the seeds.
limited to Australia.
It diflers

The genus

Leaves scattered or imperfectly whorled, narrow, with much revolute margins. Calyx usually above \\ lines long. Leaves linear, obtuse or with recurved points. Keel purple. Calyx under 2 lines, the upper lobes falcate or truncate, united above the middle, Plant tomentose, hoary or nearly glabrous.

Seeds strophiolatc (western species) Seeds not strophiolate (eastern species)

...
*

...

1.

2,

A. ^. ^.

gracillima.
villosa.

Calyx nearly 2 lines, the lobes nearly equal. Leaves softly tomcntose Calyx above 2 lines, the upper lobes united above the middle. Flowers axillary , Flowers crowded, in short, terminal, leafless racemes Leaves mostly lanceolate and almost acute. Branches villous. Flowers large. Keel yellow. Ovary sti-

3.

mollis.

...

4. 5.

A. FreissiL
A. phi/licoides.

pitate

"
6.

Branches minutely hoary. Keel purple. Ovary sessile . . Leaves all or almost all in whorls of 3, folded lengthwise or broad with recurved margins. Calyx small, membrauous. Pedicels
recurved.

7.

^. lanigera. ^, genisioides.

Leaves lanceolate, folded lengthwise and prominently keeled , Leaves oval-oblong or broadly lanceolate, not reticulate, silkyvillous wheu young. Ovary sessile Leaves cordate-ovate, sharp pointed. Stipules none. Ovary sti.

8.

A,

carinata.

9.

A. passerinoides.

Pi'^^te

10. ^. cordlfoUa,

S])ha;rolohium eucliilus has almost the technical characters of Aotus, but the lax foliage and long-pcdicellate flowers give it a different habit, and the calyx is quite distinct. Aotas Warthii, Kegel, in Bot. Zeit. 1851, 596, is described with the leaves channelled above and convex underneath, and is therefore probably a Dillwynia, perhaps D.fiori' bun da.
1-1

'

'

1.

A. gracillima, MeUm.

in

PI

Preiss.

i.

59.

tall

shrub, with

elongated brandies, closely reseml)]ing the more slender forms of A. villosa, the branches hoary or slightly tomentcse. Leaves nnrrow-linear, obtuse, 3 to 6 lines long, with closely revolute marfjins, nearly glabrous above, hoary or tomentose underneath. Flowers rather smnller than in A. villosa, brightcoloured and very numerous, forming long dense leafy racemes below the

ends of the branches. Calyx tomentose, scarcely 1^ lines long; the lobes rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broader and more united. Petals fully twice as long as the calyx. Pod rather smaller than in A. viUosa. Seeds (only seen in A. Cunningham's specimens) like those of A. villosa, f xcept that they have a deeply-lobed membranous strophiole.Bot. Mag. t. 4146 ; A. lutennedia, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 60. "W. Australia. King George's Sonnd and adjoining districts, A. CunnhigUm, Bax^
tT

and others, Frei^s,

it

n^MSu

864, and 871

Swan

River,

not for the stroplnole of the seeds, which remains to be verified on I should have considered this as a slender variety of -d. villom,

Were
2.

Bnmmond,

\st Coll. n. ?46. other specimens,

t^

A,

villosa, Sm.in A^in. Bot,

i.

.^04

nyu7 ;

r>-/.H.

r;^

finr^^

n.

249.

^^^^^1

XL. LEGUMlNOS.il.

91

bushy heatli-like shrub, the branches terete, often long and viro-ate usuallv densely tomentose or softly villous, rarely hoary or almost ^labrmis Leaves narrow-hnear or rarely oblong, obtuse or with recurved points, 3 to 6 lines Jong the margins closely revolute, glabrous or pubescent above when young, rte under surface pubescent, but usually concealed. Flowers yellow, with
A

CLT
wtf ng or

keel, axillary, solitary or In clusters of 2 or 3, often '^''^-f'''''.f tomiug long eafy spikes

or racemes below the ends of the branches.

^'^'ct^o'^s-

Pedi-

Calyx pubescent or villous, li lines 'fl' rather more, the obes as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones biiader.
?,'*',

S^-n I On f S; ;

T
,

"^

*/^

^"'^^^"^-

^''''"^''^ *"-^^

'^^

^i^ ^' the calyx

.SL'^'P^l'^f-

9^9; DC. Prod. ii. 108; Lodd Bot. Cab. t. 1353; f~ri"*rr^^"-.*^^^'''^ ^il^osa, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 309 ' ^^ TuliZl'!'- h TVet. Jard. Malm. t. 35 Davlesla ericoide,, Pers. Syn. i. 4?f ';7'^f *; Aotmferruginea, Labill. PL Nov. Holl. i. 104, t. 132; Jotus ericoides, ^'^t- " Pidteium 12^ rosmarinifoUa and P. viroata. Sieb. . viv
'

Pfi^'' I ^.P^'i 2 to 2i

"'"'^y

^"S' the keel incurved, very obtuse. lines long, somewhat turgid. Seeds not stro'^^

'

^i _iixs.

Aotus virgata, ])C. Prod.

ii.

108.

and othTrs otners, Port P.?r+^^; i^"""* ^'"-^.T' Stephens

V Miller Tasm ^ound / ^^Jj

etc.,

^- ^'"""''^ ^''^"'' . 387, 389; Fl. Mixt. n. 581, ' and Tllawarra, M' Arthur. ^^^^^ ^^ wooded valleys and heath ground, Gipps' Land, near Brighton,
j^^^ abundant throughout the island, occasionally covering

many

acres of

in
they are full
^^-s^,

specimens the leaves are ^^^ T*^

th^'

all

short and broad, almost ovate, in othera

Minute truncate bracts may ^^ ^^^ species. bud "' '^^ J'*^* "'y ^ li"e long. Var 7/ '"* Closely to.e,.tuse. Branches short, divaricate and often spinescent* 'to snort '"'f V^-s auorr and narrnw i 4t. at ^^^^''~^" *1^^ Murray Desert, on the Wimmera, etc., F. Mueller, Dal'^^k. and othm
^Jien the

aud with

\'
^

^^'^^'^

^"*^ nearly glabrous, but obtuse, as iu other

forms of ^. vlU occasionally be seen,

Cs swf
n

ttoto ^lllom.

^?** ^^"^^^'!"^^*^

^^ ^^^^^^- Trap. Auslr. 236.

Nearly

allied

to

J.

Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, *to sV ^^^ ^' ^^^ margins revolute, softly pubescent above, densely nisty^onieuto ^^^^^^y^^eath. Mowers clustered in the axils, often arranged in irreo^im^vliorls, nearly sessile. line long, truncate, about 1 Bracts ^\ ^^y
I

densely vclvcty-tomcntose.

de

^fi'ophiolate

^'^^^^ villous, nearly 2 lines long, the lobes nearly equal. Petals not l^*^^^' *^^ ^^ '^^^^ *'*^ ^'*^ calvx, the keel dark and veiy much incurved, Ovarv sh iT ^^^^^^^^'^' ^^^ ^'^^^^^ l^^S^i' than in J, villosa. Seeds not

^'
^^'8

S "wlill^"
th
'

^'^^

-^i^*"

Mantuan Downs

to the

Maranoa, Mitchell

may prove t*K

*^^aracters

England, C. 5/r/; Clarence river, Beekler, It is possible that ^ variety of A, villom, but, besides the indumentum and other minor more regular calyx appears to be constant.
il/"m*.
in

Tk

shrub, with low ascendinc stems, apparently not exceeding 1 ft., pubescent or hirsute, Wes \a^ ^^^f ^ ^"^*^' ^^1'% ^ove | in. long, the margins much revolute, '^'^rous T' '"rsute. Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered, as in A. mllosa.
Preisa.
ii.

^^^^">

PL

214.

92

XL. LEGXJMINOS.^,

'[JotnS.

Bracts 1 line long, very obtuse, very deciduous. Calyx very villous, above 2 lines long, the lobes longer than the tube, all acute, the 2 upper ones falcate and united to the middle. Standard nearly | in. long lower petals shoiler, the keel broad, much incurved, pui-ple. Ovary distinctly stipitate. Pod not
;

seen.

*W. Australia.

Swan

River,

Drutnmond, 2nd (mid Srd f'J ColL

ii.

n. 95.

Var. leiophulla, Meissu. in PI. Preiss. shnnng above ; A. procumhens, Meissn.in

rior, Preiss, n.

845 and 882

Leaves rather broader, glabrous and PL Preiss. i. 60. Swan River and southern inteRobertson's Brook, MaxpjeiL

215.

The

species

is

very near A. viliosa, differing chiefly in the longer and more deep]y-cleft

Apparently a stragoHng slirub, the branches clothed with a whitish toinentum, usually close and dense, but sometimes loose and woolly. Leaves linear or slightly lanceolate-linear, obtuse or
^

5.

A. phylicoides,

F.

Mudl.

Ilerh.

recurved points, i to ^ in. long, with recurved orrevolute margins, nearly glabrous and shining above when full-grown, toraentose Flowers miderneath. in short, dense, terminal, leafless racemes. Pedicels rather shorter than the calyx. Bracts, as in other species, veiy deciduous. Calvx about 3 lines long the lobes as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones much broader, very much falcate, and usually united to the middle. Standard about half as long agam wmgs and very broad keel not much shorter. Ovary nearly sessile. Pod broadly ovate, almost orbicular, about 3 lines diameter, the valves slightly convex. Seeds reniforin, very strongly pitted, not strophiolate. Australia. Murchison river and Port Gregory, Oldjield. The inflorescence is
iPith

W.
6.

quite exceptional in the geuas, and the calyx shows au approach to that of Spharolohium, but the other characters, as ^yell as the foliage, are quite those of Actus.

length glabrous, and shining above, hoary underneath. Flowers axillarv, as in A. villosa, but much longer, and all yellow. Bracts above 1 line long, very deciduous, though not so very early as in A. vilhsa. the Calyx
at
villous,

A. Cumi. ; BentJi. in Ann. JFien. Mns. ii. 78. A stouter shrub than A. vMosa, the branches tomentosc and villous, with soft spreading hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, mostly acute, \ to f in. long, the_ margins revohite, hairy when young, smooth

A. lanigera,

lobes acuiuinate, the 2 upper ones rather broader and slightly falcate. Standard long ; lower petals rather shorter. a Ovary stipitate. Pod veiy villous, much flattened, very obtuse, above 3 lines long.

2^

lines long,

Seeds not strophiolate.

Bn?'^ff^''^!f"^" J3a>', Bidwill; also f'^?^'',' Leichhardl.

^ **'"''"" ^"^y' ^-

Cunningham, Fraser, F. llaeller

i TVide

"Wale

Port Macquarrie, Backhouse.

hoaiy-tomentose underneath, Bracts exceedingly deciduous. Calyx silky-pubescent, 2 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, all acute, the 2 upper ones broader, very falcate, and united to the middle. Standard iully twice as long as the calvx lower petals ; Ovary

volute, coriaceous, glabrous or scabrous above, blowers axillary, as in vinosa, but larger.

Branches Mosc. 1853, i. 268. erect, virgate, minutely hoary-pubescent. Leaves mostly irregularly verticillate in threes, lanceo ate and almost acute. 4 to 8 lines long, the margins re-

shorter, the keel purple.

sessile or scarcely

contracted at the base, and

much

shorter than in the other

^Oks.]
]

XL. LEGUMINOSjE.

S3

species.
2

Style long

and very

slender.

Pod

ovate, very obtuse, tnrgid, about

lines long.

W.
8.

Seeds not strophiolate. Australia, Lnimmotid, 5M Coll. n. 61 and 63,

Meissn, in PL Preks, ii. 215. An elegant shrub, the brandies and foliage densely clothed with long, soft, silky hairs. Leaves

A. carinata,

Bracts ininute, ovato. Calyx not 1 line long, membranous, the lobes much shorter than the txxbe, the 2 upper ones rather broader and rajre united,
.

btandard fully 4 lines long;

curved.

wings shorter; keel

;

still

shorter, purple, inseen.

Ovary

small'

and

sessile

style very slender.

W.

Australia, Drummond, 2nd ColL n. 102, also (3rd

Pod not ColL ?) n, U.

i.

.9. A, passerinoides, simple or slightly branched,

Mehm.
1

in
ft.

PI

Prelss.

61.

Stems

erect,

to
3,

1^

high,

densely and softly villous.

e
.'/

oval-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or \ in, long, the margins recurved or slightly revolute, sottly silky-villous on both sides, or at lengtli glabrous above. Flowers axil^I'J: clustered, the Calyx membrapedicels very villous, about \ line long. rious, about 1 line long, the lobes somewhat obtuse, the 2 upper ones broad,
whorls- of

Y'^ves almost all in almost acute, under

and united above the middle.

purple.

Standard about 3 lines long

keel

shorter,

Ovary

sessile

style filiform, hirsute.

n.

Pod

not seen.

Near Albany, Preiss,

8C8,

shrub of several ft., the branches terete, loosely pubescent, and >ilious with fine spreading hairs. Leaves in whorls of 3, ovate-cordate, acute 1.?'''^^'"^^ almost pungent, 4 to 8 lines long, herbaceous, the margins %U] iglitly recurved, undulate and almost denticulate, finely reticulate, hirsute or t length glabrous. Plowers axilhirv, solitary or 2 or 3 together, the pedis very short. pubescent, slightly Bracts Calyx small, concave. ovate, ^ membranous, 1 to IJ lines long, the lobes rather shorter than the tube, the
^""^s

An erect

hll^^l
1

truncate

and united above the middle.

PI. Preiss.
i.

Standai-d 3 to

lines
stipi-

o' '^^^er petals rather shorter, the keel incurved, obtuse.

i'od

Ovary
n.

r^

small.-Meissn. in
Swan
River,

Gl.
\st Coll.

% in'-n^'^^**'*^*-

Hueael, Dnmmond,

and

251, Freiss,

aud others.

14.

PHYLLOTA,

DC.

idis

y'*'

2 upper lobes broader,

;

clawed
keel

lip; upper an into united sometimes and standard nearly orbicular, longer than the lower petals wings
;

^^^o'lg;

much
^*^^^

incurved.'

Stamens

either

all,

or at least the 5 outer

_

(1''"'^

with
fiini

ucies
1

Leaves heath-bke. usually _ '''"^ strophiole.- Shrubs, '"'i^* ^^atteS ^'eu, linear, H?"' minute iu very or none, with revolute mari-ins. Stipules

5^;s; stigma smaii, terminal. ::''"'* small, terminal, Seerl

united all sometimes and adnate to the petals at the base, ^^ short - on y.^i^ovules 2 iih wiiu ^^ ^ ""= ^^ ^^'"^J"*^ t"'^^Ovary sessile, upsubulate style dilated or and incurved thickened at the base,
t^

Pod rod

ovate,

somewhat

turgul,

2-valved.

94
V

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.

[PJiyllota.

J. humifusa.
villous.
_

Flowers axillary or terminal. Bracteoles often leaf-like, inserted under the calyx and usually closely pressed to it. Ovary small very
'

limited to Australia. It difFcrs from LiUwi/nm, which it resembles ia habit, the revolute. not involute, margins of the leaves, and "in the absence of any strophiole from Aotus the presence of bracteoles ; and from both, as well as from all other allied genera, in the tendency to a union of the filaments with the
is

The genus

m
;

petals.

Mowers

along tlie branches or forming apparently terminal leafy heads or spikes. Keel acute. Style bearded upwards on the inner side. Flowers J in. long. Pedicels very short .
axillary, either
.
".
.

Pedicels filiform, 2 or 3 times as long as the sinuate leaves '^";''^ xr^ ^ t.\. ^.L Keel rather obtuse, as long as the standard wings ; much smaller Style slender, not bearded, but hairy to the middle . , . ! Keel obtuse not longer than the wings. Style glabrous, much dilated below the middle. Erect shrub. Mowers usually crowded towards or at the ends' 01 the branches
\

Howers

1
2.

barhafa
-j-

in.

long.

on F.
3

gracilis.

Siurin

Slender procumbent shrub.

Flowers few'

Flowers

clusters of leaves, terminating\he* branches or very short axillary branchlets

sessile, in

!!'**' ......
^

7'

'

^ V
6

Vlm^f^^J^^

P, pleurandroides.

Preiss.

fiom the muldle upwards, and on the inner side with dense white woolly hairs. Pod ovoid-oblong, turgid, 2 to 3 lines long. Seeds not seen.-Meissn. in Pi.
i.

Petal-claws rather short standard more than | in. long, acuminate ; keel ; nearly as long deeply coloured, rather narrow, incurved and acute or acuminate ; wmgs shorter and imrrower. Five at least of the filaments adnate to the petal-claws at the base. Style dilated downwards, longitudinally fringed

heath-hke shrub of several ft., with pubescent or villous branches. Leaves Imcar obtuse, rarely exceeding i in., the margins closely revolute, glabrous, scabrous or sparingly hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessde, usually longer than the leaves. Bracteoles leafy, dilated at the base, aslong as or longer than the calyx. Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes acummate rather onger than the tube, the 2 upper ones united middle.
78.
to the

Hueg, Fmum. 33, and

in

Ann.

JFien.

Mus

59.

whfchthav;

iTl-

'"^

^"";

*^<=-

1S^3,

i.

267, from the same

district.

GMerf,

n. 255,

^"^^- ^^''- 1853, i. 267. IonBrandies nd'v!!;^^''P^l^"''^-.V'"^^ ^"'^ " '^''' pubescence. Leaves linear, obtuse, rarelv aTovfl''!'^'"^''' '^^''^y ^^^ol^^^e. hoary-pubescent. Flowers fel ni fivT "^^^'mi^^' ""'^^"''y P^^''^^'^' ^ to 3 times as long as the leaves, Brarteolernvl u"'""

der the ca^x and shorter fhan fts tuh^ "Tr^' ^''''^' "^"t li ^=" J"g. the lobes rather th.n ti,. uf"" ""Tf?^ ^"' '^'' ^- "^P^^ ^"^^ ""'t^^ into a truncate upper iip. lb S Jndnrd pi lines l' Standard long; wings shorter; keel 2j nearly as long as the

^''^''^' '^"^'^

their base.

Style thickened downwards, incurved attenuate and pubescent

R\jllota!\

XL. LEGUMiNoSii!;.

'

95

or ciliate
lines

along the inner side above the middle. Pod ovate, obtuse, about 2 long, minutely pubescent. Seed without any strophiole.

W. Australia,
3.

Brummondt

4M

Coll. n. 91.

shrub, with the habit apparently of P. barbata and F phyhcoides, tlie branches usually minutely tomentose-pubescent: Leaves 3 to 4 lines long, obtuse or mucronulate, the uiargins closely revolute more or less tuberculate and sprinkled with rigid hairs when young.
short leafy spikes at the ends of the branchlets. Bracteoles leafy, keeled very acute, almost pungent, as long as the calyx. Calyx about 's lines long the lobes acuminate, almost pungent, the 2 upper ones rather proader the lowest one very narrow. Standard ovate, complicate j keel much lucurved, almost acute, but scarcely rostrate, nearly as long as the standard
crowded

P. Sturtii, Benth.

Flowers

^igs shorter and narrower. Stamens adnnte to the petals at the base. Style Slender, hairy to the middle, but not bearded. Ovary sessile, slightly hairy.
that oj fP^i'^}^^* r. barbata
"

^' ^^'"'^-

'^^''^

'*^P*' *^^

*''*^

flowers

is

aud P. pki/licoides, the

st.vlc is ratlier

were intermediate between dilTcrent from either.

as
it

head eaas or spikes, or

acteoles leafy,
loh

P*^y^^*^oides, Benth. in Jnn. men. Mm. ii. 77. An erect \ \ rJ shrub, of fleath-iike several ft., the branches terete, glabrous pubescent or irsute. Leaves numerous, narrow-linear, mostly about \ in. long, but in some specimens nearly f in., in others not above 4 lines, obtuse or with usually recurved points, T^^ the margins revolute,. more or less tuberculate, g caorous, and sometimes sprinkled with erect hairs, rarely quite smooth and glabrous. Flowers almost sessile in the upper axils, forming terminal leafy

by the elongation of the terminal shoot, lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the calyx-tube, and often
lateral
^''^'^'^

becoming

i"^

^^^^-'

2i

to

3i

lines long, glabrous or villous, the

lowe''^ but ""w

short

"

Z"*''*^^

^^^n'^*'

t^i^'i'i

^lie lateral

ones.

Standard 4 to 6

lines

long;

fi'tlier

shorter, the keel broatlcr than the wings,

much

incurved,

fJ^^'
^'

middl
calyx

T
J

united at the base in a rin^ g or '^^""^ tapering into the style, which is much dilated below the ^^''^'^ gl-'i'ji'ous. Pod ovate or shortly oblong, included in the
-^'^'""^^'its

and petal-claws

all

mn
'

'

without any strophiole.

Fi/Hnio'a phijUcoules, P. aspera, P.

Pi-od.
ii.

mZ'v
B^Mi

^'

*^'''-'^.

Sieb. in

DC.
-^

113
'

Fhr/llota pilosa,

P.

?'"''*'^'

^' BMardieri,

P. aramMora, P. sauanosa, aud P.

-^
'

Bauerl,

"^^t.mAnn.Wien.Mus.ii. 77.
ga^nsland.
"

Mueller. F. M'GilHvray, ; ^""^ J-icksou to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 405, 406, *07 408 ^t ^'^^Go.ulburu, C. Moore. near Shepherd; 583, and others, Tllawarra, 7 The ch'^ distinguish several to 1"!^" "'^''''i> endeavoured ^''ter De had Candolle, I species err 1 ''"^^'^ ^'^len applied to the lartre number of specimens I have now had ^
JR.

Sandy Cape,

Brown

Moreton

Island,

'^'''

efore

me

in

the

''^es

varieties, niaikcd them eveu into Au'" size ^^"s. tle erect spreading: or recurved leaves, etc. in infl nnorescence depend often on the period of development.

^"''^^''^

^ distribute

much as they The snpposed

differ
diffe-

prostrate, Stems With sTp Leaves narrow^^^^"'^i'lg branches, glabrous or nearly so. linear nKf revomargins ^^'^^'^ ^ recurved point, the long, ^"^ lines 3 2 to lute se ^'^"rous or inconspicuous.' quite glabrous. or minute Stipules very

^^^^^sa,

A. Cunn. Herb, (under Bilhcynm).

'

93

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.
tlie

[Phyllok,

Tlowers few,

ends of the branches, on very short pedicels. Calyx about 2 lines Bracteoles leafy, linear, longer than the calyx-tube. long, the lobes short, with subulate points, the 2 upper ones broader at the base. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx; lower petals rather shorter, Filaments mostly adnata to the keel purjile and much incurved, but obtuse. the petals at the base. Ovary tapering into a thickish style, attenuate and curved upwards. Pod not seen.
axillary,

below

N.
6.

S. ^Vales,

"VVombal Brush, Argyle county,

-F.

A, Cunningham,,

p. pleurandroides,
difiuse,

MnelL

in Trans.

PJdL

Inst. Vict,

i.

38.

Branches virgate or

pubescent or villous.

the branches, but often crowded short recurved point, under \ in. long, the margins closely revolute, glabrous
scal>rous or hirsute

Lefives scattered, few along at the ends, nan^ow-linear, obtuse or with a

when young,

the broad midrib alone appearing undersessile in a

neath,

riowers small terminal or on very short axillary shoots,

floral loaves, ciliate

and imbricate at the base. Bracteoles broad, obtuse, shorter than the calyx-tube. Calyx pubescent, ly to nearly 2 lineS Petallong, the lobes short, the 3 upper ones truncate and more united. claws nearly as long as the calyx-tube, more or less adnate to the stamens at
their base

dense tuft of

standard fully twice as long as the calyx lower petals rather shorter, the keel much incurved, but obtuse. Ovary tapering into the style, which is dilated downwards and slightly pubescent, but without any longitudinal row of hairs. Pod broadly ovate, shorter than the calyx. Victoria. In the Grampians, F. Mueller, S. Australia. Mouut Barker, Whitlaker ; Kangaroo Island, Z Sfuelier ; Spencer'3
;
;
.

Gulf, mi/ieimi.

15.
.

GASTROLOBIUM,

K. Br.

Calyx 5-lobed, the 2 upper lobes usually broader and united higher up. Petals clawed. Standard orbicular or reniform, emarginate, longer than tlie lower petals Avings oblong keel broader than the wings and usually shorter. Stamens free. Ovary stipitate or rarely sessile, with 2 ovules on straight
; ;

and

filiform funicles.

Pod

Style incurved, filiform, witli a small terminal stigma. ovoid or nearly globular, turgid, continuous inside, the valves coriaceous.

Seeds (where known) strophiolate.

Shrubs.

Leaves on very short

petioles,

more or
ple and

less distinctly verticillate or opposite, or occasionally scattered, simFimvers entire, usually rigid. Stipules setaceous, rarely wanting.

yellow or the keel and base of the standard purple-red, in terminal or axillary racemes, eitherloose or contracted into corymbs or whorl-like clusters. Bracts
bracteoles usually very deciduous, in a few species the brown rigid bracts persist nearly till the flowers open. Staminal disk usually very short. Ovary

and

very villous.

The genus

is

luniteJ to

West

Australia.

It is closely allied

on

phiolate species of Ojri/lobium, only differing from them in the number 2, and on the other to Fulteniea, from which it is distinguished by the habit, the coriaceous podleaves, the bracteoles either deciduous or inconspicuous turgid and the more coriaceous Several of the species are sent as the Poison-plant of W. Australia, especially G, bilohuf^ and G, Callhiachys.
.

strotie to the OTie of ovules constantlj

hand

Sekies

I.

Axillares, i?flc7^/^j
-t

contracted into clusters or keads^

all or ^^^^'i

{wlNar^,

Gaslrohhum,]

"

XL.

leguminos^,
at

97
both

Leaves ovate or oblong,

ends, coriaceous.

obtuse truncate or equally rounded

....

Leaves mostly above 1 in. long. Calyx-lobes nearly equal, leaves ovate or oblong, glabrous, llowers large. Calyx very
villous
.

i^

j^yramidale.

Leaves oblong, tomentose underneath. Calyx silky . Leaves mostly

Flowers rather small.

.

..

2.

^. LehmannL

Calyx silky, the 2 upper lobes Flowers small Braachlets very angular, minutely silky-hairy. Leaves J to 1
i,
terete,

under 1 in. long. connate above the middle.

^'^[fg iiranchlets
^ ^^ , Leaves under
i^ea\es

G.puIcheUum.
<?.

loosely

pubescent.

Leaves mostly under

5.
.

BrowniL

Calyx villous, the lobes nearly equal \ in. long. thin, cordate-orbicular or broadly obovate, truncate, much
Flowers and fruits small cuncate or spathulate, obtuse or truncate, or with a very

6.

G. reticulatum.
(?.

undulate.

^>es

7.

truncatim.

short point.

Calyx silky, about 2 lines long. Leaves oblong, slightly

cuneate, mostly under \ in. long . . Leaves spathulate, i to 1 in. long, or obovate under i in. . . ^alyi loosely villous, 3 to 4 lines long, i^aves obovate, truncate, with a small point. Ovary stipitate

G. BrowniL 8. G, spaihufatum.
5. 9.

G.
G=.

pUcatum.
tricnspidatum.
slipulare.

Leaves cuneate, 3-pointed. Ovary sessile J^aves narrow-linear. Stipules very lon^
aves

10.
4.
,

(?.

i^ves tapering into a pungent point. leaves obovate-rhomboidal Leaves ovate-acuminate . . .

narrow-obloug or cuneate, with a "short puusent point

5.

G. BrowniL

' ,

' . .

11. G. ohovatunu 12. ff. epacridioides.

wes
^^es

j-iobed, the lateral lobes divaricate. sliort and axillary

M-ith

Eacemes

loose,

but

U.
Flowers
14.

G. iriiohum.
ilicifoliim,

pungent teeth or lobes above* the middle.

<Jensely

clustered in the axils

ff,

'^'^^^^^^^--J^'iccmes termhial or axillary, elongated, cylindrical one^edlT 7A a. Kitk few distant jtairs offlowers or rarely short and dense.
aves

obtuse tmncate or emarjrinatp, with or without a smaU deciduous poiut.

broad

ves

^cemes
leave7fl\

Ovary-stipes rather long, "cemes long, pedunculate. Caljx 3 lines or more. 'ai-ge. Style thick. Pod as broad as long
sessile, 1

much undulate.

Standard
IS-

^- ^'fosi'^.

in. long,

"^'

%!
.

llowers small. Calyx barely 2 slender. Pod longer than broad . . .

sessile.
. .

U. 6. polystachyum.
17. G.

lonw 'ger than broad

stYrl=^'^*^'i,?^^'

"\'''^-

^''^'^J nearly
.
. .

Style slender.

Pod
ovahfohum.
grandtflorum.

^ ^^o"?-

Wsn V
T

^''Sr"' '^^''i'^'ar-eordate.
.

Calyx 3 Hues T^v'es flat, cuneate .

7^-

tatp

Racemes loose. Ovary on a long <^^'yx 4 or 5 lines long Racemes dense, oblong. Ovary stipi. .
.

18-

<?

. !

Of V W
'

Vi. G.pycnostachyum. 30. G. velutinum.

20. G. spinosum. 21. G. rotnndfohum,
22. G. mtcrocarpum.

" P^^^S'^'^t poi'nt.

''"'^t^ ^'^

'"'^^t > triangular, entire or prickly-toothed E'"'']^^

Jm"^^^

orbicular, entire

.......

.
.

. Bracts brown seabrown, 3 Bracts lines long. ill!^^'P"^^'*'^<="t> fully ' " "013 . 23 ^^^ir.

Cain ?"'=
.

"''"'"-'^y

2 lines long.

scarious

C. oxylolwides.

,.


XL. LEGUJllNOS.i:.
Calyx glabrous, fully 5 lines long. Eracts large Leaves with lateral pungent lobes or angles
[Gasfrololitiw.
.

93

membranous

^. cahjcinmn. 13. G^. tniobum.

24.

Leaves narrow or cuueate, obtuse or emarginate. Leaves linear, 1 to 2 in. long, scarcely verticillate, ^ r^ n iv t i achj/s. list Cat G, .25. . long Eacenies reciirved. margins the flat or Leaves Kacenies short and Leaves folded lengthwise or involute.
.

dense Leaves oblong. crassijolium. <^. long 1 in. 27. about keeled, strongly Leaves opposite or verticillate, Leaves under J in. long, the midrib scarcely prominent. farvifolum. G. 28. glabrous Calyx scarcely verticillate. Leaves crowded, hamulosnm. G, 29. short . very Racemes Calyx villous. Leaves verticillate. Leaves, emarginate.
.

2^^

G. sie^iojphyUum.

Racemes

cylindrical.
in. long,
. .

the margins sli^^htly recurved Leaves mostly \ . . Leaves mostly 1 in. long, the margins revolute Racemes contracted almost into an umbel

30. 31.

G. vehdinim.
6^.

bidens.

32.

G- bilooim.
all or

Series
mostly
1.

I.

Axillahes.
assuming

Eacemes
tlie

contracted into clusters or lieads;

81, icitU a fig.

axillary,

appearance of whorls.

Comp. i. vuloiis. loosely or stout handsome shrub, the young branches softly pubescent Leaves mostlyverticillate in threes, ovate or rarely broadly obovate-oblong, laO^ to point, 1 small or without a very obtuse truncate or emarginate, with coriarigidly base, in cultivation 2 in. long, rounded or broadly cordate at the otinerve-like, ceous, reticulate, glabrous, the margins often thickened and snoi dense in keel, pules usually long. Tlowers bright yellow with a red luies to 4 umbels or heads, on short peduncles, axillary or terminal. Calyx 3 xo stipitate. shortly long, very villous, the lobes nearly equal. Ovary very t. ^^^ f>3, ii. Gard. not seen. Oxijlobium ovalifoUnm, Linfll. and Paxt. Fl. 18oo, Mosc. Bull. not of Meissn. Gaslroloh'mm polycepjiahwi, Turcz- in flowers]. smaller 274 G. cremdulum, 1. c. 273 (with rather narrower leaves and J/^^' const, S. beach, IV. Australia, Brummond, Uk CoU. n. 54 and 55 Cheyncs
T. Moore, in Gard.
i' ;
;
;

G. pyramidale,

tall

^^^ retusnnh welL The species very closely resembles some specimens of Oxijlohlnm indumentum is not silky, and tbe ovary 2-ovulate.

2.

G. Lehmanni,

Meissn. in

Fl

Preiss.

i.

70,

and

li.

217.

An

erect

shrub, probably of several ft., the branches sma or long, Leaves oblong, very obtuse or emarginate, mostly 1 to 2 in. nen thickened on the side-branches, rounded at the base, very coriaceous, the like margins often minutely crenulate, glabrous above, the reticuiati scarcely visible there, and quite concealed underneath by a soft whitish ^^^^,
softly

tomentose-pubescerit^
^

Flowers rather small, in axillary clusters. Calyx silky-tomentose, mo little a lobes rather narrow^ about equal to the tube, the 2 upper ones ratne acuminate, connate than the others. Ovi:iy shortly stipitate. Pod longer than the calyx,
turn.
,

Son. CoIL Srd Brummond^ 806, silkyBranches 3. G. pulchellum, Turcz. in Bull Mosc. 1853, i. 274. pubescent, much more slender than in G, Lehmanni, which this ^P^^^^5/*^g "^vit emarginate, sembles in some respects. Leaves oblong, obtuse or re coriaceous, minute recurved point, under 1 in. long, rounded at the base, la or axils Flowers rather small, clustered in the upper culate, ghibrous.

V^. Australia-

In the

interior, Pveiss, w.

Oastrolohium^
r

XL. LEGUMrN'OS:^,

99

not usually exceeding the leaves. Calyx silky-pubescent, about lines long, the lobes rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Keel deeply coloured. Ovary on a rather long stipes. ^ ^ Pod not seen. ^

terminal liead,

W. Australia^
4.

Drummond,

Uh

Coll. n. 57.
ii.

otnws.

218. Branches erect, densely leaves with long soft hairs. Leaves crowded, scarcely or irregularly whorled, narrow-linear, mucronate, 1 to liin. long, rigid, at_ length nearly glabrous, the margins revolute, the midrib and transverse veins very promment underneath. Stipules setaceous, remarkably long, often auaimng ^ m. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicels short, axillary. Calyx siiKj -villous about 2-| lines long, the 2 upper lobes rather broader than the

G. stipulare, Meissn. villous as well as the young

in PI. Freiss.

Pod

ovoid, turgid, acute, about 3 lines long.

Seeds

2, strophiolate.

with
Tin.k polls

-Drawo</, Zrd Coll. n. 93. This species has no immediate affinity ai"i ^nf ^^ '^"^ Senus, and has more the aspect of some Oivlohiums, but the young , .\ "l^" ^ show / that there are only 2 ovules.

*''*^**'

T^

shrub, attaining several -p* ^^o^^^iij Ihism. in. PI. Preiss. i. 71. A feft' ''^^^'^^cs pubescent or villous. Leaves obovate or oblong, but ^r'n sually broader above than below the middle, and sometimes almost liuearneate, rounded or truncate, with a short rigid or puugent point, in some pecimens not exceeding in., in others to 1 in. long, obtuse at the base,

so%

'

clust

intrth

reticulate, glabrous, often slightly undulate. Flowers in axiUary ^'^^f ci'o^^ded in the upper part of the branches, but rarely exceed1

npe.

^'^^y^ ^^^^^y ^^l^ous or nearly glabrous, 2 to 2^ lines long, the unriP 1 T^^^' ei lobes united Pi above the middle. Ovarv on a lon^ stipes. Pod not seen
vl?*^-

A'^stralia.

02 {Herb

Sd
1

'^"^^'^

summit

of Jfount Wuljcuup, Plantagcnct district, Freiss, n.

Meissnert^l'n?!'^*"* "^ less

mucrouate

"'

^'- ^^^'^^^' ^
"^^''^^'"

''1'

^ ^^^

^'o Drummond, n. ^'^" ^""""^ ^' ^'''^"'""'

to according and, 73,

^^'^^^^ ^" ^^* shorter,

gate'

^**culatum, BeiM. P*

A low

slirub,

with

erect, rather thick, vir-

^^"^^^^ose branches. whoris of 3, crowded, irregular Leaves in oval'or Ti =' ^ * '^ o^" rarely 4 lines long, .obtuse, erect and often almost iinbrif. f coriace^* *^^^ ^^^^' spreading thickly upwards, or recurved ous ^11
axillary, Flowers none. reticulate. Stipules nsuallv f Bracts m-egular whorls below the ends of the branches. concqvp i"^'"^ ^""^^^"^ ff lo"S before flowering. Pedicels short, villous, Bractpni broad, lobes the long, ^^^^^ lines villo'is. ^^^1 nearly 3 nearlv f^"^' as again ^ long ^ as half ^^ about as the tube. Petals the calv ^"S i' Pod sessile. nearly Ovary coloured, broad, obtuse. '^^'^P^^ learlv l^ i long. lines ^^^^ about 3 slightly villous, acute, coriaceous, ^ 1 Seeds
'"-^
i

nd densely

tata

i;y^']''^''^^-~'^tiia^la reticulata, Meissn. ^fwcz.in. Bull. Mose. 1853, i. 272.

in. PI. Preiss.

i.

65

Kpmc

"*

drummond, 8eeaP?7"*'

^fnmmond's

have I n. 870. Preiss, Coll. n. 69; iu the interior, witH ideutity the of doubt ^P"'^''^"' ^^^ Meissuer'a descriptiou leaves no

5M

G truncatum, Benth.

slender, and short but numerous, Branches

100

XL. LEGUMlKOSiE.

[Gastrolobiunu

Leaves nearly orbicular, mostly about | hirsute witli long spreading hairs. point, long fine into a produced midrib end, the truncate the at in. long, broad and often cordate at the base, the margins much undulate, scarcely
coriaceous, glabrous and reticidate above, pale underneath and sprinkled with Flowers small, in axillary Stipules setaceous, deciduous. a few long hairs. clusters of 3, sometimes borne on a short common peduncle, the pedicels about

1 line long, recurved, each in the axil of a small ovate or lanceolate very deciduous bract. Calyx membranous, slightly hairy, about 1| lines long, tlie lobes about as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones rather more united thaa Ovary shortly stipitale. Standard twice as long as the calyx. the others. Pod nearly 3 lines long, shortly acuminate.

IV- Australia, Drummond {Uh

ColL

?), w. 30.

The

leaves of this species are much

thluner than usual in the genus, and recall iu some measure the foliage of Aotuscordifohns, The seeds of the first pod I opened also had no strophiole, but 1 found the strophiole perfect in the seeds of several other pods, and the general habit and stipules are those of GasirolohiuM,

ipathulatum
shrub, with erect virgate nearly simple stems, oftea imder 1
ft.

small

high, slightly

hoary or silky-tomentose. Leaves spathulate, y to 1 in. long, 3 or 4 lines broad, rounded truncate or emarginate at the end, with a minute point, tapering at first rapidly, and afterwards gradually to the base, folded lengthwise, coriaceous, much reticulate and glabrous. Flowers small, in axillary clusters or short racemes, never exceeding the leaves. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 2 lines long, the two upper lobes united above the middle. Keel deeply coloured. Ovary on a long stipes. Pod not seen ripe. Meissn. in PI-

Preiss.

i.

71.
\st

W,

Australia,

ColL

and

n.

72, also (according

to Meissner) . 208

Mount

Bakewell, Freiss, w. 800, mixed with Oxylolium cuneaium, which this species much reembles, but may be distiiiguislied by the more spathulate and much more reticulate leaves, besides the constant ditFerence in the number of ovules. Var. (?) laiifo/ium. Stems loosely villous. Leaves broader and not above i 'n. long, loosely ^ tomentose underneath when young. Calyx more villous. W. Australia, Bmnmond; Phillips Ranges, Maxwell. The specimens are scarcely sufTicicnt to determine whether they may not rather be a variety of G, Brownii.

A 274. trunshrub, the young- branches toiuentose-villous. obovate-cuneate, Leaves cate, with a small recurved point, the angles roundedj mostly about 1 in.lon?* folded lengthwise, very coriaceous, glabrous and often somewhat glaucous, the axilreticulations fine and not very conspicuous. Flowers Stipules long. lary, loosely clustered. Calyx very viltous, about 3 lines long, the lobes nearly equal. Standard twice as long as the calyx ; keel deeply coloiired. Ovary on a long stipes. Pod stipitate, very hirsute, exceeding tiie calyx, "W*. Australia, Drummond, ^th ColL n. 50.
9.

G. plicatum,

r?*c^.

mi?. Mosc. 1853,

i.

stont,

rigitJ

10.

G. tricuspidatum,

Jfm^w.

in

PI

Prehs.

i.

66.

stout, rigiJ

branches scarcely angular, softly villous. Leaves rather crowded, cuneate, truncate, or shortly 3-lobed, with 3 short rigid points, | to 1| J"" long, very coriaceous, more or less folded lengthwise, villous when young, at
shriib, the

length glabrous, reticulate underneath, and drying usually of a yellowish tinge. Flowers axillary, clustered. Calyx loosely villous, about 3 lines long, t^ lobes rather broad, acuminate, the 2 upper ones shortly united. Ovary ses-

Gastrolobium.l

xL. leguminos.e.

101

with the 2 ovules at the base of the cavity. Style nearly straii?ht. sessile, acute, enclosed in the calyx. Seeds strophiJlate.
sfle

Pod

W.

Australia, Drummond,

n.

212

in

tlie

interior, Preiss, n.

839.

11.

G. obovatnm, Benth.

in Lindl.

tomentose-pubescent. species, from obovate to rhomboidal, under 1 in. Ioninto a pungent point, narrowed below the middle,
ous reticulate, glabrous.

ratuer slender,

Riv. Jpp. 14. Branches Leaves more scattered than in most

Swan

tapering more or less folded lengthwise, coriace-

Flowers axiUarj', in rather loose clusters, like those 01 Ix. spathulatum. Calyx about 2 lines long, silky- villous, the 2 upper lobes united above the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx; keel-petals often free. Ovary on a rather long stipes. Pod not seen.
Bak^^lf^P^**'*^'*'o'^''" i>akeeil, Prem,
n.

River, D,?M;?^,

1*^

Coll., also

n.

874 and (according to Meissuer)

74 and 206; Mount

800 in part.
i.

Leaves numerous, very spreading, ovate, acuminate, with a pungent point. 4 to 8 lines long, coriaceous, very ngici, shmuio above, glabrous, coarsely reticulate. Stipules none. Flowers axiJJary, loosely clustered. Calyx silky-villous, nearly 3 lines long, the lobes acute or acuminate, the 2 upper ones slightly uiiited'at the base. Standard ^^" ^^ tlie ca'yx ; keel deeply coloured. Ovary shortly, but ,r^^^? iiiclJy stipitate. Pod ovoid, acute, about Z lines long, veined, transversely > o, i loosely hairy. Seeds not seen.

^'. Pacridioides, Meissn. in s]/5" naer, virgate, loosely villous branches.

PL

Preiss.

72.

tall

shrub, with

Sh

W
^

George's

S ound, 7

^'^mmona,n. iVB; Darling 1 Maclean, The' species is in many

dentil in Lindl.
.

Kange, Eraser, freiss,

respects allied

3V ; Mng to Oxylohlum aculum.

n.

no/
loii-

^' *'^^^^
'

Swan

Riv.

Jpp .13.

Much-branched,
to 1 in.

""*' ^"'^ ^"'^^ glabrous.

t

Leaves rhoinboidal or 3-lobed, i

"^^^^."o
oate"

^^^^ ^

pungent point, the

lateral lobes or angles veiy divari-

lanceolate, almost as in Oxi/lobium staurojphjllum, sometimes verv u'"^i'''^^ ^^^ ^^^ short, always ending in pungent points, the leaf usually folded Ienu4! ^^^^ coriaceous, often glaucous, the fine reticulations scarcely prom'^^'^f' "^^""'.^^'^ ^'^^' i" ^oose axillary racemes not usually exceeding the leaves"^ r ''^^ 'l"'^*^ glal)rous or minutely pubescent, 2 to 2^ lines long, the lower i I, '''^"*^' ^^"^ ""''^ broad, united above the middle into a ^
Irunp i'
petals
'

"PP*^^'

"T"'
"'r^yy
stipitate.

^^P"

'""s

^
Pisces

a'^out twice as long as the calyx ; the lower long, the keel not so deeply coloured as in some species.
^'^n^^'^i'^i

Pod

not seen. Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

nhcr, Drummojid, Ut
Coll.
is

i.

66.

nfrtvir"*" ^eemosa }l It^^^' out the

>

^^"""^

and

^''^^^' ^' ^-^racemes are short

^''^ inflorescence

87 (or 187?); sterile sometimes almost that of the

n.

and rarely more than 4-flowered.

teeth, sometimes above pungent the middle, few by a very nr p^"-"^"^ ^"d undulate, the leaf entire and tapering at the base, gla''rous smooth reticulate underneath, above, finely penniveined and StinnlV 'T""^' Calyx silky^"clustered. I^'l^wers densely axillary, villous 2 t * to 2i lilies long, the 2 upper loLes slightly united at the base.
^^P*^^^'''^'.V
'

WlerH

^^^^*^*>li^m Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 67. A tall, rather stout shrub t?* branches softly pubescent or villous. Leaves from nan-owcuneaf i ^f""" ^'^^^^y elliptical, li to 2 i in. long, obtuse acute or truncate,

102
Standard hvice as long as

XL.
tlie

LEGUMiNos^.
;

\_Gastrolobmn,

calyx

keel deeply coloured.

Ovary

stipitate.

Pod

broadly ovoid, rather longer than the calyx.

The species approaches sometimes in foliage OxijJoUum iricuspidaiuniy but the leaves arc more toothed and the ovary different. Var. lohaitim. Leaves narrow, with revolute margins, divided above the middle into 1, 2 or 3 pairs of opposite, divaricate, short, broad, divaricate lobes, all ending in pungent

IV

and there are often small pungent teeth in the undulate sinuses. (?. verticillatum, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 28. Between Moore and Murchison riyevB, Druwmo?id, (jih Co/L n. 24. Different as this appears at first sight, there are specimens in which the leaves pass from the one form to the other, and the inflorescence and flowers are the same in all.
points,

Series

II.

EACEMOSi*;.

Eacemes terminal

or occasionally axillarjs elon-

gated, cylindrical or 1-sided, or reduced to a few distant pairs of flowers.

15, G. villosum, JBenlL in Lindl, Swan Riv. Jpp. 13. decumbent shrub, with ascending stems, the branches in our specimens above 1 ft. long,
softly tomentose,

and hirsute with spreading

hairs.

Leaves opposite,

ovate,

broadly oblong or almost ovate-lanceolate, very obtuse, truncate or emarginate, with or without a small point, 1 to 2 in, long, the margins undulate,
the base broad, truncate or slightly cordate, coriaceous, glabrous or slightly hirsute underneath. Eacemes terminal, pedunculate, often 3 or 4 in. long, Bracts brown and rigid, lanceolate-subidate, often persisting till the flowers

Calyx about 3 lines long, villous, the 2 upper lobes connate about to the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx, orange-red, lower petals
^

expand.

shorter, purple-red, the keel shorter than the wings. short, incurved. Pod broadly ovoid, stipitate, about

Ovary stipitate. Style 4 lines long. Bot. Eeg.

Darling Kange,

1847,

Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 68. W.Australia. Swan Eiver, Lrummond,

t.
;

45

Isi

ColL and n. 194;

Preiss, n. 810.

polystacliyTi

An

erect or

spreading shrub, the branches tomentose-villous. Leaves mostly opposite broadly oblong, often more or less cuneate, truncate at the end* | to 1 in. long or rarely more, the margins undulate, the base rounded, coriaceous, glabrous above, softly pubescent or villous or rarely at length glabrous underneath.
rarely above 1 in. long. Bracts brown and rigid, ovate, concave, rather acute. Flowers much smaller than in G, villosum. Calyx villous, about 2 lines long, the tipper lobes scarcely united at the base. Standard twice as long as the calyx
axillary or terminal, scarcely pedunculate,

Eacemes

and

wuigs

as in G. villosum, shorter
Ic.

Pod

than the standard and longer than the keel

Hook.

shortly stipitate, ovoid, acute, scarcely 3 lines ^

PL t.

612.

loivrOxuhbium ^
71,

bat'dhm^

32.

G, ovaHfolium, Henfr. in Gard. Comp, l 41, wllh a copied ^^ fg., Lemaire, Jard. FL t. 247. Apparently a low, diffuse or procumbent shrub,
17.^

the young branches villous.

.

Leaves mostly opposite, ovate, orbicular

-, nerve-like, not
.

or

-.

the margins thickened and above, reticulate and villous or at length llaceines glabrous underneath, nearly sessile, rather slender, 1 to J5 In. long. Bracts brown, rigid, acumi-

lon in. 1 to ^......^, I undidate, coriaceous, glabrous

Gasfrolobium.]

XL.

leguminos^.
Calyx
villous,

103
2J

nate.

Flowers nearly
3 lines long-.

sessile,

smaller tlian in G. villosum.

to nearly

Petals less unequal in size than in G. villosum, the loner ones deeply coloured. Ovary very shortly stipitate ; style filiform, rather
long.

Pod ovoid, acute, about 3

Brmnmond,

lines long.

W. Australia,
agree in

n. 31, 39,

and

Suppl. n. 27.

The

desci'iption

and figure

every respect with our plant, except that the racemes are usually longer iu the wild

specimens.

18.

G. grandiflorum,

V. Mnell. Fragm.

iii.

17.

Apparently a

tall

shrub, with

something of the aspect of Oxijlohium Callidachys, the young

branches
glaorous

and inflorescence softly silky-pubescent, the full-grown foliage nearly and glaucous. Leaves opposite or the upper ones alternate, from

obtuse or emarginate, 1^ to 3 in. long, flat, coriaceous. Kacemes short, loose, axillary and terminal, with few, large, pedicellate flowers. Calyx softly pubescent, 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes much shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, falcate, and united nearly to the mid[Jle. Standard fully shorter, the keel much rather petals in. diameter, lower f mcurved and deeply coloured. Ovary very hairy, on a long glabrous stipes. Pod short, but not seen ripe.

ovate to oblong,

W. Australia.
19. of
(t.

AVhittington Range,

M'Bomll

Stuart; Purdic's Ponds, WaterTiouse.

G. pycnostachyum, Beutl.

A rigid shrub, apparently with the habit

ovalifoUim, but nearly glabrous or with a close hoary or almost silvery tomentum on the branches and under side of the leaves. Leaves mostly opposite, broadly i^^- Jo"S' very obtuse, flat, cordate-ovate or orbicular, 1 to

Eacemes terminal, coriaceous, of a pale silvery or yellowish colour. oblong, very dense, about 1 in. long. Flowers crowded, the pedicels short. J^alyx softly villous, about 3 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper scarcely broader Standard united. more rather but others, than the
diameter; lower petals shorter; keel broad and much incurved, ^'ary very hairy, on a rather long glabrous stipes. Pod not seen. "^. Australia.
East IMount Barren, Maxwell.
in
20.
5 to 6 lines

rigidly

G. spinosum, Bodh.

Liudl.

Swan

Riv. Jpp. 13.

shrub

of

clothed ft., usually shoots 4 young the ''.Jo quite glabrous, but sometimes persismore a J^ith a very evanescent with pedicels wool, and the calyx and ^ei" down. puna endmg ovate-cordate, Leaves mostly opposite, broadly 'It poiut and bordered with pungent teeth', or rarely almost or quite entu'e, glauoften and * to li lu. Ion-, coriaceous, often as broad as long, rigidly about 2 broad, Calyx Eacemes fs. loose, pedunculate, 1 to li in.long. Uneslong, the imited ones upper 2 the lobes much shorter than the tube, ^ea% to the shorter rather wings ; diameter top.

aid scarcely Ovary coloured. deeply exceeding the keel, which is broad and "la rather long acuminate ovoid-falcate, stipes ; style rio-id. Pod glabrous,

Standard

striate,

in.

with * to 5 lines xi. 171, Mag. long.-Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. G8; Paxt. "S-; G. Premii, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 68. Kalgan ' 186 and n. 48 Coll. and Swan 1st Dnmmond, River, rivn^V^'"'*''''^^*Loll. . 2ud specmiens '^" Naturaliste and Frccmantle. Old/eld. Drummond's 130 r referred <^. here in PI. Preiss. ii. 21G, belong in our sets to Bossiaa Aqw/ohum
;

'^-

inangulare.

points at the pungent with Leaves trinnsuln^-cordare, quite entire,

104
^

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Jjastrolobiuvi.

angles.

Flowers smaller, the racemes looser aud more peduaculate.

Stony

places. Port

Gi-egoij, Oldjield.

21. G. rotundifolium, Meissn. in PL Preiss.ii. 216. An erect, rigid shrub, of about 1 ft., the youug- branches loosely villous or woolly, at length glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, broadly ovate or orbicular, tapering into

a pungent point, f to 1 in. long or rarely more, the margins somewhat undulate in our specimens, the base rounded, coriaceous, glabrous or loosely villous underneath. Racemes short and sessile. Bracts brown and rigid, broad,
concave, rather obtuse, imbricate and persistent till the flower opens. Calyx softly villous, under 3 lines long, the lobes all acute, the 2 upper ones rather broader, but not more united. Standard not twice the length of the calyx; keel as long as the wings. Ovary almost sessile; style rather dilated. Pod not seen.

"W
Meissn oxi/lobioides). A rigid shrub, the branches minutely silky-hoary when young. Leaves mostly in whorls of 3 or 4, elliptical-oblong", tapering into a pungent point and narrowed at the base, | to 1^ in. long, very rigid, coriaceous, and reticulate, glaucous or hoary underneath. Racemes loose, 1 to 3 in. long, pubescent or villous. Bracts brown and rigid, but very deciduous. Calyx
about 2 lines long, the upper lobes broad, truncate, and united nearly to the top. Keel shorter than the wings. Ovary on a long stipes. Pod (according to Meissner) scarcely 2 lines long, on a stipes as long
as the calyx.
"^'*^*^*^^a* Drummond, n. 203, Preiss, n. 816, 817. X. by Meissner, a variety of G. oxylobioides, but the flowers are merous, and the stipes of the pod and ovary

microcarpum,

slightly villous,

^-

This

may

be, as susjested

much

smaller and more nu-

much

longer,

23. G. oxylobioides, Btnth. in Lindl. Swan An erect Riv. App. 13. shrub, of 1 to 2 ft., not much branched, glabrous or the young shoots and racemes slightly silky-hoary. Leaves opposite or in threes, elliptical -oblong, broad or narrow, tapering to a pungent point, 1 to \\ or rarely 2 in. long, coriaceous, hgid, reticulate, and often folded lengthwise. Racemes terminal or in the upper axils, consisting of few flowers in distant pairs or whorls of

Bracts ovate, acuminate, brown and rigid, but very deciduous. Pedicels short. Calyx about 3 lines long, silky-pubescent, the lobes broad, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Standard about twice as long as the calyx keel rather shorter than the wings. Ovary rather shortly stipitate. Pod about 3 lines long, on a stipes vei-y much shorter than the calyx. Australia Swan River, Dmmmond, \st Coll., Oldjield; S. ITntt river and MurJ chison nver, Oldjield. ' One of the poison-plants. G. Brummondii Meissn. in PI. Prciss. i. 69, appears the form
3.
;

W.

'

described oi 0. oxylobioides, and the var. microcarpum, Meissn. I.e. 70, to be a narrow-leaved form, sufficiently constant to be considered as a distinct species, as tar as can DC judged from our specimens.

ongmaly

to

me

to be referable to

24. G. calycinum, Benth. in Lindl. Sican An erect Riv. Arm. 13. shrub, nearly allied to G. oxylobioides, but quite glabrous. Leaves opposite or in threes, oblong-elbptical or more frequently to lan-

from ovate-lanceolate

ceolate. With a

pungent point,

1 to

2 in. long, coriaceous, rigid, reticulate,

Gadrolohium.l
and often glaucous.
flowers

xl. leguminos.e,

103
upper
axils,

Racemes terminal or
whorls of 3.

in tlie

with few large

in distant pairs or

nous than
SKles a

Bracts larj^er and more membraany other species, ovate, concave, often 4 or 5 lines long, be-

Calyx 5 to nearly 6 lines long, the lobes rather lonoer fiau the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, rounded at the end, and united above ine middle._ Standard about f in. diameter keel deeply coloured, rather shorter mail the wings. Ovary on a very short stipes. Mei'ssn. in PI. Preiss. i. 69.
;

long point.

God^^h^Tfw^p"
the t!ie

.^"''''1 J^'J"-'
*' ""'

Drummond,

\st Coll.

and

n.

203; Jfount Bakewelland

where
it is

York-TJ York-Road Poison.

Tp

"'""^

^"^' Blackwood

river, Oldjield,

ki.owQ as

25.
2 or 3 d

G. Callistachys.
ft., tt.,

with vvith

virgate

Melss branches, minutely and

An
closely

erect shrub, of

rather less

Oxyloblum lineare, alternate or irregularly' verticillate, iiear, obtuse or sometimes refuse, and minutely mucronulate, 1 to 2 in. long, iidi or With yr wuu recurved mnvm'no rrl-il->v^o ^_ .;ii, ,.k^^^^* j ^.l margins, glabrous or silky-pubescent underneath, iowers rather large, in terminal racemes of 3 to 4 in. Bracts not seen, ^a yx silky-pubescent, fully 3 lines long, the 2 upper lobes broadly falcate, *^[ceiy connate. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; wings "i dua keel scai-cely shorter. Ovary stipitate, with a rather thick style. Pod ^ *i ^f'ng. broadly ovoid, scarcely acute, on a stipes of 1^ lines. P f. iwmre, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 30 (leaves scarcely narrower, calvx ^. ^
pubescent).

eaves like those of

silky-pubescent.

^*^^^ '^'ner, Drummond, Srd Coll. n. 90, Cook ; between Moore and ^In''^?^*''*^**' "'^''^' ^>"'iond, is sent 6/A Coll. n. 25 ; Kalgan woods, Oldjield. This asonP .e7u^^ one of the Swan River poison-plants.
' '

erect, An i. 275. 1853, lea^ ^^i^^^^'^y^^^"^' vi'^gate than G. Callistachys, {\xq branches [saky-"i'bpr'<>nt. -pubescent, ^eav dves alternate or irregularly verticillate, linear, obtuse, with a minute point. mi ^^'^^''^ lengthwise or the margins involute, silky-pubescent * ^^' ^'lien
'

1^*1
1

'^'"'^^-

^" ^"^^- ^^-^^-

'

''^'

cylindrical, glabrous, transversely reticulate. Racemes '"'V^"?'^^ (lensp^h"^' ^ ^' 1 1"- lonj?to silky-pubescent, 2 Bracts ' small, Calyx narrow. 21 li ,

Stan^^^"^^ broader, obtuse, united to the middle . ^^PP^^ dard n^iT'^' ^^^^^ ^^ ^"^ ^^ ^^^ calyx shorter than the much not lower petals ; stanrl am. Ovary shortly stipitate. Pod not seen. Australia, Drummond,
*''^

Uh

Coll. n. 52.

27

o
^'^'^^^^-

ri^id

'"'mbiin^'n ''t^*^^^^^^ ^^''^^'"^ parvlfloruw, but \vith Branch'' "'^^' ^^'7 opposite or in Leaves opp( ^'^''y "^ioLitely silky-pubescent. minutely 'Ws ' ?n,.!""^f^' n "'''"'" "" ' " f^'^;^-oWong, obtuse, with a minute point, i l^ in. long, very to -'
"

^"

^'^^*'

"Sid shnib, very much rethicker and more rigid leaves.'

when silky-pubei i^n'jescent lengthwise, minutely g.au.uu, glabrous or ui ^"^' ...wv >^-v ^Ixx^^T.^ "o ,.v.u- tl ^^" ^*^" scarcely conspicuous. raterminal t( in small, Flowers cempf seines r/ of iT"^ the 2 long, ^"lines ^ ^^^^^ about sparingly 2 pubescent, y "PPer'ln ""^"^^^ "^''^^^ ^0 the top. as the long as twice about Standard calyx.
^'^^d^d

'

'

loiitr

p^^j^^ P^tf's shorter,

Uin ine

Ovary-stipes rather the keel deeply coloured. '^0^% ovoid, obtuse, 2 to about of stipes a on long, 2^ lines
32.

106

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

[GaslroloMum,

G. parvifolium

ridd,

spreading, Epacris-like shrub, the brandies pubescent. Leaves crowded, irre;j[Ularly verticillate, narrow -oblong, obtuse, with a minute point, under | in. long, thickly coriaceous, convex underneath, glabrous and reticulate, the midrib
scarcely conspicuous.

Kaceines terminal, rather dense, rarely exceeding

in.

when

in flower, often 2 in. in fruit, the rhachis

and short pedicels

softly aiid

Calyx glabrous and veinless, broadly canipanulate, about 2 lines long, the 2 upper lobes almost completely united into a truncate upper lip, the 3 lower ones much shorter. Standard twice as long as the calyx; wings shorter, oblong; keel still shorter, almost as broad as long, alfon rather long claws. Ovary-stipes long style short. Pod compressed-globu;

densely pubescent.

lar,

oblique, very obtuse,

Australia.
^
^-^

glabrous. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. Swau Kiver, Drimmond^ 1st CoJL ; Mouat

i.

69.
n.

Bukewcll, Preiss,

hamtilosuxn

Branches numerous,

rather slender, hoary-tomentose. Leaves mostly vcrticillate in threes, obtuse, with a small often recnrved point, about 3 or 4 lines long, rigid, glabrous when full-grown, strongly reticulate, the midrib scarcely prominent. Bacemes terminal, short, consisting of 2 or 3 pairs of flowers or whorls of 3 each.

Bracts lanceolate. Pedicels very short. Calyx villous with spreading hairs, about 3 lines long, the lobes acuminate, the 2 upper ones shortly united. Standard not twice as long as the calyx, the lower petals not much shorter; keel deeply coloured. Ovary very sho'rtly stipitate ; style rather thick.
n.

Lindi. in Paxt. II. Gard. iii. 76, with a wooded. An elegant shrub, the branches rather stout, angular, minutely silky-pnhescent. Leaves vcrticillate in threes or fours, from obovate or obcordate to Imear-cuneate, very obtuse or truncate, emargitiate, about \ in. oi- i-arely I in. long, the margms recuiTod, coriaceous, reticulate, glabrous above, usually pubescent underneath. Flowers orange-red, in terminal rather dense racemes, of 1 to l\ in., the rhachis and pedicels softly Bracts ovate, villous. very deciduous. Calyx pubescevit or nearly glabrous, broad, fully 3 lines long, the 2 upper lobes broad and united nearly to the top. Standard twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter but considerably exceeding the deeplvco oured keel. Ovary stipitate style short. Pod ovoid, scarcely acute, about -n a very short stipes. G. emargbtatum, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc
;

30

G. velutinum,

1853,

i.

273.

Kalgau Suppl. Maxwell; n. 27, 7^T, nver, n, Vldfidd. Turczaiiinovv s name is much (hu most appropriate, but Lindley's has the "enfr. ia Gard. Coiup. i. 49, with a tig. copied iato Lemaire, ^' 'l"''f''. T^i J 1T" Jara. i-l. t. ^o, may be the same species, although the raceme is figured as much longer.

^'

.^ruiumuna, out uoil. n. 51,

and

1855, 29. A much stouter shrub than G. vdulmim, the branches terete or slightly compressed, softly tomentose or villous when young. Leaves mostly opposite, linear-cuneate, truncate and often emarginate with a minute point, or 1 about sometimes 3-pointcd, in. long, the margins much revolute, coriaceous, glabious, scarcely reticuin Bot. Zeit. late above, softly villous,

31.

G.bideas, Me'mn.

almost woolly underneath.

and Bacemes

slender,

ses-

Gaslrolobium.']

XL. LEGUMINOSjE.
to

107

>

many-flowered. Bracts concave, acuminate, persisting almost to the opening of the flowers. Calyx not 2 lines lono-, villous the lobes all acute, the 2 upper ones rather broader and shortly united at tlie base. Ovary on a long stipes ; style short. Pod not seen.

sile,

villous

11

in. long,

W. Australia.
32.

Betvveca

Moore aud Murchison

rivers,

Lrummond, &tk

Coll. n. 23.

ne

Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 16. A tall shrub, young branches angular and usually silky-pubescent. Leaves mostly ver-

G. bilobum, R.

threes or fours, from obovate to narrow-oblong, alwavs more or less cuneate,^truncate or emarginate with 2 short rounded lobes, and minutely miicronate, ^ to 1^ in. long or rarely smaller, thinly coriaceous, glabrous and veined above, pale and often minutely silky-pubescent underneath. Plowers numerous, in very short, almost umbel-like, terminal racemes rarely exceeding iiie leaves. Pedicels much longer than in the preceding species. Calyx silky-

ucillate in

upper lobes broader, more obtuse, and mucu to about the middle. Standard about twice as long as the calyx wings and keel rather shorter, the latter deeply coloured. Ovary on a long snpes; style slender. Pod stipitate, ovoid or oblong, rather acute, 2, 3, and even 4 lines long. . DC. Prod, ii.no Bot.Eegt. 411; Bot. Mag. t. 2212; --s^odd. IJot. Cab. t. 70 ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 66, ii. 216.
;

puuescent, 2 to

lines long, the 2

'^^*^*"*"
79<)

Ihm
thp ne
nn,-

"

'^''V' poison-plants.

^ifg George's Sound and adjacent districts, R. Brown, Preiss, n. ^'"^ '^''"- '^* 1^'^' an^ others common from thence to Blackwood and ^^^field; and eastward to Cape Le Grand, Maxwell. Said to be the worst of *
'
;

form _^p^

I-eaves linear-cuueatc, but not otherwise differing from the common ^- cori/mbosum, Turez. in Bull. Mosc. 1S53, i. 272. Drummoiid, Coll. n. 58.
f"^^^^"-

Wi

16.
(Euchilus,
22.

PULTEN^A,
;

Sm.
;

Hr.

Spadostyles,

BenlL

Urodon, Turcz)

\X

^'hJ.

^ ^PP^^' ^p^es

more or

less united into

an upper

lip,

and sometimes
;

Petals on rather

wer petals
Pitate
dilii
'i

wings
less

-fi

-....ww.o i.cc.

w. c. J
;

.voo..^ .

.arely shortly sti-

ovules
;

on short

funicles

style subulate, often

more or

halved.

IZ

"^"'"^"Js

ODDo^-f

stigma small, terminal. Pod ovate, flat or turgid, 2^'^^"'o> strophiolate. Shrubs. Leaves alternate or rarely

linear-lanceolate or setaceous, Stipules brown l* ^''*"""^' closely pressed or less united more and branch, the ^1 on in the n '^'^'^ ^^'^^' whole stipule free the nearly *^^^ poiuts sometimes or and sn''^ 1"^' ' *'^^ stipules minute and free, rarely quite deficient, those of

"^ ^?*'*^"^s of 3, simple.

Pinifoin i^^^^^ ' ^^se or r n-^r f. '"'^h' glabrous.

Flowers lamina is reduced. enlarged the whilst yellow ^''"/^ ^^" ^^^^^ ^'^*^^i purple, rarely pink, either axiUary and solitary and 11 "'^l^cn^Iy collected in leafy heads or tufts near the ends of the brancl,"^" ^''"^^'^^^'^ ill the floral leaves within terminal surrounded and heads by i,fi||.-' '' ^' ^^'''"^^s, brown bracts stipules without any lamina. enlarged or Bracts ^""'^^ usually small. Bracteoles persistent (except in P.
'^^^^ "^*^^"

the flor-Tl

^^^^

7
I

iittt;r

the calyx or adnatc with

its

tube.

Ovary

villous

108
The genus
is

XL.

LEGUMINOS^,

[PulltMa.

limited to Australia, presenting considerable diversity in foliage,

inflores-

cence, and calyx, and closely allied in character to the other Fodalyriece with 2 ovules and strophiolate seeds, yet not generally difficult to distinguish. From Gastrolohium it
differs chiefly in

habit, in the persistent bracteoles, and the

more

sessile, less turgid pod;

from Latrobea^ Eutaxia, and I)iUwynia, which are even closer connected with it, the braeteoles close to or upon the calyx afford the most prominent distinction, although accompanied
usually by other slight diflferences in habit or in flower. In the following distribution of its numerous species, the sections proposed, founded on foliage and inflorescence, are perhaps scarcely worthy of ranking higher than so many series.

Sect.

L Enpultensea.

Leaves

alternate, with recurved or revolute viargins.

Ovar)

guile sessile {except in P. conferta).

Bracteoles adaate to (apparently inserted on) the calyx-tube (except in F, pycnocepkala f).

Flowers in dense, terminal,

surrounded by imbricate stipular bracts, the inner ones longer than the pedicels. Stipules minute. Leaves cuneate-oblong or broadly -cune ate, rounded or trunsessile heads,

cate at the end,

flat

or nearly so, glabrous or silvery-

white underneath. Leaves i to IJ in. long. Plower-heads rather large Leaves under \ in. long. Flower-heads small Leaves hnear^ obtuse or retuse Leaves linear or lanceolate, acute or almost pungent
.

....
...

P. daphioides. 2. P. stricia. 3. P. retusa.

1.

4.

P. Bent/iamiL

Stipules conspicuous, often 1 line long or more. Leaves shortly obovate, coriaceous, shining above, densely silky-white underneath

5.

P. pycnocepkala*
P,
mj/rtoides.

Leaves narrow-oblong, obtuse.

hairy.

Flower-heads large, silky*

Leaves

Petals persistent oblong or elliptical,

softly villous

....
' '

6.

aristate.

Petals
'

deciduous.
7. P.

Whole plant

mucronah.

Leaves linear. Leaves nearly sessile, obtuse, or with a fine point. Flowerheads softly villoua. Bracts deciduous . . 8. P. polifolia. . , Leaves on petioles of 2 to 4 lines. Bracts few 9. P. petiolaris. Leaves Imear-acute or rarely oblong. Bracts persistent and completely covering the calyxes, glabrous or rarely shghtly silky \^, P. paleacea, Flowers few or in small heads, the bracts shorter than the pedicels. Leaves under ^ in, lons^. leaves ovate lanceolate or oblong P. Ounnii* 1 1 Leaves obovate or broadly cuneate, usually emarginate or 2^"oed 12. P. scahra. Leaves linear-cuneate, obtuse or truncate . 13 P. microphj/lk* Bracteoles close under the calyx, but free from it or scarcely 'aduate'. Leaves small, obovate, very silky underneath, pycnocepUU5. P glabrous above . . ^ Leaves linear. Erect shrubs. Flowers sessile in smaU heads. Leaves under \ in. long. P# Calyx with a large upper lip . 14 P. Brummondiiriowcrs in terminal umbels. Leaves about 1 'in.iouK. 'Calvx ' iobes nearly equal ^^ P. phiifoUa. Prostrate shrubs. Leaves small, riowers terminal, on filiform pedicels. pedunculats. Stipules distinct . . \Q. P. Flowers axillary. Pedicels shorter than

....

...

the calyx.

Stipules distinct.

Calyx about 3 lines long, the large

l^, p. conferta.
lines,

upper lobes free Stipules none. Calyx under 2

ttaited

the large npne'r lobes

.

1%. r. diffusa.

Mtenm.]
Sect. II

'

xL.

leguminos^.

109

Mate.

alternate, rigid, concave, Reeled, iransverseh reiiFlowers terminal, solitary or 2 or % together,

Aciv^ylhxxa.Leaves
pungent

leaves lanceolate,

\<^,

Leaves obovate or oblong, obtuse Leaves narrow- linear, acute, crowded

20
\

P. reticulata. ochreata
?\ aspalathoides.

21.

Sfxt. III. IcLwhilyxB, Leaves all or mostly opposite or in whorls of three, flat, concave or the margins slightly recurved, often 1- or '^-nerved or pennkeined, rarely reticume. ,t lowers axillary or crowded at the ends of the branches. Two upper lobes of the '^^'' ^^'^ ^^^"^''^^ ^'^''''^ ^^''^'* contracted at the base into a very short sites
Leaves
flat

or with recurved margins.

Bracteoles close under the

.

calyx,

leaves broadly obovate or obcordate. Flowers nearly sessile in tlie upper axils, or in a terminal leafy head 22, P. obcordata. i.eaves very small, orbicular. Flowers axillary, on slender pedi" 23. /*. rotundifoUa. ]--.,_ A^\es concave or with incurved margins, Bracteoles close under
the calyx.

Leaves oblong-linear or cuneate, obtuse. crowded at the ends of the branches

i^eaves
rigid,

Flowers nearly

sessile,

24. P. calycina,
axils.

opposite, oblong or lanceolate, fineor pungent-pointed,

penmveined.

Flowers in the upper

Pedicels

25. P. spinulosa, y Leaves in threes, oblong-Iiuear, obtuse. Pedicels nearly or quite as Jong as the leaves 26. P. tenella. ^aves flat or concave, with fine or pungent points. Bracteoles on the calyi-tube. Flowers pedicellate, ^laprons or pubescent. .Leaves broad, flat or slightly concave,

^^"^.

.'.'.

\W ^ m threesLeaves small, oyat? or lanceolate, or irregularly scattered

'^
villous.
site,

^^'''^

-....

.;

...

27. P. ternafa,

concave, oppo28. P. styphelioides.

^^ ^^^ following section have the leaves occasionally irregularly i^horl d^T t .^^^*'^ ^^^ calyx-lobes much less dissimilar. few species again have the calyx of p/i'v ^^E^^chilus, but with the leaves all alternate.)

^^^*^*^^

all alternate^ either full e^ied but more or less concav* '^^ ^^^<^^rved margins, or darker-coloured underneath than above, or, if linearterete o' '' ^^9o^ous, channelled above. 1- or Z-uerved or quite nerveless^ without transverse rz-^MP ns or reticulations.

.^<f^opHyllum. imiY^vy

^^ ^'^^ concave, but open on the upper side in A, B, F. and G, and aoine^m* ^-^^^l^ *" ^' '^^^^^^^^U^ binder D, and rarely in P. tenuifolia under H. Leav^V^ '^ ^^ trigonous and channelled above, the involute margins closed in C, D, and H anH '" ^' ^ ^- ^^tulosa and rarely in P. humilis under F. 7^' Flowp''*"^ terminal heads, not intermixed with leaves, and not growing out into leafy *oota
^'^^

itiVVT
,

in

shoots, or kafy growing out into i;**rr ^^'^^S ' ^, and H, and in P, adunca D. un lyx under and P. neurocalyx
^"^

^" *^*^J^ ^""^^^

solitary

and terminal

^o^^ave or nearly flat, obtuse or nearly so. Stipules none or minute and pnte f^^^^ the calyx. under in terminal heads or umbels. close -f/^W Bracteoles iEajt/iZ^'

^^^

Ws

broiir

te^'minal umbels' or umbel-like racemes, quite gla-

linear-cuneate
'

^ nuT ers in
<:

^o^ate dense tcnnlnal heads. Calyx villous". incurved at the end. Stipules minute, setaceous

...
.

...
. . .

29. P. altissima. 30. P. olovala. %\. T.incurvala.

110
.

.XL.

LEGUM1N0SJ5.

[Fultenm.

Leaves uot or scarcely incurved. Stipules none. Calyx shortly villous, the 2 upper lobes rather large Calyx plumose with long hairs, the 2 upper lobes very large

....
.

32. P. sulmmbellaia. 33. P. urodon.

B, Leaves concave or nearly flat, obtuse acute or mucronate hut not puvgent, often narrow-linear but not terete. Stipules conspicuous, united at the base within the leaf at least on the young shoots. Flowers in dense terminal heads. (Eastern species,)
-

Bracteoles inserted on or adnate to the calyx-tube. Leaves linear, acute, almost fat.
Stipules long, imbricate.
villous

Leaves 1 to 1^
Leaves under |
in.

in.

long.

Calyx
34, p^ stipularis,

btipuies not imbncate. plant glabrous

Calyx and whole

%^o,

P. olahra.

Leaves veiy concave, hnear-obtuse, mucronate or scarcely acute, rarely above J in. long. Leaves not aristate. Bracts broad, imbricate. Calyx hirsute with short hairs %^. F. dentata, Upper leaves and calyx-lobes aristate. Bracts few. Calyx villous with long hairs . 37. P arislaia. Bracteoles close uuder the calyx-tube, but free from it. Leaves narrow-oblong or almost linear, obtuse. Flowers
nearly
sessile

3g^ p'.phmosa.

Leaves hnear or Imear-lauceolate, acute. late the head

Flowers shortly pedicel39.

P.w^^^a.

C. Leaves terete or trigonous, not pungent, channelled above. Stipules united at th base witkm the leaf, at least on the young shoots. Flowers in dense terminal heads. (-tastern species.)

Bracteoles close under the calyx, but free from Leaves crowded, incurved, with fine points

it
\

Leaves obtuse acute or shortly mucronate. Bracts broad. Flowers yellow Bracts narrow. Flowers pink Bracteoles mserted on or adnate to the calyx-tube

40 P.
F, 43. p. 43. P.
4.1,

echinula.
hibbertioides.

......

,^,^^.
mollis.

Stipules small and distinct or minute leafy heads, or [in P. ueurocalyx) axillary. Bracteoles close under the calyx, but free from it (Western species.) Flower.heads dense. Bracts imbricate, completely covering the
.

D. leaves terete or tngonons, channelled above. or none Flowers m terminal, leafless, or rarely

Bracts appressed, shortly toothed 44. P. slrobilifera. bix)adly globular. Bracts spreading at the top, deeply lobed 45. P. ericifolia. riower-heads dense Bracts imbricate but few and small, or much snorter thau the calyi. Heads many-flowered Leaves straight or incurved. Stipules minute, setaceous. Bracts entire or 2-lobed . . . . . 46. P. verruculosa. . Head, small. Leaves snaall, mostly recurved. Stipules minute

Heads Heads

ovoid-globiilar.

...

Tlnwo

^"'f'

^ ''^"^^ '""f-"ke middle lobe ^'^Y

.4?. P.

empefrifon".

Bracts none besides the tloral leaves Ca yi silky-villous, the 2 upper lobes much larger than the others 48. P. adunca. Calyx glabrous, ngxd, strongly striate as weU as the bracteoles, the lobes nearly equal
'.

out of the shoot

m.

P. neurocalux.
above.

J;i?f

^'^y^^ Pungent, nearly fiat, concave or terete

and channelled

Silpl

Leaves lanceolate, concave or conduplicate.

Flowers distinctly pe

50. P. rlgida

Pullenc^a.]

XL. LEGUMINOS/E.
concave or with invo-

m
p ,-,VnW ^-^"^'^J"'"'^t^

Leaves cordate-lanceolate or linear, nearly flat,

lute

1 lowers almost or quite sessile leaves Irnear-terete or trigonous, cliaunelled above.

_

margins.

51

or quite sessile

...

Flowers almos
ko

/>}>' ''^'^y nracteoles lasei ted on or Tct7ole7itT^^^^^ adnate to the

Flowers sessile or nearly so, all axillary. Calyx 2 upper lobes much

'"J-li

I'^^.f'J

calyx-tube.

heads growing out into leaf^ shoots, (Eastern species.)

longer than the others, broad, falcate and united to the middle.
""^

trigonous, channelled above 9 ''"*=^\-^"'''f r.k? Cajx 2 upper lobes but little longer than the others. Leaves small, oblong-euucate, obtuse

55

P p

setuhsa
^rviilnrn

Ws S';!!'"? T""^
Flow
s

54
.

Stip.acs imbricate

\
'

^..P^Zt

in

Tan

t?.-

""""^"^'^

StipUesTmall.

l^V'r'^^''^"' ' '' '' "' ^ ^

''"''

'''''''''^

^^- P- procuwbens.

''^'^^"^'

"'"^

^'^'"""=''-

Kc
rimvp flowers

S;'^^^^^^^^^^^ ""^ ''"''"^'-

Ws

linear, obtuse.

^i. P. I,sj>idala.
r-n

sessile

^^^^'"^^ f^'O"! ''ovate to narrow-linear.

or ncarlvsn

-^

PW

pedicel ate (;o p / -^ '' pedicellate. Stipules small. P"' '",^' """'^^^''^'-''^ s'^ort. Leaves small. le-,r'"' "'^'; i' fine-pointed and recurved at the end o?. mocnnhens. Leave, r^ nc i "",'f ^^"''' ^ * * ''"^s long or rather more, broad ^ Zrl or narrow ' // n at ol. p. villosa. , Lp.ivpa T.,

x'io\>ers distinctly

....
' '

cr^n^,^^ Plant a"t,labious.

't

Leaves

Ho

62. i\ follolosa,
1
ill.

long

G'S.

pfje^rilis.

C
^^ni-

^^ nearly Jlaf^ not punqeiiL TmliTcr'^'^'^ otes inserted close under (he calj/x,

Flowers axiUary, or, if termhwl, solibnt free from it. (Eastern species J
Calyx upper
C4. P. eucJiila.
'sessile.
.

*"'

'""'''^'

lobe8lar"e Lcavoo ..^?n

Branches nnh

'

^"^*"s Pd'ceHate.

','"._
*

Cah-T^ln?' "^'"f

imbricate.
^'I'^'il-

'r'^

.,.....
"

Tlowcrs usually nearly

^^. P. selaginoides. C6.

P. densifolia.

s"a
li,

T'
',

Leaves elTint'
iHiaves

^'f,'

Flowers nU axillary. / 'j"*'"^''^'^' ^^1"^'

''^"S '" l^ov-ate, obtuse.
'^''-o'^'oiig.

lor

Bracteolcs narrow

67.

P.

el/iptica.

'

I^eaves ar,,+I

flowers term;
tuft of fin

T
1
1

^'"f

I '"'''^'^'
'"'^^"

Bracteolcs broad 3-ncrved, hirsute or cilinte with Ion- hairs

^''''''''^

68. P. subspicata.
.

69. P. villifera.

surrounded by imbricate bracfs and a

^'="^^' "'"'*'>'

Kant

villous

3-nerved.
''^-

^'^nt glabrous

^-

^'"^o^'"'''"*''-

H
'^S^d-

F/rL
t

^'^^"f''^^''^^^,

channelled above, slender or small, not pungent, and rarely

Flowers
Flofferl

'^ '''''^" "'''"'"'^ "'

^'^'""^
.
.
.

"'""'^"''ed by broad imbricate bracts . axilh?'' ^'^'"''''^'^'^'J ^^ - tuft of floral leaves. small'

72. P. prostraia.

and

Bracts

few""

Wes

1"^ "' 'gBracteolcs under the calyi. Calvi^bnnf -f ? "'' ^S noTr V t exceeding 4 lines or very slender.

n.

F. canaliculata.

112
Calyx about 2
base

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.
Bracteoles inserted on the tube at
its

[Pultenm.

lines.

Calyx under li

lines long.

Bracteoles close under the calyx

74. F.fasciculata. 75. P. tenuifolia.

(P- laxUi Kunze, in Linnsea, xvi. 319, from a specimen raised by Lebmann from Australian seed, is insufficiently described to be recognizable. It is said to be near P.Jlexilis^ but the characters ^ven are very different.) (P. crassifolia, Lodd., P. eiiofhora^ Lodd., and P. incarnata^ j\Iacl?ay, enumerated ia Steud. Nomcncl. ed. 2^ are unpublished garden names, referring probably to some of the

above

species.)

Sect. I. Eupulten.'ea. Leaves alternate, with recurved or gins. Ovary quite sessile, except in T. conferta,

revoliite mar-

Tbis section may be compared in foliage to Aoius and others of the preceding genera, ia which the tendency of the margin is always to be recurved, instead of incurved as in the fourth and fifth sections and in the three succeeding genera. Where the leaf is nearly flat,
but even when fresh or pressed quite flat it is generally indicated by the under surface being paler or more hoary, instead of being deeper coloured than the upper one. When the leaf is terete, it is grooved on the under instead of the upper side. The summit of the leaf is sometimes incurved although the margins may be recurved.
is

the difference

more observable

in the withered leaf j

Beoh, (1798), 49, and in TIorL Eerrenh i. 17. An erect shrub of 3 to 6 ft., the branches .virgate, slightly angular, minutely silty-pubescent or hoary. Leaves cuneate-oblong, rounded or rarely tmncate at the end, with a minute point, | to 1| in. long, or in the southern varieties shorter and broader, flat, glabrous or with a few hairs along the midrib above, pale or silvery underneath. Flowers Stipules minute. shortly pedicellate, in dense terminal sessile heads, usually shorter than the last leaves, which form an involucre round it. Bracts ovate, imbricate, the outer ones short and persistent, the inner ones often 3 lines long and deciduous. Bracteoles small, linear, inserted about the middle of the calyx-tube.
1.

P. daphnoides,

W'endl.

BoL

Calyx silky-hairy, 2^ to nearly 3 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broader. standard nearly Petals deciduous Ovary twice as long as the calyx lower petals shorter, the keel obtuse.
;

Style slightly thickened towards the base. acuminate or mucronate, flat, about 3 lines long.

villous.

obliquely ovate, Andr. Bot. Kcp. t. 98;

Pod

247 DC. Prod. ii. 110 Bot. Mag. t. 1394; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. ] 143 Hook. f. FL Tasm. i. 86. S. VTales. Port Jackson, iJ. Brown, Sieher, n. 419, FL MixL n. 537, and others;
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix.
; ;
;
.

Sm.

Twofold Bay, F. Mueller,

on barren ranges, F, Mueller, Tasmania. Port Dalrjuiple and Kent's Island, R, Brown ; not uncommon in various parts of the island, /. D. Hooker, S. Australia. Along river banks, Whitta^er. Var. ohcordata. Leaves shorter (mostly i to f in. long) and broader, more truncate, with a more prominent point. P. ohcordata, Andr. Bot. Ptep. t. 574 DC. Prod. ii. HO. f*^ this form belong the majority of the Tasmanian specimens.
;

Victoria.

Common

Siim, in Bot. Mag. /. 1588. An erect or decumbent shrub of 1 to 2 ft., with slender scarcely angular branches more or less silkypubescent. Leaves obovate oblong or cuneate, obtuse with a small usually recurved point, 3 to. 4 lines .or rarely \ in. long, flat or nearly so, glabrous above, pale and often silky-pubescent underneath, especially when young.
2.

P. stricta,

Pidten^aJ]

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

113

Stipules

minute.

within the last

often at least

Flowers not numerous, nearly sessile in small dense heads leaves. Bracts imbricate, usually deciduous, the inner ones

the

Bracteoles linear or oblong, concave, inserted on middle of the calyx-tube. Calyx about 2 lines long, silky -villous ; lobes

2 lines long,

lanceolate,

shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broader and united to the middle. Petals deciduous ; standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals shorter, the keel obtuse. Ovary villous ; style slightly thickened townrds the

base.

Pod

triangular-ovate,

acute, about 3 lines long,

silky-

pubescent.DC. Prod. ii. Ill; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 974; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 86 ; P. caj>itellata, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 112. N. S. Wales. Port Jacksou, Sieb. n. 413 Bargo Brush, Backhouse. Victoria. Creswick Creek and Dandenonsr ranaes, and Grampian Hills, F. Mueller
;

mouth of the Glenelg,^//z.

Tasmania.
'ol, /.

Port Dalryinple, R.
S.

Brown; abundant

in various localities,

on moist peaty

B. Hoolcer. E. interior, F. Mueller.

i.

S.
3.

Australia.

502, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 247. A slirub with the slender virgate branches of P. stricta, often angular and usually silky-pubescent. Leaves linear or linear-cuneate, very obtuse or more

P. retusa, 8m. in Ann. Bot.

J'q"ently emarginate, and

2

sometimes dilated

at the end, 2 to

lines or rarely

m. long in the normal form, flat, pale underneath, but usually glabrous on 'wth sides. Stipules very small. Flowers few, in small tenninal heads sessile within the last leaves. Bracts imbricate, the inner ones often 1 \ lines jong, hut very deciduous, the puter ones smaller. Bracteoles broadly linear, inserted on the calyx-tube. Calyx about 2 lines long, silky-hairy, the 2 iipper lobes broader, but scarcely more united. Standard not twice as long

Pod base. the from almost villous ; style filiform "'oadly ovate, " ^ almost triangular, about 3 lines long, rather flat.DC. Prod. " il2; Bot. Mag. t. 2081 ; Bot. Beg. t. 378. ^ ' S^oalwater Bay, 11. Brown ; Glasshouse mountains and Brisbane river,
the calyx.

as

Ovary

i'.

i?"^//^^^*^*"

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, to southward and ^^^ Beckler; " rivers, northward Clarence to and HastiuKS Twnf M Bay, ofold F. Mueller. ictona. Snowy and Broadribb rivers, F. Mueller. .. . . i leaves terete quite or angular ^'^^^^scarcely iiianclies and pubescent, more ratW. her longer lines often calyx 2i the larger, usually about \ in., rardy nearly 1 in., flowers ^ the plate). on {P. W.^/ ^." "^^ ^""erous in lart/er heads.-P. linophi/Ua 'f F.fflau112 Prod^n DC. "'""^247 1h. 18 Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ''[ s specimens Sieber ^'''^- ^'- Exs. Jackson. ?'' .n. 417 and Fl. iMixt. n. .5fil.-Port W between intermediate be ^^- Exs.Tlu, and Fl. Mixt. n. 559. appear to the tw^T"'''
p/",",.*;
Tt.
:
1

^Vales.

Brown,

Sleher, n. 415,

and

SI S2

'

Mueller ajrpear to F. Queensland, benS '^fr"?'^' ^'^tl^^t fl"-^. from Burnett river, "^'""'^ '"'^''' '''''"''' ''^"'''' ^^""^ '^'^^ '"'^ ^ '"'"margins'

'

about mostly \ oblong-hncar, rigid, acute or pungent-poiuted, ,nd rarely exceeding 8 lines, flat or with recurved margms, glabrous J. tofew Flowers P'^', ' %-pubcscent underneath. Stipules small. Mh?' Bracts leaves. rather large, in last terminal heads, sessile within the
II.

Benthaixiii, F. Muell
^^*^

A rigid
and
silky-pubescent. Leaves

w''^' folate or ;^ oi,g

y^"g branches

slightly angular

114
m

-3LL.

LEGUM1N0S.E.

[Pultenm,

imbricate, the inner deciduous ones 2 lines long, 2-lobed, but otherwise entire, Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube, oblong, very concave or keeled. ciliate. Calyx silky-villous, 3 lines long lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper as long twice as Standard above the middle. united and broader much ones
;

the calyx ; lower petals shorter. only seen young.

Ovary

villous, tapering into the style.

Pod

Victoria.

Along springs and

Tall,

rivulets in the

Grampians, and amongst rocks on Mount

Leaves narrow,Yowata

Abrupt, F, Mueller,
Var. elaliory F. Muell,
river,

and

foot of

Mount

with elongated slender branches. \Yilliaui, F, Mueller,

Branches and underside of tlie Leaves broadly leaves silvery-white with a soft dense silky-pubescence. obovate, obtuse or with a short recurved point, 3 to 4 lines long, coriaceous, glabrous smooth and shining above, the inarg-ins slightly recurved. Stipules appressed, nearly 1 line loug. Flowers in dense globular heads, sessile above the Bracts imbricate, broad, densely covered with silky hairs, except a last leaves. narrow margin. Calyx sessile, nearly 4 lines long, very silky, the lobes
5.

P. pycnocephala^

F, Muell, Herb.

nan'ow, acute.

Bracteoles naiTow-cuneate, shortly 3-toothed, veiy silky

out-

base of the calyx or close under it and nearly as long. Petals not half as long again as the calyx, mostly persistent after flowering. Pod sessile, acuminate, oblique, much Hattenecl, very silky, about as lonof as the calvx,
side, inserted at the very

N.
P.
6.

An elegant species C. Stuart, mi/rfoides, but distinct in indumentum, as well as in the shape of the leaf.
S. "Wales.
Bluff Mountain,

New England,

allied to

P, myrtoideSy A. Cunn.

BentJi. in

Ann, Wien, Mas,

ii.

81.

A tall

shrub, with virgate terete branches, usually silky-pubescent. Leaves nariwoblong, often more or less cuneate, obtuse, with a very minute point, \io% iwlong, flat or the margins recurved, glabrous above, pale and sometimes silkyheads, terminal sessile in dense globular sessile within the la^t leaves, which are however rarely so long as the flower^' Bracts imbricate, ovate or lanceolate, silky-hairy at the edges. Bracteoles lu-

pubescent underneath. line long. Flowers numerous, nearly

Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, closely pressed, about

serted on the calyx-tube, broadly oblong or ovate, very concave and keeled,
hr^'^ almost boat-shaped, 1 to 1^ hnes long. 2i Calyx silky-pubescent, the above long, the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united as twice middle. Petals persistent till the fruit is ripe. Standard nearly vilOvary long as the calyx ; lower petals nearly as long, the keel obtuse. 4 about lous ; style flattened at the base. Pod ovate-lanceolate, acuminate,

]ines long.

Queensland.

Islands

of

Moretou Bay,

-4.

Cunningham^ Fraser

in the Cypre^^-

Piue country, Leichkardt,

F. MudL Fragm. i. 8. An 2 to 6 ft., loosely villous with few spreading hairs. elliptical,' mucronale, mostly about \ in, long, flat or with not coriaceous, green but loosely hairy above, hoary-pubescent and loosej Flower-heaas villous underneath. Stipules rather long and appressed. dense and sessile above the last leaves, but all past flower in our spcclmtii^^'
7.

P. mucronata,

of shrub, erect or diffuse narrowor oblong Leaves recurved margin^*

'

Pallenm.'l^

XL. LEGUJllNOS.E.

115

broad, silky- villous, 2-lobed. Bracleoles linear-setaceous, inserted on the calyx-tube. Calyx about 2 J lines bug, the lobes fme-poiuted, tlie 2_ upper ones rather broader and more miitcd. Petals uot seen. Pod
acumuiate, rather longer the calyx.

Bracts imbricate,

Victoria.
fored

Granite

hills,

Tutter's Eange, and

May-Day

Hills, F. Mueller.
leaf only,

^"'"^^

Yf^!^*^^*"

Range, Wurth, the specimen small, and in

and there-

The species
8.

may

possibly prove to be a broad-leaved variety of P. poUfolia.

shrub with soft spreading liairs._ Leaves linear, obtuse, with a fine straight or recurved point, the margins recurved or revolute, in some specimens all under i in., in others 1^m long, glabrous or rarely hairy above, hoarv underneath, aiul often hirsute Jilli long hairs, especially on" the midrib. Stipules rather long, appressed. flowers numerous, in dense terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves, j^racts broad, im])ricate, softlv villous, the inner ones 2 lines long and bifid. Jirarteoles very concave, keefed, inserted on the calyx-tube. Calyx 3 lines ong softly villous ; lobes finely acuminate, shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad and united at the base. Standard not twice as long as the calyx
;

P. polifolia, A. Cunn. in Field. N. S. TFales, 3-1-6. erete virgate branches, more or less villous when young, with

ower petals shorter.

wilique,

Ovary

hirsute,

tapering into the

style.

Pod

'very

acuminate, longer than the calyx.P. rosmariufolia, Liudl. Bot. J'g- t. 1584 (the West P. mucronata, Lodd. Australian origin a mistake) "" jjot. tab.t. "" " " 1711 ? (from the rosmarl
;
"

figure)

P.

" ifolia

"

'^^-

4 (with the pubescence rather

more

silky).

S.

"Wales.
;

'mningham

Port Jackson, R. Brown, Jf'oolls ; brushy hills, Blue Mountaias, Dividing Range, between Naiigatta and Bondi, E. B. Sfiarpe.

^* P*^**^^^is, A. Cumi. ; PejitJi. iu Ann. JFien.Mus. ii. 82. A procuni ^ straggling shrub, with numerous ascending branches, hirsute with %\qI^ ^P''^"^^'" haii-s. Leaves on remarkably long petioles, those of the floral
poii
t

iT
?!>

abov
*^'

or

lastT^^'^^
i

with a short recurved * "^" ^"' ^^^'^ margins revolute, often sprinkled with a ^ew hairs !""'^^' ^'*'e liirsute, espcciallv the midrib. Stipules with spreading fine points. Flowers in dense terminal heads, sessile within the
'^'^^^^

attaining 3 or

-4

lines, linear, obtuse,

'^'^y^s-

^i-acts few, besides the stipules of the floral leaves.

'^ tlie

Bracteolcs

ubi /

longer than the tube, the rather lobes acuminate, 2 JJ ^^^^^ united to the not much longer than the calyxmiddle. Petals lobfV tt, ^^^^ dark-coloured. Ovary very silky-villous, tapering into the
^'"'^s

aboi

middle of the calyx-tube, linear-subulate,

ciliate.

Calyx

long, hirsute;

Style.

Pod not

seen.

Q^eensland. Brisbane
or (li;a

riyer,

A. Cunningham, F.Mueller; Burnett

river, F.

Mueller.
^

P^^^**=ea,

WiUd

branches, silky-pubescent when young. Leaves linear, with fine i{xZ\T^^^ ^'^^^J'ved points and revolute margins, in. long, glabrous to | ?" i ah(^v!

in tb

'^'Jlyxes,

imbncate, glabrous, scarcely ciiiate, corapieieiy coverthe inner ones 3 to 4 lines IonsBracteoles inserted on the I %
iiiacts

lie
calyx-tube, concave, carmate.

XL.

LEGUMiKos^.
silky-liaiiy,

[Pulknm.

about 3 Hues long, the lobes lanceolate, much shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones 'united above the middle. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals shorter. Ovary villous, gradually tapering into a long style. Pod compressed, silky, longer than the calyx, and tapering into the long persistent silky base of tlie style. Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 246; DC. Prod. ii. 112; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 291.

Calyx

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieher, n. 416, -F/. Mixt. 71. 560, Fraser^ R. Cunnivglianiy WooUs, and otiiers New England, C. Stuart. Victoria. Upper Genoa river, F. Mueller^ the specimen in young bud only, and therefore in some measure doubtful. Var. oMusata, Leaves rather broader and less acute. Hunter's "River, R, Brown; between Suggcrah and Lake Macquoy, Leichhardt, Var. sericea. Branches, under side of the leaves, and bracts, closely sillvj, but leaves
;

N.

S. "Wales.

aciite

and bracts covering the calyxes, as in the normal form. Victoria, F. Mueller ; near Melbourne, Adamson.

Marshy
82.

places, near Brighton,

11.

P. Gnnnii, BentlAn Ann. Wien. Mus.ii.

An

erect diffuse or

spreading shrub, of 1 to 3 ft., the numerous slender branches pubescent or hirsute Avith spreading hairs or at length glabrous. Leaves varjing from ovate and 1 to 2 lines long, to oblong or almost linear and 3 to 5 lines long, obtuse, always convex or with recurved margins, often shining above, pale and sometimes hairy undei-neath. Stipules small, usually spreading. Flowers from 2 or 3 to about 8, in small terminal heads. Bracts imbricate, but usually shorter than the very short pedicels. Bracteoles inserted on the
2 calyx-tube, small, lanceolate or linear. about villous, Calyx pubescent or lines long or rather more, the lobes lanceolate, not acuminate, as long as the

tube, the 2 upper ones more falcate and united to the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx; lower petals shoiier, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary villous ; style subulate. Pod obliquely ovate, acute, flat, about 3 line* long, the finiiting pedicels often nearly as long as the calvx. Hook. f. Fj.

Tasm. i. 88, t. 13 P. bceckeoides, A. Cunn. Benth. 83 (described from a very imperfect fragment).
;

in Ann. Wien. Mus.

n.

Victoria. Port Phillip, R. Browp, and thence to Gipps' Land and comnioa in the Stringy-Bark and other ranges, F. MneUer.

Australia Felu
the

Tasmania.

Port Dalrymple and Derwent

river,

R.

Brown;

abundant throughont

colony, ascending to from 2000 to 3000 ft., /. D. Hooker. The larger-leaved forms can always be distinguished from smaller bracts,

mnch very the P. driata by

12.

P. scabra,

to 4. ft.,

R. Br, in Ait. HorL Kew, ed. 2. iii. 18. sbrub of 3 with divaricate branches, terete and softly pubescent or villous, the

down

often rust-coloured. Leaves from obovate to narrow-cuncate, under j the in. long, truncate, eraarginate or sbortly mucronate, 2-lobed, and often margins revolute, scabrous above, tomcntose or hirsute underneath. Stipul^^^

spreading or recurved. Flowers sessile in the upper axils or 3 or 4 together stipules at the ends of the branches. Bracts very small or none besides the nf floral lpnv*a "Rpn^f Avli- ," i-.l ... n i i. _ M ^i h>TlCeO' of fhfi the floral leaves, calyx late. Calyx bro upper ones broader and united to the middle. Standard about twice as lo"3
i

as the calyx; lower petals rather shorter,

the keel deeply coloured.

Ovary

..

Tultencea,']

xu leguminos^.

117

villous,

long.

tapering into a subulate style. Pod ovate, pubescent, nearly 3 lines Seeds ovate, the hilum at the broad end with a fringed strophiole.

Fort JacksoQ to the Blue Moimtains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 386, IL Wixt 563, 564, and 592, and others. Victoria. la the Grampians, Mitchell ; Mount Disappoiutment, the Grampians, etc., L Mueller; Wimmera, Ballachy. *ar. montana. More tomentose. Leaves frequently obovate, very retiise, scarcely mucronate. P. montana, Lindl. ia Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 178. 'J'o this form belong the
Hctorian specimens.

N. S. "Wales.

short and often hoary or even silveiy on the under side of the leaves. Leaves narrow-euneate, dilated and 2-lobed at the end, with a short recurved point. P. hiloha, R. Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 2091 (a starved speciracii) DC. Prod. ii. 110; Lodd. ;
Bot. Cab. t.
etc.

Var. hiloha,

Tomentum

550

P. deUoldea,

Sieb.

PL Exs. Port
in

Jackson, R. Brown, Sleber,

n,

388,

112. A dwarf, diffuse, wuch brauclied slimb, the brandies slender, hoary silky-pubescent or villous. Leaves linear-cuneate, usually narrow and 3 to 4 lines long, truncate or retuse, with a recurved point and re volute margins ; sometimes longer and flatter, rounded at the end, with a recurved point, but never exceeding ^ in., usually glabrous above and hoary tomentose underneath, rarely softly villous when
13.

P.

microphyUa,

Sieb.

DC. Prod.

ii.

F^ing.
axils
ets

Stipules very small, spreading or recurved. Flowers in the ujjper on very short pedicels, or 2 or 3 together at the ends of the short branch-

Bracts very small or none besides the stipules of the floral leaves. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube, smaU, linear. Calyx scarcely 2 lines long, Iioary or silky-villous, the lobes nearly as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones
calyx the as long as twice about Standard lower petals not ovate, obliquely shorter. and broadly Ovary villous. Pod scummate, about 3 lines long. P. slempJtylla, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. ^jst.u. 12^; p. nncinata, A. Cuuii. ; Beiith. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 88.
Brisbane river, i^/cw^r. ,,. ^, '^^^^^- Tort Jacksoti to the Blue Mountains, E. Brown, Sieber, n. 418, II. Hit . 502, and others Goulburn, Backhouse ; Laclilan river, Fraur. Benth. cuneata, long. P. I'Cfivcs lines bi-oaJly cuncate-tniucute, 3 to 4 in k' '^^f'^^"r",""' Wien. Mus, ii. 83. To this belong the Queensland specimens, and some from New glaad, C Stuart. largiP. to resemblance some When the leaves are nearly flat, it has J'OHm, ^,-h,ch, readily be may leaves, the however, besides the usually .^v,, lowever, of margins iucurvcd di,t; "'stmguished by the large upper lip of the calyx.
;

oroad

and united above middle.

Queensland.

.'

^''^iigated,

linear ""ear,

tjp

apStipules underneath. and more or less hairy very on or terminal either ^^'^'^i"s 3 to 6 together, sessile in heads snor bifid broad, lateral shoots, few a by so as to a])pear axillary, surrounded tracts. Bracteoles ovate, concave, inserted immediately under the calyx and lobes upper the ^' ^^'^ t"^'^2 lines long, 3 pubescent. Ca]>x rou T^, much ones lower '^ ^fl united the 3 lip, upper into emarginatc a broad hnn shorter, much keel 7' '''"*^calyx ; the as Standard long as twice r.''itOvary villous ; style scarcely thickened at the base, hooked at the
scabrous above, pale

pubescent when \ iinM. 1 with revolute margins, obtuse or with recurved points, under \
.

Brandies slender, Leaves appressed hairs.

in. long,

*^

sU?r

118
15,

XL. LEGUMiNOS-K.

[PiiUenm.

P. pinifoliay MemnAfi PL

Freiss.

ii.

220.

An

erect

slirub,

^vitll

virgate loosely pubescent or villons branches. Leaves narrow-linear, with very short callous or recurved points and revolute margins, 1 to 1^ in. long, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs above, pale or hoary underneath. Sti-

pules spreading.

Flowers rather large and nuinerous, in terminal umbels or heads, sessile within the last leaves, although each flower is distinctly pedicellate. Bracts apparently imbricate, rather narrow and bifid, but mostly fallen off from our specimens. Bracteoles linear, inserted under the calyx and very deciduous. Calyx silky-pubescentj broad, 3 lines long ; lobes broad, acute, about as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones slightly larger and more imited. Standard twice as long as the calyx ; keel niuch incurved, but very obtuse.

Ovary villous, shortly tapering and broadly ovate, turgid, 4 to

into the style.

5 lines long.
n.

Pod

very villous, obliquely

vr

Australia, Dnmmond, 2nd ColL

109.

This species

differs

from

tlie

rest of

the geiiu3 in the veiy deciduous bracts, but the habit, inflorescence, strophiolate seeds, and other characters, are quite those of Paltenaa,

16.

P. pedunculata, Hooh.

Bot.

May.

t.

3359.

prostrate much-

Branched shrub, often forming large patches, the branchlets slender, but rigid, terete, loosely pubescent or villous. Leaves linear or oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, the margins recurved or revolute, 2 to 3 lines or rarely \ in. long, rigid, with fine almost pungent points, which at length wear off, glabrous or scabrous above, pale and often hairy underneath. Stipules erect. Plowers small, solitary or 2 together at the ends of the branchlets, on filiform pedicels, longer than the leaves. Bracteoles linear, inserted at the base of tlie
or scarcely adnate. Calyx 1^ lines long, very open; lobes all acuminate, spreading, the 2 upper ones broader and shortly united. Standard twice as long as tlie calyx; lower petals rather shorter,' the keel incurved, dark coloured. Ovary villous ; "stvle scarcely thickened at the base. Pod
calyx, free

obliquely orate, obtuse or with a recurved longlines 3 about point, turgid, Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 91; P.diemenica, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i.

277.
S. V/ales. Port Jackson, R. Brown. Victoria. Port Phillip,^. Brown; Glenelg river, MitcheU ; Windu Valley, Twhcrtm: Forest Creek, F. Mueller; Winitnera, Ballachy.
Dcrvvent river, U. Brown ; coinmou in sandy plains, near Hobarton, and probably throughout the island, /. D. Hooker. - -^^^st^alia. Mount Lofty, Whitlaker Bugl* and Lofty ; Port Lincoln, Wilhehni ; > ^ , ranges, F. Mueller.
the 17. P. conferta, Beni/i. diffuse, Much branched and apparently ^ Bhort ascendmg branchlets glabrous not but or nearly so. Leaves cro'wded, opposite, linear, obtuse or with recurved poiuts 2 3 or rarely 4 lines Ion?, rather thick, the margins closely revolute, glabrous or the upper ones sligWly hairy. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, Flowers imbricate on the branchlets. axillary on short pedicels. Bracteoles lanceolate-subulate, inserted immediately under the calyx and free appressed from it. with Calyx pubescent,
'

W.

Tasmania.

about 3 hues long, the 2 upper lobes free; acute, large, obloii"-, scarcely the lower ones shorter, narrow-lanceolate, when falcate. Petals all reddish .dry; standard not half as long rather petals again as the calyx; lower
hairs

PullerKsa,']

XL. lkguminosju.
villous, slightly contracted at the base, as in

119
most
species of

shorter.^

Ovaiy

the section

W.
be
ts

Euchilus; style subulate. Australia. Lrummond, Wi ColL

Pod not
n. 70.

seen,
the

From

number quoted

this should

Euchilus jiurpureus, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 276, but there the character given does not agree with our specimens.

may

be some mistake

18.

P. diffusa. Hook.

FL Tasm,

i.

91.

L 14.

\o^Y diifiise or pro-

cumbent shrub, with short ascending or erect branches, somewhat angular, irunutely hoary or glabrous. Leaves linear, 2 to 3 lines long, obtuse or shortly mucronate, flat or convex and glabrous above, the margins folded back and adnate to the lower surface leaving exposed only the broad midrib,
olten

sprinkled with a few short hairs. Stipules minute or none. Flowers small, in the upper axils, resembling those of P. pedunculata, usually 2 op-

each other, each in the axil of a small bract at the base of a young axOlaiy shoot, and often 2 such axillary shoots each with 3 flowers are opposite to each other. Pedicels slender, about 1 line long. Uracteoles imineiately under the calyx and shorter than its tube, ovate-lanceolate, slightly
glandular-toothed.

posite to

Calyx slightly stiigose-pubescent, 1^ lines long or rather ^ore; lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones rounded or truncate, united above the Standard about twice as middle into a broad upper lip. Jong as the calyx; Ovary silkylower petals shorter; the keel much curved.
pubesceiit
l^.-Muell.
;

style

much

dilated at the base.

Pod not

seen.P/ij/lloia diffusa,

Fragm. i. 8. Tasmauia. Sandy plains

"'

in various localities, /.

D. Hooker.

The

seeds not being as

the ^ttUoubted Piiltenmas, and the free filaments and other characters arc much more those of i^men^a than of FhyUota, It appears to be uearly allied to P. yedanculata.

^^^ ^^""^ ^^ ^^^^ species cannot be determined with certainty. It was removed h p"w oy J. Mueller to Fhjllota on account of want of stipules, but that occurs iu a few other

Section
^^t the
""^

II.

Acipuyllum.Leaves
flat,

alternate,

margins

transversely reticulate.
sessile.

concave and keeled Flowers terminal, solitary or 2

rigid,

^ together.

Ovary quite

"Kid coriaceous leaves recall those of Gastrolobium and of the multi-ovulate genera jjjj J^to ^^ it but the inllorescence and liowers are quite those of PuUenaa. ;

retictdata,VI r

BentJt,

An erect ri<>:id shru

Le

pungent point i to | in. long, concave ^Dove, glabrous and strongly reticulate on botli sides, the midrib prominent ^"(lerneath. solitary axils, upper the in or Stipules small. Flowers terminal ;"" ^^^% 2 or 3 together, surrounded by 3 or 3 broad almost orbicular bracts 2^^'h 2 lines long, often very deciduous. Bracteoles immediately under the
broad, 3 glabrous, nearly or silky-pnbescent Calyx ^""^' 5 lobes lanceolate, almost pungent, much longer than the tube, thp I "e i lower calyx upper ones shortly united. the as long ; as Standard twice vUlous Ovary coloured. deeply '^^i"'' tl'e keel slightly curved, Lvi fif^.'"'' ')'e hhform. turgid, obtuse, ovate, broadly Pod villous, about 3 lines long, ne valves ix. 256; Soc Linn. Trans. h^xLDatiesia reticulata, Siu. iu ^cksoHia reticulata, aciphj/Ua, Beiith. in Hueg.
short
^'.Vx,

inutelv tely silkv-nnhpfiOf'Tit vonno". silky-pul)escent wlipn wheny

almost linear, rigid, tapering into a

and broad.

ii ^-

9'?!;

25,

219.

107 ; PultoMa and in Ann. Wieu. Mus. i. 81 Meissn. in

DC. Prod.

ii.

PI. Preiss.

1.

74,

and

120
r

XL.

LEOUMiNos^.
3IenzieSy

[PulkncEa.

V^. Australia.

King George's Sound,

R, Brown^

Iliiegel,

Drumraond^ 2nd
n. 833, 847, and

ColL n. 108 ; Sussex district, Stirling Terrace and near Albany, Preiss, 848 ; Kalgan and Vasse rivers, Oldjield,
.

20.

P. ochreata, Memn.
P.

in

PL

Preiss,

slirub allied to

reticulata^ the branclies

and ii. 219. A tall erect much more slender, glabrous or

i.

75,

minutely pubescent. Leaves obovate oblong or almost liiiear, very obtuse, rarely above \ in. long, rigid, concave with flat margins, glabrous and strongly reticulate on both sides, the midrib prominent underneath. Stipules rather broad. Flowers of P, reticulata^ but rather smaller, solitary and terminal Bracts not 1 line long. Bracteoles immediately under the calyx, short, nearly orbicular. Calyx broad not above 2 lines long, the lobes very acute but not pungent. Ovary villous; style filiform. Pod villous, broadly ovate, obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long, the valves coriaceous and turgid. VT. Australia, Brummond, %nd Coll. w. 107 WeUington district, Preiss, n. 103S.
;

21.

P. aspalathoides,

Meissn, in

PL

Preiss,

i.

73,

audil 219.

A shrub

of 2 or 3 ft., the branches terete, silky-pubescent when young. Leaves distant along the branches, crowded on the smaller branchlets and round the flowers, narrow-linear, but to in. point, long, rigid, fine tapering to a f i scarcely pungent, concave, glabrous or hirsute witli soft fine hairs, strongly
reticulate

midrib prominent underneath. Stipules narrow. Flowers terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together, almost sessile within a dense tuft of floral leaves, with a very few ovate concave Bracteoles immebracts.

on both

sides, the

under the calyx, oblong, concave. Calyx silky-villous, nearly 2 lines long lobes acute, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Standard more than twice as long as the calyx lower petals rather shorter, the keel much
diately
;
;

incurved.

Ovary

villous;

style filiform.
flatter

about 2 lines long,

much

Pod broadlv *

ovate, almost acute,

W.
.

than in P. reticulata.

King George's Sound, R. Broicv, and others, Bmmmond, Srd Coll96; near Albany, Freiss, n. 83S, and 1195 near Mount Barker, Maxwell; WUsous
;

Australia.

luJet, Oldjield,

Section

III.

Euchilus.Leaves

three, flat or concave, or in some l-_or 3-ncrved or penniveined, somewhat

of whorls all or mostly opposite or ia species the margins slightly recurved, often

reticulate in a few

species.

Flowers

axillary or

the of the ends of the branches. lobes Two upper calyx much larger than the others. into base Ovary often contracted at the a very short stipes. Style often broad at the base.

crowded

at

the opposite or verticillate leaves, the remarkable of lobes development of the upper calyx, the much dilated base of the style and shortly stipitate ovary, all characters more pronunent in this ttian in any other section, might have justified the retaining it as a distinct genus, did they aU generally accompany each promost other in the same species, but each one is minent in a difTerent species, and each one may be traced in almost as great a degree in some one or more species belonging to other

The

sections.

Benih. branches tomentose-pubescent.

22

P.-obcordata,

young the shrub, much-branched or three Leaves opposite or in whorls of

An

erect

scattered, broadly obovate or obcorJate, 2 to

4 or rarely 5

lities

long,

"^^"^

obtuse truncate or emarginate, coriaceous, yoa"?. when rigid, softly pubescent at length nearly glabrous and obscurely reticulate above, tomeutose-pnljescei underneath with the margins slightl/ Flowers minute.
recurved.
Stipules

Fultenm.]

XL. leguminos.e.

121

upper axils or forming a short terminal leafy head. Bracteolcs immediately mider the calyx, small, linear. Calyx pubescent, 2 to 2^ hues long, the tube very short, the 2 upper lobes large, ohovate, obtuse, the lower ones much shorter, linear- lanceolate, ciliate. Standard half as lonsr airain as the
ill

the

t>

"to

calvx;

lower petals rather shorter, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary villous, contracted at the base but scarcely stipitate. Pod ovate, flattened, as long as ih Cii]yx.I!uckiliis ohcordatiis,\. Br. in Ait, Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 17; Lodd. Bot. Bab. t. 60; Bot. Eeg. t. 403 Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. 72. ;
^^stralia. V Freiss,
'

King George's Sound, R. Brown^ Baxter, Drummond, and

others,

n,

804

and from

theiice along the coast eastward to the Great Bight, 3Ia:twelL

23.
bescent

P. rotundifolia, Benfh,
branches.

diffuse shrub, with slender terete pu-

or orbicular,

Leaves smnll but not crowded, opposite, broadly obovate very obtuse, 1 or rarely 1^ lines long, the margins recurved,

glabrous

above when full-grown, strigose or hirsute underneath with a proJiunent midrib. Stipules small. Flowers small, on filiform pedicels often \ in. long. Bracteoles immediately under the calyx, linear-subulate. Calyx aWit 2 lines long, slightly pubescent, the tube very short, 2 upper lobes large, obovate or oblong, somewhat falcate, the lower ones much shorter, narrow-lauccolate. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; lower peUils shorter, tne keel deeply coloured. Ovary shortly stipitate. Pod rather longer than
^

calyx,

l^ull.

obliquely ovate, the valves i\im.Enchilus rotmidi/oUus, Turcz. in Mosc. 1853, i. 277 ; Enchilus crini^odm, F, Muell. Fragm. i. 145.

W.
24.
,

Australia, Dmm^nond, Ith CoIL

n.

78; E. Mount Barren,

PhilliiJS

and Fitz-

gerald ranges,

MaxwelL

Branches minutely hoary-pubescent. Leaves Regularly opposite or in whorls of three, oblong-linear or slightly cimeate, obtuse, 4 to 6 lines long, rigid, slightly concave, the midrib prominent and jhe veins more or less reticulate underneath, glabrous or with a few silky rs when young. Stipules small. Flowers in the upper axils or in a short jemiinal leafy head, on pedicels of about 1 line, with small stipular bracts, ^ructeoles immediately to hairy. 3 Calyx concave. narrow, under the calyx, ^ ii|^es long, the 2 upper lobes large, obovate-oblong, very obtuse, the lower
Standard broad, rather longer

P, calyciua, Benth,

^br

Australia, Drnmmoyid^ hth ColL

. 75.

u yinchlets

^P^^^losa,

BeniJi.

Much

branched and apparently

diffuse,

the
fine

slightly hairy.

with a lanceolate, crowded, opposite, Leaves

J^ost pungent point, 3 to 4 lines long, rigid, concave, keeled and transStipules often 2 lines rp^^c^late, glabrous or with a few long hairs. Ion "p Flowers in the upper axils on very short pedicels, Bracteoles close long, lines '1^ the calyx, nearly 3 Calyx long, linear- subulate, ciliate. l" ^^ii-y, the tube very short ; 2 upper lobes large, oblong, with fine J.'7 F mts f scarcely lower ones much Petals ciliate. shorter, lanceolate-subulate, '^^^ing the calvx ; the keel dark-coloured. Ovary villous, contracted into
'

1?2
a very
sliort stipes.

XL. LEGUiiiNOS^.

[PuUenm.

acuminate, but not seen Euchilus sjjiuulosKS, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 275. IrtT. Australia^ Drummond^ ^th Coll. n, 'Jl,
oblon(>-- falcate,

Yoxing pod

ripe.

Benth, Stems slender, much-branched, diffuse or procumbent, the smaller branches silky-pubescent. Leaves in whorls of 3, oblong26.
linear, obtuse,

P tenella,

narrowed

at the base, 2 or rarely 3 lines long, coriaceous, the

silky hairs

margins involute, glabro*us above, convex and sprinkled with a few

underneath. Stipules very small. Pedicels axillary, often longer than the leaves. Bracts minute. Bracteoles small, linear, inserted close under the calyx but scarcely adnate to it. Calyx abont 3 lines long, slightly silky-pubescent or glabrous, the 2 upper lobes broad and falcate, the lower ones narrow, but nearly as long. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx, lower
petals shorter, all apparently yellow.

Pod

sessile, flat,

nearly orbicular, about

3 lines long.
Victoria.
27.
Haidinger range at an elevation of 50^0
ft.,

F, Mueller,

P. temata,

F,

MuelL Iragm,

i".

8,

and

iv.

21.

An

erect, usually

glabrous, often glaucous shrub, the branches terete. Leaves all in whorls of "three, in the original form broadly rhomboidal, truncate, or shortly tapering,

the midrib produced into a more or less pungent point, from 2 or 3 lines to I in. long, and usually rather broader than long, flat or concave, often 3- or 5-ncn^ed at the base. Stipules small. Flowers in the upper axils on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines. Bracteoles subulate, inserted on the base of the calyx.

than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, falcate, acute, united above the middle, the lower ones lanceolate-subulate. Petals nearly of equal length, twice as long as the calyx keel large, almost hood-shaped, very obtuse. Ovaiy sessile, glabrous, tapering into the
lines long, the lobes longer
;

Calyx above 3

ovate, turgid, about 3 lines long.SpadodijIes Ciinnhf hamii, Benth. in Ann. AVien. Mus. ii. 81; Gastrolobium Hut^fjelii, Henfr. in

flattened style.

Pod

Gard. Mag. i, with a fig. ; Joins conVfoIins, Lindl. and Paxt. FL Gard. i. not of Benth. ; Spadodijles temata, F. Muell. Fii-st Gen. Eep. 12; PM^n^tf^ oxalidifoUa, A. Cunn. in Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2.

^'
gas,

S- 'W'ales.

Williams river, R,

Brown; Blue Mountains, A. Cnnningham;

NaT-

3rArthur.

Stony scrubby hills, Buffalo ranges, P. Mneller. pungent Var. ^ntbescens. Branches more or less pubescent. long Leaves broad but with points. Pedicels very short. Xewca&tle and Ruiued-Castle Creek, Leichhardi ; Hunter*
river

Victoria.

Leaves small, tai)cr!ng into V^n^. points. Pedicels slender, as long as or sometimes lon-er than the cixXsyi-^Oxi/Iobiunif' nosum, DC. Prod. ii. 104; Euehiius cuspidalus, F. Muell. n. BS. Vict. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Queensland. Bui-nett and Brisbane rivers, I\ Mueller; Wide Bay, Bidtvill; IpsfficH,

Ficary ; Clarence river, Beckler, Var. cuspidata. Branches slender, pubescent.

?,

NerusL

;typhelioide

Gen. Sj/atAl 124.^ A tall liir?"^J with spreading liairs. Le ' alternate, ovate or lanceolate, tapering into a rigid almost pungent poiut, 3 or rarely 4 lines long, concave or with involifte margin?, sometimes Tccx\rm at the end, the midrib aud sometimes also oblique lateral veins proncinentStipules small.

Cumi. mueh-branched shrub, softly pubescent or

in

G, Pot.

Flowers axillary on slender pedicels of 1 to 2

lines.

13ruc-

Pultenm.]

XL. leguminos.e.

123
lobes.

teoles

inserted

on the calyx-tube, linear or snbnlate, shorter than the

Calyx villous, 3 to 3|- lines long, the lobes subulate-acumiuate all longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad falcate and united at the base, the lower
ones

narrow.

Petals rather longer than the calyx.

Ovary

sessile, villous

few long hairs, tapering into a subulate style. Pod ovate, rather obtuse, turgid, shorter than the calyx. P. epacridea, T. Muell. Fi-agni. iv. 21. rX.S. "Wales, High ranges of the interior, Fraser ; ArG:jle county, M.'Arthur
Canyiingham, Victoria. Scrubby and stony riJges between the Broken and Ovens rivers, Mount Pleasant and I\Iount Hunter, F. Mueller. Ihis species is one of those which connect Euchilus with Coslophi/llum, some specimens ^^ ^' proamhens da^^h vQ^^Mihlt It is also it iu habit, but the calyx is very different. "early allied to F. kumllis.
.

with a

Murray river,

Section IV. Ccelopiiyllum. Leaves all alternate, either flattened but more or less concave in withering, or with involute margins, or darker-coloured underneatli than above, or linear-terete and channelled on the upper side, the margins never recurved, although the end of the leaf may be so, 1- or 3-nerved
quite

iieany

without transverse veins or reticulations. equal or the 2 upper ones large. Ovary sessile.

neiTeless,

Calyx-lobes

Some species of this section (especially P. urodon, P. eiichila, P. humilis, etc.) have the ^"^^"'"''' ^^^ ^^^ '^^^^s 3re all alternate. few species arc nearly allied in habit A Ma character to Latrohea diosmifoUa, but have the calyx less regular, and the bracteolcs

TVf
lose

under the calyx.

^^^'^^ "^

iLe"^? ralyi^ i besides that the

Those with liucar-terete or subulate leaves approach Billwyma in *^^ presence of stipules, and iu the bracteoles close under or aduate to
standard
is

not so broad as

it

usually

is

in that genus.

growalmost shrub, glabrous Mudl. Herb. jng into a small tree. Leaves linear-cuneate, obtuse, rarely above \ in. long, ffluch narrowed at the base, concave above, faintly 1-nerved and Often darker fo oured underneath. Flowers small, several together in little terminal ura29.
.

P. altissima,

tall

^,:"'^'=

/^f^eraes, rarely

exceeding the

last leaves.

Bracts minute.

Pedicels

"ot twice as lotig.

tiie under close than the calvx. ovate, small, Bracteoles very 3iyx, but scarcely adnate to it. Calyx about 2 lines long, glabrous, the lobes ',7s as the tube, rather obtuse, the 2 uiiner ones a little broader. Standard

ner shorter

Ovary glabrous.
Twofold Bay and Upper Genoa
river, I. Mueller.

Wale
shr
I

-coloured broadly cuneate, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines long, concave, darkerliMerueath. Flowers without any prominent midrib. Stipules very small ermmal heads long. hue rarely 1 Pedicels or umbels. Bi-acts very small. I "rteoles Calyx under the calyx or rather below it, small, ovate, obtuse. longer rather ''' ^""= glabrous obtuse, all ; lobes ciliate or minutely thanV Ovary ^''^^' ^^^ 2 upper ones rather broader and united at the base. gSt ^us, tapering into a subulate style. Pod not seen.
may
Inatl '

ohn f ovate or

slender rather much-branched, A glabrous, petioles, long rather on ^^"-" branches slightly angular. Leaves

**^vata, BmtTt.

'^^^^'

to the

hZf^

oM

^'"go Brush, Argyle countv, Backhouse. +i,nf 11,,. hat but carpels "^^'"-^ I distinct ^^"^ni"ed 1 unilbinily found 2 ovaries or not so clo e are urodon '"''""^ i" Ihe species P. The b?actcolcs in this as in
'' "' ^'^"

rultemcas, yet not so distant from

it

nor

so small as ui

Edaxia and

12*1

XL. LEGTJMiNos.ir.

[Fulknea,

Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales, 346. A low slirub with elongated slender branches, terete and softly pubescent or villous when young. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse or acute, incurved, otherwise flat or concave, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, rather thick, darker coloured on the under side, witliout any midrib. Stipules minute or none. Flowers in terminal Leads, sessile within the last leaves. Bracts few, rather narrow^, 3-fid. Bracteote
SI.
inserted under the calyx, linear, villous with long hairs. Calyx silky-villous, about 3 lines long; lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx; ked sc uTcly exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary villous style erect, hooked at the
;

P, incurvata, J.

end.

Pod

obtuse, not 2 lines long, the valves very convex.

^Vale

Marshes near Sydney, R, Brown; margins of peaty bogs. King's Tabicis

land, Blue Mountains, A. Canmngham, The species beilata, and perhaps a variety, but the stipules are

verv nearly alUed to P. &uUn'

flowers
smaller,

and the
32.

bracts and bracteoles different, at least in

more eo?ispicuous, the R, Brown's spechiiens.

P. subumbellata. Hook. Bot. May, L 3254.

shrub

either low

and

and stniggling, the branches virgate, rather slender, terete, pubescent when young. Leaves narrow-oblong or almost linear, obtuse, under \ in. and usually 3 to 4 lines long, rather incurved than recurved at
the end, otherwise flat or concave, darker-coloured underneath, without any midrib, usually glabrous. Stipules uone. Flowers all yellow, in dense terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves. Bracts few, short, broad, ciliate. Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, linear or oblong. Calyx softly viUous, about 2 lines long ; lobes lanceolate, scarcely so long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard more than twice as long as the calyx lower petals shorter. Ovary villous, tapering into an erect, rather thick style, hooked at the top. Pod about 2 lines long, obliquely and broadly ovate, obtuse, turgid. Tasrn. Bot. Eeg. FL f. t, Hook, 1632; ? o 1. 87.
;

erect or taller

Wales.

Near
ij^
I

lu the absence of stinules, as well as in general habit, th spaces connects PuliencBa with Lairobeadiosmlfolia. The name snhumbellata was unfortunately chosen, for the flower-heads are as compact as iu most capitate species.

graduallj^ into the larger forms.

A Victoria- Australian Alps, at au elevation of 5000 ft., F. Mueller. _ X asmania. I ort Dulrymple, E. Brown ; abundant in moist situations, ascending to 4000 ft., J. D. Hooker. The alpine specimens are smaU and slender, with small leaves and flowers but the.vpjs*
V .^
--

ilouiit Imlay, F. Mueller.

I

P. 33. urodon, Benth. A low shrub, with erect or ascending stems, ^ in our specimens simple or glabrous not much branched, 1 to ft. high, and glaucous or more or less villous with Ion- loose hairs. Leaves numerous, narrow-oblong, obtuse or scarcely acute, 2 to 4 lines or rarely nearly

inconspicuous, glabrous or villous hairs. ve"? Stipules none. dense Flowers in rather large villous heads, sessile within the last leaves, which are larger, broader, thinner, and more acute than the others. cnh% the Bracteoles inserted a little below liuear-subulate, plumose-hairy. Calyx membranous, about \ in. long, densely dothe<l with y,xj long soft hairs the tube, lobes all much longer than the rather 3 upper ones broadly oblong with short ones hue points, the lower
; !
I

nn?* underneath long spreading

\t

"^ '^^^''^ glaucous ""Tf^^-: the niidnb slender or

on both

sides or darker-coloiirej
witl


FuUenaa,]

XL. LEGUMiNos.f:.

125
Standard ra-

sliorier,

lower petals rather shorter ; keel purple, obtuse. Ovary very villous, sessile or slightly contracted at the base style subulate. Pod not seen ripe. Urodon capitatus^ Turcz, in Bull, Mosc. 1849, ii. 17; U. dasypJiyllus, Turcz. 1. c, 1853, 1. 268.
ther
;

long longer than the calyx, emarginate

very narrow^ tapering into

fine

plumose points.

Australia, Drmrtmond, n. 21, 23, 24, 98, 2G7, and hfh Coll. Si/ppL n, 47The larger hairy and more acute leaves by which i/. dasi^phylhis was distinguished maj- be sometimes found on tlie same specimen as the smaller obtuse glabrous ones of U. copitatus. The species has the foliage and inflorescence off. siibnivbellata, differing in the large very hairy flower-heads, and especially in the calyx, which is that of some species of
tie section

W.

&c/a7?/j.

P. stiptJaris, Sm/ Bot. N, IIoll. 35, t, 12, and in Irons, linn, 'Soc. ix. 245. A tall shrub with erect virgate terete branches, usually glal^rous, but the surface almost concealed by the crowded leaves and appressed
34.

but scarcely puugent. point, 1 to 11 in. long, flat above, with slightly prominent margins, usually da^ercoloured underneath with a scarcely ^prominent midrib, ciliate with a few Inng hairs, but other\vise glabrous. Stipules narrow, often above 3 lines long. Flowers numerous in dense Bi-acts imheads, sessile within the last leaves. bncate, but not numerous, narrow, bifid, acuminate. Bracteoles inserted on [he calyx-tube and as long as its lobes, linear, ciliate. Cnlyx fully 4 lines ong, ciliate or much subulate, lanceolate, hirsute with long hairs lobes longer than the base. the at united and tube, the 2 upper ones broader,
stipules.
^

Leaves

linear, acute, ^vith a short fine

o-

-,

Ajyj.

tioa.

11.

iiz

and P. psoraleoides, Sieb. PI.

Exs.
Sieher, n. 382, and

Wales.
others.

Tort Jaclcson to the Blue Jlountains. R. Bromi,

P. glabra, Benth. Allied in habit to F. stlpnlaris and to P''yf'^7"' ^ut readily known by tlie peculiar calvx and the absence of all hairs, flat or branches terete, long, in. to f virgate.Leaves linear, acute, ngid, i prominent, ncave or the slightly midrib margins sliglitly involute, the
il'e

under surface usually darker-coloured.

spreading.

acuminate, subulate, Stipules

^'teu

Plowers rather smaller than in P. flora essde within the of stipules the last leaves. Bracts few besides the inserted '^ves, and Bracteoles these usually with a few set^ in their axils. or 3 ?;t5ie calyx-tube with lanceolate 2 and as long as its lobes, broadly Imes glabrous, frown setse or acuminate 2\ quite Calyx scales in their axils. long as 01% the broad spreading, and lanceolate very acute lobes nearly equal
J^^the tube.
'

heads dense in stipulans,

tvf

'J^'e-

nearly as petals lower Standard twice as long as the calyx ; flattened into a tapering ^^^ ""'''ly straight, obtuse. Ovary glabrous, Pod not seen.
Blue Mountains,
It.

* S. Wales.

Cunningltam.

t. 131. 103, I JIoll. ^ov. Lahill. PI. l.,f or silky-pubescent shrub of minutely 1 to 3 ft. virgate, rigid, branches ^^S linear, Leaves ^abrous^ I'^^^^'f y^^"g' ^^rely q^ite n r^"^^ under acute, scarcely ""'^'ow.lanceolate, usually narrowed at both ends, but
;

P. dentata,

rigid heath-

12G

XL. LEGUMINOS/B.

[_FuUe)m.

and sometimes only I in. long:, flat or concave, coloured or somewhat silvery imderneath, the midrib
in.

rigid, glabrous, darker-

rarely visible.

Stipules

small.

heads, sessile within the last leaves.' Bracts very broad, imbricate, the inner ones 1^ lines long. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube, ovate or oblong, bifid with a third central subulate lobe. Calyx sdky-villous, 2 to 2i- lines long, the lobes rather shorter tlian the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard about twice as

Flowers in dense terminal

long as

tlie

calyx

a slender style.

lower petals rather shorter. Ovary villous, tapering into Pod 2 lines long or rather more, ovate, acute or rarely ob;

1^^ H'^^'^- f- ^'1- Tasm. i. 88 P. argentea, A. Cuiin. ""^-TP^in Pield. N. S. Wales, 347; P pimeleoldes, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 88. " "^.'^^^sI'ort Jackson, R. Brown ; barren rocky hills. Cos's river, A. Cun"; ninfiham Illawarra, M' Arthur.
^'"^- "
' ;
.

Moist, grassy places, Australia Felix, F. Mueller. ^oi"' I'alryinple, R. Brovjn ; northern "?^'*.\*' Cape, Rocky parts of the island. 1 Tr oolnorth, ^\ Hampshire Hills, etc., Gunn, J. I). Hooker. I his species varies much in the size of the flowers, those of Cunnitigham's specimens are me smallest, those described as P. pimeleoides the largest, but I have been unable to mark out distinct varieties. la M'Arthur's specimens they are as larse as in the commou Tas b inanian ones.

Victoria.

37. P. glabrous.

112. Branches erect, virgate, Leaves crowded, linear, rarely above | in. long, obtuse or acute with a long bristle-like point, which wefJrs off on the lower leaves, concave or with involute margms, darker-coloured underneath, the midrib inconspicuous, glabrous or ciliate with a few long hairs. Stipules narrow, rather long appressed or with spreading points. Flowers in dense terminal heads,
ii.

aristata,

Sieb. in

DC. Frod.

and usually not exceeding them. Bracts few, narrow, bihcl. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube and as long as its lobes, linear, cihate vvith long hairs and occasionally with a brown seta in the axil. Lai} X about 4 Imes long lobes nearly longer
;

sessile

withm the

last leaves

agam
hairs
t.

than the tube, cdiate or hirsute with long

as the caljx
; ;

equal, subulatc-acinuinate,

hairs.

Standard not half

as long

195.

rather shorter, incurved. style slightly dilated downwards. Pod

r

kce.l

Ovary not seen. lleichb.

n.

hirsute with long

Icon. Exot.

"Wales
38.

Port Jackson, Sieber,

Sleh. in -->'. ".. j^y^. DC.

n.

383,

77.

Mixt.

555

Hlawarra, M'Ari^^-

vii""' x/uu. n. Prod. ii. 11]. erect, virgate, 11 J. Branches ereci, urancncs glabrous or silky-hairy. Leaves crowded, narrow-oblong or slightly cuneate, under ^ m. long, obtuse or scarcely mucronate, concave and glabrous above, aarker-colourprl unrlprnoafk _-.-! -1 _n.. oo. daiker-coloured underneath, +l, the midrib scarcely conspicuous, usually, especially the upper ones, hirsute i^d with long silky* hairs. long Stipules otten cihate. Flowers dense terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves, without any or with vei7 ^^"^ leaves. ' '^^^ts besides the stipules of the floral leaver''=7 few bracts ^-R.:rV inserted under Biacteoh^s the calyx, linear, ciliate, with 3 broad stipulesCalyx hirsute or ciliate with soft hairs, 3 lines long or rather more; lobes acuminate longer than the tube, tlie 2 upper ones 'much broader and more united. bt,andard about half as long Ovajy again as the calyx ; keel shorter. with a few long hairs tapering into a subulate style. not seen.-E^iclib. Pod Icon. Lxot. t. 193; P. canescem, A. Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales, 316.
.
.

p. plumosa, --9

,7

'

W.S.Wales.

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, ^jVi^r,^. (7wyi^-

Piillencea.]

XL. LEGUMiNOS.i:.
F

127
ft.
;

39.
/

P. viscosa, R. Br. Herh.

An

erect slirub of 3 to 4

brandies

pubescent or villous. Leaves linear, acute or nearly so, \ to f in. long, concave, glabrous or silky-jjubescent underneath, tlie midrib obtuse or slightly prominent. Stipules subulate, with recurved points. Flowers
virgate, terete,
in

terminal heads, sessile

pedicellate.

within the last leaves, though each flower is shortly Bracts scarcely longer than the pedicels. Bracteoles inserted

under the calyx, ovate-lanceolate, rather large.

long, lobes

Calyx

villous, nearly 3 lines

lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube, the 2

upper ones united to

the

middle.

snorter.
long.

Standard half as long again as the calyx; lower petals rather Ovaiy villous style subulate. Pod ovate, acuminate, about 3 lines
;

N. S. Wales. Paramatta, R. Brown, WoolIs baya Ranges, F. Mueller.

southern districts?, Mossmtzn

Wom-

Victoria. Mount Sturgeon, Roherlson. From R. Brown's name, it would appear that the plant is more or less viscitl when fresh. l^nis character does not show ia the dried specimens seen eitlier iu his or other herbaria, "e species is closely allied to P. liibbert'ioides, but the leaves appear to be constantly open on the upper side, not slender and terete as in the latter species.
40.
sjst.

P. echinula.

Slab, in

DC. Prod.

ii.

112

(spelt ecJnnata in Spreng.

Cur. Post. 173). Apparently a straggling shrub, the older brandies denuded of leaves and tid)erculate or echinate with the remains of their pe-

Leaves crowded on the youngjpr branches, often incurved, linear-terete, flinost subulate, mucronate, rarely exceeding \ in., channdled above by the involute margins, often tuberculate outside and soraetiines hirsute with soft airs. last the Stipules rather long. within sessile heads, dense Flowers In
with few bi'acts besides the stipules of the floral leaves. Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, oblong or lanceolate. Calyx 2^ lines long, glabrous <jf mi-iutc] Stanlobes lanceolate, nearly equal, about as long as the tube.
ji'irtl

tioles.

jenves,

not twice as
;

long as the calvx

lower petals rather shorter.

Ovary

vil-

subulate. Podnot seen. Reichb. Icon. Exot.t. 19G. Qiieensland. Brishane river. J'w.ser .^ , " S. Wales. Port Cunmvgham. E. 3S4, n. Sieber, Jackson to the Blue Monntains, in the whilst Cunningham's, 7,'' ^ ^Pe'-'imens have the uiJi.cr leaves more hairy than W. yi;
style
.

lous

and I'l, 'le f leaves

'"'^'^ ^'

""""' ^^Ji't^h in Sicbor's is glabrous. are nearly smooth, but all appear to belong to the same

Eraser's specimen
species.

is

past flower

not llowers points, Stipules with long subulate on flower each Jerous, iu dense heads, but sessile amongst the last leaves, a ones Pedied of 1 inner the bifid, Ibe or rather more. Biacts imbricate, abo /e 2 lines inserted under the calyx,
scent or softly villous. ;

P. hibbertioides, Jlooh. f. Fl. Tasm. I 89. A much-branched *ffuse shrub, h wi clothed less forming large bushes of 1 to 2 ft., u.ore or mostly actUe, shortly or spreading hairs. Leaves linear-terete, obtuse T^ f ? puglabrous, lu. margins, long, dianndlcd above by the involute J^t \
41-

long 2^cave and lines to ---^ 2 Calyx -^ 2i v>iu^^ ^ keded, n^ccitu, calyx. caiyx. at least as long the ions as lue \^ ]nl>. Standard all actite broader. ; or acuminate, the 2 upper oiies rather ;, vilOvary ^"'''^ shorter. loS 'IS the calyx ; lower petals rather 'ojs, acuminate, tivpering or acute into a subulate Pod rather narrow,

long, usually striate.

Bracteoles

fi
'
'<>

3 lines lon<r
ctoria.

style. ^

BuffiJo ranges, ^. A/f//^r.

128

^^' LEGUMixos.^,

\Paltenm,

Between Laanceston and George Town, Gunyi, Bracts and bracteoles smaller. Australia Pedicels short. Var. conferta. Mueller*

Tasmania.

Telis, /.

nearly allied to P, mollis, but tBe bracteoles are quite distinct from The species etc. bracts, larger leaves, narrower terete much viscosa its in P. differs from calyx. It
is

An erect heath4ike shrub, the 42. P, rosea, F. MuelL Fragm, ii. 15. Leaves linearbranches virgate, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs. terete, obtuse or with short callous points, under \ in. long, channelled above
by the involute margins,
Flowers pink, narrow, trifid.
sliglitly

scabrous.

Stipules

subulate-pointed.

in terminal heads, sessile within tlie last leaves.

Bracts

few,

Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 2 the tube, the long as lanceolate, as silky-pubescent, 2^ lines long ; lobes
as long as twice equal length, not upper ones more united. Petals nearly of the calyx. Ovary villous ; style subulate. Pod 2 lines long, acuminate. Bartonia suhal^ina^ F, Mnell. in Trans. Phil. Inst, Vict. i. 39.

Victoria. The species is

,

In the Grampians, ifount 'William, at an elevation of 5000 ft., F. Mueller. chiefly distinguished from the i)rcceding by the unusual colour of the flowers.

A bushy shnib, 43. P. mollis, LindL in Mitch. Three Exped, ii. 260. the branches clothed with soft spreading hairs. Leaves narrow-linear, almost terete, acute or obtuse, mostly about ^ in. long, concave or channelled above, Flowers usually incurved, softly pubescent or villous. Stipules spreading. Bracts short, few in dense terminal heads, sessile amongst the last leaves. Bracteoles inserted besides the broad bract-like stipules of the floral leaves.
on the calyx-tube near
villous
;

its

base, narrow, keeled.

Calyx about 3

lines long,

lobes broad, scarcely so long as the tube and all nearly equal. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovarj" villotjs, tapering into a subulate style. Pod not seen.

Victoria.
Var.
(?)

Wannon

river, at the

foot of the

Graiiipiam the iu Mitchell; Grampians,

ana bracteoles small

and Mount Maccdon, F. Mueller,

canescens.

Bracts small.

Calyx hoary-pubescent, the

narrow.

S. Australia.

Macble range, Wilhelm.ii near Spencer's Gulf, F. Mueller,

in

44.

P. strobilifera, Mex%m,

PI Freiss.

I 75, and

ii.

220.

An

erect

heath-Uke shrub of ^ to 1-| ft., closely resembling P. ericifolia, except in the uiiautel) shape of the flower-heads and bracts. terete, Branches virgate, nnich often hoary. Leaves linear-terete, obtuse, rarely above 3 laics long and
shorter, channelled above, rather thick, glabrous,

smooth

wnakled. slightly or
heads-

Stipules small.

Flowers in dense terminal ovoid or scarcely globose

om upper acuminate, longer than the tube, the 2 caly^i united above the middle. the as Standard not half as long again ciect an keel not exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary villous, tapering into style, hooked at the top. Pod ovoid, turgid, about '3 lines long.----F-f^*^^^' nioides, Turcz. in Bull, Mosc. 1853, i. 280. Ur. Australia. In the interior, Dnmmond, n. 247, and Wi Coll.n. C2 (<^'' ^J]|' ^^' ranges, Prn'j^, ?i. 1185; Minto district, Prmj, . 1190; Stirling and Plautagcuet
long, the lobes narrow,
well.

or pubescent Bracts numerous and closely imbricate, broad, shortly toothed, umler ciliate, the inner ones about 3 lines long. close Bracteoles inserted hues the calyx, linear or subulate, hirsute with long hairs. 4 under Calyx

FuUeucsa,]

XL.

legumixos^.

129

45.

P. ericifolia, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Rid. App. 13.

shrub, with terete minutely pubescent branches.
spreading, obtuse or mucronate,

An

erect

heath-like
terete,

Leaves

linear-

under ^

in.

long, channelled on the

upper side, glabrous, usually tubcrculate or

small.

irregularly

wrinkled.

Stipules

Flowers in dense terminal broadly globose heads, sessUe within the last leaves. Bracts niimerous, imbricate in several rows, but spreading at tk top, ckeply trilid, with a subulate central, and broad lateral lobes, the inner ones 3 to 4 lines long, all fringed -with long hairs. Eracteoles inserted under the calyx, linear or subulate, hirsute with long hairs. Calyx fully 4 lines long, the lobes narrow, acuminate, longer than the tube, the 2 upper
ones united

above the middle. Standard not half as long again as the calyx leel not exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary villous, tapering into an erect style, hooked at the top. Pod not seen. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 75, and
^

ii.

219.

W. Australia.
^^ n.U%,
1187.

Preiss,

King George's Sound, R. Brown ; Swan River, Dmmmond, \st n. 1189; Konkobcrui) Hills aud near Albauy, Preiss, n. 1186

Coll.

a7id

erect An i. 278. 1853, Mosc. Bull. in Math-like shrub, the young branches loosely pubescent. Leaves linear-terete or trigonous, obtuse or scarcely pointed, mostly 3 to 4 lines or rarely 5 lines wug, channelled above, glabrous, smooth or tuberculate, incurved, spreaduig
46.

P. verruculosa, Turcz.

or rarely

recurved.

amongst the last

broadly ovate,

sessile heads, terminal in Tlowers Stipules subulate. few, Bracts acute. buds proliferous leaves, occasionally
;

Bracteolcs not above 2 lines loug, entire or shortly 3-lobed. at villous Jjserted under the calyx, or pubescent, Calyx short, lanceolate. the top with long soft hairs, about 3 lines long lobes shorter than the tube, muldle acuminate, the the to nearly 2 upper ones broader and united keel ^jandard half as long edge yellow a with again as the calvx, dark TO, almost acuminate. Ovary villous, tapering into an erect rather thick "yle. hooked at the cud. Pod not seen.
;

^^^r, Oldjield;
JJ-P^losa.

f^'^stralia.

Kin? Gcoi-gc's Sound, Stirling Kauge aud eastward

Collie,

Drummond,

Ith Coll

n.

03

Kalgan
;

to the Great Biglit,

Sprinkled with .nrcadin- hairs. OldjZeld. this species with P. Beach, ^' ericifolia.-Chcjne!^ vt very shortly often and Leaves shorter, thicker, *'''^f%%^''ntW ^^"f'^^'-J}^!"' brachyi^hylla^TMX^z. ^her8,aller,the heads bracts.-P. oft proliferous .vith few leaf-like ""^^Jl- Mosc. 1853. i. %Ti^.-DraHunond, Coll. n. 68, Maxtvell. ^ /r,//^ Var. P. ffinjoha as end, recurva. the at Leaves more spreading, mostly recurved hrachyphylla.~\^v.z var. the in *'^^'=teoIes, etc.. of P. verruulosa. Flowers as gIS^o'* ''^'^e's Sound, Qollle,

Maxwell. numerous, more and longer Bracts rather

m
_

p. empetrifolia, Meism. in Ft. Preiss. i. 76. wie Shrub, hoary-pubcscent ^--^-- -^^^.j slender rarely above 1 ft. high, with numerous and mucronate ^^nches. Leaves numerous, linear-terete, obtuse or ^^^^f^lv and long Unes under 2 recurved at the end, in some specimens all Jfy l^"^s yn to 3 scarcely 1 line and 2 and thick, in others more slender s ipu S ^channelled above, tubercular-scabrous. or smooth glabrous and onay occas heads folate, rather broad. Flowers in smaU dense terminal the han shorter few, leaves) b"^ acute. floral (or Bracts Sf'"'^!' lobe. leaf-like green ''th 2 broad usually a central and stipular lobes, ""f'
^'-

diffuse or divari-

130

XL. LEGUMiNOSJ::,
m

\Piiltenm,

Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, oblong, acute. Calyx 2|- lines long, glabrous or with a few long hairs ; lobes lanceolate, acute, rigid but not striate, as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones broader and slightly connate, the lower ones usually with a dark spot in each sinus. Standard about half as long again as the calyx ; keel shorter, deeply coloured. Ovary villous style subulate.

Pod

shoiter than the calyx in our specimens.

i.

P.

veriicillata, Turcz.

in Bull. Mosc. 1853,

279.
^th Coll.n, 62

^V. Australia^ Drummo7id,

and

64.

In

inflorescence, this species

con-

nects the preceding with the following two species, the bracts are peculiar, and in a young state the acutely acuminate buds are very prominent*

279. A slender heatlilike erect shrub, the young branches silky-pubescent. Leaves linear-terete, obtuse or with a hooked point, under \ in. long, channelled above, glabrous
48.
^

P. adunca^

Tares,

m Bull.

Mosc. 1853,

i.

or scabrous-pubescent.

Stipules

small.

Flowers at

first

in terminal

heads,

which soon grow out into

leafy branches, leaving

the flowers

axillary near

their base, without any other bracts than small floral leaves. Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, linear. Calyx nearly 3 lines long, silky- villous; lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, falcate, united'to above

the middle

and narrow. Standard half as long ^g^^ as the calyx, dark-coloured with a yellow edge lower petals shorter, dartcoloured. Ovary villous, tapering into a thick erect style, hooked at the top.
;
;

the lower ones short

Pod

not seeu.
Drummoiid, ^th
Coll. n. 66.

W. Australia,

Tlie calyx-lobes are

more unequal

in lb

species Ihan in any other one of the section.

49. P. neurocalyx, Tarcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 281. A slender but ngid, heatli-like, diffuse or divaricate shrub, with the habit, inflorescence, and rigid calyx-lobes of P. empetrifolia, but at once known by the striate bracteoles and calyx. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 1 or rarely 2 lines long, glJiobtuse, concave or channelled above. 1- or usually 3-nervcd underneath, brous. Stipules none or very small. teniiiti.% small, Flowers at first in or sessile, leafy heads, which soon grow Bracts out into leafy branches.

with scarious ciliate margins. Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, ovate or oblong, 3-nerved. Calyx glabrous or slightly Puacute, bescent, about 2i lines long ; lobes all broadly lanceolate, scarcely rigid, 3- or 5-nerved. Standard half as lon^ attain as the calyx or rather

floral leaves ovate, striate,

more
yjv

keel

mucb

shorter.

Ovary vnious, tapering

seen.
'

into a thick erect

style,

hooked

at the top.

Pod not

Var. viajor
ranges,

I-caves 2 to 3 lines long.

Mount Bland,

lowers
etc.,

larger, the calyx 3 lines long,

.rhiiiip*

Robertson's Brook,

Maxwefl.

50

P. rigida, R. Br. Herb.

branches terete, hoary-pubescent. mto pungent points, concave or conduplicate, glabrous or obscurely V^f] Fruit": veined. Stipules witli long subulate points. Flowers not seen. und^ pedicels axillary, solitary, 1 to 2 Hnes long. close Bracteoles inserted the calyx, and as long as its tube, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx nearly 2

much-branched, rigid shrub, the )of. tapenn? rigi^l, Leaves lanceolate, very

PuUencea.l
.

XL.

LEGDMINOS^.
Pod

131

long, the long.

lobes subulate-acuminate.

very turgid, ovoid, 3 to 3 lines

Br.).

S.

Australia.

Memory

Cove, R.

Brown {Hb.

^^i w anclied prickly

^* J.^,'^^P"a,

Labill.

PL

Nov. Holl.

slirub, attaining several feet,

130. A muclithe young branches terete and

i.

102,

t.

usually villous.

gent-pointed

coloured underneath,
norai leaves

Leaves bnear or linear-lanceolate, spreading, rigid and pununder J in. long, concave or with involute margins, darkerusually glabrous.
Stipules subulate

or those of the

unaei the calyx, lanceolate. or rather more lobes

broader. Flowers in the uppermost axils, usually 3 or 3 together at the ends of the smaller branches, with occasionally 1 or 3 leafless snpular bracts, shorter than the very short pedicels. Bracteoles inserted

hZ g
Imes

as

Calyx glabrous or pubescent, about 3 lines long lanceolate, rather shorter than the tube, the 3 upper ; "' ^"^^^^^^ and united to the middle. Standard fully twice as ,, the calyx; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary pubescent, tapering

to a

subulate style.

Pod
ii.

obliquely ovate, shortly acuminate, often above 3

;

long.-DC. Prod.
^'^1"''"* in

113

Hook.

f.

Fl.

Tasm.

i.

90.
also in the

^ndk^'^^'
*'*3'nia.

rocky places ia the Australian Alps,

river,

Grampians, F.

kU>,j

Port Dalrymple and Derwent

I^^^aves lanceolate,

B.

Brown

aLundant throughout the

cordate at the base, tarounded sometimes almost or iwrirKf' P""g^Tit point.-- P. cordata, Grah. in Edinb. Phil. Journ. 1836 13ot. ^W^ Mair t ^Iaao ^^^^" ^^1- 1'asm. i. 90 in Ann. Beuth. -' error, cordifolia, by a clerical P. ; . Tit \f ^ "' ^^-^^'"^^^^^^ ^- ^rowl and others. Some T ^"1^'^'*^ specimens, as well as others from the Grampians, are quite intermediate Mween if ^os; and in the true P^junlpe^ina the breadth of the leaves is very variable

;
*

y^ ^^'

Jj

shrub of 1^ to ^'^^^^^^^^ divaricnte or spreading, loosely pubescent or tomentose. Lea' r -^^'"^^^'^^^^^ ^^ trigonous, channelled above, rigid with more or less Puiir% p^^^P^^"ts, croAvded on the smaller branches and 3 to 5 lines long, diva21'^^*

^" ^cerosa, R. Br.

Jlerh.

rigid

iTiiich -branched

Dninf

1^

^^"Ser brandies, and nearly ^ ^T^

in.

Stipules appressed, subulate-

unit

c
f

*-ixv. .^^.^^ i^inai.., ui giauiuus long, z-^ nnes subulate points, the 2 upper ones rather broader and more

^tii^jL

auout

subid
^'

Australia. ^^^*" counte/r ^ay,

c.

p^"^'^^'^
e-

Pod

Ovaiy villous s long again as the calyx. ovoid, very turgid, about as long as tl the calyx.
^'^^^

style

Memory

Cove,

R Brown

Lofty Range, Whiiiaker,

K Mueller

En-

Stuart; Poii Lincoln, WilkelmL

shnit
of fro

tescp.^
obtus

V^^^'^^ilis, BentJi. in. EooL FL Tasm. i. 91. Either a low ^ ^^^^'^^ ^^^ ^^d decumbent ascending or scarcely erect brandies 1 ^ * 1 ft., or erect with spreading branches and several feet high, pu-

spreading hairs. *^ ^^^^^^ ^^^*^' ^'ar^ exceeding \ invoht conspiscarcely midrib ^^*^" the outside, -"""'"S"^^' ^^'^e^' coloured cuous 1 "'^^^^e ^vith long Stipules ' glabrous. length at young, soft hairs when narr ^' except those of the floral leaves. Flowers axillarj^ but crowded uito K 3
^^^^^

"^

^^^^^*^

Leaves linear- or elliptical-oblong, or with in., rather thick, concave

l32

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

[Pulfema,

broad fe^v with a often branches, the ends of the short leafy spikes at or near linearbase, its near calyx the on inserted Bracteoles stipuhnr leafless bracts. hairs, 3 to long with ciliate or villous Calyx 2-stipulate. subulate, ciliate, often upper the tube, 2 the than longer much acuminate, 4 or even 5 lines long ; lobes
not Petals narrow. very ones lower middle, tbe ones broad and united to the few a with Ovary dark-coloured. much longer than the calyx-lobes ; keel sem.Sj/adostj/ks not Pod downwards. dilated much hairs; style long

Huegelii and S. Benthamite Endl. Nov, Stirp. Dec, 3.

S* Wales, On the Murrumbidgce, 3P Arthur. Victoria. In the Grampians, F, Mueller; Wimmera, Ballachj

N.

mouth

of the

Glenelg, Allitt,

Tasmania.

Eppinir Forest, Launccston and HuLarton road, Giinn.

The

aspect

is

sometimes nearly thatof>.^/>A"(?a, bnt differs in the calyx, the iasertion of the etc., characters which bring it nearer to P. villosa,

bracteoles,

54.

P, parviflora,

Sieh,

in

DC. Frod,

ii.

111.

pubescent with greyish appressed hairs. darkermargins, incurv(;d concave or with obtuse, 1 to 2 or rarely 3 hnes long, feu' a with sprinkled coloured underneath with a slender midrib, glabrous or upper the in small, few, llowers Stipules appressed. hairs when young. axils. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube near its base, hnear-subulate, than longer Calvx about 2 lines long; lobes acuminate, ciliate, 2-stipulate. Ovary base. the at united the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, falcate and hairy at the top style dilated downwards.
slender,
\

Branches numerous, Leaves oblong-cuucate,

N.

S. VTales.

Port Jackson, R, Broiiii, Sieber, n,

399; FL MixU

n.
.

589;

near

Penrith, Backhouse,
Var. angxistifolia.
terete and channelled above.

Leaves narrower and more acute or mncronate, sometimes Murrumthis helaiig the
Bracteoles usually shorter.

t aluio

To

; Creswick tidgee specimens, and some from Strinsiy Mueller Bark Eorest, F, ^

aiggiog"'

K f tkV ^: but elHptica, of the broader-leaved forms is sometimes nearly that of P. narbecome always differ in the calyx, the insertion of the bracteoles, etc. As the leaves specuncus some rower they are at the same time more rigid, acute, and spreading ; hut in we see a passage from the one form to the other. silky-pubescent ^Yith Benth.
. '

W. S, Whan, The aspect

55.

P. setulosa,

Apparently procumbent,

e, mucroua branchlets. Leaves hnear, terete or trigonous, channelled above, appressed Stipules 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long, glabrous or silky-pubescent. with long, fine, erect or spreading points. Flowers axillary, nearly ^^^^^' fomiing leafy heads or clusters at or below the ends of the branches. ^^^

none besides the

calyx-tube,
often

floral leaves.

Bracteoles linear,

inserted on the base

lines long,
slightly

oi
silK}lai-

2-stipulate.

Calyx 3 to 3|

pubescent, the lobes all tapering to fine points, the 2 upper cate and united above the middle, the lower ones shorter and

ones broad,

mnch

ti^^'^''^^^|'

Standard scarcely twice as long as the calyx.

glabrous, flattened at the base.

Ovary

very villous.

^^)

Pod
all

ovate, shorter than the calyx.

Certainly allied to P. humiUs, >vith ^^^^/^^^j^^*' stifi^ the to points opened out, and the fine
j

Qneeusland.
same calyi leaves, and
56.
;

Broad Sound, Bowma^i.

but the small leaves not at

calj'X-lobes give it a peculiar aspect.

72.

Br, in AiL IIorL Kew. ed, 2, iii. 19. A shrub of 2 ft., with spreading dift'use or virgale branches, completely covercci to almost young by the long closely-imbricate stipules^ each pair united

P. vestita,

W
*J

'

Talkncm.']

XL.

legdmINOS^.

133

Leaves narrow-linear or rarely lanceolate, sliortly mucronate, under \ in. long, concave or with involute margins, rigid, glabrous or minutely silkypubescent, quite nerveless. Flowers in dense leafy tei-minal heads, occasionally growing out into short leafy proliferous spikes. Floral leaves or bracts with large
top.

broad stipules

Bracteoles inserted close under the calyx, stipular, scarions, lanceolate, usually with 2 pointed lobes and a central long ciliate point. Calyx 3 to 4 lines long, the tube glabrous or silky-hairy lobes lanceolate, with rigid subulate points, hirsute or ciliate, the 3 upper

and a smalUamina.

ones broader at the base.

keel calyx-lobes the ; exceeding scarcely Petals almost as long as the standard. Ovary silky-villous ; style subulate. Pod MueU. F. fuscata, flattened, enclosed F. 112 ii. ; the calyx. DC. Prod.

in

Trans. Vict. Inst.

S.

119.

Australia. Port Lincohi, B. Brown ; Salt's Creek, F. Mueller. W. Australia. Point Sherratt, Esperaiice Bay, Maxwell.
57.
or

diffuse A Ml. Wales, S. N. P. procumbens, A. Cunn. in Field, prostrate much-l)ranched rigid shrub, the young branches pubescent.

Leaves obovate-oblong or lanceohate, 1 to 2 or rarely 3 lines long, mucronate margins, involute or fine-pointed, recurved with or at the end, but concave scarcely midrib the outside, darker-coloured and glabroiis or slightly hairy s. axi upper the prominent. Flowers solitary Stipules rather broad.

tde on msprted Bracteoles forming sometimes short, leafv, terminal spikes. about e cilia or middle of the calyx-tube, small, acute. Calyx glabrous tiie^ tube, asthe '"les long; lobes 'lanceolate, fine-pointed, about as long tue as long as twice upper ones broader and rather more united. Petals about c%x, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary bearing a few long hairs ; style dilated ii. -!. Mus. Wien. downwards. P. setigera, A. Cunn. j Benth. in Ann.

K. S. Wales. ^ Blue Mountains, Cox's Argjle county, HP Arthur ; rocky ridges near

Cunningham; A. Bathurst. river, and N. of Muelleu Miitiaoora, Ilerl. F.

3 of sbrub much-branched 58. P. hispidula, R. Br. Herb. erect An , Leaves hairs. ? i ft. ; branches slender, terete, hirsute with rust-coloured hues !?' about 3 point, 'far, obtuse or with a minute recurved ^""^J^^^ conspi-^tion.. Jove, scabrous or hirsute underneath, the midrib scarcely sessile heads Stipules small. terminal J^'^J^^^/^ Flowers small, in small ne [^ o base ""^^he mserted ^^']'cely exceeding Bracteoles the short pedicels. l^es the ^ long Imc ^;'y^, oval-oblou|. Calyx scarcely more than 1 ^^^^^ t^^ more Standai^ !><;;, the 2 upper ones nither broader. ^"^^^^^^ rod f-^ fihform. stjle "^ the calyx, villous ; Ovaiy Imver petals rather shorter.
.

not seen.
P- tillo ^'losa. hnt the flowers are I^^--cnt (Z/e.a. R. Br.)
.

.,,

Wales.

St.

George's river,

iZ.

^...v.

umch

smaller,

braeteoies ^^t^^^^^^^^ ^'^'^/Sit and ^ iuSorescenee and the

1 ^^^'^

'^\

P. la^iflora,

^'-'"dies,

Benin. silky-pubeseeut when

prostrate

shrub,

-tW
*

-^^^^^^

^i'^ely acute, niostly

['.^lerucath,

3 to 4

'pules

without any prominent narrow, npprcssed. Flowers in terminal

fall off,

L^^^*^^ convex love T^'^'td or concave ch^"^"^j^f ; ab o^^^^^ lines long, or pul-.cen midrib, ^^unutely

you4-

^X.is

clustei;s,

^^

^J, ^l^ort

iiubrieate l.racts, which soon ^i'^fy shoot, with 3 to 6 tlowers at its

and the '^l^^t^^^'^l^J,^;^ " 2 pedutls sdky-pabe=cent on base,

'^ ^f^J

134
to 3 lines.

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

'

[PuUenm.

Bractcoles close under the calyx, linear-Innceolate, with 2 stipuall lobes long lines about to 2 silky-pubescent, slightly 2| Calyx lar lobes. acute or acuminate, the 3 upper ones broader and united at the base. Stan;

dard half as long again as the calyx lower petals rather shorter, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary villous^ taperhig into a subulate style. Pod not seen.
;

Victoria- Near the Western S. Australia. Oukaparinga

60.

Hohertson ; Grampians, F, Mueller. river and Eucountcr Bay, F, Mueller.

frontier,

rigid apparently divancate Muell. Herb, shrub, the young branches minutely hoary or almost silky-pubescent. Leaves from broadly obovate and 2 or 3 lines long, to linear-cuneate and \ in. long, obtuse or truncate, more or less concave and glabrous above, silky-

P. largiflorens,

pubescent or at length glabrous underneath, with a prominent midrib. Stipules very small. Flowers nearly sessile, in axillary or terminal clusters, suiTounded when young by a few short broad imbricate bracts, wdiich usually fall off before the flowers expand. Bracteoles inserted near the top of the calyxtube, small, lanceolate. Calyx silky-pubescent, 2 lines long or rather more; lobes scarcely so long as the tube, the 2 upper ones broad and united nearly to the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx; lower petals nearly as long, the keel almost acuminate. Ovary villous ; style filiform. Pod obliquely ovate, acute, silky, scarcely exceeding the calyx, more or less flattened.

Victoria. Forest Creek and Mount M'lvorj F. Muf'Jler. S. Australia. Encounter Bay, Whitlaker ; Lofty Range, F. Mueller. The Victorian spcdmens have generally much narrower leaves than the S. Australian ones, although some branches of the latter have also sometimes the narrow lenves of tlie
former,

mucjspreading ii. 507. low or branched sbrnb, pubescent orvillouSj rnst-coloured when dry. Leaves usually oblong or somewhat cuneate, but varying from linear to^obovatc, obtuse or scarcely pointed, 2 to 3 or rarely when narrow nearly 4 lines long, coucaTe or with incnrved margins, tubercular or hirsute underneath, the midrib

61.

P. viilosa,

Willi. Spec. PI.

slender.

Stipules small, narrow or broad.

Tlowcrs

usually entirely

yelloj^,

solitaiy in each axil, but

cels short,^but slender,

sometimes forming short terminal leafy racemes.

Pedi-

Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube, but sometimes Calvx very near its base, linear, with occasionally 1 or 2 sctie in their axil. I tlie from 1\ to above 2 lines long lobes acuminate, longer than the tube, upper ones broad, falcate and united to the middle, the lower ones narroffless or Petals nearly equal in length, twice as long as the calyx. more Ovary hairy style subulate. Pod scarcely exceeding the calyx. Sm'. in Ann.Bot;

uProtl and 503, in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 24.8 DO. Bot. Mag.'t. 9G7 113; P. pohjgaUfoUa, Kudge, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 303, t. 25; J^y' Prod. 11. Ill P. lanata, A. Cunn.; Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ih S^ ^^
i.
; ; ;

,smal]-lcaved form),

Queensland.

Bris])ane river,

S- "Wales. Port Jackson to the BIuo Mountains. R, Jirow7i, Sieber, . ^'^h^' M'txt. n. 58S, anj others; northward to Hastings and Clarence nvnr?,', Beckler. Victoria. Australia Felix, near Mount Zero, F. Maailer. _fe ohovay^.Ud^fuUa. leaves small, very juii^esccnt, from Tuirrow-cmieate to broadly
Flowers rather l^v^t^.F.ferritf^iKca, Rudgc, iu Traus. Liuiu Sue.
xi.

W,

Moreton Bav, A, Cunmnr^Jiam, Fraser, F. Mueller-

300,

t.

23;

t^

'

TuUencea.l

XL.

leguminos^.
;

135

Prod.

ii.

(from the
Si^hsT
31

21 Dec, Stirp. Nov. Endl. ramitlosa, Spadosti/les Ill P. Janata, Sieb. PI. Exs. Brown, R. Jackson, Port preserved). been description, no specimen having
;

4^0

etc

slightly or glabrous long, lines to 4 2 narrow-oblong, Leaves linear or ^2X. glabrelceni Spadost^les Brown. U. Jackson, Port variety. common pubescent. Flowers of the is probably, preserved, been has specimen >Yliich no of Dec. concolor, Endl. Nov. Stirp. 20,
from the description, this variety.

P.racemulom, Sieb. PI. Exs. n. Sieber's plaats which I have seen ; from the character ^iven Tona forms of P. villosa.
ii.

594; DC. Prod.

Ill,
it

is

not in any of the sets of is probably one of the name-

Mus. ii. 83. A slenshort numerous very and spreading shrub, with elongated branches smaU, very and numerous Leaves der branchlets, rusty-pubescent or villous. concave but end the at recurved rarely \ line long, ovate or oblong, obtnse, scabrous or hirsute and above or with involute margins, darker-coloured
JFien.

nearly Plowers small. Stipules Mdenieath, the midrib not conspicuous. leafy small, calyx, the sessile in the upper axils. Bracteoles inserted on rather or long hues 2 with hair-like stipules. Calyx pubescent or villous,
falcate much ones upper more ; lobes broad, not longer than lowei calyx the as and united to the middle. Standard fully twice as long on tew a with Ovary petals rather shorter, apparently of the same colour. than shorter obtnse, turgid,

the tu1)e, the 2

tairs

somewhat dilated downwards. Pod the calyx, which is somewbat enlarged after flowering. N. S. Wales. Westward of Wcllirigton valley, A CuuninghaM ;
;

style

Lachlaa

river,

'Eraser.

Victoria.

Barrcu

hills

betweea Meadow

Creek aud King

river, F. Miieller.
^

Soc Ii. Trans. 63. P. flexilis, Sm. In Ann. Bot. i. 503, and in the n hairs appressed 248. A shrub either quite glabrous or with a few young shoots and backs of the leaves. Leaves linear or ]i"/^'^-^'^"f';"f^ the concave ov ^%l.tly cuneatc, obtuse or mucronate, 1 in. long, to i under side darker-coloured, with a prominent mh Irib. ^I'P^'^;^ ^^^'^JS ,!f ejted i Bracteole Flowers solitary in the upper axils, shortly pedicellate.

"n tbe calyx near its

"^.^^^^^^^ fl'-^^^^IJ, tube the ^an shorten acute, f^to, aboit 2 lines long ; lobes rather broad, e a long a. twice fully the 2 upper Standard ones broader and falcate. f'^^^l;?"^, ^ a wdh Ovary fn; lower petals not much shorter. fftur^d t^^^^^
bise, small, lanceolate.

Calyx

H^

style dilited

downwards.
Prod.
;

Pod
ii.

obliquely ^J'^^e
3?ot.

<.r

o^Jte-oWong
^.

^'W

3 lines
Sieb.

bng.-DC.
PL Exs.

<=>-^oides,

ed. Noracncl. Stead. in Don, Sweetii, P.

lU;

Keg.

t.

im;

Bdlwynia

Jfhf".
^ar.

S.

Wales.

R. Mountains, Blue Port .Tackson to the

Allied iu hahit to P. <c/n7a,bnt the calp-lobes are et. twles are not base, the at imder the calyx, the style less dilated

f.'X^t J^^J d.spiopoir.one ;ff-f less

; ,

vmcronala.

Leaves narrow, with a

fine

pungent pomt.-tlarence

g^^^^^_

fender

euchila branrerntarlyr^embiing
calyx,

witli ratlier sbrub, n-labrous

"ueo.es '^^cteoles,

and

stvle. style.

^-/^f^^^t^Z obtuse, ^ linear-cuncate, Imear-cuuc.uc Leaves Leaves

darker or a more

at flr;t sight

or slightly coTicave, of a f^t t\^ above, the midrib slender.

''^'

of 2 to 3 lines.

Stipules minute Bracteoles linear-subulate,

^^ ^f f
^

__-_^^o

f^.^^ uudcrneatU

-,

Tloweis'^^^^^^^

on pfdi^^ ^^^ under ^^^'^J^ close inserted

136

XL. LEGCMiNOS-a;.

[Pultenm,

calyx and shorter tlian its tube. Calyx 3 to 3|- lines long, tlie lobes much longer than the tube^ the 2 upper ones large, falcate and united above the middle, the lower ones narrow-lanceolate. Petals nearly equal, half as long again as the calyx, the keel slightly incurved. Ovaiy glabrous, tapering into the much dilated style. Pod longer than the calyx, coriaceous, turgid when ripe, with a flat point. Dillwynia cimeata, Sieb. PI. Exs. ; Spadost^ks Sie* beri, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus, ii, 81.
w

Near the Brisbane, Leichhardt ; Ip&wich, Nernst. N. S, Wales. Port Jacksou, Sle5er, n. 422, aud others Hunter's Clarence river, Bechhr,
;

Queensland.

River, E. Brown;

65.

P. selaginoides. Hook,

f.

FL

shrub, with the habit of a Diosma. cuneate, almost imbricate, obtuse or with a short thick point, rarely above 3 lines long, thick, concave above, very convex and almost nerveless underneath. Stipules reduced to minute tubercles. Flowers axiUary, forming a
leafy

Tasm. i. 87. An erect glabrous Leaves numerous, obovate- or oblong-

head or
but

long.
calyx,

or below the ends of the branchlets. Bracts small, Pedicels short. Bractcoles lanceolate, concave, immediately under
tuft, at

obthe
J

Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes as long as tk tube, obtuse, the 2 upper ones rather broader and united to the middle. Standard fully twice as long as the calyx. Ovary sessile, silky-villous. Style slender. Pod not seen.
free

from

it.

Eastern parts of the island, St. Paul's River, Avoca, Gann, C. Stuart In foliage this is certainly allied to P. siihumheUata, ohovata, etc., but the inflorescence i3 quite different. Although the flowers are sometimes apparently in terminal heads, the heads are always interspersed with leaves, and the new shoots continue the a\i3, instead of growing out from under the heads, as in P. siilumheUata,

Tasmania.

66.

P. densifolia,

F. Maell. hi Trans. Vict. Inst. 119.

rigid shnib,

the branches diffuse or divaricate, by concealed tomentosc-pubescent, but long the closely-appressed imbricate stipules. Leaves numerous, broadly obovate, obtuse or scarcely acute, rarely above 2 lines lou"-, rigidly codaccous, concave or conduplicate, but with recurved squarrose ends, glabrous on both sides,
faintly pennivcined underneath.

Flowers

axillary, sessile,

forming

leafy tufts

belmy the suuimits of the branches, the and large stipules of the floral leaves iinbricate, and with the broad scarious the concealing bracts and bracteoles
calyx, the bracteoles inserted close under the'calyx, but free from it. Caljt 2 to 21 lines long, slightly-pubescent or ciliate, the lobes broad with short pungent pouits, the 2 upper ones rather more united. Petals not miTch longer than the calyx. Style villous aud slightly obPod lliickeuea below the middle. liquely ovate, shortly acute, silky-pubescent, scarcely exceeding the calyx.

Victoria. In the Murray desert, F. Mueller S. Australia. Port Liucola, Wilhelmi

;

Encounter Bay,

C. Stuart.

rirgate. Branches Soc. ix. 246 terete pubescent, softly villous or e at length glabrous. Leaves crowded, Iiptical-oblong or when small often oblong-cuneate or almost obovate, rarely above J m. long except when very luxuriant, and in some specimens not j in., obtuse or minutely mncronate, codarker concave and glabrous above, loured underneath, the slender midrib the sometimes (luite inconspicuous, upper ones often ciliate with long hairs. 3 often apprcsscd,

67.

P. eUiptica, Sm.

in

Tram. Linn.

Stipules closely

Pul{en{sa.]

XL. LEGUMiKoSiE.

137

Flowers axillary towards tlie ends of the brandies^ forming at first an oblong leafy head, the floral leaves distinctly petiolate with broad Iract-like stipules. Bracteoles inserted close under the calyx, linear or lanceolate. Calyx broad and membranous, about 2^ lines long, lobes all lanceolate, rather shorter than the tube, ciliate with long hairs. Standard above |in. long, lower petals rather shorter. Ovary mixed with a few long hairs, tapering into a subulate style. Pod ovate, rather turgid, scarcely exceeding
lines

long.

calyx.^Rudge, in Trans. Liun. Soc. xi. 302, t. 24 ; DC. Prod, ii. 111 ; F. lubercidata^ Pers. Syn, i. 434 (from the short diagnosis) ; P. hjpolampra^ Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. Ill Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 194, H. S. IVales. Port Jackson, M. Brown, Sieber, n. 394, 396, and 397, and FL MixL
tlie
;
.

n-

591, and others.

Var. thijmifoVia.

Leaves and flowers smaller, but not otherwise differine: from the common form. P. thymlfoHa, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. IILPort Jackson, Sieber, n. 398, and Fl. MuL u. 590^ ami others.

P. subspicata, Be}dh. A low procumbent or diffuse much-branched or linear sl^mb, the branches Leaves hairs. long gkbrous or hirsute with linear-oblong, obtuse or with a minute point, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, rather
68.

Stipules ^apprcssed concave, glabrous or ciliate with a few long hairs. alFlowers or slightly broad. and large spreading, those of the floral leaves spikes. short most sessile in the upper or heads leafy ovoid axils, often forming Bracteoles inserted close under the calyx, broad, 2-lobed, with or without a tlie than t^entral point or longer lobes lobe. lines long, the Calyx about
rigid,

Jube,

twice
style

Standard base. the at broad lanceolate-subnlate, the 2 upper ones hairs few with a as long as the calyx Ovary lower petals shorter.
;

2i

dihited

downwards.

Pod
'

not seen.

species is aHied N. S, Wales, Vicar^^ This BaMouse. ao2ces, Bptoe ; near Yass, to -P. from different bracteoles vMfera aud P. elLtlca, with the habit of P. humiHs, and
any.

or one with sometimes upper axils or clustered on the short bruuches, f lancco^0 leafless calyx, the under stipular bracts. Bracteoles inserted close the tube the than C^alyx 2 lines long rather longer acuminate, lobes f'Standard united. f^^Pper ones rather broader at the base and often shortly colom. ^ice as long same the of all as the calvx, lower petals rather shorter, acuminate, shortly ^;^')- villous style filiform. Pod ovate or oval-oblong,
I5ie
; ;

the shrub, erect large Sleb. in DC. Prod. ii. 111. smalJer the ranches loosely villous. on clustered Leaves often crowded or uito tapering '^racches, or acute oval-elliptical or lanceolate, i to f in. long, or an almost hirsute less or pungent point, rather rigid, flat or concave, luore distinct more "'ate with long petioles hairs, usually 3-ncrvcd underneath, the loose, lanceolate, in most species, often above 1 line long. Stipules fn sessile nearly Tlou'ers of the floral leaves much longer and bract-like.
C9.

p. viUifera,

about 3 lines long.

W Cs

5.J'-S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, Siekr, n. Jf-Canrntiff/iam, aud others. narrowimcus, siiea some in ovate bromlly ?''*/'^'>. in., I^eaves usually under i i broader horter ?! with specimens, northern '" ''*''"' the in Calyx shorter than

390, and Fl.

MuL n.

Australia.

Bay, Eucouuter Port Lineoln, E. Brown, F. Mueller;

IfMclmL

138

XL.

LEGUMixos^.

[PuUeim.

10. "P. irivohicrsitsi, Bent/i. mucli-branched shrub, loosely villous with si>readiag hairs. Leaves linear or lanceolate, mostly acute, rarely exceeding | in. long, narrowed at the base but the petioles very much shorter than in F.yiUifera, or scarcely any, concave and glabrous above, veiy conves
loosely hairy and l-uerved underneath, usually clustered on the smaller branchlets. Stipules rather long, with recurved points. Flowers solitary ou very short lateral leafy branchlets, sessile in a tuft of leaves and closely sur-

rounded within the

by a few short imbricate bracts. Bracteoles broad, concave, as long as the calyx and inserted close under it. Calyx not 2 hues long, the lobes broad and obtuse or the lower ones scarcely acute. Standard more than twice as long as the calyx. Pod not seen.
floral leaves
**:*^^*-

^i' /^'Jf band to F. vtllifera,

T,

1^0% Ranges,

F. Mueller.

The

species seems to be allied on the

one

Jiand to P. Muellen,

differing in inflorescence, in the almost sessile leaves, etc., ou the differing in induineutum, shorter calyx, broader leaves, etc.

other

much-branched shrub of several feet, tlie young shoots loosely silky-pubescent. Leaves linear or lanceolate, tapering into a short almost pungent point, narrowed at the base, mostly under 2 m. long, concave and glabrous above, more or less silky-hairy underneath, more or less prominently 1or 3-nerved. Stipules rather long, ap^ erect

71.

P. Mueller!^

Benth.

An

pressed.

Flowers terminal solitary, almost sessile above the last leaves, and surrounded by short broad imbricate bracts. Bracteoles ovate-oblotig, concave, nearly as long as the calyx and inserted close under it. Calyx 3^ lines

long, slightly silky or nearly glabrous, the lobes acute or mucronate, tbe 2 upper ones rather broader and more united. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx, keel deeply-coloured. Pod sessile, ovate, about 3 lines long,

somewhat

turijid.

Victoria.

Abnndant
'^''^
?.^''''

in

some

of the Australian Alps at an elevation of

4000
IF.

or 5000

R.,

ill ri the latter specimens ^1*

?'"?^'>'" ^''^'''^' ^tc, F. Mueller; the stipules and bracts have fine

near Shiptou,

S. Whan.

lu

setaceous points.

as the calyx

P''s*''ata, BeutJi. in Tlook.f. Fl. Tasm. i. 89. A prostrate or (littiise shrub, fonmng depressed patches of 1 ft. or more, of a silvery-grej irora the short appressed silky pubescence of the young shoots and infloresceiice. Leaves Imear-tcrcte, obtuse, 2 to 3 or rarelv 4 lines loni-, channelled above by the involute margins, becoming glabrous with age. Stipules small. ^lowei-3 termun.l, but often appearing axillary from the shortness of the nowenng branchlets, solitary and sessile within 4 to 6 broad closely imbricated bracts covermg the calyx-tube, the inner ones often 2 lines long, obtuse 01 jagged. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube at its base, oval-oblong, scarious. Calyx sUky-pubesceut, 2i or nearly 3 lines long; lobes shorter than the tube the 2 upper ones broader and more united. Standard twice as long

vP'

keel considerably shorter. Ovary villous ovoid, obtuse, about as long as the calyx.
;

style subulate.

ToJ

"*" ^''' //^'" Robertson; near Portland, ^//.Y/ ; iu ^err^^F^ir fT^^' scrub, t. Mneller ; wWimmcra, Ballachy. Tasmania. Plains near Ross, Gimn. S. Australia. In theTattiara country, Woods.
*

the -Murray

he species is readily distinguished from all others except P. Muelleri and V. molucrdC by the flowers singly surrouuded by imbricate bracts
1

PuUen^ea.]

XL. leguminos.^.
in

139

Trans. Fid. Inst. 119. A muchbranched shrub, with the habit nearly of P. mollis, but the pubescence closer and more hoary or almost silky, and the flowers not capitate. Leaves about \ m. long, narrow-linear, terete or slightly dilated upwards, obtuse, concave or channelled above by the involute margins, softly hoary-pubescent or almost
73.
si!ky-piibescent_
in

P. canaliculata, F. Muell.

the

on both sides. Stipules narrow, pubescent. Flowers sessile upper axils, forming short leafy spikes or heads, without any bracts exstipules of the floral leaves.
;

Bractcoles inserted close under the calyx, linear or filiform. Calyx villous, about 3 lines long lobes all rather broad, subulate-acuininatc, rather longer than the tube. Petals dark^coloured ; standard not twice as long as the calyx ; wings and keel rather shorter. Ovary
hirsute,

cept the

tapering into a subulate style.

Pod

ovate-oblong, shorter than the

calyx.

Cape Otway, F. Blueller ; Cape Nelson, AUitt ; Corner Inlet, Wilhelmi. S. Australia. MoilTlt Wl,;il^l-a,- ; T;.,^iinfn.. R.iir F. P Mueller. Mu^/f^r Mount T.nftv Lofty, Whitlaker Eucouuter Bay, Ihc species dilTcrs from P. tenuifolia arger leaves and much Ji thicker in its longer and ' flowers.

Victoria.

P. fasciculata, Benth. in Ann. Wicn. Mm. \\. 82. A. prostrate or ? diffi amuse much-branched shrub, with the silvery-grey appressed pubescence of
74.
. .

^prodrata, but a very different inflorescence. th Leaves linear-terete wi Short fine points, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long, channelled above with the involute margins, usually sprinkled with short silky haii-s, but sometimes gla-

Stipules subulate-acuminate.' Flowers axillary, solitary, pearly sessile, with a single small broad lobed bract at their base. Bractcoles nserted on tlie (;alyx at its base, subidate-acuminate. Calyx silky-pubescent,
"out 2
per

oi'ous

or nearly so.

hues long lobes subulate-acuminate, as long as the tube,, the 2 upones broader and more united. Standard fully twice as long as the calyx
; ;

oj^er

petals shorter.
flat,

Ovarv

villous

style

subulate.
f.

Pod
i.

ovate,

acute,

"ther

not longer than the calyx. Hook.

Fl.

Tasm.

92.

Victoria.
5 t. Q A^f^*****to 3000
ft.,
"-'^

Cobbcras mountains, at an elevation of 5000 ft., F. Mueller. Summit of the Western Mountains and Arthur's Lake, at an elevation of

^'""y '^'f '"^'"te

sfinti

Lau-rece, Gunn. '* ^'^'y n"ly allied to P. ienulfoUa, but the bractcoles appear to be conto the base of the calvx.
m

^ne

prostrate small A 2086. in "nib, Leaves villous. or pubescent foliage softly airow-hnear or terete, obtuse or scarcely acute, 2 to 4 lines long, concave or "aiinelled above by the involute margins. Stipules acuminate. Flowers wmary or 2 together, sessile on the smaller branchlets and often shorter than
,7^-

P. tenuifolia/ i?. Br. the slender branches and

Bot. Mag.

t.

surroundhig leaves. calyx. the as long as "twice acute, Bracts broad, bifid, rncteoles inserted under the calyx, ovate or oblong, or sometnues there are
/"acts besides

Jie, io,ig(,r cuminatc.

'^^^^

Lj

I*

the floral leaves and then the bractcoles are leafy and 2-sti'^ pubescent, 1^- lines long; lobes nearly equal, subulate-acumi; keel short, obtuse y tha n the tube. long lines 2 Standard about Ovary villous, very short style slender. Pod very obliquely
;

not 2 lines long, the valves

^^'' '

T ^^^^

?;/;
?

200

Hook.

f.

Fl.

II. in Mcissn. 113 thin.i)C. Prod.ii. Cab. Bot. Lodd. Candida, P. Tasra. i. 02 ;
;

from the

fi-nire.

140
.

XL. LEGUMINOS.E,
Phillip,

[FuUeim.

Victoria. Port

M. Brown

Tasmania.

Wilson's Promontory and Murray river, F. Mueller.

sea, /.

Sandy lands near the

D. Hooker.

S. Australia. All along the coast, E. Brown, F. Mueller, and others. VSr. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Preiss, n. 1203, and others. Var. glabra. Almost entirely glabrous, leaves small. Wiramera river, Dallachj ; Venus
Leaves crowded, short, linear or almost linear-cuneate, recurved, cliannclled above. Calyx-lobes short and broad. Near Portland, Allitt. F-filifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 9, from Kangaroo Island, Baiinier, appears to me to bea jiixiiriant form of P. fenuifolia with remarkably long slender leaves, but F. Mueller's herbarium only contains a single specimen past flower, scarcely sufficient for identification.

Bay, Warhurton. Var. recurvifolia.

17.

LATEOBEA,
(Leptocytisns,

Meissn.

Meissn)

Calyx S-lobed, the lobes nearly equal, ribbed, or very short. Petals shortly clawed ; standard ovate or nearly orbicular, obtuse or'acuiniuate, longer than the lower petals ; wings narrow, keel straight or slightly ineurved, as long as the wings or rather longer. Stamens free. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with 2 ovnies on short funicles style filiform or slightly thickened at the base with
;

a small terminal stigma.

Pod

flattened, ovate or lanceolate.

Seeds

reniform,

Aotus, diifering in the Jatc seeds ami the leaves concave or with involute not revolutc margins; and to the latter sections of Pultencea, from which it is only distinguished by the more regular calyx and tbe usual absence of bracteoles. L. diosmifolia closely connects Latrobca with PMenaa mh UhibeUata and P. urodon.
allied to

strophiolnte. Heath-like shrubs with usually virgate Leaves albranches. ternate or scattered, simple, linear, concave Stipules or channelled above. none. Flowers yellow (or purplish?) terminal, or rarely apparently axillary from the shortness of the flowering branch, solitary or in corymbs or heads. Bracts and bracteoles none or small and inserted at a distance 'from the calyx. The genns is entirely Australian. It is nearly strophio-

Sect.

I.

Eulatrobea. Ctf/y.r-/eeM

or two together.

shorter than the rihleas tube.

Flowers

snlilnrf

Plant pubescent. Leaves rigid, pungent-pointed . riant glabrous. Leaves obtuse. Flowers 5 to 6 lines long. Ovary on a long stipes I'lowers 3 to 4 lines long. Ovary almost sessile

\.

L. pungeni.

2. 3.

X.

geiiistoidei-

. Brunonts.
Flowers
sol'dar^

Sect. II. lMevtocyt\sM.s.Cafyj--lbes lonaer than the ribbed tube. or Jew or manij terminal corymbs or heads. Cab'x glabrous. Flowers solitary or few, almost racemose.

lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate Calys silky-pubescent. Corymbs few-flowered

rod

...

.'.''''
Pod ovate
.*

4 Z.
^.

tenelhhirtella.

Lalyx

L.

villous.

Corymbs
I.

dense, many-flowered.

.'

,'

.'

6. L. diosmifol-

Section
carapanulate

Eulatrobea. Calyx-teeth
in every part.

shorter than
ribs.

which the tnbe

2 or solitary

membranous, without prominent

Benth.

together. Shrubs, glabrous

1.

Flowers

L. pungens,

Branches rigid,

apparently

prociiiub'eiit

or

spreading, very softly pubescent or lanceolate, shortly villous. Leaves sessile, pungent-pointed, mostly about A in. long or rather more, concave, rigi'';./' nerved, softly pubescent. Stipules none, but a small scarlous stipiile-l'l^^ scale on each side at the base sohtaiyof each brauchlet. Flowers axillary,


Latroiea,]

XL. LEGUMixoSi^ii.
r

'

141

much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels mucli shorter than the calyx, with a very small ovate obtuse bract at their base, and 2 rather larger bracteoles a htt e higher up. Calyx scarcely 1|- lines long, thin, glabrous, the teeth short and equal. Petals twice as long as the calyx standard obovate-oblong keel
;

wings scarcely so long as the other petals. Ovary elongated, glabrous, with 2 ovules style subulate, incuiTed, Avith a small stigma. ; not seen. Daviesia alnormis, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 106.
;

slightly

uicurved

W
2.

Mi
L. genistoides, Meusn.
in

PL

Preiss.

ii.

^19.

An

erect,

glabrous

glaucous shrub, closely allied to L. Bnmonis, but with larger flowers and broader leaves. Leaves cuneate-oblong or elliptical,

often

sometimes almost

4 to 8 lines long, obtuse or with a small callous point, concave, rather thick and nerveless. Flowers on short axillary leafy shoots, witli the lower Itaves reduced to scales. Calyx thin and membranous, not larger than in Z.

ova!

mnoms,
nidoides,

the teeth

Urary slightly

Standard j in. long keel nearly as long. hairy, on a rather long stipes. Pod not seen.FuUenaa ge;

very short.

Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

i.

73.
Collie,

,^^^*'"*^^*n/!!^^; 0%/f/, and others.

Ki"S George's Sound,

Preiss, n.

1021 and 1101, Eancy,

Meissn. in PI. Preiss. ii. 219. glabrous^shrub of 2 A \f^' It., the young branches angular. Leaves linear or linear-cuueate, obtuse, ^ under | in. long, rather thick, concave above, nerveless underneath. Stipules none Flowers apparently axillary, but really terminating very short axillary 'oots bearing a few small leaves of whicl^the lower ones or sometimes all

^^^^^5s,

are

mt
oit

reduced to short scales. Eractcoles none. Calyx broadly campanulate, 1 line long, very obtuse at the base, thin and membranous, the teeth

and broad. Petals on very short claws; standard nearly 4 lines dia^eer; keel nearly as long. Ovary elongated, almost sessile, villous; the distant on slender ovate, acuminate, Pod funicles subulate. style J ^uc 1 longer than the culyx.FuW'na-a Brunonis, Benth. in Ann. Wicn. Mu.'^.
,

"i; Meissn.

ill

PI. Preiss.

i.

73.
;

2),^^^J**^alia-

King George's Sound, R. Brown

near Albany, Preiss, n. 876, also

(.

^7^^

^^-

Leptocytisus, Meissn.
^^ ^"
''^^

(as a

genus). Calyx-tube 10-ribbed,

? mid ^'ilJ^nder^r^^

prominent with a each tube, the than ^*'"Sei' Flowers solitary, few or many in a dense corymb or head.
"^*^^'
''
"' '"

^^^

^^^^

^''^ already indicated

X. Rrmoiiisam}

L. diosmifolia as congeners

mifolia.

te

heath-like shrub, with long slender yirgate Wnnrl cues, quite L(!aves narrowyoung. glabrous when pubescent or slightly J. Flowers small, ^\ s^'^ulate, obtuse or acute, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long.

*^lla, Benth.

!"

'

*^'^'''0'

short"
'

or 2 or 3 together in

scarcely longer than the Ci]/'"/*'' J^ i to nearly 2 lines long, glabro'us

short racemes, on slender pedicels, Bracts and bracteoles none. calvx.

;

tube exceedingly short

lobes


142
rigid,
'

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE,

[Latroka.

narrow-linear, acute with a prominent midrib. Petals rather longer than the calyx-lobes. Ovary shortly stipitate, pubescent; style filiform.

Pod
oil

flattened, oblong-lanceolate, acute,

3 to 4

lines long.

Seeds

usually

2,

Burtonia (1) tenella, Meissn. iu PI Preiss. 1.42; Leptocjftkiis teuellus^ Meissn. 1. c. ii. 211. VSr. Australia. Swan River, Preiss, n. 178, also Brummond, 2nd Coll. . 133, 3rrf
Coll. n. 94.

very short funicles.

Var. platf/carpa.

Pod Urummond.

Leaves broader and more ohtuse. Flowers rather larger. obliquely ovate-lanceolate, about twice as long as broad. Kiii"; Georn-e's Sound, Harm,
rigid.

More
V

Var. grandifiora. Foliage of the preceding variety. Flowers still larger, deeplj coloured. Calyx-lobes often not luucb longer than the tube, sometimes slightly ciliate. Stao. dard about 4 lines long. Pod not SQQ\\.Drummo}id,A:th Coll. n, 79, ^l/i CoILn.l^ Kocky Ranges, Middle Mount Barren, and towards Cape RicLe, Maxwell,
5.

Li.

hirtella, enfk.

An

erect slirul) of 1 to 2

ft.,

very closely

allied

to L.diosmi/olia, but with fewer less villous flowers and much less conspicuous bracteoles. Branches virgate, shortly pubescent when young. Leaves

oblong-linear or slightly cuneate, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines long, thick, but flatter and rather broader than in L. dlosmi/olia, glandular-papillose and sprinkled

with a few hairs, which soon wear off. Plowers few, in dense terminal rymbs, similar to those of L. diosmifoUa in structure and proportions,
rather smaller.

co-

but

Bracts and bracteoles very small and deciduous. Calyx ratlier under 2 lines long, silky-pubescent. Standard not above 3 lines long. Pod only seen young, when it is not so broad as in X. diosmifolia.~Lef(^cytisus hirtellm, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 258.

6.

L. diosmifoUa, Beuth.

clothed with rather long silky lanceolate, obtuse 01- with a short callous point, about 3 or rarely nearly 4 hues long, glabrous, rather thick. Flowers in dense terminal corymbs or heads on very short villous pedicels. 2 about Bracteoles rather small, linear. Calyx lines long or rather more, liirsute, lol) 10-nerved; tlie tube prominently lanceolate, rather longer tlian the Stantube, each with midrib. prominent

Stems or brandies virgate, glnbrous or hairs. Leaves numerous, linear or linear-

dard about 4 lines diameter

wings considerably shorter

keel almost

as long

mj/b/^a.Benth. in Hueg. PI. Preiss. i. 42, ii. 211.

as the standard. Ovary nearly sessile or very shortly stipitate, densely Y' lous With long hairs ; style the than subulate. Pod broadly ovate, longer calyx, very hirsute. Seeds shining, on very short funicles.i?rtow (/'f "

Enum. and

in

Ann. Wien

"

'

"

8^*7

A^"

^-

" ^d"'^''' ^""'^' ^- ^'^^^. ^^^''O^h and otLers

near Ai
;
'

P.S fSSmT.-^:^.^

^""^ '''''^''

glabrous or nearly

so.-Ki.g

George's Sc^,

18.

EUTAXIA,

B. Br.

(Sclerotliainnus,

R. Br.)

Calyx 5-lobed the 3 upper lobes more or 1 etals on rather long claws ; standard

HP' upper less united into an petal'orbicular, longer than the lower

Eutaxia,']

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

143

wings oblong keel nearly straight, obtuse, shorter than the wings. Stamens free. Ovary narrowed at the base or stipitate, with 2 ovules on short or slender funicles style fdiform and incurved or thicker and hooked at the end stigma small, tenninal. Pod ovate, flattened or turgid,
entire
;
;

or nearly so

2-valved.
so.

Seeds renifonn, strophiolate. Shrubs, usually glabrous or nearly Leaves small, opposite, decussate, entire, concave or with involute maror 3-nerved underneath,
axillary, solitary

gins, 1-

not reticulate.

Stipules minute or none.

or 2 to 4 together, sometimes crowded at the ends 01 the branches. Bracteoles on the short pedicel not close to the calvx, often very small. Ovary villous. Strophiole usually 2-lobed.
The genus
decussate
is

Mowers

entirely Australian.

It

is

closely allieJ to PuIten(Ea, difTeriiig only in the

and iu the hracteoles neither close to nor adnate to the calvx, although somt;tinies very near it. F. Mueller unites it with Dlllici/nia, but the peculiar hnHt seems to justify the retaining both these natural groups as distinct genera, although not very strictly ^ o i d
leaves

lumted by floral characters.

CT.
I.

Eutaxia.
at the end.

Ovary

or hootced

Pod

or nearly so. Style rather ihiclcy abruptly curved flat or the valves convex, usually very oblique.
sessile
1. 2.

Calyx upper lip truncate or

emarginate,

Ilowcrs solitary l^eaves (^ to f in. long) acuminate, often pungent. Flowers 2 to 4 '^ai^iMohes all erect, acuminate, the 2 upper ones united to the mid'e. Flowers solitary.

leaves obtuse.

^. cuneata, E. wyrtifolla.

^%x

Leaves i to f iu. long ^ajyx 5- or G-nerved. leaves under i fn. long.

leaves
or concave^ narrow-linear or slightly cuueate. l^eaves distant
flat

10 -nerved.

3.^.

e^acridiojides.

-3=. .w^.... -E". virgafa. -. 4.

Leaves crowded, acute

5. 2'. densi/oha,
,

channelled above, rather obtuse, crowded ^avcs obovale or oblong, . . 2 to 3 lines long, obtuse
,

A^eaves linear-terete,

6.

E. dillwymoidcs.

7.

^. parvifoUa.
incurved.

^^'

L^a^^' '^es small.

^^^ turgid

*^^^ot^amnus. O^-^ry

stipitate.

Style suhilate, elongated,

S,

K empeirifolia.
m

Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1S53, i. 270, said to conic fi'ora New Zealand, in/Hves some apphes description The mistake. Zealand. New No such plant is known in "y ^e&pects, . prostrata. ^it, j,L J, but not in ill au, Pulteno'a jusjoi.^v.^, all, lo to inc jasinanian rtuit^nau . the Tasmanian . _ .. ^ J^' BaxipA . V^^r.r^ ..itiV .._ ,. , is un^^ ;,*i. f^ , in Wsln. Ren. o73. i. o 573, Rep. ^^^^^2. Walp. in me Knowl. )./ and Wcstc, attributed by mistake to "^n to me. dens or some From the description, it is probably either OxyJoUiun scande). "^'^^tema of the section EucUlus\
,

E Strangeana,

Section
^''ect,

Eutaxia. Pod flat or the valves convex. abniptly incurved or hooked at the end.
I.

Style rather thick,

about of shrub glabrous in PL Preiss. i. at the end or rather obtuse, to i lines midrib slightly the with long, underneath, concave above, convex ; Fominent. than larger rather Flowers axiUarv, solitary, pendulous, ^yf'Ma. Calyx smooth or faintly ribbed, the 2 upper lobes united in a road truncate etals acute. 1 lanceolate, emarginate upper lip, the lower lobes grange or L.nn.nh.te. sessile Pod red, the keel dark-purple, nearly straight. ^t>er turgid,
].

E, cuneata, Mehm.

65.

mK

slightly hairy.

A'^stralia. Rocky places in the Konkoberup geiT^i" ea this species, and have taken the above characleis

not have I 1023. n. Preiss, HiUs, appci appears to have It Meissner. from

144;
the calyx of E. myrtifoUa, ' folia, 2.

XL. LEGUMiN-0SA\
l)ut rather larger solitary flowers,

[Entam,
and the
foliage

of E. parvU
.

A glabrous B, Br, in Ait. Hort. Keic. ed. 2, iii. 16. shnib of 2 to 3 ft., with rather slender branchlets, angular when young. Leaves from obovate-oblong or elliptical to linear, mostly \ to f in. long, tapering into a sharp usually pungent point, more or less concave above, darker-coloured underneath, witli a prominent midrib and sometimes also 2 lateral nerves. Flowers yellow wath a dark-orange keel, axillaiy, 2 to 4 together or rarely solitary. Pedicels short, with very small bracteoles above the middle. Calyx 2 to 2| lines long, the tube 6-ribbed, the sixth rib between the 2 upper lobes; lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broadly falcate and united into a truncate emarginate upper lip. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx keel much shorter. Ovary villous, slightly contracted
E, myrtifolia,
;

at the base, tapering into a rather thick erect style, hooked near the eui Pod ovate, 2 to 3 lines long, the valves convex. Bot. Mag. t. 1274 DC.

Prod.

ii.

09

IMcissn. in
ix.

PL

Preiss.

i.

66,

ii.

216

.in Trans.

Linn. Soc.
Coll. n, 110,

263; B. ohomta, Labill. PI.

;

Blllwyma vnjrlifvlia, Sm. Nov. liolL i. 110, t. 140.

Dfu/ii-

W. Australia.
mond^ 2nd

King George's Sound, Menzies^ R. Broton^ Preiss.n. 1019,

and others

and eastward towards the Great Bight, MaxtcelL specimen, without flowers, with larger almost obovate leaves, from Rottenest Island,
to this species.

A. Cunningham^ may possibly belong

3.

215. A glabrous shrub, with the habit and foliage nearly of E, myrtifolia, but in our specimens to the branches are more rigid and virgate. narrosv-oWong Leaves from
Meissn, in

E. epacridioidesy

PI

Preiss.

i.

64,

ii.

linear,

to

in. long, tapering into a short

sometimes pungent

point, con-

cave above, dark-coloured or very glaucous underneath, the midrib less conspicuous than in E, myrtifolia. Flowers usually 2 together in each axil, apparently of the size of those of E, myrtifolia, but only seen faded. Calyx 3 Hues long or rather more, the tube lO-ribbed ; lobes all acuminate, the 2

upper ones broader and united

red.

Pod almost

sessile, flat,

according to Preiss. obliquely ovate, slightly hairy, about 3 liaes

to the middle.

Petals,

long.

Mr. Australia, Drummond, Srd Coll

Preiss, n.

?z.

128

near Mounts Melville aud ElpUnstone,

V

412 mid 867,

Unea. Edum. 34. and in Ann. Jfien A glabrous slirub of 2 to 3 ft., with long slender virgate or rarely di80._ ^'^ varicate branches. Leaves oblong-linear or linear- cuneate and about \ long on the principal branches, narrow-luiear smaller the and much smaller on ones, obtuse or acute, but not pungent, slig!itI.V midrib concave above, tlie but prominent underneath or inconspicuous. Flowers axil, solitary in each sometimes crowded near the ends of the branches or in pairs terminating
shoots, rather larger than in E. myrlifoUa. Pedicels short, with linear-lanceolate bracteoles about the Ion,?. lines middle. Calyx 3 to 2^ 6-nbbed, the sixth rib between the 2 upper np2 the lobes ; lobes all acute, the per ones united to about the middle. as Standard fully twice as long calyx ; keel short and narrow. Ovary very shortly stipitate, villous, tapering
sliort

axillary

into a ratlier thick style, hooked at the top. i/. ertcoldes, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 63.

Pod

flat '

about 3 lines

long-

^^^i^3:ia,]

XL, LEGUMINOSiK.
^'^'^^^

145

'^nev, Ilud^el, Brummond, \st Coll. and n, 245, Trem, n. QT^A;"^-^^*^^^^^^' S77, Oldjie/d; King George's Sound and Mount Manypeak, Maxwell The soutlieni specimeas have the calyx-lobes rather less acuminute, but do not otherwise differ.

371. Closely allied on the one hatid to E, pam/oUn and on the other to E, dillwynlokU. Leaves crowded, narrow-linear oblong-linear or lineaf-cuneate, acute, mostly 3 to 4 lilies long, concave above, the midrib prominent underneath. Flowers solitary HI the upper axils, but often crowded at or near the ends of the branches, rather larger than in E, parvifoUa, the calyx-lobes much more acuminate, and tlie linear bracteoles often nearly as long as the calyx and more or less herbaceous. Pod not seen.
i.

^'

^^ Aensiiolx^^

Ticrcz, in Bull,

Mosc. 1853,

W.
well

Australia, Drummond,

Uh

ColL n. 7^

Russell

Range and Mount Bland, 3Iax'

much-branched heathdike glabrous shrub, with the habit of E. parvifolia, but differing from &11 others of the genus in the narrow-linear leaves with the margins involute, so as to be usually terete and only channelled above, obtuse or with a ^aoit callous point, 2 to 4 lines or rarely nearly ^ in. long. FJowers so^tary in the upper axils, but often crowded towards the ends of the branches.
about 1 line long, recurved after flowering, with linear bracteoles slJove the middle. Calyx about 3 lines long, obscurely 5-nerved and more or less reticdate lobes* all acuminate, longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones "nited ubo\'e the uu'ddle. Standard not twice as long as the calyx keel con; ;

dillwynioides

I'edicels

smerably shorter.
"^
^^P-

Ovary nearly
;

sessile, villous

style short, erect,

hooked

j. '

Pod nearly flat, obliquely oval-oblong, about 3 lines long, W. Australia, Drummond in the interior, Preiss, n, 1191. ' ^* Parvifoiia, BenlL in Ilueg. Emnn, 34, and in Jmi. fHen. Mm.
^0.

^|*^^i(^

much-branched shrub with the habit of mmy Epacridea, glabrous young shoots very slightly pubescent. Leaves crowded, obovate or

mostly obtuse and 1 to 2 lines long, rarely on luxuriant branches narOHer ahnost acute and 3 lines long, concave al)ove, either nerveless or 1- or nerved underneath. Flowers solitary in tlie upper axils, but often crowded f>r near the ends of Pedicels short or rather long, with the bi-anches. Jnong or linear bracts Calvx about 2 lines long, finely or above the middle. ^^mnvU 5-nerved lobes all acute or acuminate, longer than the tube, the ; per ones united to about the middle. Standard not twice as long as the
flat, obliquely Pod middle. nnich-curved the above or hooked 11^' ov "i-obiojjg^ almost falcate, about 3 lines long. Meissn. in PI. Preiss, i. 65 ;
]

^"^'Ong^

8t-rS

^^^ exceeding the calyx-lobes.

Ovary

villous,

nearly

sessile;

'

"^*^^'^,

Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853,

i.

271.
n, 46,

'M o^^^^n*"^^'*'^ers,
i^^^J^^^^N
'^ed.

Drummond,

Baxter, UuegeU Cunningham, A, Brown, ^^"S George's Souud, R.

Uh

Coil, n, 73,

and SiippL

Preus,

n.

1020.

XL ScLERoTiiAMNus. Pod turgid.

Leaves small, rarely above 3 lines long.

Style subulate, elongated,

divaricate glabrous A 667. Jy^^ npetrifolia, ScJdechL Linn<ta, xx. 7'"^^ shrub with rigid branches, sometimes sliort ending in slender spines, som ^etmies or elliptical-oblong elongated slender and erect. usually Leaves ^^i'. ir. L

146

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Uutoxia,

linear, 1 to 3 lines long, rigid, concavCj obtuse or

almost acute, without

any

dorsal midrib, rarely broadly oblong or almost ovate or obovate. Flowers small, on axillary pedicels of 1 to 2 lines, with a pair of leafy linear obtuse bracteoles a little below the calvx. Calyx o-labrons, 11 to nearly 2 lines

long; lobes acute or acuminate, rather longer than the tube, the 2 ones more or less united. Standard about 3 lines long or rather more;

upper
lower

petals shorter, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary stipitate, silky-villous; style subulate, incurved. Pod ovoid or nearly globular, very turgid, varying from 1^ to nearly 3 lines long, and the stipes from ^ to I'line. Seeds black.

Sderotliamnm microphyllus, E. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. Ifi E. top/i2/lla, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 268 diffusa, F. Muell. Fragni.
; ;

lepi.

7.

Sandy, stony or rocky hills in Australia Felix and the Grampians, aLuiiJant in the Murray scrub, F. Mueller and others.

Victoria.

and

S. Australia. Islands off the coast, H, B)'otV7i ; from the Murray to the western limits, F. Mueller and others. %V. Australia. King George's Sound, Baxler ; Swan Eiver to Xing George's Sound, Dnurnnond, \st Coll., also ^ih Coll n. 142 and Suppl. 71, 35; Kalgau river, Gardner
and eastward to the Great Bight, MaxwelL The extreme forms of this plant are so ditFerent in aspect that it is difficult, at first sight, to consider them all as varieties of one species. Most of those from the mountain districts of Victoria are unarmed, with broadly cuueate-oblong leaves of 2 or 3 lines or even longer; many from the Murray scrub and South Australia are stunted, spinesccnt, with very mimereus narrow leaves, from Druiumoud's W. Austi'aliau ones are heath-like, -J to 1 line long unarmed, with tine sleuder leaves of 1 to 2 or even 3 lines others again, from near the Great I5ight or from the scrub of S. Australia and Victoria, have short broad leaves or m some instances two or three of the above forms are on the same specimen. The size of the pod and the length of the stipes also vary much and not in any relation to the differences in
Ean.-res
;

the foliage.

19.

DILLWYNIA,

Sm.

11 ni

nan
shortly stipitate, with 2 ovules on short tliicK, rather funicles; style erect, hooked below the top, with a truncate or thick stit^inn. Tod nearly sessile, ovate or rounded, turgid, 2-vaIved. HeathSeeds reuiforni, strophiolate. hke shrubs. Leaves alternate or scattered, simple, narrow-linear or teret,
togechanuelled above. few Stipules none. Flowers yellow or orange-red, ther in axillary or terminal racemes I5i'^^^^ solitary. or corymbs, rarely small, brown, very deciduous ; bracteoles small on the short pedicels.

from the leaves channelled above and not underneath, from from the calyx and usually deciduous, from Lairohea in the calyx connected with the two latter genera through D. hrunioides.
It differs

Tlic

genus

is

entirely Australian.

10 and Aotus in the strophiolate seeds disUBC^ a at bracteoles Paltenaa in the

style and pod, but

is dos^J

Skct.

I.

Dillwyniastrum, BC.Cahj.rdisimclhjiurh'maieatthelaseJheim^
^^^ ^ on Petals deciduous; standard

Lobes broad, falcate, and united to the middle. elate, the lamma above twice as Ir >ad as long.

Keel acnininatc, nearly as long as the wings. nal peduncles Keel obtuse, much shorter than the wings.

Racemes on

lonj?

terrai-

..

1. i^. hii^t^^*

Racemes terminal,
riowors

sessile,

all axillary,

corymbose or pedunculate solitai-y or iu short racemes or clusters

2. -D- ericifo^^^

3.

Djonbun^^'

Dillwyniar\

XL. LEGUMINOS,^^.

147

lowers axillary

riovm-s in terminal sessile heads OT cUmb's Cal3-.-obes short the 2 upper ones unite/iu a b;oai nppe; lip, s'ca,;^^ en.arg,uate (except in D. unclnata), aud longer

^. 5.

^ B. .rcism
D.
'^ hrunioides.

than

fhelS

Leaves rigid and pungent.

Leas nof n

GI.I

^^TT ^^'1*' "''*^>' i t

.

'"^

^^^

ZTv
t

'

,f

'>ri'">'S'^"it-

long, and rather slender. Ko crs in small terminal corymbs,

"

"PP'^'' ^''

(Western species)

7-

/>.

pi'>>Ls.

leaves
c

VP

f '^''^'! ^^"^" *''^ noSv'f' '^"'/ "' '""^' 'J"=>k^

^''''''

'^ab^tomcntose- villous.
^'-^^^

Flowers solitary or few in

^^^^-^^

.......
Calvx
'
.

9.
^

7?. ^^.W;-/..^^.

""'^k' ol't^se, and often

re-

nn,2r ^upieilp
"ow ers

terminal, longer than the last leaves. l?'''^''^ often shortly 2-lobed
as "^"r^' to be absolutely unrecognizable, but is probably
'

W. B. paMa.

> m-T 'run,

^^''*-

^'1"'^-

^PP- "-2^7,

is

so

imperfectlv described, witlinut

uo bUhrynia.

low^r^-^^'
the wl
'

I-.I^JLLWYNIASTRUM. Calvx with

a distinct turhiiiate base he-

'^f'^'^' ^^"*^ tlie. middle. * Petals deciduous; standard ou a 1 iieailv' as long as the calyx, y the lamina above twice as broad as loni?.
in^

am]

^^ ^^^ P^^^'^ '''"^ stamens, and from i to i the lenglh of I'^^^^f^"" ^^^e lobes short, the 3 upper ones broad, roundid-falcnte,
clau-

A shrub, attain251. ^^'^'^'f^se7* ?f ^^^^'^^^t showing in several specimens erect stems of 6 in. cluslerod jj^.^f ^"^a ^^^^^^"^"^^ branches and foliaf^e scabrons-pubescent or hirsute, rnrelv
^P^^^^
^'^

^^*^^^^- ^^^^'^^

^^M

^i-

^""f

^"- ^^^"fr obtuse or scarcely pointed, not i \ Wsled^^ .^^^^^^'^^^t, any prominent keel rather large, of a deep Flowers oraiio-e ^^^^^y ^^'*^^* purple-red, terminal peon in racemes, clusters or short fJuncl,' ^ ^^^ Jtjnger than the leaves. very small or none. Calyx Bracteoles hirsut ^ ^^ ^^\^^ glabrous, 3 to ratlicr long-, base turbinate the 3-^ lines loni>', the 2

^^-^^^^^'

'^^*^^'*^^

^^

standaH^^^^"
vriij^g^^
"i!

^^ '^^^^^^^'v falcate acute

i

'^

'*^"S

cl'^^^v,

and shortly united. Petals deciduous the lamina more than twice as broad as long;

t'^eVi"!.^'^ ^'^^^'p

Henfr

shorter; keel tapering into a recurved point, nearly as long as ^^^ "early globular. 7). scabra, Schlecht. LinnaM, xx. 666;
'^^'

t-296

^^

t!onip.

i.

25, with a

fig.

copied into Lemaire, Jard. Fleur.

bidaee

S.

V^^ An^' V
o
"^

]^^^^
''

fortlinoni
The*

Napier, MHcJieii ; in the JhuTav scrub, and ou the Jlunuuiy^'^m\n Valley, Rohertm.i ; AViuuiicra, iaUachij. Encounter Bay, hi it ulcer ; Barossa Raii-e, Beh-, Bugle Range,

Mount

mo

^T^^^'"

^^^^^

^-

^i^^^^^^^r,

^wersare rather tK

speciuiens
lar-j;cr,

often

resemble D. encifoIia,\'CA\ peduuculans.hwi the

tlie

and always readily known by

^^^' ^?"?- ^^^'
i-,

peculiar keel.

Uun^So

^^^^^^^^^^y
^'^^'

510; ExoL Hot, L 25, and

in

Trans.

shrub, usually attaining several feet, sonw'*^' ctnnes dwarf and stunted; the branches erect and virgate, or short

"

^^'^^**'

li^*ith-like

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.
4

148
and
divaricate,

[BUlwynk.

Leaves numerous, rather slender, gLibrous or pubescent. usually J to I in. long, hut sometimes nearly | in. or under 2 lines, terete or scarcely keeled, straight or spirally twisted when dry, obtuse, with a very short recurved or straight, but scarcely pungent point, rarely quite obtuse.

Plowers yellow, in very short racemes or clusters, sometimes several together, ahnost sessile in a terminal leafy corvmb, sometimes each one on a terminal or rarely axillary long or short peduncle Calyx glabrous, silky-pubescent, or shortly scabrous-hirsute, 2 to 3^ lines long, distinctly turbinate at tk base, the lol)es shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broadly rounded and falcate, united to the middle. Petals deciduous standard with a clawusually wings as long as the calyx, the lamina more than twice as broad as long
; ;

much

shorter; keel

still

shorter,

obtuse.

slightly exceeding the calyx.

PnUenaa

ovate or nearly globnlar, t. 9. Herreuh. Hort. retorta, WendL

Pod

F, Mueller. N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown and others; and northward to IJastiiiijs and Clarence rivers, Beckler. Victoria. Low ^tony scrubby hills, Buffalo Hangc. Tasmania. Common n poor wet saudy soils, especially in the northern parts of toe island, /. B. Hooker. the but species, Various forms assumed by tliis plant Lave been generally recognized as ot differences are so slight, dcpciiding chiefly on indumentum, length, and degree of twisting the leaves, or length of peduncles, and the passages from the one to the other so gradual,
Island,
that
it

Queensland,

Moreton

is

often vejy difficult to sepirate

them even

as varieties.

The

most the are following

prominent:
twiste spreading, Branches pubescent. Leaves mostly 4 to 6 lines long, numerous, with stj-aight or slightly recurved points. rather usually Flowers rather large,

a.

nonnalis.

^<'^^08; terminal leafy corymbs. i). ericifoHa, Sm., as above; ii. Prod. Jac^^ott Port Eot. Cab. t. 1277, Beuth. in Ann. "VVien. Mus. ii. 78. The commonest form, including D. ericoides.^x^h. PL Exs. n. 412, and Fl. Mixt. n. 585, D-W^''^'

sessile

DC

Sieb. n. 424,

D. serlphioides, Endl. ^ow.

tig.

Stirp.

Mag.

Aotus Dec. 14, and probably *

ericoides,
.

mi

V.

51, with a

i,

and calvx scabrous, pubescent with short "^^J* !^ poi Leaves mostly 2 to 3 lines long, spreading, twisted, with strain;ht or slightly recurved as lu and less slender than in other forms. numerous Flowers nearly sessile, but not so normal form. Z). 'phyHcoides, A. Cunn. in Field, N. S.AVales, 347 Beuth. in ^^""' ^Vn Mus. ii. 78. Rocky hills in the Blue :\Tountains, A, Canningham, Fras^- ; Mount 31itc^ Beck!er.~D. specwsa, Paxt. Mag. vii. 27. with a tig., raised from Baron Hucgel s seeus, probably this variety or very near it. v^^foliage
.

b. 'phuUcoides.

Branches

_,

Glabrous' or nearly so. Leaves mostly 2 lines long or under, sp^^J |^;| often twisted, with straight or slightly recurved points. Howers rather small, ^^^^^fL^V t. l the clusters sessile or shortly pedunculate. jD. Mag. parvlfolia, K. Br. in Bot. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 559 ; DC. Prod. ii. 108 ; Benth. in Ann. -W^ien. Mus. ii. 79 ^J^'^'Z,. phyUa, Sieb. PI. Exs. ii. 410, and 553, and FI. Mixt. n. 586. Port Jackson, R.J^^^'
c. parvifofirr.
'

Blue Mountains and ^.v.,,.w.. southward w. V4 to I.W the Lut; .'luiiay Murray river liver aiiu viciuiici. and Victoria. , d. tmmfolia. Branches slightly pnhescent. Leaves 2 to 4 lines long or eadimr or crcnt. iiHunllv etrrinrlif witK ^(....,*,,t.* ,.i ,.^;..*^ onrl rtinre

.Qlf^

rarely

slender
ots

Branches glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves 3 to 6 l'"^y(,j! usually slender. Flowers middle-sized, in loose clusters of 2 or 3, on peduncles "^''^^^^jf r cceding the leaves and sometimes several times glabrous Calvx usually as long. ^^.^ 90. i>. ;j,-rf//,vr///^m, Beuth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 78; D' flifolia, ^^'^^'"^^ \,\\lx^^ ^J to Dec. 13.- Port Jackson, Slebrr, n. 553, in part, and others, and northward
e.

peduncufaris.

LiUwf/nia.]

XL. LECL\AirNOS.E.
r

Hy

This variety usually appears very distinct in iuiloresceuce. assuming tl.e aspcd of J), hispida but witli the flowers of D. ericifoiia, aud vvh.n the peduncles are shorter it passes graduaUy into the vars. temufolia or fjlaberrima. f. glabernma. Quite glabrous. Leaves usually crowded, rarely ^try spreading, i to ^ in. long or oltemnore, rather slender, not twisted, the point recurved or rarely Waight.
Island.

llowers rather large,

nma bm
lx)dd.
in

Bo .Cab t. 582; Labill. Pi, Nov. IIoll. Ana. Wien JIus. ii. 79 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm.
;

dense terminal corymbs, sessile or shoitly pedunculate. 2). glaU-r,n Ana. Bot. i. 510, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix." 203; But. Ma-, t. 944:
i. i.

139; DC. Prod. ii. 108; Beuth. 85. Tasmania and southern districts of
109,
t.

ictona, also

Port Jackson, R. Brown, a form passing into the vars. pednucularis or tenmfolia.

3.

D. floribunda, 8m.
ix.

in

Ann. Bot.
tall

i.

510; Exot. Bot.

t.

26, and in

iram. Linn. Soc.

orous or

262.

erect heatli-like

shrub, either quite gla-

pubescent, or tlie branches, foliage and calyxes densely tiirsiite. Ler.ves usually crowded, i to iu. long or rather more, obtuse or i JiUi a minute point, not keeled, straight, sometimes as slender as in D. erici-

more or

less

;w, but usually thicker.

Plowers on very short pedicels, solitary or 2 or 3 gether, all axillary, but often crowded into leafy racemes below or very near ine ends of the branches. Bracts often broad and above 1 line long, but so jteciduous as to be rarely seen. Calyx 2| to 3 lines long, with a distinct turbniate Ijase, the lobes short, often tipped with a small gland, the 2 upper

broad falcate and united Petals deciduous ; standard to the middle. J|itu the broad claw as long as the calyx, the lamina more than twice as I'Oiia as long wings mucli shorter ; keel still shorter, obtuse. Pod scarcely
;

ones

f^ceednig the
in

D. rudis, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 109 ; B.Jih. P^^"lamx(\ D. terdi/olia, Sieb. PI. Exs. B. eleijans, Endl. Nov. Stirp. Dec. ' "'^lovata, Paxt. Mag. vii. 117. Queensland. Wide
t.

^ot-

calyx.DC. Prod. ii. 108; Lodd. Bot. Cab. Ann Wien. Mus. ii. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 85 Z). 79
; ;

Benth. erlcifoUa, Sims.

t.
;

305

Mag.

1545, not of Sui.

;"

^^y^Bidwill.

Port .lackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, 7i. -100, 402, 404 .j5nd 1 others; .Macqunrrle river, A. Canuhigltam ; .Hastings river, Beckler. ^"'"'^ '""^ **<"'y "dges on the Broken River. T. Mueller; in the GramDian f/r*' r IS. '/ ilhehni, Balhchy, and others Glcnelg river, Robertson. asmania. Common in Hoo^n. B. colony, /. the of parts various dry stonv places iu IsKangaroo ^^^''"alia. Mueller; T. Creek, Jlouut Forest Lofty, WhiUakcr ; la J"
*^^*,

terhouse.

^"''^''*
infln^r^

"^

''''*

the but ericlfoUa, B. of those from species arc not to be distinguis bed

Cunn
""

*%'.'"'''

Blue"

Mof

^'

A. B'-anches folia-e and calyxes hoarv-pnbesc^nt or hirsnte.-i). sericea '" ^''^'^^ ^'''''^' '^^''^''' ^^'"^1- ^'^-

^^^

''

^-

^^^^^^""-'

Adelaide. near collected seeds from '". Kegel, in Bot. Zeit. 1851, 596, raised acnlf Ppears f,o, the description to be a form of B.florihunda. No Aotus has the leaves chan^ "We and convex underneath.
^^'"-^^^^.

Section
oi>

shortly and very or obtuse XEuoPETALUii, iJ. ^r.-Calyx curely shorter standard-claw turbinate at the base. Petals persistent
TI.
;

dongatcd Benih. shrub of 4 A /anchcs, glabrous or hoary.pid)escent. Leaves rigid, obtuse or with a minute '""^'-''1 Ilowirs glabrous. usually point, mostly not keeled,
4.

D. Preissii,

or 5

ft.,

witli

erect

\ to |

in.

long,


150
I to 3 in each axil along
llie

XL, LKGUMiNosiE.

[DUlicpiia,

branches.

Pedicels short.

Calyx

villonSj above

3 lines long, obtuse at the base; lobes lanceolate, all acute, as long as the lube, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Petals persistent; standard

not twice as broad as long, not above half as long again as the calyx wings nearly as long; keel much shorter, obtuse or scarcely acuminate. Pod not seen. Aottis (?) dillwynioldes, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. GO, and ii. 215.
;

"W",
river,

Australia, Dncntmond, 2nd Coll. n. 103 Caimiiig river, Preiss, n, 872; Harvey The bracts, foliage, petals and style are those of Dilhvynia, and the seeds Oldfiefd.
;

may

well have a strophiole, for ia other species

it

canuot be seen at the time of

fiowering.

5.

D. brxinioides, Mehsn.
much

in PI.

Preiss,

i.

62.'

heath-like shrub,

of the aspect oiPallencpa subumbellata or of Latrobea diosmifoHa, but with the foliage and style of BUlwynia, Branches slightly hoary-pubeswitli

cent.

Leaves rather crowded, mostly about \

in. long-,

spreading or

recurved,
shortly
hirsute.

thicker than in most Dillwynias, obscurely keeled, obtuse or very pointed, o-labrous, tubercular-scabrous, or the upper ones slightly

12 together, iu dense terminal lieads or corymbs. Bracteoles occasionally rather long, but mostly small and deciduous. Calyx villous, about 3 lines long, scarcely turbinate at the base, the lobes all acute, nearly as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Petals apparently
oi'
.

Flowers 3 to 10

persistent; standard reniform, the lamina nearly twice as broad as long; M'ings almost as long ; keel shorter and obtusely acuminate. Pod not seen.

K.
/>.

S. "Wales.

Blue Mountains, R. Cunningltam.

8i(ih,;

p. juniperina,

Benth, in Hueg.

Emm.

33.

rigid shrub

with divaricate pubescent or loosely villous branches. Leaves ^ to | in. long, very straight, strongly keeled, rigid, with strong pungent points. Flowers
nearly sessile, several together in terminal clusters, appa3 or 3 rarely or rently axillary. at Calyx pubescent, 2 to turljiaate lines loni?, scarcely the base; lobes short, the 2 upper ones united into a 'broad upper lip, eitber quite entire or minutely emarginate. Petals persistent ; standard scarcely twice as broad as long ; wings nearly as long obtuse. and shorter keel much ; Pod about as long as the calyx. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 401: D. cinerascm

DC. Prod.

109, not of E.Br. Queensland, Morcton Bay, C. Stuart; near Dalhy, E. G, Molerly. W. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, n, 411, Wooits, and others; Blue Mouutams, Miss Aiki7ison ; Campdcii Kauge brushes, A. Ca^mmgham ; Glen Fiulass,
ii.

England, 0. Stuart, BecJcIer. Victoria. Rocky Mountains on Macalister river and Gutter's Range, F, Mueller. Loddiges says that lie received his seeds from Tasmania in 1818, but I have seen no cmiens from theaee;^

3V Arthur

New

si>e-

7.

D. pungens,

Mackay ; Benlh.

in

Jnn, Wien.

Mm.

ii.

79.

gla-

brous 01- slightly pubescent shrub, the brandies often divaricate or elousfatej with and pendulous. Leaves rather crowded, mostly above rigid, i in. long, a strong pungent point, as in D.Juniperina, but not keeled. Flowers in short axillary racemes or clusters crowded at the ends of the branches into anfilky long lejfy racenie-Iike panicle, or almost coiymbose. s"" or Calyx glabrous
"

pubescent, about 2 lines long, the base obtuse or scarcely turbinate ;_ lobes short and broad, the 2 up[)fr ones united into a broad truncate entire or
1

blightly cuiarglnatc u])per lip.

Petals persistent

standard

uot twice as

broaii

Bilhcynia^
F

XL. leguminos.^.

151

as long:,

the claw shorter than the calyx ; wings nearly as long as the standard; keel much shorter, obtuse. Pod ovoid-oblong, exceeding th*e calyx. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1502; Eataxia pungens, Sweet, Fl. Austral. 't. 28;
i.

Davmla condemata, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853,

265.

^' Australia.
^th

King George's Sound, R.Brown^Baxter ; southern districts, 2)r/mz(7rf, Colin. 50; Phillips Ranges, Maxwell; Canning river, The uj^per lip of the Oldfield.
than the lower lobes, but not so

calyx IS longer

much

so as represented in Svveet^s figure.

Br. in Bot, Mag, t. 2247. A heath-like shrub, slightly hoary or nearly glabrous, resembling some forms of i). eridfoUa, but usually more slender, and in some western specimens the branchlets often end m slender thorns. Leaves ^ to |^ in. long or even more, rather slender, not keeled nor twisted, obtuse or with a short point, and usually more or less recurved at the extremity. Flowers in small terminal almost sessile corymbs or short racemes or rarely also in the upper axils. Calyx 2 to 2^ lines long,
8

D. cinerascens, R,

pubescent, the turbinate base exceedingly short; lobes short, the 3 |ipper ones united into a broad slightly emarginate upper lip, longer than the ^ower ones. Petals persistent ; standard not twice as broad as long; wings pearly as long keel much shorter, obtuse. Pod ovate, very obtuse, exceed;

slightly

the

Jlook.

calyx. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 537 Benth. in. Ann. Wien, Mus. ii. 79 f. Fl. Tasm. i. 85 ; D, acicidaris, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 63, not of
;

Hunter's River, Oldfield ; Bendinine, M' Arthur, Victoria. Jjuffalo Range, Wilson's Pi omoutory, vicinity of Melbourne, etc., f. J/^//^r; i^mera, Ballachy ; mouth of Gleuclg river, Robertson, Jllitt, places thronghheathy and l^erwent grassy in river, common R. Brown ; rsu^T^^^^^'
out the colony, /. i>. //^^^.^^,

N. S. Wales.

Forest Creek, F. Mueller. w. Australia. Swan 244, River, Hiiegel, Drummoud, ColL 1 and n, 243 river, Victoria Blackwood ^^Ij '!* ^^^' Barling n. 873; Preiss, Collie, Range, > , Pl.?n'^' o a , ^^ams, etc,

AustraUa.

md

Oldfield.

with longer, rather Racemes erect. and Leaves crowded, rather long mor^fl J>ie lowers. i>. laxljlora, Bcuth. in llucg. Bot. Arch. t. 9, and in Ann. Wien. i\Ius. u. I^iver, Oldfield.~B, acicularis, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 109; Benth. mAnn. Ar^''''
^^
^'^-ri/^/a.

n
youn

^''

'^^' ^' is

"^>

A and there

are specimens Siebcr's in flowers P'-obably the same variety, but the a variety of D. ericifolia, which is near it in foliage.

still

Branches Benth. vilf' lous. ine c ol ends , -"Leaves the i/^ *v.o oi;uLti^ruu towards i,u>aiiAo scattered crowded or ur rainercruwucu rather i}iA * o 7"t o to 8 lioes long, obtuse not keeled, pomt. caUous minute or with a g'abrous or sessile, almost together, tomeutose. "Flowers solitary or few silky-villous, long, and Splines shorter Calyx than the last leaves. 2f'^A a JMiise at the base, into united ones upper lobes as long as the tube, the 2 twice not standard persistent ?"'^*'^ emarginate upper lip. Petals iX ovoid, Pod obtuse keel shorter, ^"^gs long; "eirly as ^^"ff^ l^?oV' ^\^t 3 hues i. 270. 18.3, Mose. Bull. lon^.-Eutaxia divaricatl Turcz. in

^* divaricata,

divaricate,

softly

tomentose or
*

10.

D.
'-^thcr thiek,

Muell
Flowers the ends of the branches. Calyx
obtuse:

Branches
.r^-P^nJ^nrr

divaricate,^ loosely

S 7?'

nr rf^CUrVcd* 2 tO 3

P^^''cels at

short ou together several solitary or long, lines about 3 silky-villous,

^^^

XL. LEGUMiNOs^i^:.

[DiUwpia.

the tube veiy shortly turbinate at the base lobes short, the 2 tipper ones united into a broad truncate eniarginate upper lip, longer than the lower ones. Petals persistent; standard nearly twice as long as the calyx and rather broader than long, with a short claw wings nearly as long as" the standard; keel much shorter, obtuse or very shortly and broadly acuminate. Pod onlv seen young.Eutaxia nncinata, Turcz. in
; ;

Bull. Mosc. 1853,

;

i.

269;

E.sps'r-

Wo^f,yFl.

Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst.

t.

i.

118

E. patula, F. Muell.

in Dietr.

Univ. N. Ser.

17.
Mueller. hth Coll. n. 49. /. S.Roe; Vasse river, Olcljield ;
river, F.

W. Australia, Drummond,
aud
tu

S. Australia.

Near the Murray

Phiilips

river

the eastward, Maxwell.

II.

articulate.
+1,.''^''

Leaves herbs, veiy rarelv small trees. simple or vvith 1, 3 or more digitate leaves (pinnatelv'S-foliolate in Goodia). btnmens all united in a sheath, open on the upper side in all the Australian genera (except in one species oi Uovea, where the upper stamen is free), or in a closed tube in several European and African genera. dehiscent, not Pod
_

Tribe

G en iste.?^. Shrubs or

'^'"'^^^ ''"'"^ * P<"^^'l/riece, from i' .tne monadelphous staniei.s, and in the Australian

*?f

which

it

is

technically distinguished bj

genera there is no difficulty in separating inem or mthose species of Daviesia aud Phyllota where the stamens are united at the other ' confounded ^^ ,'-"^ the with On the sheath Genistece. of han!i 7^ "!)'"i'' J" r' '" '''"'''' ^''""'^'^ "''^ ^''''9e<^^ ^"'^ "^""^^ ^^''' "^^^ ^'

Ss;d1re1rh;Xfhe

PLATYLOBIUM
Calyx 2 upper lobes very large, free or shortly united ; the lower oues ^all and narrow. Petals t;iaweu; ^ctuia wings clawed ; standard - ..... Standard orbicular or renitorm, reniform, nuiji^ l0n""-ol)n\'ntp miir.1, i_. 1 , , .1 _-.;.,!, oblong-obovate, much ol,^,.*..,. shorter; keel obovate, nearly as long as the wings, btamens all united in a sheath open on the upper side anthers uniform.

Uvary
--rt^--.

sessile or stinitntP

wliK

o,.,.i

^..

\K

,'

.^

.-

^a

uirh

axils.

back but not separati"! irom the wing. Seeds strophiolate. Slender shrubs. en opposite, Leaves '''" Pi^"Sent angles, reticulate. opposite '^ in Flowers yellow, solitary, Ivf]
-Bracts
;

^--..^, ui^cuiiig eiasucaiiy in a valves, rolled

the pedicels

scarious, imbricate, in 2 or 3 pairs at the base bracteoles siiuCar but longer, under the calyx.

brown and

of

* J-lf Tfri'; ^^'t'i m^stcBas differing chiefly

^f m

^"' Australia. It is eloselv allied to the opposite-leav^d the pod, and generally in the proportion of the petals.
"1''^

Pedicl'St^ '"^r '^fl 1"'^ ^''"g" ^^^"^ tte '''"

*/ll' times longer tT^ time. than calyx

puagent-pointed angles.

W;r

bracts. '"'^''*'-

Pod ^J

stinitate. stipJi^te,

\
^^^ ^-^^^-

Ind and

several
j

'

p
'

triawjulare-

'^ twice tt;^:c\sTn']1f as long as il the calyx Lcav^^all ovate, cordate or lanceolate,

"T'^'

Pod

s'essUe, 'not '

,

''

'

"^^

V oUusanguhn. '

the la'tcrd angl. or ^uride;

rediCLls longer than the pScl^XK!nT^f

'^'^ ''^'

*^^^'-"'=*^-

Pod

sessile.

bracts.

Pod

stipitate

P. obiusangum3. P.formosum.
1.

^*/^a^S^are,
<?;i; ^ms.

R. Br. in Jit. Uort. Km. ed. 2, i v. 266, straggling or procunabent shrub, with slender glabrous or

not of
villous

Platylobium.]

xL, LEGUMINOS.E.
ft

]53

exceeding l\ ft. Leaves broadly triaiigul cordate-hastate, the angles terminating in short pungent points, or the lower leaves rarely broadly cordate, with the lateral an->le3 rounded, mostly | to 1 in. lon^, veined and glabrous or scabrous above, glabrous or pubescent underneath. Pedicels in the upper axils \ \o \ in. long, the bracts at the base obtuse,
striate, |-

stems, rarely

long, the bracteoles under the calyx rather longer and narrower. Calyx clothed with long appressed hairs, 4 or rarely 5 lines long. Standard reniform, deeply emarginate, about twice as long *as the calyx
1

to

line

lower petals not

exceeding the calyx. Ovary stipitate, villous or ciliate, with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod above 1 in. long, besides a stipes of 1 to 2 lines, usually glabrous or slightly ciliate when ripe.P. Murrayantan, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. S ^ 3259; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 9G.
.

Victoria.

Tasmania.
George

Town, Gunn.

Forest land near Portland, Robertson; mouth of the Glenclg, AintL Port Dalryrnple, R. Brown ; li-'ht sandy soil near Eocky Cape and ' '
^

2.
ess

P. obtusangulum. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3358. A slender shrub, but straggling and more erect than P. triajigulare, the stems and leaves gla-

Leaves from broadly triangular to ovate-cordate, hastate or cordate-lanceolate, mostly f to 1 in. long, with a small terminal pungent Poiut the lateral angles either acute and pungent, as iu P. triamjidan, or rounded and obtuse, as in P.formosum. Pedicels very short and completely
by the imbricate bracts at their base, of wliich the inner ones are ully 2 Hues long, overiappiug the bracteoles under the calyx, which often attain 3 lines. Calyx about i in. long, very hairy. Standard shortly exceeding the calyx, lower petals shorter. Ovary sessile, hairy, with about 4 ovules. Pod sessile, rarely 1 in. long, hairy all over.--P. triangulare, Sims, ^ot- Mag. t. 1508 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 96, but not of R. Br. ; P. macro'^"Ip,

brous or nearly so.

concealed

Meissu. in PI. Preiss.

^"'*' P''il'il'.

i.

80.

Gleuelg, the to and Mfilbourne about -R. Bjowii; common A,T'f"*' ^oertson; not rare in itei-ile ranges and heath ground, F. Mueller; Wimmera, Dallachy. ^'^''**' R. Brown's herbaCommon in many parts of the island, /. D. Hooker. rinm '^""t,"'s no Tasmaaiau speciraeus of this species, but it appears from th.' llortus

Keensis

that

it

was

"^^^^^'^^iaran"" t^^ht. Mueller;

raised from seeds gathered bv him in the island, -Encounter Bay and about A Jolaide, Whiltaker

Barossa and Lofly

Kangaroo Island, Waterhouse.

in Trans. Linn. Sac.
ii.

IIolL Nov. Sot. and 350, i,^; Sm. :'' ^- 6. handsome shrub, attaining often 4 or 5 ft., the branches more ooust than Leaves in the preceding species, glabrous or slightly pubescent. rom broadly with a acute, ovate-lanceolate, heart-shaped to ovate or rarely y'^ point but without lateral angles, 1 to 2 in. long, strongly reticue and Pedirather coriaceous, glabrous or slightly pubescent underneath. jc's hau-y, often fully i in. long, always exserted from the bracts at their r^'-^y^ch, as well as the bracteoles. are usually as large as in P. oMimnguhairy. very long, ;'iJi-ous lines 5 to or 4 o!' f more or less hairy. Calyx stipitate, Ovary Jjjo^'ird neariy twice shorter. keel as long ; wings and to Pod all over ovules. 1 ,"* 8 about or near the sutures only, with ;. " '"S. on a stipes of from one-fourth as long as to longer than the calyx.

^'

formosum,

'

154

XL. LEGUMiNOSiK.

[Platylobmu
Bot. Mag.i

t. 31 Malm. Jard. Vent. glabrous. length at or liairy loosely fig. with a xiii. 195, ; Paxt. Mag. Prod. ii. 116 469 DC.
;

Queensland.

Glasshouses,

JF.

EVl, F. Mueller,

Sieber, n. Solander, and Banhs Mountains, N, S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue and Beckler, river, Hastings to northward 373, aud others; Bathurst plains, Fraser ; southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mue/ler, generally iQ and mountains, Disappointment and Victoria. Forest Creek, Dandenong wooded hills, Gipps' Land, F, Mueller, Tasmania. Plentiful about Mouut Direction, N. E. of Launceston, Gicnn, narrowthe by form Wales N. S. larj>;cr Usually distinguished from the Nar.parviflora. near vdloiis ovary the leaves, shorter pedicels, smaller flowers, more glabrous bracts, and by aud constant, characters these but I do not fiud one of the sutures only aud not all over I'ort extreme the between some of the southern specimens are in all respects intermediate
.

Iroa. DC. 1520 Mag. t. Bot. ; Jackson [ovm%.P,parviJlorim, Sm. Bot. Nov. HoU. 18; ovatum.'bi^^^^^ P. fig. with a ; xi. Paxt. Mag. 219, 1241; Bot. Cab t. Lodd. ii. 116; f^ieOer, R.Broivu, DC. Prod. ii. 116.The best characterized specimens from Port Jackson,

n, 374,

and others.
apocij7iifolia, Salisb.

^^'^^^^ Prod. 412," given by Caiidolle, De by him from Flatylobiam formomm, in Bot. Nov. IIoll. 17, and copied nanieui such no is There mistake. Endlicher, and many others, appears to be entirely a Salisbury's work, and the page quoted is one of those of the index.

The synonym of " Cheilococca

u ^"^^/^^

21.

BOSSI^A,
i?.

Vent.

(Scottea,

Br,

Lalage, Lindl)

Calyx: 2 upper lobes or teeth broader and usually much clawea, .Petals others, distinct or united in an upper lip, 3 lower ones equal. broaaei keel standard orbicular or reniform, usually reflexed ; wings narrow ; standar the exceeding or and usually shorter than the wings, rarely longer uniform, anthers Stamens all united in a sheath open on the upper side ;
.

larger than

the

sevei^ with ovate or oblong, versatile. Ovary stipitate or nearly sessile, sessile Pod teraiinal. ovules style subulate, incurved ; stigma small, ^ t;ag the stipitate, flat, not winged valves completely separating, thin, with
; ;

nerviforin or thickened.

"Seeds strophiolate.

Shrubs

undershruDS, rarely or

branches terete or flattened, very rarely angular ^^^^ |^ ^ sulcate. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple, entire or rarely toothed, sea or articulate on a very short petiole. Stipules small, brown, Innceolate orange yellow ceous. Flowers axillary, solitary or in clusters of 3 or 3, red. Bracts at the base of the pedicel, 3, 3, or more, imbricate, ^"^^f"^^^ ana longer j most very small and persistent, the inner ones often much deciduous bracteoles on the pedicel very small and persistent, or longer deciduous.
occasionally leafless
;

The genus

is

limited to Australia, and, with Plaiylohiim^

all

is

distinguished

f""^"^

Genisiea by the anthers couaectivum.

perfectly uniform, attached

by

the middle, vvilh a

more

percep

^^j^jg

Series

I.

Oppositifolise. Leaves

opposite.

Calyx upper

lobes obttise.

F^

broaSy exserted^ on a long stipes.

Calyx upper lobes not longer than the lower. Keel and wings much longer than the standard. Leaves denticulate Calyx upper lobes very large. Keel and wings shorter than the
standard.

1- -5. dentata.

Leaves reuiform, sinuate and prickly-toothed

2.

5. Aquijo

-r runt-

Bosil^a.]

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

"

15

Leaves entire.

Leaves 1 to 3 lines long and broad.

Pubesceuce rigid. Leaves broadly obovate Glabrous or nearly so. Leaves broadly coi'date acute or mucronate Glabrous. Leaves orbicular, very obtuse
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, \ to f in. lonj^

3.

^.

strir/illosa.

4i.

5.
().

B. cordigera. ^. lerdicularis. B. Ki iameusis.

Series IL EriocarpseLeaves alternate, Cahjx tipper lobes acuminate acute or mucronate. Ovary very hairy. Pod nearly sessile^ hairy.
Leaves mostly

above \ longer than broad.

in. loiigj or, if small,

narrow.

Pod much
Calyx-lobes
7.

Leaves ovate to lanceolate, acute, longer than the tube

to 1^ in. long.

^- ornafa.
^. eriocarpa.
B, divaricata.

Leaves narrow-oblong or linear, obtuse, i to f in. long. Calyxlobes longer than the tube Leaves narrow cordate-lanceolate, rarely above \ in. long. Calyxlobes scarcely so long as the tube. J^ranchlets often spinesccnt
Leaves under

8,

9.

long and broad. Pod about as broad as long. Leaves ovate, flat. Calyx upper lobes very large, obovate, almost i
in.

covering the pod. Branches spinescent Leaves very small, orbicular, with revolute margins.
lobes not

10.-5. calycina. Calyx upper

, *
.

much

larger than the lower.

Pod exserted

11. B.foliosa.

Series IIL Norraiales.-' Leaves alternate. Calyx upper loles rounded or truncate, ^^ry glalrous or ciliate on the edge. Fad sessile or stipitaie, glabrous.
Branches terete or angular. Leaves not distichous. -Branches pubescent or villous, not spinescent. Leaves cordate lanceolate or linear, pungent- pointed

....

12.

-6. cifierea.

Leaves liuear-cuneate, obtuse retuse or 2.1obed >Vhole plant glabrous. Branchlets spinescent. Calyx 2^ to 3 lines long. Keel nearly as long as the standard.

U.

B.

triloba.

Pod on

long stipes

14, B. Preissii.

Calyx 2 to 2i lines long. Lower petals much shorter than the standard. \^. B. concinna. Pod nearly sessile Crauchea terete or slightly compressed. Leaves distichous, usually
small and rigid (except ^eel mucli longer
l^caves ovate-corduie

B. linophylla).

than the standard.

or cordatc-lanccolate

Leaves linear-lanceolate, rounded or narrowed at the base ^eel shorter than the standard.
l^eaves

1^* ^<^<^^'^'!<'f' 17. B. nqncola.

mostly above i

in.

long.

Leaves nai-row-linear, crowded, i to 1 in. long Leaves ovate or oblong, str^ obtuse, not coriaceous,

-.o

18.

o //.

i n Imophyiia.

7-

j
.

Branches elonc:ated, weak and stragu:ling, villous Stems prostrate, pubescent, rarely above 1 ft. long
,

l^' %' ^^^^^f^^ prostata. 20. B,

leaves mostly under i in. long, rigid. -No thorns.

Branches pubescent. Leaves ovate or cordate. Pedicels longer thau the leaves. Pod sessile, thin witli i/. Ouxijoiia. 21. nerve-like margins. Ovules 6 or more Pedicels short. Pod on a loni? stipes, witli much Broicnn, 5. 21. thickened margins. Ovules 2 or 3 Plant quite glabrous. Pod on a Pedicels very short. long stipes. Ovules 2 or 3Leaves obovate or rhomboidal. Pod with thick mar.

gins

....

23.

-ff.

rhowbifotia.

Leaves

coiWe,

acute

-'

24. ^. pulckella.

156
i

XL. LEGUMiNOS^E.
Braucbes spiuesccut. Leaves broadly obovate or obcordate. Glabrous,
short, axillary

[Boss'm

Pedicels
25.
J?. MlcropJ?ylla.

Minutely
axillary

strigose-pubesceut.

Pedicels slender,
disticlioiis

extra-

26. B, peduncular^.

BraticKcs mucli flattened or wiuj^ed.

Leaves

or none.

Branches leafy. Keel glabrous.

the calyx

Pod

coriaceous, the stipes

;

much

longer than
27. P^ heferophylla.

Keel edged with a short wool.

ceeding the calyx Branches leafless, winged.

Pod

thin, the stipes not ex-

28.

1\ rufa.

Keel not exceeding the standard. . Keel edged with a short wool (Western species) Keel glabrous (Eastern or Northern species). Flowers nearly sessile, Calvx with 5 nearly equal lobes. with imbricate bracts Calyx 2 upper lobes broad and uuited. Pedicels longer than the bracts. Pod thin, with nerve-like margins Pod broad w^ith thickened margins. Flowers smali. Pod distinctly stipitate . . riowers rather large. Pod almost sessile Keel more or less exceeding the standard. Flowers large. Stem-wings usually narrow and slightly indented at the nodes. Keel much longer than the staudatd Stem-wings broad, with very projecting lobes or angles under the nodes. Keel rather longer than the standard
. .

28. B. rufa.

29. /?. brudeosa.

30. B. ripanu.

....

31. B. ensaia^ 32. ^. scolopendna.

33.

-o.

ivalkeru

34. B. phylloclada^
lones
or

Series
teetli
.

I.

OpposixrvoLiiE.
^e-w^A.

Leaves opposite,
Pod
erect glabrous

(!alyx: 2 upper

obtuse, broad, free or united.

glabrous, on a long stipes.

I.

B, dentata,

An

shrub,

attaining 7 or 8
often

ft.,

although sometimes much smaller, the branches terete and scabrous. Leaves opposite, from broadly ovate-cordate or triangular
tate-lanceolate or almost linear,

<i;laiiaua-

to nss

to 1 in. long, acute or obtuse,

irrcg ularly

gre with dentictdate. Flowers oranere-red or vellow, more or less tinged o^^ aau ones Pedicels solitary. Bracts Jbroad, rigid, striate, 1 or 2 inner lon^lines teoles often 2 to 3 lines long, but very deciduous. Calyx 3 to 4

of equal length but the 2 ^^PP^'^ nearly wings broader. Standard twice as long as the calyx keel and times the calyx. Ovary on a long stipes,'^glabrous, with about * P^J^^^j^^ Pod 1 in. long or more and about 4 lines broad, on a stipes exceeding _^ calyx valves coriaceous, with thick margins. Scottea dmtala. R- ^' OaD. Bot. Ait, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 2G9 ; DC. Prod. ii. 118 j Lodd.
the lobes or teeth
sliort,

obtuse,

all

S
'

1458 Meissn. in "W. Australia.

;

PI. Preiss.

i.

87.
to the
gr^>'
^,^J

Australian Bight,

King ^wv..QV. ^ v^^^itv* and eastward Sound to ^Lllilllj^ Stirling; range, ItlLl^' ^ George's Brown, Baxter, Lrummond, Oldfield, Maxwell^ and others.

^^
J^i,e

leaves vary so miioh in aspect as to appear at first to characterize distinct ^P^?' i one insensibly the real difference is only in breadth, and the following varieties pass

The

other
a.

:
.

latifolia.

Leaves nearly triangular,

flat,

in.

a lung and hiodiA.Brummond,

n^
^
*
,^jj

and other
b.

collections.

^^ \

Leaves ovate-hastate or hastate-lanceolate, \ to. above 1 in- l^ngi in. \ycq^^, Scottea dentata, Bot. Reg. t. 1233; Maund, Botanist, t. 134; S. lavih Hot. Reg. t. 1652. P/w^ n. 1031^ and other collections.
kastata.

Bossuea.]

XL. leguminos.e.
Leaves hastate-laDceolatc to almost
Bot. lleg.
t.

157
margins revolule. &ora PI. Fieks. i. ?>1.Preiss, n. 1035,

e.

anffusfifo/ia.

linear, the

angnsiifalin,

Liiidl. in

1266

Meissii. in

and other collections.

2.

B. Aquifolium, Benth.
Leaves
opposite,

irlabrons

slinib,

with

slender

terete

branches.

almost renifonn, pungentpointed, deeply siiuiatc and prickly-tootlied, i to | in. broad and nearly as Inner long, Flowors solitary, yellow, oil pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx bracts and bractcoles "2 to 3 lines long, rigid, but very deciduous. Jibout 2i lines long lobes short, the 2 u]ipcr ones broad, rountled-truucate, lower ones narrow, not much shorter, blandard nearly three tin;es as long as the calyx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with
brojully

cordate,

about 4 ovules.

Pod

in

our specimen f

in.

long and about

lialf

as broad,

thickened at the

upper suture.
,

W.
nearly

Harvey Australia, Drammond, 2nd Coll. n. 130 allied to B. dmtata, although the proportion of the petals

river,
is

C/arke.

Evideully

so diflcreiit.

slender rather rigid, divaricate, B. strigxUosa, BeuLli. l^ranches clothed when young, as well as the under side of the leaves, with sliort ngid with a obovate-orbicular, almost appressed hairs. broadlv Leaves o])posite,
3.

recurved point,

recurved with rigid, very broad, mostly about 2 Hues long am! Siipulcs subulate, margins, obtuse at the base, glabrous and veined a!)ove. pubescent, Calyx recurved. Braettoleslauceolate-subulate. Pedicels short. narrow. and small the upper lobes large ones lower and rounded, the
flowers fll-bIo-n neither Australia, Drammond, oth Coll. ?, n. 81. I have seen pedicels, truitmg ot reuinuis or fruit, but the petals and stamens in the young bud, and the

W.

are sufficient

to ind;i;ate the genus.

4.

B. cordigera, TimtU.
strasrgling

in

Hook.

f.

Fl. Tarn.

i.

95,

t.

16.

An

ele-

gant

blanches,
pKliules,

rdmost trailing glabrous or minutely pubescent.

or

slender rous lumu with shrub,

to 3

^terete

s.cnjlei short on opposite, Leaves

lir.es flin-

broadlv orbicular-cordate, acute or mucronulate, IJusually hlitorin Pedicels '"rter, g!abrou/or minutely pu!)C5Ccnt underneath. ra.yx he below little ^evei-i,l times J^ra.teoles small, a as long as th*e leaves. little .ongcr a orbicular, ^='lvx about 3 lines^long, the 2 upper lobes broadly .s the long as Iwk'C bdly 'l>au the tube, Standard small. lower ones very to S 't glabrous, ^ ^lvx Ovary stipitate, wings an.l keel rather shorter. the than longer stipes a 1 on "vules. bread, in. Fl to I in. long, about \ 100. ui. Fragm. the ^k\ margins nerve-like. P. Muell.
;

Victoria.

Uow\i

Tasmania.
'evd to

F. Mueller. idclv distributed over the

},\wgi\o\\,

;.i.,,1 rn.m the seasea from ..laud, the of northern parts

<

*;

4000

ft.

elevation, J.

D. Hooker.

5.

B. lenticularis, Sid.

i?l'"g dill-use

hei ' g^ra diameter, *_ opposite. orbK-tdar, lines 3 to very obtuse, arhu J'* ^ft " the as long ^^^b^. as twice minute. fks above Pedicels rarely and bearing the usual bracts a little above the base, ^^^JJ^^^^^ 'f .^^'^^f upper ^^ ;>ove the middle. the 2 long, lines Calvx about 3

not ii. 117, Trod. in DC. brauehlets terete glabrous shn.b, with numerous slender

of i^aa

8u gLeaves

^^"S^

"-^^*^''-'^^\"'^ " tube. broa<lly orbietdar ' lobes lower ; il atl^e^hoi^^^^^^ keel and '"^I very broad, Uvicc as long as the calyx , ^vntgs about long, i". to f Pod \ ^^"'y ovules.
l^e

Xt'^ho

stipitate,

glabrous, with about 4

158

XL. LEGUMTNOSii:.

[Bossm.

in.

broad, on a stipes fully twice as long as the calyx,

Port Jackson, R. Broion, Sieber,

tlie

margins

nerve-

like.

S. Virales. n Ingham.
r

N.
6.

425

Mount Tomah,

Cm-

B. KiamensiSy

Benth,

Branches rather slender,

divaricate, minutely

hoary.

Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, entire, obtuse with a sliort rigid point, 4 to f in. long, coriaceous, veined, glabrous or minutely pubescent underneath. Stipules setaceous. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long, with minute bracteoles a little below the calyx. Calyx % to 2| lines long, glabrous
;

or nearly so, the 2 upper lobes very broadly orbicular-falcate, as long as the tube, the lower ones shorter. Standard not twice as loniif as the calyx winss rather shorter; keel as long as tlie wings, broad and deeply coloured. Ovary
glabrous, on a rather long stipes, with 2 or 3 ovules. N. S. Wales. Near Kiama, lllawarra. Backhouse.

Pod

not seen,

Series IL ERiocAUPiE. Leaves niite acute or mucronate. Ovary very

alternate.
hairy.

Calyx upper lohcs

aciinii-

Pod

nearly sessile, hairy.

In B, or?iala, the upper lobes of the calyx are so much narrower and longer tliaii in the e.v,uera]ity of the genus, that the character was cousidered sufTicicnt to separate it under ilie name of Lalage, they are however broader than the lower lobes, and, through the other species of this series, they pass so gradrt;illy into the more usual shape ol)served in BomM,
that I have felt that
7.

Lafage could not be maiutaiued even

Benili.

as a section.

B, ornata,

An

erect shrub or

undershrub

of 1 to 2

ft., tlie

branches terete or slightly flatteued, pubescent densely villous or rarely nearly glabrous. Leaves varying' from broadly ovate almost cordate to narrow-lanIto ceolate, acute or scarcely obtuse, in some specimens others f to 1 in., in 2 in. long, flat or with recurved almost revolute margins, thinly coriaceous, Stireticulate, glabrous or scabrous above, loosely underneath. pubescent pules from lanceolate to setaceous, rather long or very small Pedicels usunHy 2 or 3 together, 1 to 3 or even 4 lines long, shortly pubescent or villous with long hairs. Inner bracts and bracteoles oblong or linear, ofteu 2 or 3 lines very long, but so deciduous as to be rarely seen. long, Calyx 4 to 5 Hues ones hniry, the lobes all acuminate and longer upper than tlie tube, the 2 broader and somewhat falcate, the lower ones narrow, but not shorter. Standard broad, often -J in. diameter, but variable in size; keel rather shorter, wings still shorter and much narrower. Ovary sessile, very hairy, with 10 to sprinkled 12 ovules. Pod sessile, about 1 in. long and or \ in. broad, clothed "with long hairs.
and Coll \st d^
n-

Mvan Kiv. App. la,

iss. 1. 8f),

xMeissu. in PI. Preiss.

i.

86, Faxt. Ma^^. ix. 171, Avith a

anfjust'ifoHay

fig.,

'^1''

lauceolate leaves with

somewhat recurved margins; and L.

Mcis5U.

With linear or narrow-Iauecolate leaves, the mardus often almost

revolute.

Bossicea,]

XL. legumixosjE.
i.

159
1. c.

Lalage acuminata^ Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

described
of

8G, and Z. stipularis^ Meissn.

87, both

from specimens of Prciss's, without Howcrs or fruit, n. 1003 and 1000, neither which I have seen, appear from the descriptions given to come within the limits of

B. ornata.
8.
ft.,

B. eriocarpa, Benth,

hi Ilneg.

Emmi.

36.

rigid shrub of 1 to 2

but scarcely pubescent branches, terete or slightly flattened. Leaves narrow- oblono*. lanceolate or linear, verv obtuse but often with a setaceous recurved point, mostly to f in. long, the margins recurved,
with ash-coloured
-g-

very

deciduous.

Calyx 3 to

5 lines long, glabrous pubescent or silky-villous,

all

acuminate, the 2 upper ones much broader, slio-htly falcate and united above the middle. staiulard Petals red twice as long as the calyx Ovary shortly stipitate, witigs and keel shorter. very villous, with 4 to 6 ovules. Pod rather small, very villous, tlie valves flat with B. otaUfolia, Endl. nerve-like margins. Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 83 Nov. Stirp. Pec. 21 B. Endliclieri, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 83 ; . mrvosa,
the lobes

much longer than

;

the tube,

Meissn. in Bot. Zeit.

1855, 81.
Geortxe's Soand,

W.Australia.
ai'dn.
;

King

Muegel

Swan

lliver,

Drummond,

\s( Coll.,

.Murcluson and Moore 255 ad 256 Ijetween 1009; PreUs, w.'lOOO, 1001, 1005, ^^"m'ond, &a Coll. n. 29. "?n?' they are Ine extreme forms of but follows, as characterized be may this variable species
connected by

mauy

iuternieJiates.
.i,..

iT.^.,o

r^r.

iMiliPttPciit

brnrteolcs usually broaa,

B.

-^
1.

^f'aS,

ym. atiyusDjona, i\Jeissn. Ill rj. rreiss. i. oo x.. u</.<, x...-. V i.^''' 285, from Gilbert's collection, n. 313, which 1 have not seen, must, from the chaI

',

faer given, be the

.9-

same

variety.

^i^h

shrub rigid A 285. i. 1853, Tnrcz. in Bull. Mosc. distichous divaricate branches, hoary as in B. eriocarpa, but frequently

B. divaricata,
thorns.

fncling iu
^'tli

Leaves ^ to |

short straight points, otherwise veined and spethat in pubescent underneath than smaller Ploaers as in B. eriocarpa.

linear, ncute almost or lanceolate in. long, or hoaiy and above scabrous

the than longer and hut otherwise similar. Calvx-lobcs all acuminate t"be, the Ovary very villous, 2 upper ones much broader than the others. ^^'11 i to iv. 12. Iragm. Muell. F. 6 ovules. 7?. lalagoides, Pod not
"es,

seen.

^10

Australia, Drnwmond,

Wi

Coll. n.

83

Gardner

river,

Marwell.

hoary with shrub low rigid Beiith. elliptical, or ovate ""Inches, the Leaves smaller ones ending in fine thorns. glabrous, veined e or transversely Jfii acuminate, 2 to 3 lines long, flat, rigid, midthe about jedicels solitary, bracteoles short, with small oblong or linear t^alyx nearlv glabrous, the tube about 1 line long, the 2 upper obcs lobes lower the Jjt^vate, mucronate, scarious, fully 3 lines long and almost nearly calyx, the than f^ut half ,s lono-, narrow and acute. Petals shorter

B. calycina,

divaricate

^qual in length. ^^^'cely exceeding

Pod ovules. or 5 Ovary nearly sessile, villous, with 4 valves hauy; very long, as broad ^-as almost tlic c'alvx the caly. and
Bidl. Mosc. 1S53,
or 85.
i.

""l^P^alylohiim? spinosum, Tnrcz. in "^wstraUa, BrummoiuK Uh Coll. ji. 84

284.

]60

XL. LKGUMINOS.E.

[BoSSm.

foliosa, J, Cumu in Field, N. S. JFahs, 347. An erect shrub, Avith numerous often distichous brandies, terete and hoary with a minute tomentum. Leaves broadly orbicular, rarely 2 lines diameter and often oiilv
1

IV B.

line,

with revolute margins, glabrous or scabrous above, hoary underneatli. Stipules small, broad. Pedicels very short, with very small bracts. Calyx pubescent, 1^ lines long, the upper lobes falcate, acute, not much larger than the lovver ones, Standnrd twice as long as the calyx ; keel nearly os long. Ovary stipilate, very villous, with about 3 ovules. Pod nearly orbicular, about 3 lines diameter, on a short stipes, rusty-villous, valves slightly convex. F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 100; B. dldiclioda da F. Muell. in Tnins. Phil. Soc. Vict, i, 3y. and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 13. W, S. "Wales. Brushy forest land near Bathurst, A. Cunningham, Victoria. Iti the Australian Alps from the Mitta-Mitta to llic tributaries of tlie Snowy Jliver at ati elevation of 4 to 5000 ft., as well ou rockb as on the peaty margins of rivulets,

F, Mueller,

Seuiks in.

NouMALEs. Leaves

alternate.

or truncate, free or uuited in an upper lip. on the edge. Pod sessile or stipitate, glabrous.
12.

Calyx 2 upper lobes rounded Ovary glabrous or rarely ciliate

R. Br. in All. TIorL Keiv. ed. 2, iv. 268. An erector rarely straggling much-branched shrub of 2 to 4 or 5 ft., the branches terete or slightly angular, pubescent or villous. Leaves from broadly ovate-lanceolate to linear lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, about' ^ in. h^i^g ^r
.

B. cinerea,

often almost cordate at the ba^^e, ri^id, with recurved margins, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs above, more pubescent or villous underneath. Pedicel^ slender with very small bracteolcs. Calyx gla-

shorter,

rarely

in.,

brous, 2 to 2| lines long, the lobes much shorter than ones upper 3 1ul)e, tlie very broad and rounded, the lower ones smaU. twice fnlly broad, Standard as long as the calyx ; keel about as long, Ovary stipitiite, deeply coloured.
giabrotis, w.th

4 to 6 ovules.
;

ftbout as long as the calyx

t.

to |.in. long, | in broad, ou a stipes valves thin, with nerve-like margins. Bob Keg.
;

Pod |

306; DC. Prod. ii. 117; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. I. 95 B. JanL xMahn. 128, t. 52 B. cordlfoUa, Sweet, Fl. Austral,
caulis.

cocchiea, Bonplt. t.

Grab,

in

Edinb.

New

Phil. Journ.

1840; Bot. Mag.

B. 20 3S95.
;

tenni-

W.

S. 'Wales.

Victoria.
Jlobertson,
^

Near TwofoM Bay, F, Mueller. From Brli^hton to iibout Melbourne, F, Mueller; and thence
;

to the

Gleiieig.

Port Dalryn.plc, ^. i?yc-M; island, /. B. Hooker. Var. (?) rosmarinjfolia. Leaves crowded,
pouits, i to 1
.

Tasmania.

abundant

in

dry

situations througliout

tlie

lineardanceolate or

lir.ear,

^. rosmawtifi^^^^ Flowers rather small. Lmd MuellerMitch. Three Exped. ii. l78.-Mount AYiUiam iu Victoria, 3/ilcAed, i follow 1^. Mueller uiutmg this as a variety with B. cinerea but with some besitatioii, a Its aspect IS somewhat different, and I have seen no re^rular chain of iutermediatrs.

m.

lonir,

the margins revohite.

with short

]}^jf

13.
erect,

B. biloba, BeutL
liitle^brancheJ,
to

in Ibieg,

Enum. 36,

Stems from

a thick

stock.

oj pubescent It. higl,, rigid, | angular, loosely villous. Leaves liucar-cuneate, very obtuse retuse or 2-lobed, sometimes al i"'?*^ urulcr 1 in. and rather broad, sometimes narrow long, in. and 1 to 2 with revolute mar^rlns, f^labrousand green, or sJiglitly hairy underneath, j^

1^

^....,

dicels sliort, with soCtly setaceous bracteoles.

lyx*silky-vilIou3,4to5l!nes Ca1vx*silkv-vi

^oS'^i^e^f

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.

161

lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones united into a broad tmicateemarg-iuate upper lip, the lower ones lanceolate, nearly as long, all silky inside. Standard broad, nearly twice as long as the calyx wings' and ;
tlie

oiig,

kee shorter.
in.

Pi.

glabrous, with about 6 ovules. Pod "i to f long, rather broad, on a short stipes, but not seen perfect. Meissn. in Preiss. i. 85.

Ovary

stipitate,

?y'^/^'*^*'*^* ^"'S George's Sound, Rue^el, Oldfield ; Swau River, Dyummond, 1 iit loll. andn. 264, Freks, n. lOGl ; S. Ilutt and MurcUisou rivers, Oldjield.

shrub,

^t

glabrous mucli-branched the branches terete or angular, the smaller ones sjiinescent. Leaves
ill
i.

? P^*SSii,

Melssn.

Tl. Preiss.

83.

long, the
cate

lobes or teetli very short, the 2 upper ones united in a broad trunlip.

w;

Standard more than twice as long as the cal.vx, orbicular; wings and keel as long as the standard. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, "ith 12 to 15 ovules. Pod elongated, rather broad, on a stipes longer than tbe calyx. 5. rigida, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 285. W. Australia, Lrummond, Ztk Coll. n. V9, /. S. Roe; King George's Sound, Bax-

emarginate upper

rocky sterile places near Cape Rielie, Preiss, n. 986; upper Kalgau river, Oldfield; ^ojonerup and grassy flats on Salt river, and eastward to Cape Arid and Cape Le Grand, j-Kr//, 1 have not seen Preiss's original wild specimen, but a cultivated one from the aniburg garden is certainly conspecific with the wild ones examined from other collectors.

glabrous spiuescent shrub allied to jP. ^ymnii, but with smaller flowers, different in the proportion of the petals and ail almost sessile pod. Branches angular, the smaller ones often reduced to
j?e'??//^.

15.

B. concinna,

short leafless
.

thorns.

Leaves oblong or

cuiieate, obtuse,

1^

to 3 lines long,

Pedicels about as long as the leaves, ^^th small deciduous bractcoles. Calyx 2 to 2^ lines long, the 3 upper lobes united in a broad emarginate upper lip nearly as long as the tube, the lou er
often slightly recurved.
petals lower calyx; the as long as Standard twice considerably shortei-, shortly Ovary edge. the on fringed the keel slightly stipitate, glabrous, with 5 to 7 ovules. Pod f in. long, narrow, almost ses" 6. out not quite ripe
Jobes scarcely

^iii'gins

shorter.

in

spinescent speci(very n. 41 Suppl. Coll. n. 81, i^f"s with dark-coloured flowers); Grass-tree plains between M'Calluni and Stokes Inlets, ^"fx^ell (more leafy and less spincscent, with apparently bright yellow flowers).

W.

our specimens.

Australia, Drtmmond, hth

and

with shrub 290. Amir. Trop. Beulh. in Mitch. ^^ habit almost of B. rlo.nhifolia, but with flowers near those of B. dcntcda. ovateJ^fanches terete, broadly or ovate distichous, softly pubescent. Leaves long, jceolate, mostly hues to 6 4 obtuse, scarcely cordate, mucronulate or ten oblique at the base, coriaceous, prominently veined, minutely hoary or gabrous. lines long to 5 4 Calyx Pedicels short, with small bracteoles. Hite glabrous 2 the tube, the than shorter and rather thick, the lobes much "es united in a broad emarginate upper lip, the lower ones narrow and [iher shorter. calyx the as again ; long Standard very broad, half as '7^ as long, and keel incuiVed, rather narrow, three times as long as the
16.

B. carinalis,

2P
"^l^-

wmp

Ovary on a long

stipes, glabrous,

with

8 to

10

ovules.

Pod not

seen.

H)2
Queensland.
hardVs
collection.

XL. LEGUMlNOS.Ii:.
Sandstone gullies of
the Mantuau Downs, Miichell ;

[Bosntfri.

also iu Lekh-

17 B. rupicola, A. Cmin. Herb. A Leaves pubescent. terete, of B. carimUs, but very diflerent leaves. Branches narbroad, lines rarely 2 long, distichous, narrow-lanceohite, acute, | to 1 in. niuluD. the except vemless rowed or scarcely obtuse at the base, coriaceous, lonp hues to Calyx 3 3^ Pedicels short, the small bracteoles near the base.
slirnb with the liabit
flo^vers

and

scarcely lobes lower the large upper lip nearly as lotig as the tube, the narro\Y longer, wmgs calyx ; shorter. Standard broad, rcflexed, rather longer than the lines. or 6 by calyx 5 keel broad incurved, exceeding the obovate-falcate tluek broad with Pod Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous, with 8 to 10 ovules.
;

margins when young, not seen ripe. Queensland. Brisbane river, Fraser ; Mount Lindsay ^at an

elevation of 5700

ft.,

Hi
mucli-braiiclied shrub of 2 to 4
ft., tlie

An

erect

brandies Leaves young, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. ij^^^^^^ ^^\ the raore, rarely long or to 1 in. -| shortly pointed, obtuse or s soPedice curved, glabrous or sprinkled when young with a few short hairs. "^'^^7^^^^ small with leaves, the shorter than together, filiform, litary or 2 Jj"^^^! about hau's, few a with sprinlvled Calyx glabrous or teoles near the calyx. ited umm ones upper the 2 tube, the shorter than lines lobes much long, the li "^^/^^^^ shorter. ones lower in a broad truncate emarginate upper lip, the An shorter. keel fully twice as long as the calyx wings nearly as long oviues. about 6 with small, almost globular. OvaVy stipitate, glabrous, ^ c y' the X to f in. long, the margins nervitbrm, the stipes much longer than 2 iMeiss^^' 174; Bot. Mag. t. 2491; DC. Prod. ii. 117 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. in Pi. Preiss. i. 83; ii. 221; Maund, Botanist, t. 68. W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Broicn, -'^^"^'"''J^J^I i>i^ and range 2nd CoIL n. 121, Freiss, n. 1011, 1012, 1013, and others; to Stirling Gairdner, Maxwell ; Blackwood liver, Oldfield ; Vasse river, Mrs, Molloy.
; ;

when flattened ratlier slender, numerous, narrow-linear,

19.
villous.

B. disticha, LindL BoL

Heg, 1841,

t.

55.

shrub with

weij^^

straggling slender terete or slightly flattened branches, softly P^^*^^?^^

often but obtuse, Leaves distichous, ovate or oblong, very m., mucronate, mostly under in.- long or on luxuriant branches
^^^^|^

|^
j'^

-f-

j^^

,._

aceous, sprinkled with appresscd hairs on both sides. T*^^^'^^^^.^^? ^^'/^.ux tary or 2 together, the small narrow bracteoles above the middle. ^) t*^^^^^| than shorter softly pubescent, 2 to 2^ lines long, the lobes rather ia long; the 2 upper ones broad rounded-falcate, the lowTr ones nearly as

Standard twice as long as the calyx wings and keel shorter, ^^^^ stipitate, usually ciliate on the sutures, with 6 to 8 ovules. ^^ Meiss unfler 1 in. long, rather broad, the stipes sliorter than the calyx. PL Preiss. ii. 221.
late.
;
.

ja

VT.
20.

A
B. prostrata,
268.

'ording

to
*

Meissncr,

R. Br. in AiL IToH: Kew. ed, 2, iv. ihrub or undcrohrub with a thick woody stock and slender prostrate

aH s^^^^

Bossi^a.]

XL. LKGUMINOSiE,
J

163

from a few inches to about 1 fl. long, terete or slightly flattened, usually pubescent. Leaves distichous, ovate or oblong, obtuse or scarcely acute, } to i in. long or rarely more, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs, the petioles
frequently rather

long and slender. Pedicels usually much longer than the leaves, pubescent, with small deciduous bracteoles. Calyx about 2 lines long. the 2 upper lobes broadly falcate and united above the middle, the lower ones short and narrow. Standard fully twice as bug as the calyx ] wings and keel
considerably shorter.
6 to

Ovary very shortly

;

stipitatc,

glabrous or

ciliate,

with

10 ovules. Pod nearly sessile, glabrous, f to 1 in. long, rarely 2|- lines broad.-Bot. Mag. t. 1493 DO. Prod, ii 1]7 ; Hook. f. PI. Tasm. i. 9i
;

f
"

Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 303 B. liiinaaides, G. Don, Gen. Syst. 129; B. numMidaria, Endl. Nov. Stirp. Dec. 22 ; JS. himilis, Meissn. ia
ocala,
;

PI.

Preiss.

i.

85

Queensland.
W. 5.

Wide Bay,

i?;^,.7/.

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 351, and oineM; northward to New En-land, C. Stuart; and soutliward to Yovvaka river, F. Mueller. Victoria. Pojt riiillip, R. Brown ; Australia Felix and Wimmera river, /'. Mueller.

Wales.

Tasmania.

Abundant

f M n^^^^^'
sev

D. Hooker, ^'^^^Parhiga, Stringy Bark, Lofty and Bugle ranges, Rivoli Bay,
in dry soil tliroughout the island. J.

etc.,

" !''^^"^^^^"

flow ^"^^
.t,r

bnormally ahnost sessile.

specimens the steins are usually short, very s'cnder, almost filiform, iu ""'""^^''1 '^"ss they are longer firmer and more branclied. The size of tlie '^/ariable, and here and there a few flowers, possibly imperfect ones, may be found

21
1"

B. buxifolia, J. Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales, 318. A procumbent clmuse shrub with numerous slender terete or scarcely flattened branches,
pubescent.

brn 03(1
1

Leaves broadly ovate or almost cordate, acute, lines long, nearly flat, coi-iaceous, transversely wrinkled and 3 J."*^f% jpniiked with Pedicels a few hairs above, loosely pubescent underneath. much longer than the leaves, with small broad deciduous bracteoles above the ^^^^'^ minutely pubescent, scarcely 2 lines long, the upper lobes
i

imutely but softly

truncate as long as the tube

P /"

^Z

shorter. f^d teel shorter. Ovary *'"'^t 6 ovules. Pod usually

^""^

'""*^^^

ones lower the and more calyx the as lon'g as twice Standard broad, edges, ciliate with or glabrous nearly sessile,
or less united,

ynargins nervifonn. ^. decmnbetis, l\ ^*Ies. Near George's river, R. Brown ; rocky brushy tain,

to 1 in. long,

i Muell. Fragm.

in.

broad, almost sessile,

i.

9.

hills in

the Blue

Moun-

lo

\;.T;

^^^'"'^"Sf^am,

and others; northward

southward and Beckler; river, Clarence to

rivers, f.

Mount at"*; ""' ilacedon. Dallachy,

^"

''^ ^"'Slier

Genoa and Delatite the on Australian Alps ^

Mueller ;

much-branched stout apparently JietdJi, An erect stni' terete or "^^ * ^*- ^^'i^^ branches the the habit of ^. rJwmbifoUa, sli4tl alovate, broadly ^;^Pi"essed, softly pubescent. distichous, Leaves most^ ^''^^^^ 0"^ mucronulate, 2 to 4 lines long, mostly oblique at the

? ^""O^^ii,

base

hairy. or tkn'tf n the lines calyx, with about 2 Calyx deciduous bracteoles near the base. roundedbroad, ones ^' "^"'^l^ shorter than the tube, the 2 upper faloL' as the long as nearly ^'^^^^ keel the ^""y calyx, twice the long as as 1 Stan, ; noard. Ovary glabrous, on a long stipes, with usually 3 ovules. Pod i
'

T,' ^^'^aceous,

loosely pubescent

Pedicels mostly shorter

1G4

XL. LEGUJiiNOSJK.

[Bossim.

upper one the broad, margins tlie broad, lines 5 about to 1 in. long, thickened ; the stipes longer than the calyx.
Collection. LeicJiJiardf s also in Broivn, R. Bowen, Queensland. Port foliage to B, buxifolia, but the pod is that of J?. rhonWfolia.

miicli

Allied

iii

much-braiiched tall 117. ProdAl BO. Sieh. in olia, 23. B. rhomb if flattened. often branches young ghaucous, the often and shrub, quite glabrous mucroiiulate, usually rhomboidal, broadly to obovate Leaves distichous, from prominent a with flat, coriaceous, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long and broatl, below bracteoles broad small with Pedicels shorter than the calyx, midrib. tube, the than shorter mucli lobes Calyx about 4 liues long, the the middle. as nearly but suiall the 2 upper ones very broad and falcate, the lower ones a on Ovary length. long. Petals twice as long as the calyx, nearly equal in iu. long, nearly 1 to Pod ovules. long stipes, quite glabrous, with 2 or 3 f thick, and broad about 4 lines bi'oad, the margins, especially the upper one, subcellular a by the stipes longer than the calyx, the seeds often separated from 1238, t. Cab. stance as in B. Tieterophjlla,B. lenticular is, Lodd. Bot.

the

fig.,

not of Sieb.
Iu the
gullies

Queensland,
Leiclihardt,

of the Mantuan Downs, Mitchell; Dogwood

Creek,

S. A?^rales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, It. Broion, Sieher, J7. Mixt. n. 5fi8, and others. the from must, Holland," New "eastern B. rotandifolia, DC. Prod. ii. 117, from leaves the with variety, racter given, be closely allied to the above, perhaps a hixuriaut 5 lilies long aud 5 to 6 liues broad,

N.

n, 3f)4,

o-1

ni ^w
,

cna-

24.

B. pulcheUa,

Meissn. in

PL

Preiss,

84,

much-branched

branches, compressed shrub of 2 or 3 ft., with rather slender terete or scarcely lui o to minutely pubescent. Leaves broadly heart-shaped, mostly acute, 3 con*bracts broad long, coriaceous, glabrous. Pedicels very short, the small

^/' lip. upper very short, the 2 upper ones united in a broad emarginate ^^"^c long; as nearly dard broad, more than twice as long as the calyx; keel Xoungp ovules. 2 very narrow. Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous, with with the upper margin mitch thickened.
Vf. Australia.
Treiss, n. 1032.

eeous aud imbricate ; bracteoles 2| to 3 lines long, flower expands. Calyx 2| lines long, glabrous or nearly so

falling off betore

;

lobes or

tee

Swan

River,

Dnmmond,
in

\st

ColL and n,

250; Darling

K^^"?^

Soc. ix. 303. ^P^fff^jjJ" su;^ or terete mucb-branched shrub, attaining several feet, the branches * *. Ail 11 it 11 J<!*^^^ in su bulate flattened, hoary witl\ a minute tomeuluin, the smaller ones ending in

25.

B. microphyUa, Sm.
.

Tram. Linn.

or emarginate, thorns. Leaves broadly obovate or obcordate, truncate, sprin above, a small recurved point, 1 to 3 lines long, coriaceous, glabrous than longer with a few hairs underneath. Pedicels shorter or scarcely

^^^
^^

leaves, usually without bracteoles.

Calyx glabrous, 2 to

2|

lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones very broadly length the twice ones small but scarcely shorter. Standard and keel ^ a with glabrous, calyx; wings narrow and shorter. Ovary stipitate,
ovules.

lines |^^^' falcate, the

^^^
,,g*

above ^ in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad, on a as long as the calyx, the margins nerviform. DC. Prod, ii. 117

Pod

rarely

^^^P^,^

^^^
;

-qqI

Bossiaa.]

XL.

legumixos^.
; ,

165

Cab.

656 F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 99 Flatylohiuin, micropht/llum Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 863 P. ohcordatum, Vent. Jartl. Malm, under n. 31.
t.
;
;

N. S. 'Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 355, auil W. .Vi>^. . 569, and others; northward to Clarence river, BecUer ; and southward to
Shepherd. Victoria. Wooded or hushj' Snowy River, F. Mueller.
Illawarra,

hills, chiefly granitic,

on the

Tumbo and

at the

mouth of

rigid i. 2871853, Mosc. Bull. in spreading shrub with terete or scarcely flattened branches, the short divaricate licaves branchlets endin<]; in slender thorns, pubescent with appressed hairs. oWong, very obtuse, \\ to 3 lines long, coriaceous, with recurved margins,
2 6.

B. peduncularis, Turcz.

Pedicels fili|brm, i to | in. on both sides with appressed hairs. long, all inserted at some distance above the axils, with minute bracteoles oppressed with sprinkled above the middle. long, lines Calyx scarcely 2 ones lower the tube, liairs, the 2 upper lobes the broadly falcate, as long as calyx. the as long as narrow and rather shorter. twice Standai'd and keel
sprinkled

Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with about 4 ovules.

Pod not

seen.

W. Australia,
27.

Brumwond, hth

Coll. n. 80.
t.

B. heterophylla.
high, often

Vent. Jard. CeU.

;

7.

A low glabrous and often

i
Jt.

glaucous
to 2 ft.

shrub or undershrub

under irom ascending, or branches erect

much

flattened.

Leaves

lower ones ovate,

all lobes the long, lines '^racteoles below the 3 nearly to Calyx middle. 2i lJ'oa<l. tuice as very fliort, the upper Standard ones veiy broadly falcate. glastipdate, Ovary "g as the calyx coloured. deeply shorter, keel rather ; tire than o-'ger Wus, with about G ovules. Pod \ to 1 in. long, on a stipes

obtuse or nearly orbicular, the long, in. to ones 1 rower or sometimes larger j the linear, or oblong nearly all siua with leaves i^ther thick and Pedicels shorter than the nearly veinless.

the distant, often distichous, nargradually ones upper

tissue cellular by the margins much thickened, the seeds separated C. Prod. ii. 1 17 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 271 ; Platylohum ^^^''^'f^^'^^f'^' ^"J^ lanceolata, Bossi^a t. 205 ; P. ocalu.>, Bot. Rep. t. 266; Andr. Y12S. ^ot. Mag. n. Syst. Gen. t. 1144; B. ovata, G. Don, Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill, in Uook. i?^'-*''^^'Sf *''^\'TV,r n. 353, and Sieber. Brown, ,N. S. Wales. IL Solunder, Port Jackson, Banks and
e^lyx,

%.

';

Mount

Victoria.
\

near Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. Near Lake Victoria, Gii)ps' I-aud, F. Mueller.
li.ilay,

28.

B. rufa, R. Br.

in Ait. Hort. Kew.

ed. 2,

iv.

267.

^Ud

erect

t ^}' calyx

shrub with flattened branches, sometimes ^P^"^^^^^"^'J^^^ ^^^^^t on mrow wings, sometimes disappearing in leafy ^P^^""'^"^^ STob"-^^^^ tl'^ ^" Leaves eafless ones, with nodes. slightly indented Pe. ^^^^^J^f on "^ thin, ; Wou,. I to rather i in. long, very obtuse, spe^^"^ nodes '''c<^k solitm-y ; '^^ut^ 2 or clustered, proceeding from lealless li.- ^.. ^ ens. ."-'=>, liliibL, near nccu nuTorm, with very' bracteoies bracleoks small very s'mall ^.n-imtp unner lip. '"^ iong. the 2 upper lobes united in a broad ai asTng ^^nXe r"'"*%f til ^er ones sii Standard l-ad^-acute. lly cmse^
^l^brous

P^^fy

JLd

wings rather shorter ; keel much shorter, long, to Pod i Ji".^e. Ovary'stipilate. with 8 to 10 ovules. scaice.y or ^^J^JJ^^^^^^ shorter rather '^'t stipes the i in. bi;>ad, the u nrgins nerviTorni,
;
,

^^^^j^^Z^, T^^o^ " Mth edged

i^^ a

166

XL. LEGUMiNOS.!;.

[Bossiaa.

longer than the calyx. DC. Prod. i. 81, not of Sieb.

ii.

117

B.

ensata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss.*

^V.
The

Aixstralia, R, Brown, Drummond, Preiss, and others.

following forms, diiferent as they lookj pass much into each other; all have similar flowers and fruit, differiug from B. riparia in the comparatively larger staudard and iu the small fringed keel, and from B. ensata by the same characters and in the narrower pod with-

out the thick margins oi that species. Branches elongated, leafless or nearly so, not spinescent.- Lodd. Bot. Cab. a. 7iormaUs, t. 11 J '.\ appears to represent this form. King George's Sound, R. Brown^ Drummond^ olli

ColL . 87, (tnd in another ColL n, 84 ; Phillips river, MaxwelL b. ojcyclada. Branches numerous, divaricate, narrovv or rarely very hroad, leafless, mostly spinescent. B. oxijclada, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 284. Brummond, Ith ColL n. 82. c. virgafa. Branches elongated, more or less leafy, not spinescent. B. virgafa. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 398(); B. paucifolia, Benth. in Bot. Reg. 1841, Misc. 53 Meissn. in PL Freiss. i. 81. Drammond^ n. 258 Tone, Gordon, and Blackwood rivers, Oldfield, ^. foiiosa. Leaves rather numerous, branches often spinesdent. B. paucifoHctjlM' Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 63; B, spinescens, Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. 82. Swan River, Brummond, \st ColL and n. 259; stony hills, York district, Preiss, n. 1030, 1031; stouy
;

places, S.

Hutt

river, Oldfield.
is

shrub from Dirk Hartog's Island, Milne^ with very spinescent fiat branches, and small coriaceous broadly obovate leaves, near those oi B.rhoU' bifolia or B, microphglla^ but without flowers to determine its characters.
Closely allied to this
a stunted

Herb. A glabrous leafless shrub, nearly allied to B. enmta, but more rigid, with flattened branches and broad thickly coriaceous wings, indented at the nodes so as to form prominent obtuse angles, with erect brown lanceolate scales, often 1 to 3 lines long, but very deciduous. Flowers solitary at the nodes, small and almost sessile. Bracts imbricate, the inner ones and bracteoles above 1 line long, but often very deciduous. Calyx about 2 lines long, rather rigid, the lobes shorter than the
29.

B. bracteosa, F.Muell.

Standsu-d twice as long as the calyx; keel scarcely shorter than the standard, deeply coloured, quite ghibrous.
all 5

tube, obtuse, and

nearly equal.

Ovary

stipitate,

with about 8 ovules.

Pod not

seen.

Victoria. In the Australian Alps, on the Mitta-MItta and Macalistcr rivers, at an disposed elevation of 3000 to 4000 fl., and on Mount Latrobe, F. Mueller. is Mueller F.
the forms of B. scolopendria, but iiidependentl j of the more habit, the differences in the bracts and calyx are generally very constant in Bossutas.

to include this

among

rigul

30.

B. riparia, ^. Ctf. /7er^.

A glabrous leafless shrub, usually procum-

bent or diffuse, resembling some of the small-flowered specimens of B. ensata, but diiferent in the proportion of the petals and in the pod. It is also usu^"? more branched, the wings very nan-ow and less indented at the r.odesFlowers small, on short pedicels, with very small bracteoles. Calyx under i Imes long, the lobes very short, the 2 upper ones united in a broad truncate upper hp as in B. ensata, the lower ones narrow, but scarcely shorter. Petal* the fully twice as long as the calyx, tlie keel almost as long as the standard, wuigs scarcely so long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 4 to 6 ovules. Pj" usually in. long or rather more, i scarcely more than 2 lines broad, on a stipes longer than the calyx valves thin, with nerve-like margins.^, ensata, HooKf. Fl. Tasm. i, 94, but scarcely of Sieber.
;

Wales
tingham
1

Downs

of Mineri, on the upper branches of the Lachlan river,

''**'

111 r\ir'Cii/vt\ (apeciiuens imperfect).

Bomm'^
Victoria,
not

XL. LEGUiMINOSiE.

167
localities^

^klaneroa, F,

Mueller, and possibly some specunens from other

want of flowers or fruit. Tasmania. Derweat river, R. Brown ; abundnut throughout the islaud in various soils and situations, asceuding to 4000 ft., J, D. Hooker, S. Australia. Port Lincolti, F. Mueller (doubtful specimens, without flowers or fruit).
determinable for

31.

B. ensata,

Sieb.

in

DC. Prod,

ii.

117.

An

erect

or procumbent

very variable in aspect, and not always easy to distinguish from 5. scohpeudna, with which F. Mueller unites it, and of which it may very likely prove a small-flowered variety, but the fruits of the different
glabrous leafless shrub,
forms are as yet insufficiently

that in as winged and known. species, but usually narrower. Flowers smaller, the pedicels shorter andcouCalyx rarely above sequently less covered by the small bracts and bracteoles. 2 lines long, the keel much shorter than the standard, and glabrous as in B.

Branches

flat

mlopendria.

Ovary distinctly stipitate, glabrous, with about 6 ovules.

Pod

B. than stipitate more and broad but apparently not so than species that of character scohpendria, althouo;h with much more of the
not seen fully ripe,
of jB. riparia.
^tfi

not of

R. Br.

Queensland. Moreton Bay, F. Mueller. W. S, Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brov:n,
others;

and in the scrub in the interior, Fraser ; *ard\}o to Twofold Rmv. F Mueller. MupJl^r. Bay, F.

ana soumand Backhouse; Macquarrie, Port

Sieber, n, 4j34,

_,.

.^.

Victoria.
32,
Ijrous ^^wua

Snowy River, F, Mueller.

-

rf^

'

B. scolopendria^ Sm.
often uiieu

somewuat glaucous somewhat the with wmgs "-the uio 2 coriaceous aistichous -vjiuceous nodes, the uuuea, from lue distichous wings descenclmg descendino- trora Leaves branch yavymg from 1 to 6 lines broad, tlie nodes scarcely indented, inches. bruu^u... the ot only on young base seedlings and 1 or 2 occasionally at the
flowers usually solitary
^'"es -J^ about I'luler liiue Calyx lo'ng, but almost covering the pedicel. very ones upper ong or rather more the 2 lobes shorter than tlie tube, ion as nearly ones froad, united in a broad emarginate upper lip, the lower j^, still kee shorter i Ifceolate, acute. Standard fully i in. broad; wings aliuosi 1*0(1 ovules shorter. Ovary almost sessile, glabrous, with about 6 broad with but L flat s^sile, - -v, 1 ,....^-.-valves the i in. i^ i. long or more, auout broad, uiutiu, lines nnes 5 about a .i,iin //^/^/o///y//^. xj vere Tni.nK ti,: i ,:..f pv^n than in in^. ;eiy much thickened margins, more prominent even Jut without any cellular matter between the seeds inside.-Bot. ^i'-'f J" ^^;;' ; scolojpendnum, Plafr/lobmm ?,^- Prod. ii. 1747; 116; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. ^ent. Jard. Malm. t. 55 ; Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 191. TUejjther others^ niany N. S. Wales. and 357, n. Broken, Sieher,
; 1

in Trans, Linn. Soc. ix. with flattened, .fl:^ branches uiuw^i.-uc ^^ sbrnb, the leafless suruu, leaness

303.

An

erect gla-

at the

nodes on

bracteoles the pedicels, very short

Port Jackson, R.

^t'o"^ usually <^^ ^' given belons, eithl^r to B. ensata, which, as 7,'a and ^f both ^l' flowers ^-flowered vaHety, or to >. rij>ana, differing more essentially

S.

f"fless

f
2

"ted

^fh CIyx

"\"^f; th .tub; than 5^^ about 5 lines long, ver? oblique, the lobes shorter ami uanoN^ei one. "Pper ones rounded and united to the mitldle, the lower

Muell shrub with flattened winged branches, usually f'f ^%^"7^'^vdicds as in 5. ,,,,^, but thickly coriaceous as i^,,^" met sure */'^^'^2* o^/ from ^P fallen all solitary, i to bracteoles \ in. long, the
F.

Walkeri.

glabrous

168
shorter.
^

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.
L

IBosmal
w

Standard scarcely twice as long as the calyx, wings about

;

as long

as the standard

keel considerably longer.

Ovary

stipitate,

with about

20

ovules.

Pod above
;

2 in. long, about 4 lines broad,

flat,

on

a stipes shorter

tlian

the calyx valves apparently seen quite ripe.

with slightly thickened margins, but

not

N.
34.

S.

Wales.
lo

and thence

Peel Range, between the Lachlau and Murrumbidgee rivers, Walker; the Barrier Range, Victorian Hxjpedition.

F. Muell. in Trans. PJdl. Inst. Fid. iii. 52, Jfracjm. u. 120. tall glabrous glaucous leafless shrub, the brandies Hattened and very broadly winged, the wings forming angles projecting under the nodes from \ io \ in., sometimes acute and pungent-pointed, sometimes shorter and obtuse. Pedicels solitary or more frequently clustered, rather slender, with small narrow bracteoles about the middle. Calyx 4 to 5 lines

B. phyUoclada,

long, the 2 upper lobes as long as the tube, broadly obovate and distinct, the lower ones very small. Standard not twice as long as the calyx wings sliorter
;

and narrow
the edge.
long,

^ m.

keel as long as the standard or rather longer, woolly-ciliate on Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 10 to 12 ovules. Pod above 1 ia. wide, veiy flat, with slightly thickened
;

nijfrgins.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Tl. Brown; Fitzmaurice river, a component of the scrub between Van Alphen and Nicholson rivers, F. Mueller.

N. Australia.

chief

22.

TEMPLETONIA, K.
(Nematophyllum, F. Muell)

Br,

or stipitate
aeliiscen
,

Calyx 2 upper lobes or teeth completely united or rarely distinct, 2 lateral ones often shorter, lowest one the longest. Standard orbicular or obovate, usually reflexed wings narrow, usually shorter than the standard; keel as ; long as the standard or shorter, the petals slightly united. Stamens all united in a shea h open on the upper side ; anthers alternately long and erect and short and versatile. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with several ovules or rarely only x5 or 3; style uicurved, filiform; stigma small, terminal. Pod sessile

much

flattened, ovate-oblong or linear, often oblique, completely

the valves conaceous, without thickened sutures. Seeds stroplnolate.--bIaUrous shrubs or rarely luidershrubs, occasionally leafless, the branches angular or sulcate-stnate. Leaves when present alternate, simple, entire, btipuies minute or spinescent. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 together, red or yellow. Bracts 2 or 3 at the base of the pedicel as iu BosnifBa, but usually very minute bracteoles at or above the middle. ;
_

whlt;f'lT''-"'"^"^^\"**'''^'^Which It differs in calyx, anthers, and pod, as well Stems leafy. Stipules minute or inconspicuous

^t

f'^*

much

variety in habit

:,^

Bossic,a,^x^^

as in the striate-sulcate brauches.

leaves ovate or elliptical, acute. Leaves narrow-linear. Calyx suiall, the lobes scarcely

Low

undershrub

2
.
.

T.

Dnmmon dii.
Murlkri.

SfPrnf^f Stems ienfy

or leafless

acuminnte much longer than the tube

acute, shorter than the tube

Z.
4..

T. T.

Uookerl

Stems leafless Stems terete blems flattened

Stipules spinescent. recurved . . . Stipules mmute, inconspicuous. Howera small.

T.
'

h.

T. aculeala. T. egena. j, J^j,fa,

&.

Temj)leiouia,']

XL. LEUUMINOS/E.

169
269.

L T. retusa,
often

R. Br. in Jit,

KorL Kew,

ed. 2, iv.

tall,

gbbroiis,

somewliat glaucous shrub, the branches angular and more or less sul-

Leaves from broadly obovate to narrow cuneate-oblonor, sometimes all under | in., sometimes all above 1 in. long, obtuse emarginate or minutely mucronate, thickly coriaceous, nearly sessile or articulate on a short thick petiole. Pedicels shorter orlono-er than the calyx, ri^id, with obtuse bracteolcs near the middle, thickened and sulcate under the calyx after flowering. Calyx 3 to nearly 4 lines lon^i^, with 4 very short broad teeth, the lowest rather more prominent. Petals red or rarely w'hite, 1 to 1^ in. long, all narrow, on short claws, and of nearly equal length. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 10 to
cata

long and about 6 lines broad, oblique, with a rijrid hooked point, the stipes loniier than the calyx; valves very coriaLodd. 2334 ceous. DC. Prod. ii. 118 t. Mag. Bot. ; 383 Keg.^t. Bot. Jard. Vent. Bot. Cab. t. 523 retusa, Jiafnia 88 Preiss. i. Meissn. in PI. ; Malm. t. 53 ; T. glanca, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2088 Bot. Keg. t. 859 ; Lodd.
15 ovules.

Pod \\

to nearly 2 in.

Bot. S.

Cab.

t.

644; DC. Prod.

ii.

118.

Gulf Spencer's arouiiJ Lincoln Port Mernorv Cove, R. Broicnj from to Lake Torrens and Flinders Range, F. Mueller, WhUtaker, Warbnrtort, and others W. Australia. From the Great Australian Bia;ht to King George's Sound and Stirhng Range and thence to Geographe Bay and Swan Eiver, Fraser, Collie, Brunmond, n. iii, Milne. Preiss, n. 1082 and Island, Harlog's Dirk others 1083, Oldfield, and The dissiniilaritv of the anthers is not so stiiking as in other species, yet on examination middle, all the near 5 will always be found longer attached 5 and attached by the base, and are much narrower than in Bossi(Fa.

Australia.

from ascending specimens T. DrummoTidii, Bmth. Stems in our angular-stnate. a thick rhizome, glabrous, not 6 in. high, simple or branched, Leaves ovate or elliptical-oblong, mucronate, | to 1 in. long, ngul, glabrous, lti^*^^| glaucous, -articnlate on a petiole of 1 to 4 lines. Stipuh s mimite. S! about Calyx 3 to 4 Hues long, the middle. bracteoles rather below the tube, tlie lines long, the than shorter the 4 teeth or lobes nearly equal, much uppermost broad and obtuse, the lateral ones rather smaller and almost acute, a to long. the lowest ni. 4 rather longer. Flowers not seen. Pod above 1 lines broad, convex. very on a verv short stines valves coriaceous,
2.

Muelle
ana asccndmg or erect vlr-ate stems ot i to -^ u., mu'^ "' ......^' i Imeai ones upper fnate. Leaves few, the lower ones narrow-oblong, the li sho t lewi *o Ii iu. or long or in some specimens attaining 3 in., obtuse ow na when rarely ^ved points, flat or concave, coriaceous, continuous or
-^"v-K
slion'in.r n t.i.... .

.:_...,.:_

c.;.,.,i.

miin.te.

Pedicels solitary Calyx 2 to


170
L

XL.

LEGUMlNOS^,

[Temijkt'jnia.

Queenslaad.

"Wide Ray, Bidwil/, LelchharcU.

river,

N. S. "Wales. Hawkesbury Now England, near Teuterfield, C.

R, Brown; Gugeegong

riverj

A. Cunnimjliam
Arapiles,

Stuart.

Victoria. Murray river, Prince Paul Wilhelm ; "Wimmera river and Mount near Lake Hindmarsh, Ballachj ; Milton, near Port Phillip, Weidenbach,
*

Beuth. A tall slender shrub with erect branches, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves rather crowded, linear-terete or ahiiost filiform with a short recurved point, 1 to 3 in. long or even more, glabrous, usually articulate near the middle, showing that the lower portion is a petiole, with
4.

T, Hookeri,

which the

leaflet is occasionally

continuous.

Stipules miiuite.

Pedicels

fili-

form, often 1 in. long, with small bracteoles near^the top. Calyx 5 to filioes long, the 4 lobes acuminate, longer than the tube, the uppermost with aniu-

lowest considerably the longest. Petal-claws short; standard broad, 6 to 7 lines longj keel about as long; wings much smaller. Ovary stipitate, with about 6 ovules. Pod | to above 1 in. long, about 4 lines broad, on a stipes longer than the calyx, oblique when young, but scarcely so when full grown; valves coriaceous, slightly convex. Nematoj)7iylluM Hookeri, F. Muell. iu Hook. Kew. Journ. ix. 20.
shorter, the

flexed point, the lateral ones

N. Australia.
5.

N.W.

coast,

Bynoe ;

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentana,

'R,

Brown;

Hooker's and Sturt's Creeks, F. Mueller.

low rigid shrub or undershrub, with a tliics rhizome and numerous simple or branched often tiexuose stems, rarely exceeding 1 ft. in height, sulcate-striate and glabrous or nearly so. Leaves fe\vor sometimes none, the lower ones obovate or oblong, the uppermost linear, \ to 3 often 1 in. long, rigid and glabrous. and Stipules rigid, recurved, prickly, 3 lines long. about Pedicels short, the bracteoles about the middle. Calyx lines long, the 4 lobes of nearly equal length, rather shorter tlmn the tube, the uppermost rather broader and the lowest rather longer than the lateral ones. Standard broad, reflexed, twice as long as the calyx keel about a3 ovules. long as the standard; wings shorter. 6 about Ovary stipitate, with Pod about f in. long, on a stipes longer than the calyx valves coriaceous, but nearly ?ii\LBu8sirea acideata, F. Muell. Fra;^m. ii. 120.
Benth.
; ;

T actileata^

W
6.

numerous with glabrous leafless shrub, erect terete sulcate branches, the nodes bearing only minute protuberances. Pedicels solitary or 2 together, rarely 1 line long, witli small orbicular bracBc-uth.
tall

T. egena,

teoles close

under the calyx. Cal.vx 1^ Hues long nearly equal broad obtuse teeth, much shorter than the tube, the the longest. Petals on rather long claws, scarcely twice as long as

5 with or rather more, lowest wther

the en

yx.

with the standard ratlier longer than the others. stipitate, Ovary shortly to 8 ovules. Pod nearly sessile, obliquelv oblong, 6 to 8 lines long and about 4 broad, the valves very coriaceous and'slightly convex.'/>ai;<V*i egf^nijMuell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 118 Bosutea erjena, F. Muell. in Hook. Journ. viii. 43 ; Fragm. iii. 94.
;

M
,a

N.Australia.

N. S. Wales.
to

Sturt's CroeVs, J'.il/e//<'r. Deserts of the Murray and Darling, Victorian .rj)edilion

Hooker ami

'

nortti^

A. Cunningham. Victoria. Clayey and sandy, somewhat saline deserts of the Murray and MurriimDidgee, F. Muelhr. S. Australia, Barren bushy places along Spencer's Gulf to Lake Torrcns, f. iV#''""Alton,

Mount


Temj}ldo}na.]

XL. LEGUMiNosiE.
BentJi,

171

7.

T. sulcata^
divaricate

tall rigid

glabrous leafless slirub, with nume-

branches much flattened, sulcate, striate, and often endiu^^ in stiff thorns, notched at the nodes. Pedicels very short ; bractcoles under the calyx, concave, sometimes nearly 1 line long. Calyx l\ lines long, somewhat rigidj the 4 lobes broad, obtuse, nearly as long as the tube, the latei'al ones rather smaller than the others. Standard scarcely twice as long as the calyx lower petals shorter. Ovary almost sessile, with 2 to + ovules. Pod sessile, very obliquely ovate, |- to | in. long, with a hooked point, valves thickly coriaceous and convex. Bo^ucEa sulcata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. SI; B. Rmii, F. Muell. Pragm. iii. 94, 168,
rous

Mallee scrub, Hindmarsh, F. Mueller.

Victoria.

fi-oin

the junction of the Murrumbida^ee and Murray to Lake

plains of the

W.
Avon,

Australia, Dmmmond, . 107, 108, and 144, /. S, Roe; sanJy Freiss, n. 1028 clayey places, Phillips river, Maxwell,
;

23.
(Poiretia, 5'm.
;

HOVEA,

R. Br.
;

V\iv^\Q\oV\Vim^ Sioeet

Platycliilum, i?^//^^;/.)

Calyx upper lobes nnited into a broad truncate upper lip, entire or slightly eniargiuate, tbe 3 lower ones much smaller, lanceolate. Petals clawed;
standard nearly
auriculate
ootuse,

orbicular,

eraarginate;

wings shorter,

obliquely

obovate,

on the inner side

at the^base; keel

much

shorter, slightly incuiTcd,

the petals slightly cohering. Stamens all united in a sheath open on tbe upper side and sometimes sjdit also on the lower side, or rarely the Uppermost stamens, and very rarely the lowest free; anthers alternately long
aud erect
farely

and short and

ovules

versatile.

Ovary

sessile

or stipitate with 2 or

Pod terminal. stigma thick rather 5 ; sessile or stipitate, turgid, very obliquely globular or ovoid, the valves at *^pth entii-ely separating. strophiolate. funicles, short on reniforra Seeds shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire or prickly -toothed, glabrous above, Often tomentose Flowers none. or minute underneath. setaceous, Stipules
naore

style incurved,

mt

or purple, in axillary clusters

'^ ^^'t'^'^'^y

or very short racemes or rarely

it

soliti;ry.

nf !J* ^a""""^

thr V. r^^' ^Tougjii/.

Australian, and a"c! short turgid pod, although

ooionr the calyx, the habit, the ensiiy recognized by

is

Templeivma, with connecttd closely

longiyes.
s^gsile

^ary

(Eastern species), ^od glabrous or slightly pubescent. ^tenis decumbent. Lower leaves ovate, upper ones lanceolate
or linear
,

and poj

%
1.

E,
B.

heteropfiylla.
linearis.
,

Stems erect. Leaves numerous' Ion "ej, mostly narrow-linear "^ *^od tomentose ose or vUl...,. villous. ^avesoblongjanceolate or linear, obtuse at both ends .
Ova wvar

.^

,,

i.

^^^'^*^^'ed at

LeL! '^^es with numerous oblique parallel veins. Calyx lower lobes ./'"^^y as long as the upper (East tropical species) . . . J. ives smooth or reticulate the primaiy veins distant (when conspicuous) transverse or arcuate. Calyx lower lobes much Shorter than the upper (Western species). spines^^ under i io. long, Branches narrow, entire. * o>
cent
.

"^""^

stipitate,

both ends always glabrous,

R.longrfoha. 4. //. acaUfoha.

h,

UJongq^es.

j 6, H,-aan(nociada.
,1
?

172

XL. LEGUMiNOS^>.

[Ilocea.

No thorns. Leaves mostly above 1 in. long. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, prickl^-toolhed.
free

,.,..

Upper stamen
7.

^-

cJiorhemifolia.

Leaves entire or slightly crisped, the margins flat or recurved. Upper stamen united with the rest. Tall shrub. Leaves elliptical to narrow-lanceolate. Calyx lower lobes at least i as loug as the upper. Ovules 2. Stems low or not much brancheJ. Leaves ovate to linear. Calyx lower lobes very small. Ovules usually
3 or more

8,

H,

elliptica.

.,,,,,
margins much
.

9,

jff.

trisperma.

Leaves J to
volute.

1 in.

long, narrow, rigid, the

re-

Leaves obtuse with a small scarcely pungent point Leaves pungent -pointed
'

.10.

-H".

dricia.

]L

R,^nngens.

Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 275. Apparciitlya low shrub, with erect not much -branched stems, of 1 to 2 ft., closely tomeatose or pubescent or at length nearl^^ glabrous. Leaves nearly all narrowJinenr, 1^ to 3 in. long, obtuse with a small point, coriaceous with recurved margins, more or less reticulate, quite glabrous or pubescent underneath, the lower ones occasionally lanceolate or oblong-elliptical. Flowers rather small, solitary or 2 or 3 in each axil, on very short pedicels. Calyx about 2 hues long,
1.

H.

linearis^ R, Br.

in Ait.

more
ii.

or less silky -hairy. Stauiinal sheath open on the upper side only. Ovary glabrous. Pod sessile, glabrous, about 4 lines broad and long, DC. Prod.

115; Lodd. Bot. Cab.

ix.

t.

1222?;

Po/>'d^//a /i?/<^am,

Sm.

in Trans. Lina.

Soc.

304.
;

Port Jackson, R, Brown, Sieber, n. 375, and others and northward to (Clarence river, Beckier. to This very much resembles the loug linear-leaved varieties of H, longifolin. It appears be a smaller plant, the leaves are not so coriaceous, the flowers smaller and the pod shorter, and always quite glabrous. The spcchnens figured, Bot. Reg.t. 4C3, and in Paxt. Mag- xu. 7o, seem to connect this also with the following.

N.

S. "Wales.

Cunn, in Hook J. Fl Tasm. i. closely allied to //. li^waris, aiul perhaps a variety only, although usually veiy different in aspect. Stems decumbent or prostrate at the base, with ascending or erect slender branches, clothed with a short close toiuentum. Lower Jeaves ovate, intermediate ones lanceolate, the u])pennost narrow, or sometimes
A..

2.

H. heterophylla.

Very 15. 93,/.

margins quite linear, and rarely above the in. long, obtuse or almost acute, often recurved, reticulate and glabrous or slightly hairy underneath. Flowers lobes of IL hnyifoUa or rather larger. lower Calyx 2 to 3 lines long, the po sometimes nearly as long as the upper lip, but very narrow. and Ovary

of //. longlfoUa, but quite glabrous or shortly pubescent.

Stradbrooke Island, Fraser, J. Cunnim/ham ; Sandstone Hills, towards Bnsbane, Leiehhardt. . N. S. -Wales. Paramatta, Woolh; grassy valleys, near Macnuarrie river, A. ^ > j mngham ; Twofold B:iy, F. Mueller. ^ Victoria, Glenelg river, Robertson ; INIounts DandcnonK and Disappointment,

Queensland.

Mueller;

Ta Tasmania.
Hooker.
3.

in the Tattiara laiuara country, /. j, E, it'.

Woods Woods,
in

Abundant

in dry

aad stony places

various parts of the

island,

^'

n j ^

H.

longifolia,

72.

Br. in

shrub, attainuig 8 to 10 ft.;

275. A branches usually erect, softly tomentose

AiL

Ilort,

Kew.

ed. 2, iv.

stout

erect

or tn

llovea,]

XL. legumixos.t:.

173

smaller varieties busliy

tuse,
.

with or without a
in others all

Leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear, obsmall callous point, all under f in. long in somevarie-

and stunted.

ties,

above 2 in., thickly coriaceous, with flat recurved or revolute margins, glabrous above and smooth and shining or densely reticulate, the primary veins ^vhen conspicuous transverse or arcuate, more or less rustytomeutose underneath. Flowers very shortly pedicellate in axillary clusters, which sometimes grow out into interrupted spikes or racemes, or rarely solitary. Bracts and bracteoles small, usually obtuse. Calyx tomentose, 2 to 3
lines

long; lobes

all

short, the

upper broad truncate

lip

not

much

longer

than the

lower lobes, which are usually more obtuse than in if. linearis. Standard twice as long as the calyx. Staminal tube open on the upper side only. Ovary tomentose. Pod sessile, 4 to 6 lines broad, softly rusty-tomentose or almost villous.

N. Australia. Port Essington, A, Cunningham (specimens imperfect). Queensland. Near Mount Owen, Mitchell; Newcastle Range and Sutter river, F. Mueller; Shoalwater Bay passages, Brovm ; Moretoii Bay, A. CunniJigham ; near

^'arwick,

Beckler ; Ipswich, Nernst, N. S. "Vl^ales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, -R. Broicn, Sleber, and others Macquarrie and Lachlan rivers. A, Cumnngham ; northward to Clarence xistx.Beckleiy^Ml ^'ew England, C. Stuart, and southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. Victoria. Gipps' Land, Mitta Milta river, Jlouut Butler, etc., ascending to 5000 ft.,
r.

Mueller.

Port Dalrymple and Bass's Straits, telaud, /. B. Hooker, Mueller. S. Australia. F. hills, adjacent Eemarliuble'and Eocky sides of Mount The fullowing forms, usually considered as distinct species, pass into each other hy such
;
,

Tasmania.

n. Brown

ahunJant throughout the

^sensible gradations, that I

a.

in some but long, in. to 3 usually Leaves linear with revolute margins, Bot. ]Xt%. t. Jpecimens shorter. lonylfoha, JTracemose. Flower-clusters often shortly supposed ;U Lodd. Bot. Cab. (the t. 1 4 843, Reg. Bot. in Benth.

am

unable to di^tiuguish

them otherwise than

as varieties.

normalis.

racemulosa, J^wan River Broicn, Sieber n. ^i >, origin probably a garden mistake). Port Jackson, *nd others, dithcult to very are specimens also R, Brown's Queensland specimens. Some d'stmguish from H, linearis, . ^ *i, t man shorter b. much hut revolute, Tomarinifolia. Leaves linear, very oLtusc and much sboi-t-ieaved >a the normal the connecting form, and very much reticulate, otherwise closely 348.-Blue ^Ules, specimens of a S. and rosmarinifoUa, A. Cunn. in Field, N.
;

t.

994

H.

c-h!

-^lountains.

recurved or flat with hnceolata. Leaves oblong, or lanceolate, or broadly underneath tomcutose '^a^gins, densely I to 3 in. long, often rather thick, closely, hut often :r^'fanceolata. Sims! Bot. Mag. t. 1624 j Bot' Reg. t. 1427 (a weak ^l^^^^^J^^^^^^^^ Gen. ^^Do/^' in Cnmi. Prod. A. ii. 11 5 ^; A. Cunn!, and U. mucronata
c.

linear,

H.a^iaMl

J.

Cab. 1. 1457 Maund, lsm 1. 93^ l'-*^^/^^^ Lmn^a, in b,,t g^^^^^l MueU. of Sweet; H. Beckeri, F. ^^^er the whole range of the species and the most common form. The ^-f.^^^^^^/^^T J ^f ^ve often elongated of the ^"^^^ ^ tomentum the and interrupted inflorescences, Jj especially ^^^^^ thm and pale-coloured; the Tasmanian and Victorian ones ^;;" J^^ ^0^"^"^^^" ^^^^vations, have the and leaves, usually smaller much more revolute .^[^^^"^^^^^^^^ pannosa. Leaves linear or oblong, rather large and very ^^''^'''''^^^^^^ x densely ca t and the clusters, > dense, often almost woolly. rather large, in close Flowers J^ {^^^"te, the lower lobes narrow and acute. Pod often rusty-wooUy.--^. f^i?^^^^^^;^;^^^^ jan^ i/^ o ^ Austral, t. 13 t. Rog. 2 1 Bot. Bot. Reg. t. 1423 //. vUlosa, Lindl. in ;2' A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag" t. 3053 H, lanigera. Lodd. in Steud. Norn. Bot. ed 2 R. it vMth the ramulosa, A. connecting Cunn. in Bot Rcr. under n. 4 (a narrow-leaved form are al.o specimens Essington J^^mal variety).^Blue Mouutarus and Queenslaud. The Port

Y'

u.

126

J. purpurea, Lodd. Bot.

Botanist,

t.

7^

Hook

11.

^^west to this variety.


174
4.

[Ifom.

XL. LEOUMlNOS.f:.

Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 126, A tall shrulj, allied to the var. pannosa of II. longifoUa^ but with the leaves always narrowed at both ends. Branches densely toraentose-villoiis. Leaves ellipticaloblong or lanceolate, acuminate or acute, narrowed at the base, mostly 2 to 3 in. long, and the larger ones 1 in. broad in the middle, the margins slightly recurved, densely but .minutely reticulate above, loosely tomeiilose-^dllou3 Flowers in underneath, the primary veins tew, nearly transverse or arcuate. clusters of 2 or 3, like those of //. longifoUa, var. pannosa or rather larger. Ovary sessile, tomentose-villous. Pod not seen.

H.

acutifolia,

j4,

Queensland.
river, Fifzalan.

Brisbane

river,

Fraser, A, Cunningham, F. Mueller, and others; Pine

tall shrub, resembling 37. at first sight some forms of H. longifolia, but readily distinguished by the venation of the leaf as well as by the tlower and fruit. Branches, under side

5.

H. longipeSy

Benth, in

Iliieg,

Emm.

of the leaves and calyxes hoary or slightly rusty, with a close or soft turn. Leaves from oval-elliptical to oblong or lanceolate, obtuse

toiiieu-

Avith a

minute callous point, f to 1^ in. long, coriaceous with slightly recurved margins, glabrous above and marked with numerous oblique parallel slightly reticulate primaiy veins. Flowers usually 2 or 3 together, each on a pedicel longer than the calyx, wdth 2 minute bracteoles near the end. Calyx veiy
broadly campanulate, scarcely 2 lines long, the lobes or teeth all very sliort, the upper lip broad and trnncate, but scarcely exceeding the lower lobes. Standard very broad, twice as long as the calyx. Ovary quite glabrous. Pod 4 or 5 lines broad and long, very coriaceous, quite glabrous, on a stipes from the length of the calyx to twice as long. H. leiocarpa, Beuth. Mitch. Trop. Austr. 289.

Queensland. Keppel Bay, R Brown; dry forest nnd sheltered Downs and Marnnoa river, MiickeU ; Burdekiii river, F. Mueller; edge Kockhampton, Thozet ; Fitzroy river, Bowman,

valleys,

^lantuan
near

of the scrub,

N.
6.

S. TVales.

Clarence river, Beckler.

H. acanthoclada^

varicately branched shrub,

MnelL Fragm. iv. 15. A with the habit of some of the spinesceut Bosskas;
F.
rigid spreading

di-

branches closely rusty-tomentose, the smaller ones ending in slejider thorns. Leaves scattered or clustered, rarely 3 lines long, lluear-oblong, obtuse, with Flowers revolute margins, glabrous above, rusty-tomentose underneath. tominutely usually solitary, on short pedicels. Calyx Bracteoles minute. mentose, turbinate-campanulate, about 2 lines long, the upper lip truncate, Petals and with acuminate angles, the lower lobes or teeth much shorter. ovary not seen. Staminal sheath open on the upper side. Pod obliquely ovoid, glabrous, on a stipes as long as the calyx-tube. Daviesia acanihoclada, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 262, ^V. Australia, Lrummoiid, ^th Coll. n. 96; Phillips riTer, Maxwell. This specie* cotmects in some measure Kovea with Bossiaa, but the pod is entirely that of the forme
genus.

116. ^ from shrub of several ft., although occasionally the stems are nearly siinplt' Leaves thick stock; branches rusty-tomentose, 'villous or nearly glabrous. ottefl from ovate to lanceolate, pungent-pointed, sinuate and prickly-toothed,
ii.

7.

H. choHzemifoUa,

DC. Prod.

branching stout Usually a

Ilovea.]

XL. LEC;uMlNos.E.

175

undulate,

1|

to nearly 3 in. long, coriaceous, reticulate

and usually

glaljrous.

Flowers 2 to 6 together, rather sicall, Calyx silky-villous, 2 to 3 lines long ;

on short pedicels, Bracteoles subulate. upper lip very large and broad, lower lobes very smnl!. Ovary glabrous, with 2 ovules. Staminnl sheath open on the upper side, and sometimes also on the under side, the upper stamens usually quite free. Pod glabrous, about as broad as long, on a short stipes.
'/^

iA
l-c.
(a

in a

note

Meissn.

1.

c.

B.

ilici/oUa,

A. Cann. in Bot.
Swan

JR.

narrow-leaved branch).
*^- Australia.

Comnion from King George's Sound

\st
Coll.

to

Biver,

Brown,
I

fraser,

Preiss, n. 1052, 1058, 1060, and others. have in vaiu endeavoured to distribute our numerous sij^'ciinens into appreciable varieties.
n. 181,
8.

Brummond,

and

elliptica, DC. Prod. ii. 115, A tall shrub, attaining sometimes 8 to 10 ft., tlie branches rather slender, rusty with a minute tomentuui. Leaves from ovate-elliptical to nar:ow-lanceolate, usually narrowed at both

H.

^11^ as ine tube and veiy broad, lower lobes about nan as loug. oiauudivi fl side upper the on y twice as long as the c?.lvx. open sheath Staminal and scarcely splitting on the lower side. Ovary glabrous with 2 ovules. Pod shpitate, glabrous, (a 1450? t. Cab. Bot. about as long as broad.- Lodd.
-

starved

sneHmpn
i'rod.

^^

p^.v.av, .7/;^/;.^

Cv,

It.

Tr^mQ

T.inn. Soc. ix.

805:
;

^o/ rosi. l^ystAur. li. 116; Goodia simpUclfoUa.Sp'cus. f'^'^Cehi, Bonpl. Jard. Malm. t. 51; DC. Prod. ii. 115; Bot. Reg. t.
^^'
,

i^U

uh 1*88;
^^' =^ssx
9-

^^*'

Me

^^'^S'

t.

2005

Maund,

Botanist,

I.

40

Lodd. Bot. Cab

t.

figure) the (from t. (?) others; an d Drummo>,d, Menzies, '^!'!^**-aa. Kig George's Sound, R. Brown, Ohjield. aud Plantagcnet nver, Vasse 1055; districts, Preiss, n. 1053 and
iifoUa,

Lodd. Bot. Cab.

30

H.

trieniiM.^

T>.,j7.

ir..

'-.

v..y

S7

An

or underslu-ub undersl
ft.,

stems, of 1 to 2

| leaves ovate or or pomt short a with linear, 1 to 3 i.i. long, obtuse pubescent loosely or J^'^te, glabrous and reticulate above, slightly tomentose pedices. ^n<lerneath. short on together Flowers rather large, usually 2 or 3 the long, Imes and to 4 f^^ts bracteoles subulate Calyx silky-villous, 3 lower the very short, the upper lip very large and rounded-truncate, well a as lower the i as long. Stamina sheath usually open on

fibrous or pubescent. "Pper ones lanceolate or

Lower

elliptical,

to

i"-

jo"?.

tV
on thP
form ^''^^

iiv.

-i^

*^/-

_\

A ^n^oKr

\\if^.

innermost uppermost

^ Pod

^^^ary glabrous with 2 or

fully us

more

broad as long, glabrous, on a

ovules, usually o lu -to long as half from stipes

"-

176
fully as

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
H. Mangli

{Jlomi.

long as the calyx. 62 '(said to Bot. Reg. 1838, t.

stipitate).

differ in the sessile ovary,

but

it is

figured

as

Drummond, Huegel, Brotvn, lliver, R. Swan George's Sound to Kitii? Australia. "W. Isi Coll, and n. 179 and ISO, Preiss, ?z. 1051, and others. Var. crispa. More slender. Leaves from ovate to lanceolate, often slightly cordate, the margins crisped and sometimes almost crenulate. Calyx rather more hairy. Ovules 2 to4.

Lindl Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. 19 ; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 79. Swan Biver, Dnnnmond, \st ColL ; Darlin.^ range, Preiss, n. 1063. H. splendens, Paxt. Mag. x. 103, from the figure given, nmst be very near this variety. Leaves more coriaceous, quite entire, Larger and nearly glabrous. Var. ffrandijlora* 6. often Ovules long. near 5 lines Flowers lar^^e, Calvx often strongly reticulate.
//.

crispa,

J7. eliiptica,

Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

i.

79, not of

DC Swau
I 79,

Kiver,

Drummond,

1st ColL

and

n. 178.

10.

H.

stricta, Meissn.

in

PL

Preiss,

afid in Bot, Zeit. 1855, 30.

Stems little-branched, erect, rigid, 1 to 1| ft. high, loosely tomentose-villous. Leaves lanceolate or linear, or the lower cues ovate-lanceolate, often erect, 2 to 1 in. long, obtuse with a short rigid point, the margins revolute, rouuJed or cordate at the base, rather rigid, reticulate and glabrous above, hoary-toshort on together 3 Flowers 2 or mentose or loosely villous underneath. or silky long, lines 3 pedicels. Bracts and bracteoles subulate. Calyx 2 to narrow shorter much loosely villous, upper lip large and broad, lower lobes and acute, but not so small as in H, trisperma. Standard \ in. diameter. but upper, the Staminal sheath often splitting on the lower side as well as have never seen any stamen free. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 2 ovules.
I

Pod
Swau

not seen.
OldjieU; river, Vasse Sandy woods, Sussex district, Preiss, n. 1057 River and between Moore and Murchison rivers, Brummond^ ^th ColL . 27;

"W. Australia.
11.

H.
An

7.

BoL Jrch. pungens^ Benlh. i)f Hney. Ennm. 37, a7id in Ilneg, softy branches erect rigid not much-branched shmb of 1 to 2 ft., the
villous.
spreadvery long,

Leaves linear or lanceolate, ^ to 1 in. re revolute,^ ing, rigidly coriaceous with pungent points, the margins much Stipues hairs. culate above, glabrous or the upper ones sprinkled with a few minti sometimes setaceous, often more conspicuous than in other species, but subuBracteoles or deciduous. Flowers 1 to 3 together on short pedicels. ve^ hp upper late. Calyx 2i to 3 lines long, silky-villous or hirsute, the broad, the lower lobes rather shorter. Standard about \ in. diameter. ^ ve^ or Tuinal sheath open on the upper side only. Ovary glabrous, ^vith 2 vei stipes rarely 3 ovules. Pod very oblique, rather longer than broad, the Botanisi, nearly as long as the calyx.Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 78 ; Mauud, t. 164 Paxt. Mag. vi. 101, and x. 51 with figs. ^ Australia. Swan River, Brummond, \st ColL and n. 177, Preis^^ n, ^^^'fl
'
_

pubescent or

W.

Some specimens
as a variety.

are,

however, scarcely distinguishable from the couimou H.j^ungens,

24.

GOODIA,

Salisb.
equ ones 3 lower
-

Calyx 2 upper lobes united in a 2-tpothed upper Up,


Goodia.'\

IL. LEGUMINOS.E.

177
;

Petals
obtuse.

clawed

standard orbicular wings narrow keel broader, incurved, Stamens all united in a sheath open on the upper side ; anthers all
;
;

stamens and ovary. Ovary stipitate, with 2 to 4 ovules style subulate, incurved ; stigma small, ^ tenninal. Pod stipitate, flat, valves thin with a nerviform edge. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs. Leaves pinuatelv 3-foliolate, with entire leaflets. Flowers yellow mixed with purple, in terminal or Icaf-op])osed racemes. Stipules bracts and bracteoles membrauous, but so deciduous as to be rarely
tlie

versatile,

alternately smaller.

Disk annular between

seen but

very

young branches or racemes.

is

The genus
riiit

limited to Australia, and although uearly allied to BossL^a lo has the inflorescence of Crotalaria, and differs from all other Genhfea
""^^

its flowers

and

in its pinuateiy

cCi
Softly

^^ "'""^'^ therefore be equally well placed uudtr Galeyea, next to

P/y-

Glahrous or the

yonng shoots minutely pubescent

all

I.
%,

imbescent

over

G. lotJfolia. G, puLcens.

O-Cn

polifsperma,

DC. Prod.

ii.

Afncaa, not an Australian plant. <?. rf/^j^, Mackay, and

^^^Dea

117,

is

Argyrolohium Andrewsianum, Steud., a South

G, suhpnhescens. Sweet, in Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2, are uupubgarden names, probably of some varieties of G. lolholia.

1.

G. lotifolia,

Salisb.

Farad. Loud. L 41.

A tall much-branched shrub,

reticidations sometimes very prominent, sometimes scarcely P^rceptihle.~I)C. Prod. ii. 117 ; Bot. Mag. t. 958 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 696; ook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 97.; Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 88.
the interior, Jl Mueller; near Portland, Robertson. Common in various parts of the island, /. />. Hooker. ^'*"*^^ers range, Guichen and llivoli Bays, Crystal Brook, etc.. P. 'Mudi^''^^^^' '^n Onkajiaringa rage Whittaker, ' "^^stralia, Drummond, hth CoiL m. 89 ; Hay district, Preiss, n. 1014. Q ^' "^^"^*^- ^^^^^"^^ i- 10, the prevailing Continental form, with shorter ^^ism oother f^^^^^^^' pods, passes gradually into the more common Tasmauian form.
^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^

wi^hV tiansverse

glabrous or the young shoots "minutely pubescent and often glaucous Leaflets ovate or obovaie, very obtuse, ^ to i in. long, the hiteral ones usually at a considerable distance from the terminal one, tlie petiole slender, ^icemes loose, many-flowered, 2 to 4 in. long. Calyx 2^ to 3 lines long, e lower lobes linear-lanceolate nearly as long as the tube, the upper lip very oroad. mn.-P o ....^^ .... ""^^"^ .. ^^" !.. ^^^^ 2-toothed at the top. Standard about twice as long as the ^i^lyx,^ notched, yellow with a purple base; lower petals rather shorter. ,^^0'^"o ft'otn 2 to nearly 1 in. long and 3 to 4 lines broad, on a stipes ^^^^^ than the calyx, the upper suture often dilated, the valves thin
. I

either quite

yj ''**^" Tas mama.

'

y*les.

Hastings river, Fraser,

Maf/
fi/'oha, "^
'
.

..

Most probably

a variety

u:5uaity uuienng in being differing leaflets usually the leaueis all over, xne Demg softly pubescent an sottlv aarrower and uiore approximate at the end of the shorter petiole, the liowerS "'"er smaller. Q7 J)n p..r..i v. im, tj^^i. ^ Tocm DC. Prod. i. 97. Tasm. Fl. ii. 117; Hook. f.

r
.

i:.^i

yictoria.
*^*inaaia. Mia hv'^^^r**
^^I-. II,

Dandenong monntains, F. Mueller.

Common

vr.Muell. Fragm.

throughout the islaud, /. D, Hooker.

i.

It

is

united with

<?.

loti'

10.

178
25.

^^" LEGUMIKOS.^.

CROTALARIA,

Linu.

more ones lower the and 3 upper ones 2 tlie or equal, nearly Calyx-lobes incurved keel shorter; ovate; mm\s or orbicular Standard or less united. all Stamens beak. incurved straight or in a inwards or angled, terminating and long alternately anthers upper side; the along united in a sheath, open more or with 2 stipitate, or sessile Ovary versatile. erect and short and
longitudinal a with inwards, bent suddenly or incurved ovules; style much stigma small) very (son^etimes inner side on the middle above the line of hairs strophiolate, not Seeds continuous inside. inflated, turgid or Pod terniiual.
;

couipouTid digitately or Leaves simide shrubs. Herbs or funicles. on slender witli marked often leaflets 5 or 7 with 1, 3 or (m species not Australian) along decurrent occabionally petiole, Stipules free from the pellucid dots. tersimple in blue, or yellow Pluwers tlie stem, frequently small or wanting.
veiy often bract, with a leaf-opposed, minal racemes, becoming sometimes or calyx-tube the small, under each pedicel and minute bracteoles adnata to

just below

it.

regious warm and A very large and weU-markcd genus, widely dispersed over the tropical ana Indian, East are Of the 14 Australian species 8 both of 'the New and the Old world. are enremaining 6 the 2 of these are also abuadaut in many parts of Africa and America, demic, 8 of them belonging to a group peculiarly Australiau.

Skuies

I.

Simplicifoliae. i.?^i;.?5
villous.

Aasthe petiole, short simple, continuous w'Uli the

iratian species ail herbs or undershrubs.

Ovary and pod pubescent or

Leaves ovate.
blue

Stipules leafy, semilunar or falcate.

Flowers
1.
C?.

verrucosa.

Leaves oblong, linear, or rarely obovate. Flowers yellow. none. Pod usually 1-seeded, not exceeding the calyx. Ovules 2. Flowers small Ovules numerous. Pod many-seeded, above 1 in. long. Flowers rather large
. , ,

Stipules setaceous or

2.

C. crispata.

3.

C.juncea,

Ovary and pod quite glabrous. Upper leaves usually liuear.

calyx.
.

Petals and pod not exceeding the

Calyx 3 to 4 lines lonir, silliy-pubesceut or shortly villouSj the 2 upper lobes united Calyx 1 iu. long, densely hirsute with long spreading hairs, the upper lobes free Upper leaves broad, oblong-cuneate or rarely almost liuear. Petals and pod much longer than the calyx. Flowers large in loose racemes. Leaves oblong cuneate. Calyx 4 to 6 lines pod 1^ in. long Leaves oval-elHptical or oval-lanceolate. Flowers numerous in dense racemes. Calyx not above 3 lines, pod, under i in. long ;
;

4.

C. It^nfoha,

5.

C. calyctna.

6.

C. retusa.

7-

aMitcheUu

Sect.
'middle.

II.

Unifoliolatae. i^irr<?j
;

sirtiple,

above geniculate the petiole articulate or

Stem shrubby.
Stipules
!
.

Flowers under J in. long standard obtuse. Leaves pubescent or villous, at least underneath.
, or not decurrent Whole plant quite glabrous.

none
.

-,

8.
9.

C.

Nova^HoUand^'
crassipf^s,

j,^^ju

Stipules decurrent
.
.

C
(7.

Flowers li

in.

long or more; standard acute or acuminate

10.

CunjwiS

^'

^^,.^

Crotalaria.]

XL. LEGUMlNOaJ.;.

I79

Series III.
ten.

Digitatse.Xeap<?j

Herbs or shrubs.

all or mostly comjoowad with 3 rare^u 5 digitate leafn / j

C. trifoliastrum.

Ovules 2.
<J\nles

Pod small as broad as long. Herb with small flowers 11. many. Pod oblong, much longer than the calyx.
acute, slighily esceed. .

Uvaiy and pod sessile or nearly so. Calyx deeply lobtd. Standard almost
ing the calyx.

Pod

hirsute with spreading hairs

talyx divided to the middle. Standard broad and obtuse ninch lonjicr than the calyx. Pod pubescent, toinentose

.12.

C. incana.

OvJ?r''^,^'^"'"'?' Uvaiy ad pod on a long

J^eaflets 3. i^eaflets

U
stipes.

C. dissitijlora.
.

Piowerg large.
.,
,
.
.

Standard acute
Standai'd very obtuse

U,
15.

C. laburnifolia.
0. qninqnefo/ia.

usually 5.
I.

j^ERiEs
petiole,

SiMPLiciFOLi,.Leaves simple, continuous with the

herbaceous or uudershrubs,

short

the Australian species all

C. verrucosa, Linn, A stout erect minutely i DC. Prod. ii. 125. puDeseent annual of \\ to 3 ft.; branches divaricate with prominent an-les
1.

most wniijed. ^ ^omelimes into

.\s

Leaves usually ovate-rhomboidal 2 to 4 in. long, but passing ovate-acuminate or almost lanceolate and 5 or G in. long, alvery obtuse. Stipules semilunar or ftdcate, horizontally sprciiding.

wers pale-blue, in loose terminal or leaf-oppgsed racemes. ^nes long, the lobes

Calyx about 4 acuminate, longer than the tube, all free, the lowest rather ^'^'^^^*^^^' Standard broad, above i in. diameter. Ovary sessile, very vill 'ous all over or on the inner side, with above 20 ovules. Pod oblong, vilw, ij to 2 in. lone:. Wi-ht. Ic. t. 200 F. Mnell. Fra^m. iii. 54. " 'C3 D:

^'^*'**"*^^*'
^- .Va

^'^^'^toria

river

and stony

hills

and grassy banlcs on theWickham

river,

'Bo^wr'^^B**^^'
Thes"'

^"'leavour river, ^.

Brown; Cape Upstart, WGillitrmj; Bowen

river,

':'^''''""P'"n.
'^

3nd Am''^''^'^^

Thozet; Kdgecombe Bay, Dallachy. coumion in East India, and is now spread over many parts of

tropical Africa

much-branched softly villous ^Miiell. Herb. low *^*'^^P^**> liei?" p.;!"^ stems dilluse or ascending and not exceeding 1 ft. Leaves from ^'"te-oblong to narrow to obtuse, very linear, | broadlv oblong-ctinenfe, or 1

?*

termmal loose short in few, small, Flowers race ^''"'ts ^111^^ bracteoles minute, ovate-acule or lanceolate, villous outsidp"^?'] "^ inside. Cahx about 3 lines lona, deeply cleft, the 3 lower lobes slio.'tl ^'ty united, the 2 lanceohite, very glabrous and
^'^''^^^

^"

^"'^^ ^<^*^s-

upper ones broader,

all

crisn

^^ ^'*cons
1 11

ven
Spp,i

and recurved often margins the outside, '^^" flo^^^ering. sessile, 0\ary calyx. the exceeding Petals scarcely ?' "''t^' 2 ovules. Pod ovoid, villous, scarcely exceeding the calyx.
inside, villous

''^ utmlly solitaiT,

black and shining.

Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown;
.

and B-.iJ''***"*"*,^oaine9
'^

^^'an<ls of the

Victoria,

Fitzmaunce

rivers, F.

Mueller.

which it ramosissima.f^^^K C. to ""V F. Mueller, Fragm. iii. 55, ffseJhl,?"* visx'ous brad s, reflexcd broad and '* /" '*''P^'^ts, but which, in its large flowers nearer n""^ ^x,d C. pantcuMa^ C. to '^^i'ata, Ileyne. allied Both these species are '^Ma\ "ndoubtedly i all, than from distinct more rather connected although with them, aro r "e
'^^^''''^
'

from each other.

^' juncea, Linn.; DC. Frod.

ii.

125.

An

erect

annual, altaiuing

180

XL. LEGUMixos.i;.
feet, ivith few, erect, sulcate-striate,

\Crotahrla,

many

silky-pubescent brandies.

Leaves

simple, nearly sessile, oblong or linear, obtuse, 1 to 3 in., or when narrow, i in. long or more, glabrous above or nearly so, pubescent underneath, riowers

rather hirge, yellow, not numerous, in along terminal raceme. Calyx tomentose, 4 to 6 or even 7 lines long, deeply divided into narrow-lanceolate nearly

equal lobes, the 2 upper ones truncate or hooked at the top. Petals slightly exceeding the calyx, the standard usually pubescent. Ovary sessile, villous, with about 20 ovules. Pod above 1 in/long, densely clothed witli a rusty touicntum. Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 422 Bot. Mag. t. 490 W. and Arn.Prod.
;
;

PL

Ind. 185 (with the synonyms given); P. Muell. Fragm.

iii.

51.

N. Australia.

Upper Victoria

river,

Hooker^s

niid Start's

Creeks, F. Mueller.

Queensland. Broad Sound, R, Broicn ; Logan river, Fraser ; Port 'Dm\%o\\, Bowman; Rockliampton, Thozet, Dallaclnj ; Wide Bay, Leichhardt, The species is common in East India, -where it 'is umeh cultivated for the fibrous bark, used as a substitute for hemp under the name of Sann.
linifolia, Linn./.; BC, Prod. ii. 128. A perennial with a tliick rhizome, or sometimes annual, exceedingly vnriable in aspect, usually silkypubescent or villous, sometimes clothe (f with long spreading hairs or with a close or woolly white tomentum, often dryiug bhick. Steins erect or ascending, from a few inches to 1^ ft. high. 'Leaves simple, the lower ones, or
4.

C.

nearly

the smaller formS, obovate or oblong, obtuse and mostly under \ in, long, the upper ones, or nearly all in the elongated vavietif-s, narroffoblong or linear, 1 to 2 in. long, obtuse or almost acute. Flowers smnll, to yellow, in loose terminal racemes. nearly Calyx 3 to 4 lines bug, divided the base into 2 lips, the upper one 2-toothed, the lower one 34obed to the
all in

Petals not exceeding the calyx. Ovary sessile, glabrous, with 10 to ""^ "' ' ^ ' 20 ovules. Pod o\k'oid-globular, scarcely exceeding the calyx.^W. and Am. X iuu. FI. rrod. x'l. xiiu. Ind. 190 lyu ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 569 ; F. Muell Fragm. 111. 55 ; denojjhylla, Yog. ; Benth. 1. c. ; C. melanocarpa, Wall. ; Benth. Ic
uiiddle.^

W. Australia.
Goulburn Island, J.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. R. Brown ; N. W. Coast, Bi/noe; Cannivyham ; Victoria river and Macadam ruige, f. MueUer.

Percy Island, A. Cunnbigham ; Rockhampton, r/zt^.^^^md others, Fort Denisori, FdzaJan ; Morcton Hay, WGillivray, F. Mueller, and others. w. S. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler, lierbarium comprises a particularly instructive scries of specimens connecting *i.^i'T^'^^^^'^ au the diilereut forms, which have at first Amidst si^ht the appearance of distinct species.
ttiese varieties

V ^'^t!"^^*"^' YovKMGi/hvray;

Endeavour

river,

Kei)i)cl

Bay, Shoalwater Bay,

etc.,'i?.

Bmmi^^'^

the species

is easily

recognized by the calyx and pod.

u.

v^.

caiycma, ^chramk, FL

Har.

apor nearly erect annual, 1 to with villous \\ ft. high, short pressed or scarcely spreading hairs. from Leaves simple, nearly sessile, so and oblong, to lanceolate or linear and 2 nearly to 6 in. loner, glabrous or their above, villous underneath. for Flowers in terminal racemes, remarkable large pendulous calyx, often fully 1 in. long, thickly covered with long^P'^X; mther ang rusty hairs, deeply divided into nearly equal lobes the 2 upper ones glabroii" broader. Petals pale yellow, shorter than the calyx. Ovary sessile, with above 30 ovules. Pod oblong, not exceeding the cnlvx.-lJentb. ^ *^ Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 564 ; C. anihjlhide^, Prod. D. Don ; W. and Arn. Ind. 181, and of some others, not of Lam.

HorL Monac. L 12. not much branched,

decurohent (iecuiiju.u.

Crolakria,]

XL. LEGUMINOs.e.

181

N. Australia. Arohem S. Bay, E. Brown ; S. Goulburn Island, A. CunnlngJiam. Queensland. Endeavour river and Broad Sound, /?. Brown ; Kockhanipton, Tkozet
Fitzroy river,

BallacJuj

Port Denisoo, Fitzcdan,

ii.

6.

C. retusa, Linn.; DC. Prod.

of 1^ to 3
ft.,

125.

An

erect perennial or under-

with few stiff erect branches, hoary with a short pubescence. Leaves simple, cuneate-oblong, yery obtuse or rctiise, \\ to 3 in. long, frlabrous above, hoary or silky-pubescent underneath. Flowers yellow, rather large, pendulous. Bracts and bracteoles as in the other Australian species small and narrow. Calyx 4 to 6 lines long, slightly pubescent, the tube broad, the lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones rather broader, the lateral ones shortly united with the narrow lowest one. Standard broadly
orbicular,

slirub

to 1 in. diameter.

Ovary

sessile, glabrous,

with 18 to 20 ovules.

Pod glabrous, much inflated, often attaining 1^ in. in length. Bot. Yk^'g. t. 2o3; Bot. Mag. t. 2561 W. and Arn. Prod. 187 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 5 1. ;
T ^and, F,

j'

'***''*1^*'

Saudy

rocliy situations

on Victoria

river,

aud Sea Range, Arnhem's

Mueller

Albert river, Henne.

tLe globe, both in the

.,

Queensland, Bowman ; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachj. ^^^ species is widely spretM over the warmer regions of
Old World, but chiefly near the sea.

New

and

the

ft

long.

Leaves ovate-elliptical, ovate-lanceolate or rarely almost obo""le or narrow-oblong, obtuse but usually less so than in C. retusa, 2 to 3 or J'feiy 4 in. long, glabrous above, hoary or loosely pubescent underneath. Flow "ers much smaller and more numerous than in C. retusa, in a dense terttiinal raceme often attaining 4 to 6 in. Calvx rarely 3 lines long, slightly pubescent, the lobes lines to 6 5 Standard the'tube. scarcely longer than 'liaraeter. Qvary sessile, Klabrous, with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod under 1 iu. ^

^ tomentose.

C. MitcheUi, Benth. in Mitch. Trap. Austr. 120. J. thick stock and erect branching stems of 1^ to 3 ft., more

perennial with

or less pubescent

? Australia.
i.^"*sland.

"WiUs's Crect, Uoiciii's Ej-pcdilion.

rivers, H. Erishane and Dawson Mitchell; Baloniie river, Hay, Bidtcill ; Rockiiamptou, Thozet, Balbchj ; Port Deuison, Tdz^lan \aV^'^^ of the head Bcckler %^ales. river, ; Hunter's lliver, R.Brown; Clareuce G;.

Bed of the

"

wa, and the pellucid dots are much

less conspicuous.

Sbeies IL or gearticulate petiole the Unifot.iolat^. Leaves simple, '"wjate above the middle. St'em shrubby.
Jlo!l"

If

flowers. ''""'"g spe^es' appear to be auoraalous in the develoivraent of their f'T stdl unraceme _the of buds '''.? P<='--'mens of C. Novce-Hollandia have the lower

Pmeut of the lower bud's has beeu from some cause retarded after their
8.

first

appta.auce.

Ir

of 2 or shrub ii. 127. -eliptiova ^vith terete Leaves branches. or tomentose angular closely ll> above. pnbescent or 1^^^"g. very obtuse. 2 to 3 in. long, glabrous in. to from "^J -pubescent, f petiole i tomentose or villous underneath, the

C. Kovae-HoUandiae, DC. Prod.

An

erect

182
long,

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

[Crotakm.
tlie

more

or less distinctly articulate or geniculate above

middle. Flowers

Bracts small yellow, rather numerous, in terminal racemes, variable in size. and narrow. Calyx about 3 to 3^ lines long, the lobes all acuminate, nenrly

equal and scarcely longer than the tube. Standard 6 to 8 lines diameter, 'ghibrous. Ovary sessile, pubescent or villous, with 15 to 20 ovules or even Pod 1 to 1^ in. long, tomentose-pubescent, or at length nearly glamore. C. oblo7igifaUa, Hook. Ic. PI. under n. 830; 0. Milchelli, F. MueU. brous.

Fragm.

iii.

50, not of Benth,

N. Australia.
near

N.W.

coast,

Bynoe ; Nichol Bay,

;

Victoiia river and Alligator Point, F. Mueller

Gregory 8 Expedition; Upper Gulf of Carpentaria, ^^/m^, Landsborough f

F.
:

Monut Humphries, M'Bouall Stuart, The above specimens comprise the 3 following rather marked forms a. parvijiora. Leaves glabrous above. Rowers small. Pod oblona:,
b.

about J
in. long.

ohlon(jifolia.

Leaves glabrous above or slightly pubescent.

Flowers

rather large.

Pod above
c.

1 in. long,

much

inflated.

ladophylla.

Leaves softly pubescent on both sides.

Flowers rather

large.

Bracts

closely reflesed.

830. plant, closely allied to (?. Nov(2- Holla ndi(e, with the same oblong or elliptical obtuse leaves on articulate or geniculate petioles, but the whole plant is perfectly glabrous, and the subulate stipules, and the back of the petiole are continued below the hisertion of the leaf into raised angles shortly decurreut on the stena. The inflorescence is that of C. Novm-HollandicB, the flowers rather
9.

C. crassipes, nool\

Ic.

PL L

Apparently a

tall

and

erect

larger and the calyx-lobes rather longer. rest of the plant.

The ovary

is

as glabrous

as the

N,

Australia.

N.W,

coast,

Bynoe,

R, Br. in. App. StuH Exped, 8. Leaves '% to 3 ft., with softly tonientose branches. terete or slightly angular ovnte, usually broad, very obtuse, \\ to 3 in. long, densely and softly toaieutose-pubescent or villous on both sides, the petiole i to | in. long, articulate

10.

C. Ctmninghamii,

shrub, of

somesubulate, or geniculate above the middle. Stipules and bracts softly and short times rather long, but very deciduous, llaceines terminal, usually dense, sometimes reduced to a sessile cluster, rarely 4 to 5 in. long- Flojvers
darkh^ies. with more or less streaked t ha from Calyx tomentose, the tube about 3 lines long, the lobes varj^iug ahou acuminate, length to twice as long, all nearly equal. Standard ovate,

very

lar^je,

of a yellowish -green colour,

hardt; sandy ridges of the Hamraersley Range, F, Gregorys Ej-jjediiion ; Nc"oi ^. and De Grey river, R'dleys Expedition ; Mount Humphries, 3rDotiall Stuart. S. Australia. Towards Spencer's Gulf, lFar6urton ; ue^ar Cooper's Creek, f^ l'^^
.

long when fully developed keel rather longer; wings shorter. tomentose, shortly stipitate, villous, with 20 or more ovules. coriaceous, Pod li in. long.^Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 829 P. Muell. Fragra. iii. 52. Cj^n from N. Australia. Common on the saiuly shores of the N.W. coast, Bynoe ; Bay, A. Cuvnivgham, to Victoria river, and the Gulf of Carpentaria, F. MueUf, l'^

li

in.

Ovary

'

Howitfs Expedition, V/. Australia. Sharks Bay, M. Brown, og a Sturtii, R. Hr. iu A pp. Sturt Exped: 7. gathered hy D. Sturt between latitude ^^^ and 1 26^ which I have not seen, is believed both by Hooker and by F. ^lueller to ^^^^ same as C, Cunningkamii, the specimen of the latter seen by R. Brown havi.ig been
1
I

feet as to inflorescence,

and there

is

nothing

in

R. Brown's dia^juoses of

Sttirtih

J^j^

Crotalarla,']

XL. leguminos.e.

1S3

does not a2;ree perfectly

the tenth stauieu is

with the common state of C. Cunninghamii^ but in the description said to be free, which I have never foiiud iu C\ Citmiinghamiu

Series III. Digitat.e. Leaves all or mostly digitately compound, with 3 leaflets in the Australian species, very rarely reduced to 1 in a few leaves of one specieSj 5 or 7 in some East Indian species. Herbs or shrubs.
11.

C. trift>liastrum,
ft.

with rather slender, erect

1 to 2
l)ut

and Jr?i. Prod, 191. A perennial ascending or decumbent branchinj^ stems, usually
JFilld.
;

TF.

high,

more or

less pubescent.

Leaflets 3, usually oblong-cuneate,

varying from obovate

the

and under ^

in.

long, to linear-cuneate and about

1 in. long,
neatli,

very obtuse or retuse, glabrous above, lioary or pubescent iinderpetiole slender.

Flowers usually small, but variable in size, in terminal racemes of 1 to 3 in. Calyx pubescent, al)out 2 lines long, the lobes narrow and much longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones rather smaller than the others. Standard broad, exceeding the calyx, but usmdiy shorter than the straight beak of the keel. Ovary sessile, pubescent, with 2 ovules. Pod about 2 lines broad and not longer, tapering into a short hooked point, pubescent or nearly glabrous. Wight, Ic. t. 421. N. Australia. N.W. coast, Bpwe ; Victoria river, F, Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, i?. Brown, Henne ; Port Essingtoa, Armstrong. Queensland. Bay of Inlets and Shoalwater Bay, U. Brown; "Wide Bay, B idwill

fort Curtis, if-ffi//u-/-fly;

Roekhampton, Thozet, taUachy; Port Denison,

Titzalan.

F.Mueller, Fragm. iii. 56, unites this with C. viedicaginea, Lam., but the latter appears to be always prostrate, with small hroad leaflets, unless when drawn np in luxuriant grass, the racemes mueh to the proportion iu larger standard the shorter, the flowers smaller,
keel, etc.

Carof Gulf from the specimen hcrharinm contains also a single imperfect woolly towith Pentaria, Landsborough, shrubby, evidently but allied to C, (nfoHastrnm, Prod. u. Rientose branches Arn. W. and C^NotomH resembling and larger flowers, closely i^2 (the same for insufficient are uiaterials the as C, rostrata, W. and Arn. 1. c. 191), but c1auiing whether it be a diatiuct spccieaF. Mueller's

12.

C. incana,
2 or 3

Lhin,

attaining
leaflets
i^i'ous

ft.,

Prod. ii. 132, rusty-villoiia. or pubescent the branches tomentose,

;

DC

An

erect herb, usually annual,

glulong, in. to 1 usiuilly 3, obovate or orbicuhu-, very obtuse, i above, more or less ciliale on the edge and soin(;tinies hairy underneath, small, yellow, in

or lealterminal short common petiole. Flowers lobes the more, rather ^PPOsed racemes, rarely Calyk 3 to 4 lines long or Standard as fnely acuminate, several times longer than the snicMl tube. ^^ a long

acunimate; almost but broad, or rather longer than the calvx, 'Qf'g than smaller ^n?s narrow; keel nearly anthers standard^ as lon<? as tlie in most h wi villons, sessile, Ovary species and rather less disproportioned. ^^merous densely crowded ovides. ^",,^^"-4.,^'-^''''^ Pod sessile, 1 to "" " ' J^oh inflated and hirsute with spreadii " "
as

F. Muell. Fragm. ili. 53 ; feehweigg. iu Schranck, SvU. PI. Raubu. u. 11, 7^; ^^i; C. Schimperi, A. Kich. Fi. Abyss, i. 151. Queensland. Keppei Bay, R. Brown; Moreton island and Gilbert
.

^^g- 275

river, /^.

species is 'l^he r\J^v^Bo.u.a.'Dailach>f. BoIvEu Reg. Dot figure Ihc n'p.cal World. ; and subtropical rei;ions of the New and the Old f comanother n. 131, Prod. "'"^^^^ ^"^^ 'or It, represents rather C, striata, DC. mo 'I'

f;;ia,npton and

^^^^f^^J widely uisp^^^^^^

tropical species,

but aot as yet fouud in Australia.

184

\h.

LEGUMiNos^.

[Crotalam.

13. C. dissitiflora, Benf/i. in Mitch, Trop, Jmlr. 386. An erect perennial, of 1 to 2 ft., the branches hoary or silky-tomentose. Leaflets usually 3, broadly obovate, oblong, or rarely almost linear, very obtuse, rarely above

1 m. long, and often much smaller, usually glabrous above and hoary-tomeiitose or^silky underneath, rarely glabrous or villous on both sides. 'Flowers yellow, in a rather loose terminal raceme, often elonoating to 5 or 6 in. Calyx 2 to 3 lines long, the lobes rarely longer than the tube/and all nearly equal. Standard broad, twice as long*as the calyx; keel rather shorter. Ovary shortly stipitate, more or less pubescent or villous, with 10 to 12 ovules.

Pod
lU.

pubescent, tomentose, or nearly ghbrous.

'
.

Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsho rough, Queensland. Raloune river, Milckell ; Sattor river, F. Mueller maa; Ruckhampton, Thozei, Dallacky ; heads of the Isaacs aud

Australia.

Broad Sound,
rivers,

Boic-

Boweo

Bm-

man.
Var. erema>a. Leaflets narrow, the lateral ones often small or wanting, softly tomentose hoary or white. (7. erem^ea, F. Muell. Rap. Greg. PI. 5; referred io'a dissilipra, F. MucII. Frairm. iii. 56. Flooded border of WiUs's Creek, Murray, also N. S. Wales. Between the Darlinjj; and Cooper's Creek, Neilson. S, Australia. Cooper^s Creek, C. A, Greyory ; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warhurton.

Leaves soft, silky-viilous on both sides. Plowers small. Start's Creek and Newcastle "Water, F, Mueller. Var. (?) grandiflova. Very silky- villous. Flowers much larger. Hammerslej Range, F. Gregory's Ej-jjedition ; Port Nichol aud De Grey River, Expedition.

YY,rayom,

Ridley

Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 130. An erect glabrous shrub of several feet, with rather slender Leaflets 3, petioterete branches. liilate, ovate, mostly acute, 1 to 2 in. long, on a rather long coiniuon petiole. Flowers large, yellow, in loose terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Calyx 5 to 6 hues long, the lobes acuminate, much longer than the broad tube. Standard
long, so half not long; wings | broad, with the transverse folds particularly long a with prominent keel ^frm.rlif straight beak, as long as the standard. Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous with 20 to 30 or more ovules. Pod 1^ in. lon^r or more, on a stipes ninch lounger than the calyx. W. and Arn. Prod. ] 93 iii. 53. Fragm. F. Muell. ;

14.

C. laburnifolia,

bro.ndly ovate, shortly acumiiiat^^ fully

in.

Queensland. d. Cape Cleveland,^. Cunningham; Cape Upstart, M'GUlivray; san-ly shores oF the B urdekin, Dawson and Burnett rivers, F, Mueller; Port Denison, Fii^alan; Buidckin and Bowen lowen rivers. Bowman. The species is common ou the saudy coasts of East India.
>

15._C. quinquefolia, Zm.; DC. Prod.

ii.

135.

An

erect annual,

long common petiole, yellow, 111 loose terminal or leaf-opposed acumilanceolate, racemes. Bracts nate, reflexecl. Calyx 5 to 6 lines long, the lobes broad, acuminate, scarcely longer than the tube. Standard broad, very obtuse, about | in. diameter; about wings rather shorter; keel with an acute glabrous, Pod curved beak. 2 111. long, on a stipes equal to or longer than the calyx.W. and Arn. Prod.

attaining l^eal^ 3 or 4 ft., with a hollow stem, glabrous or silky-pubescent, one ets usually 5, lanceolate or linear, central obtuse, to 3 in. long or the longer, almost sessile on a rather llowers large,

Queensland.
persL'ii

the lower Burdckin river, over E. fndia and the Archipelago,

Ou

Bowman.

The

species

is

generally da-

XL.

LEGUMlNOb^.
R. Br.

"

185

26.

PENTADYNAMIS,

Standard broad, without auricles, but with callosities decurrent on the claw ; keel obtuse, as long as the wings. Upper stamen free, the others united; anthers alternately long and erect, and short and versatile. Ovary with several ovules; style incurved, bearded upwards along the inner side; stigma terminal. Pod flattened. Herbs. Leaves 3foiiolate. Leaflets sessile (digitate?). Flowers yellow, in axillary racemes.

.Calyx-lobes nearly equal.

Tlie

genus

is

limited to the single Australian species,

L P. incana,
tuse,

\S, Br.

in

Jpp. Stnrt Exped, 76.

ft.

An

erect branching

hoary-white herb or
the central

perhaps undershrub, of about 2

Leaflets linear, ob-

one the longest and scarcely 1 in. long. Eacemes manyflowered, the pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tube. Petals more than twice as long as the calyx. Ovary pubescent, nnripe pod hoary-white, acuminate by the incurved base of the style.
I have seen no speciCroialaria Si uriiiy Start. inens answering at all to the above character, which I have taken from R. Brown. The affinity of the ^enns must therefore remain uncertain till the plant has been again seen and examined. The author suspects that one of my Vignas may be another species, but I have
S,

Australia.

Ou

sandhills with

dimorphous anthtrs. hitherto, amou^ Phaseolece, only observ^jd in Macuna, Teram7ius, and Dhclea. F. Mtieller, Fragm. "i- 56, refers the plant, without hesitation, to Croialaria dlssWfiora, Benth., var. eremcpa, out R. Brown describes the keel as obtuse, the stamens diadelphous, and the pod flattened, all of them characters incompatible with Croialaria.
cea DO plant, allied

to Vlr/na,

which has any tendency

to the

27,
(Weston

ROTHIA,

Pers.

^Pptr side;

ovules; several witli sessile, anthers small, uiiifoi-m. Ovary %le straight, not bearded, with Liiearor linear Pod stin:rna. a tenniual side upper 'aueeolate, acute, tlie on npe not divided inside, opening wlien as a with digitate, follicle. Leaves Annuals. Seeds without anv strophiole.
leaflets.

Stipules free.

Flowers very small, leaf-oppRscd.

is

J^sides the Australian species, which

tropical Africa.
1.

also E. Indian, there

is

only oue other species

R. trifoliata, Pers.; DC. Prod.

attaining 1
to

ii.

382.
all
its

diffuse

or prostrate
Leaflets from

^fnual,

1|

ft.,

softly hairy iu
cuiite entire,

parts.
in.

| to \ leaf-like, but ^ '"-long, and ovate on a short common petiole. Stipules short ve.y ^n!l. on together Flowers rarely above 2 lines long, solitary or 2 I od pedicels setaceous small, opposite the leaves. Bracts and bracteoles t. 1J9. Ic Uight. 3rro--linear, ] to 2 in. long. W. and Am. Prod. 195 InJia. E. in ^- AastraUa. Upper uncommon Not Victoria river, F. Mueller.
;

JImost

obovate to narrow-oblong,

or rarely

or even

usually Leaves shrubs. Trifolie.k. Herbs, very rarely extending Pmnately or rarely leaflets the of digitately 3-foliolate, the veinlets

Tribe IH.

'

'

18(5

XL. LEGUMIXOS.E.
w

[Holllia.

to the edge and often produced into minute teeth. Peduncles, racemes or fiower-heads axilhuy, or apparently tenniual by the reduction of the upper -floral leaves, never leaf-opposed. Upper stamens free, except in O/io^m, the

others

Pod

united in a sheath. not articulate.

Ovules 2 or more (except

in

Medicago

lupidim).

This tribe, consisting chiefiy of European and North Asiatic plants, with a few Americaa or tropical species, is represented in Australia by only one indigenous species, and that oHe closely allied to some east Mediterranean forms. Several European species have however become more or less established in waste or cultivated places in the settled colonies, especially the following
:

glabrous or nearly so. nately 3-fohoIate. Stipules finely-toothed. Flowers very small, yellow, few, in little heads on axillary peduucdes. Pod spirally-twisted, forming 2 or 3 loose flat coils veined on the surface and edged with 2 rows of hooked or curved prickles. Waste places, aueenslaud, N. S. Wales, Victoria, and S. Australia. Melilotus parviflora,J)^^t A slender branching annual. Leaves pinnately S-foliolate with narrow leaflets. Flowers small, yellow, Pod of 1 or 2 in slender axillary racemes. seeds, straight, thick, small, but longer than the calvx, indchiscent. About Port Jackson,
lasniania and in S. Australia. Trifofiiun p'ateme, i.inn., or

low much-branched perennial, more or less viscid-pubescent. Leaves piunately trifoliolate or the upper ones 1-folioIate, with denticulate leaflets. Flowers rather lari^e, yellow, often streaked with purple, solitary on axillary peduncles. Stamens all united ill a closed tube.^ Pod straight, oblouii:, turgid. Campbell's Creek, Herb. F. Mueller. Medicafjo saliva, Linn., or cultivated Lacern, A perenniahvith ascending or erect steins, of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Peduncles axillary, bearing a short close raceuie of violet or blue flowers. Upper stan>en free. Pod spirally twisted so as to form 2 or rarely 3 complete coils, withoiit tubercles or prickles. Rocky pastures, Victoria and S. Australia, F, Mueller, J/, lujjullna, Linn., a softly pubescent or hairy annual. Leaves pinnately 3foholate. Peduncles axillary, bearing a compact raceme or head of very small yellow flowers. Ovary 1-ovulate. Pod small, kidney-shaped, marked with veins curved almost into a spire, the minute base of the style completing the spire. Gabo island, ilftf/V^'^y/^;?^, and about Fort Jackson. Jf. denticftlata, Willd. Leavts piaAn annual,

0/fonis Matrix, l>inn.

Red

Clover,

more or

less

hairy decumbent

or erect

perennial, of 1 to 2 ft. ovoul Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. in purplish-red, Flowers of a showy heads, apparently teruiiual, with 2 head. sessile 3-foliolate leaves close under the U-nvs ot the lower petals adhering to the of species tbUawing sta.uiaal tube, as in all the Infohum. Pod small, enclosed in the calyx.AustiHthe in River, Pastures on the Snowy
h^rx

M^^,KMueifer.~T.

repens, Linn.,

or

White or Dutch Clover,

glabrous or

^sUglitly hairy perennial, the stems digitately creeping and rooting at the nodes. Leaves lolioiate with obovate leaflets. Peduncles axillary, long and erect, bcarin- a globular ilense umbel of white flowers. .Pod 2- to 4.3eeded, enclosed but calyx, usually protruding from the in he withered corolla.-Victoria and S. Australia.-^. ar;rariu.n, Linn., or Hop Chf. slender branching annual, glabrous obowith or nearly so. Leaves' pinnately S-foliolate,

vate or obcordate leaflets. Flowers small, yellow. ovoid head^, turning a pale-brown in
fading,

30

to

50

or gh'hular to-ether, in loosely

striate

standard concealmg the small Lmnprocumbe.s, pod.-Victoria and S. Australia.-2l U- mnus, Sm ) ditFenng from T, ayrarium, in being more slender and procumbent, witti

persis^teut, reflexed, with a strongly

28.

TRIGONELLA, Linn.
; ;

Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Petals free from the staminal tube standard obovate or oblons. narrowed at tlie a1 wiuiis base but scarcolv chuved keel shorter, obtuse. Upper stamen free or at first united with the others; tilaments not dihited; anthers uniform. tipil"i^' shortly Ovary sessile or or with several ovules style filiform. curved, or
;

Pod

either linear straight

Triijondla.]
#

*
F

xL.

leguminos^.
falcate,

]87

,in

or short with a long heak, 2valvedor iudehisceut. Seeds not strophiolate. Herbs, often stron-j;-scei)ted. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, the leaflets iisuallv denticulate". Stipules iiduate

species

not Australian,

flat

and

to the petiole.

Flowers yellow white or blue, in axillary heads umbels or short

numerous
in species in the

racemes.

The genns

is

rather

warmer

extratropical regions of the northern

hemisphere in the Old World, one of the common ones being also fouuJ iu South Africa, the oil y Austrahan spe'^ies is very nearly allied to an Egyptian one, although not quite
Identical

with any form hitherto observed there.

Liudl. in Mitch. Three Exped. i. 255. An annual, either quite glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs on the under side of the kayes and on the calyxes, the steins prostrate or ascending, fi'om | to 2 or 3 ft. m length. Leaflets broadly obovate or obcordate, rarely above \ in. long,
1.

T. suavissima,

more or less denticulate,

fleeply

on

long slender

petiole.

Stipules, seniisagittiite,

toothed.

Flowers small, yellow, in

sessile clusters.

.Imes long,

the lobes lanceolate-subulate, rather rigid, fully

;

Calyx about 2 as long as the

|uue.

Standard longer than the calyx wings and keel scarcely shorter. l^pper stamen free. Pod linear, curved, almost obtuse, \ to | in. long, and about 1 line broad, opening in 2 thin reticulate valves, either flat or undulate. N. S.Wales. On the Victoriati Ej-jiediiion ; Molle's
Darling
river, Mitchell, also
Plains,

J.

Cunningham.

Victoria.
a.

Wimmera, Dallachj.
Central Australia, M'Kinlmi's Expedition; grassy and saline plains

Australia.

W. Australia.
in

Brttmmond, &(h Coll. n. 30. ^* closely allied to T. liamosa of the northern hemisphere, which is also found a!.^-*^*^"^* -y'''p> aTiJ to the E. Slediterraneaa T. microcarpa, Poir., and T. aiiguina, Dclile, but
rivers,

Between Moore and Murchison

t quite ideutical

with either.

'

Tribe IV.

Eulote.. Herbs,

rarelv shrubs.

Leaves pinnate or some-

"mes apparently digitately 3-foliolate, the lowest pair of leaflets taking the P'''ce oj stipules leaflets entire. ; Flowers capitate or umbellate, on axillary peuuncles. Upper stamen usually free, at least at the base the others united >n a sheath Pod uot filaments either all or 5 only dilated towards the end. ;
I

articulate.

29.

LOTUS,

Linn.

with celwith terete, glabrous, with a terminal stigma. linear, usually Pod J^'^ lulf " partitions between the seeds. Seeds not strophiolate. Herbs, or, ni fics not Australian, almost leaflets, 3 5 or 4 of Leaves undershrubs.
sessile,

Calyx-lobes nearly orbior obovate Standard equal or the lowest longer. united rest the > free, Jeel much incurved, beaked. stamen Upper Sheath; filaments, above the sheath, alteniately dilated near the top; anjrs uniform. the above bent style ovules; Ovary several

mL^
'

p.ace the taking stem, the or 2 close to ^^tipides. Real stipules reduced to minute tubercles or dark spols, or enin together several ^ \vauting. usually white, Flowers or yellow pink an umbel. the under J'"ljel, on an axillary bract peduncle, with a h-af-like in the hemisphere norll>eru V' the widely of spread over ihe temperate regions Old \vi^?." Austrahan the Of Africa ^^ "n^u-Jtains of tropical Asia, and extratropical South " ' a very i* eudemic. other the rnnge, wide European aud Asiatic

-".ite at

the end of the petiole, 1

'

'

188

XL. leguminosa:.
r

[Lotui,

Flowers yellow. Calyx-lobes about as long as the tube Flowers pink or white. Calyx-lobes usually longer than the tube

I.
.
.

L.

cornicuktiit.

2.

L. austra/is.

L. tetragonolohui, Linn., an annual with deep pnrple-red flowers, belonging (o the section Tfiragn-nolobus, with the pods winged, a native of Southern Europe, has been introduced m a weed of cultivation in the Bugle Jlange, S. Australia, F. Mueller.

214. A perennial, with prostrate, decumbent, ascending or almost erect stems, from a few in. to ly 2 ft. higii, the Australian specimens usually glabrous or somewhat glaucous, but often hairy in other countries. Leaflets usually obovate or ovate, acute, and rarely much above \ in. long, the 2 stipular ones broader nnd very oblique, but sometimes all are narrow. Flowers yellow, often tinged with b.ight red, from about 5 to near 10 in the umbel.' Calyx 3 to
1. If.
;

corniculatus, Linn.

Ser. in

DC. Prod.

ii.

2>\ lines long, usually slightly hairy, the lobes

about as long as the tube.' Standard fully as long keel with a long straight beak. Pod
;

narrow and subulate-acuminate, 5 lines diameter; wings nearly

linear, terete, straight, rather
par-

1^ titions. Hook,

slender, 1 to

in.
f.

long.

Seeds globular, separated by thin transverse

i.

Fl.

Tasm.

US.

S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. England and Clarence river, Beckler.

N.

Brown

and others

New

Victoria.

Wimmera, Ballachy.
soils

Port Dalryrnple,'^. Brown; abundant in rich affwding good pasturage and ascending to 4000 ft., /. L. Hooker.

Tasmania.
The

and marshy

places,

S. Australia.
species is

of East India. 2.

Mueller. widely spread over Europe, temperate Asia, and the mountainous i . i
.

Near Ikthanie,

districts

perennial, sometimes 624. almost shrubby at the base, with diffuse ascending or erect stems, either glabrous and glaucous or more frequently pubescent on the voung(;r bmnchea nnd peduncles, and in some Queensland over. all villous softly specimens

L. australis, Andr.

Bot.

Rep.

I.

Leaflets usually narrower than in L. comiculatua, dissiradar, but varying from obovate
1 to

li

in.

long.

and all Inflorescence and pod of L.

and under i

the stipulary ones

le^3

anJ linear to long, in. flowers cornicMlifii.i, and the

scarcely to be distinguished except but pink, by the colour, which is usually varies from white to a purple-red they are also very variable in si'ze, in some ; forms much smaller, in others much larger the us ; at ul than in L. comic tube of the calyx is also shorter, and the lobes longer than In that species.Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 212; Eot. Tasm. i. SSj

Mag.

t.

1365; Hook.
;

f.

Fl.

L.
t.

Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 62 1063; Maund, Botanist, t. 211.

Iceviyatufi,

L. albidus, Lodd.

Bot. Cab.

'^'^f*T*^^*river, Ridley s E.rpe .'idou.

"

^- t"^Litaries of Victoria

river, F.

Mueller; Nichol Bay andDe

Gre/

Queensland.

^^"""'"'Jham;

Keppd Bay, R. Brown; Vori Qyxvih, M'GUUvrag ; Moreton near Mount Faraday, Mitchell; Edgecombe Bay, Itockharoptoii,
""^"'s K'ver. R. Brown, Ohlfield; Macquarrie
river,
river,

Bay,
etc.,

^"

^",

northwards to Clarence Murray.

?^^?"'

Wc^ji
tw

Beckler;

New

England, G. Htuart '

; '

and

to interior in the

F. Pasture land, frequent on the coast interior, and on several ranges in the Mueller; Wiminera, Dallachy. Tasmania. Port Dalrymple. R. Brown ; sandv shores of the N. coast, / D- ^"O^^

Victoria.

8. AuBtraha.
etc.. 7.

bk,

Near Adelaide, Wkittaker ; Lofty and Bugle ranges, Mount Bem^rt^ jtfa*^//^,.; Kangaroo hknd, ra/^-r-^^jw/
.

Loltii*]
^

XL. LEGUMJNOSJfi.
between Moore and Murchisoa

189
rivers.

W. Australia.
mond,
C)t/i

Flinders Bay, Collie

Drum-

ColL n, 32, Oldfieid. y^x.parviflorus. Leaves small, usually broad. Flowers often solitarv or only 2 or 3 together on the peduncle, very much smaller, and often but not always deeply coloured, the calyxlobes very fine and scarcely so long in proportion to the tube as usual in Z. auslralis.^ Lcocmieus, Sehlecht. Linn^ca, xxi. 452.~Patcrsou's River, R. Brown; Peel's liange, A. Cminghain ; in the M array desert and numerous S. Australian localities, Behr, F, Mueller, and others; between Moore and Murchison rivers, Dnmmond, Wi ColL n. 31, Oldfield ftichol Bay and De Grey river, Ridley s ExpedUion, Most of the specimens have a very
different
diate

from those of the normal Z. ansfralis, but there are forms to admit of characterizing it as a distinct species.
aspect

also too

many

interme-

TiuBR V, Galege^. Herbs not twining, shrubs or rarely tall trees or woody climbers. Leaves pinnate, rarely reduced to 1 or 3 leaflets. Stipellte Jione, or setaceous in a few pinnate genera. Upper stamen usually free, at
least at tlie

united in a sheath, ve.iy rarely all united filattients filiform. Ovules usually 2 or more. Pod not articulate, 2-vaIved, except in Pnoralea,
;

base, the others

comprises a larae number of genera from all parts of the world, generally distinguished by their stems not twining, pinnate leaves without tendrils, diadelphous stamens,
and 2-valved
almost
all

riiis

tribe

couuecte.l

but to all these characters there are exceptions, connecting them with the other tribes of Papilionaceie. Thus, amongst Australian genera, Psoraha is with the 1-seeded Hedijsarem bv its indehiseeut 1 -seeded pod; Piychosema and
;

pod

^mprolobium have the stamens of Genisie^

^oodid^
plfi(.g(j
jjj

and

J////^/// lias the habit of Dci/i^/yzVrff.

Genistea, mii^ht be nearlv as well inserted next to Pft/chosema, among ^alegea; and in several genera of Phaseolea, there are species which, by their erect stems, ^' or 7-foliulate leaves, or evanescent stipellse, connect that tribe with Galege<B.

30.

PSORALEA,

Linn.

(Meladenia, Tare::.)

^.t-*^/''.

Calyx-lobes nearly equal or the lowest the largest, or the 2 upper ones ^t''*"^^^!'^! ovate or orbicular; wings slightly adhering to the keel,
frt^e

^^hich is slij>litly

stamen

incurved, obtuse, and shorter than the other petals. or more or less adhering to the others; anthers uniform.

Upper Ovary

Pod small, ovate, ovule; style filiform or dilated at the ba.e. iot undershriibs dehiscent, the pericarp Herbs seed. the usiudlv adhering to or jrrarel^V shrubs, of Leaves 5 3, glands. dotted with black or transparent ^Jgitate entire leaflets, or of 1 or 3 pinuafely arranged entn'e or toothed
'

^'th a single

m J^^i

Bracts memthe Australian species, in axillary spikes or racemes. ^^^^lous, deciduous, each usually with 2 or 3 flowers in its axil. in abundant most but globe, \j^}-'^^ genus, n widelv parts of the
distribnted over various

Stipules or in species not Australian pinnate with several leaflets. attached by small, usually white, or a broad base. blue purple pink
'^^flets,

Flowers

Afnca and ndian the of native a also is N. America. Of the Ansti-alian species, one J' of the E. some to aUied nearly the remainder are endemic, but some are very iS^^^

^'terraneaa
all

species.

J^ a'vx

l-toliolate.

Leaflets entire or toothed,

i^^ver lobe

mnch longer than

Leaflets toothe'd

the others.
Leaflets entire
. .

^ ant

softly

pubescent or siikwillous.

Plant hispid.

'

badoca.a. z ^ .LP. ^rc^m. 2. P.

,

aj^x-lobes nearly equal in length.

Plant very dark and rough,

^ith glandular dots.

190

XL,

LEGUMiNOS^.

\_Fsondea.

Plant pubescent or villous. Flowers iu nearly globular short 3. P. lahamka. racemes Plant glabrous or slightly hoary. Plovvers small, in loose elon10. F, leucaniha. gated racemes Leaves all pinnately 3-foliolate, or the lower ones rarely 1-foliolate. Calyx lower lobe much longer than the lateral ones. Leaflets

.7

entire.

Calyx very hispid, the lower lobe long-lanceolate. Petals shorter than the calyx Flowers in interrupted spikes. Petals longer than the calyx. Calyx pubescent . , , , . Calyx densely clothed with soft white woolly hairs . Calyx lower lobe scarcely exceeding the upper ones. Leaflets

Flowers in dense heads.

...
.

4. P. plunwsa.

P. pustulafa. 6. P. lachnodaclijjs.
5.

usually toothed.

Calyx softly silky-villous or black,

pletely concealing the 2)od.

2 to 4 lines long, comshort.

Calyx 3 to 4 lines long, the

usually white-tonientose

lateral lobes

Plant
. .

7.

P- eriantha.

Calyx about 2 lines long, the lobes nearly equal. Plant hoary or pubescent . 8. P. patens. Calyx hoary-tomcntose or slightly pubescent, 1 to li lines long, open when in fruit, and scarcely exceeding or shorter than the pod. Leaflets ovate or elliptical, mostly |- to 1 in. long . 9. P. cinerea^ Leaflets oblong or lanceolate, to 3 in. long 10. P. leucantha. Leaves digitately 3- to 7-foliolate. Leaflets entire. Spikes dense. Calyx 2 to 2i lines long, bl ick or silky-villous, much longer than the pod 12. P. adscendens* Racemes slender. Calyx 1 to li lines long, slightly pubescent, about as long as the pod ]1. T.tenax,
, . ,
.

1.

P. badocana,

Benth.

An

erect stout underslinib or shrub, of 2

to

3 ft., softly tomentose or silky-villous all over and strongly scouted, the black artidots mostly concealed by the indumentum. petiole a on single, Leaflet culate near the top, ovate to lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely acute, 2 to 3 in. long, StipuB entire, softly villous on both sides and usually silky underneath.
Flowers in linear-subulate or broad and subulate acuminate, often \ in. long. dense heads or short spikes, all axillary or sessile or very shortly peduuculate.

Caiyx softly villous, fully 5 lines long in the normal forms, 'including? the lower lobe, which is much longer than tlie others and boat-sbaped. Petal* shoiter than the lower calyx-lobe. Pod small, reticulate, gUindular. iv^'"*'^
bndocnna, Blanco, Tl. Filip. 597 1818, i. 576.
'.Australia.
;

Meladenia demUkra, Turcz.

Mosc. Bull. in

Gulf of Carpentaria, ^. Brown; N. coast, A, Ountdngliami^^f' Essiiigtou, Armstrong. Also in New Guinea, M'GUlivrau, aud the Philirpi"e islii"5^' Cuming, n. 1149 and 1649. lon|H^es y^T.grandl/lora, Spikes crowJed aud often 1 to \\ in. long. Calyx fully 7 "' JN. Pod tomentose. P. Archeri, , Mutll. Fragm. iv. River, Regent's partly. 21, coast, A. Cunningham ; Upper Victoria river, F, Muefler. X^i-^cephala^tka. Rather less villous. StipuLs broad, triangular, very shortly acurmifl iorm, nale. Spikes or flower-heads globular. Calyx rather snialltr than in the norma! 35. lowest lobe scarcely so long as the petals./^, cejjkaiantha, iv. Fragm. F. Muell. ^ Queensland. Mount Elliott, Dallachg,

Archeri
to

Very
it,

nearly alH^
er

p. badocam, with which F. Mueller unites

an apparently but

Paoralea,']

XL. leguminos.^.
4

191
rigid

coarse

annual of 1 to 3

ft.,

hirsute with

much more

and spreading

hairs

than in that species.

obtuse,
hispid.
ovate,

Leaves similarly 1-foliolate, tlie leaflet ovate or oblong, 2 to 3 in. long, but always toothed. Flower-heads sessile and very Flowers of F. budocaua, but the calyx-lobes more subulate. Pod
Upper
Victoria river, F. Mueller.

almost acute, very hispid.

N. Australia.
3.

Fid. Inst. iii. 55. A tall underslmib, softly pubescent or villous, or at length nearly glabrous, the bi-aiiches very rough with numerous prominent tubercular glands. Leaflets single, on a petiole articulate at the top, elliptical-oblong obtuse or mucrouate, dentiin Trans.
culate,

P. balsamica, F. Muell.

\\ to 3 in. long, slightly pubescent, the black or brown glandular dots numerous. Flowers shortly pedicellate, in nearly globular short racemes, in the upper axjls or at the ends of the branelics. Calyx shortly villous
.

2 to

2|

lines long,

open when in

fruit,

the lobes shorter than the tube,

bi-oader but not longer than the others. Petals rather longer than the calyx; keel shorter than the others and obtuse. Pod obovate, very
obtuse,

the loivest

pubescent, nearly as long as the calyx. N. Australia. Van Alphen river, F. Mueller; Attack Creek, M'Botiall Stuart.
*.

Apparently an annual, erect, neaily simple, 6 to 9 in, high, veiy hispid with long spreading rigid hairs. L^eiives pinnately 3-foliolate leaflets obovate or elliptical, acute or nnicronulate, quite entire, | to 1 in. long, the lateral veins few. Flower-spikes dense, short, shortly pedunculate, very hispid. Calyx-tube Bracts broad. ^'fiy short, the lowest lobe lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 4 lines long, the ^Pper ones scarcely half as long and narrow. Petals shorter than the lower al.vs-lobe keel with a short erect point. Pod ovate, slightly hirsute. N. Australia. Hooker's
Frar/m. iv. 22.
;
;

P. plumosa, F. Mnell.

Creek, F. Mueller.

undershrub ^fb stout rigid erect branches attainin": 5 to 10 ft. in height, loosely pubescent and sprinkled with large almost scale-like glands. Leaves pinnately 3.^-

P pustulata, F. Mnell.

in Trans,

rid.

Inst.

iii.

54.

An

obovate or oblong, very obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, entire, softjy Piiuescent. Stipules broad, rigid, striate. Flowers shortly pedicellate, in at ler loose axillary racemes base. the from almost flowering of 2 to 4 in., "ijx about 3 lines long, slightly pubescent and s))rinkled with prominent tlie lobes rather nearly lowest the short, very ones broad, upper the 4 f^,^'>
leaflets

oljolate;

rather standard the calyx, Petals the as half again as long ^tJ'^"Sbr'^^l oad. Pod enclosed in the somewhat inflated calyx, ovate-oblong, slightly
^="7. very glandular.

S"
^.

^z*^^*^*^'*" *'''';

"^''ctoria

river, and sources of Nicholson

river.

Gulf of Carpentaria,

Nichol Bay, F. Gre^ori/'s Ej-jjedition.

iii.

the single fn the of this plant in have to appear would l,:r.'"*^"t it F. Mueller's herbarium, '^^^' "^florescence, and floral characters of P.pudulata, except that t the "/^'^'' are ratlier larger, and the rhachis of the racemes, the pedicels, and 'Calyxes are densely clothed with soft, very white, woolly hairs. Australia. NicLl Bay, F. Gngor>/'s Expedition.

^- ^^c^^ostachys, F. Mndl. Fragm.

105.

From

fl

t]

'

192
7.

IL.

LEGUMINOS^.
Amir. 131.

[PsoraltQ.

p. eriantha,

Benth, in Mitch. Trop.

perennial with

a woody rhizome and prostrate or ascending stems of 1 to 2 ft., hoar)' or white with a short or soft tomentum. Leaves pinnately 3-folio!ate; leaflets ovate obovate or almost orbicular, toothed, hoary or white-tomentose, the terminal one usually f to 1 in. or rarely 1| in. long, the lateral ones smaller.
Spikes pedunculate, sometimes dense and 1 to 2 in. long, more frequently rather loose and 2 to 3 or even 4 in. long. Flowers bluish,
Stipules short.
sessile.

with a soft white tomentum or pubescence, the lowest lobe rather longer than the 2 uppermost, the lateral ones much shorter. Petals rather longer than the calyx. Pod ovoid, obtuse, tomentose or villous, shorter than the calyx.
lines long, clothed

almost

Calyx 3 to nearly 4

Queensland.
^

N.

In the bed of the Balonne river, near St. George's Bridge, MikJieU. S. "Wales. Near the Darling river, Dallachy and Goodwin; saudliills near 3Ie-

nindce, Victorian Expedition.

Victoria,

Along the Murray from the junction of the Murrumbidgee Along the Murray, F. Mueller
;

to the western

h'mits of Ihe colony, F. Mueller,

W.
The

S. Australia,
species

Australia, Dnminond,
is neai-ly allied to,

Kingston, M'Botiatt Stuart. Uh Coll. n, 138, hlh ColL n. 96. although not identical with, P. Jaubertiana, Feuzl, from

Mount

the E. Mediterranean region.

P, patens, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. li. woody rhizome and erect or ascending branches of 1
8.

9.

A
ft.,

perennial with

to 2

hoary-touientose

or puhesr-ent.

Leaves pinnately

3-foliolate,

Leaflets from ovate-rhomboid

to broadly lanceolate, obtuse, us^ually rounded at the base, mostly 1 to long, denticulate, green or minutely'hoary-tomentose. Spikes at first

^"

dense,

but afterwards elongated and interrupted, on veiy long peduncles. Flowers hairs, nearly sessile, the bracts small. black or white Calyx softly silky with about 2 lines long, the lobes about as long as the tube, the lowest nmch long broader but not longer than the others. as half Standard and wings than again as the calyx; keel shorter, obtuse. shorter Pod tomentose, much the calyx.P. anstralaslca, Schlecht. Linna^a, xx. 668.
'

N. Australia,
.

Queensland.
Itf.

V ictona river, Jf. Victoria F. Mueller; Attack Creek, On the Bnruekin and near Port Douison,

----On

Ej-pedithnx^/yt' s Sjnarfs mnan M'Donall M'Douatl Bowman, Dallachy.

and near the Lachlan near Wellington, C. Moore.

.

S.

Wales

river,

A. Cunninyham,

Fraser^ MitcheU;

Victoria. On the Murray river, F. Mueller S. Australia. S. coast, R, Brown ; common about

branching stems as in P. patens, but more or ovate hoary as well as the leaves. Leaves pinnately 3.foliolate; leaflets an mucronate elliptical, cuneate at the base, mostlv f to 1 or 1^ in. long,
irregularly denticulate.

Spencer's Gulf, Warburion. , This plant, P. eriantha and P, cinerea, are all considered by F. Mueller as forms <)to species; they belong to the same group as P.plicata, Delile, from Africa and the E. ^l^^^^V witn ranean region, and are all nearly allied to that identical species, although none are quite ^itj perennial 9. P. cinerea, Lindlrin Mitch, Three Exped, ii. 65. ascending or erect slender, nunuteij
;

F. Mueller; about Adelaide,

Bethatiie,

Behr ;

Lofty

Ra"^

hit taker

slender, loose scarcey scaitc; than the leaves. Flowers very Calyx verv small, smnll hortlv npdicpllate. shortly pedicellate. leta equah above 1 line long, rather open, the teeth short broad and nearly

Kacemes pedunculate,

and much

longe

but

little

longer than the calyx, the keetvery obtuse.

Pod about

as long

the calyx, slightly hair}% P. Brummondii, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, ^^'

Psoralea.]

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.
y^'^^^^
'''''^^^

193

S" J\. i'^xwr^}^^' S. "Wales.

-^^^^^' ^- ^^^^eller; Gulf o? Carpentaria, Lanchhoroitgh. Lachlan and Darling rivers, J. Cimnwgham, Mitchell, Ballachj and

W.
10.
fihnib

Australia.

Between Moore

vcaA

Murchison

rivers,

Brummond, Wi
iii.

Coll. n. 33*

P. leucantha,
or shrub with

F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst

5^.

tall iinfler-

spreading branches, minutely hoarv-tomcntose or i^labrous. Leaves piiinately S-foIiolate or some of them J-folioJate; leaflets oblong or lanceolate, mncronate but otherwise obtuse, entire or bordered by sjnnllci'eimtures or prominent glands, 1^ to 3 or even 4 in. lono-, hoary-tomentose or jiearly glabrous. Flowers small, white with a blue keef, pedicellate in ratlier loose pedunculate ]'acemes of 2 to 3 in. or sometimes longer, often clustered
l^ong the
length, the

rhachis.

Calyx about \\

lines long, tlie

lobes of nearly equal

twice
iiearly

2 upper ones united, the lowest broader than the othcj's. * Petals as long as the calyx; standard obovate; keel rather shorter. Pod
glabrous, exceeding the calyx, very oblique

and much wrinkled.

. Australia.
lank ^Ks

^s

range, Nichol Bay, F. Gregon/s Expedition ; gravelly of the Victoria river. F. Mneller, B^fuoe ^ Attack Creek, M'Bouall Sinart ; AmLand, F. Mueller; Gnlf of (\ir])cutana, Landshorongh,

Hammcrsley

V^sensland.

Bowen

river.

Bowman ;

Bogie

river,

and Edgecomhc Bay, Ballachy.

ii.

^1.
or
'^le

P. tenaK, Lhidl.

in Milch. Three Exped,

10.

perennial with

oecurnhent or

ascending rather slender branching- stems of 1 to 2 ft., glabrous muuitely pubescent with Leaves digitately 5- or 7-folioapprcssed haii-s.

with linear-lanceolate or oblong-elliptical ncute leaflets of '| to 1^ in., or he lower leaves with 3 broader and more obtuse leaflets, all quite entire, glaj'ous

Flowers small, ]ue (or purple?), very shortly pedicellnte in dense or interrupted racemes of in., on vei-y long peduncles. Calyx 1 to \\ lines long, the lobes acute, Y^ *Q^ig as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle, the lowest one f I'oad. Standard usually not half as long again as the calyx keel shorter, ^use. Pod ovoid, slightly pubescent, about as long as the open fruiting

or sprinkled

underneath with a few apprcssed

hairs.

Wal

Can n ing-

Ft-cise statioa.

thTcalyx.

^\ "^^^^^^

^^^^^^s 11 3-folio]ate with hronder lentlcts.

S.

N.

Wales, A. Cnnningham

Standard nearly twice as long Standard Moreton Bay, C Stuart.

.

perennial A ^' adscendens, Vict. _ J?' F. MuelL in Travis. a woody rhizome and stra-diiio- or ascending branching stems of 1 to 2

Leaves digitately 3-loliolate ; glabrous or sparingly pubescent. "s mostly even 3 or to 2 entire, 1 quite lanceolate or oblong-eliiptical, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs, those of the lower leaves %^T^' dense in sessile "^"^"^ nearly white, ^''oader. or pink Flowers purple OToir ' malmost and fewer-flowered ,^,^^'^^"^i'i<>al spikes of f to 3 iu., rarely te with clothed long, ''''' ^^^'y long lines to 2 i 2 Calyx peduncles. sofmf ^liite or black hairs, lobes scarcely so long as the tube and nearly * eqird lod Standard about lialf as long again as the calyx; keel short, \;^o \OL."i. Q
.
"

or more,

194

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

[Pi^oraka,

ovate, densely granular-glandular, Hook. f. JL Tasin. i. 99.

much

shorter than the calyx.

P.

Gimnii,

S. Wales, Near Nangas, Backhouse. Victoria. Grassy moist bauks of rivers and along the torrents in the Australian Alps, F, Mueller, Tasmaiiia. Near AYooluorth, Gunn, S. Australia. Torrens and Gawier rivers, Barossa range, near Villunga, etc., F,

N.

Mueller,
Flowers rather smaller, few, in less dense spikes, calyx hoary-pubesceut. ". Var. parva. parva, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. i. 40. Dry pastures, Thompson and Latrobe rivas, F, Mueller, also most of the S. Australian sj)ecimeus. The works in which Dr. Hooker and Dr. Mueller respectively described this species were published at about the same time, but the latter miiy have been before the Australian world
a few months before the former was issued in England.

31.

INDIGOFERA,
(Sphicridiophorum,

Linn.

Desv)
the

Calyx-tube short broad and oblique, the teeth or lobes nearly equal or
lowest longest. Standard ovate or orbicular, sessile claw keel erect, obtuse or acuminate, with a hollow protuberance each side. Upper stamen free from the base, tlie otliers united in a
; ;

or narrowed

uito a short or spur ou

sheath

open on the upper side anthers uniform, tipped by the point of the counecor several tivum resembling a small gland. Ovary sessile or nearly so, with
rarely 1 or 2 ovules; style incurved at the top, with a terminal stigma, xod oblong, linear or rarely globular, terete or rarely flattened, straight or incurved, gloSeeds 2-valved, divided transversely between the seeds by cellular tissue.

Herbs underbular, or truncate at each end, or flattened, not strophiolate. athairs shrubs or shrubs, more or less clothed or sprinkled with appressed
Leaves tomentum. tached by the centre, sometimes mixed with loose hairs or ocealeaflets, in the Australian species 1-foliolate or pinnate with 3 or more puip^. or red sionally stipellate. Stipules small, setaceous. Llowers usually Bracteoles iu axillary spikes or racemes. Eracts usually small and deciduous. none. Standard usually silky-pubescent outside.

verv large a ind distinct genus widely spread over the warmer regions of the S^^^*^' ot t out ciully numerous iu tronical 9 species tro] and southern Africa. Of the Australian herbaceous ones are common in India, the remaining 2 herbaceous ones and the o s ones are all endemic.

^^^^
i .

Calyx-lobes very much longer than the very short tube. undershrubs (except /. rugosa).

Herbs or

Leaves simple, nearly sessile. Leaves linear or narrow-oblong. Flowers in short sessile spikes. Pod globular, 1-seeded . Flowers in long ptdmculate racemes. Pod linear, several.

1.

Uni/oha.
,
.

seeded

i.I.h^P
\

jj^

Lea\ es cordate-ovate.

Pod

short, usually 2-seeded

2. I- cordifoh^-

Leaflets single, ovate, rugose, very white, on a petiole of 3 to

4
13.
/.

hues
'Leaves pinnatcly 3-foliolate.

rngosiu

Flowers scarcely 2 lines long, in

,
,

very short sessile spikes. Plant conspicuously glandular-dotted. Ovules 2. Pod ovoidoblong, 2 lines long, refleied, pubescent and glandular . .

y/^^'^''^ 4. /.

hdhjofera.']
r

XX. legdminos.e.

195

very small glandular dots. Ovules 8 or more. i od slender reflexed, glabrous, nearly i in. long nant pale or hoary. Ovules many. Pod spreading, slightly

Plant with

....

&.

trlfoUata,

incurved, 1 to l\ iu. long, oLtusely

J^eaves

4.angkd

....',

/ tnia
enneaphjUa,

pumatc, with several pairs of leaflets. Podsliort. Ovules and seeds 2. Spikes short dense and sessile I'od linoar. Ovules and seeds several.
Calyx
shorter than the petals. I'iowers rather erowded in sessile racemes. in. long, with an incurved point

Z. I.

mneh

Pod

to

1^
8. /. parvijlora,

iiowers very small, distant, in slender racemes. Pod i to in. lon^, straight, very slender, often viscid . . . tayx-!ohes about as long as the petals. Racemes loose.
^^Teciii all very short, the lower the tube. Shrubs (except
7.

9. /. vlscosa.

ones rarely rather longer than

^n, articulate on
I'eaflet
ijeailet

^m/^^/^).
12.
I.

^anets usually

the petiole. broadly obovate, with parallel prominent pinnate veins ovate or oval-oblong, reticulate and very rugose
5,

monnphylla,

...
coa-

13. /. riigosa,

obovate or orbicular, the veins

scai'cely

.T'^^^Leaflets
r

\^.
Leaflets

saxicola.

9 or more.

Herb or undeishrnb.
^tipeilae^
iirubs.

mucronale and
Stinella;

distinctly veined.

setaceous.

Flowers 5 to 6

lines long

11, /. pratensis,

Leaflets obscurely veined.

none or replaced

by small glands.
^-al.vx

truncate, the teeth scarcely prominent. Plant nearly glabrous. Rowers 3 to 4 lines long, on rather long pedi'eels. Pod quite ghibrons 15. /. australts,

a'J'x-teeth distinct, so.

the lowest as lona: * as the tube or nearly

y^lioh plant sliglitly cancscent.

Pods pubescent,

at least

when young.
late

Leaflets contracted at the base or pelioluIG.

Leaflets sessile, orbicular or
.

7.

hrevidens.

-oi'anches densely tomentose. Ti^arly so, thick, f"i_A,

J

shihrous Ull ^ItUJlUUh MUCH on both UUUl sides

-"'-^ ' corornUafoHa. .!.* 17. 7 -'"

oc0( "*"" (Witrlit, Ic. t. 3G9), a Ilimalavan shrubby species which is easioifir an d nver, in Kichmoud our from Moore plant-houses, has been sent by C". is in T fl'"" Auslraiia. to ,^'^ iiidigrnoiis collection not probably fiuni Gleridou, hut is J dern from escap.d also has ' -'^'- ^^g' species, 1^46, t. 22, a Chinese shrubby girde... -i'" "s in the nei^xh!)ourhood of Morcto'n Eay.
'"''"'"''"''

slender mucli -branched

"^"^''
Stan
Dear
1
, 1

about I -h"^'""' and lwi/olum,'Desy., "wi. nyvi...-.", ^^"*^1Itim Tragm. xuigm. 111. SuJiaridJopJionm iii. 101 iUJ. ; iipiiarwivjiiiui dy'-. t. 494. . Spach, in v. 103, Or. PI. Ul. Jaub. and Spach,
198

petals. the as long os ones '"gcv than the tube, the lower Pod ovule. wllh ,'''''^^' ''"t 1 sessile, Ovary lilies Ion-. Prod. Ara. and W. diameter. ^^liite-tomcntose, 1 line

S.

N. Goulburu Island, J. Cunningham; PortEs;-''**''^"^^"gton, Armstrong; Sweers island, Kenne.

Victoria river,

F. Mueller;

196

XL. LEGUMINOS^..

{ludhjofera.

R.Brom; Bay, Shoalwater Sohmder ; and Queensland. Endeavour river. Banks in Leichalso Fraser river, Bremer i achy T> all ; Dtiwson river, K Mueller; Rockharapton,
Jiardfs collection.

N.
The

S.

Wales.

species is

Saudy banks of Hunter's River, A, Ciinmngliaw. commoTi in tropical Asia and some parts of Africa. "Wight,

Ic.

t.

313,

re-

presents a short broad-leaved variety not found in Australia.

prostrate or diffuse A 222. ii. Trod. 2. I. cordifolia, i7^y//6>; DC. nearly to extending rarely inclics or few brandling amiiial or perennial of a in the usual as appressed not so hairs, 1 ft., lioary or white witli forked about mostly ^ ovate-cordate, broadly gcnu3. Leaves simple, nearly sessile,

Calyxclusters. or spikes sessile short Flowers very minute, in in. long-. exceedscarcely Petals long. line 1 tube scarcely any; lobes subulate, about Ovary acuminate. keel ing the calyx; standard narrowed into a long claw; 2-seecled. usually pubescent, long, lines about 2 with 2 ovules. Pod

W. Australia.
and Timor,
8.

Port E^sington, Armstrong.

Found

India E. Africa, tropical in also

I.

enneaphylla,

Linn.

or rai:ely erect perennial of 1 to

BO. Prod. ii. 229. 1^ ft., hoary or almost

A.

prostrate straggling

branches angular with the hairs sometimes spreading. o rarely or to 4 alternate or scarcely opposite, obovate or oblong-cuneate, 3 dense and short lines long. Flowers very small, in sessile spikes which are
the than when in flower, rarely \ in. long in fruit. Calyx-teeth much longer narrowea long, Standard about 3 lines tube and shorter than the petals. rare} or with Ovary into abroad claw; keel narrow, almost acuminate. ^2

silky-pubescent, the mostly to 9, Leaflets 5

3 ovules. Pod terete, about 3 lines long, usually Prod, 199; Wight, Ic. t. 403; F. MueU. Fragm.'iii. 102. IV. Australia. Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition ; Depucch Island, Bynoe ; chiefly basaltic, plains and hills, Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. Queensland. Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solander ; Keppel Bay, R- ^''^^.\
river, F.

2-seeded. W.

and

Arn.

stony,

'^^^.

Mueller

Fitzroy river, Ballachy

Port Denison, Fitzalan

Connor's River,

man.

W.
The

S. V/ales.
species
is

Between Darling

river

and Cooper's Creek, Neihon.

common

in the plains of India.

4. I.

glandulosa,

Willd.

DC. Prod.

ii.

223.

An

pereiifil or annual ., i,

with the habit nearly of /. tri/oUata, but usually rather stouter a^^ jj'|'^^|; especw > dots, glanduhir more pubescent, and conspicuously marked with ^ narrow-oblonj,. to the under side of the leaflets. Leaflets 3, from obovate sm^^. veiy obtuse, f to 1 in. long, more hoary than in I. trifoliata. Flowers
-^ n^nearly to first, but lengthening out ^^^ wn^ much lyx glandular and hirsute, about 1 line long, the lobes subulate, than the tube. Standard about 2 lines long, narrowed at the base, F'^''*^^, ahnos and glandular outside. Ovules 2. Pod reflexed, ovoid-oblong, angled, about 2 lines long, glandular and pubescent. W. and ^^^'

in sessile racemes very short at

199; Wight, Tc. t. 330 Psoralea LeichJiardtii, Queensland. Comet river, Leichhardt, The species
;

F. MueU. Fragm.

iv".

i^-

If has
'

tlie

habit and foliage of /.

over spread widely is trifoHata, with the pod of /. enneaphylla.

102. An erect or ^'^^^'^V ^^^^^^^^^ puue=> slight brancbing herb of 1 ft. or rather more, pale or hoary with a ^ I mostly Leaves simple, almost sessile, linear or verj^ narrow-oblong,
5. I.

haplophylla,

F. Muell Fragm.

ill

.^^^

Iiidigofera.']

XL. leguminos^e.

197

Racemes slender, pedunculate, scarcely exceeding tlic leaves. Calyxlobes much longer than the tube, but much shorter than the petals. Standard narrowed at the base, but not clawed; keel obtuse. Pod straight, rather
long.

slender, cylindrical,

spreading, often 1 in, long or rather more.

the

N, Australia.
islands of

the

Rocky springs and torrents on Gulf of Carpentaria, Brown.

Upper Yicloria

river, F,

Mueller ;

6.
ral

Stock perennial, with seveascending or erect rather slender stems of | to 1 or \^ ft., the pubescence
Liuii. ;
ii.

I.

trifoliata,

BO. Prod.

323.

very short

and scarcely hoary.

Leaflets 3,

on

a slender petiole, obovate-ob-

long cuneate

or narrow-oblong, mostly | to 1 in. long, green or slightly toary underneath. Eacemes sessile, exceedingly short- Flowers veiy small.

the tube, but scarcely so long as the claws of the lower petals. Standard about 2 lines long, narrowed into a short broad claw keel obtuse, pubescent and glandular as well as the standard. Pod slender, rettexed, about | in. long, with 4 prominent angles or narrow longitudinal
;

Calyx-leeth

much longer than

^vings,

manv-seeded.W. and Arn. Prod. 201

iii.

Wight,

Ic. t.

314

F. Mnell.

Fragin.

104.

Bustard Bav, Bajilcs and Solander ; Northumberland island, 5. Broim; Glasshouse mountaius, F. Mueller ; along the coast and adjoining islands, A, Cunningham, ^I'Gtllivray, Ilenne, is widely species The collcctiou. Lallachy, also in Lelchhardts spread over E. than slender /. irita, more much India and the Archipelago. always It is With more closely sessile short spikes or clusters of much smaller flowers.

Queensland.

persubercct or deenmbeut A f. ; DG. Prod. ii. 232. ennial of \ to 1|- ft.,' pale or hoary with a minute pubescence. LeaHets 3, 4 or and very rarely 5, on obovate 3 broadly a rather rigid petiole, from lines long, Flowers small, veiy to elliptical-oblong and above 1 in. long. nearly sessile somesessde, nearly and the racemes sometimes short, dense, times pedunculate, interrupted, and attaining several inches. Calyx-teeth much
7-

I.

trita, Linn.

l^i*

Standard petals. lower the but not exceeding the claws of ''e/irly 3 lines long, narrowed at the base but scarcely clawed ; keel almost acuwith minate. quadi-angular, obscm-ely Pod rather incurved,
longer than the tube,
t. i Mag Bot. Conip. in. long or even more. Hook. 103. m. Fragai. l^J W. and Muell. Arn. Prod. 203 Wight, Ic. t. 315, 336; P. islands of the N- Australia. Muetter F ; Gravelly plains, Upper Victoiia river,

rigid,

usually

'"ckened sutures, 1 to

^ul^ of Carpentaria,

Queensland.
S.

Land.horough m^y^X^ni R. Brown, Henne ; and adjoining Bon en Mueller: F. Downs, In t!ie interior, Mitchell: Peak

river,

Neikon Creek Cooper's Between Darling river and J* The speeies L " Archipelago is widely spread over E. India and the f ^*f f/^"' I to belong both trrfohaia, ^^l'}fnenm, DC. Prod. ii. 223, which have been referred to /.

Wales.

i- trila.

parviflora. Ileuue : W. to 13 or raiely 2 ft., pale or Leaflets 9 hoar/ with a minute pubescence. ^ shoit. usually Rncemes linear or rarely oblon-, mostly 1 in. long. to \ f If from abaos ilowenng loose, and
,

An

erect herb of 1

f l^fr
'-"

rarely lengtheiring out to 1 or 3 in.,

^^

Calvx small, the lobes nmch shor claw a mto the petals. narrowed lines long, Standard 2 to ^ pi-otrudng pomt S^brous or nearly obtuse so; keel terminating hi a Unear nearly Pod pomt. '^^iond the minute a witli wings. tipped siiiall, Anthers

l^ase.

but tube the than longer

much

shoiter

J9S

XL. LEGUMIKOS.E.

[Lidlf/o/h'a.

glabrous, linear, with thickened sutures, 1 to 1-^ in. long, straight except an incurved or hooked end./. d(fexa, Hochst. in A. Kicb. Fl. Abyssin. i. 178; /. oxycarpa, F. Muell. Fragin. iii. 1C3.

W. Australia.
Queensland.
The
9.
species
is

Nicliol

Bay and De Grey

river,

Ridley

Expedition

stony

hills

and

.gravelly banks, Victoria river and Start's Creek, F. Mueller.

Walloon, Bowman. comniou in the E. Indian peninsula, also in Abyssinia and Cordofan.

I.

viscosa^ Lam.;

I)C. Prod,

ii.

227.

slender wiry annual

ft.,

or

perennial, witli

or less

much-branched decumbent or erect stems of ^ to 1 clothed with spreading glandular viscid hairs, mixed with the
{\\q

more

onlinaiy

pubescence of

Leaflets 9 to 15, ovate or oblong, sometimes all under 2 line.^, sometimes 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers very small, distant, in slender racemes rather shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes much lou^^er

genus.

than the tube, but not exceeding the chnws of the lower petals. Standard almost sessile, about 1^ lines long keel obtuse, the lateral spurs very short. Pud slender, straight, spreading or pendulous, with torulose, iii. long, f viscid hairs mixed with the ordinary pubescence. AV. and Arn. Prod. 200; Wight, Ic. t. 404 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 104,
;

Ho

Victoria river, F. Mueller; Brinklcy's Bluff, M'Bouall Stuart; lands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Broivn ; Port Essington, Armdrong,

W. Australia.
Queensland.

is-

Iwray

E. coast, Comet river, Leichhardt. The species is widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa.
I

Endeavour river. Banks and bolander, R. Broivn ; Port Curtis, M'GiU A. Cunningham; Port Deuison, Fitzalan ; llockhamnton, Bowman;

22S. A decumbent or ascending branching annual, 1 to 2 ft. high, remarkable for the spreading hairs which clothe the branches, petioles, inflorescence, U, to 7 Leaflets and calyx. obovate or oblong, ^ to 1 in. long, with Eacenies stiff appressed hairs. usually dense, shortly pedunculate, 1 to 4 any scarcely with in. Calyx
;
ii.

10. I.

hirsuta, Linn.

DC. Prod.

long.

tube, the subulate lobes often nearly fully Standard as long as the petals. 3 hues long, narrowed into a distinct claw. Pod about I in. long, straight, quadrangular, reflexed on the peduncle, vcrj^ hirsute. W. and Arn. Prod.

204; i-look. Comp. Bot. JIag. ii. Fragm. iii. 105. N. Australia. N. coast, R. Brown
Tort Essington, Armstrong
;

t.

24; Benth.

Fl.

Hongk.

Muell. F. 76;

Queensland.
\^\\\%^xi
jt,

; Victoria river and Arnhem's Land, islands off the coast, A. Cannhigltam, Ilenne.

T. Mueller

Bay

Fdzalan;

of Inlets, llockhainpton.

Banks and Solander ; Keppcl

Bowman;

Taylor*9 llauffe,

R. Traser ; Brisbane
l^nv,

Bromi

lort
river,

Mueller, KT. S. V(7"ales.

Hunter's River, Leichhavdt,

widely distributed over tropical Asia and Africa, aud into soiue parts of tropical America.
is
^

The

species

now

introduced

also

A Exped. 10. nial, pale or hoary with the ordinary pubescence of the genus, ovalangular, ascending to 1 or 2 ft. Leaflets about 13 to 21, from broadly oblong to narro;v-oblong, obtuse with a fine J^"?' in. 1 to straight point, i otteu the pinnate veins usually conspicuous underneath. Stipules setaceous, 8 to 4 hnes long, and small setaceous stipelli usually present. Flo^J*^"^ to rather large, in pedunculate racemes 3 longer than the leaves, the pediceU
F. Muell. Rep, BnrdeJc.

11.

pratensis,

diffuse perenthe branches

Indigofem.']

xL. leguminos.e.

199

Calyx above 1 line long, the teeth shorter than the tube as Je shrubby species. Standard nearly 6 lines long keel almost acuminate. Pod cyhndi-ical, straight, rather thick, 1 to l^ in. long. Queensland. Bay of Inlets, Banks and Sulander ; Broad Sound and Keppel Bay, ffjoum; along various points of the E. coast and adjoining islands, J. Cumibighm,
3 lines

long.

MM/ivray, Senng, and

Brisbane river, Fraser,

otiiers

F.

in the interior, Mitchell; on the Burdekin, F. Mueller, etc.; Mackenzie Hill, Leichhardt.
;

Mueller;

2.

Shrubby

species.

%
a

Prod. ii. 223. A straggling shrub of 2 to .3 It., the branches and foliage very hoary or white with minute hairs. Leaflets single, articulate on the petiole with a pair of minute stipellse, broadly obovate, 4 to 1 in. long, the parallel primary veins very prominent underneath. Kacemes shortly pedunculate, at length exceeding the leaves. Calyx-teetli shorter than the tube, the upper ones broad and distant. Standard sessile, about 3 lines long; keel almost acute. Pod straight, above 1 in. long, softly tomentose. F. Muell. Fragm. iii. U. W.Australia, Baudin's Expedition; Dcpuech Island, N.W. coast, Bynoe ; Nichol
12. I. and Fortescue river, F.

monophylla, DC.

Greyorys Ej-pedUion.

13. I.

rugosa,

BentJi.

shru!) of 2 or 3

ft.,

the branches white with

dense soft tomentum. aoout I in. long in

gose, soft
t'le

Leaflets solitary, ovate or oval-oblong, very obtuse, the specimen before me, reticulately veined and very ru-

and white on both sides with a minute almost silky pubescence petiole articulate above the nnddle. Flowers in short dense nearly ses-

racemes, the petals as well as the calyx white-tomentose. Calyx about 3 hues long, the Standard nearly 4 subidate lobes longer than the tube. iines long, broad, acute, sessile; lower petals narrow and rather shorter.
Anthers very prominently apiculate. seen.

sile

Ovary glabrous with about 10

N.W.
coast,

ovules.

^"'*^*^^*^f^l [Herb.
14- I.

Bed of
F.

the Fortescue river,

F. Gregory's Expedition

F. Mueller).

shrub of 3 or 4 fl. with spreading wanehes, slightly hoary with a minute pubescence. Leaflets 5 or rarely 7, ouovate or orbicular and very obtuse, mostly about 1 in. long, on petiolules of : 2 lities, the pinnate veins scarcely prominent. Eaceraes pedunculate, [j'ther slender, Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube, longer than the leaves. the lippcr ones broad and distant. Standard sessile, 3 lines long or rather

saxicola,

Mndl. Herb.

^"^re
;

keel acute.

Pod

terete, spreading,
>

to
;

in.

long, straight.*

W.Australia.
^'iueller.
1''

Port Essington, CunniugJtam A. o

grassy stony plains, Sea Range,

^ australis An erect branching J'uo of 2 to 4 ft., assuming occasionally the appearance of a low under""^u. either

glabrous or slightly sprinkled with the small hnn-s of the irenus. eaHets usually -i bu t varylong, in. to ^9 to retuse, i or oblong, obtuse
17,
^^ "loadly ovate,

,?

;;

'''-'

almost orbicular in red Flowers glands. Stipules small minute except stipellie none f^^ sowy, in dense the leaves, than longer rather or or loose racemes shorter pedicels usually broad long, liue about 1 Calyx longer than the caly.^.
;

some specimens or

nearly bnear

200
m

:XL.
r

LEGUMINOS.E.

'

{ludlfjOpa.

ones lower the or inconspicuous eitlier teeth and obliquely Stantube. the than shorter much always but prominent, slightly especially long. lines to claw, 3 4 short exceedingly an with base, the at dard truncate Jard. Vent. long. iiiso, 1 to nearly or straight terete, spreading, Pod

truncate,

tlie

f. Fl. Tasm. Hook. 149 Cab. t. Bot. Lodd. Eeg. t. 3S6 Bot. Malm. t. Bot. Hook. in Sieb. syhatica, I, /. angulata, Lindl. Bot. Eeg. t. 991 i. 99 Mao'. t. 3000; /. ervoides, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 88.

45

Queensland,

Brisbane river,

Moreton Bay, Fraser^ A. CfinningJiam, F.

Mueller, and

^m^ n. 3i9, Sieber, R, Brov:n, W. S. Wales. Port Jackson to llie Blue Mountains, n\m,BeckClarence and Hastings and others; Hnnler's River, Backhouse; northward to Hay, Twofold Arthur M' ; county, Argyle ler; New Enn;kud, C.Stuart; and southward to miCunningham, F. Mueller; and in the interior to the Darling and Lachlan rivers, A.
son, etc.

Victoria.

Grassy places uear i\Ielbournc and Port Phillip to Gipps' Land,

i,

p r. etc.,
+
f

Mueller, and others.

Tasmania.
island, /.

Dcrwcnt D. Hooker.

river,

R.

Brown

abundant in many places throughout

fV the

S. Australia.
.

Lofty EangeSj F.Mueller,

Coll.

V7- Australia, Drummo7id, Uh

1067.

Svppl

n.

44; rocks of

Mount

Matilda, i'mJJ,
.

aspec, hoary, not gLibrous, Amidst all its variations, this species may he known by its obsoquue or short notwithstanding the minute hairs often visible under a lens, by the very a foilowuig The lete teeth of the calyx, and by the pod glabrous even when quite young. ae are another, the principal forms it assumes, which, although they often pass one into

theless sometimes considered as distinct species.

~

Flowers large and showy. iiian^ other and mon form in our gardens, and Teceived from Port Jackson, Port Phillip, la Astr time districts, the only one in Tasmania, and includes Drummond and Preiss's W.
a. aiigulata.

Tall, with angular branches.

The most

coffl-

specimens.
b. gracilis,

-,

Branches terete and as well as the petioles and m and Mountains, Tloweis rather smaller. Apparently common in Victoria, the Blue northern districts of N. S. Wales to the Brisbane in Queensland. , c. minor. More scrubby and branched, of a pale colour, the branchlets short ^"^ ^^, ?hor in small, what angular. Leaflets small, with small stipellary glands. Flowers ^, audUarn cemes. Chiefly in the interior of N. S. Wales and S. Australia, on the Lachlan etc., and northward to Clarence river. ^5 d. signata, F. Muell. Rigid, very glabrous, apparently almost leafless, the ^^"^^^^^^j^ rigid petioles bearing very small obcordate obovate or cuneate leaflets in *^'^!*^"^ ^i^.l^y^cn \^ry prominent dark-coloured stipellary glands. Flowers as in the var. w^^^^''-^^ ^^^ Ovens river and Mayday Hills in Victoria, F. Mueller; Port Jackson, Herb. Mueller, Queensland, Bowman. , n^^j e. plafi/poda. With the same rigid aspect and few small leaflets with P'''^"^*^!*^'.,
_
.

DC.

racemes niore skn

er.

glands as fhe var. signaia, but the common petioles very rigid and flattened, 1 line broad. New England, (7. Stuart; Arue river, Beckler,

otteii

^^j^feove

-*^ Trap. Jnslr, 385. ^H^^J i consulers -^ slirub, very nearly allied to /. nustralis, of which F. Mueller variety, but always hoavy or silvery with the appressed forked P^^'^'^^^^f^^^gi^ ^^ about 9 gosius the or white with a denser toiuentiiih. Leaflets fi'om

16. !

brevidens,

Benth. in Mitch,

'

obovate or oulonur, obtuse or mucronate, rarely \ in. long, usually ^n\f^ ^J^^ in /. aitstralis, and hoary or white en both sides, more or less P*^^^^ J.^.^^] recu Stipules rather short and deciduous or rarely more persistent and Flowers rather smaller than in 7. auUralis, the calyx-teeth much ^^[^^"^ i^_ mincnt although still vciy short, the lowest occasionally as bug as

ludlgofera,']

.XL.

LEGUMINOS^E,

201
or tomcntose, nt
6.

Standard densely silky-pubescent.

least

Pod always pubescent

in
to l^t 2^""

ulien

young./, lasmniha, F. Muell.

McDonnell Range and up
St.

Eep. Greg. Exped.

N.Australia.
dihon.

W,
.

JWDouall Stuarfs Expe^

Queensland.
ler; in
collections.

George's Bridge on the Ealoniie, mtcheJl ; Peak Downs, YMuelthe scrub north of Expedition Range, Leichhardt ; also iu Bowmads1^^A other

N.
S.

S.

Wales.

On

the Darling,

Wilson and

others.

Australia.

W.Australia.
Var. uncinata.
nescent.

Cooper's Creek, A, C. Gregory; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warhurion.

Mnrchison

river, Oldjield,

Stipules persistent,

broader at the base, recurved and sometimes spi;

Var.

(?)

^^^^^offl'^^,

underneath.

branches softiv tomcntose leaflets numerous, very white Pod snidl, loosely pubescent. Cuinberhuid Islands, R. Brow7i,

R. Br.

coronillaefolia, J. Cnmi. Herb. Shrubby, the branches very white with a dense soft tomentum. Leafl(ts 15 to 21 or more, sessile, broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, 2 to 4 lines long, thick, veinless, and almost glabrous, the common Eacemes about as petiole white-tomentose. long as the leaves. Calyx distinctly but shortly toothed. Petals hoary17. I.

pubescent.

In the barren rocky country west of "Wellington Valley, A. CunmugC. Moore, The species requires further investigation from more perfect specimens, but the foKage gives it a dilFereut aspect from any forms of /. ausiralls or of
'

W. S. am; Castlereagh,
orevidens,

Pod Wales.

straight, nearly terete, about 1 in. long, glabrous.

fragmeut from M'Douncirs Range, M'Douall Stuart's Expedition, with the Icollcts ^hite tomeutuse on both sides, has some affinitv to L coronillipfolia, but is too imperfect
for

determination.

32,

PTYCHOSEMA,

Beiith.

Calyx turbinate, the 2 upper lobes united in a truncate emarginate upper Petals on rather long claws; standard nearly orbicular, emarginate; ^'P^niigs falcate-oblong, free
;

united in a sheath ^ith several

open on

Stamens all keel shorter, nearly straight, obtuse. Ovary sessile, the upper side; anthers uuifonn.

ovules; style short, inflexed, the stigma oblique outwards.

Pod

.Herb.
genus
is

Leaves unequally pinnate.

Peduncles terminal, 1-flowered.

limited to the single Austi-aliau species, apparently alHed on the one hand to ^oodia, on the other to Tephrosil

'Hie

Benlh. in Lhidl. Swan R.'v. Jpp. 16. A small, slender, Dearly Leaflets glabrous perennial, the diffuse stems mostly 2 to 3 In. long. to 11, fro^i^ obovate to liiiear-cuncate, obtuse or acute, mostly 2 to 3 lines oiig, much nan-owed at the base, i^reen on both sides, the primary veins very Pi-ominent underneath. articulong, in. to 2 1 terniinnl, slender, Peduncles
1-

P.

pusUIum,

"

'

\p\
^0^1

and bearing 1 or 2 small bmcts at about two-thirds of their length, the "Pper portion or pedicel bearing 2 bracteoles at some distance from the calyx. slightly hirsute, about 3 lines long, the lobes about as long as the tube, je 3 lower ones lanceolate, acute. Standard about 4 lines diameter,
'te

"'"Ugly

striate-vcined outside, without callosities inside.

Ovules 4 or 5.

unknown.
Australia.

^'

Swan

River,

Dnmmond, Id

ColL,

and

n,

251.


202
33,
*

XL. LEGCMlNOS.t:.

liAMPROLOBIUM,

Bentli.

Calyx deeply cleft, the 2 upper lobes united nearly to the top. Standard orbicular, narrowed inta a short claw; wings obliquely oblong, free; keel upper the open on sheath all in a Staineiis united curv^ed, obtuse. much Ovary shortly stipitate, with several ovules; style side; anthers unifonn.

Pod stipitate, oblong-linear, very with a terminal stigma. coriaflat, 3-valved, with transverse partitions between the seeds, the valves Endicie short, quite straight. ceous. Seeds oblong, with a fleshy strophiole. Flowers Stipules minute. Shrub, Leaves pinnate, without stipellie. yellow, small, solitary (or 2 or 3 ?) on terminal or lateral peduncles. Bracts
filiform, incurved,

and bracteoles inlnute and veiy deciduous.

The
species
is liniiteJ

to a single species
it

endcTtiic
all

in Australia.

In

tlie

structure

ot tne

seeds, with a straig:lit euibryo,

differs

from

Galegca except

the S.

American

genera

Broiigniartia and llarjialtfce,

1.

L. fruticosum, Benni.

An

erect shrub of a man's

height,

tlie

upper the in solitary branches softly pubescent. Leaflets 3, 5 or 7, or rarely or glabrous leaves, oblong, obtuse or nuicronate, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, Peduncics underneath. sprinkled with appressed hairs above, silky-pubescent ni the 1 -flowered short, terminal axillary or extra-axillary and all apparently specimens seen, but perhaps sometimes bearing a raceme of 2 or 3. Oal}X upper the 2 silky-villous, 3 to 4 lines long, like that of some Crotalanas, the exceeding lobes falcate and united in a concave upper lip. Petals not smooth. and calyx. glabrous Pod 1 to 1^ in. long, 3 or 4 lines broad, Seeds transverse. Crotalarioides frulicoHa, Soland. ms.; Gli/cinelainprocarpay A. Cunn. Herb.

Queensland.

Endeavour

river,

Banks and^Solander^ A, Cunningham,

Pers.
lie or united,

34.

TEPHROSIA,

Calyx-teeth or lobes nearly equal, or the 2 upper ones more ^-^^'^^'^ 'f" orbicular, lowest the longest. Petals clawed; standard nearly scatce or flexed ; wim^s slightly adhering to the keel; keel incurved, obtuse
acute.

Upper stamen

free at the base, usually i^oniculate

and

at

ft*'*'""^,t

with the others in the middle in a tube or sheath, often quite raiey^ or many flowering advances; antliers miiform. Ovary sessile, with mtlcNC^ or or 2 ovules; style in the Australian species glabrous, incurved with a teruiinal stigma, often slightly pcnicillate. s^^^ small linear or rarely ovate, flattened, 2-valved. Seeds nflen with a -Lp^^^ shrubs. phiole. Herbs undershrubs or, in species not Australian, redu^^^ pinnate; leaflets usually opposite with a terminal odd one, sometimes i veins to a single leaflet, eithe'r sessile or articulate oh the petiole, the F^^^ species numerous, parallel and oblique with the midrib. Flowers refl
less flattened

tn fi'ce as

more or

or white, in pairs or clusters, in terminal, leaf-opposed or rarely axillay o axils cemes, the lower clusters occasionally or sometimes all in the
leaves.

^^^

Standard always and the keel sometimes cent or silky-villous with appressed hairs.
Bracteoles none.
.

p^i ^^^^

..

^^

large genus, widely spread over the

warmer regions of the New

and

tflc

'S'e^hroslci.]

'

xL. leguminos.-e. The Australian

203
species are
all

and parHcIarly

numerous

in species in S. Africa.

vitithc excepUou of T. purpurea, and, even of that, scarcely anv of the Australian varieties quite agree with the comuion Asiatic auJ Afiicau forms. The Australian species aho all, wi h the exception perhaps of T. /ammea and T. crocea, belong to the section R.inerla, wtti temiiaal or lea.-opposed racemes or axillary clustered pedicels, and to the lar-'e subsectioa with subulate or small stipules, except perhaps T. vermhsa, which thev are broad and s mate, but not so much so as in the S. African Apodipwmenes. Several species difTer from ail extra-Australian ones in the venation of the leaflets. One Australian species also T. irachycarpa ,s remarkable for having the flowers and fruit of the African Reqniemas, vMiUst another, T. cortacea, has very nearly their folia-e. In general the Australian species more even than the Asiatic ones, are extremely ditricult to define; the terminal or Miliary, racemose or clustered inflorescences, usually so distinct, seem to pass the one into tlie other or to be blended together even on the same specimen, the foliage and indnmenram IS more than usually diversified and variable, and wlien to this is added the imperfccnou of the specimens we poss-ss from tropical Australia, it must be expected that further

endemic

dc'^

VI

'"'^^ *^"^"^'^'""'^'>' '""'^''y

tlie

circnmseriptious of several of the species here

Leaflets

ohovate, oval, elliptical, or oblong, the primary veins anastomosmg or reticulate within the inar^^nu.

Leaflets solitnry or rarely 3, coriaceous. ters Pod softly

Flowers
in. lone;.

iu axillary clus'

toii.eutosc

1.

7. coriacea.

i^eanets

mostly 5 to 11, rarely uuder 1

Racemes

elou-

gated.
'

Plaut^softly

tomeutose or

sflky.

Flowers numerous.
few.

Calyx 4
'
.

to 5 lines lou^r^ softly villoas, lobes loii^^er than the tube

i'lant

2.

T,

JIammea.

nearly glabrous. Flowers long, the teeth very short

..../...',,,

Calyx scarcely 2

lines

3.

21 reiiculaht.

numerous, above i ia. long, glabrous above, siiky-pubescent 0^' villous underneath. Racemes long. -Leaflets ^^to 1 iu. long, very silky uuJerueath, the veins reticulate. Stipules persistent. Bracts small eaflets 1 to 2 in. long, silky-pubescent underneath, the primary venis parallel but anastomosing within the margin. Stipules very deciduous. Bracts liuoar-subulate, long ^eaUets numerous, not i in. long. Kaeemes long. flnnt loosely pubescent or villous. Stipules striate, rcflcxed. LeuQcts 11 to ID
'

^oallets

4^.

T.crocea,

^.

T. oblongata,

6. T.

porreda.

t^lant

oO

closely silky-pubescent. to 40 or more ,

Stipub

minute, erect.
,

Leaflets
7.

T. polyztjga,

avtsall or mostly sintple or l-foliolate. "* <^nucatc-oblong, the veins mostly

gular.
'

Leaflets long and

linear
irre-

reaching the margin or

,

^a\es

sessile,

long,
'
.

linear-lanceolate,

the

veins

anastomosing,
8.

i'lovvers
eaflets

small

T. gramimfolia,

pctiolate, long, ^ owers miildle-sized

shortly

..!...,.

uarrow'-liu'car,

without

stipelltc.

9. 7. simj^UcifoIia,

with 2 stipcllHC or 3 wi?/r^ u the middle one sessile or rarely another pair lower down. ''*'y '""'" lepfocfada, r. 10 . le.fl r''' oUgophyUa. ^'^"^^'^^*'^^^^"^' ^ ^^ ''''**'^''.^' T. large 19. Flowers ^^ ^^ . leaves ^^"""^ii-y veins of the leaflets oblitpie, numerous, and
,

"*! narrow-Iiucar, cither solitary

paralTV^^*

"wers nearly sessile, mostly axillary.

sottiy villous.

Pod

straisht, densely

and
.

Plant softly tomeutose or villous. owers not above 2 lines long. Ovule 1. Pod ovate ^^^vers about 3 Hues. to S Pod 3. Ovules 2 or rarely i ^
.

IL

T. hracJigcarpa.

in.

^g

12. r. Stuartil

20i

XL, LEGUMIISOS.^,

[Tejjhmkt

in. long 13. 7. to PoJ 1 li about 6. Ovules Hues. aliout 4 Ylowers silverynarrow, Leaflets racemes. teriniual dense short in Ylowers

eriocarjja,

silky luulenieath.

Pod

straight.

Standard aLout 4 lines diameter.

leaflets usually

on both sides diameter. lines nearly Standard 6 the end. towards incurved Pod ((hides. astray J. 15. leaflets usually green above Flowers in long or slender racemes. Flowers Leaflets small, numerous, with a long terminal one. 16, T.jmcea. Pod long small. Leaflets few, or, if many, the terminal one not longer thau the
silky

U,

T.pIiceosj}ema.

others.

Pod about

1 in. long, nearly straight.

Seeds orbicular.

Leaflets 7 to 15.

Flowers rarely 3 lines long.

not 2
in. long,

Pod

ob-

liquely acute, thin.

Racemes

filiform,

with few distant pairs

.

of flowers

Racemes long and slender Flowers about 6 lines Leaflets solitary or rarely 3 or 5. 19Pod coriaceous, almost obtuse long. Pod above 1 in. long, more or less incurved. Seeds transRacemes usually long. versely oblong. Calyx Leaflets few, cuueate, glabrous, on long petioles. Standard very lobes lanceolate. lar^e, nearly dabrous
;

17. T.JIhpes IS. T. remoiipra.

T- oIi(/oph!/lla,

silky.
Leaflets usually above 7.
:

".
.

20. T. macrocnr;pa.

Calyx small, on a slender pediPod glabrous pubescel teeth subulate or very short. purpurea. .2\.T. . . cent or loosely vUIous Calyx large, Leaflets usually few, long, and narrow. densely rusty-villous lobes longer than the tube, in. ;

acuminate. closely pubescent .

curveil,

Pedicels
.
.

short.

Pod

softly

and
.

.^

22. T. Bidmlh-

Leaflets usually few, cuneate, silky

on both

sides.

Calyx
curved,
23. 2. rosea^
solitaiy*
t

small, softly silky.

Pedicels short.

Pod much

scarcely flattened, densely silky-tomcntose

1.

T. coriacea,

Benlh,

Branches

softly puLescent.

Leaflets

on a petiole of ^ to ^ _^^ reticulnie and veins, pinnae, in. long, coriaceous, minutely pubescent, the clusj^^^| axillary Tlowei's in lets promiucnt underneath, as in T.flammea. Calyx \ specimens. in our T.jlammea, but impcrfeefc smaller than in ^^^^j the lobes long and acute, the lowest exceeding the others and '^^'^J^ geniculate as the tube. .Upper stamen free at the base, but not so ^' iiiabove 1 pubescent, softly most species. Pod linear, slightly falcate,
''^^

retuse or obtuse very in., or rarely 3, obovate,

jJJ

Seeds lenticular, with a small strophiole.

mj^

It Mueller. F. N- Aixstralia. Upper Victoria and Fitzraaurice rivers, ^^^**f^as that in other specimens the brauches may terminate in racemes, yet the "'^^^,^^^\Tjg^ gpeonly the fammeay known, and seeds appear to betiuite different from those of 1\
cies.

The

foliage is nearly that of the African Requienlas.

F. MuelL Herb, An erect branching '^"^^^^^^'f^^gfl^ pubescence. branches clothed with velvety-rusty the 4 ft., a loose to ^^^^^ 5 to 9, or 3 in the uppermost leaves, broadly elliptical-oblong ^^^^'^^^pf ovate or obovate, very obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, shortly and softly P^ ^^, j^^j],jte it and almost silky on both sides, the somewhat distant ])rimary veins ^^^^^ " uppt the iu or terminal veinlcts very prominent underneatli. Kacemes
2.
^

T. flammea,

TepJirosia.]

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

205
ratlier large.

Flowers usually oraiige-red,

tube 2 lines long,

numerous, clustered and

Calvx-

the lobes lanceolate, as long as the tube. Standard fully 4 hnes diameter, callous at the base above the claw keel much cur\'cd, almost rostrate, but obtuse. Upper stamen and an adjoining portion of the staminal tube hairy. Pod long, linear, rusty -villous, but not seen perfect.
;

Seed nearly orbicular,

with a small oblong strophiole.

;

N. Australia.

York Sound, A. Cunningham

Upper Victoria

river,

F. Mueller,

In inflorescence this species seenjs to

glabrous style

is

connect the sections Brisso^iia and Reineria ; the'veiy more that of Reineria, The venation of the leaflets differs from that of

any extra-Australian species.

Eootstock pcrcnnia!, With prostrate or ascending stems, of 2 ft. or more, minutelj' pubescent with appressed hairs. Leaflets 5 to 11 or more, petiolulate, ovate or oblong, obtuse, thinly coriaceous, the primary veins scai-cely more prominent than the reticulate veinlets, glabrous Stipules someor loosely pubescent underneath.
((fe/'

3.

T. reticulata, R. Br. Herb.

Galega).

times lanceolate, the

or

lower ones reflexed.

Ilaceines long

and

rigid, terminal

Flowers rather small, in distant pairs, on pedicels as long the calyx. the tube. than shorter lobes Calyx the scarcely long, 2 lines ^ Standard very broad nearly linear, broadly Pod obtuse. keel incurved, j straight or recurved, pubescent, the upper suture thickened, the valves very
leaf-opposed.
flat.

Seeds orbicular.
Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria,
river,
Jl.

N- Australia.
fi>ghau
4.
;

Brown

Sims's Island, A. Cun-

Endeavour

Banks and Sulander

(a

more glabrous form).

w ascending,
to 17,

T. crocea, R. Br. Herb, {under

attaining 2
ft.

Galega).

Stems or branches

diffuse

or more,

softly silky-villous.

Leaflets usually 11

from obovate to narrow-oblong, \ to 1 in. long, obtuse or mucronate, nearly glabrous above, softly silky underneath, the primary veins anastomoRa^"g and reticulate. persistent. reflexed, Stipules lanceolate or liiiear, eeraes long, terminal, leafy at the base. Flowers (pale yellow, R. Br.) "'stant pairs silkyCalyx small. Bracts or clusters on short pedicels. Standard PUbescent, about tube. the as 3 lines long, the lobes nearlv as long ^"y silky. orbiSeeds velvety. Pod to 2 in. long, incurved, softly

" Australia.
5.
,

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown.

T. Oblongata, R. Br. n,rb. (under

Galega).

An

erect

shnib or

Leaflets pubescent. ft., the branches angular, softly above glabrous nearly 11 to 17, oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, ^"f^y-pubescent underneath, the primary pinnate veins parallel and promment deciduous. very ?"Jerneath, but Stipules anastomosing within the margin. leaf-opposed, acemes long rarely axils, and rigid, terminal or in the upper tclusdistmct lowers (almost dry) orange, R. Br., becoming pink when

"'Wshrub, of 5 or 6

5"%

.^'""f^ts

linear-subulate,

more conspicuous than

in

most

species,

fttan-

'X^ '"sorter
^ '

fully

keel claw the ; i in. diameter, callous at the base above seen. not Pod and much cur\ ed. glabrous. Style flattened,

much
spe-

^.'^^*'"^^^^f t"' ^Uiich

ci,!!:

'l"P<^[fft Inlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. spetithe species, same the to <^"""="t'l''"'s fi-o.a the N. coast, may belong

very

sometimes almost assume the aspect of a Shileltia.

206
-

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Teplimla,

E. Br. Herb, {undtr Galega). Eootstock thick, with elongated diffuse or ascending stems, the whole plant loosely pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaflets nsually 11 to 19, sessile, from broadly ellipticaloblong to nearly linear, obtuse or with recurved points, 3 to 8 lines long, coriaceous, the primary veins arcuate and anastomosing within the edge, and conspicuous on both sides. Stipules striate, recurved. Racemes long and
6.

T. porrecta^

slender, terminal, often leafy at the base, the floral leaves usnally 3-foliolate. Flowers rather small, on pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx pubescent, about 2 lines long, the lobes narrow subulate, pointed, at least as long as the tube. Standard pubescent, about 4 lines diameter. Style scarcely flattened,

strongly bearded. orbicular.

.

Pod about

to

\\

in. long, arcuate, pubescent.

Seeds

N. Australia.
7.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, JS.

Brown; Tort

Essingtoii,

Am-

strong,

F, MnelL Herb. Stems or branches elongated, hoary or almost silky with a close tomentiun. Leaflets 20 to 40 or more, on a common petiole of 3 to 5 in., oblong, obtnse, mostly 4 or 5 lines long, rigid, nearly glabrous above, silky pubescent imderncath, the primary veius few and anastomosing within the margin. Flowers small, in distant clusters, in long often branched raceuies. Pedicels short. Calyx silky-tomentose, 2 to 2} lines long, the lobes rather broad, acute, shorter than the tube. Standard broad; keel obtuse. Style flat. Pod nearly straight, 1| to 2 in. long,
softly tomeutose.

T. polyzyga,

Seeds lenticular.
Upper Victoria
river, F.

N. Australia.
It,B rown.
8.

Mneller

islands cf the Gulf of Carpentam,

Mnell. Herb. Eootstock perennial, with ascending or erect branching stems of 1 to 1^ ft., slender, angled, ghibrous or loosely pubescent. Leaves few, simple, sessile, linear or liucar-laiici^olate, acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, rather rigid, glabrous or nearly so, the primarv veins very oblique, occasionally anastomosing. Flowers slender. Raceuies
'P.

T. graminifolia,

or teeth the Calyx-tube not 1 line long, lobes shorter than the tube, lanceolate. "Standard broad, with a small callo-

small, in distaut pairs or clusters.

above the claw ; keel much curved, obtuse. pubescent, but only seen young. N. Australia. Providence Hill, F. Mueller.
sity

Style flattened.

Pod

lincnr,

9.

T. simplicifolia,

F. Muell. Herb.

Eootstock perennial, with

asceii d-

or ing or erect branching stems of 1 to glabrous \\ ft., slightly angular, loosely pubescent. Leaflets single, articulate on a petiole of from ^ to above 1 m. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, 3 to 5 in. long, rather rigid, glabiwis Raor pubescent, obliquely penninerved, without rigidStipules stipellje.

cemes terminal, often

in T. grnminifolla.
ceolate, acute, shorter

tlian larger leafy at the base. Flosvers in distant pairs, Calyx-tube softly pubescent, 1^ lines long ; lubes lan-

curved, than the tube. keel Standard al most reniform ; obtuse. Staminal sheath earlier open on the upper side than in most species, flatthe upper filament adhering to one side much Style in the middle. tened. Pod not seen.

M. Anatralia.

Trap

plains.

Roper

river, F.

Mueller.

Tej}hrosia.'}
r

XL.

LEGUMINOS^,
Apparently annual,
erect,

207

10.
at

T. leptoclada, SeniL

much

branclicd

pubescent. Leaflets either single with a pair of stiptllae, or 3 digitate at the end of the petiole, or rarely 1 or 2 pairs lower down the petiole, hnear, often 2, 3, or even 4 in. lori^ when single, acutely acuminate, glabrous above, pubescent underneath. Kacemes long, slender, with very
small flowers

the base, loosely

in

distant

pairs.

Pedicels

slender.

Calyx-teeth

subulate,

than the shoi't tube. Standard not 3 lines diameter. narrow, straight, pubescent. Seeds nearly orbicular. W. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller.
longer

Pod

long,

Queensland.

Boweu

river,

Bowman.

F. Mtiell. Herb. An erect herb, not exceeding 10 in. any of our specimens, with spreading, softly-pubescent branches. LeaOets 3, 5, or rarely 7, oblong-cuneate obtuse or retuse, rarely above i in.

T* ^""^chycarpa, ^}-

silky-pubescent, especially underneath. Plowers very sm.dl, either in leat-opposed clusters of 2 or 3, or 2 or 3 pairs in a raceme of A to 1 in., with

closely

under each pair. Calyx-lobes acute, the 2 uppermost and the lowest as long as the tube, the lateral ones shorter. Standard broad, not 2 lines ong; keel slightly carved, obtuse. Oyary with a single ovule. Style flattened. Pod very villous, ovate, compressed, 3 to 4 lines long. Seed trans'

a leaf

versely

oblong.

'

N. Anstralia.
iriiit,

Desert near Hooker's Creelc, F. 31uel!er. This has the flowers and although not the foliauie or inflorescence, oC the African Bfqmenias, which it is there-

lore

necessary to unite as a section to the genus Tephro/iu.

12.
''^rpo,

T. Stuartii, Beidh.

the branches softly villous.

low erect herb, with the habit of T. hracliyLeaflets 3 or 5, from obovate to. oblong-

obtuse with a small soft point, about | in. long, softly silky-villous. wwers about 3 lines long, sessile in leaf-opposed clusters of 2 or 3, or in sjort spikes with a leaf at the base of the cluster, so that the floral leaves "ten appear opposite, with the flowers in the axils of one of each pair.
alyx-lo!)es
^se.

cuneate,

^ith a
cular.

about as long as the tube. Standard broad keel incurved, obOvai-y with 2 or rarely 3 Pod oblong, straight ovules, style flattened. hooked point, flat, softly villous, or 3, orbi2 Seeds long. to in. i i
;

N. Anatralia.
P<^'"^^ct. T PedSn r neie.
>"<!

latter

M'
a leaf-opposed of the genus,

somewhat doubtful specimen, with the flowers in pairs on Phis species connects the anomalous T. hrachycana with the rest especially with the foil owing species

^^-

T. eriocarpa, Bentl.

Branches densely tomentose-villous.

Leaf-

.iii uuueuiLdiu, silky-vmous "'"^^0"'>ie, nearly glabrous above, Dar n Firaliel raor in obliqiie veins. pairs, le'af-opposed Flowers in almost sessile very tube the villous, ^ ^ '^-^ '"^afy ft the base. softly Calyx } sk ? ^tol'es ""' not but diameter, lines nearly 2 lines long. 4 Standard about perfect. densely recurved, slightly Pod 1 to or straight in. long,
soltly

villous^ the valves

convex.

6. about usually orbicular, Seeds

river, I.

Australia.

Deserts of Start's Creek and Victoria

Mueller.

208
14..

XL. LEGUMINOSiE,

[Tepltrosk.

T. phseosperma,

F. Maell.

Herb,

shrub of about

ft., tlie

Leaflets 5 to 9 or rarely 11, branches closely but densely silky-tomentose. oblong- cuneate or linear-oblong, obtuse or almost acute, mucronate, 1 to 1^ or rarely nearly 2 in. long, rather rigid, more or less silky on both sides, and Flowers clustered, in dense terstrongly marked with oblique parallel veins. Calyx silky, the tube about! minal racemes of 1 to 2 in. Pedicels short. Standard about 4 line long, the lobes at least as long, subulate-acuminate. lines diameter keel much curved, almost acute. Pod straight, rarely above Seeds nearly 1 in. long, slightly pubescent; valves broad and coiiaceous.
;

orbicular.

N. Australia.
15.

N.

coast,

A. Cunningham

Upper Victoria

river, F, Mueller.

An erect underR. Br, Herb, {mder Galega). shrub of 1 to 2 ft., the branches softly pubescent or silky. Leaflets usually 7 to 17, rather crowded, oblong-cuneate or almost linear, -^ to 1 in. long, obtuse or ret use, s ilightly pubescent and green above, softly silky and almost silveiy imderne ath. Racemes short, leafy, with crowded rather h\rge flowers, or very rarely elongated with distant clusters. Calyx 2 lines long or ratlier more, tbe lobes narrow, acute, rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Standard 5 or G lines diameter; keel incurved, obtuse. Style less flattened than in the other Australian species, and almost terete at towards the end, with a penicillate stigma. incurved long, Pod above 1 in. the end, tomentose. Seeds orbicular.
T. astragaloides,
Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown, A. Canmngliam vrag; Burdt-kin Expedition, Jf^//^r; Rockhatnptoii, Thozett

Queensland.
Boicman.
(?)

Dunk

B allachy

TslanJ, ^VOilhnear Marlbo;

rongli,

Van
16.

rnacroslachga.

T. astragaloides.

Bovven

Raceme
river.

elongated.

Leaflets silky-villous on both

slJcs.

Pod

of

Bowman.
perenninl, or annual

E. Br. Herb, {under Galega). An ^^ l^ ot with erect, slender but rigid and virgate, not much branched stems, 2 ft., glabrous or hoary-pubescent. Leaflets above 20, on a long ^\^^^^^ tne long: common petiole, the terminal one oblong-lincnr f to above 1 in. to others very much smaller, obovate obcordate or cuneate, from under 3 Flow^i= nearly 5 liiuis long, glabrous above, hoary or silky underneath. lii^i^ about small, in distant pairs, in long slender terminal racemes. Calyx i"_ I3 ^od long, with very short teeth. Standard nearly 3 lines diameter, slign y or long or more, narrow, nsnally incurved towards the end, glabrous pubescent. Seeds more or less transversely oblong. Iff. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown. ^ ^^ Queensland, Endeavour river and Bustard Bay, Banks and Bolander ; ^'^=^^1^^ / R. Brown; Gould Island, M'Glllhray; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Rockhampton, if^^^

T. juncea,

'

Elliott river.

Bowman;
filipes,

also in Leichhardt's collection.

17.

T.

i?^///A.

ascend'n? or perennial, with slender diffuse

Leaflets
/

branching stems, rarely above 1 ft. long, minutely silky-hoary. 15, narrow-oblong or linear, those of the lower leaves obtuse, of ^^^^ ^jP^^.^ ubo\ glabrous leaves acute with straight or recurved points, all ratlier rigid, Eacenics lilifurni, 1 or rarely 2 in. long, with u?ually only 3 ^i^^^^^^ P^r
^^"^ small flowers, or the terminal ones more rigid, leafy at tlie base. tee sliort longer than the calyx. Calyx about 1 lino long, including the
,

p|g

Tepkmia.]

XL.

LEGuminos^.

209

snaigjit,

glabrous or nearly so.

^'
IV^'^f.

Seeds orbicular
^ Carpentaria, R. Brou.., Ilenue.

Quel^sS*'

K^ '^ i^*;'!

sJaTd^f-^"^'"'18.
to 2 io . It ft.

^"^^'^^ ouueate-oblong, silky underneath.-Eadeavour

river, 5>5-.

.^

Tr ^n^*v^lT' T'^
"1

'^"'^^-

^''^'

P'^'-^'"^^^

>

"ndershrub of

c^I

nteun^at

KmveT^T:
an'the P^
v'

;f
\

^-

^ilky-hoary. ^"^'''"'1 Leaflets usually 7 to 11, ,^''"^' ^'"'^ ' ''^t^^^' ^'th a minute straight or

lonlr

J,t

fV
1

flatCpr]
or sliXi or^l'gMly

P ^'"f
*
"^'

^^ ^^'^^ant clusters. Pedicels rather longi n ^r""-,?""''^'^ ^'^ silky-pubescent, the tube | line long, the teeth rather "'"'''''^^^^^'"^^'^ not 3 lines diameter. Style much
^ ^";

pubescent

^"' obliquely acute or slightly falcate, glabrous valves thin. Seeds orbicular.
^'itzmaurice and
^'^'^

Albert
flowers

rive?'"S'*'
.

^ *' ^- ^''"^ '

'''"
'''^

Upper Victoria rivers,

purpurea
iu the

F. Slueller ;

\\^\^ smaller,

^\^'^\^.-

varieties of T.

much

smaller

tiunner,

and straighter pod, and

SentJi.

in the shape of the seed.

Eootstock woody, with ascending stems "t 1 ^^^^^'^^^ or slightly pubescent. Leaflets 1, 3 or rarely 5, broadlv n ^*';^"^te to narrow-oblong, 1^ to in. long, obtuse or retuse f with a ^"^^' gl'ibrous or sprinkled underneath with a few hairs, the primnrv ^ ^^"^^ ^^ "^ ^^^^ species. numerous, Flowers usually rather h^a'^tT,^*** \^^^^^^ not reiy long. Bracts subulate, persistent. Pedicels short V\ -^^ ^^^''^^^^ glabrous, about 1 line long, the teeth rather longer, subuhtP S^^ndard fully 4 lines diameter ; keel much curved, obtttse. ilTT""^' "^ttened. ^ Pod straight or slightly recurved (not incurved), 1 \ al^oiit in. long, glabrous or nearly so. Seeds orbicular. ^
of A

f^^^f'^'S^^f

''

^'istralia.
f
^'

Cape York, J/' GllUvrat/ ; Albany

Bentli.

Islaud, F. Mueller.

^^nier rio-'l"*^*^i''***^**'^*'
einarn-in
',

Stems apparently

loosely

ascending,

Rlabrni.J* glabrous
'

incurved

v ^f east as ^^"'<^rs rather large, in distant pairs. Pedicels at lee Wo- a^fl "^* ^^" lobes lanceolate, as ^^^^^ glabrous thick and rather ; lon,r as tl f 1 '^ n^'^tx ones more or less united, the lowest longer and ' *^*^ ^
denies

Leaflets 3, 6 or 7, oblong-cuneate, very obtuse or '^1*' lines. J of or to ^^ ^'^^ ^ong, petiolule i "'"c'l niucli into mto * narrowed a 3 1 ^""o' 1 ^^^ parallel primaiy- veins very prominent underneath.
S'^"''0'^s.

Pod ]ni
orbicular

^'^nf^aJ'c^

silky-villous,

4 to 5

lines

diameter.

Style

very

flat,

"*' ^^t, falcate,

2i

to 3 in. long

and nearly 3

lines broad.

Seeds

ustralia.

N.W.

coast (Victoria river?), Bi/noe; Start's Creek, F. Mueller.

i't'rs.
,-

>n(lersh
hoarv-

1^^*^^^^?
'^^

TT.

and

Am.

Trod. 218.

perennial or

^ 1 to 2 ,

ft.,

with spreading or decumbent branches, glabrous

'^

'Use

or

'% uiid '^^'"^^th.

Vor

U ^ ^^^

"*

"

oblong-cuneate or linear, obrecui-ved point, ^ to 1 in. long, glabrous above, hoary or Eaceines terminal or leaf-opposed, the lower ones often
'^^^'^^t^ usually 7 to 11,

210

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Tepkrosia.

very sliort, the upper ones 6 in. long or more, with distant fascicles of 2 to 4 Calyx minutely pubescent, the tuhe aLout 1 line long, the pinkish flowers. Standard about 4 lines diameter; lobes subulate-pointed, variable in length. keel obtuse. Upper stamen slightly cohering wnth the others in the bud, but very soon quite free. Style much flattened. Pod glabrous or pubescent, about 1| ill. long, more or less falcate. Seeds transversely oblong. f. Batieri, Benth. in A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 408.

N. Australia,

Hills near Nichol Bay, F, Gregory's Ea-j)editlon

;

Port Cooper, Herh

F. Mueller (very pubescent fragmentary specimens) Arnhem S. Bay, U. Browu Queensland. Bowen river, F. Mueller; Port Denison, Fiizala?i, N. S. "Wales. Clarence river, ^^t?>CV^r ; Hunter's Uivev, A^nerican Explonng Expedition.

The

species

is

very

common

siderably as to stature,

and iength of raceme, indumentum,

in tropical Asia

E. tropical Africa, where

etc.,

it varies con-

always subulate aud longer than the tube. Among quoted are the only ones I have seen agreeing in this respect as well as in foliage with the Asiatic ones. The following forms, which are probably varieties of the same species, do not nevertheless appear to be represented out of Australia. Var. brevidens. More shrubby and erect, with the habit of the Pacific island variety usually named T. piscaloria, Pers. ; hoary with a minute appressed pubescence. Leaflets nearly lowest the mostly 9 to 15. or Racemes usually very long. Calyx-teeth very short as long as the tube. Various points of the N. and E. coasts, islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, i?. Brown; Endeavour river, Banks and Solander ; Port Essingtou, Armsim^l

but where the calyx-lobes are above those specimens, the Australian

Cape Upstart, iIi'G27/2?;my; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Percy Island, A. Cunningham; Macquarrie river, Boivman ; the latter specimen imperfect, mstfsoftly and Var. rufescens. Habit of the var. brevidens, but the branches densely many-flowaea. villous. Leaflets more numerous, often above 20. and long Eacemes Calyx-teeth short as in the var. brevidens .Ko(tk\ hills, Gorman Creek, Moreton iiay, C. Stnart; Port Buwen, A, Cunningliam ; Archer's Hill, Leichhardi. .
.

Var. longifoUa.

Eacemes long. Lands b orovgh ; Depot Creek, F.Mueller; Albert

Leaflets very narrow, obtuse acute or mucronate, often 1 to 2 i^- *o' ^'^^^' 5. Calyx-teeth subulate, but rather short. Gulf of Carncntaria,
river, ^^?^;^(?/

Var. sericea. Leaflets numerous, narrow, acute, silky underneath. Broad Sound, R, Broivn, Bowen, Var. (?) la^va. Stems loosely decumbent. Leaflets few, broad, loosely

^ sbo Calyx-teeth

Calyx-teeth almost reticulate underneath. \(LVY short. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, iJ. Brown^ Hemie.

villous, the veins parallel above,

P^^^f f \
subulate,

22.

T. BidwiUi,

Beyith.

Eootstock woody,

stems of 1 to 2 ft., more or less pubescent. Leaflets in 5, oblong or lanceolate, in the others 7 to 11, linear or linear-lanceolai^, acutely acuminate, 1 to 2 or even 3 in. long, narrowed at the base, ^^^^"^^ . pairs along a slender rigid petiole, green on both sides, but slightly P^^^^^.^ underneath. Eacemes usually on long peduncles, the lower pairs of no^ distant. Calyx densely rusty-pubescent, the tube about \i lines long,
lobes longer, incurved, naiTow, but not subulate, the 2 upper ones um above the middle. Standard fully 5 lines broad ; keel much incun'ed, most acute. Style much flattened. Pod \\ to 2 in. long, slightly mcurn
*

erect or with ascending 6 leaves the lower

softly pubescent.

Queensland.
IV. S.

Seeds transversely oblong. Wide Bay, Bidwill; Buraett river, F. Mueller.

Clarence and Macleay rivers, Beckler.
.

Walesdensa.

V ar, (?)

Leaflets shorter

oC T. Blflwilii.

and more silky ^

inflorescence tiense,

but wiln

tnt calvi
.

,.

W.

Australia.

Hills near Nicliol Bay, F,

Gregonjs Expedition,


Tej)hmla.'}
^

XL. leguminos^e.

.211

perennial or underslirub, with ascending densely silky-tomentose. Leaflets ^'^'oi^g-cimeate or obovate-oblong, very obtuse or retuse, green ' ?^^ 1 Md slightly pubescent above, silky underneath. Racemes lohg and rather ngid. flowers small, in clusters of 2 or 3. Pedicels usually shorter than ne calyx. Calyx silky-tomentose, the tube about 1 line long, the teeth or about as long. Standard about 3 lines diameter, the claw short. Style mucn flattened. Pod narrow, densely silky-pubescent, much curved, the sutures scarcely thickened, the valves very convex. Seeds transversely ob-

23.

T. rosea,

F. Muell. Serb. branches closely but rather

T%

11

^^tC^tek^F^Mu
insnffl^iDsuacieut

^''''""^'

f'"^^''^'^''

^'^' ^^'*' ^- CunnhgJiam Victoria river and ;

^^^ Mgustifolia.
w*^^^" for

Leaflets linear, elongated.

river

Pod

softly villous.

Between Darling

and Cooper's Creek, Neilson,

The

specfanea

aecurate determiuatiou.

35.

MILLETTIA,

W. and Am.

Calyx broad, truncate or with short teeth or lobes, the 2 upper ones often ttnitea. Standard broad, usually reflexed ; keel incurved, obtuse. Upper aamea free or cohering with the others in the middle ; anthers uniform. ^arj sessile or rarely stipitatc, surrounded at the base by an angular or cup-

with several ovules; style inflexed, terete, glabrous, with a small j .eiffiinal stignia. Pod broadly linear-lanceolate or oblong, flat and hard, or convex, thick and woody, opening at length in 2 valves. Seeds orbicular i-enitorm, not strophiolate. Trees, tall shrubs or woody climbers. Leaves
penniveined with reticulate veinlcts, usuaUy stlRacemes ^^P*^^^ small. terminal or paniculate at the ends of the bn k' ^^^^^^''^ usually pui-ple pink or white, clustered or scattered along the"}) V rnachis. Bracts and bracteoles usually veiT deciduous.
;

aped dibk,

"]jj"^"y P.iiiiiate

leaflets

A'lstral?^

genus, ranm'ng over the

"

the

^''n^P*''^''^^"

"

differs

warmer regions of Asia and Africa, with one endemic from the North American and Japanese genus Wisiayia, only

'^.'""^^y ^^"^

liseent

or thick pod, not opening so readily, although not absolutely inde-

i^s

in the

Dalbergiea,

"J^Sasperma, ^* Wood
^
Paui
to 2

F.

Muell.

{under Wistaria).

tall

evergreen

f
1

6 in

T"

Purnl

glabrous except a slight hoariness on the young shoots and '^^^'^^^^ 7 to 13, obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 1|Racemes 4 to "^' ^^"^^^''i^t coriaceous and green on both sides. Plowers scattered, /^^'^^^''^^ in a terminal almost leatiess panicle.

^^'^

hn
calloi
stinit

r
t

united into a veiy broad truncate upper lip. Standard above T^ ^ roinutely silky-pubescent, with a slightly prominent transverse
inside above the claw.
^"-

"PP^'^''''^^
oiitsid

Upper stamen

quite free.

Ovary

^^
^^"

^^^' ^

^' jQ^

oeeds large and

^ine

densely velvety woody, almost thick, hard, ^^"o. thick. Wistaria viegasperma, F. Muell. Fragm. i..

Creel^*^*'^^f

river,

near Moreton Bay, W.

HUL

F, Mueller

Nurrum-Nurrum

vValea,

Ricliiuond river, C. Moore.

p 2


XL. leguminosj:.

213

36.

SESBANIA,
(Agati, Besv,)

Pers.

Calyx-tube broad, truncate, or with nearly equal teeth or lobes. Standard keel incurved, obtuse or acuminate, orbicular or ovate, spreading or reflexed free, stamen Upper petals. of other than those the longer much the claws base the near angled sheath otliers united in a the base, near the geniculate glabrous, style ovules several ; with nearly so. Ovary or uniform anthers not species some (or in linear long and stigma. Pod terminal small with a Australian oblong), 2-valved or indehiscent, the endocarp continuous with Seeds without any strospurious transverse partitions separating the seeds. years few very of but Herbs or shrubs, sometimes arborescent, phiole. duration. Leaves abrnptly pinnate, with numerous entire leaflets, tbestipelte yellow, Plowers deciduous.. minute or none. Stipules setaceous, usually very slender. pedicels racemes; red, variegated or white, in short loose axillary Bracts and bracteoles very^ rarely persistent to the time of flowering.
;

"World. Old the and The genus is widely spread over the tropical regions hoth of the extenamn them of two ones, Of the four Australian species, three are the commonest Asiatic also over tropical Africa^ the fourth is endemic.

New

riowers veiy large (nearly 3 in. long), the petals narrowed at the end riowers not 1 in. long. Petals broad. Racemes pendulous. Stem shruhby

1. S. grandiflora.
2. 5. agyptiaca.

Eacemes

erect.

Stem herbaceous.
3. 5. acuIeaU.
,

Bracts and bracteoles very deciduous. Calyx-teeth very short. Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, often persistent. Calyx-teeth subulate-pointed, nearly as long as the tube
1.

4. 5. sim;plimscula.
tree

S. grandiflora. Pen, Syn,

PL

ii,

316.

tall slirub or small

Leaflets of very few years' duration, glabrous and more or less glaucous. to 30 pairs, oblong or elliptical, obtuse and often niucronate, 1 to 1| ]^'^^^o' sp^' Australian Racemes short, with 2 to 4 veiy large flowers, white in our lobes or teeth cimens. Calyx-tube | in. long, without the turbinate base, the

short

and broad.

Petals 2 to nearly 3 in. long

;

'

standard ovate,
obtuse

rattier

shorter than the others

keel

much

incurved, ending in an

bea

Pod upwards of a DC. Prod. ii. 266

ii.

foot long, nearly 3 lines broad.

;

W. and Am.

Prod. 215

Agati grandifora^v^^'^-^ Fragai. Muelh A. formosa, F.

8S.

Gleoeg Expeditions; N. Australia. Near Nichol Bay, F, Gregory's and Ridley's ^ river, N.W. coast, Clarkson ; Fitzmaurice river, Arrihem's Land, F, Mueller. , ^^^ The red-flowered variety, S. coccinea, Pers. 1. c, or Agati cocdvea, '^^?'''V '!
per-

amougst the Australian species 1 have seen. Both varieties are frequent in ludia, "^J^j^ haps only about villages and other places where they have been planted they both ^PP^^^. j^ be really indigenous in the Archipelago. The size of the flower^ with the petals "^^^/* l^.
;

proportion, has indaced the separation of this species as a genns, but there is no ^^, ^J?^ {Agaii racter to distinguish it from Sesbania, iomentosa The Sandwich Island S.
io&a, Nutt.) is quite intermediate

between the two.

ii.

2.

S. aegyptiaca, Pers.; DC. Prod.

264.

or 6 of 5 sliruL

becoming, in India at least, a tree of twice thai size, but of ver}^ fe^ X obsc or duration, glabrous aud somewhat glaucous, the branches terete

,^
.

Sesbama.]

XL.
Leaflets usually under

leguminos^.
20 and often not 10

213
pairs, oblong, obtuse,

augled

luxuriant nearly L in. Flowers rather large, yellow or with a purple vexilluin, in loose pendulous racemes, shorter than the leaves, iiracts and bracteoles very deciduous. Calyx about 3 lines long, without the narrow-turbmate almost stalk-like base, the teeth very short and broad, standard about f in. broad keel much incurved, broad, obtuse, with" an acute angle at the base. Pod when perfect 8 to 10 in. long and 2 to 2i iines^ broad, but often much shorter by the abortion of many of the ovules.
;

4 to 8 Jmes long or

when

-;\.and Arn. Prod. 214; Wight,

N. Australia.

Ic.

t.

32;

S. plcla,

Pers.; Bot. Eeg.

Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Slueller.

The

species is

Asia aad Africa.

common

in tropical ^

S. aculeata, Pers. ; DC, Prod. ii. 265." An erect herb, usually of 4 to 5 ft., but sometimes twice that size, glabrous or the young shoots slightly pubescent, the branches terete or slightly angular. Leaflets from 20 to nearly 50 pairs, narrow-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 4 to 8 lines long, on a conimon petiole often | to 1 ft. long and sometimes armed with small tubercles or prickles, which are however often very minute or quite wanting,
3

smaller than in S. mgyptlaca^ in loose erect racemes, shorter than the leaves. Bracts and bracteoles verj^ deciduous. Calyx about hues long, including the short turbinate base, the teeth short, broad and

iuowers yellow,

much

Standard scarcely \ in. broad; keel very much incurved, broadly obuse m froiit. Pod long, naiTOwer than in S. mjyptiaca^ the sutures more thickened. W, and Arn. Prod. 214 S. australis, T. Muell. in Trans. Yict. ^
''^^****'^^^a-

acute.^

^ ^nlafs Expedition,

v?^'.

Sturt's Creek, F.

Mueller; Gulf of Carpentaria, Land^horough,

also

Queensland. In the interior. Mitchell; Roclchampton, Dallachy. "^ales. Darling river, Rerl). F, Mueller, R A Australia. Cooper's Creek, HowiU's Expedition. ^^.iencea. Young branches and foliage silky-puhescent. KW. coast, Br/noe;

Niehol

:,^^'^^^^y^ F. Mueller ; islands of iIsqt, Expedition; I'liuders and Start's Creek i\^^n tlifi Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brotvn. >ar, (?) erubescens. Flowers rather longer, the standard pinkish. Branches more an^'ar. Start's Creek. F. Mueller. This may possihly be near S. punctata, Pers., which

S. aculeata. from ""TV^ ^' v) parvijlora. Flowers very much smaller and more numerous. Albert enne; Newcastle Water, MDouall Stuarfs Expedition.
distinct

s^^ai-cPly specifically

river,

10 ft., angular, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves long, with very numerous ^^^rlets as in S. aculeata, but the leaflets usually longer, linear-oblong and ^ore mucronate. Flowers yellow, nearly as large as in S. cpgyptiaca, but oi*e numerous, in short loose erect racemes. Stipules bracts and bracteoles

S. *; ., ne branches

simpliciuscula,

F.

Muell IlerL

An

erect herb, of 5 to

Calyx-teeth about persistent than in any other species. ? hues long, without the turbinate base, the teeth subulate-pointed, nearly ^ ^ong as the tube. Standard not spotted. Pod not seen.

^taceous

and more

^' Australia.

Upper

Victoria river, F. Mueller.

214

XL. LEGUMINOS-i:.

37.

CLIANTHUS,
(Doiiia, G,

Soland,

Bon.)

Standard acuminate, closely reflexed over tlie calyx ; wings shorter, lanceolate ; keel about as long as the standard, erect, incurved, acute. Upper stamen free, the others united in a sheath; anthers reniform. Ovary stipitate, with many ovules ; style subulate, incurved, longitudinally bearded along the inside towards the end; stigma mhmte, terminal. Pod turgid, oblong-acuminate, 2-valved. Seeds reniform, not strophiolate. Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves pinnate. Stipules herbaceous. riowers large, red, in short axillary racemes.

Calyx-teetli nearly equal/

Besides the Australian species, which is endemic, the genus cora])rises one other from New Zealand. The Norfolk Island climber, described as C. carneus, forma the very distiact genus Slrebhrhiza^ Eiidl.
1.

C. Dampieri, A. Cam.

in

Tram. Hort.

Soc. lonrl ser.

ft.

2,

i.

522.

perennial, with stout

procumbent or ascending stems, of 2

or more,

densely villous, with long soft hairs. Leaflets about 15 to 21, obovate elliptical or oblong, obtuse or almost acute, mostly ^ to 1 in. long, nearly glabrous above, villous underneath. Stipules broad, embracing the stem. Peduncles rarely exceeding the leaves, bearing a short dense almost umbel-like

Bracts lanceolate. the bug, in. Calyx hirsute, nearly | lobes lanceolate, acuminate, longer than long, in. 2^ Standard the tube. ^ith a deep purple or black shining blotch at the base; wingsli in. long, ui. acute ; keel nearly as long as the standard. to 2^ 2 Pod narrow-oblong, glalong, coriaceous, the seminal suture outside, indented, softly pubescent brous mside. Seeds small and numerous. R. Br. in App. Sturt, Voy. 8; m Bot. Mag. t. 5051 ; Lindl. in Paxt. FL Cunn. A. C. Oxleyi, Gard.
t,

raceme of large red pendulous flowers. in. long, with short hnear bracteoles.

Pedicels about i

10

ii.

468.

/
near

^'^- ^st, Bi,7ioe; Dampier's Archipelago, A. CunningMm; ^T-^*."^"**^*^'*Nichol Bay, F. Gregoryls Ej:pedUion, end Ballachj lachlan to Darling rivers, Cunningham, Stnrt,

Wales/

Goodwin. S. AnstraUa.
liniders range,

A.

Mount Arden and Lake Torrens, Howitfs Ex^ediiion.

mige,Efe; Gawler Mueller;

33.

SWAINS ON A,
;

Salisb.

(Cyclogyne, Benth.
_

Diplolobium, F. Muell.)

CaTyx-teetli nearly equal.

Standard nearly orbicular, on

:

a short

claffi

wings oblong, falcate or slightly twisted, free teel broad, incurved, or produced into a twisted beak. the free, entirely Upper stamen
united

obtuse

othe"

anthers reniform. Ovary le or o\rules; style incurved, subulate or curled inwards at the end, more iiiconspiM' longitudinally bearded along the inner or edge, the stigma small nar or ous at or near the end. Pod either ovoid membranous and inflated
;
;

a sheath

manj with sessile or stipitate,

and coriaceous, but turgid, the upper suture occasionally impressed, wu pod divided by a longitudinal partition. Seeds usually small, reniform,
rovv

or _tn

Swainsona.]

XL.

leguminos^.

215

any strophiole. Herbs or undershrubs, glabrous or clothed, especially the young shoots, with short rather rigid appressed hairs. Leaves unequaUy pinnate, leaflets usually numerous, small, entire, without stipella}. Stipules herbaceous, obhque with a broad base, rarely almost subulate. Flowers violet-purple, blue, red, white or yellowish, in axillaiy racemes. Bracts memout

branous, usually small.

tent,

Bracteoles sometimes close to the calyx and sometimes on the pedicel, and rery small or none.
'*

pel-sis-

ii'^uf uiincuJt to
A.

limited to Australia, with the exception of a single New Zealand species, li^^** allied to^"v""^ S.lesseriiifoKa. The European and Asiatic CoJuteas are however only to he disnnguished by then- shruhhy habit and large prominent lateral stigma, and the S. African *"'^ ^^ ^^'"^"^ ^^^^ to ^- lesseHiifolia and its allies, as to make it veiy *^

f draw any but

a geographical line between the two genera.

calli

^od stipitute,
Style

Standard with prominent ohUgue or longitudinal plate-Me

thin, inflated.

above the claw,

bearded only along the inner side. i to 2 m. lonsr. Ca yx densely white-tomentose

Flowers

large.

Pod

acute,

1.
'

^. Grei^ana.

glabrous, or nearly so oiyie with a tuft of small hairs behind the stigma on the back, besides tile longitudinal beard. Pod under \ in. long. Plowers small . ,

Ulyx

%. S, galegifolia,

3.5'. bracht/carpa.

B. Standard with transverse or confluent callosities on the top of or close above the ^jw, or the top of the claw much thichened. Pod sessile or ncarhj so, turgid^ often co^dceous.
Keel incurved,

but neither twisted nor oblique. silky-villous. ^

usually

slender. Style J

Ovary

I^eaflets

more than

9.

Calyx-lobes lanceolate.
4,.

hoary or almost mealy-pubescent. Leaflets linear or oblong. Flowers large, few, on lorn? peduncles i'iant densely villous with white woolly hairs. Leaflets obovate. rlowers rather small, numerous, extending nearly to the base of the peduncle
-Leaflets

-liant

S,

phacoides,

5.

S'.

Burkdtn.

usually under 9 (except' in* ^'/.B^i/fe)-' Calyx-lobes subulate or very short. Plants usually 'low or procumbent, -i^iants softly villous. Racemes dense, ovoid Leaflets obovate.
before

expanding
Leaflets obovate*
.

6. j&

Burkeu
ohgophglla.
,.
,

Rant
I'lant

slightly hoary. short racemes ,

Flowers small, few, in

1- S,

,,

glabrous or sliirhtly hoary' Leaflets lanceolate or linear, S. oroboidei, \^. Flowers few, in short racemes KppI tr'^^'^^ oblique or laterally twisted. Style firm, readily twisting. Ovary
glabrous or nearly so. [^ajets few, lanceolate, acute.
-^eatlets

Ovary quite sessile numerous, oblong, obtuse. Ovary shortlv stipitate. Eowcrs

007
8- 59.
5^.

campglaniha,

.%

i^umerous.
carpels
.,^^
. .

Pod

short,

broad, divided

into

closed

henu.
sti-

w r. occidentals.
,

iiJi^erous, small, pitate. Flowers ^^^''^''^'^

cuneate, 'emarginate.

Ovary shortly

few, ^mall, distant

\Q. S, gracilis.

HHo
standard
^

without amj

broad short usually claw the callosities,

and

thin.

Pod

spirally twisted,

without

callosities.

Pod
it
.

sessile,

oblong,

| to 1 in. broad.

Pod above

1 in. long, the

.

upper suture

intruded, but not completely dividing

Ih S.procumbem.
*

'

216
Standard about i
in.

^
broad.

XL. LEGUMINOSJE.

[Swaksona,

Pod uuder

in.

long, completely di-

vided longitudinally into 2 cells 12. 5. Brumnxondiu Keel incurved, not twisted, with a large callosity on each side at the end. Pod nearly sessile, oblong, tomentose 13. 5. canescens. Keel neither twisted nor callous. Style firm, flattened, hooked or inflexed at the end, bearded only aloQg the inner side. Plant hoary or mealy. Leaflets narrow.
Stipules broad
14.

phadfolk

Style slender, not hooked, bearded only along the inner side. Racemes pednncnlate, exceeding the leaves.

Pod

Keel very obtuse. Leaflets usually more than 9, obtuse. Standard with a short broad claw. Calyx usually with black hairs 16. . . . . Leaflets 3, 5, or rarely 7, lanceolate, acute. Standard with a rather thick narrow claw. Calyx rarely with black
in. ItM^ig.

rarely

under f

5, lessertirfolia.

hairs

15. 5. oroloides.

Flowers small. Keel curved. Leaflets small or narrow Eacemes few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves.
very small
.

Pod

less

than \

in. long.

much

in-

IT. S, monticola*

Flowers
18. S. luteoia.

Style slender, not hooked, with a tuft of hairs at the end on the back behind the stigma, besides the longitudinal beard, which is often slitrht.

Ovary and pod

sessile.

Leaflets linear, acute, 1 in, long or more Leaflets obcordate or cuneate-emarginate,

19. S. parvifiora.

under 4

lines

long

20. S,

?nicrojihi/!Ii^

Ovary and pod

distinctly stipitate.

Flowers purple or whitish. Pod above 1 in. long, on stipes much longer than the calyx 21. ^. FrojerL Flowers yellow. Pod about J in. long, on a stipes not exceeding the calyx 22. iS^. iaj:a.
a the specimens from Hammcrslcy Range, collected Expedition's in F. Gregory's from single raceme of what may be a shaped Sivainsova, but with large flowers, differently deterthose of any of the above species. acciu-ate The for

Among

fragment

is

however

insufficient

mination.
Walp. ia diagnosis 178, is only known to me from the u* and Ann. IV. 495, which gives no character different from those of 5. ie&sertiifoha, Gartenallies. I have only been able to find in our Kegel's libraries the first two vols, of

S, Frwhelii, Eegel, Gartenfl.

iii.

flora-

1.
^

S. Greyana, Lindl BoL Reg. 1846,

t.

66.

underor perennial

leases shrub, with erect or ascending stems and of 2 to 3 ft., tlie young shoots to '^^ white-tomeutose, becoming glabrous when full-grown. Leaflets large. oblong obtuse or retuse, | to 1 in. or sometimes 1^ Plowers in. long.

long erect pedunculate racemes. Bracts ovate or lanceolate. Im^f us as shorter than the calyx. Bracteoles close to the calyx and often as long tube. Calyx densely cottony-white, 3 to 4 lines long, the teeth shortni btandard % in. diameter, with 2 prominent above erect plate-like calli claw; wings shorter; keel incurved, galegjP'''^' S. in as obtuse, not so broad Pod inflated, membranous, attaining -1^ to 2 in., on a stipes of i to t i" Bot. Mag. t. 4416 ; S. grandljlora, R. Br. in App. Sturt, Exped. H. N. S. Wales. Flats on the Darling river, Victorian Expedition, Bdhck, Mudgee and Dubba, Bowman. Victoria. Murray river, Mitchell, Greu. S. Australia. Near Adelaide, IlerL Hooker,

pmk,

e'":'

Swainsona.]

.XL.

leguminos.e.

217

Tr
2.

Britvn

'i'^tuiguishmg, evea as coastaut varieties, the two forms described

unes long
leaves

S. galegifolia, R. Br. in Ait. HoH. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 327. A glabrous perenmal or undershmb, with erect flexuose branches, sometimes under itt sometimes ascending or even climbing to the height of several feet. Leafeis to ^i ov rarely more, oblong, obtuse or emarginate, mostly 4 to 8

btipules small, reflexed.

with 2 DWique or almost longitudinal plate-like prominent callosities above the claw; Hings shorter keel broad, obtuse. ; Style subulate, acute, not inflexed at the ena, bearded longitudinally without any terminal tuft. Pod much inflated, membranous, 1 to 2 in. long, on a stipes varying from 2 to 6 lines.DC.

Flowers rathef large, deep red in the original variety. Pedicels rarely longer than the calvx, with minute biac teoies near the top. Calyx glabrous, 2i to 3 lines long-, the lobes acutei Short or nearly as long as the tube. Standard 6 to 8 lines diameter,

and sometimes twice as long.

Eacemes pedunculate, exceeding the

? pims
into

"

^71

Vma galecjifoUa,
t.

iJot.Mag.

792

S.
t.

Lemair. Jard. Fleur.

Andr. Eot. Rep. t. 319 Colutea galegifolia, Odomii, Moore, in Card. Comp. t. 65, copied 304.
;

Brown; Fraser; Wide Moreton Bay, Bay, BidW/zT^^fi^*'^*" Peak Downs, F. Mueller ; Mantuaii Dowus aud Balonne river, Mitchell rf ^'r'^''^^ Rnr
'

^^"^"'ater Bny, R.

bJh

mJ^"T ^
'i

Jackson, Sieber, n. 508, and others Hunter's Kiver, 22. BrowH^ ''^'^'^ * '^^''^ ^"Kla'id, C. Stuart; Macleay, Hoisting?, and Clarence ,aeekler; and the interior to the Macquarrie aud Darling, I, Mueller and others. a- Australia. U^yh P s,/-..//. .,.:.i_..i .? -^ _..:_
;

MS w^ ^^^^^-

^'^""^^^'^
'

Pl>ns of the Condainiiie, LeicMardt.

Po'"t

m
'

Parad. Lend.
t,

S olhH

r.

'

"^^^'^^'

"-''S-

i-lY-o
'

aua

Reg. witli vvnile flowers, Uot. iteg.

t. I.

M'Ji, 994.

Wth
in 'a

Stipes of tlie fi, i the colour of the flower.

'
t'l

^^^'

^^^- * ^^^^'^^'^ differences in the pod do not, as had been supposed, coincide with the differences
"

^^^

^"'^'^- '^*-

perennial, glabrous or nearly so, with th e habit of S. galegtfulia, but much smaller and more slender. Leaflets
'i

^^*^^y ^^^n* S'j

'^^"='

Bentli.

mostly narrow, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Stipules smSr^^-p' llacemes on long peduncles exceeding the leaves. Flowers small. Pparently purple or red. Calyx Pedicels about as long as the calyx. icey above 1 line long, broad with short acute teeth. Standard about 5 ^nes diameter, with the oblique almost longitudinal plate-like appendages of ^mtgifolia^ and the wings and keel also similarly-siiaped, but the style is ^^^S'^% bearded longitudinally and has the dorsal tuft of hairs immelately r behind the stigina of S. microphylla, laxa, and Fraseri. Pod in^^ S^^l^ular or ovoid, 4 to 5 lines long, on a stipes exceed'^^ii o ne"^T^'''""^' calyx, but perhaps not quite full grown in our specimen.
'T

?7

_ '

''

J/T//**^****^'

^<>i'Ja"iine

river

aud Bailing Downs, LeicMardt; Burnett

Stuart; Clarence
river,

river.

Wale
proc,
leav
'

New

England,

C.

Beckler.

P^^*^*des, Benin,
1

in Milch. Trap. Austr. 363.

A perennial, with

^^'

ascending stems of 1 to 1| ft., hoary-pubcscent as well as the fi?"^ the young shoots silky. Leaflets 9 to 13, luiirow-oblong or linear,
'^r

'218

.XL.

LEGUMiNOSii:.

[Swamond,

obtuse or retuse, 4 lines to 1 in. long. Stipules lanceolate or subulatepointed. lowers rather large, yellow according to Mitchell, but apparently purple in most of our specimens, in short racemes on long peduncles. Bracts
-small.

Calyx silky- villous, about 3 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, at least as long as' the tube. Standard about 6 lines diameter, with thick almost confluent callosites almost ou the claw ; wing short, rather broad; keel incurved, obtuse. Style slender and much incurved, but not involute at the end. Pod sessile, oblong-linear, about 1 in long, turgid, but coriaceous, silky-pubescent, the upper suture slightly indented."
^' ^'***' ^- ^''^" Mount Owen and Maranoa w'*^'*^^*^^' N. S. TVales. Darling river, Victorian Expedition. Victoria. Murray river, F. Mueller.
river, Mitchell.

Pedicels

very short.

S. Australia. Neale's River, M'Bouall Stuart

aition.

soutt of "Wells' Creek nowitfs

Esr-pe-

Var. parvijiora. Leaflets fewer, usually _ narrow. nvers, Neilson and others.

Flowers smaller. Darling and

Laclilan

Var. grandijlora. I lowers large.

Pubescence whiter, almost silky or mealy. j j

oblong. Leaflets broadly *

Nichol Bay and De Grey river, 'Ridley's Expedition. iJie callosities at the top of the claw in this and some of the following species, able in shape and consistence, but are always very difFerent from the distinct plates legifolia, and never disappear entirely as in S. pkadfolia, lessertiifolia, etc,
5.

H. Australia.

are variof

&y-

S. Burkittii, F. Mnell. Herb.

Leaflets

densely clothed as well as the foliage

Stems rather rigid and flexuose, and inflorescence, with soft white
Hues,

wooliy hairs.

very obtuse. often flowering from nearly the base of the peduncle, the flow^ers numerous, rather small on very short pedicels. Calyx densely and softly villous, about 3 lines long, the lobes lanceolate-acuminate, about as long as the tube. Standard about 5 Imes diameter, with transverse or oblique contiguous callosities close above the claw; wings much shorter; keel exceeding the wings, incurved, obtuse or almost acute. Style slender, much inflexed at tlie end. i od sessile, oblong, turgid, obtuse, rather above -\ in, long, very densely woolly-tomentose, the seminal suture slightly intruded, N, S. Wales. Between the Lachlan and Darling rivers, BurUtt. S. Australia. N.E. of Lake Gairdner, Herb. Mueller.

21 or more, obovate, rarely exceeding 4 Stipules broad. Eacemes longer than the leaves, but
to

13

Apparently toliage and inflorescence clothed ly woo almost with soft white spreading or hairs. obLeaflets 7 to 11 or rarely more, ven' obovate or broadly oblong, tuse, ^ to a m. long or rather dense Eacemes more. Stipules rather broad. and ovoid before expanding, somewhat peduncle a lengthened afterwards, on exceeding the leaves. Pedicels short. ratlier subulate, Bracteoles linear or long. Calyx hirsute with soft white subulobes the
hairs, 3 to 4 lines long,
diameter, longer than the tube. Standard 5 or 6 lines with 2 more or less prominent clavv; the contiguous callosities close above Style wings shorter ; keel exceeding the wings, much incurved, obtuse. slender, inflexed at the end. Young pod sessile, very woolly.

6.

S. Burkei, F. Muell. Herb.

procumbent, the

sterns

late-acuminate,

much

N. Australia.
to vary

It apff Stuart. etc., purplish. the size of the flowers; the standard, looks in the dried state, always

Burke's Creek, Newcastle Water,

M-DoualI

j
I

Swainsona.']

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
^PP""
->tli

219
y^"-'The species
is

%Zl^TlS dren L aW J'T'' r

Se
S

^''"^"^^^

''

''^

nearly

'=^'-"

anT

/ of v' ^'--f^, from which

it

a more dense inflorescence, and the iudiffers in its fewer leaflets, in inflorescence

hi' nf

**^'e,<P**ypa> ^- ^^ell. Herb.

^
^'-

Apparently perennial, with

dif-

Ws
thP

ImobovTfn"^ ''T\ r^'' "^^-y

man
i
'

r.\
h

r.r t "^

^^"- ^^^^*^y ^'-^^*;'^' * t'^ * "^- '"-

Leaflets 5 to 9, Stipules smalL

en

111"" mi v""-!

racemes, on peduncles sometimes scarcely exceeding? *"'''' ^'"^^alyx-tube very short, with a promi^
'''J

Imosr

iV
-fi
!
' '

S
StvY !5tye

iL

If

T A slender,

sC;

\ti7^^'"f
much
f^

y''^ ^'''^ descending from each lobe, the lobes narrow, ' ^ *""'' '^^ ^"8" ^' the tnbe. Standard about 4 lines
.caUosity or thickening of the top of the claw """^h incurved, obtuse, slightly exceeding the wings!

incurved.
*''^

Pod
"^^^'"

sessile,
^"^"'"*^

^^""^^
verv peifecT''^'^''

broadly oblong, turgid, about ^ ^^^^'^'^^^ indented, but not seen

"a,;

Y""}^^'

^^'''^i"?

"^er, FeV^^jrr^K Expedition.

'^^

N.W. inteno'i-?^^oS//!srwr'''' ^'

^^'"''"^'"'-^
'

*'''^' ^^'''''' ^"'^'

^'''''^'-^''
'

3fmll. in Rep. Greg. Pi. 6. Glabrous and snmp,?' umewbat glaucous, with rather rigid stems of about 1 ft. in our specimens. J^anets usually about 5, lanceolate or litiear, acute, 1 to 1} in. long, or those
i?'.

,*^^Pylantha,

Stvle 7i
etui

Flowers (purple ?) not nil "1 peduncidate racemes longer than the leaves. Bracts small. Pedip ^'A'^' ^ ^'"^ctcoles subulate, close to the calyx. Calyx 2 to 2' lin "^' ^^^^'^^ glabrous outside; lobes acute, nearly as long as the ^ tube ^^^^'^^' Standard about 5 lines diameter, With a callosity or thickeui c.^^7"i* "^ ^^^ *^^'*^^ ' ^^i'^o^ twisted, nearly as long as the stan*P dard ""l^ ? '^^'^ exceeding the keel; keel with a short obtuse oblique beak,
Stipules small.
1

'''

-^^

^^"^^^ ^'^'^

^^^^^-

'

'

i"

^-

'

""^^'^ inflected

at the base,

hooked and almost involute

at the

^^"?:

pod
'^

sessile,

glabrous.
Bouall

4eutoT

^''^'''' Creek, J. C

oblon

*^**^^^'^*^^^^ ^- ^^"^^^- ^''"g^^- "i- ^^glabrous or pubescent Peitnn^'i ^ t^"""^ 2 or 3 ft. but often shorter, the stems usually erect aud ' bent in ^* *1'^ "odes. Leaflets 11 to 1 7 or in some specimens more,

^'P^

Purplf

^"= peduncnhte racfemes. imnutp ""r'T"^' spi-iiikled with a few white or rarely black hairs, about 2^ lines In u'^'^ ^^^^ shorter than the tube, hirsute inside. lines Standard 6 Ji'ond b^t' "^-^ ^ ^^"^' ^^^*'' ^ prominent transverse callosities inside above tte'cla ^y^"oS obovate, aLnost as long ; keel much incurved, almost rostrite l^t ^^''^'y stipitate, glabrous or hairy at the base, with few ?^* ovules

T^

"^^

?^^^**^'
^""

^'"^^ ^

^^ 4 1'"^^ ^^

"<^^'"'y

Flowers ^ ^- ^^Bracts small; bracteoles

and readily twisting, the slender extrealmost sessile, broadly ovate, about Pod 'incs long, hard and ""'* ru-ose. ^' ~ ^^^q*^^^' tb^ ^l^'^ lower suture on the outer face keeled, the "Pper sut Lu-e r indented, divided internally by a complete longitudinal partition
|.

t*^] style hard, flattened, inflexed


220
m

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.
[Swainsona.

and separating wlien

only 1 or 2 seeds. Edinb. vii. 489.

ripe into 2 closed hemicurpcls, each ripening nsually

Biplolobliim JFalcoltii, ^. Muell. in Trans. Bot.

Soc.

W.

Australia.

N.W.

coast,

Depuech

Island, Bi/noe ; frequent in sterile places about

Nichol Bay, F. Gregory* s a?id Ridley^ s Expeditions. "^V. Australia. Raised in our gardens from Drummond^s seeds
chiaou river, Oldjield (these specimens not iu
fruit).

limestone

hills,

Mur-

Glabrous, with slender ascending or erect stems of about 1 ft. Leaflets 9 to 15, from obcordate to liiiear-cuneate, emarginate, rarely 3 lines long. Eacemes loose and slender, with few small purple flowers. Pedicels almost as long as the calyx, clothed with short thick black hairs. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, not 2 lines long ; the lobes shorter than the tube, slightly ciliate. Standard nearly 4 lines broad, but not so long, with 3 transverse callosities above the claw; wings nearly as long; Ovary keel much inflexed, slightly twisted and almost rostrate but obtuse. shortly stipitate, slightly hairy at the base; style flattened, inflexed, and twisting readily, but not involute. Pod not seen.
*%V.

10. S, gracilis, Benth,

Australia.

Murchison

river, Oldjield.

S. procumbens^ F. Muell. Fragm. iii, 46. Glabrous or the young shoots and foliage slightly silky, or sometimes pubescent or hirsute, with procumbent ascending or erect stems of 1 to 3 ft. Leaflets 11 to 21 or lanceolate more, varying from oblong or almost linear and to long, in. to ^ i or linear-acute and above 1 in. long. Stipules herbaceous, rather large. Plowers large, fragrant, violet or blue, in a loose raceme on a peduncle often
11.
attaining 1 ft. Bracts often as long as the pedicels ; bracteoles lanceolate, as least shorter than the calyx-tube. at lobes Calyx about 3 lines long, the iQ. long as the tube, ciliate inside. above 1 form Standard in the ordinary

deeply emarginate, without callosities, the claw very short; wings shorter, narrow, slightly twisted; keel much incurved, produced into a long twisted ,obLuse spirally twisted beak. spirally Style very long and slender, with the keel, the slender tip sometimes hooked but not involute. Fod sesbroad,
sile,

above 1

in. long, acute, turgid,

semithe very coriaceous, often incurved,

nal suture either depressed or slightly prominent. Cydogyne sicainsonioides, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 397; C, prociwihens, F. Muell. in Linnifia, XXV. 393 ; ;S'. violacea, Menders. Illustr. Bouq. t. 19.

Queensland.

N. S. VTales.

Plains of the Condamiue, Leichhardt ; near Ipswich, Nernst, Liverpool and Dundas plains, Fraser, M' Arthur, Leichhardt; oi*

downs on the Gwydir, Mitchell; Darling river, Goodwin and Bdlachj ; Castlereagn, Moore, Victoria. "Wimraera, Ballachy. S. Australia. Towards St. Vincent's Gulf, Mueller. Hrj smauu, Var. (?) minor. Rowers Leaflets shorter, broader, and more frequently hirsute.

the keel less twisted.

Pod

shorter and

more turgid.Wimmera, Ballachy.

Slightly pubescent,
Leaflets numerous,

12.

S.

Dmmmondii,

Benlk.

narrow-oblong, obtuse, above ^ in. long in our specimen. Stipules broach Eacemes loose. Flowers much smaller than in S. procumhens, but neai y similar in shape. Calyx-teeth or lobes ciliate inside. Standard about 3 i^J broad, but much shorter, deeply emarginate, without callosities, on a sDO


Stcainsona.]

xL. legumixos.e.

221

wings nearly as long; keel produced into an obtuse spirally involute beak. Pod nearly sessile, oblong, acuminate, above i in. long, but not quite npein our specimen, pubescent, the seminal suture much intruded and produced into a double dissepiment, completely dividing the r pod into lono-itu2 o ^ a ^ Qinal
claw;
cells.

Ja^' of ^!l**^f^^*' garden the

Bmmmond.

The only specimen

seen, raised

many

years since in the

Horticultural Society from

Drammoud's
iii.

seeds.

Stock woody, with erect, ^?"i^: ngKl, but herbaceous stems of 1 to 2 ft., softly tomentose-pubescent. Leaflets 9 to lo, obovate or oblong-elliptical, obtuse or retuse, \ to ] in. long, nearly glabrous above, softly pubescent or silky underneath. Stipules broad, iierbaceous Kaceraes many-flowered,' on long silk\^ villous peduncles. Flowers
blue or violet-purple, variegated with pink, and a green blotch at tUe base of the standard. Calyx about 2^ lines long, silky-Lairy, the lobes sDout as long as the tube. Standard about \ in. diameter, on a very short flaw, without prominent callosities; wings short; keel much curved,
obtuse,
stipiJtitli

^ca^escens, F. Muell. Tragm.

46.

Dearly sessile,

a thick callous style

appendage on each

side of the tip.

Ovary shortly

curved, involute at the end. Pod almost sessile, oblong, ery softly tomentose-villous, in our specimens 7 to 8 lines long, rather coria^ous with an indented upper suture, but not quite ripe. Cyclogpie canescens,
^euth.

e;

much

Lindl.

Swan

Riv. App. 16
^Ivtv,

Paxt. Mag. Bot.

1st
Coll.

vii.

199, with a

fig.

Pod
fhev

nf"

(v'***''*^^*" species are so different

^"'"^

Drummond,

The general

aspect, style, and

from those of the few Swainsonas

originally

known, that

* warrant the establishment of a distinct genus ; the species subsequently iiscov''''Tl ered have, however, connected it by so manv gradations with the others, that Ci/clofS-ie can no longer be maintained even as a section.

liairs

perennial, A Muell ^.... in S. Austral. Reg. 1850. ^jj, l'^^^'"^"''? ^^ erect stems, often exceeding 1 ft., and sometimes much bra "^"^% hoary or white with short hairs, giving it sometimes a silky or'aT "*^% appearance. Leaflets usually 7 to 11, linear or narrow-oblong, acut^^ "'^'"^^ ^ emarginate. Stipules broad, especially the upper ones^' T^^1 ^''^ ''*^" toothed. few in the raceme, on long peFlowers dun ^^^^^ "' ^- ^esseriiifoUa. Calyx hoary or rarely with black

-.

'

'l

abo
claw
but

Y^*^^ '^^^ ^
!^

^^"^^^

-^
-^1 '

^^ *^^^

^^"&' ^"^^-

*^^^

^^^^^ ^ subulate-acuminate, usually Standard thin at the base, with a broad short
^"^'^^

"'^^^'"*

"y
'''^

^"'
O'"

ffiorp^

^^"S

callosities as in S. lesseriiifoUa ; keel much incurved, Ovary sessile, villous ; style much 'IS the keel.

hook

^A-a
1

^^^^" ^" ^- ^''^^ertiifoUa, flattened in the

almost involute at the end. near! '"^> of*^en incurved, the upper suture slightly indented. *S. stinulJ^^*.F. Muell. in Linna>a,xx;. 393.^^ Eoicilfs Expc "^^^^srange, Darling Flinders ; river, Ej-pedition Victorian iiliol^^'

-^^^

lower portion, distinctly Pod narrow-oblong, \ to

^'

^;;jj'^*'*'*la.

Akaba,

F.

Mueller; between Stokes range and Cooper's Creek,

siore

/ cur "'^^ea,

'

*"^^ largei- llovvers, give

is

it

a ver

and the broad rigid style

peculiar.

222

XL.

LEGUMiNOs^.

[Swauisona.

small perennial, sometimes 15. S. oroboides, T. MnelL Herb, appearing annual, scarcely exceeding 6 in. in any of our specimens, tlie young parts silky-pubescentj at length nearly glabrous. Leaflets usually 3 or 5, lanceolate, acute, the terminal one often above 1 in, long, the lateral ones smaller, in the lower leaves often solitary, shorter, and more obtuse, in tlie upper leaves sometimes 7, smaller and linear. Stipules' subulate. Flowers small, usually few in a very short raceme, or almost umbellate on a rigid peduncle, shortly exceeding the leaves. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 2 lines long, the lobes rather longer than the tube, but not so fine as in S. oligophylla. Standard 4 to 5 lines diameter, with a very slight callosity at the top of tlie claw, sometimes scarcely perceptible ; wings short keel exceeding the wingSj
;

broad, incurved, obtuse.

sile,

Ovary

villous

style slender, incurved.

Pod

sesin-

ovoid ovoid-globular of shortly oblong, often incurved, membranous, flated, pubescent, about ^ in. long.

Queensland.
M". S,

Near Warwick, Beckler,

In the interior, Howiifs Expedition^ C. Moore; head of the Gwydir, Leichhardt ; New England, C Stuart. Allied on the one hand to S, oligochylia, on the other to S. lessertiifolia ; it is readily distinguished from both by the foliage.

VTales.

S. lessertiifolia, DC, Prod, ii. 271. A perennial, with diffuse or ascending stems of 1 to 1| ft., or shorter in mountain stations, glabrous except the young shoots and foliage, or more or less clothed with a grey, rather
IG.
rigid, appressed pubescence.

mucronate or almost acute, 4

Leaflets 9 to 15 or rarely more, oblong, obtuse Stipules rather to 8 lines or rarely 1 in. long.

in broad, obtuse or acutely acuminate. violet-pui-ple, Flowers rather small, short racemes, sometimes reduced to umbels or heads, on peduncles longer than the leaves. Bracts small. Pedicels usually short. Bracteoles minute. Calyx more or less pubescent with appressed black hairs, 2 lines long or ratlier broad, more, the teeth acute, shorter than the tube. lines 5 about Standard

without callosities; wing shorter; keel very obtuse, almost hood-shapeJ.

Style not involute.
n, ser.
a.

Pod

sessile, inflated,

-f-

veined. transversely to 1 in. long,

efolia
t.

17.
Foh'age nearly glabrous.
Stipules broad.

normalis.
.

Keel not much curved.

others.

Hf S. MTales- Near Nan^as, M' Arthur. Victoria. Common on the S, coast, Rolertson^ F. Mueller, Gunn, and

Tasmania.

Kent's group, Bass's Straits, M.

Brown

common

and Wooliiorth near

the islands of Uass's Straits, /,

D. Hooker.

Guichen Bay, St. Vincent^s Gulf, etc., F. 3TiieUer and others, b, tephroiricha. Stipules laDceoiflte Leaves clothed on both sides with ash-grey hairs. odvei^ acute or subulate-acuminate. still Flowers rather larger, with a more incurved but tnse keel. 5. tephroiricha, F. Muell. in Linn^a, sxv. 392. Wr. S. "Walea. Blue Mountains and open forest land in the interior, A. Cunningnani: Fraser, M" Arthur, and others; head of the Gwydir, Leichhardt; New England, C Stuart; Darling desert, Neihon. Po" to rivers Victoria. Near Melbourne, Adamson ; Broughton, Hutt, and Hill PhilKp, Glcnelg and Murray rivers, F. Mueller. u p , s Ouii, Vincent S. Australia. Encounter Bay. WhittaJcer ; near Bethanic, Behr ; St. Mount llemarkable, Bnrra-Burra, F, Mueller, ^pec ;. The two varieties appear to pass one into the other by small gradations, but many
.

S. Australia.

mens

are doubtful, beins very rarely in

frxiit.

Smnsom,-]
.

XL.

leguminos^.

228
{

17_ S.

monticola, J. Cum.; A. Gray, BoLJmer. Expl Exved

411

Xltl r

S
iDg

In

hat

Pnrll

t eSf ^t ^iV ,^f

Pod

-^'n^'

V^

^ ^' '^^^^tantly distinct in the shape of ^''^''' ^"^^"' ^ "^"'-^-^^ more feu ^"^^^ "S'^'''% looser and more elongated. Calvx
^^^P'-'^'''

^^7

-^

mnost rostrate.
a in.

sessile

and

in length

m
,

inflated as in S. lesse tiifolia

any of our specimens.

Mountanis
A. Cunningham and others; Nangas, M^Arthur;

Cowpastu^

]?

%
K
1

Ihe species requires further investigafion from good fruitiug specimens.

'

^-^^ell. Iragm.
i<^.

i.

pubescent

wifi

75.

smdl

species, hoao' or silky-

Stinnlp, l,vn

11

obovate or oblong, obtuse, not above i

in. long.

teolesTnn
not 2
I

'"l''"''"P<^^^

3 linp

r
P

nP

?P^^T^'i
V^'
!
,

teelnpni
tremitv

'r^^^'^''"'^'*'^''"

spikes shorter than the leaves. Bracts small ; brac''^^^ pubescent, narrower than in the other species, ^^^ '''^^^^' ''^^^"^^^ s long as the tube. Standard nearly broad, without callosities; wings shorter;
^^^'^^ ^^'''^' '"flexed,

li in. long, membranous and f inflatP<l h\ ^ea, but narrow, with the seminal suture more or less indented.
to
Basaltic plains. Peak Downs, F. Mueller. The small narrow flowers nd ohs^sh^^^'f, "'''^^'^^^^^ 6'^e to this plant a very different aspect from that of the rest Of tte genus

i'"^ 'i"^^^^^^^' '^^0""' acuminate,

almost involute at the ex-

of

a^Q
or

/-jP^/"^*^0'3'j BenfJi.

Nearly glabrous, with

erect slender stems

^otK'

m
T

'^

^^^^ 1&&^G.9.

Leaflets 5 to 9, linear-acute, mostly 1 in.

fedlcels
eliorter

]\ "

^'1^^"^^s slender, with small distant flowers. Bracts minute, ^^ Calyx-tube about 1 line long, the teeth ''^ ^^'^ ^^^^^'
^^^"^^''"^1

without callosities, about 3 lines broad and ion '"^s long as tlie keel, which is much curved, but obtuse. %le mi f'.'^f^^ ^ot involute at the end, with a small tuft of hairs ' ^^* found th /v ^ "a"^^' Pod sessile, ovoid, membranous, much inflated, about ^ in. lonolot so

""^^- ^^^^^^'

<?^enslaud.

Wide Bay,

Bidrcill.

Mi Much Ejcped. i. 410. Expl. ^ot. Amer. ''fanche^* ^jf ^^^^^ ^^^ascending or erect branches of ^ to 1 ft., or rarely '^^^^, "lab ions r.r v>,;v,..i,.i 1 Leaflets numerous, obovate obccrdate 1 '"S> usually einarginate, sometimes all under 1 line, more fre""^P^y"^* ^(^''"y^

ineiitlv

rather nusmall, (purple I'lowers ?) ^erous i ^^^^^ '"'icemes much longer than very short. Pedicels leares. the ^facteo'le" ^"^"^^Calyx black hairs, shortly small few pubescent, with a ^arcejv

'''"^^ ^'"'"^^-^

^ ^""^s

l<^"r-

I]

^aiBeter

Style mnch obtuse. claw keel veiy 'short ; "^^^A h, f J^^'^^^^^e at the end, with a small tuft of hairs at the top behind "le sti^r ] a, o besides the longitudinal beard of the genus. Pod sessile, ovoid or

-f? "."^ callosities, the

^'"^ ^""' ^^^ ^^^^^^

^^^

s^^'

Standard about 3 lines

224

XL. LEGUMINOS.E-

[Swaksona.

nearly globular, 3 to 5 lines long, much inflated, more or less incurvecl, tlie base of the style much so, the seminal suture slightly intruded. Queensland, Rockhampton, Dallachy ; Connor's River, Bowman. N. S. VTales- Hunter's River district, American Exploring Expedition ; sandy plains between Wellington and Dubbo, C, Moore; between the Darling and Cooper's Creek,
Neilson,

Victoria. Murray river, F Mueller, S. Australia. Along the Murray, F. Mueller: towards Lake Gairdner, Balhage*
21.

S. Fraseri, Benth,
:^

tall

species,

often

attaining

or

ft.

Leaflets 11 to 21 or more, distinctly petiolulate, ovate or oblong, very obtuse,

on both sides. Flowers violet-pui-ple or nearly Calyx glabrous or white, rather small, numerous, in long loose racemes. slightly hair}^ nearly 2 lines long, the teeth rather longer than in S.laxa, but not exceeding the tube. Standard about 5 to 6 lines diameter, without callosities Style incurved, with a wings shorter than the very obtuse keel. very conspicuous tuft of hairs on the top behind the stigma, and a few short hairs on the inner side. Pod inflated, membranous, acute, above 1 in. long, on a stipes much longer than the calyx.
mostly
to ^ in. long, green
;

Queensland.

Moreton Bay,
Macquarrie
in

C. Stuart,

W.
22.

S. VTales.

river.

Eraser

Hastings

river, Beckler,

S, laxa, R. Br.

App, Start, Exp. 18.

or the

Apparently a rather
shoots slightly

tall

species, with terete branches, glabrous

young

siliy.

Leaflets 11 to 21, distinctly petiolulate, from broadly ovate to oblong, very obtuse, rarely above \ in. long, and often very small. Stipules broad and

Flowers yellow, rather small, in long loose racemes flowering from bracteoles near the base. minute Bracts very small. with Pedicels short, below the calyx. Calyx glabrous or slightly hairy, 1^ lines long, the teeth calwithout acute, shorter than the tube. Standard about 5 lines diameter, losities; wings much shorter; keel nearly as long as the standard, very obi^***^' tuse. Style not involute, bearing a prominent tuft of hairs round or behind the stigma, especially at the back, besides the longitudinal beard of the geiins.
falcate.

glabrous, inflated, acute, fully the calyx-tube.

Pod

in. long,

on

than shorter a stipes usually

NVar.

S. Vrales.
(?)

S. Australia.
ncjida.

the Darling, Fictorlan Expedition, Ballachy, Murrav scrnb, towards Moorundi, Behr,
Leaflets small.

On

Peduncles very long and thi(;k. Near the Darling river, Victorian Expedition^ Ballachy, etc. This species closely connects Sivainsona with Lessertia^ of which

Calyx
it

silky-pubescen

has the

style.

39.

GLYCYRRHIZA,
(Clidanthera, R. Br,)

Linn.

Calyx-lobes equal or the 2 upper ones shorter and more united. o obtuse narrow standard ovate or oblong, nearly sessile ; keel shorter, slighL or almost acute, the petals scarcely cohering. Upper stamen free cohering with the others in an open sheath; anther-cells confluent at ^^^^^^' the alternate smaller anthers opening deeply in two unequal valves. OV^^j
;

^^^''^^

sessile,
sti^i^ma. o

with

Pod

a with glabrous, style incurved, |^^^^j.^^ glanau^ ovate oblong oblonsr or shortK shortly liuRar. linear, flattened or tnr^id,

or

more ovules;

(ilycyrrhiza !\

XL. LEGTTMINOSj;.

'

225
Seeds

ZZZl^f^ Tt^' '^t^'^'^'

'' ^'"''"^^

'^^^y

2 valves.

S
ceil tro

te, e

in^X

in axillaiy

racemes.

^i^let white or yellowish, sessile or very shortly pedi-

Bracts narrow, very deciduous.

^"'"^

Bracteoles

La,.

c^Air-Vn/one^^'r l\ ' deii aki oth nil'^^^'f * Mediterranean ones. The exceplional anthers ?^''^', fit Ob ve^t K B owf 'T '''''"^' ^" ^' ^"^'^'^'^ '^'^ S^""^ CM/;.- as distinguished from

"'.'

ll

E. Meditenaucan region, and teruperate and sub^l^'^'^I S. America. The Australian species is en-

which
one,
.

%^'"*^^'^ ' ''^^^ ^'g''*'*'' '" " ^he species of Glyc^^nhi^a, nortv;r differ n ^'""^^"'^ ^" habit, in- the oviles always more thaa '^^'" and m LThe the 3eef seed, even when solitary, never adhering to the pericarp.

Sat^are toC

'

;jrf

L/-

Lvl rad! '

more

erect herb or uudershrub of 2 ft. or more *!inr'*^^'^^*' '"' ^^' ^""'e O'- ^ess glaudular-viscid. ']. "'"'^-^ Leaflets usnJlv q ?i from elliptical-oblong to linear, ' to 1 in. long or rarely

^'"^^'-

An

'

twt

"^'""^^ glandular teeth. Flowers small, in pedmiculate , '"*'"'"Pted spikes. Calyx about lines longj petals about
'"''^^

MJ/

Pw-f/fv

^"^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^"''^s ^"g' flattened, mnricate, the suiurer r u'l V^" ^' thickened, apparently indehiscent, containing 1 or 2 seeds. ''^^''^^"^''/^. Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 17; Clidanthera
^-

\\.'-\r '^^- "! 45,

and
the

APP- ^'"'*' Exped. 11

Pi. Vict.
ii.

Psoralea aeanlhocarpa, ^ F. Muell.

.

t.

26.

Vi'ctorl^"^?f "a. un

.1.^",*''*^

I^achlan and Darling rivers, Mitchell;

rivers, F.

Goodwin and

Dallacliy.

Murray and Murruiubidgfee

Mueller.

'fhole

n 1 poci

'^^^^^^^^^ Pod separating into articles, or the 1-seeded , 1 l-seeded and indehiscent, that is, reduced to a single article.

with of the most di^tiuct suLtrlbes ^chynomenea, 1, /^o^*"' but the upper stamen very rard^r free, including Ormocarpum, ^%*?^, ^^hnomenfi ^ '^^'^''"'' '' stipular brads, Sti/!osanthece, persistent 2' with few leaflets, '^ '^Qiiadelphouf ^J^^'"^"s and dimorphous anthers, of which Zomia is the only Australian ^^^"s- anrl q
*^ pinnate lea ^^^^
^^'*^*^
:

OEMOCAEPUM
Ota

Stamens broad, incurved, as lonj; as the wings. united ^ sheath open on the upper side, and often splitting also oil the '^^er sjjg!^ ^"''^^^'s uniform. Ovarv sessile, with several ovules; style inSeied
^

ll

^^^^^^

'

^^'^'

firf

ToL.!!

^^^

linear,

flattened,

dividing into 2 or more oblong or

226

XL. L'EGUMINOS.E.'

[Ormocarpim.

elongated in<lehisccnt articles, narrowed at each end and longitudinally furLeaves pinnate Tall shrubs. rowed, often only one coming to perfection. with small leaflets, or in a species not Australian, of 1 large leaflet. Stipules striate. Flowers yellow, Avhitc, or streaked with purple, solitary or few together in axillary racemes. Bracts and bracteoles persistent.

Besides the Australian species, which has a wide range in tropical Asia, there are 2 from tropical Africa, and 2 or 3 less perfectly known fi'om Mexico.

or 3

315, var. lavis. Perfectly glabrous, without the glandular pubescence of the common E. Indian form. Leaflets Stipules lanceolate9 to 15, broadly oblong, very obtuse, | to f in. long. acuminate, sometimes very small, sometimes broad and 2 lines long. Peduncles axillary, either short and 1-flowered, or rather longer, bearing 3 or 3 flowers. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long, with 2 small bracteoles above the midfUe. riowers yellow, about 5 lines long. Pod usually of 3 or 4 articles, but some remaining small and imperfect, and 1 or 2 only ripening, attaining in tki^ variety above 1 in. in length, and about 3 lines broad in the middle. ^^''^^^y* nomene cohdeoides, A. Kich. Sert. AstroL 87. t. 32..
1,

O. sennoides, DC. Frod.

ii.

Ausseen have I Queeifsland. Eudeavour river?, Banks and Solander, R. Brown, tralian specimens only in Herb. R. Brown, and a coloured figure in Sir J. Banks's unpublished plates, neither with the precise station. This glabrous variety extends <>^^^ ^^^^Jf'
Ic. t. t'ii) (Wight, chipelago to Siam and the Philippines. form The common E. Indian or more articles has usually a glandular-pubescent inflorescence, and the pods with shorter ttie maintaimng less glandular- wai-ted ; but there appear to be intermediates preventing the

two forms

as independent species.

41.

iESCHYTfOMENE,

Linn.
the or either entire much curved

Calyx-lobes nearly equal or united into two lips, upper one 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Standard orbicular ; keel and almost Ijeaked, or rarely obovate and nearly straight. Stamens usuany edge, " lower " all united in a sheath more or less s plit both on the lipper and dividing the stamens into two bundLc c.....-.^ reniform. lies of ^ci^l., anthers ^, 5 ^ each;
"

with 2 or more ovules ; style filiform or subulate. Pod separating into 2 or more short flat usually indehiscent reticulate f*rti^^^' Herbs undershrubs or in non-Australian species shrubs. Leaves ^^^'^|]^ yelio Flowers pinnate, with small leaflets, without stipelte. Stipules free. often streaked witb red, in axillary or rarely terminal racemes.
stipitate,

siipitate,

_^^^^J

A
two

considerable tropical genus, the species numerous in America, fewer in Africa, ^^^J^^-^ ota the in Asia. Of the two Australian ones, one is common in Asia and Africa,
Stipules produced below their insertion.

South America and South Africa,

Leaflets numerous.

2-lipned

....

Calyx deeply
_
.

_
^" 1. -^, ,

,.

^.

leaflets 7 to 11. Stipules striate, persistent, not produced below their iusertion. Calvx-lobes Calyx-lobes tiearlv nearly pnnnl equal

.^^

2. -^Z^'* of

1 to 3 ft. high, usually g^^^J^gQ^ but the stem occasionally bearing a few asperities. Leaflets usually ^^ .' linear-oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Stipules '^1^^^'^ l^^^j ^^^5 acute, produced below their insertion into a rounded appendage. {g pi^^ a flhorter than the leaves, loosely 2- to 4-ilowered, and often bearing

2E. indica luoica^ ijinn, ; nu. Frod, u. 320. 2 ft., or when luxuriant iu very wet places
.<Xi.

annual '*"" erect dittuse or diffuse

M^chyno.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

227

divider} intn o

V-

.i

'

P^'sistent.

Calyx about 2

lines

lon^ deenlv

lon stiTiP
seed

;!

'

^''r

"^

'

^^""^ ^^^^'i ''uiTed,

tte

;^t^

e^^^^^^^^^

almost acute. Pod on the lower slightly indented beUve^a

405

i'.?-.T^
i
^^'^

centre. W. and Arn. Prod. 219i^

^ ^''^""^

Wi-ht

Ic

W. Australia. r also in 7? m iJ. 5^'^

Asm

"vxr, F. . Mueller

collection without
^'"'''''' "''"'

any label
'^^^^

andlfrS*^

^'''^''^'^'*-

^P'^"

' ^'i-^dy

spread over tropical

^apil^i
often
its

mT*V^'
1
ft

^''''^- "

^^^'

''''''

P"'^'^'J"ff">

^enih. in Mart. FLBra,

under

.^T'
\

^"^

at

11 the base'

7 to

ohn;r

Z7

iT^
.

J"^

^^^"^^ decumbent or ascending, f"^"^^ """"''y ^ ** ^"- "^'-^ ^ ^^^ pubescent. Le.t ""' cxmeate, truncate or emarginate, usually oblique"

'^""'^

deedb elo;?heV^"^.^
Jeaves, 'eaves,

and

bracteo^

mo Jl! 9 nv q o7'^"mostlv a ""^ ^-flovvercd.

''!'i .

r.

V^'^

Stipules acute, striate, not p^roP^^^^^Ies - ^uuncies sienuer, slender, as long as or ionge longer tlian than tlie the

1^-

Pedicels
^^^^"^

^ded as Ion4
line's

ds; articles
lower 'ede-p

^^^ ^ "PP^^ "^'^^ ^'^^^^^ broader. Standard 3 to diampf ^'''*^ ^^"^^ '""''^ '^"^ved, almost rostrate. a slender Pod oa ' stlnr 'f"^'""" ^^"^^' ^P^klcd with short hairs, the upper suture "fariy strnio-hf a ^"*'""""^' ^l^e lower edge deeply indented between the
'

"''^'''

much longer than the ^^ ^^"^' ^''"^^ ^^'^ ^""^^^

calyx.

Bracts

all'equally di-

Tf

^^a ^^'''''^^V separating from each other. ^. mkrantlia, DC. Prod ii |27 ^^"^ ^**"'^- ^^"'' ' adduced. ^''^P- " 226, with all the synonyms there
^'^to77/;^p]a^^f"p R^^?l^ ^^^^'^'
?**^

^^

*" ^

^^^^^ diameter,

opening in 2 valves on the

species is

^ coim

^^artiugg
variety

atove nn"f^!i ri

-^ ^roK^; on the Burdckin, Af/^^.V^r; Wide Bay, ^'P*?"> Bowman, allachy ; Moretou Bay, i?/^/n7/, F. Mueller. '^^^'^' where it divcrpjes into a nnmbrr of varieties mentioned in

there

'^^ich iB

Australian form appears to me quite identical with the ? which is the most common in S. Brasii and .Alontevideo. and also i^l^^'^-^f'^^^f^^. ^^e one found in S.E. Africa and Madagascar.
*

m^

^^^

Calv

*^'

'^^^'^^I^'

^^^

^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^\}^-> the upper one entire or notched, the lower ^^tire 3-tootf ^1 ^ 3-lobed. Standard into a short nan-owed *^'^^') orbicular, \P'^ nearly wino^^^ m,^x\^ as long as the standard. Stamens united in a sheath ^^^L

onn

"^ers

renifor^"
a
'

^^^

^%

^tent,

consisting of 2 or more flattened articles, ^^^y naiTow contractions and folded over each other within the' ^lvx.-^j)j/ ^^ ^^ ^*^^^ African species shrubs. Leaves pinnate, without Q stin"lT ^' yellow, in axmembranous Flowers scarious. P"^^^ or racem ^^ clusters. Bracts and bracteoles scarious or striate, per^Parated b

smalU ^^^'^^^

n ^^""^

^^^^^^ ^^^^

^"^

^^"^^ splitting also

on the lower side; an;

^^^^\\q or stipitate, with several ovules

style filifonn,

stigma.

Pod

^ considcrahle number of tropical Asiatic and E. African species, the only ^'^^'^n ODP^-! IS one of the commonest in E. India.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
m

[SmilhWi

diffuse or procumbent 1. S. conferta, baira rigid long few a except glabrous more, rarely perennial of 1 to \\ ft. or leaflets, the of midribs and margins petioles, branches, or bristles on tlie young corashort a on crowded rather Leaflets 7 to 15 or more, <1nd on the calyx.

Sm. in Bees

Cyclop, xxxiii.

mon

petiole,

oblong or

linear,

oblique, under \

in.

long.

Stipules produced

tlie than longer appendage subulate-acuminate below their insertion into a in sessile almost flowers, upper part. Racemes reduced to clusters of 3 to 5 the'calyx. of length the half above striate, Bracteoles broad, the upper axils. finely raucronate, acute, Calyx to 4 lines long, the lips slightly falcate, capilak, calyx. the Pod not protruding from striated. Ovules about 6. 220. Prod. Am. and W. Dcsv. Journ. Bot. i. (iii.) 121 ; S. sensitiva, var. ^3.

-S'.

Queensland ?

E. Coast, H. Brown.

Commou

m E.

India and in the Archipelago.

43.
t.

ZORNIA,

Gmel.
all, lateral ones small,
;

upper lobes united, the 2 lukeel oblonp: Standard orbicular; wings obovate or the lowest narrow. alteranthers Stamens united in a closed tube curved, almost rostrate. i wi filiform, Ovary sessile with several ovules style nately long and short. lower ^he Pod with the upper suture continuous, a small terminal stigma. bristly.xlei or muricate one much indented; articles several, flat, smooth ^ ^lowers Leaves of 2 or 4 digitate leaflets, without stipellse. Stipules striate, flowers, the in terminal and axillary loose spikes. Bracts in pairs, enclosing none. bracteoles striate and oblique like the stipules, but broader and larger; Calyx small and
thin, the 2
; ;

wi ey another The genus is chiefly AmericaTi, one species found also in South Africa, and AustraJia. including dispersed over the wanner regions of the New and the Old World,

1.

Z. diphylla. Pen,

Syn.

ii.

318.

brm the sometimes forming a thick rootstock of several years' duration, Leaile long. decumbent, ascending or nearly erect, 6 in. to 1 or 2 ft. tbe long lines or 3 the end of the petiole varying from ovate and only 2 lower leaves, to lanceolate or linear from ^ to 1 in. long in the "PP"^^ ^^^^^^ the ^^ in Flowers rarely all ovate acute and rather larger, or all linear. w^^^^. ovate or lian varieties 3 to 4 lines long, almost enclosed in the narrow
^ '

low terb, sometimes

annu^^^^^

which like the and are often,

produced into a short auricle below ^^!' pellucid few a with as well as the leaves, marked and^ smooth longer or shorter than the bracts, of 3 to 6 articles, quite or p bristles late or pubescent or muricate with hooked or pubescent
stipules are

their inse

^^j
.j^^j,

^^^^^

N. Australia.
Brown Queensland.

Victoria river, F. Mueller i Islands of the Gulf of Henne. ; Port Essington, Arnutroyig ; Sweers Island and Albert river^

Carpentaria,

Burnett, Dawson, and Brisbane rivers, ^^^_^^ !o Northumberland Islands, R. Brown; Port Curtis, M'Gillivrat/ ; Kockhampton, and others ; Dogwood Creek. LeicMardt. i TIa-ting> i ana Clarence N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown Paramatta, JToolls ;
;

from Mueller; F,

iiroa

^^^^^

rivers,
-

Beckler ;
species is

New

Euglaud,
in

Stuart.

.,

Of
^^Yqi-jcI.
.

The

common

the numerous varieties io Australia ;

most hot countries in both the New and t^^. enumerated in Mart. Fl. Bras. Fapil. 79, the followmg

u^at

occuf

leave lower the of a. vulgaris. The common Asiatic form, with the leaflets ^^^^^ ^^ Ovate, those of the upper ones lanceolate or linear, the bracts rather narrow
soiall.
1^

is

sin^l^

^^^

^riiia,]
_

XL. LEGUjviiNos^,
u

229

b.

zeyJonensis.

Stems elongated and

loose.

Leaflets ratlier larger, all ovate or ovate-

lanceolate.
c.

Bracts rather broad.

Piovvers rather larger.

oue of the forms of the var. gracilis, from Start's Creek, F. Mueller {Z. chatoj^liora, *. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 56) ; the pods are rather larger and covered with ngid seta; much longer than in any other Zornia 1 have seen.

erect, glabrous or hairy as well as the leaves. Leaflets mostly lanceolate or linear or even all linear. Bracts rather narrow. Flowers small. In all the varieties the pod may he found smooth or miirlcate, glabrous or
^

gracilis.

Stems more

pubescent, and

44.
(Deudrolobium, W,

DESMODIUM,
and Am.
;

Desv.
Nicolsonia,

Dicerma,

DC;

DC)
Standard from

Calyx-tube short, the 2 upper lobes

oblong to orbicular,
la

more
;

or less united.

the

united

wings oblong, usually .adhering middle to the keel; "keel ol)tuse. Upper stamen free or more or less with the others in a sheath or tube; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile
at

narrowed

the base

with 2 or more ovules ; style incurved, subulate. Pod longer than the calyx, flat, one or both sutures indented between the seeds, separating into pdehisceut 1 -seeded articles, or rarely the articles opening on the lower edge

or stipitate

clusters.

and then not always readily separating. Herbs shrub* or rarely SQiall trees. Leaves pinnately 3-foIiolate or 1-foliolate, with stipellae. Stipules usually dry, striate, membranous. Flowers purple, blue, pink or white, usually small, in terminal racemes or panicles, or rarely in axillary umbels or ^
2 valves,

in

^A ver}'

large genus widely dispersed over the tropical regions

ew and the Old both of the Nev

^^tending beyond the tropics into N. America, and a very few species into extratroi i"^ -^-''" species, six Fcal ^5. America, ' ^ S. Africa, and extratropical Australia. " Australian Of the 10
'

sp'nescnt

coiuuion to Australia and New o. xuum ^^^^ ^^^^^'^ aau one IS i ^'^*^ *^^ Archipelago, uui, tuc .-xiuuipiriat;^, Calleaouia, the remaining 9 are endemic hut partaking of the general character of the Asiatic Pfcies, With the exception of D, acanihodadum. which is singular in the genus for its

. '

--0 ^^^^'^^ ^

branchlets.
is

^^der

ed prov._ have they as but proposed genera; by myself or others as distinct 1 to I characters, cariwlogical some floral or bv marked .tl^^7*'"g"'hed habit only without ^rs by variations in the fruit, not p.lways constant nor easily appreciated, I found it more jvenieut, on a general review for the Floras of Brazil and Hongkong, to retain them aU
^*^^"

whit^i"^""^

readily divisible into

from 12 to 15 tolerably well-marked

sections,

many

of

one generic name.

Wings

usiialhj

free from the

heel,

'

Fod glabrous

or sillcy-hairy,

jers white, in dense axillarv shortly pedunculate umbels.

^"^^

Pod-

umbels the branches of a or heads along leafv^ each umbel almost enclosed in a 2- foliolate leaf. ^^^^^' Pn7
*

^^ *^^"^

Cer

'' ^' ^^^^'^ ^^bicular (Sect. "^'f

^\

PhyUodium)

i.

D.^uhhdUm.

2 .nearly

^^^ess racemes.
orbicular.

Pod-articlea Pedicels short crowded. Ijt^^^i^ digitate or nearly so ^^^'(^'Oi^'

^,.

.-

r/

'yj

adhering to slight lateral 'protuberances or membranous appendages of the keel

Flowering brandies reduced to axillary 3DiL f^^^^^^^^' Pod-ar^ ^^ 2 pairs of flowers below the summit. tipU Vrr

C^^'''"^^^"'^^^"t

usually

J ^veral

lor

2 only

^.

j Racanthocladum.,
,y
,

^^ ^^^'cnics or panicles.

Ovules several, rarely 2 only.

Pod

articles (unless

by abortion) indehisccut, the upper

230

XL. LEGtJMlNOS^.
suture straight or slightly indented, the lower suture indented between the seeds (Sect. Heteroloma).

[pesmodiim,

much

Bracts narrow, persisting

'

the flower expands. Pedicels usually in pairs {Leptostachyd). Leaves all 1-foliolate. Pod-articles small, nearly glabrous . Leaves all (except sometimes the lowest) 3-foliolate. Pod-articles flat, prehensile-pubescent.
at least
till

5.

B. gavgeticm.

Stems rather

rigid, erect or

ascending,

Pruiting-pedicels
6. -D.

reflesed, not longer than the calyx Stems slender, diffuse. Prulting-pedicels slendcr,spreading,

hmchjpodum.

much longer than the

calyx. Plant slightly pubescent.

7. i>. varians.
8, D.fiagellare,

Ovules and pod-articles several Ovules and pod-articles 2 only Stems diffuse or procumbent, rusty-villous.
villous,

rhomboid ovate.

Leaves softly Pedicels slendefj spreading

^,

rather longer than the calyx Pod-articles somewhat turgid, slightly pubescent.

D,

rJigiidophj/Uum.

Leaflets lanceolate, 2 to 3 in. long , 10. . Bracts broad membranous, falling off long before the flower expands. {Sh'obillfera) .

Stem

trailing.

D. campjlocaukn.

Tall and erect.

Leaflets oblong or elliptical, 1 J to 2 in. long. J Fruiting-pcdiccls mostly in pairs, rigid, reflexed, not longer
.

than the calyx

Diffuse and slender. Pedicels mostly solitary, spreading, longer than the calyx. Pod-articles thin, strongly reticulate.
Leaflets narrow-oblong or linear Leaflets broadly obcordate
filiform,

11. -D. nemorosum.

12. B. neurocarpvm.

13. i>. trichostadpjrt,

Pod-articlea scarcely separating, very finely veined, the upper suture thickened (see below, sect. Nlcolsonia). ^
J?

lowers

Bracts of the Strobiiifera, Ovules several. Pod very flat, the upper suture straight, the lower slightly indented and opening more or leas in 2 valves
(Sect.

m terminal racemes or panicles.

Nicolaonia).

Pruiting-pcdiccls short, erect or nearly so in pairs or clusters. Eacemes short, dense, in a short terminal panicle. Hairs short, usually apprcssed 14. Eacemcs elongated. Hairs of the stem and rhachis lokg and

B. polycarjium^

spreading
Fruiting-pcdiccls slender, spreading, solitary" and distant.* Stem loosely diffuse. Leaves not crowded, leaflets oblong.

15. X. trichocaulon*

Hairs long and spreading Stems procumbent, pubescent.- Leaves crowded

16. -D.
;

MueUen.

leaflets small.

Racemes
1*

filiform, fevv-flowcred

17. B.j)arvifohunu

D. umbellattim, DO,
tree, the

Prod, \l 325.

growing into a small

bushy

slirub

occasionally

young shoots

silky.

ovalor Leaflets 3, ovate

or oblong, obtuse or rarely almost acute, glabrous mostly 11 to 2 in. long, primary nearly so above, pale or silky-pubescent prominent underneath, with umbeis vems. Stipules very deciduous. Flowers white, in dense axillary peon a common peduncle, rarely attaining Bracts very deciduous, in.

calyx-tut)e. the Bracteoles persistent, as long as tuDt. Calyx silky, about 2 lines long, the lobes the acute, not longer than aslon^^ Standard broad, twice as long as the calyx keel wings much shorter ; ; almo^^ as the standard, without lateral thickish protuberances. Pod of 3 or 4 reticufleshy articles, each 3 or 4 lines not long and not so much in breadth,

dicels as long as the calyx.

Besmodiiim.]

XL. LEGUMlNOSyE.

231

indeliiscent. i>. aiistrale, DC. Prod. ii. W. and Arn. Prod. 224 (under Desinodium)
late,

326
;

DendrohUum unihllatim, Benth. in PL Jungli. 16; Or;

mocarjium ohlongum, Desv. in

Ann. Soc. Linn. 1825, 307.

Queensland.
lachy, also
the

Baruard Isles, WGUluray ; Port Deuison and Edgecumlbe Bay, I>alin R. Brown's Collection. The species is widely spread over East India and

Archipelago.
2.

D. pulchellum, Benth.

Fl. Ilongk. 83.

villous*

tall

branching perennial

or

underslirub, the branches

pubescent or

Leaflets 3, ovate, obtuse,

margins sometimes slightly sinuate, the terminal one usually 3 to 4 in. long, the lateral ones smaller, till slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous above, softly pubescent underneath. Plovvers small, in dense umbels or heads, sesthe
sile

along the branches of a large terminal leafv panicle, each

umbel almost

enclosed in a 2-foliolate leaf-like or orbicular, | to in. long and

bract at its ba'se, each leaflet broadly ovate very oblique at the base. Pod usually of 3

nearly orbicular small articles, glabrous or nearly so except a few hau-s along the edge, both edges of the pod, especially the"^ lower one, indented betneen the seeds.Dicerma jjulcMlum, DC. Prod. ii. 339- Wight, Ic. t. 418 ;
flat

P^llodiim pulcJiellum, Desv.

N. Australia.
.Pelago,

Benth. in

PI.

Juugh. 217.

R. Brmcn. extending northwards to S. China.

coast,

N.

Widely spread over East India and the Archi-

A rigid undershrub 121. vfith prostrate decumbent or almost erect branches of 1 to 2 or rarely 3 ft., [he young shoots softly pubescent or silky. Leaflets 3, oblone: or on the lower leaves or digitate rigid, narrow-obovate, i to 1 or rarely rather rt long, in.
8.

D. biarticulatum,

F. Muell. Fragm:

ii.

Ii

more searious, brown, Stipules stiff short petiole. or less united a in distant or crowded opposite the leaf. red, Plowers small, long narrow Bracts together. 2 terminal raceme. usually short, Pedicels narrow, acuminate, lobes the long, lines 2 rigid and striate. about Calyx,
nearly so at the

end of a

Pelonger than the tube, the 2 upper ones united nearly to the top. ws twice as long; the not has which keel, the to wings scarcely adhering lateral sesPod ovules. appendages of most Desmodia. 2 only Ovary with sue, flat, silky-pubescent ; articles 2 or rarely 1, nearly orbicular, not 2 hues
fiiameter,

rather

reticulate

and indehisccnt. i)/cma biarticulatum,VO.Vtoii.n.-

339;

Wight, let. 419.

^''^*^alia.

Nieolsoa and Albert Canningkam ; Brunswick coast, A. Bay, N.W. riv^' fs, i. ilueller ; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne. J-.. m Common Bowman. ^^<?''^*"'^B"i'<3ekin river, F. Mueller ; Bowen river, In^' india. longer st.pules with Several of the Australian taller, and specimens are more erect

and hracteoles than the Indian ones, but they do not otherwise PfW'sely hke the Indian form figured by Wight.

bracts

differ,

and others

are-

underglabrous A 122. F. MuelL Fragm, ii. hrub or small the branches, angular shrub, with numerous slender but rigid the mailer ones lanceolate or oblong ending in a fine thorn. Leaflets 3, petiole erannal one common the \ to 1 in. long, the lateral ones smaller, ^Jleafless spmes, axillarj' Stipides small. to Flowering branches reduced ua% shorter than flowers of clusters or 1 or 2 pairs the bearing leaves, and J 4 about lie extremity. Flowers "^^^ Bracts vciy small. Pedicels short. .lines long. adhering strongly Wings Calyx-lobc3 about as long as the tube.

D. acanthocladum,

233
m

-XL.

LEGUMiNosiE.
m

[Desmodiuk

to the lateral protuberances of the keel.

Ovules usually 3- or 4, Pod rarely of more than 2 articles and often only 1, pubescent with clinging hairs, the upper suture straight, the lower deeply and broadly indented, each article 5 to 6 lines long and about 2 broad, tapering to each end, flat and iiidehiscent. W, S. "Wales. Woods on the Clarence river, Beckler. This species, different from all
thorny branchlets, is otherwise more nearly Heieroloma, subsection Podocarpia, than to Dicerma,
its

others of the genus in

allied to the section

Prod, ii. 327. decumbent or erect herb or undershrub, the large-leaved forms attaining 2 or 3 ft., the small ones slender and under I ft., sprinkled with a few hairs. Leaves all 1-foliolate, in the large forms ovate or ovate-lanceolate 3 or 4 in. long, in the smaller ones broadly ovate-cordate or almost orbicular ^ to 1 in. long. Eacernes long and
5.
,

D. gangeticum, DC.

slender, terminal or in the upper axils. Flowers small, the pedicels in pairs, under 2 lines long. Bracts linear-subulate, persistent to the time of flower-

Calyx about 1 line long, the lobes longer than the tube. Petals twice as long. Pod sessile, minutely pubescent, the upper margin slightly, the lower deeply indented ; articles 4 to 6, 1 to 1^ lines long and broad, flat, thin and iudehiscent.W. andArn. Prod.ii. 125.

ing, but falling off soon after.

W. AustraliaQueensland. Brown; :Morcton

The
species
is

Victoria river, F, Mueller.

Northumberland Islands, Bay, C. 'S'///d'r^;.Rockhainpton, BaHachj ; Broad Sound, Bowman, widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago.
Sola/ider
;

Endeavour

tis^v.

Banks and

i^-

brachypodiun

ther rigid, erect or decumbent perennial, of 1 to 2 ft., slightly pubescent, the specimens often assuming a bluish-black tint when diy. ^Leaflets 3 or in tlie lowest leaves solitary, from broadly ovate almost very oval-oblong, orbicular to

obtuse, mostly 1 to 2 in. long, rather stiff and strongly reticulate, the stipellse long. Stipules rather broad, striate, acuminate. small, usually in

Flowers

pairs, the

lower ones distant, in a long terminal rigid raceme. Pedicels veiy short and recurved. Bracts subulate-acuminate, persistent to the tiffie of flowering but falling off soon after. Calyx 1| lines long, the lobes not longer than the tube. stipitate, Petals about twice as long. shortly Pod sessile or pubescent with clinging hairs, the upper indeeply suture slightly the lower dented ; articles 4 to 6, about 2 lines long broad, thin, relicu-

and nearly as

late

and iiidehiscent. Queensland. Burdeliin

'

river,

F.Muelhr; Port

^o^^^f^a^ipton,

i:./,""'"^ hardt.
^'

DaUachj, Bowman^

Curtis, M'Gillivrai/ LeickMueller, Moreton Bay, F.

;

Percy

Wani

Englaud,
7.

Solar*^' ."^*^^ ^oft Jackson f o the Blue Mountains, and Banks iJ. Brown, A ^^^ J. Cunmngham, Woolh, etc. ExjiedUion ; Hunter's River, American Exploring
;

C.

Stuart; head of the Gwydir, Lekhhardl.

Endl. in Ann. TFien. Stock woody i. 185. plant prostrate difluse or ascending slender stems of \ to ft , the whole pubescent or nearly glabrous. sometimes or Leaflets 3, in the lower leaves upall broadly obovate or almost the orbicular or obcordate, | to | in. long, per ones or sometimes nearly all ovate oblong >nIo"1 to or almost linear, | terStipules small, acute. slender Flowers very small, in distant pairs, in mmal racemes. Pedicels filiform, short when in flower, spreading and nearly

D. varians,

Mm.

\yitlj

DesModium.]
jin. long

XL. leguminos^e.
in fruit.

233
'

C.

Calyx-lobes acuminate, as long <ns he tube. Petals rarely 3 lines long. Pod sessile, the upper suture very slightly, the lower deeply indented articles 3 to 6, obliquely ovate, about 2 hnes long and not so broad, flat, indehiscent, clothed with short clinging hws.-mdt/sarum varians, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 71, t. 71. Queensland. Broad Sound and Keppel Bay, R. Brown ; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller,
;

when

Bracts small, persistent.

Stuart.

Jackson, Banks, R. Brown, and others; Hastings river, ' BecHer; ' Ti>?rn?"i ^l^*^^;^ ^,T^ Inerpool Plains, JFool/s ; head ' of the Gwydir, Leichhardt.
F.

IS"*"
Tasmania.

^^'*'^^'^*'^'"-"^'^'^

mountains. Ovens and Delatite

rivers,

Bacchus Marsh,

etc.,

N.

coast, J.

B. Hooker.

mostly Imear.JD^. spartioldes, DC. Prod. ii. 337 (from a , r ' \ Herb. DC). Var. Gumii Leaves all broadly obovate orbicular or obcordate. D. Gunnu, Hook. f. <J'fferences I had formerly observed in the fruit disappear in the fcl'lv ^, iiy npe pod Tim variety is the only one in Tasmania and occurs also in Victoria and
_

\ar.a>iffmtifolia. Leaves specimen formerly seen in

"'/

a.

nales, but these pass frequently into the narrow-leaved form.

8.
as

p. flagellare,
or emarginate,

well

Obovate,
cte

Benth. Stems slender, trailing, hirsute when young as the racemes with soft loose hairs. Leaflets 3, mostly broadly but varying from almost fan-shaped to narrow-obovate, broadly trun-

glabrous above, sprinkled with rather n.? appressed hairs underneath. Kacemea Stipules subulate-acuminate. D?, slender, flexuose. Bracts lanceolate-subulate, persistent long after the Ojver opens. Pedicels mostly solitary, spreading, longer than the calyx.
jaiyx cihate-hirsute,
^etals

to li'ln. long,

about

l" liiie

not seen perfect.

Ovary
flat,

the lobes thiu and rather broad. Pod of 1 or sessile, hirsute, with 2 ovules.
long,

articles,

each about 2 lines long

^^'^"'^te,

and broad, the upper suture

nearly straight,

thin,

tisceT^^
N-^

densely pubescent with clinging hairs, inde-

Beagle Valley, i^. JMV/^r. ^^^ ^ far advanced for a satisfactorv description, but the species appears tobeair'T't'^'^n* "La to n. vanans, notwithstanding thai the ovules and pod-articles are 2 only.
ciimh ^t*

Australia.

^,^y*^^P^yll^ F. Muell. Herb.

*

perennial with long pro-'

or velvety-villous. branches, rusty-tomentose softly LeaflT <? mostly ^^'^^^-fho'^^oifl obtuse, narrow, or rather the upper ones 1 f*i, "1' both sides. Stipules lan' ^^^^^^"^ ^''^'^^ ^^^ on villous ceolnt ^^^^k ""*^' ^^^" reflcxed. Flowers rather small, in disKacemcs long. taut ^^'^^^^^^ slender, rather longer than the calyx. Bracts subulateacum^^'f ^^p' P*^^^'^*^^tlobes longer than the Calyx the about long, lines tube ^'^^^^^ *^^^<^^ ^s upper suture the sessile, ^ong. almost Pod sliolitl tl y ^^'-'^ '"^ long lines 1^ about to intlented ; articles 3 6, '^^^P'y and n nearly as broad, flat, indehiscent, clothed with short clinging hairs.
.

trailing

'

Kookh?^'*.**^^^'
Hacleav

^'atiite rocks
^'"* Jackson,

between Dawson and Burnett

rivers, F.

Mueller; near
Hastings,

n,^^"
'^',f'
^^

R. Brown, Backhouse ; Paramatta, Woolh

but

The

"

""''^'

^^'^'^^^'

^(lindumeuT

'^'^'^

^-

''?-

much larger and

coarser, with a different fohage

O. campylocaulon,

F. Muell. Herb.

Stem

diffuse or trailing,

'

iZi

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

[I)cSmodiuV{

.elongated, ratliev stoiit, slightly pubescent.

Leaflets 3^ lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 2 to 3 in. long, glabrous or nearly so, strongly veined underneath, the
stipellee

very conspicuous. Stipules striate, thin. Eaceraes mostly leaf-opposed, pedunculate. Flowers numerous. Pedicels solitai'y or in pairs, slender but short. Bracts narrow, usually persistent. Calyx nearly l^ hnes Pod sessile, puIons:, the lobes Ioniser than the tube. Petals twice as lona:. bescent when young with short clinging hairs, the upper suture contmuous, "tlie lower indented ; articles 3 to 6, about l-J lines long and broad, membranous turgid or almost inflated when ripe, slightly reticulate, indehiscent,

N. Australia.
^

Fertile plains, Start's Creek,

F. Mueller,

11.

D. uemorosuxn^

F.

MuelL Herb.

Stems apparently

tall,

erect,

w^oody at the base, clothed as well as the under side of the leaves with soft silky appressed hairs. Leaflets 3 or solitary in the lowest leaves, oblongelliptical, very obtuse, \\ to 2| in. long or the lateral ones smaller, glabrous above. Stipules rather long, striate. Eacemcs terminal. Bracts broad,

membranous, acuminate,

long before the flow^ering. Flowers solitary or in pairs; pedicels very short, rigid, recurved after flowering and not ralobes exceeding the calyx when in fruit. the long, Calyx nearly 2 lines ther broad, acute. Petals nearly twice as long, the lateral appendages of the keel very prominent. Pod sessile, the upper suture continuous, the lower rather deeply and broadly indented ; articles few, flat, 3 to 4 lines long and^ about half as broad, indehiscent, pubescent with short clinging hairs.
falling
ott'

Brisbane river, F. Mueller; Pine river, Flizalan, also in LeichJiardt^ the but collection. The foliage and liabit ai'e nearly those of the E. ludiaa B. concinmm, pod and flowers are very different.

Queensland.

12.

D, neurocarpum,

i?e;^/7^.

Stems

with spreading hairs. Leaflets 3 or the lowef ones lanStipules very obtuse, sometimes 1^ to 2 iu. long, but often under \ in. racemes; ceolate, subulate, quite free. filiform Flowers small, few, in long long off pedicels solitary, filiform, distant. Bracts small, lanceolate, falling rather acute, before the flowers expand. Calyx about 1 line long lobes louer the longer than the tube. Pod sessile, the upper suture veiy slightly, one more deeply sinuate; articles 2 to 4, as broad as long, flat, indebsceni,
;
_

villous loosely slender, diffuse, narrow-ohloiiSi solitary,

strongly reticulate, sprinkled with a few hairs.

Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. those of B. Muelleri, with a very different i)od.
'.

and inflorescence The

ha^^^
,

^
j^|]

N.

Var. gracile.
coast,

Slender and apparently annual.

Leaflets linear,

riowers and pod

Brown,
prostrate, filiform, ^^^\^' or 3, very broadly obcordate, 2 to 4 lines or rarely a
BerdJi.

13. brous.
.long,

D. trichostacliyTim,
Leaflets
1

Stems

'

and sometimes broader than long. Stipules subiilate-acumiTia Flowers very small, distant, in filiform terminal simple or branclied ^'^^ff' pedicels all solitary and filiform. Bracts mcmbranousjanceolate, falling o"

the " to before the flowers open. Calyx about \ line long, divided nearly ^ lo^^^^ tlie into narrow acute lobes. straight, Pod sessile, the upper suture tlun, o rather deeply indented long, articles 3 or 4, small, as broad as
;

.brous, sU-ongly reticulate.

Desmodium.]

XL. LEGUAllXOS^.

235

Australia. Islands of tlie Gulf of Carpentaria, R.Brown; Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller; fQxt^&smgton, Armstrong. Queensland. Endeavour river, Ba7iks and Solander E. coast, A. Cunningham. ;
14.

D. polycarpum, DC.

Trod.

ii.

334.

cending perennial or undershrub, 1 to 2 or 3 ft. less pubescent with short appressed or scarcely spreading hairs. Leatiets 3, the terminal one obovate or elliptical, \\ to 2 in. long, the lateral ones usually smaller. Stipules striate, acuminate. Eaceraes terminal, dense, 1 to near 3 m. long, often several together forming a short panicle. Bracts broad lanceolate, imbricate at first, but falling off before the flowers expand. Flowers

decumbent or ashigh or rarely more, more or

erect

An

crowded, 3 to 4 lines long. Pods crowded, erect, hairy or glabrous, about to f in. long, the upper suture continuous, the lower indented ; articles about 4 to 6, flat, usually opening at the lower edge when ripe. W. and
jj

purple,^

Arn. Prod.

227

Wight,
^'""^y
.-

Ic.

t.

406.

^'^*^ Sound, and Northumberland Island, R. Brown Pr?M^*''^^u-n'*" loudciice Hill, F. Mueller Rockhamptou, T/iozet. Extends over the whole of E. India, ine Archipelago, and the Pacific Islands. To the numerous svnonvms adduced by Wight and Araott must probably be added Hedysarum tuherculomm. Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled.
'-'^P^'

335. Very nearly allied to B. poycarpum, with a similar foliage and tiie erect pods the same, but the stems generally decumbent, more slender, and clothed as in D. Muelleri with ,1^^ o"g soft spreading hairs, and the racemes much looser and slender.
ii.

15.

D. trichocaulon, DC. Prod.

BiiSm^^'^*^*^*^"
"*

^"^''^
^'"^^'^'

river,
*'^'^

Moretou Bay, F. Mueller, Leichhardt,

C. Stuart.

Not
al-

ditferences appear to be constant, above-mentioned thoiir>-!,"f'^ "oQ It may possibly prove to be a \ariety only of D. polycarpum.

"^'^'^

Kauious or loosely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, softly hairy, ^cemes terminal, slender; pedicels distant, solitary, filiform, spreading. ^''^"^^o^''te, acuminate, imbricate at first, but falling off long bfSI" ti "''a "9^^'cr expands. Calyx nearly 1 line long, the subulate-acuminate loh suture t'lan upper ,7^g'^^ the the broad, tube. rather 11Pod sessile,
'
I

Steins branching at the base, apparently ascpn r' nuing or erect, clothed as well as the racemes with long soft spreading hairs, ne joung shoots almost silky. oblong, obtuse, ^ to 1^- in. long, Leaflets
Bentli.
3.

^* ^^^^",

seS
witl

]^rl lower sut ure

thickened, the lower very slightly indented between the '^^^^""^"^^ 4 to 6, as broad as long, tmncate at both ends, thin and flat, at the ^''ansverse sometimes opening veins, apparently separating but .
^lig^itly

when

ripe.

Oue^

^*'*!j*

^PP^*" Vi^'toria river, F. Mueller.

wen

river,

Bowman.

form

difmuch-branched very ii. 334. fui; *e or prostrate slender hairs, silky few a with annual or perennial, sprinkled or obovate ^'"'''1 ""^^ solitary, rarely or 3 crowded ; leaflets ^Tf"^ pecommon filiform short ^^- loS or rarely more, on a tiole Q^r f^"'"^^ short filiP"'^^ acuminate, brown and scarious. Flowers small,

Parvifolium, DQ. Prod.

obW
filifnr

J''^'^-'"^^'

flowpr
^

solitary, pedicels branches terminating short lateral ^'^^'^ts membranous, acuminate, falling off long before the """l^' expands and seldom aculobes the long, lines seen. Calyx about 1 \

^^^''^ly

,-

236
tninate,

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

[Desmodium.

longer tlian the tube, the S upper ones only shortly united. Pod sessile, glabrous or minutely puPetals scarcely exceeding, the calyx. bescent, the upper suture straight or slightly indented, and often njore or less dilated, the lower more deeply indented ; articles 2 to 4, thin, flat, with veiy fine transverse reticulations, scarcely separating from each other aud sometimes perhaps opening on the lower edge.
Ariihem N. Bay, E. Brown, Queensland. Moreton Bay, F. Mueller ; Archer's Station, Lelchhardt, The species is common in India, extending over the Archipelago and into S. China. Thia and B Muelleri seem to connect the section Sagotia^ founded on the common tropical J), irifiorum^ DC, with B. hichostachyon and B.neurocarpmn^ which I have referred doubtThey all come fully to Heteroloma^ although they have the solitary pedicels of Sayotia.
very near
in habit to
less

much

N. Australia.

some of the looser-flowered species of the

section Nicohonia, but

the

pod

is

much

disposed to open on the lower edge.

45.

PYCNOSPOEA,

R. Br.

Calyx 2 upper lobes united into one. Standard nearly orbicular, narrowed at the base ; wings adhering to the keel ; keel obtuse, with small lateral appendages. Upper stamen free or at fii'st united with the others, anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, with several ovules. Style subulate, with a terminal
stigma.

Pod oblong,

turgid,

2-valved, transversely veined.

Seeds

several,

not strophiolate. An undershrub, with the habit of Demodium. "Leaves terminal in pinnately 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate, with stipelfe. small, Flowers

racemes or panicles. The geuus consists of a

It is very nearly allied to

single species, extending over the Indian

Cliiua, S. to Archipelago

would technically
other tribe.

Besmodiam, escept in the pod (nearly that of Crotalam),'^'^^^^^^ iQ auy affinities remove it from Uedf/mreie, hut it has no immediate
Stoclc per-

Prod. 197. ennial, with several decumbent or ascending branched stems, 1 to 3 ft. lon^ """^ pubescent or hairy. Leav "'eaves nearly those of jD^swio^iww cow'"'*' J. W'scarcely i ohovate or obovate-obloiig, the terminal one in some specimens
1.

P. hedysaroides,
' '

U. Br. in

W. and Am.

in others above

in.

long, the lateral one usually

sometimes or smaller

wanting. Sti])ules striate, subulate-acuminate, frequeiitly deciduous. ilo"^_ ' about 2 lines long, purjjlish, in terminal slender racemes of 2 to 3 ui., or pa' m casionally longer and branching into panicles short, pedicels ; be long Bracts rather broad, acuminate, membranous, striate, fulling off the flower expands. Pod 3 to 4 lines long, very turgid, slightly V^^^^^\{ sm to the valves thin, with very fine transverse reticulations. , Seeds 6
.

reniform. P. nervosa, W. and Am. Prod. 197. Australia Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown
Eockhatiipton,

;..

Arniem's Island, Copelaiid

;

t jj an ,

A.Cunninffham; Port Essington, ^?-w*<ro/;^, Quceasland. Broad Sound, R. Brown, Bowman

T/io;:et, DallacJii/.

Dunk

Island,

i,f,rHknV! 0""

46.

UEAEIA,

Dcsv.
^^^^
'g^

(lo\|e ones Calyx-lobes sulnilate-acuminate, spreading, the 2 upper o^JO^^'^' the resupination of the flower) shorter. or orbicular Standard

towed

into the claw;

wings adhering to the obtuse

keel.

Upper

stc

>

VrariaJ]

XL.

leguminos^.
*

237

others united; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile ot nearly so, with 2 or more ovules style filiform with a capitate terminal stigma. Pod nearly
free, tlie
;

contracted between the seeds ; articles ovate, folded l)ack upon each other within the calyx, Herbs or iiudershriibs. Leaves pinnate of 3, rarely 5 or 7 leaflets, or sometimes of a single terminal leaflet, usually prominently reticulate, with stipelte. Stipules free, acuminate, striate. Flowers purplish
sessile,

terminal racemes either slender and elongated or dense and ^ike-hke, the pedicels in pairs, inflexed at the top so as to reverse the flowers,
Bracts usually broad,

or yellowish, in

acuminate

bracteoles none.

An

Asiatic

of tropical

and African tro])ical genus, with one or two species naturalized in some parts America. Of the Australian species, two are common Asiatic ones, the third ap-

pears to be eoJcuiic.

Upper leaves of 3 or 5 long narrow leaflets. Eaccrae loiig aii'J slender. Pod of 3 to 6 articles Leaves mostly of 3 oblong leaflets. Raceme cylindrical dense and

I.

U.

pida.
cylindracea.
lagopoides.

Bracts persistent i^aves mostly of 1 very broad leaflet. Raceme oblong dense and spikelike. Pod of 2 articles. Bracts deciduous
1-

spike-like.

Pod

of 2 articles.

2.

?7.

3.

An uridershriib with ascending 324. or erect stems Lower leaves oc-_ of 1 to 3 ft., loosely pubescent or villous. casionally of 1 ovate leaflet, tlie others of 3, 5, or rarely 7 leaflets, from ovatelaneealate to narrow oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 4 or even 5 in. long, obtuse or almost acute, glabrous or scabrous-pubescent, the Asiatic specimens often vanegated with white along often slender, and long Eacemes the midrib. attaining 6 to 8 in. in fruit. Bracts ovate, falling off long before the flower e.\:pands. Pedicels short, rather plumose, setaceous, Calyx-lobes hispid-villous. above 1 line long, Petals more than twice as the upper ones rather shorter.
Besv.
;
ii.

U. picta,

DC Trod.

'0"g-

Pod of

3 to 6 small glabrous articles. Wight, Tc.

t.

411.
;

Queensland.

Broad Sound, R. Brown ; Rockhampton, Thozet, Dallachy

tropical Asia

Bowen
1 only,

0,1. ll^iU^^n^"*": es. Ihe Australian specimens have or often and 3 green, all nsnally leaflets the "t in some the leaves are\early air 5-foirolate, as in the Asiatic ones.

" 'ucijf spreau over X'^'^^ *I"'ca<l oVer

and anu

into the ^Vest "'i-'""''^-" --" and introduced Africa uiiu iiiritu

"-

2.

loosely pubescent or ovate-oblong, obtuse,

?ense,_but

n>g stems,

U. cylindracea, BentK

ascendor decumbent with An undershrub rarely 1, very or 3 Leaflets rusty- villous.

to 3 in. long, the lateral

the terminal one usually l\ ones smaller, slightly scabrous above, softly pubescent underneath.

in U. lagopoides, a f'-uit rather Pedicels Bracts broadly ovate, softly villous, persistent. jnger than the lagojwides, but U. in as calyx. Calyx-lobes subulate-plumose Je upper ones

more elongated than

Racemes when m. attaining 3 often

much

shorter.

strongly

Pod

of 2

thm, pericarp the articles,

but

reticulate.
Islands of the
;

'^''***'aV PQ?

N.

coast, B.

Brown ;

tapper Victoria river, F. 3fuel/er

tssington,

Armstrong

""^^ -^o"aa ; \V^f*.^ Wuh the inflorescence and habit of U. iagopus, ""ti-alia, this species has the 2-ovulate ovary and

Sweers Island, Ilenne. Port Denison, FUzalan.

fnn,1 in found been yet DC. which has not the^od of U. lagopoides.
^

t,

U. lagopoides, DC. Prod. creepu,g,

-3.

^osely

shortly or woody and short ii. 324. Stock or pubescent ft., ^fth procumbent or ascending stems of i to orbifrom one termmal villous. Leaflets solitary 3, the single or

238
m

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Uram

cular-reniform to LrOadly cordate-ovate, always veiy obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, slightly scabrous or loosely pubescent, the lateral ones, when present, smaller. Stipules subulate-acuminate. Eaceines contracted into a very dense oblong

obtuse hirsute spike, of 1 to 2 in.', nearly sessile above the last leaves. Eracts broadly ovate, acuminate, usually very deciduous, except sometimes at tlie base of the spike. Pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx lower-lobes (turned upwards by the inflexion of the pedicel) subulate-plumose, 2 to 3 Imes long, the upper ones much shorter with a broad base. Petals not much longer than the calyx, on slender claw^s. Ovules 2. of 2 ovate, some-

Pod

what
M

turgid, reticidate articles, each about

1^

lines long, glabrous or rarely

pubescent.

Queensland.
J/iozei.
m

Brisbane river, Widely dispersed over E. ludia aud the Archipelago.

JR,

Broad Somi,

Brown;

i?.

3Iueller ; HocUimjiion,

47.

LOUREA, Neck.
w

Calyx broadly canipanulate, enlarged after flowering, the lobes broad and Lial. Standard obovate or obcordate, narrowed into the claw wings adherirg to the obtuse keel. Upper stamen free, the others united anthers j-emforra. Ovary with 2 or more ovules style subulate, with a capitate
;

stigma.

Pod

stipitate or nearly sessile, contracted

between the seeds

arti-

cles ovate, folded

back upon each other within the calyx. Herbs. Leaflets 1 or 3 often broader than long, with stipellse ; stlpales free. Flowers in

terminal racemes, the pedicels usually in pairs.

Bracts very deciduous.

Australia.

genus of 3 or 4 species, natives of tropical Asia, one of wliich extends into

1.

L. obcordata,

Besv.;

DC. Prod.

ii.

324.

Stems

slender, prostrate,

usually shortly haiiy, 1 to one 2 ft. long. terminal the Leaflets usually 3, broadly obovate orbicular or reniform, i to 1 in. broad, rather rigid and strong y reticulate in the Australian specimens, less so in most Asiatic ones, spnnkled with a few small hairs, the lateral ones smaller, ovate or ohovate,

llaccmes slender, either simple and 2 to 6 in. long, or shorter and paniculate. i* lowers small, shortly and long pedicellate. line Calyx at first not above 1 hairy, but after flowering attaining 3 lines and completely enclosing the fruit1 od usually of 2 articles, each of about li lines long, much reticulate.L. remformis, DC. Prod. ii. 324.
^' t'^^*5*l**A Archtpelago to S. Cliina.
'^PP=r Victoria river,
J^.

Mueller.

The

Extends species ^

Indian the over

48.
^

ALYSICAEPUS,
stifle

Neck.
often united

Calyx deeply
one.

mto

hering to renitorm. ; a capitate stigma. Pod erect, straight, nearly terete, or somewhat flattened or but thick, narrowed between globular, the seeds or equal ; articles ovate, truncate at both ends, hnirvloosely indehiscent. Herbs either glabrous or Leaves of a single leaflet (or very rarely in species not Australian, S-fohoW, tue With stipella;. opposite Stipules dry, striate, acuminate, free, or united
;

two uppermost Standard obovate or orbicular, narrowed into the claw ; ^mgs adnuthew the obtuse keel. united Upper stamen free, the others Ovary sessile or nearly so, with several ovules style filiform, w'tj
dry, the

cleft,

the lobes

and

Alysicarjpus.l

XL.

leguminos^.

239
tlie

leaf.

cels

Flowers small, in slenJer terminal or rarely axillary racemes, usually in pairs. Bracts scai'ious.
^"s

pedi-

generally spread over tropical Asia arid Africa, one species having also csta^f^^^^ IV 1. Dlished itself in some parts of America. The three Australian species are all coinraoa
Indian ones."

Calrx g^all, with very narrow lobes. Pod sevei^l times lonp;er, not contracted, but with slightly raised transverse lines between the
^^^^^

talyx with narrow-lanceolate striate lobes, not overlapping. Pod about twice as long, scarcely contracted between the seeds, the articles

I.

A. vaginalis.

and irregularly wrinkled Z, A, longifolius., tai)'s with lanceolate, rigid, not striate lobes overlapping each other, rod shortly exserted, much contracted between the seeds, articles deeply marked with transverse wrinkles 3. ^. rugosus. The common Indian A, monillfer, DC, with smooth globular bead-like articles to the pod, may very likely be found also in tropical Australia.
1.

slightly

A, vaginalis, BG. Prod

ii.

353.

perennial,

tufted or

much

^ranched at the base, the stems decumbent or ascending, from a few inches to above a foot long, Leaves on short slender glabrous or slightly pubescent. petioles, the lower ones cordate-orbicular or oval, not \ in. long, the upper
<'nes tro'm

pDtuse.

oval-oblong to lanceolate-linear, aud often 1 in. long or more, all Eacemes slender, terminal or at length leaf-opposed pedicels short,
;

the long, lines 2 about Calyx Flowers very small Jobes very narrow," ending in a subulate almost hair-like point, the 2 upper ones less united than in most species. Petals scarcely exceeding the calyx, j-od often I iu. long or ratlibr more, slightly compressed, obscurely wrinkled, ine separation of the articles marked by transverse raised lines, without any nummtda^l" ^^\^}y ^^^ith a slight contraction.IV. and Arn. Prod. 233 ; A,
ricrfohus,

in rather distant pairs.

DC. Prod.

ii.

353

W.

and Arn. Prod. 232.

.Y^^^'^la^id. Burdekin river and Broad Sound, Bowman. the Arciiipelago, and introduced into other pai-ts of the world.
2.

Common

in

E. India aud

except glabrous, Nearly Prod. 233. erect, 1-aceme, which Stems hairs. is more or less clothed with soft ^at licr linear-Iauceolate, slender, but rigid, Leaves attaining 2 ft. or more. ^cute 2 to 4 in. long, or the lower ones shorter broader and more obtuse.
pediterminal slender, ; Eacemes loijgcr than the petioles. Ianlobes 1" pairs, shorter the long, '^\ than the calyx. Calyx about 3 lines ones upper 2'ate-subulate, striate, the 2 scared/ overlapping each other, abou Jlmost completely Pod others. the than

A. longifolius, W, and Am.

7?^^^ usnally

in

t.

251

united into one rather broaddr without long, buj. seeds the compressed, not at all contracted between Ic. ight, wrinkled.-\\ ''''"'^ ^'^^' fi"c^ slightly and irregularly

W. Australia.
cnmi cjmbent

Arnhcm N. Bay,
Prod.

R. Brown.
ii.

peninsula. Indian E. iLe Also in

and low sometimes ascending or erect stems, attaining 1 to 2 ft., but the petiole, Jbot pubescent or short a loosely hmrx. Leaves articulate on linenr^ 1 to or lanceolate ones ^^'"^' upper the to long, 1 in. i 3 in r^'' inHacemcs in the Australian form rather long, softly hairy. Bract3

^: '^Sosus, DC.

353.

An

annual

prowith biennial, or


240
XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

{Jlpicarpm.

ovate-lanceolate, striate, but falling off as in the other species long before the

flower expands.

Calyx about 3^
dry
stiff

Pedicels in distant pairs, much shorter than the calyx. lines long, divided almost to the base into 4 lanceolate acute

lobes, overlapping each other

sliglitly

on the edges and not

striate, the upper

tlie

one (formed of 2 united)

calj^x or rather shorter.

notched.

Petals scarcely exceeding

Pod

scarcely exceeding the calyx, contracted betitan

tween the

seeds, into 3, 4

or rarely 5 articles, as broad as or broader

long, strongly marked with transverse wrinkles. Hedysarum rvgosmi,W\\\ii. Sp. PL iii. 1172; J, cylindricas, Desv. in Ann. Linn. Soc. Par. 1825, 301, as quoted by him in Ann. Sc. Nat. ix. 417.

N. Australia-

Upper Victoria

river

and Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller,

Africa,

much, sometimes low and diffuse, with almost all the leaves obovate or broadly oblong, sometimes tall and almost erect, with nearly all the leaves lanceolate or linear. It includes A. styracifolia, AV. and Arn. Prod. 234, with short dense very hairy racemes and A, WaUichii^ W. and Arn. I.e., where
it

Queensland, Bowen river, Bowman. The species is common in tropical Asia and

varies

with elongated nearly glabrous racemes. The Austriilian specimens have the habit of the latter with the hairs nearly of the former. De Candolle'a specimen o^ A. stijracifoUa'n nearer to A. WalHcMi^'W, and Arn. The original Hedysarum siyraclfoUum, Linn., is very properly referred by W. and Arn. to a \^x^ difTcrent plant, Lesmodium retroflexim, DC, which is surely a true Besntodium (sect. Nicohonia)^ not an Uraria. Ahjsicarjnts Hej/ne' am(s, W. and Arn, 1. c, must probably be considered as another form of A. nigostis.

49.

LESPEDEZA,

Mich,
F

Calyx-lobes or teeth nearly equal or the 2 upper ones shortly united. Standard orbicular, obovate or oblong, nan'owed into a claw, or rarely obtuse or at the base ; wings free free stamen keel o!)tuse or rostrate. Upper
;

stipitate, farely united with the others ; anthers reniform. or sessile Ovary with a single ovule ; style filiform, with a small terminal stigma. Pod ovate or orbicular, flat, reticulate, indebiscent. Herbs undershrubs or shrubs.

Leaves pinnately
pellse.

3-foIiolate or rarely 1-foliolate; leaflets entire, without

sti-

pmk purple Stipules free, usually small or very deciduous. Flowers or white, in axillary clusters or, in species"^ not Australian, in axillary racemes
or terminal panicles.
spread over North mou )Uhtaius of E. India and the Archipelago. the other endemic.
is

The genus

and Asia, eastern America, temperate, especially

the

Of
1

the two Australian species, one

is Asiatic,

Hoary.puhescent or nearly glabrous.

bicular

Calyx

1 lines lone.

Pod

small, or1.

* c^^^^^^'
,

Densely and

softly velvety-tomentose or wooliy.

Calyx

'lines long.

Pod

rather longer, obliquely semi-ovate

^

2. X. l^^^^^'

Eootstoct Gen. SysL ii. 307. woody; steins several, decumbent ascending or erect, stiff and hut littie or branched, usually 1 to 2, but sometimes 3 or 4 ft. long, hoary-pubescent at length glabrous. Leaves usually crowded, the leaflets linear-cuneate, mostly under \ in., but occasionally | or even 1 in. long, hoary or sil^ underneath, the common petiole 1 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Stipu^^ small, subulate. Flowers pink-purple, in dense axillary clusters ^^^^f^ the upper axils nearly all complete, about 3 lines long, those of the lo^
;

1.

L. cuneata,

G. Bon,

thick an^

II

^^P^^'^^^-l

XL.

LEGUMINOS^,

241
Calyx l\ lines long, the upp^r ones united to the K^^l ^"^^^d, obtuse. Pod

""^ ^t^*^"^'^P^'-^^^^ 'P'^f ?' iXwo-^r^'^ ^""Ser than the tube, the 2 Sip^ T^''
s^

.pST T

V7

,''^"^f^"^"*^'

^"^^-

cou^tjfzSj,"'
Victoria.

^^''''^'

^^"^ ^"glaiid.

<^-

-^^"^^^y

Macleaj

river,

BecHer ; Argyle

Ovens, King, and Broken rivers, F. Slueller.

^'^.,

^PPaJ'ently shrubby, the branches leaves and calLhpn!^^*^.i^f cai} xes densely clothed with a soft white nr hrnwm'^l, v^K-.f. ..tf.. T.,...

in
tliP

.pS
'!^

-11

'^^^P"^^^ and '^ clusters.

In

caL
^hVlifl
niH,!
'

'^n^ar-subulate,
f

.^""^^^^

onisiAe
obtuse.

Flowers ci-owdcd, Calyx about 4 lines loni?, the tube very short, soft, shortly plumose. -Petals shorter than the standard orbicular, obtuse at the base ; keel

Vacts

softly linear-subulate.

^"IS^^^d,
1

Upper stamen

united with the others to the

^'^^^^^^^^j fliit, obliquely semiovate, about 5 lines long, at tliB ' the end, softly ^ ^ torn entose. S. Australia.

narrowed

Mount

Strzelecki,

WDouall

Stuart.

,.^'^^^^'Jsuailvp
Ppflnn.i Peduncles

Herbs.
or
iii

"^

'" ^

^^^^''^"^^

Leaves abruptly pinnate, the common petiole a fine point. Flowers and fruit of Phaseolece.
in Australia, unless the anomalous genus AhruSy

or racemes axillary.
^^^^^
"J^i ^
^^'^'"o^'^'^^is

^liich T
in

havp^*^

many respe^r^^
V^^'

species of

^^^^ed
\
-

colon/^^

^^^ ^"^ ^^ Phaseoleo', be referred to 7znV^, with which it is ^^^^^^^*^'^' ^ only give here the tiibual characters because some European established themselves iu wastp and cultivated places in some of the
^^^^^^^ ^^

not bearded longion Ik' ^*^*^ ^^ "^ Laihyrns, but has usually a tuft of hairs at the top on the outside or all r ^^T^ ^^"^^^^ the stigma. Two s])ecies have been sent as naturalizeJ, especiaiJy atout AcIcImM -""l. Australia, V, sativa, Linn., var. Begetalis, Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 3G1, an annual or K-'" ^"f^ ^\?"^*'^ f-OTn '^"^ a ^^^^^ in. to 1 ^^' or 2 {%, hiffh with about 4 to 7 pairs of leaflets. ^^'I sesMlp n. '^- ^*^ ^ few ^^- ^^^^
tndinallv
is

S^^^is

characterized chieflv by the style which

is

sessile

11

'

h^^ Ptdnnp? 17 "Cics,

^"*=fJ

slender

^ solitary purple flowers and V, hirsufa, Koch {Ervum hir^utum, Linu.), a ^^^^^'^^ ^ith very small pale-blue Ifowcrs, 2 or 3 together on slender axil^
;

the pod short

and 2-seeded.

erect

or

y ^^ the base, yery rarely trees. Leaves piimately 3-folioIate ^/^^"^^^ rarely digitate or very ^stipellae, 7-foliolate, with without St' all but or base, the least at stamen at usually free, ^lie ^PP^*" base ^^A^ i ^^'^ unifonn or alternately smaller rarely very nearly ^^ so, or p
^f l-foj]

si 1^7^

^^^^^ole^, Herbs Tj

usually

twining or prostrate,

rarely

"

^aiitino.

fleshy.

^'

^^

^^^*

articulate,

2-valved.

Cotyledons usually thick and

natural one but very difficult to define, as it passes gradually through a few f^^eptional^J^j^ ^Q^wn ])y theirT"*^^ species into several others. The great majority of species are at once tf'^inau '^^*^ ^^^^ pinnntely 3-foliolate stipellate leaves, and among Ausspecies t^^"'"^ ^^^ ^'*^^^ ^^"^ exceptions. Where there are 5 or 7 leaflets the stipcUaj m ^^^ twining h^^th the distinguish them from Galeyea. Erytkrinas are arborescent but foliaffo Vp^*'^^^ ^^(i^eolece. Some species of Aiylosia, 'Rhynchoua, and Flmlngia aix Vol.
^

kT^

=^

242
erect or shrubby,

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
and
tlie latter

genus bas digitate leaflets, but these have all the habit of Genistea rather than of Galegea, and are distinguished from the former by their upper stamen free. Pycnosjiora, placed in Hedysareis, has the technical characters almost of FhaseoIeiSj but is too evidently allied to Desmodium to be removed far from it. AhruSy with its numerous leaflets, is a still further departure from the normal characters of PhaseoIecBj but is placed at the end of the tribe as closing the series of more or less herbaceous
Papilionaccse.

50.

CLITORIA,

Linn.

(Neurocarpum, Desv.)

Calyx tubular, the 2 upper lobes slightly connate, the lowest narrow^. Standard large, erect, open, narrowed at the base without auricles; wmgs shorter, spreading, adhering to the keel in the middle ; keel shorter, incurved, acute. Upper stamen free or more or less united with the others anthers uniform. Ovaiy stipitate, with several ovules, style elongated incurved, move or less dilated upwards and bearded longitudinally on the inner side. Pod linear, flattened, the upper or both sutures thickened, the sides flat or convex, occasionally bearing a raised longitudinal rib. Seeds globose or flattened, without any strophiole.^ Herbs or shrubs, short and erect or with long twining branches. Leaves pinnate with 3 or several leaflets, or occasionally only 1, or solitary usually stipellate. large, Flowers Stipules persistent, striate. Bracts stipuleclustered in the axils, or in pairs crowded in* short racemes. like, persistent, the lower ones in pairs, the upper ones united into one.
;

Bracteoles like the bracts or larger, persistent.

considerable Amencan genus, with a few African and wnH Temaiea, Australian one is endemic, its nearest affinities being S. American. The C. pinnate leaves, the most common Asiatic and African one, very generally cidtivated tor orlarge its by nament, has not yet been found in Australia. The genus is readily distinguished

Asiatic tropical species.

Ine

tubular calyx.
1.

C. australis,
ft.

Benth.

Stems herbaceous but hard,

to 2

high, scarcely branched, pubescent with appressed silky lets 1 or 3, ovate, obtuse, rarely shortly acuminate, \\ to 2^ in. long, g

1 flexuose, erect, Leathairs.

abroiij

aiu smaller above, silky-pubescent underneath, the lateral ones when present Pcanucles at a distance from the terminal one. Stipules broadly lanceolate. aeary flowers axillary, very short, bearing a cluster of 2 or 3 pairs of white

Bracts narrow, acuminate. Calyx about i acuminate and acute, about as lonj:: as the tube.* Standard nearly la Winers Pod not seen.
in. long.

1^

lo long,^the in.

i"- ^^^^'

Aruheni S. iJay, U. Brown {Herb, i2. Br). adopt Brown's MS. name which is now preoccupied in the genus.

Wr.

Australia.

I have

been unable

51.

GLYCINE,

Linn.

(Leptolobium, altered to Leptocyamus, Benth.)

Calyx 2 upper lobes united in a 2-toothed or 2-lobed upper lip. ^^^I|^jjL si^ narrow, nearly orbicular, without inllexed auricles at the base; wings ^J adhering to the keel; keel obtuse, shorter than the wings. ^PP^^^t g-ge; lengtn at at first united with the others in a closed tube, often becoming

anthers uniform,

Ovaiy nearly

sessile,

with several ovules;

curved, with a terminal linal stigma.

Pod

with 2-valvcd, linear or falcate,

^3^'^.f^^^ithy

Glycine.l

XL. LEGiJMiNoa.f:,

243
strai.>-ht

substance
or rarely

or prostrate heils jvith a perennial often thick or woody rootstock and usually pubescent or villous Leaflets 3, or rarely 5 or 7, in opposite pairs, entire or rarely sinuately ^-Jobed stipitate. Flowers usually very small, in axillary racemes, singly scattered along the rhachis, the lower ones often solitary or clustered in the axus without a common peduncle, and sometimes without or almost without Jiracts small, setaceous bractcoles narrow or minute, usually per;
f

between the seeds, the base of the style forming a very short hooked point. Seeds not strophiolate. Twining

seed after its separation JJe

ei-Uimal leaflets sessile

comprising Soja, DC, and Joknia, Wight aud Arn., neither extends over tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. The Australian &mT\\ "^ ^ ^^^*'^" ^^/'?'<?ry^^??/^/difFeriDg fj-om the others only in the flowers b Clllg iatin t f iiDct troin each other, not clustered along the rhachis of the raceme. Two of these spe*^ ^^^ Indian Archipelauio, the remaining four are endemic, some of them nerhi ^ T^^ '^^^^^ ^^ varieties of (?. clandestina or G. tahacina. They have by some beca mchid d ^^J^^^^^^^!/(^> and supposed to have the strophiole of that genus. I have, however, never f ^^^^ strophiole, although the funicle, as in many other Phaseolea, expands ?-^ into atv" membrane covering the hilum, fraarmeuls of which may remain attached to "i/^^V^e flio . J
limited,
'

The genus as

now

from the

funicle.

equaUy petiolulate.
tenis

between the 2 others or the 3 very shortly and ^

Stp
^

Tx lobes

leaflets 1 to 2 in. lob^, very hirsute. ^P^^ calyx-lobes free from the middle / ^'^<^er, twining. Pod linear, nearly straight.
free

short

Pods

falcate, 1.

G.falcata,

from the middle

...

...

Upper

calyi. .

2.

G,clandedlna.
G. Latrobeana,

orbicular or obovate. linear, nearly Pod stra- hf^'^'TT^^''^^*^ calyx-lobes united nearly to the top , ^W^^ . . . Terniin- 1 fl ^^^^^'^^^ t some distance from the lateral ones. PuLp iv^^ ^'^^^^^^ glabrous. Leaflets of the lowest leaves shorr H r^^^ ^^'^ad, of the upper ones ovate-laneolate, lanceolate or ? ft?., f
1

3.

Silkv

'

appi-cssed pubescence. Leaflets linear acute SoftlvH i lomentose or villous. Leaflets ovate or oblong, all obtuse
.

r' ^ ^^^^^

. .

4. 5. 6.

G. fahacin^t.
tf.

sericea.

G. lomenlosa.

decumbent or pertan^^^ ^"''^^*^ ^'i^b reflexed hairs. Leaflets 3, the centnil one sessile betwothers, all lanceolate or oblong, ] to 2 in. long, villous, on a long hirsuf" petiole. Stipules striate, larger than in the other species. Plowr "^^il'^'^" I'^cemose, on long hirsute erect peduncles. Pedicels very short, Cai,._''V?"
Benth. f^^^^^^i
i'

Stems

in our specimens short,

the 2
in th

'^^'^^^^o"s,

"^^r

2 to 2i lines long, the lobes nearly as long as the tube, "^^ united to about the middle. Standard rather narrower than
^'^^ reflexed, veiy^ hirsute, falcate,

ana fuir 9^r ^P^'^^'

to

in. Ion O*

"y ^ Imes broad, but not ripe in the specimens seen.

^'"""t'^

Quee!^^^i*straUa,

Creek, F. Mueller.

Cooper's Creek,

Bowman,

Neilson.

slender, tw ining, more Steins ^r leas 1 .?^*^ ^^^^ reflexed hairs. terminal one inserted close the Leaflets 3, bet^vee ^ '^^teral ones or very rai-ely here and there slightly raised above them tb ^^ long, those ^^^ in. about ^^^^^ obovate, h^yt^ often broadly i of

^^^^^s*ia, JFendL BoL

Beob. 54.

the

either

^"^^ narrow-lanceolate or linear, \ to in. long or more, acute, n^^?" learly glabrous above and pubescent with appressed hairs underneath-,

24J.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
Eacemes

[Glycine,

or silky-villous on both sides. along scattered long, lines 4 about flowers the usually exceeding the leaves, long as nearly or short very either pedicels the peduncle, the upper half of the often smaller, are flowers the plant as the calyx ; in the lower part of the axils, the in clustered or solitary and without any or with imperfect petals, lobes upper the long, 3 lines 2 about Calyx without a common peduncle.

Stipules minute.

in the upper axils

united to the middle or nearly distinct. or orbicular nearly Seeds with a minute terminal straight or hooked point. the m difterent often dots, transversely oblong, smooth or rough with raised clandesLeptolobiurti 241 ; racemose and in the axillary pods. DC. Prod. ii. clandesiirm,3ei\\b. Lej)tocyamus 125 ii. Mus. ; tinum, Bcnth. in Ann. Wieu. m. 235_; Veg. Syst. Spr. daudedinus, Teramnns in Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 102 ; miGlyme 135 Leptolohium microphjllum, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii.
;

Pod

linear, straight,

to 1 m. long,

241. u. Prod. in DC. copied mma, Willd. Enura. 756, from the diagnosis B'Ay,Leichhardt. MoretoQ near Queensland. Keppel Bay, Broad Sound, E. Brown j "''"' and otf""*' N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Jlountains, R. Brovm,

ward

to

New

England,

C.

Stuart; Clarence

river,

Beckler ; and southward

to iwoloiu db),

F. MuellSr.

Port Phillip, R. Brown ; Gipps' Land, Adamson, F. Mueller, and others. ,. of oi the parts northern the all in common R. Brown ; Dalrymple, Tasmania. Port island, ascending to 3000 ft., J. D. Hooker. sjnPTiccr's apeu Remaiiable, Mount range, Buffalo S. Australia. Gawler town, Behr. ;

Victoria.

common from

the neighbourhood ot

fir ii rnp iielbourne

to

Gulf, etc., F. Mueller.

Gairdner river. Maxwell ; and prohahly also from wards the east, Brummond, ith Coll. n. 39, 5/A Coll. n. 92. ^j^^jj erj v Pedicels villous. rustyvery Calyx Var. sericea. Silky-pubescent or villous. ^^^ anu specimens, Australian the S. of To this form belong all the W. Australian, most only of those from the other colonies.
ttie

W. AustraUa.

&

,i

to.

of^^form a as Mueller F. by Considered 3. G. Latrobeana, Bmth. species. that of clandest'ma, and much resembles the undeveloped states ^^^ e obova all Ijcaflets short, prostrate or scarcely twining at the ends. ^^ larger Stipules bicular, or very few of the upper ones narrow.
i'

crowdea more ones Flowers rather larger, the racemose dandestina.. t near to united calyx the peduncles. lobes of long Upper end of the that in as Standard broader than in G. daudedina. Pod the same usm Zidnja Latroheana, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 94 ; LeptocijaMm

jj

r
^^.
^^^^^ \ih

Benth. in Hook.

'

f.

Fl.

Tasm.

i.

102.

t.

17.
.

^i^^ie,

Victoria. Sandy pastures and Adamson, F. Mueller, and others.

Grampian*-) the meadows. Port Phillip to

Tasmania. Pastures in the northern parts of the island, /. S. Australia. Mount Gambier, Rivoli Bay, F. Mueller.

J).

Moofcer,

or pubescent Slender, twining, 4. G. tabacina, Benth. the ^f ^^^^"Jj^^^g tii^^^ one, lets 3, the lateral ones always at a distance from the terminal ^^^^^ obtuse, usually lower leaves orbicular obovate or oblong and ^^^^^ aci usuall} ^> ^j^^_ leaves ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate or almost linear and s^e"" Eacemes small. to 2 in. long. rarely Stipules j^^,,. 1 in. to f suoi ^stio^ r very p on long, j distant, usually lines flowers 'ers about 4 ^^ gated, the ^ ^

'

and axillary plant often part of the the flowers in the lower ^o^^^'^^^ter s Calyx-lobes subulate-acuminate, together as in other species.

tli

Glpwe.]
tube, the 2

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

245

upper ones united' to about the middle. Pod straight, glabrous or villous, f to above 1 in. long, the terminal point very short, or rarely rather longer and hooked. Seeds smooth or tuhermhicKenued^a tahacinay
tlie

Labill. Sort,

Austr. Caled. 70.

tm, Benth. in
Queensland.

70; Leptolobimn tahacinum, and Z. elongaAnn. Wien. Mus. ii. 125 ; Desmodium Novo-Hollandiciun, F.
t.

Muell. in Linneea,

xxv. 394.

Bustard Bay, Banks and Solander ; Keppel Bay, Thirsty Sound, R, Rrown; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, C. Stuart; Rockhampton, Ballachy ; in the interior on the Maranoa, Mitchell ; and Condamtne river, Leichkardt j'-^^W'ales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, A. Cuumngliam, and others, northward to New England, C. Stuart; and Clarence, Hastings, and JMacleay ris^n, Beckler i to the southward, ^. Cunningham. Victoria. Rocky pastures near Melbourne, Robertson, also F. Mueller, S. Australia. Crystal Brook and Rocky River, F. Mueller. -W. Australia. Port Gregory, Oldfidd. Itie species is also in New Caledonia, the Feejee and other islands of the South Pacific. he most slender and glabresccnt forms approach G. clandestina^ but may be always known leaflet distinctly raised above the others; the more common hirsute variety /ff liters f^*^"""^^^ froin G. tomentosa in the upper leaflets almost always narrow and acute, the less ^(^eply (lividcd calyx, etc, Amone the numerous varieties the two following are. the most
promineut
Var.

Very hirsute. Pod hooked at the end, aUhough not so much so as in --Rockhampton, Thbzet. -^''^'"'^f ^^^latifoHa, Leaflets more obtuse and villous, almost connecting the species with G. ^^enfosa.Leptoeyamus lafifolius, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 361. To this belong
'

undnata.

everal

Queensland specimens. Where the 1 pod ^ore slender than in G. tomentosa.

5.

is

present i

it

longer and always be to appears ^

^

G. sericea, Benth.

Stems

trailing or twining, the whole plant hoary

with a close appressed silky pubescence, occasionally mixed on the <^lyx only with rust-coloured hairs. Leaflets 3, linear or linear-lanceolate, ?Jte, mostly 1 to 2 in. long, the terminal one at a distance from the othcrs. ^owers rather Tod larger than in G. tabacina, but otherwise like them. usually above 1 in. long, densely silky-pubescent with appressed hairs. Seeds .^^^^^--Leptocyamm sericeus, F. Muell. in Hook. Kcw Journ. viii. 45, and
"^Traus. Phil. i,3t

or white

Yi^t
^^^^

4(j^

^^^^^^'
n'eelfr

^^

Darling, Dallachg ;

Creek, Cooper's and Range Stokes between

Vict oria.

Sand-hills on the Murray, F. Mueller.

JBenfli.

^'G. tomentosa,
^aneties of
2

in

XI
in

G, tabacina, but always more to obtuse, very 1 oblong, or y velvety-tomentose. Leaflets 3, ovate long, not leaves of upper the of form passing into the lanceolate acute spethat as raceme ^^'''''^''' ''"^'^ ^^'""^'^^y pedicellate in the T""'

the coarser resembling prostrate, Twining or tomentose-viUous, and often densely

i'

lower ^nore. the in Flow^ers ^^^^V nil? nil other Australian species except G.falcala.-Leptolobiimtomentosum,
1^

"^

axils solitary or tiu^tc

cu a^

Ann. Wien. Mus.

ii.

125.

Cu

Creek, Neilson. Cooper's and We hn "^^e a the same species S. China. from and Islands from the Thilippine
l*^<^^een the Darling

S N

Oup^''^*''^"*

Upper Victoria river, Z J/^//^r; Port Brown R^ Sound, Broad ; Endeavour Solander; and river. Banks l^'^/J^^'''"'^^'* ^"^"^^ Downs, Mueller. F. S lar
72. ^r^?"--^.

Arnhem N.Bay,

246
52.

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

HARDENBERGIA,

Benth.

Calyx-teeth sliort, the 2 upper ones more or less united. Standard broadly ovbicukn', emarginate, without indexed auricles ; wings obovate-falcatej adhering to the keel; keel obtuse, shorter and usually very much shorter than the wings. Upper stamen quite free, the others united in a sheath anthers reniform. Ovaiy sessile, with several ovules style short thick, incurved, attenuate at the end, with a terminal stigma. Pod linear, compressed or turgid. Seeds ovoid or oblong, laterally attached to a short funicle, strophiolate. Glabrous t^vining herbs or undershrubs. Leaves of 1, 3 or 5 entire sti;

pellate leaflets.
ish,

Stipules small, striate.

Flowers small,

violet white or pink-

with a yellowish or greenish spot on the standard, in axillarj^ racemes, the pedicels usually in pairs or small clusters. Bracts small, deciduous, or rarely persistent. Bracteoles none.

small genus limited to Australia and distinguished from Kennedf/a by the sliort calystectli and (except the doubtful H. retusa) by the small keel, and still more by the habit and numerous small flowers of a very dilfereut colour, giving it more the aspect of a Gljjdne than of a true Kennedya.
Leaflets cordate ovate lanceolate or linear.

Keel

much

shorter than
l.

the wings.
Leatlets solitary. Leaflets 3 or 5. Leaflets obovate truncate obcordate or broadly 2-lobed.

Pod flat, with dry pulp Pod turgid, clear inside

inside

H.
-ff.

monoflyl^^^'

2.

Comptonia7ia

Keel rather
3.
-ff.

shorter than the wings

retusa,

Leaflets always soli41. tary, usually ovate or lanceolate, 2 to 3 or even 4 in. long, obtuse or rather acute, often coriaceous and strongly reticulate, but varying from broadly cordate-ovate to narrow-lanceolate, more or less cordate or rounded at the base, lines articulate on a petiole of \ to 1 in. 5 about numerous, Flowers usually
1.

H. monophylla,

BentL

in Ilueg.

Emm.

on pedicels rather longer than the calyx, in pairs or rarely 3 the upper racemes often forming a terminal panicle. Calyx about
long,

together,

hues
filled

about 1 1 in., coriaceous, more transverse. between the seeds with a pithy pulp. abnost Seeds very oblique, Mannd, Botanist, t. 84 ; Glycine bimaculata. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 263 Kennedya monophylla, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. IOC ; DC. Prod. ii. 384; Bot. Cab. Heg. t. 1336 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 758 Bot. K, hnr/imcemosa, Lodd. corikta, t. 1940 ; AT. ovata, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2169 DC. Prod. ii. 384 ; ; Lmdl. Bot. Keg. t. 944 Ilardenbergia monophylla, and //. ovata, Benth. m Beiitli. Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 124 Hook. f. FL Tasm. ii. 361 ; H. cordata,
sessile, flat, attaining

long.

Pod

or less

Mueller, ^.g ^ ^j '^^^^- "P**!"* Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sleber, 3^^' r/^;" soulhv\aia //. Mixt. . 552, and others; northward and ; to Hastin";s river, Beckler Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. .^ VictoHa. Dandenong ranges, etc., F, Mueller; Bendigo diggings, where the thic root IS used for Sarsaparilla, Adatmon.
near Frogmore, Richmond, Oldfield, S. Australia. IVear Bethaaie, Oswald; towards Spencer's Gdf, F. Mueller. C'**^ Til some speciuiciis from near cordate Bathurst, Herb. F. Mueller, with broadly w"^ the bracts are numerous and persistent; those in the ordinary forms, including eipand. same oroad cordate leaves, the bracts are all fallen flowers off long before the
hills

Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 124. Queensland, Moreton Islaad, F,

Tasmania.

Rocky

Bardenberffia.]

-XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

247

Bentk. in Hueg. Emm. 41. Leaflets 3 or 5, and rntlic latter case the lateral ones in 2 opposite pairs, not opposite in distant pairs as other 5-folioLate PhaseolcfS, varjdng from ovate to linear-hmceolate,
^

H. Comptoniana,

rather obtuse, usually 1^- to 3, sometimes 4 to 5 in. long, at the base. Flowers of the same size, colour

rounded or truncate
as those of //.

and structure

and longitudinal. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. D4; Glycine Comptoniana, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 602 Bot. lleg. t. 298 Kenwdya Comptoniana, Link, Enum. ii. 235 DC. Prod. ii. 383 K. macropJiylla, Bot. Eeg. t. 1862; Ilardenhergia Iluegelii, Benth. in Ilucg. Enum. 41; H. difjitata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 60; H. Lindleiji, Meissn. in PI. i'leiss. 1. 94; H. Matcoyana, Ch. Lem. Tllustr. Hortic. v. t. 179.
; ;

monophjlla, in pairs or clusters of 3 or 4 along the racemes. Pod cylindrical, very turgid, coriaceous, attaining 1^ in. in length, quite free from any pithy pulp inside. Seeds almost sessile

M.

W. Australia.
fond,
o.

King George's Sound, R. Brown; aud thence

n.

to

Swan

River,

D,um-

IH

Coll.

and

271, Hueyel, Preiss, n. 1093,

WH,

and

others.

H,

(?)

retusa, Bmth.

tall twiner,

the young shoots and inflores-

the foliage at length glabrous, the branches usually mgular. Leaflets 3, broadly obovate-truncate, obcordate or broadly and obtusely 2-lobed, the midrib usually produced into a short point, 1|- to 3 in.

cence silky-pubescent,

somewhat coriaceous, rather shining above, pale underneath. Stipules ovate or lanceolate, striate, reflexed. Flowers like those of the other species, or rather larger and more numerous, usually several together in each cluster, '^ chis of the cluster sometimes slightly developed, the racemes axillary or
.

ong,

Calyx about 2 lines long, hoaryvery short and obtuse. Standard nearly 5 lines dia'^eter, broad and emarginate; wings nearly as long, falcate; keel rather snorter, much incurved, obtuse. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 10 ovules. yJe rather thickened and inflexed at the base, then straight and slender,
Seeds strophiolate. without pilhv partitions' inside. Mich OS oLcordatus, A. Cunn. Herb. ; Glycine retusa, Soland. mss. Cunningham ; Dunk Island, Endeavour A. Solander, Banks river, and ^p^n^^^^^^^The keel is rather larger ^^''^"y ^^^'1"''. ^- ^I^ieller; Cnpe York, W. Hill. than Tu^ the Uardenlong,
'

terminal panicles as in the other species. pubescent, the teeth

"1

a] )out

terminal stigma.

2|

^i"^-^^^

Pod broadly

liiK'ar,

flattened, silky- villous,

in.

V"

other species, but the other characters and habit are quite those oi

53.

KE]S"Tfl"EDYA, Tent.
;

(Physolbbium, Huey.

Zichya, Sueg.

Amphodus,

Lind!.)

kep? ^
unit

"alyx-lobes about as emarin an united ones upper 2 long as the tube, the Jinate or 2-toothed into narrowed orbicular, or ujiper lip. obovate Standard "'' '^^^^^ minute inflexed auricles; wings falcate, adhering to the

V^"
'

ovui
fiatt

incurved, obtuse or rather acute! Upper stamen free, the others several with ''^"thers uniform. stipitate, shortly or Ovary nearly sessile

Stan

verv

stem IS,

linear, Pod terminal. stigma toothed at the top, pithy sub''y^i'^'^"^^^ or turgid. a by divided less or 2-valved, more 1 with a attached, '^'"^^'^fi the seeds. laterally oblong, Seeds ovoid or P""*^"^'"^"! strophiole. Perennials, with prostrate trailing or twining
'j**^'^ filiform, rarely

usually

pubescent or

villous.

Leaves pinnately

3-foliolate or very


248
XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.
4

IXcnned^a.

rarely with an additional pair or reduced to 1

leaflets entire or obscurely 3-

lobed, with stipellse.

cles.

Stipules persistent, striate or veined,

Flowers red

or

rarely almost black, in racemes, umbels, pairs, or solitary on axillary pedun-

Bracts either stipule-like and persistent, or small and very deciduous. Eracteoles none. Disk round the ovary obscurely annular or none at all.
Hardenheryia, distmgui&hed araotigst l^haseoJea: by the prominently strophiolate seeds. I had formerly divided it into 3 genera, which, as far as the materials we then had could show, appeared quite distinct, viz. Kennedt/a, with a narrow standard and flat pods Fhysoloh'mm^ with an orbicular standard, fluwcrs in pairs, and a turgid pod; and Zickya, with au orhicular standard, flowers umbellate, and a flat pod; but the numerous additional specimens and some new species since examined, show that the above characters are too variously combined to be relied on eveu for good sections, and that the forms which I had considered as constituting several species of each genus were in many instances not even varieties. Taking the standard and the pod as the primary character, the species might be arranged as follows: Standard narrow-obovate. Pod flat (Kennedya). 1. K, nigricans ; 2. K.ruhicmda. Standard broadly-obovate. Pod cylindrical. i. K. jjrostrata. Standard orbicular. Pod flat (Zichya). 5. K, eximia ; 6. K. cocmiea ; 7. K, mIis
;

The genus

entirely Australian, and, with

CTophylla,

Standard orbicular. Pod turgid (Physolobium). 8. 10. K, glahrata; 11. K. macrojphylla. But these groups are not natural, and where the fruit
pTocurrens^ the place of a species cannot be fixed.

K
is

'parviflora ; 9.

Stirlingii

unknown,

as in the case of

-ff-

Standard narrow-obovate. Keel almost acute. Pod compressed. Flowers above 1 in. long, racemose. llowers nearly black, in a one-sided raceme. "Wings spreading at the top \ Flowers red. Wings erect Standard broadly-obovate, almost orbicular. Keel obtuse, flowers not above f in. long. Flowers racemose. Pedicels \^ry short. Bracts very small. (Pod
.

\.
i,

K, K,

nigricans.

rublcunda^

unknown)
Pedicels long. Bracts stipule-like, persistent. Pod cylindrical, coriaceous Flowers umbellate, usually few. Bracts sma'll, "very deciduous. Pod narrow, flat, with a thickened upper suture

3.

^.
X.

procurrens.

Peduncles 1- or 2- flowered.

4.

prostrata.

5.

X exima^

Standard orbicular or broader than long.

long.

Flowers rarely above i

in-

Flowers umbellate or shortly racemose.

ciduous.
Stipules broad, leafy.

Bracts small, very de-

Keel about* as long as the wings. Pod narrow, flat with a thickened upper suture. Flowers umbellate, xisually few. Keel obtuse

6. Jf. eximia^

Pod

very turgid.

Flowers umbellate or nearly so. Leaflets cuncate. Keel almost acuminate 10. K.gletb^'^^^Flowers distinctly racemose. Leaflets obovate or orbicular. , .* Keel obtuse 11. K, macrojihjjU^' Stipules very small. Keel considerably shorter 'than the'wings. Flowers umbellate cocci^^^iT. 6. . Peduncles 1- or 2-flovvered, or with 2 rarely' 3 pairs oV flowers.* * iiu microphym* Bracts small, very deciduous. -ST. Flowers small, solitary. 7. Pod flat. Bracts broad, stipule-like, persistent. Pod very turgid. Peduncles usually l-flowered. 8. K.parviflora. Pod under 1 in. long Pedimcles mostly with 1, 2, or 3 pairs of flowers. .. Pod above ,. ^ 1 in. long Q. K. Slirhnpi'
>

...

KennerJf/a.']

XL. LEGUMixoSiE.
ai^d

249
i.

K. Baimanni

K. splendens, Meissn.

in PI. Preiss.

89, described from garden plants

supposed erroneously to urn a,

Steudel's
'

have been of Australian

'

origin, are S.

American species of Campfo-

contains several other names of Kennedyas, extracted from garden catalogues, which, being unaccompanied by descriptions, it is impossible to identity.

Nomendator

Lindl. Bot, Reg, t. 1715. large twining species, usually pubescent, but less so than K, riibicunda, which it nearly resembles. Leaflets broadly ovate or rhomboidal, obtuse or emarginate, 2 to 3 in. long, and very often only one to each leaf. Stipules small, striate, reflcxccl.
Flowers above 1 in. long, in racemes shorter than the leaves, but narrower and less pendulous than in K.nibicunda, all turned to one side, and of a deep
violet-purple
standard.
as the keel,

1.

K. nigricans,

almost black colour, with a large greenish-yellow blotch on the Standard narrow-obovate, reflexed ; wings narrow, about as long with the tips spreading keel rather acute. Pod as in K. rubi;

glabrous or slightly pubescent. Seeds ahnost transverse, laterally attached to a funicule protruding far into the cavity. Bot. Mag. t. 3652 Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 89.
;

cunda, flattened,

-.^Australia.
rrms,
2.
n.

King George's Sound 1091, Oidjield, and others,

Vent. Jard.

to

Cape Riche, JDrummoJid,

A^th

CoIL

n.

38,

K, rubicunda.

Malm, ^.104.

large twining species,

4-

pubescent or villous.
JJig

Leaflets 3, usually ovate and 3 to

in.

long, but vary-

from broadly rhomboid obovate or almost orbicular, to ovate-lanceolate or lauceolate and acute, the snudler ones often under 2 in. and when very luxuriant attauiing 5 or 6 in., rarely nearly glabrous, sometimes softly silky on both
smes.

to 1|-

Stipules small, striate, reflexed. Flowers of a dull or dark red, \\ in. long, in pedunculate racemes rarely exceeding the leaves. Pedicels
_

than the calyx. Bracts small, very deciduous, ^alvx silky-villous, 5 to 6 lines long. Standard narrow-obovate, abniptly reflexed from about the middle; wings narrow, erect, adhering to the keel Jljove the middle ; keel narrow, as long as the wings, rather acute. Pod Jiiit or the valves Seeds obslightly convex, 2 to 4 in. long, usually villous. long, almost transverse,' ansvei laterally attached to a funicle protruding far into the cavity. DC. p rod. ii. 383; Lodd. 13ot. Cab. t. 954; Glycine rubicuuda.
in pairs, rather longer

jisually

1101; Xen""'('uaphaseoHfoUa,

Hoffm. from the de

Ber. 281.

Queensland.

Moretori Bav, Fraser, P. Mueller

* "^ales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 381, and ci^' others northward to Clarence, Hastiii-s, and Maclcay rivers, BecUer, and southivai'd to Wold Bay, F. Mueller. ^ Mueller. Victoria. Gipps' Land, F. to the limits of the colony,
;

from Lake King

prostrate, Stems 365. Austr. Trop. Mitch. f P'll^esceiit or mucronate, or obtuse elliptical, villous. Leaflets 3, ovate or to 2 in. ht\underueath. so long, more rugose, slightly pubescent above, ^ P^les broadly a rather above \ in. long,

K. procurrens, BenlL hi

lanceolate, reflexed. Flovvers SQort raceme Pedicels small. Bracts at the end of a rather long peduncle. snort StanCalyx about 2\ lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube.
JiaiJ

broadly obovate, emarginate ; keel rather narrow, obtuse ^*er and scarcely so long. Pod not seen.

wings nar-


-:

250
Queensland.
4.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
tlie

[Ktiiuedf/a.

Maranoa, M'dchell. Only a single specimen seen, unless one without flowers from Keppcl Bay, R, Brown^ belongs to the same species.

Mount Kennedy, on
-K.

Br, in Alt. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 299. Steras prostrate or sometimes twining in the large variety^ pubescent or hirsute. Leaflets 3, broadly obovate or orbicular, under 1 in. long in the ordinary vaStipules leafy, broadly cordate, riety, often unduU^te, pubescent or hirsute. Peduncles i- or 2-flo\vered, rarely with acute or acuminate, free or united. 2 pairs of flowers. Pedicels usually longer than the calyx, with stipule-like Calyx pubescent, about bracts at the base. Flowers scarlet, nearly f in. long. 4 lines long. Standard obovate ; keel incurved, obtuse wings much nanower and rather shorter, adhering only near the base. Pod nearly cylindrical^ very coriaceous, pubescent, 1|- to 2 in. long. Seeds attached by a very short funicle. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 101; Glycine coccinea. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 270.

K.

prostrata,

S. Wales. Port Jackson R. Brown, SiebeTj n. 377 and others, Victoria. Very common throughout the colony, F, Mueller, Tasmania. Port Ualrymple, R, Brown ; abundant throughout the island in stony places, etc., /. j9. Hooker. S. Australia. Lofty Ranges and Spencer's Gulf, F. Mndler. ^V. Australia. S. coast, E. of King George's Sound, MaxicelL Var. major, DC. Larger and usually more hirsute, sometimes twining. Leaves

N.

dry and

ovate or

rhomboidal, much undulate, often attaming 2 in. Stipules often very large, attaining cvea 1 in. diameter. Pod above 2 iu. long. K. bracieata. Gaud, in Ereyc. Vo\\_286, t. 113;

MeissD Lindl

nana Murch
Herb. Mus. Far.

35, with a jig. or ovate, twining, silky-villous or at length nearly glabrous. 3, Leaflets obovate and all under 1 iu. long, or, in luxuriant specimens, broader, very Flowers obtuse, and fully \\ in. long. veined. Stipules broad, leafy, acute, scarlet, not above 7 or 8 lines long, 2, 3 or more together in an umbel or y^x-^ short raceme. Bracts very deciduous. Calvx usually silky-viHous, about 3 lines long, with lobes shorter than the tube/but liable to become enbut orbicular, larged and leafy. Standard very broadly obovate or almost
6.^

K. eximia, UndL

in Paxt,

Mag,

xvi.

Prostrate or

not so broad as in the several following species ; keel much curved, obtuse wings fully as long, but not so broad. Pod glabrous or slightly pubescent,
usually curved, 1^ to 2 in. long, narrow suture thickened. Seeds smaU.
lirook,

and much
and

upper the flattened, with

places,

in rhjsolohwn, and Phillips ranges, Maxwell. This species has the stipules of pod of Zlchtja, and in the shape of the tlower is intermediate between that and K-prosdaia. always 6. coccinea. Vent, Jard, Malm. 1 105. Twining or trailing,

Coll. n. 91,

Snppl. n. 45; moist

Gales

K.

pubescent rusty or silky-villous, and often densely so. rarely 5, the additional pair lower down, usually ovate or oblong, and under 2 ia. long, but varving from broadly ovate to narrow-oblonp,
scariei^ Flowers entire or slightly sinuately 3-lobed. Stipules very small. about \ in.-Iong, several together in an umbid or very short uiubcl-like racei^^ oa^ then' x)n long axillary peduncles, with 1 or at bracts deciduous 2 small

jeiy or Leaflets 3 very obtus

KenneJi/a.']

XL. leguminosje.

251

aud others. +1"- / ^ synonyms is owing to great differences in the shape and size of the leaflet<! '" ""^"*'"".' !'"' hi the style with more or less of an appendage or entirely without' hV h but we (1,"^^ ^^^^ striking when we had only single specimens of various forms now fi 'I ^^'^ leaves are very variable even on the same plant, there is every intormed" ^^^ ^''^'^'^'^' pubescent aud the vf ry silky-villous specimens, aud I find styles witli d "^ /T*^" ^^^ appeudage in combination with each of the most prominent varieties as to
10'J7, Ohlfield,

onger tlian tlie calyx. Calyx rusty-villous, 3 to 3 |Iines lon. vr Standard broadly orbicular wings shorter keel still shorter, very obtuse j Style sometmies filiform at the end as in the other species, sometim'es dilated at the back immediately behind the stigma into a toolh-like appendage. Pod flattened, the upper suture thickened, li to 3 in. long. Seeds on a very " ^^3 ' ^"'^'^^' ^1- A^tr. t. 23 ; Bot. Mag. t. fcA r' ti;^^-^^^2_66:t Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1126 Paxt. Mag. ii. 99, with a fig. Zichmcoc ciuea, Hueg. Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 40, and in Ann. Wien. Mus. ; ii. 123 ; Maund Botanist, t. 130 ; K. imphjlla, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1421 Zkhja xnopiylla, Hueg. Benth. 1. c. (a broad-leaved very silky form) K. dilatata, ; A. Liinn.; Liadl. lu Bot. Beg. t. 1526; ^. hekrophjlla, Mackay, in Loud. noit Jirit. 314 Zichi/a Molly, Hueg. Bot. Arch. 1. ; Meissn. 1 ; Benth. 1. c. n_ 11. Breiss i. 93 Z. sericea, Ilueg. ; Benth. 1. c. ; Meissn. 1. c. I'-icoor, Lmdl. in Bot. Eeg. 1S39, t. 52; Meissn. 1. c. ; Z. angvdifolia, Lindi. in Bot. Eeg. 1839, under t. 52 Meissn. I. c. ; Z. villosa, Lindl. in Bot. fteg 1842, t. 68; Meissn. 1. c. 92; Z. glahrata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. 1- y^, but not of Benth. Z. panno^a, Paxt. Mag. viii. 147, with a fig. Australia. King George's Sound and neighbouiliood to Esperance Bay, E. Brown, "rmnmond Preh,, n. 1086,
;
;

Pedicels rarely

1088. lO'JO, 1096,

Y^t

7._

K. microphylla, Mdssn.
sprinkled with a few short
all

in

PI. Freiss.

i.

91.

small jjrostrate

species,

stiff hairs.

Leaflets broadly obcordate, in

^onie

specimens

under 2

lines long, in others nearly attaining

in.

Sti-

pules broad,
'

herbaceous, striate.

aiinng 5 lines, (^is short; bracts

Flowers the smallest of the genus, rarely solitary or rarely 2 together on axillarv peduncles ; pedi-

m
^^

smalland deciduous.

(Jalyx nearly 2'lines long.

Stan-

keel obtuse, as long as the wings. ^ex valves, the upper suture slightly thickened.
;
'

orbicular

Pod

linear, flat or

with

Seeds small.
of Lake Matilda,

1009

t^,'^**''^^'*J ^rummoud, ^Js^'n ri\ er, ]Ua.rweN.

Uh

Coll. n. 04;

boi'lcrs

Pmw,

Prostrate or Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 91, ii. 232. glabrous obovate Leaflets or 3, hairs. hirsute spreading wnth ,jj.''jJ'"o' Droadly but microphglla, obcordate-truucate, in K. as small as sometimes ^ 'en above 1 in. long. Stipules leafy, acute, veined, 3 to 6 lines broad, ^i "^'"^.^"aller than in any species except K. micropJiijUa, and usually solitary, ^^^^ longer than the peduncle, with small persistent leafy bracts at the
.

?.

K'Parviflora,

artio^l
jj-

'!""on.

Bsinll

'i

icle

f^^ of the

i in. nearly Calyx 2 Standard orbicular, lines long. '^^^^ "'"ch curved, obtuse, nearly as long as the wings. Pod 4 in. long, very turgitl, coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent,
to 2i

seeds very ^liovt

in

PJipohbiim
ii.

cariHatu,i>,'Bcn\\\. in

Hueg.
91.
Iliirgel,

^- 39,
fiaj'/^l

and

Aim. Wieu. Mus.

*^'"g

124
n.

Meissn. in
lO'J'J
;

PL

Pi'eiss.

i.

^'^'*'"*^**-

George's Sound

and nciirhboiirhood to
1084,

Cape Richc,

^^ ^rummond, 2nd Coll. n. 120, Preiss,

Vassc river, Oldfield (with


252
^i--

LEGUMINOS-E.
[Keuuediia.

pubesceut pods). The smaller specimens of this species have a distinct aspect, with the peduncles almost all 1-flowered the larger ones seem almost to pass into K. Stiylingii. K. phi/solobioidesy Walp. Ann. i. 251, from the diagnosis given, is probably this species.
;

Trailing or twining^ to a 1845. Leaflets 3, considerable length, hairy with soft spreading or silky hairs. Stipules broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, usually above 1 in. long. Flowers scarlet, usually in 1, 2. or cordate, usually large and much veined. 3 pairs, on axillary peduncles, the pedicels long and slender, with persistent Calyx 3 to 3^ lines long, hirsute. Stanstipular leafy bracts at their base.
9.

K.

Stirlingii, LindL Bot. Reg.

t,

dard orbicular,

fully

in. diameter^;

keel broad,
1

much

incurved, very obtuse,

nearly as long as the wings.

Pod

Fuuicle of the seeds very short. Benth. in Hueg. Enum! 39, and in Ann. Wien. Mus. Prciss. i. 92 ; -P. Slirllngil^ Benth, 1. c.
VST.

to 2 in. long, very turgid, coriaceous. Physolobifmi elatum^ llucg. Bot, Arch. t. 2 \
ii.

124

Mcissn.

in

PL

Australia.

Swan

River, Huegel,

Dnimtnond,
t.

n.

270

Pre'iss, n.

1087, W89.

spetwining slender 10. K. obovateor cuneate Leaflets glabrous few spreading hairs. 3, cies, or with a Flowers veined. broad, Stipules long. 1 in. truncate, mucronate, i to Bracts none scarlet, several together in a small umbel on axillary peduncles. upper the short, lobes or very deciduous. Calyx scarcely 3 lines long, the

glabrata, LindL

in Bot. Reg.

1838.

ones forming an obtuse emarginate upper

shortly acuminate.
glabrata, Benth. in

lip.

Standard
1

orbicular, about

Hues diameter; wings much falcate; keel much

incurved, almost acute

in. long.
ii.

or

Pod

glabrous, 'very turgid, under

in

Zichya
Bot.
;

Hueg. Enum. 40, and

Ann. Wien. Mus.

123

King George's Sound, Baxter, rescence of Zichya with the pod of Pkf/soiobium, and may be generally known flower by the foliage and keel.

Mag. 1.3956. "W. Australia.

This species has the habit and

inflo-

wlica

coarse, twining obovate 3, Leaflets hirsute with spreading hairs, silky on the young shoots. oiteii broad, or orbicular, very obtuse, often above 2 in. long. Stipnlcs very

IL K. macrophylla^

Benth.

tall,

species, loosely

united and attaining

distinctly

in.

in

diameter;

stipelloe

lanceolate.

Flowers

re

racemose on axillary peduncles. Bracts deciduous. ghm-^ in ther short. Calyx not 3 lines long, with short lobes, as near) obtuse, [Standard orbicular, nearly \ in. diameter; keel much curved, as long as the wings. Pod glabrous, very turgid, about 1| in- 'oi^S' *1^^^ p,' m. Meissu. nate with the persistent style, Phgsolobiinn viacrophyllnm,

Pedicels

ra-

Preiss.

ii.

222

Kennedya

laterilia^

F. Muell. Fragm.
118.

iv.

78,
otPhj/sooaspect and

"W. Australia, Brtimmond, 2nd

Colt, n,

With

the pod

hium, this species has the inflorescence of the trne Kennedyas,

54.
y

ERYTHRINA,

Linn.

Calyx campanulate or
side,

broad rowed at the base, without appendages ; wings short, often minute
entire or toothed.

cylindrical, obliquely truncate or slit on '^"^ ^^^^.^ n^^ recurved, Standard or long, erect or
oi

n
^^

'

keel short, the petals united or free.

Stamens
;

all

united at the

''|!^*!'

upper one often free

froii;

the middle

anthers rcniform.

Ovary

stipi

Erythrina,]

XL.

leguminos^.

253

^\ith

several ovules
stipitate,

style subulate, oblique at the end, with a small stigma.

Pod

linear-falcate, acuminate,

narrowed

at the base,

more

or less

contracted

between the seeds, 3-valved, usually pithy between the seeds. Seeds distant, ovoid or oblong, with a lateral oblong hilum, not strophiolate. Elect trees or shrubs, rarely tall herbs, the trunk, branches, and often the

petioles

armed with conical

prickles.

Leaflets 3, usually broad, entu-e or 3-

lobed, tlie stipellae

if

usually gland-like.

Stipules small.

Racemes

axillary, or,

terminal, leafy at the base.

Flowers

large, usually red, in clusters of 2 or

3 on lateral

nodes along the peduncle.

Bracts small or none.

The genus is widely dispersed over tropical America, Africa, aud Asia, extending into N. America and S. Africa. Of the 2 Australian species, one is a common Asiatic one, the other is endemic. The genus is a very natural one aud well characterized, some botanists lave, however, proposed to break it up into three or four, founded ou diversities in the form of the caljx and proportions of the petals, which appear to vary so much from species to species as scarcely to serve even as sectional characters. Both the Australian ones have a Bpathe-like calyx, the wings and keel-petals all short and nearly free.
Leaves broadly
scai-cely

2-

or 3-lobcd,
in.

Calyx about i
long.

In.

long.

Staudard
1. J'- vesperiih'o.

clawed Leaves entire. Calyx about f

claw
1.

Standard narrowed into a short

,

2,

E. iudica.

Glabrous, the 218. tranches prickly, but not the leaves. Leaflets broadly cuneate at the base, spreading to 3 or 4 in. in breadth, often but not always broader than long, 'usually 3-lobe(l, the lateral lobes spreading or recurved, obtuse, sometimes

E. vespertilio, BentL

in Mitch. Trop.

Aitstr.

broader than long, sometimes much longer tlian broad, the middle one triangular or lanceolate, usually acute, broad or narrow, either longer tliau the gether, in lateral ones or smaller or disappearing altog

more frequently much

ite lobes. or^divarici diverging is divided into 2 long luirrovv ' ' about Howers numerous, pendulous, in showy erect racemes. " Calyx \ in.

j;liich

case the leaf

slit on tlie and cate trunc obliquely or obscurely toothed, ^. I3 nearly upwards, recurved PPper side. Standard orate, erect at the base, oblong, m. long, nan-owed obliquely wings ; but scarcely clawed at the base

long, broad, entire

aWt
^tyle

luies long, free, about 6 but ; keel-petals like the wings, large red seeds. kvi with hooked at the end. torulose, Pod elongated,

4 lines long

N. Australia.
fwqiient

Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Upper

Victoria river,
of

F. Mueller;
^

towards central Australia,

Queensland.

M'Bouall Siuarfs Erpedition. Bay Solander and ; Endeavour river, Banks

Bnsk,ie river aud lork. Cape etc.; Mueller, F. Morctou Bay, Fa^er, ^'{''''Z' tlie hole during found I^cmson, Fitzaluu; Mitchell ; in tLe interior, on the Marauoa, ^i<^.,

? / ^''%l'
^
^

IZl

^^{f>^chhardesiyi^tA\i{mi, Herb. Mus. Par. , ., ^ , 1 ,1,pc t,n.P ho e lobe^ short broad The Brisbane river with specimens liave usually large leaflets 'i'^^^;; from the have ,x. 2 21) Journ. north-west {E. biloba, F. Aiucll. in Hook. Kew '"J" one the from ;ith or without gradation every a small iutermediatc ouc, the others show 'orm to the other.
2.
iiot

E. iudica, Lam.

BG. Prod.

ii.

413.

the leaves

armed with

prickles usually black.

Glabrous, the branches but Leaflets entire, very broadly

often 6 to 8 in. long, the terminal one Calyx racemes. [''tlicr dense oblique. "Flowers scarlet, nearly 2 in. long, in and slit truncate '^'oad. fully obliquely i in. long, entire or slightly toothed, a disinto on the uppeinarrowed side. Standard ovate, scarcely recurved,

^vate,

ones lateral the rhomboidal,

254
r

XL. LEGUMINOS.E,

{Erythiiia,

tinct stipes.
longf.

Wings and keel nearly similar, al] Pod much contracted between the seeds,

free

obovate and about \

in. to 1

in.
ft.

Seeds few, large, red, distant. Wight, Ic. t. N. Australia. Islands of the N. coast, R, Brown.
Port Denison, Fitzalan, anil often jilanted for shade or oraament.

often attaining 9 58.

in

Queensland.

Common

East India and the Archipelago,

55.

MUCUNA, Adans.
;

Calyx broadly campanulate, 4-toothed, tlie upper one (consisting of 2 combined) bioader, the lowest longer. Standard shorter than the wings keel iis long as or longer than the wings, incurved at the end, with a hardened point
_

or beak.

Upper stamen
;

free,

the others united

filaments usually dilated

versatile

upwards
bearded.

anthers alternately longer and erect,

and shorter

and

often

with several ovides ; style, filiform, with a terminal stigma. Pod thick, clothed with stinging often very deciduous hairs, 2-valved. Seeds roundish with a long linear hilum, or oblong with a shorter lateral
sessile,

Ovaiy

hilum. Large

twiners.

Leaflets

3,

stipellate.

Stipules

small

or

none.

1 lowers usually large, purple yellow or nearly white, in axillary racemes, the pedicels clustered along the rhachis on lateral nodes, or on short peduncles, when the raceme is converted into a corymb or dense panicle.
widely spread over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World; the only Australian species is a corntnon Asiatic one. With considerable diversity in the pod ana seeds, the species are all distinguished by the keel and stamens. The pungent hairs of the pod are rarely wanting, and all become black in drying.
is

The genus

gigantea, DC. Prod.

ii.

405.

bhorter anthers bearded.

Leaflets from broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, the lateral ones very oblique. Flowers of a pale greenish-yellow, nearly ia in. long, in short loose corymbs, on pendulous peduncles of from 2 or 3 to nearly 1 ft. Calyx about a in. broad, hirsute with deciduous hairs. standard ovate, concave, reflexed ; win<rs rather lonL^er. the ediies pubescent below the middle; - ' keel still iwii^ci, Willi (I SHUll lllUUItUCU lliUCA^v*. ^^^"^* v^ix Q,

young

Glabrous or

slightly hairy wliea

Pod

rather thick but

flat,

a narrow longitudinal wing on each side of each suture, usually fill ing off before maturity. half orbicular, Seeds 2 to about 6, large, encircled by the hilum. W. and Am. Prod. 254: Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. t. ouppl. 14 (wrong as to colour?).

above

1 in. broad, with the pungent hnirs

N. Australia.
^*^^:
''

Islands of the N. coast, R.

Brown.
'

^?"^^ane river and Moreton Bay, Fraser. },.r^^,^^'^^i. hampton, raz.^; Edgecumbe ^' Bay, i>a/W,^.
tI; T;
Pacific.
,CJ':ence river.
,

Kockothers; and Mueller, F.

Herb. F. Mueller.
the

"

'

distributed over E. India,

Archipelago, and

islands of the

S.

56.

GALACTIA,

R. Br.

Calyx-lobes 4 (the upper one 3 the acuminate, consisting of 3 combined) lateral shorter. Standard ovate, narrowed at the base, the margins slightly inHexed ; wings narrow, slightly adhering to the keel ; keel about as long. UpPf s amen free the others style united sessile anthers uniform. Ovary nearly WiUrm, with a small terminal stigma. usually curved, Pod linear, straight or nat, ^-valved, with a pithy pulp between the seeds. Seeds not strophiokte.
; ;

Galadia.]

XL. lkguminos^E.

255

Leaflets 3 or rarely 1 or 5, stipellate. Flowers in axillary racemes, clustered along the common peduncle. Bracts small, setaceous, deciduous. Bracteoles very small.
The species are chiefly American, one of them widely spread over the warmer regions of
the Old World, two or three others are African or Asiatic. Of the two Australian species, one is the common cosmopolitan one, the other is endemic. The genus is readily distinguished Ly the acuminate calyx with the upper lobe always quite entire.
Glabrous or puhescent with spreading hairs.
^ iMlky-pnbesceut or villous. 1.
iiDder

Prostrate or twining herbs.

both the

New and

Flowers few

in the raceme, 1.
ff.

in.

long

ienuiflora.

Flowers numerous, 7 or 8 hnes long

JFilld, ;

2.

(?.

Muelleri.

G. tenuiflora,

Wight and Jni. Prod. 206,

Stems from a

twining, attaining several feet, glabrous or pubescent with spreading or reflcxed hairs. Leaflets 3, ovate or oblong, usually 1 to 2iu. long and obtuse, but variable in shape and size, glabrous or pubescent especially underneath. Peduncles rarely exceeding 6 in., with few distant ckisters of 2 Pedicels or 3 flowers each, on a small gland-Iike node.

thick rhizome, usually slender,

Flowers pale reddish-purple or nearly white, vaiying from 4 to 6 hues. Calyx-lobes narrow, longer than the tube. Pod 1 to 2 in. long, ear, flat, coriaceous, with thickened margins, glabrous or pubescent. Seeds obliquely attached, smooth. N. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpentana
Qa adjoiuiug
coast,

^^Jy short.

R. Brotcn, Henne, Landsborough ; Strangways

river,

M'Douall

Stuart's

Expediiioju

Endeavour river, Banks and Solauder ; Keppel Bay, R. Brotcn ; Port ^"His and Keppel Island, M'GiUivrat/ ; Brisbane river, F. Mueller Broad Sound, Boirman. n. S. Wales. Clarence Cooper's and DarUog the between ; BecMer river, Moore,
;

Queensland.

treek,

Neihon,
is

the in much varies and America, and in tropical Asia, Afriea, Dreadth of the leaflets from almost oibicular to linear, iu the indumcutura, and in the size of tfie flowers. This has given rise to very numerous synonyms, of which nineteen are quoted n -Mai-t. Fl. flowirs and larger usually Bras. Papil. 143. have specimens The Australian like precisely P'J^ straighter arc some but thau in most of those from other countries,

The species

common

^iieludiauoues.

G. tethan plant stouter mncli lar^-er and obtuse ^^^ora, the branches veiy and oval-oblong Leaflets softly toincntose. sides. both on silky-pubescent ^J- elhptical, \\ to 2^ in. long, firm, softly than peduncles long, rigid, larger considerably bearing numerous flowers, tmdjlora, in distinct or distant clusters. Calyx silky, nearly 5 hues long, J^standard 7 to 8 straight, long, in. 3 lines long. about Pod silky, N. Australia. Fitzmaurice river, F, Mueller.
2.

G. Muelleri, Benih.

57.

CANAVALIA, DC.

upper lip 2-lobed Calyx 2 npper or entire lobes united hito a large obtuse , b andard lip. lower ones lower S-lobed or into entire a much smaller f or oblong wmgs claw f^'oad, reflexed, with ; 2 callosities inside above the bta^i>iear, rostrate, sometimes falcate or twisted, free: keel incurved and is one upper the where all united in the very base, at a open tube, "f^^^ style ovules sevend anthers with ^^^;^ uniform. Ovary shortly stipitate, ^iform or slightly or hnear, oblong Pod stigma. thickened, with a terminal
;

256
m

XL. LEGUMiKOSiE.

[Canamlk.

"broad, 2-valvedj with a

prominent longitudinal rib or wing on each side of the upper suture. Seeds rounded or oblong, with a linear hilum, varying in length. Large herbs with twining or trailing stems. Leaflets 3, usually large, stipellate. Stipules miiuite, often gland-like or none. Plowers rather large, purplish pink or wliite, in axillary racemes pedicels very short, clustered on lateral nodes along the upper portion of the rhachis. Bracts mi-

nute.

Bracteoles small, orbicular, very deciduous.

species are widely distributed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old WorlJ, some of them cultivated iu India for food, although others are very poisonous. The Australian one is a common maritime plant. The genus is readily known by Ihe calyx, different

The

from
pod.
1.
^

all

except some species oi F/iaseolus, vihich have

di

very different keel, stigma, and

C. obtusifolia^ DC.

Prod,

ii.

404.

Glabrous or the young

shoots

silky-pubcsceut, the stems more frequently prostrate or trailiugthan twining. Leaflets broadly obovate or orbicular, very obtuse or retuse, 2 to 3 in. long
thimier, attaiuing 4 or 5 in. and obscurely acuminate. Flowers pink or nearly white, along the upper portion of stout erect peduncles, varying from 6 in. to i ft. in length. Calyx nearly ^ in. long, the upper
tliick, rarely

and rather

long as the tube, with 2 very broad rounded lobes, the lower nearly half as long with 3 small lobes. Standard orbicular, | in. diameter;
to 1 in. broad, the longitudinal wings very narrow. Seeds 2 to 8, tlie hilum oblong or shortly linear, not half the length of the seed. Benth. iu Mart. PI. Bras. Pap. 178, t. 48, where the numerous synonyms are quoted.
keel

lip nearly as

much

curved, but obtuse.

Pod f

Queensland. Endeavour river. Bustard der, R. Brown; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller;

river,

Gregory's Ex2)ediiion n\^-, F. Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E, Brown.

^

N. Australia.

Nichol Bay,

N.W.

coast,

Upper

Victoria

Bowmmi,
S.

Bay, Bay of Inlets, etc., luisw'ich, Nernst ; Broad Souud and

JFoolls,

Banks avd

SolanFitzrov

N.
Ihe
^

Wales.

Manly Beach, Port Jackson,

on the sea-coasts of S. America, Africa, and tropical Asia. acur. [ueller's herbarium contains a narrower specimen of C. Bo/iariensis, Liudl., with minate leaflets and the lower lip of the Bay "Moreton calvx very small mid entire, inarl<ed an on the label, but probably from a garden, ' not but It is a S. American and S. African,

species is

common

Asiatic species.

58.

PHASEOLUS,

Linn.

Calyx 2 upper lobes or teeth united in short entire or 2-Iobt'd upper lip, a the lowest one longer and narrow. oblique often Standard broad, recuiTed, keel or twisted; wings obliquely obovate keel; or oblonsr, adhering to the produced into a long linear beak, UpF"" twisted. spirally more or less stamen free, the others united anthers sessile, Ovary nearly uniform. wUn several ovules ; style thickened twisted within the beak of the keel and " It, more or less or oblique bearded upwards along the inner side ; stigma
i ; i

2-valved. of the style. terete, Pod linear or falcate, flat or eitner beeds with a small or shortly linear hilum, Herbs not strophiolate. and annual or perennial and woody at the elongated base, short and erect or

the

mner

side

twining in the same species.

liolate, stipellate,

Leaves pinnately

Stipules usually yellowisn striate, sometimes produced white below their insertion. Tlowers

the leaflets entire or lobed.

l-wrarely 3-foliolate or very persisted,

PlmeolllS.]
i

XL.

LEGUMINOS^

257

purple or rerl, in clusters

"""^^^^^^^

duous

3 or more on lateral nodes in the upper porpeduncles. Bracts and bracteoles usually very deci3,

of

^'\''- ^^^l"^'"*^'^ o^er the warmer regions of the New and the Old World. ^ptrT'^^-^'^Y "'' "^ cultivated in various countries have given rise to many forms published sT/pn. ^l^^'"S'i frequently undistinguishable except by their ori-iu. To these lp?nl if'^'i generally cultivated species belong the only three hitherto found iu Australia.^ Stipules not produced below their insertion. Pod flattened. iiracteoles broad, striate, persistent, as long as the calyx. Plowers small, pale yellowishwhite

"

,...,,

iiracteoles su.all

and very deciduous.

mlaaris

Flowers large, pink or whitish

stipules oblong,

produced below their insertion.

.

cylindncal

Pod

at length nearly
3.

d ir P.Mungo.

'^^e^"Sj ^"'-; DC. Prod. ii. 392. Glabrous or silky-pubes^* r,\' cent When young, dwarf and erect or tall and twining. Leaflets broad, acun,ite, 2 to 3 in. long or more, the stipellaj small, obtuse. Stipules small, Pi'otluced below their insertion, Peduncles short, with few rather small

7
'

whitish flowers. Bracteoles ovate, striate, as long as the J^"S'"^P" calv )x and persistent. Calyx- upper lobe very short, broad, obtuse and entire.
-^

OJ"

linear,
PI

"t!^' -Bras. Papil.

-R

flattened, straight or slightly falcate. Bentli. in Mart.

182, with the synonyms quoted.

^.^^^^^

The species ia. ^"^ ^e Grey river, Ridley's Expedition. ^^^ mo^^^**^*^**' "cultivated in all warm and temperate countries. Its origin is uncertain, f^""."''^^^' probably
the
^"'^"''

cirpiimi "reanistances

under which they were gathered.

'^^ ^^t^ accompanies clue as to the any the Australian specimens giving S

Twining or '^J'^'^^llensis, H. B. and K. ; DC. Prod. ii. 391. trafli "^ ^''^^' &l''^'^''ous or more or less hairy, the hairs reflexed on the ster ^'S^ed or silky on the ovate, obbroadly usually leaves. Leaflets ti,sg"''Pf acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, the terminal one somewhat rhomu f'^'^

boid

"^^^

stinei]

^'"^^''
Pelhi
eels
"^I

^^'y oblique, those of the upper leaves narrower, the ^^^"&Stipules small, not produced below their insertion.
^^^^^

V '^'"y

FI j-Jq
lo Hi

Pedi^^""^'y ^"g' with few flowering nodes at or near the end. ^"0'"t. Bracteoles shoiier than the calyx and wtry deciduous.

r*

^p''^^' ^^'''^^'
7

acut

\" ]on/
3 or 1

r'''^ing 2

'"i^ed purplish or pint and w'hite or the standard yelobtuse, the lowest nnirow -^^ "^^P^'" '^^ ^'"*' ^'02^ ^"^ ^'"^'T ^"^ ^^ ^ Standard and wings nearly 1 in. tli'i" ^li<^ ^^^^^-

^^"Se^ or 3 coils.

i and nearly Hnr I"; ^^'56,t.63; Wight,Ic.t.34.

'" ^^"gth
of thp i^'Jf *r*^**-

flattened, straight or falcate, attaining in. in breadth. P. rodralus. Wall. PI. As.

Pod

Between Fitzmauriee

river and

Macadam Range,

F. Mueller

islands

iairir

"^SO,
fl

Linn,; DC. Prod.

ii.

395.

More

or less hirsute, the

speci

258

XL. LEGUMINOS.E,
twining, but, like

[Pliaseohs,

meus elongated and

P,

viitgaris, it is

more

generally

culti-

Leaflets mostly ovate, acute or acuminate, entire vated as dwavf and erect. Stipules or minutely 3-lobed, the lateral ones very oblique, 2 to 3 in. long. rather large, pblong, produced below their insertion so as to appear peltate. Flowers rather small, pale yellow, in 3 or 3 clusters at the end of the pedunBracteoles cle or rarely more numerous in a somewhat elongated raceme. small and very deciduous. Calyx 2 upper lobes very short and broad, the lowest nearly as long as the tube and acute. Keel spirally twisted to one Pods side, with a spur near the base of the lamina on the same side only. spreading or reflexed, cylindrical when ripe, 2 to 3 in. long, scarcely 3 lines broad, hirsute or rarely glabrous,

N. Australia.
Queensland.
liiiustone

Upper
;

Victoria river, F. iLieller ; islands of the N. coast, R. Brown,

Endcavoui- river.

Banks and Solander

Gould

Islaad,

M'GiUhray;

hi\h,LeicMardi

Boweu

river,

Bowman

Rockhampton,

Dallaohtf.

The Australian specimens belong chiefly to the slender twining form, which includes P. radlaliis, Roxb., or P. RoAuryhii, W, and Arn. Piod. 24G, and P. trinercius, Heyne, "W. and Arn. Prod. 245. This, like the erect form, including F, Max, Linn., as well as ?. Mungo^ appears to be very abuudajit, wild or cultivated, in tropical Asia, but not m
*

Amci'ica.
59.
(Scytalis

VIGNA,
Mey.

Savi.
;

and

Strophostyles, F.

Plectrotropis,

Schum)

Calyx 2 upper lobes united into one, or more or less distinct. Standard broad, spreading; wings obliquely obovate, adhering to the keel; keel incurved, either obtuse or with an obliquely incurved beak, not forming a complete spire. Upper stamen free, the others united; anthers uniform. Ovary nearly sessile, with several ovules style thickened upwards and lon^^^- ^'""^i" -^ gitudinally bearded side of the styl a small or shortly linear hiluni, not stroph.w.a... ....^^ r^
;
'
*

trailing or twining, or short and erect in the same species. Leaves piniiately persistent, tnfoliolate, stipellate, the leaflets entire usually or 3-lobed. Stipules on purple, rarely produced below their insertion. Flowers greenish yellow or

very short pedicels, in clusters of 2 or 3 on lateral nodes in the upper portion ai clusters of long axillary peduncles, or more frequently only 1 or 3 such
file

end of the peduncle.

is as

Bracts and bracteoles usually very deciduous.

widely distributed as Fkaseolus over the warmer regions of the ^^^f^ ii ditlers the Old World, and comprises several It only extensively cultivated species. spet^ from Fhaseolu^ Australian the keel not forming complete spires. Of the four three have a very wide range the New and the Old World, the fourth is eudeunc

The genus

Calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tuhe, the 2 upper united at the base only. Keel with a long obliquely incm-vcd beak Calyx-lobes short, the 2 upper ones united into one broad entire one. Keel rather acute, hut not beakedLeaflets obovate, \try obtuse . . . . . i
Leaflets

...

I,

V,vexim

2.

F- M^^^

mostly ovate, acute or acuminate, or narrow and lanceolate or

,

linear.

Flowers 7 or 8 lines long. Leaflets mostly ovate ilowers about 5 lines long. Leaflets mostly lanceolate or linear
1.

3.
.

F^

^-^^"^ *
^.

w>-

V. vexiUata,

^e^A. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 193,

50, /

^'y-]

XL, LEGUMINOS.E.

259
leaves,
oti

Steras.frora a tuberous rootstock, twining the hairs reflexed on the branches, more
leaytis,

and hirsute as \vl41 as the appressed and scattered

the

Leaflets usually ovate-lanceoKite in the lower leaves, narrow-lanceolate in the upper ones, 2* to 4 in. long aiul entire, but varj'ing in breadth and size. Stipules cordate-lanceolate, sometimes
shortly auriculate.
larger
tal;,x

rarely at length glabrous.

than in

Flowers greenish-yellow, more or less tinged with purple, most species, 2 to 4 together at the summit of the peduncle.

4 to 5 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones shortly united at the base. Standard 10 or 11 lines diameter, retlexed

wings rather shorter, one with a long auricle at the base, the other with scarcely any keel with a long incurved almost involute oblique oeak not however forming a complete spire, and with a lateral spur on one side below the beak. Stigma thick, on the inner side of the style above tlie
;
;

beard.

Pod nearly

cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, 3 to 4 in. long,

;

ajout 2 Unes

hroad.F/iaseohs vexUlalus, Linn. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1. 102; I'ma hrta. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 637; F. tuberom, A. Eich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i.
. Australia.

Sea Range and Point Pearce, F. Mueller; Albert riier, Heiine. vjueensland. Bustard Bay and Endeavour river. Banks and Solander ; Broad Sound, ^- Brown; Moretou *. ' Bay, Bidwill ; Piue river, Fitzalan ; Buidekin and Biiniett vers f Mueller; Port Ciirtis. M'Gillivrav ; Bowen river, Bowman; Rockhaiijjitou, ^
^''o^et^Dallachy.

"Wales.
tugland, C.

Beekler. *P**^"^* is widely spread over tropical Asia, Africa, and America. By the obliquity of th e fl flower and Ient!;th of the beak it is intermediate iu some respects between Vigna and ^^'^ ^^^ ^eou placed alternately by botanists in either of these genera or in Bo;,-,r
rivers,
'

Blue Mountains. Miss Stuart ; Macleay and Clarence

liiai-her

^',,!,*^ of -S^wjo/^ojiV/ffj in the Flora

by E. Meyer,

as appears by the extensive

synonymy

collected

BrasUiensis

'

above quoted.
i.

Eathcr coarse, Fostratc, trailing or shortly twining, nearly glabrous or the young shoots hoary or silky, with centrally fixed appressed hairs. Leaflets orbicular, obovatc or and "^ate-rhomboid, usually short Stipules long. very obtuse, 1* to 3 in. ^'oad few Inleola, stipellse obtuse. V. of those Flowers yellow, like usters crowded lobes the long, lines Calyx 1^ at the end of the peduncle. ^ teeth shorter short and one into united ones than the tube, the 2 upper "foatl one. Standard above \ in. diameter or rather more; keel broad, ^iich incurved, oblique very oblong, Stigma rather acute, but not beaked. glabrous, Pod "^ qite on the inner side beard. dense of the style above the Swartz, lukus, J^a^ght or curved, about m^^.-Bolichos 3 in. long, i in. Ind. Occid. * Sond. and Harv. i. 778 ; iii. 1246 ; F. relma,\\&\^. Eep. " ^*^ (%^^^, E. Mey.); F. anomala, Walp. Kep. i. /79 {Scy W/*

2.

V. lutea, A.

Gray, tot. Amer. Expl. Expid.

454.

'

To

^
Victoria river,
i='.

0 i^'^^*^*^^*
Bay
i/f;?vJ-^''^

il/^//t^r.

Harvev's Bay, R. Brozcn ; ^.'''^^' -P'. Mueller, Thozel, aiiJ others. R river, Clarence ^' Brown *^i. 7?; Saudj shoresfKingstown mid Newcastle, ft"; Solander. and river, Banks M^^^"gs Bay, Beekler: Botany , Th/' , , islands pf and Asm tropical in sands ^PP^a^fi to Lc not unfrequent iu maritime tte ?; ^acitio, and J have not seen Swartz^ in Southern Africa, more rare in the W, Indies. s 2

islands along the coast

down

to

xt , Moretou

T"^


2G0
.5.L.

LEGUMlNOSiE.
is

[Fipa,
to

specimens, but his descripliou leaves no doubt that A. Gray the present one.
3.

right in referring his plant

V.

luteola, Benlh.

in

Mart,

FL

Bras. Papil 194,

stvatCj trailing or twining, often

hirsute, especially

when

Pro50, /. 2. young, sometimes

/.

nearly glabrous, very rarely with a few of the centrally affixed hairs of Leaflets very variable, usually ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. V. lulta. long, entire or slightly sinuately 3-lobed, the upper ones sometimes longer

and narrowerj almost always acute or acuminate. Stipules small. Flowers Calyx scarcely 2 pale-yellow, in few clusters at the end of the peduncle. lines long, the 2 upper lobes united into one veiy short and broad one, the lowest about as long as the tube. Standard 7 or 8 lines diameter; teel as long as the wings, broad, much curved and rather acute, but not beaked. Stigma ollonj, very oblique or quite on tlie inner side of the style above the
hirsute or rarely at length glabrous, nearly terete, often torulose, 2 to 3 in. long, scarcely ^ in. broad. Dolichos Inteolm, Jacq. Hort.

dense beard.
t.

Pod

Yind.

90 Fi^na glabra and F. villpsa, Savi ; DC. Prod. ii. 401. Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander ; Burdekiu river, i^. Mueller,
;

N.
The
sea
;

S. "Whales.
species is

Clarence river, Wilcox,

in tropical

common

it is

also in tropical Africa.

America and temperate N. America, chiefly near the to me leads which specimens, I have not seen any Asiatic
I

doubt in some measure the identification of the Australian ones. difference between them and some of the common American forms. 4.

can however

detect no

or Glabrous V. lanceolata, Be}d7i, in Mitch, Trop. Amtr, 350. slightly pubescent, short and erect or elongated and twining, but always more acute, rather slender than F. luteola. or Leaflets usually lanceolate, obtuse on lohed to or hastately 2 rarely 3 in. long, entire or the terminal one 1^

each side at the base, the lateral ones on one side only, those of the lower leaves sometimes short and ovate, in the upper ones long and linear. Flowers much smaller than in V, luteola, otherwise like them, in few clusters at the end of the peduncle. Calyx about 1 line long, the 2 upi)er lobes united into one very short and broad oiie, the lowest not so long as the tube. Standanl the of about 5 lines diameter, with the 2 callosities and inflexed auricles
beakea not keel broad, much incurved, rather acute, but ; Pod glabrous or pubescent, nearly terete, 1 to 2 in. long. r. sukrecta, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 388.
allied species

N, Australia.
Expedition
;

Upper

Victoria river,

K Mueller;

to the S. of

Bo^-^^^ ^Vills' Creels,

Arnhem S. Bay, R. Broivn ; Albert river, Henne. v nu-n' -d i^^^: Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander; Broad Sound, S. nv ^ Boweu Mount Owen and Mount Faraday, Mitchell; Archer's Creek, Leichhardt; Bowman, N. S. "Wales. Between Darling river and Cooper's Creek, Nei!so7i,
' ,
,

Stems long slender and twining. Leaflets all hnear or linear-lanceo at Essington, Flowers smaUer. Yictoria river. F, Mueller; N. coast, R. Brown; Port
Var. piformis.
strovg.
'

_'

'

of R. Brown's specimens, with lanceolate leaves, is much the other specimens seen in fruit, hut I can detect no specific differences.
in

The pod

some

flatter than

60.

DOLICHOS,

Linn.

Calyx-lobes short, the 2 upper ones united into one broad entire o'" '-^^Jj^ a iiiflfxea ginatc one. Standard orbicular, recurved or spreading, with 2

Mlchos,]

XL. LEGUMJNOS.K.

'

261
adhering to

c!es at

the base

and

2 callosities inside

wings obovate,

falcate,

the keel,

nearly as long as the standard; keel

spiral.

much

incurved, often beaked,

;

anthers iuiiform, the others united Ovary nearly sessile, with several ovules ; style thickened upwards, either bearded longitudinally on the inner side or hairy all round, at least round the stigma, which is small and terminal. Pod flattened, usually falcate and acute,
but not

Upper stamen

free,

Seeds with a small or shortly linear hilum, not strophiolate. ilei-bs often woody at the base, twining trailing or short and suberect. Flowers sometimes Leaves pinnately tfifoliolate, stipellate. Stipules small. few together, on very short axillary peduncles or even solitary, with striate
2-valved.
persistent
axillary

bracts

and

bractcoles, almost as

in

Cliioria,

more frequently

with a few taat. besides But, only Australian one Africa. S.E. is widely spread over E. India and and Hrv. Thuub., H. lignosus, Liun. gibbosus, {B. DC. Trod. ii. 3137 Bot. Mag;, t. 382 flowers, a white and Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. pink of 244), a tall twiner with elegant racemes native of S. Africa, but much cultivated for ornament in hot <-"f';'e^', ^'J*^, " ff 'V;, ..'^ iid, from the "" neighbourhood
S. African,
;
;

racemes, clustered on lateral nodes along the peduncle, with very small and deciduous bracts and bracteoles, as in rit/na and F/iaseoIus. The species. American The genus is chiefly S. and Asiatic tropical

1.

D.biflorus, Unn.; DC. Prod.

ii.

393.

Either dwarf and nearly

all its pails,

and in the inflorescence r. Jte species is dispersed over tropical Asia and S.E. Africa. In " ,,hes iu "^'J; '"J^/f ' the of not species S Jle longitudinally bearded, it differs from most ^lou^. apetai and '/"J smaU ^ne respects sometime, apparcutly Cliioria. The lowest flowers are

elongated and twining, softly pubescent in very ones lateral the glabrous. Leaflets ovate, acuminate, 1 to % in. long, i usually Flowers obli4ue. Stipules ovate or lanceolate, striate, persistent. peduncle common or 2, rarely 3 or 4, clustered in the axils on a very short almost narrow, ^f a yellowish bracteoles Bracts and colour, not \ in. long. sulnilate longer Calyx-lobes s-'bulate or the lower ones broader and striate, ohovate, broadly Standard the tube, tbe lowest longer than the others. til lo, Style beak. ,"'gs narrow obtuse short a keel with much incurved, ; talr^te, od stigma. 1 glabrous, except a small tuft of hairs round the terminal UO. Lain^; unifiorm, broad.-Dto Ii 2 in. long and about 4 lines 24.x u. Cap. Pfod. ii. 398 Fl. Sond. and Harv. B. ; axllL-is, E. May. i W- Australia. Giihcri Mue/ler.

erect or

or at Icngiii

%n

river, F.

sh^hU^ or \entir^ "^^o tmited %x-lobes ones upper acuminate, 2 the ^ mflexed t w reflexed erector "^Standard obovate or orbicular, -^'V^ "neles at the base and 2 callosities inside ; keel ^^^^^^ "J^"^'^''^'!' es Ovary n free, the others united uniform. ^'^ anthers ^ oHK^ ^'^'^J^^ tlj about /"' thickened r^^^tyh filiform, incurved lind rather ; acuminate "^mal, small. ; ^ falcate, Pod linear, flat, often j^;^!'; '.t,! ^^f t orbicular. mdented between the se^Is. ^-^^.^'\7; *,;;;;. nearly Seeds "g hilum, and a thin or small strophiole, scarcely fl^-'^^^y-r"^, ^'^^ f.ifoUolate f Reaves P"^"f^ ^".g herbs, usually tomentose, often viscid. undemcaUi. dots resinous ^'^I'ota with slipelte/leaflets usually sprinkled
.

61.

DUNBARIA,

W. and Am.

ff

,,S f
,

^^^^


'

262

XL.
f

LEGUMINOS^.
-

[D^vibarla,

Stipules striate or small or none.

Flowers usually yellow,

in axillary racemes,

Bracts singly scattered along the rhachis or rarely solitary in the axils. Bracteoles none. usually broad and membranous, biit very deciduous.
extends, like Afylosia, over E. India and tke Archipelago, the Australian species being one of the most widely dispersed. Nearly allied to Atijlosia, it has the pod almost

The genus

of a Bolichos^ differing from Rh}/)fchosia only in the

1.

more numerous

ovnles.

slender twiner, Benth, in PL Jttngh. i. 241. boary all over with a minute tomentum^ scarcely becoming glabrous when old, and more or less sprinkled with resinous dots. Leaflets broadly rbomboidal, Flowers rarely 1 in. long, entire or the terminal one broadly sinuate-3-lobed. rather small, yellow, 2 together or rarely solitary in the axils of the leaves, on short pedicels. Calyx-lobes lanceolate-Mcate, the upper and lower ones longer than the tube. Pod nearly straight or falcate, obliquely acuminate, 1 to 1^ in. long, glabrous or slightly" tomentose. Seeds 6 to 8, with an oblong hilum and a rather thicker strophiole than in most species. DoUchosf?) rlipicJiosioides, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. part 1, 185.
M'GiUivray. The species ranges over the eastern prosome of vinces of India and the Archipelago up to S. China, aspect the It has very much of the common trailing Rhpichosias, hut the pod is quite different.

D. conspersa^

Queensland.

Dunk

Island,

62.

ATYIiOSIA, W.
Jf.

and Arn.

(Cantharospermura,

and Am.)

Calyx-lobes acuminate, the 2 upper ones united into 1 entire or slightly toothed one. Standard orbicular, reflexed, with 2 inflexed auricles at the base and often with 2 slight callosities inside keel incurved, obtuse. Upper
;

stamen

free,
;

the

veral ovules

anthers uniform. Ovarj^ style filiform, incurved and rather thickened above the middle;
;

others united

sessile,

with

se-

stigma terminnl, small. Pod oblong or broadly linear, straight, scarcely acuminate, 2-valved, Avith partitions between the seeds, the valves coriaceous or orbior rarely thin, transversely indented between the seeds. ovate Seeds cular, with an oblonjj hilum and a thick fleshy strophiole. Trailing or twining herbs or erect shrubs, usually tomentose *or softly villous. Leaves pinnntcly trifoliolate, without stipellae ; leaflets usually glandular-dotted unoerthe in nenth. clustered Stipules small or none. Flowers yellow, solitaiy^ or

membraand broad axillary^ peduncles. Bracts usually nous, but so deciduous as to be rarely seen. Bracteoles none. The genu3 extends over E. India and the Archipelago and westward to the Mauritius, enare others the Australian species, one is common over the whole range of the genus, the e
axils or at the

end of

F. Mueller proposes to reunite it with Cajanus to which pod is differently shaped, and the strophiole appears to he constant. some sections of Rhjnchosia in the ovules always more than 2.

demic.

but tn allied, it is closely tro differs It only

Stems

trailing or twining.

Pod

broad, thin, transversely reticulate. or orbicular

seeds.

Leaflets broadly obovate

-.

1.

^. mdmorata.

Pod

coriaceous with deeply depressed transverse lines between the

Leafl.'ts

rhomboid ovate or

elliptical.

Pedicels axillary solitary or clustered with scarcely any

common
, .

peduncle Peduucles axillary, ofteo exceeding the leaves

#

!,!!..

smrahaoides A. i^ 8. ^. reiictdais-

v^,

'Atylom.l

XL.

legumikos^.
ft

263

Stems erectj shrubby at the base. Pod coriaceous. Leaflets very rugose, thick and soft. Pod villous, with long hairs.

Terminal Terminal

leaflets at

some

distance from the lateral one

lateral ones

4.

^. grandifoHa,
^. pluriflora.

leaflets close

between the 2

5.

Leaflets scarcely

rugose, silky-hoary or silvery-tomeutose.

Pod
6.

tomcntose, without long hairs

1,

^.

cinerea,

A, marmorata,

Benth.

Stems rather

slender, trailing or twining,

pubescent or hirsute.
rigid

Leaflets very broadly obovate orbicular or broader

than long, very obtuse, 1 to

1^

in.

long, softly pubescent

when young,

rather

and nearly glabrous when old. Peduncles solitaiy or 2 together, often slightly exceeding the leaves, eitlier 1 -flowered or bearing 1 or 2 pairs of flowers. Calyx slightly tomentose, about 4 lines long, the lobes rather longer tlian the tube. Ovary with about 4 ovules. Pod Petals 5 or 6 lines long. very flat, about 1 in. long, and nearly \ in, broad, mottled with purple and
very thin and marked with fine transverse reticidations, the transverse depressed lines between the seeds very faint. Glycine marviorata, E. Br. Herb.
tliinly

hairy, the valves

K. Australia.
* Brown,

Upper Victoria

river, F.

Mueller ;

islands of the Galf of Carpentaria,

Eenne.

Port Denison, FUzalau. Ihe species is allied to the E. ludian A. 2ilatycarpa, Benth., but the leaflets are differently waped, the pod straighter, etc. These two species belong to the section Rht/nchosloides,

Queensland.

Nebo Creek and Bowcn

river,

Bowman

thich only differs

2.

from the section Nomismia of Rki/nchosia,

in the

number of

ovules.

Bentk. in PL ing, slender, but often extending to sevei-al feet, softly toraentose iu all its parts. Leaflets obovate or elliptical, obtuse or the upper ones narrower and or short almost acute, 1 to very Peduncles soft. li in. long, rugose and long. almost none, bearing lines about 5 flowers, 1 to 5 shortly pedicellate Calyx-lobes falcate, acute, rather longer than the tube and nearly as long as tlie petals. to and long 3 in. to 1 about | Ovary with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod
.

A. scarabaeoides,

Jungh.

i.

242.

Trailing or twin-

4 hues broad, softly tomentose and hairy, the valves coriaceous, marked bescatween the seeds {\mov!s.-Bhjnclmia (?) by deep transverse lines and Arn. and rabfsoides, DC. W. pauciflorum, Prod. ii. 387 ; Cantharospermum
Prod. 255.
is species spc The lac Dallachy. Ballachy. vjueensland. Queensland. Port Denison, Burdekin river, etc., Boicman, etc.. Bowroan, ^mmon in E. India and the Archipelago, extending from the Manritius to S. China. the differ from frc Austrahan specimens otherwise not have the leaflets rather narrow, but do Cantlmroapermum, common form. This section the and all the following species belong to <rrespoudiug to the section Ptychotenlnm of Rhynchosia.

Benth. Stems ob use rhomboidal, '^ther coarse, or ovate Leaflets i-usty-hii-sute or velvety. Ij to 3 2 usual Peduncles y in. long, rugose and softly velvety-toinentose. or short cluster a 3 m each axil, end the bearing at of lengths, unequal I'^eme of often at ^"t short, very about at first pedicels 3 to the 9 flowers, f lobes the long, ^ngth as long lines as the calyx. Calyx rusty-viUous, fully 6 tube, the as ""ear acuminate, long as the upper or lower on^s about 3 times Uvary ^"e lateral calyx. the ones rather shorter. Petals scarcely exceeding villous, very wide, lines *! foxxi 6 ovnlcs. in. long and 4 1 about Pod t transoblique rather long hairs, the deep valves coriaceous, marked with

3.

A. reticulata,

t^^uing, rarely or trailing elongated,

nh


264
XL. LEGUMINOS.^.
9

\_Atfjlom,

verse fun*o\vs between the seeds,

iii.

BoUchos reticulatm^

Ait. Hort.

Kew.

ed. 1,

S3; DC. Prod.ii. 400.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R.

N- Australia,

Queensland. Endeavour river. Bay, R. Brown; Rockhainpton, Ballachy,,

4,

Brown. Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham

. ,
.

Shoabvater

A. grandifolia,

F.

MuelL Herb,

An erect

branching, rusty-tomen-

tose or softly villous shrub, closely resembling in other respects J.7'eticulata, Leaflets broadly ovate or rhomboidalj obtuse or rather acute, 2 to 3 in. long, veiy rtigose and soft. Flowers in irregular clusters or short racemes, pedunculate in the upper axils, the upper peduncles short, forming an irregular
ter-

minal leafy panicle. Pedicels at first very short, or rarely attaining the length of the calyx. Calyx rusty villous, about \ in. long, the lobes about twice as long as the tube. Petals scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod as in A. reticulata, about 1 in. long and 4 lines wide, very villous with long hairs, the valves coriaceous, marked with deep transverse furrows between the seeds. lU. Aastralia. Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpcutariaj,
7?.

Brown,

Burnett ranges, F. Mueller; Burdekia Espcdition, Fitalan; Fitzroy river, Bowman; Port Denison, Ballachy, Var. calyeina. Leaflets very thick and rugose. Calyx -lobes longer and broader Ihauin the ordinary form, the tube very short. Pod very broad. Victoria river, /. Mueller.
,

_ Queensland.

pluriflora, V. Maell. Herb. Erect and shmbby, clothed with a Leaflets soft woolly or silky tomentum, usually very white on the branches. from obovate, very ol)tuse, and about 1 in", long, to elliptical-oblong, obtuse or almost acute and near 2 in. long, more or less rhomboid, very rugose and soft, the terminal one inserted close between the lateral ones instead of being raised at some distance above them as. in all the other Australian species. Peduncles in the upper axils bearing an irregular head or umbel-like cluster
5,
the as long first very short, at length nearly as calyx. Calyx softly villous, 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes not much longer Ovary than the tube. Petals exceeding the calyx, attaining about 7 lines. with 4 to G ovules. Pod about 1 in, long, very villous with long hairs, the

of flowers, the pedicels at

Valves coriaceous,

marked with deep transverse furrows between

J?.
;

the seeds.

Queensland.
ton, Tkozet
;

Broad Sound,

Brown; Burdekin Expedition, i^//r^te;

Thozet's River, Ballachy,

Rockhanip-

near Princhester, Bowjnan

6,

A. cinerea,
last

F. Muell. Herb,

than the

two

species,

slender more A shrub of 2 or 3 ft., toshort and hoary or silvery with a soft but close

Leaflets ovate obtuse or rather acute, 1 to 1^ in. long, strongly m than reticulate underneath, and sometimes rugose so above, but much less A, (jrandifoUa. Peduncles axillary, bearing usually a short irregular raceme calyxof rather large flowers. the as Pedicels rather thick, often as long Calyx tomentose or silky, 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, rather longet

mentum.

Standard and keel 8 or 9 lines long. Ovaiy with 4 ovules. Pod 1 in. long or rather more, nearly 4 lines broad, ^softly tomenfurro^^s tose, but without long hairs, the valves transverse coriaceous, with

than the tube.

to

between the seeds. W.Australia. Nichol Some of these sixicuuens may

Gregory's Expedilion ; Victoria forms at first sight be confouuded with the more tomentose Rhynchosia acidifoha, which however has smaller flowers and only 2 ovules in a^

Bay, F,

river.

M^^^^''^:

Atf/losia.]

XL. LEGUMINOS.K.

265
Brown (specimens
rnther

ovaries I

doubtful,

have examined. Islauds of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. scarcely cancsccnt, and possibly a var. of A. ^randifolia),

63.

RHYNCHOSIA,
IF,

Lour.
E, Mef/.)

(Nomismia,

and Am.; Copisma,

Calyx 2 upper lobes more or less united. Standard obovate or orbicular, usually with inflexed auricles at the base, rarely callous inside; keel inctuTefl,

wings narrower or rarely obovate, and often shorter. Upper stamen free, the others united anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or nearly so, with 2 or very rarely 1 ovule style curved above the middle and often thickened stigma tenniual. Pod flattened, oblong or falcate, 2-valved, rarely divided inside. Seeds ovoid, rounded or almost reniform, with a lateral
;

obtuse or rarely

beaked

oblong hiium. the fuuiele centrally attached, with or withont a strophiole. Trailing; or twiniu"; herbs or erect undershrnbs or low shrnbs, often tomentose and usually sprinkled with resinous dots. Leaves piimately 3foliolate, rarely in species not Australian 1- or 5-foliolate, without any or with small setaceous stipellse. Stipules broad or linear or very small or none. Peduncles axillary, bearing a raceme or rarely single flowers, usually yellow, the standard often Bracts very deciduous; bracteoles streaked with purple.
short or

none.

A
rica

considerable genus, dispersed over the

warmer

Au9with several Asiatic species, and tra inn species, one is very common both in the New and the Old World, the others are all endemic, although one is closely allied to a common S. American one.
and
Afi-ica,

resrions of the globe, especially S. Of the six a few iu N. America.

Amc-

Stems erect and shrubby.

Mems

minutely tomentose, slightly rugose. Peduncles slender, 1-or few-flowered. , Keel obtuse. Seeds stropbiolate -Leaflets softly tomentose, very rugose. Pedicels short, axillary. Keel beaked ,
.

Leaflets

2. -B. acidifoha.

3,

5. rostrafa.

trailing

or twining.

Flowers racemose,
.

loa nearly as broad as long, membranous, transversely reticulate. feeeds stropbiolate. Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube i^tJd falcate, much longer than broad. Seeds not stropbiolate. Pod tomentose, depressed between the seeds. Leaflets mostly abuve 2 in. long. . . Calyx-lobes shorter than the tube Pod nearly glabrous or hairy. Leaflets not nmeh above 1 in. long. Calyx-lobes rather longer than the tube, owers scarcely above 3 lines long ^ lowers nearly 5 lines long . .
.

1.

R- rhomhoidea.

4.

R, CunnhighamiL

\'

minima,
australis.

'

"

Mudh

Herb,

Diffuse,

trailing

or

slightly

Leaflets broadly ovate,

fi,.

Standard about 3
flat,

lines lon^S

keel obtuse.

'^Worm.

Pod

6 or 7 lines Ion-, 4

to 5 lines broarl,

not acuuunate the

flesliy stro-

^Jlves thin,
piiiole.

with fine transverse retieulations.

Victoria river, F. Mueller.

Seeds with a thick

W- Australia.

Nearl)- allied to

R. nummularia,

DC,

in

^66

^L- LEGUMixos.?;:.

\_RhjiicJiom,

These species helong to the which, however, the dowers are !arge and the ovules solitary. section NomivYiia, proposed as a genus by Wight and Arnott, difTeriug from the section Rhynchosioides o^ Atyhsia^ in having never more than 2 ovules,

acutifolia, F. MuelL Herb, {under Atylosia). Erect and shrubby but slender, minutely and closely tomentose or rarely softly pubescent. Leafacushortly or acute almost in. long, ovate-lanceolate, to 1^ lets ovate or |
2.

R.

Peduncles axillary, slender, bearing 3,. minate, sometimes slightly rugose. 3 or few flowers in an irregular raceme. Pedicels at first short, often at length Plowers yellow, 5 or 6 lines long. Calyxas long as the calyx and filiform.
lobes rather longer than the tube. obtuse, but veiy much incurved.

Standard with 2 callosities inside; keel Ovules 2. Pod coriaceous not acuminate, minutely tomentose, slightly depressed between the seeds, 6 to 8 lines long, fully 3 lines broad. Seeds with a thict fleshy strophiole.

(a fragMueller F. river, Gilbert Bi/noe; Mueller, JP. ment with loose fruits, one having had 3 ovules); N.W. Coast, A. Cunninf/ham Nichol with cinerea,\s^t Jiylosia of Bay, F. Gregort/'s Expedition (more tomentose, with the aspect Fli/chosection the to belongs species the small flowers and 2 ovules of R, aculifolia). The cenirum, W. and Arn., differing from the shrubby Atylosias of the section Bcaralaoidesxn that appears ic specimen the 2 ovules. From the above-mentioned pod with the Gilbert River la oun t found I but there may be occasionally a third ovule as occurs also in R, minima;

N. Australia,

Victoria river,

-,

all

the ovaries I examined.

3.

Erect* and shnibby, densely woolly-tomenrugose, very and tose or velvety. Leaflets ovate or rhomboidal, thick, soft, napre larger rather acute, not \\ in. long in our specimens, but probably peshort very perfect ones. Flowers appareiitly clustered in the axils on a

R,(?) rostrata, Benth.

Calyx densely clothed with white wool, the tube about ones lateral the lobes naiTow, the upper and lower ones about 4 lines long, witii outside, shorter. Standard not exceeding the calyx, slightly tomentose nnich keel 2 prominent callosities inside; wings obovate, much falcate; brsute, very Ovary curved, with a naiTow obtuse beak longer than broad. with 2 oviiles in the only flower examined. Pod unknown. N, Australia. York Sound, N.W. coast. A. Canmngham. The true [*V^^J^
duncle.
specfes cannot be determined until the fruit and seeds are to the section Pseiidocajan of Rkynchosia.

the lines, 2

known, but

it

^^'''^f to be o g appears

4.

R. Cunninghamii,
softly

Bcmih Twining

to a considerable length,

shoi-tly

and

pubescent or velvety.

Leaflets broadlv ovate-rhomboidal,

acumi-

Stipules subulate-acuminate, ^^rf^fr^^ o^ I pedicels often present. Eacemes axillary, not exceeding the leaves, the Knes long, often 2 together or the upper ones almost clustered. Calyx ^^*"[^'\ mentose, 2 to 2^ lines long, the lobes obtuse, shorter than the tube,
nate, 2 to

in.

long, rather thin.

Pod keel obtuse. and shortly acuminate, slightly contracted between the seeds, nearly i" ^^'^^^^^ ^^^ coriaceous. in. broad, densely tomentose and often also hairy, valves I ovoid, bluish-black", the hilum short, lateral, without any strophiole.
fully twice as long, slightly callous inside
;

f sHgWly

talca^

A, ^}^^^^ZV^\y,i Moreton Bay, (7. Stuart; Mount Elliott and Thozet's Creek, Flizalan. Dallachy- ^"^^^^^^ eiea is very closelv allied to the common S. American R. pJiaseoloides, DC, ""\ ,, :f usii have ^ some sligjht differences in the size of the flowers, the seeds in that species not always, a large scarlet spot round the hilum.

Queensland.

Endeavour

river.

Banks and Solander

N.E.

coast,

RhjncJtoda,']

XL.

leguminos^.
385.

267

5.

R. minima, DC. Prod,

or nearly

ii.

Slender, trailing or twining, minutely

toraentose

glabrous.

Leaflets

broadly ovate-rliomboidal, mostly

about 1

in.

long

when

full-grow'n but often

much

smaller, with minute or

without any stipellse.

longer than the leaves,

Stipules also very small or none.

Eacemes mostly
;

bearing in their upper portion scattered pendulous yellow flowers rarely exceeding 3 lines in length, on very short pedicels in the lower axils the peduncles are sometimes very short and few-flowered. Calyx about 2 lines long, the lobes rather longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the base or to the middle. Standard obovate, without callosities; keel obtuse. Pod falcate, shortly Style slightly thickened upwards.
acuminate or acute, narrowed at the base, \ to nearly | in. long, shortly tomentose-pubescent. Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. Seeds without any strophiole.

punctata, DC. Mem, Leg. t. 56, and Prod. ii. 385 ; 2 ; . enoidea, B. medicaghea, and 11 rhomhi/oba, DC. Prod. ii. 385,
t.

54.

f.

K mda, 3SG K
;_

laxiflora, in

Camb,

in

Jacquem. Voy.

t.

54; and numerous other synonyms cited

river,

Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 204.

N.Australia.
F.Mueller
;

Nichol Bay, F. Gregorys and Ridley's Expeditions; Victoria

Goulbiini Islands, J,

Cminingham

New

Year's Island,

i2.

Brown.

Broad Sound, Keppel Bay, jR. Brown; Bowen and Burdekin rivers, Bomnan, Ballachy ; iM oreton Bay, C. Stuart. ^ and CooDarling the S. between ; Wales. Beckkr ^. Hastiiigs and Maclcay rivers,

Queensland.

per's

Creek, Neilson

Mount

Goninirbcri, Beckler,
all tropical

The species appears to be abuudaut iu almost

6.

or subtropical countries.

R. anstralis,

BentJi.

in as stems twining or Slender with trailing

much are flowers the ijut inflorescence, same foliage and the larger, usually on streaks without nearly 5 lines long, bright yellow, the than standard, longer rather CaIyx4obes all narrow, subnlate-acnminate, acutube, the 2 falcate, Pod minima. R. upper lobes more united than in besides miiiate, narrowed hairs long with hirsute long, at
^. minima, with the

the base, above

in.

toe

of R. minima, this is yet different from any of the Tunncrous the^b. Alncaa respects /^ther couutries some in by that ubiqidtoHS species, approaching

la vanetj

minute tomentum of R. minima. Seeds not strophiolate. N. Australia, Port Essiugton, Jrmsfivr,g. r. r n Bowman, Queensland. Morcton Bny, Bidwill ; llockliainpton, Thozet. Dallacl,y, ** S. Wales. Clarence river, Berklpr. . j forms ass inrd

64.

ERIOSBMA,

DC.

inwith oblong, or Calyx 2 upper lobes usuallv free. Standard obovate ^ obincurved fled auricles sligMly at the base, rarely callous inside j \^\ united; t'l^e; others the free, wings usually longer, narrow. Upper stamen above incurvexl filiform, J"thers uniform. Ovarv sessile, with 2 ovules ; style orbithe middle obliquelv flattened, and sometim'es slightly thickened. Pod obliciue, f="lar or oblong, Seeds broadly oblon-, 2-valyed, not divided inside. hilum.?ot strophiolate, linear long a .of the 'f.micle attached t one end glabrous, or Herhs or tonientose undershrubs, erect prostrate or rarely twining, pinnately ;f>e Leaves Rhjnckosia. resinous dots less conspicuous than in

or 1-foliohite, usually without stipellaB. or racemes, ^^ united axdlary in opposite the leaf. Tlowers usually yellow,

S-foliolate

Stipules lanceolate, free

268

'

XL, LEGUMiNos.E.
m

[Enosema.

clusters, the standard often silky-villous.

Bracts very deciduous; Lracteoks

tropical Asiatic
as a sRctiou of

none.
The genus is numerous in S. American and African species, with a single one which is the same as the only Australian one. Formerly considered Rki/nchosia, it differs in the position of the seeds and generally in habit.

'

oblong perennial Eliizome a 1. only, base the at branching ft. high, simple or 1 to erect, Steins tuljer. i short a with intermixed hairs, long rust-coloured with hirsute less or more Leaflets solitary, nearly sessile, from oblong-lanceolate to linear, pubescence. on and surface upper on the long hairs sprinkled with a few 1 to 2 in. long,

E. chinense,

Vog. in

PL

Meyen. 31.

unglaucous or hairy above, one, otherwise glabrous lower the veins of the flowers, rarely 3 or with 2 short, axilhnry, exceedingly 1, Peduncles derneath. the villous, or pubescent Calyx Bracts *small, narrow. 4 Hues long. about 6 to Pod 4 points. subulate lobes either shorter than the tube, or with long Pyrrhotricha lines long, 3 to 4 lines broad, covered with long rusty hairs,

tubtrom,

W. and

Arn. Prod.
i

i.

238; Rhynchma

virgata, Hainilt, in

A\all.

Cat. n. 5503.

N- Australia.
Queensland.
The

Arnhcm N. Bay, Brown; Port Essington, Armstrong, Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, A. Cunninyham,
N.
India, also in Ceylon,

"

species is frequent in the hilly districts of

Burmah,

,,

the

Philippines, and S. Chiua.

65.

FLEMINaiA,

Eoxb.

or obovate oval Standard Calyx4obes nearly equal or the lowest longer. orbicular, with inflexcd auricles at the base, often callous inside ; keel incurved,

obtuse or acute; wings usually rather shorter. with so, nearly others united; anthers uniform. or sessile Ovary short, ovules style filiform, incurved above the middle and often slightly thickened; a with Seeds stigma terminal. Pod very oblique, short, turgid, 2-valved. rarely shrubs, or sfiort hiluin without any strophiole. Herbs undershrubs uoU resinous twining, usually tomentose or pubescent and sprinkled with of veins Jhe the Leaves digitately S-foliolate or 1-foliolate, without stipelUc,
;

Vexillary stamen

free, the

""^

leaflets

verv

Plowers p
Bracts either like the stipules or (in species leafv, concave, enclosino: the flowers. Bracteoles none. " cemes.

most nuraerons in tropical Asia, with one or two ^^^ Australian species two are coininon to E. India and the Archipelago, the other ^^'1,^'^^^^^, deinie. The species with large Ical'y hracts forming the section Ostryodlum, V^j ^ ^^^ mon -on in the Archipelago, have not yet heeu found in Australia. The habit and ^*^^ji?^*^?.^^j^. i^^^^ readily is genus are almost those of some Genistets^ from which tribe, however, it gnished by the free upper stamen. Several species also resemble some Psoraleas, ovary and pod are quite different.
is

The genus

African species.

Of

tll6

Jlowers Flowers Flowers Flowers

1.

in small loose panicles

1-

^^"^^''.J*

2 or 3 on a short axillary peduncle in axillary oblong spike-like racemes in dense globular sessile heads

........

^' 3.

^^^"^''^^0^.

^-^^''7
Z*.

4.

mvoliicrai

^,L

undcrshnib erect DC. An Prod ii, 351. ; shrub with slender branches^ the young parts and inflorescence minutely

P, lineata, RoxL

or

b^

ru^ ;

;; ; ,

Flemut(/ia.2

XL.

LEGOMINOS^,

2C9

tomentose, the foliageal length nearly glahrous.

Leaflets 8, from obovate-

cuneate to elliptical -oblong or broadly lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 1|^ to 3 in.

long.

and bracts small, usually persistent. Flowers small, secund and loosely racemose along the branches of small irregular axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx minutely tomentose, about 3 lines long, the lobes much falcate, longer than the tube. Standard broad, scarcely exceeding the calyx keel at least as long, much curved, acute; wings rather shorter. Pod very oblique, about 4 to 6 lines long and 3 lines broad. Wight, Ic. t. 327. Victoria river, Ticachery Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller ; Port , N. Australia.
Stipules

Essington,

Armstrong. Queensland. Hockhamptoii, Tliozet ; Burdekin river and Deuison Creek, Port Denison and Edgecombe Bay, Ballachij. The species is widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago.
2.
liabit
3;

Bowman

F. pauciflora, Bentli. A low perennial or undershrub, with the Leaflets of l\ parr.lfora, but softly silky-pubescent or villous all over.

from obovute to elliptical-oblong, obtuse or softly mucronatc, 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers small, 2 or 3 Stipules narrow, acuminate, often persistent.

Bracts narrow, silky, almost sessile, on short axillary peduncles. persistent. Calyx silky, the tube very short, the lobes narrow, acuminate, often 3 lines long. Standard rather broad Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes.
together,
l^eel

obtuse.

Pod

very oblique, as broad as long, attaining nearly \

in.

N. Australia.
3.

Landshorough. Carpentaria, of Gulf Victoria river, F. Mueller;

P. parviflora, Benth. A low perennial or undershrub, with rather slender prostrate or ascending stems, rarely exceeding 1 ft., loosely pubescent, m. to almost silky when voung. and 1 \\ obovate-cuneate Leaflets 3, from Stipules long, to rugose. very ovate-lanceolato and 3 to 4 in. long, usually sesracemes ^ery deciduous. spike-like dense Flowei3 small, pink, in short
silkyCalyx deciduous. Bracts lanceolate, silky-hairy, ,, very . , , , ,i pubescent, about 2 lines long, the upper lobe rather longer than the tube, the obovate, lowest still longer. standard Petals shortly exceeding the calyx ; broad. Imes tase not 3 long, keel near :arly straight, obtuse. Pod 4 to 5 lines F.MuelBay, Moreton river
sile

in the axils.

Shoal Ray Passage, iJ. Brown ; Brisbane ^^ Burdekiri river. Bowman; Port Denison, Dallac?,:, ; Lynedoeh ^"'l*^^' ^^;^^^^^ aie floweis the speeics Nearly allied to the E. Indian F. proslrala, Roxb., but in the latter
considerably larger,

Queensland.

althouuh the petals arc shorter than the calyx.

in

4-

r. involucrata, Benth.

PL

wal or undershrub of 2 to 4 ft., more l^^aflets 3, ovate, rather acute, 2 to 3

"'luous.

stout perenerect Jurujli. i. 246._ hairs, spreading sott with or less villous Stipules lanceolate very de-

An

more rather or diameter Flowers in dense globose heads of 1 in. the of ends the sessile or at very shortly peduncfdate in the upper axils and nan forming pubescent ^^^^'-J'es. Outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, striate, h covered Calyx [olucre round the head ; inner ones much nan'ower. ^ long "^es 'o'lg soft nearly 6 hairs, the upper lobes about 4 lines, the lowest than ^"^^ "^ much broader shorter rather Standard than the others. ^f^^' he in enclosed Pod ^^"V'ite ; keel scarcely shorter, almost acute. ^^Y' LoW. capdata, 5fyx, scarcely 3 lines long, usually 1-seeded by abortion.-/, %Fl.Ind:Bat.i. parti. 166."*
.

in. long.

Q^eeasland.

Endeavour

river,

iJ. .Br^^'-^.

and India E. Also in N.

Java.
.

270

XI" LEGUMlNOSiE.

[FlemiiKjia.

66.
*

ABHUS,

Linn.

Calyx campanulate, truncate or shortly and broadly toothed. Standard ovate, the short claw adhering to the base of the staminal tube; keel much curved, the petals united from the base, often longer than the wings. Stamens 9 united in a sheath open on the upper side, the upper one deficient.
with several ovules; style short, incurved; stigma terminal. Pod oblong or linear, flat, 2-valved, with cellular partitions between the seeds. Steins usually twining or trailing, woody at the base. Seeds not strophiolate. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with several pairs of small leaflets, without stipellse, Eacemes terminal or axillary, the common petiole ending in a short point.
sessile,

Ovary

the flowers in clusters on lateral thickened nodes.

bracteoles none.

Bracts minute or none;

small genus dispersed over the tropical regions both of tlie New and the Old A^orlJ, the only Australian species extending over the whole range. It is in some measure iutcr-

meJiate between the tribes Viciea^ Phaseolea^ and Dalbergle<je,

1.

A.]
Leaflets in 7

Glabrous or
to

slightly

pubescent,

10 pairs, oblong-elliptical or rarely

obovate,

usually about L \ in. long. Eacemes with 1 or 2 leaves, or at least with a leafless pair of stipules below the flowers, the flowering part 1 in. or rather more in length, the nodes rather crowded. Flowers pink, or rarely white or pur-

narrow, longer than the wings. Pod sessile, 1 to 1^ in. long, 6 to 7 lines broad, almost squared at both ends and atblack usually tached by the inner angle, glabrous or scaly outside. Seeds with a large scarlet spot, sometimes brown with a darker spot, or white and paacu A. unspotted. Lam. lUustr. t. 608. f. 1 236 W, and Arn. Prod. i. PL Couim. Desv. in Mey. floras, Ann. Sc. Nat. ix. 418 ; A. sqnamulosas, E. Afr. Austr. 126,
ple, 5 to 6 lines long, the keel
; ;

Browriy Henne. m common Queensland. Burdckia Expedition aud Port Deuisoa, Fltzalan, Very India and the ArcLipclago, exteudiug iuto tropical and southern Africa, aud frequent also, but perhaps naturalized, in several parts of S. America.
Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria,
i2.

N. Australia.

Tribe VITL Dalbergie/E.Trees

or

woody

clim1)ers.

Leaves
rarely 3.

pinnnte,

with 5 or more leaflets or sometimes one large leaflet, very or tube or none, or small and subulate. sheath Stamens all united in a

Stipends
ii>^^

Pod

iudebisceat.

African.

67.

DALBERGIA,

Linn,
orbicular^; or Standard obovate

Calyx-teeth short, the lowest rather longer. m or side, keel obtuse. Stamens all united in a slieath open on the upper s"^^ anthers equal bundles, or reduced to 9, the upper one deficient; ovule^; few or erect, didymous, opening at the top. Ovary stipitate, with 1
|

style incurved,

rarely falcate,

with a terminal stigma. Pod thin and flat, oblong, ^^"*i^|' jg bt'C winged. indehisceiit, the margins neither thickened nor

Dalhrnjia!]

XL.

leguminos^.

'

271

few and distant along the centre of the pod, very flat and renifornK Leaves pinnate, without stipellae, the leaflets Trees or Avoody climbers. usually alternate. Flowers small, usually numerous in axillary or terminal Bracts and bracteoles usually dichotomous cymes or irregular panicles.
single or

minute.

A
only

large

genus dispersed over the tropical regions of the Aubtraliau species has also beeu found in New Guiuea.

New

and the Old World.

The

Benth, in Hook. Loud, Joiirn, ii. 217. A small tree, with tEe branches sometimes weak or climbing. Leaflets 7 to 15, broadly oblong, or oval-elliptical, very obtuse, \ to \\ in. long, glabrous above, minutely pubescent underneath. Panicles or clusters of raeemes, under 2 in. long, not much branched. Flowers scarcely above 2 lines long. Calyx nearly glabrous,
i.

D, densa^

about 1 line long, the teetb very sliort and broad. Claws of the petals as long as the calyx. Ovary glabrous; style rather slender. Pod very thin,
obtuse,
centre,

\\ to nearly 3 in. long, about \ on a stipes of about 2 lines.

'in.

wide, slightly reticulate along the

Queensland. Prince of Wales Islands, It, Brown; Albany IslauJ, V. ffilL Also Guinea ISew the in New Guinea. than leaflets more The Australian specimens have rather tamanndijolia, B, ones, Lut do not otherwise common the to differ. The species is allied lai-gcr broader much I^oib, from E. India but pod. same and the Archipelago, and has the
and fewer leaflets

and smaller flowers.

68,

LONCHOCARPUS,

H. B. and K,

Standard oi-blcular Calyx truncate or very broadly and shortly toothed. obovate or rarely oblong^ wings usually slightly adhering to the keel ; keel base, conthe at nearly straight or free stamen Upper incurved, obtuse. more or with iiate with Ovary 2 the others iu the middle ; anthers uniform. or oblong flat ovules; style incurved, very stigma small, terminal. Pod oi upper the indehiscent, Jroadly linear, thin or rather thick and coriaceous, not but nerve, both margins sometimes thickened or bordered by a prominent orbicular. or reniform ;;;i>gedSeeds usnally 1 or 2, rarely more, flat, opposite, few, Trees or woody usually Leaves pinnate; leaflets climbers. ^ setaceous. With a terminal and odd one ; stlpelltB none or small l^i'g^ forinin|_ or small or none. axillary S Racemes or raceme-like panicles clu n or pairs usually toiiiinal panicles. white, or Flowers violet purple but small, also ters along bracteoles ; deciduous the rhachis. Bracts small,
_

often

more persistent.
i

A
oily

numerous genus

Australian ^-lan snpfios species species, generically di

In tiowe.^ Lonchoearpn. cannot always ^' ;}f'^^}^^JZ'^^,i, the geuus distinguishmg ^tiuMi the pod is always thiuuer and iudekiscent, the pod aloue 'erris and Ponyam'ia.
of

" er that

dassa.

1-

L. Blackii, BeutL

tall

t>ianchc young woody climber, the Leaflets 7

fl'age
";!

rusty-pubesJent. at length glabrous. obtusely acuminate. 1 toli or rarely above 2 m. long

o 11, ^';

Petiolules,

with small se aceous

stipellse.

Rowers

dui-k purple,

w ^ >f m
J'

J^^ f;^*'j

long loose

'

272

XL.

LEGUMTNOS^.

[Loicliocarjius.

racemes, forming large teiinmal panicles, the pedicels usually 2 together on a Calyx about 2 lines long, slightly silky -pubescent, short common peduncle. with short broad teeth. Standard about 4 lines broad, narrowed into a long claw; keel nearly as long, obliquely ovate; wings very small. Ovary very Pod very thin, 2 to 5 villous, with numerous ovules; style short, inflexed. in. long, I to I in. broad, with 2 to 4 or 5 broad flat reniform seeds. J///lellia Blackii, F. Muell. Tragra. ii. 123.

Queensland.

Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller,

W.

Rill, Leichhardt

Ips-

wich, Ner)2sl; Broad Souud and Boweu river, Bowman j Bockhamptou, Dallachy. N- S. VITales. Clarence and Hastings rivers, Beckler.

69.

DERRIS,

Lour.

(Brachypterum, W. and

Arn^
toothed.

Calyx truncate or very shortly and broadly

vate or orbicular; keel
sessile

Standard obousually free

at

slightly incurved.

Upper stamen
;

the base, united with the others in the middle

or
shortly
stipitate,

anthers uniform.
st^le

Ovary

with
flat,

several ovules;

incurved, with a

oblong or linear, straight or slightly incurved, thin or coriaceous, indehiscent, the upper or both sutures bordereu by a narrow^ wing. Seeds J, 2, or rarely 3, very flat, orbicular or reniform.
small terminal stigma.

Pod

Tall

with a ; on clustered small or none. Tlowers wdiite yellowash or rarely violet, usually lateral nodes along the rhachis of axillary racemes. Bracts and bracteoles small and deciduous.
_

woody climbers or terminal odd one

opposite, leaflets ; pinnate rarely trees. Leaves Stipules none. or stipellae small and setaceous

tropical genus, comprising a considerable number of Asiatic species with tliree S. American ones, one only of the Asiatic species extending into Africa. The Australian species

are both

common

Indian ones*

Tiie

genus diUcrs from Lonchocarpus and Vongamia

*

chiefly

in the winged fruit.

9 to 13, usually obtuse. Racemes long and slender. Pod lanceolate, narrowed at both ends Leaflets 3 to 7, usually acuminate. Racemes rather short and crowded. Pod short and broad, obliquely rounded at both end*
.
.

Lciiflcts

I.

D.scandens,
.
.

2. i>. uhginosa.

1*

D. scandens^

Benth,

Sf/n.

Dalb, 103.

tall

woody

climber, sonie-

times rusty-pubescent or almost villous at first, nearly glabrous when fuHgrown. Leaflets 9 to 13, broadly oblong, obtuse, retuse or shortly and^oh-^ in. or 5 4 tusely acuminate, 1 to 2 in. long, from llacemes rather slender,

Flowers about 5 when or pedicels filiform. long, Pod either 1-seeded and about 1|^ in. mior glabrous several-seeded attaining 3 in. or more, 5 to 6 lines broad, nutely pubescent, acute at both ends, very thin, with a narrow wing alo^S ic Wight, the upper suture. D^W^r^m scandens, Eoxb. PI. Corom. t. 192; t 275.
ft.

to nearly 1

long.

lines long, in clusters of 3 to

6,

the

Queensland.
Stuart
;

^Yide Bay, Ipswirhj Nernst,

Bidwill ; Brisbane river, Moreton

Bay, F. Mueller,

C.

W. S. "Wales. Clarence river, Beckler, Common iu E. India and the Archipelago.

2.
tall

BenUi. in PL JumjJi. i. 252, and Syn. Balk woody climber, glabrous in all its parts. Leaflets, in the common

D. uliginosa,

107.
vari(


^^ris,]

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.
ovate or oval-oblong,

'

273

1^ to 3 in. lon^, shortly and obtusely acuminate, somewhat coriaceous and shining. Axillary racemes 1 to 3 in. long, the terminal one longer. Flowers 4 to 5 lines long, on short pedicels, the
5

or 7,

clusters
shorter,
,

rather crowded.

Standard broadly ovate ; wings and keel scarcely but narrow-oblong. Ovules usually 4 to 6, all in the lower part of

the ovary.

Pod

very

flat

and

thin, 1 to

l^

in.

long, very obtuse at both

oblique, sometimes
I or 2.

ends so as to
as

broad as uliginosa.DQ. Prod.

become nearer square than round, but very long, but in some varieties narrower. Seeds
ii.

Pongamia
;

416.
;

N, Australia. _
Queensland.
.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brow?i

Albert river, Ileune

titzmaunce river, F. Mueller,

t'oiiimon in

Cape York, W, SilL E. ludia and the Archipelago, extending frqm S,E. Africa

to S. China,

70.
Calyx truncate.

PONGAMIA,

Vent.

Standard orbicular, with inflexed auricles at the base Keel slig;litly incurved, obtuse. Upper stamen free at the base, connate With the others in a tube in the middle ; anthers uniform. Ovary nearly sessile, with 2 ovules ; style incurved, stigma small, terminal. Pod broadly and Obliquely oblong or slightly falcate, thick but flat, 1 -seeded, iudehiscent, the
Leaves pinnate, without wings. Seed reniform. Tree. TOnout stipellse. Bracts very deciduous; Flowers in axillary racemes. b'-acteoles minute or none.
e

sutures obtuse,

genus

is

limited to a single species widely diifiised over tropical Asia.

P. glabra. Vent. Jard. Malm. Glabrous except a veiy slight t. 28, puoescence on the iutlorescence. Leaflets 5 or 7, ovate, shortly and obtusely
1-

usually broad, about 3 in. long, on a rather long petiole, but vajole size. Eacemes loose, about 3 to 5 in. long. Flowers in pairs, the peaiceis petals 2 to 4 lines long. lower diameter, in. about Standard \ nor er. Pq^ usually ] to 2 in. long and about 1 in. broad, sessile or

eliminate,

arly

so, often

somewhat

^enth.

point. incurved short very with a falcate or

i

Syu.Dalb. 117.
Fitzmaurice river, F. Mueller
^''P^ ^'""^
Raffles Bay,

^'^***"alia.
ft,"

A. Cunningham

E^lgeS R

^^^

^'"'^''y ^*'""'^'

M'Gillivray; Port Denisoii, Fitzalan

Grafton, Cape LeicMardt; I^afletTsmall Carpentaria, and narrow.-Giilf of J ^rl'J"-''r; Port Denison, Fi/za/an. , ^T, of the foot the to '^' '^*'"^s througliout Southern India on the coast and plains lills ! '''^ '^ ' '^^ndant in the Archipelago.

^^^yham

,,,,,.

Stam ens '''""if

Tbibe IX. SopHORE^.Trees woody clunbers or rarely tall shrubs, or, .ne or two pinnate, Leaves species not Australian, almost herbaceous. leaflet, ^'''''^^^'' "^""^'y ^^^^^>""* stipelte, or reduced to one large
all free

or scarcely united at the base.

"'^'-

Todah^ie^ from stamens; free the J^Merghct, differinr only in ii!fl^j-'' ^'"y Papfrom passage the forms ^f^^'fg'iished by the habit and foliage. also It short and from radicle the in Smtes^l- \f'^*'''^^'^'^. presenting the greatest diifereaces has at first sight Barklya * lng "^nd accumbent even in the same genus. tte almn..^'''

WIV
Yo^

QesaJp
^'^^'^'^I'O'i

hutweeu the

;.

274

^I--

LEGUMIN0S4!;.

71.

SOPHORA,

Linn,

Calyx-teeth very ^hort.

erect, free
;

keel-petals like

Standard broad, erent or reflexed ; wings ohlong, other each overlapping larger, rather or wings the

at

the back

but scarcely united.

;

Stamens 10,

free,

or Q of thera shghtly
shortly stipitate,

connected in a ring at the base

;

anthe]:s uniform.

Ovary

Pod stigma. terminal minute with several ovules style incurved, with a leiigtli ui at opening or dehiscent in moniliforai, fleshy, coriaceous or woody,
or oblong globular, Seeds 2 valves, each seed enclosed in a separate less or more or straight flattened ; cotyledons ^eshv ; radicle very short and unLeaves uudershrubs. elongated and in^e^^ed.Trees shrubs or rarely
cell.

Stipules ones. setaceous equally pinnate, without stipellse or with very small simple either racemes in Flowers white yellow or rarely violet-blue, small.

and terminal or foxming

bracteoles usually none.

large terminal panicles.

Bracts small, deciduous

extending World, Old the The genus is dispersed over the vfarmer regions of the New and as a some by distinguished also into New Zealand and S. Chili, where it assumes the form stamens exserted and standard a shorter with genus under the name of Edwardsia, stamen the and standard two Australian species belong to the true Sophoras, with a larger is otHer the shrub, or One is a common tropical scacoast tree enclosed iu the keel.

demic.

Hoary. Leaflets under 18, broadly ovate or orbicular, rather thick Leaflets above 20, oval-oblong, thin Softly pubescent.

], "J J''' . rrasei i>. 2.

'^^'"^"

small or shrub A tall 1. S. tomentosa, Linn.; DG. Prod. ii. 95. w 11 Leaflets '^ tree, hoarj- all over with a minute close tomentum. ra or long in. broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse or retuse, about 1 g^^"*"""^'becoming more, rather thick and sometimes almost silky, rarely long as pedicels riowers pale yellow, in loose simple terminal racemes ; prscarcely Calyx very broad, about 3 lines long, truncate with the calyx. retia or minent teeth. Standard broad, 9 to 10 lines diameter, spreading ^ stamens. the covering above the middle ; wings and keel rather shorter, ^ ^^ o consist to appearing indehiscent, much contracted between' the seeds, ^^^^^ 10 nearly globular articles, each enclosing a globular seed ^!"" '''^ pi Benth. straight. and shining testa ; radicle scarcely prominent

Bras. Pap. 314,

t.

Queensland.

124, with'the synonymy there cited. Kcppel Bay, Broad Sound, etc., R. Brown;

^^^

adjoining islands, from the Brisbane to the Bordekin, F. Mueller, Henne, and others, W. S. Wales. Hastings river, Beckkr.

^"^ .^^^ ^^^'^F^t-alan,

CdUvray,

S. Fraseri, Benth, An erect slirub of 4 to a ft., pubescent or tomentose, more slender than in S. tomerdom, i^ ^|in. 31, oblong or rarely oval, obtuse or retuse, from under \ m. ^^J'.^Jtosa,
2.

the branches

so

^J

Flowers rather sinaUer than *^^f* \Q^a; ^^ Calyx broad, 2 *^ ^a ^^ensof^^S'in similar loose terminal simple racemes,. and Petals ^^^ broad. the teeth prominent tbo.ugh very short and
long, rather thin, pubescent.

^^pcted

lomentosa, except that 9 of the stamens appear to be veiy

in a ring at the base,

Pod tomentose, muqh

^^^^^ ^^^ between contracted less .^j^^^.

short y

than in 5. torr^ntosa, the articles more oblong. radicle prominent and slightly incurved.

Seeds ovoid-obIong>

S(^hora.]

XL. leguminos.^,
Moreton Bay, Fraser Ipswich, Nermt,

275
LeicJihardt ;

Queensland.
river,

Murrura-Murrum Creek,

Pine

Fitzalan

N.

S.

Vrales,

Clareace river, Beckler,

73.

CASTANOSPERMUM,

A. Cunn.

Calyx-teeth very short and broad. Standard obovate- orbicular, recurved, narrowed into a claw; wings and keel-petals shorter than the standard, all free and nearly similar, erect, oblong. Stamens 10, all free ; anthers linear,
versatile.

Ovary on a loqg
;

curved style

with several ovules, tapering into an instigma small, terminal Pod large, coriaceous, almost woody,
stipes,

spongy inside. Seeds large, neai-ly globular; cotyledons !v u thick radicle scarcely prominent, straight. Tree. Leaves large, unequally pmnate. Flowers large, yellow, in loose axillary or lateral racemes. Bracts
^"^/^^^^d*
;

small; bracteoles

none.
to a single species,

The genus
1.

is

hmited

endemic

in Australia,
i.

C, australe, A, Ctum,

in

Hook, Bat. Misc.

;

241,

/.

51, 52.

A tall

Leaves 1 to leaflets 11 to 15, ovate-elliptical ft. long or broadly oblong, Eashortly acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, shortly petiolulate. cemes under 6 in. long, either in the axils of the older leaves or on the leafless older wood; pedicels nearly 1 in. long. Calyx about 8 lines long, including the turbinate base. Standard above 1 in. diameter. Pod 8 or 9 in. |o^g, about 2 in. broad, slightly falcate, almost terete, the valves hard and fhick, the spongy substance inside dividing it into 3 to 5 cells, each containing a large

glabrous tree.

chestnut-like seed.

Queensland,
]^^^S'
aj:e

Endeavour

river,

Banlcs

and Solander ; Brisbane

river,

Moretoii Bay,

Th Aiie seeds

Clarence river, BecHer.

eaten roasted, like chestuuta.

73.

BARKLYA,

F. Mucll.
all free,

obovate, erect, similar upper outer one or standard rather oroader than anthers petals the others. the ; than longer Stamens 1 0, all free, jigittate. Ovary stipitate, with several ovules, tapering into a short style with minute terminal scarcely and thin valves the stigma. Pod stipitate, flat,

Calyx-teeth very sLort and obtuse. nearly equal, on long claws, the

Petals

luradicle flat obovate, ; Seeds flat, albuminous cotyledons small, Flowers petiolate. 'p-T'^^ee. Leaves simple (unifoliolate), ow, in i dense racemes. Bracts very small ; bracteoles none.
J^Pi'ratmg.
;

the

Jl^i'"''

^""''f^d ^0 a single species,

endemic

^^'rs to some C<fsaMniea ntioTr/'P'"'" " '""^ t^e embryo of Fapilionacea.

allied

habit and ip in approaching Australia, in floral astithe with but Bauhinia, to

Fragm. and iii. 158, Soc, ^y^i^gifolia, Linn. T. Miiell in Jonrn. \^' i or the glabrous ^' ft., to ^ 60 20 handsome from tree, attaining yon^' I ".shoots and inflorescence rusty-tomentose. Leaves veiy broadly corJaf. as long, broad as often curainate, and y long 2, 3, or even 4 in. 1 . *" enti 7-ncrved, on a petiole of 1 to 2 in, slightly thickened at the bas/' A
KolrL
""}

*^^ top.

Stipules small, ovate, deciduous.

Flowers of a bright

T 2

276
panicles.

,xi.

LEGUMiNos^.

[Barkhja.

Calyx about 2 lines long. Petal-claws ratlier or with glabrous, 3 Ovary long. lamina about as longer than the calyx, the
Pedicels short.

Pod and about \ in.

ovules.

oblong-lanceolate, oblique or slightly falcate, 1| to 3 broad, narrowed at the base, with 1 or 2 seeds.

in.

loug

Queensland.

Woods near

Brisbane,

JF,

Bill, fitzalan

I^ockhampton, i>^/te%;

"Wide Bay, Leichhardt.

SuBOUDEK

11.

CJISALPINIE.^.

sepals the 3-merous, or rarely 4-uierous Flowers usually 5-raerous, very margin its at bearing disk, lined by the short tube, united at the base into a

the petals and stamens, rarely forming a campanulate or tubular calyx with or sepals the of part free the stamens near the base, as in Fapilionacea^ the Corolla irregular or nearly lobes of the calyx, imbricate or rarely valvate. bud, the in imbricate regular, either with the 5 (or 4 or 3) petals variously

but the upper one never outside and usually quite inside, or, in genera not or 10 Stamens Australian, some or all of the four lower petals wanting. less or more rarely fewer, or, in genera not Australian, indefinite, free or Ovules anatrounited, all perfect or several of them reduced to staminodia. pous or nearly so. Kadicie of the embryo short and straight. severa into distributed The tropical genera of this suborder are numerous, and have bceu
teff the to them tribes, but these are not sufficiently marked to render it necessary to apply genera found iu Australia. B-arklj/a amongst Sophorea has the regular corolla ot some Mmosea Ccesalpiniees, but with the s^stivation pf Paj)i!ionacecB, and Erythrophlc^um. amotigst

has the imbricate aestivation of Casalpiniea, but iu a very slight degree, with the cence characteriistic of Mimosem,

uiflores-

74.

GUILANDINA,

Linn.

Sepals
ing.

5, shortly

lowest rather larger

Stamens 10,

style subulate, with

the or equal united at the base, much imbricate, nearly sprea sessile, equal, and n\ore concave. Petals 5, nearly ojules, with 2 free; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, wi cavercd a small stigra^. Pod ovate, compressed,

ver) a with prickles, 2-valved, thickly coriaceous. S^eds ovoid or globular, witn armed thick hard fleshy testa and no albumen. AVoody climbers,

prickles.

racemes.

Leaves twice pinnate. Bracts very deciduous.

Flowers

paincula yellow, iu simple of

geuus of 2 species, both of them Old World, one only hitlierto fouud iu Australia.
h r

dispersed over the tropical regions of the

New

an

1.

G. Bonducella,

Linn, Spec, 545,

'

shrub, with
.

or climbing branches, pubescent or villous in all its parts, armed with -11 ..X ...! !._ 1. / ,1 .1 _.-*:i.' i^ T.^nvM Leaves reus scattered hooked prickles, especially on the petioles. b to common petiole of 1 to 1^ ft. pinnse in 4 to 6 distant pairs, each 4
;

ading spre loose with nurn

^

long;

leaflets

8 to 12 pairs, oblong,

to

in.

long

^^ t^^^ or rarely nearlj

that size.

Stipules lobed and leafy, deciduous.

Racemes 4

to 6 m.
^^^^j

simple or branched in the upper axils. Flowers shortly P^^^^^, !^|,out a Calyx crowded in the upper part. Bracts with a lang recurved point. ^^ if^ 4 lines long, petals scarcely longer. Pod 2 tg 3 in. long, about t. Illustr. Lara. broad. Seeds large, of a bluish-grey or lead colour. ^^ ^o GilUvray ; Queensland. Cumberland lAnaHs, R, Broton ; Barnaid UlmA, M'

;
I

Guilaudka.]

XL.

leguminos^*

277

ccmk

Bay, Dallachj

doubtful).

Island, Ilenne (the latter specimen a leaf only, and therefore A\idely spread and often very common, especially near the sea, in tropical Asia,
;

Low

Atnca and America.

rarer plaat,

It is

usuaUy confounded with G. Bonduc, Linn., which

leaflets,

is

much
;

^0
Itie

and

although equally found, indigenous or introduced, in East India, in the Archipethe A^est Indies. It is nearly glabrous, has usually larger

no

stipules

bracts arc erect,

to be

not recurved, and the seeds are said to be yellow, not ^rey. ascertamed how fir these differences are constant.

It remaius

75.
Sepals 5, shortly

C^SALPINIA,

Linn:

united at the base, much imbricated, the lowest one larger and concave. Petals 5, spreading, rather unequal, the n^jper inner one the smallest, the 3 lowest outer oues the largest. Stamens 10, free-; anthers

Ovary with 2 or more ovules style subulate, with a small stigma. Pod flattened, obliquely ovate, oblong or broadly hnear-falcate, without prickles, 2-valved. Seeds thick or flattened, with a very small hilum albumen none radicle short, straight. Shrubs trees or woody climbers,
;
;_

muform, ovate.

armed with scattered recurved prickles. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. blowers yellow, in racemes, eitlier single in the upper axils or forming terminal panicles. Filaments more or less hairy at the base. A considerable gcuus, sprcaJ over Dld^'urld.
otten

the tropical

regions of the

New

and the

Austrahaii species are both of

them common
-

Asidlic oneS;

Pinnae 2 to 4 pairs. Leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, ovate, rather acute. I'od ovate, 1-seeded . . . i^ul>escent or tomentose. Pinnfe 6 to 8 pairs. Leaflets 8 to 12 pairs; Oblong, very obtuse. Pod oblong, 6 to S-secded

Glabrous.

I',

nuga.

2.

C. svjpiana.

! C. nugaj Ait. ; DC. Prod. ii. 481. A woody climber, glabrous in all 'IS parts, armed with a few scattered recui-ved prickles, especially on the petioles. Pinnce 2, 3, or 4 pairs leaflets 2 or' 3 pairs to each pinna, ovate,
_

to 2 in.

shming.
siendef..

long, usually rather acute, but occasionally obtuse, coriaceous and Racemes 4 to 8 in. Idwg, forming large terminal panicles. Pedicels
5 lines long, the others shoiler.

Lowest sepal about

Petals scarcely

esceedmg the lowest s(?pal. Ovary with 2 ovtilcs. Pod oblimiely ovill, acu"i.mate, flat, with coriaceous valves: Seed usually solitarv, flat, broad. C.j?a' ''^fo/, Desf. DC. Prod. ii. 481 Wight, Ic. t. 36. ;
;

i}>3^^v^^^^^^ Archipelago, cxtcuJing

2.

I^'iniard Islands,

M'GUlivmv.

Generally distributed over E. India and

to S. China.
,-

C. feepiaria, Hoxb. the climber, woody A' 282. Prod. JF. and Am. ranches petioles ami racemes more or less tomentose or pubescent and armed
.

"J>"fnerous scattered recurved prickles.

pnirs,

Pinnae 6 to 10 pairs

leaflets 8

Lowest sepal about 5 hues ^"^^^^ acute, very deciduous. lon'"^" tT'"'"^^^ oblong-linear, Pod -^^^ a^oiit ovules. 6 several lines. with Ovary o 2 f narrow long a with '"^' end, ""^ the at ? 1 ill- broad, rounded "^^I'lv Doi f ^ t' glabrous. Seeds 6 to 8, ovoid, thick, the hilura very small at one end.
.'

calv

pubescent lengtli, oblong, in in. very \ exceeding obtuse, rarelj ^ \^ ^ ^^hen young, often glabrous when old. Stipules broad and semisaV-H f oittate, but very deciduous, or sometimes none. Flowers numerous, yelthan the ^^ '''^^^''"'^' ^"'^ longer Pedicels in. terminal racemes of 5 or 6

t.37. Queensland. Near Brisbane, Ilenne.

Ic.

"gK

An E.

Indian species,

much

planted for hedges,

278

XL.

LEGUMixos.^.
It

\C(Esalpnia.

and now naturalized in the W. Indies and some other tropical countries. possibly he an introduced plant also in Australia. 76.

may

therefore

MEZONEURUM,

Desf.

Sepals 5, shortly united at the base, much imbricated, the lowest one larger Petals 5, spreading, rather unequal, the upper inner one the 'and coucave.
smallest, the 2 outer lower ones the largest.

Stamens

free

anthers uniform,

ovate or oblong. Ovary with 2 or more ovules ; style subulate, with a very small terminal stigma. Pod quite flat, very thin or coriaceous, indehisceut or opening tardily in 2 valves, the upper suture bordered by a wing. Seeds very
flat

Woody reniform or orbicular, with a small lateral hilum ; albumen none. climbers (or rarely erect ?), sparingly armed with small prickles, usually only
at the base of the pinnae of the leaves.

Flowers bipinnate. abruptly Leaves (yellow^ ?) in racemes, either simple in the uppel^ axils or forming large termina] panicles. Filaments glabrous or sKghtly hairy. The geiius is dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa, with one Australian species wLica
appears to be endemic.

and branches the 1. brachycarpum, Benth. Apparently climbing, petioles tomentose-pubescent, unarmed except a minute prickle under each raceme and a rather larger recurved one under each pinna of the leaf. Leaves

M.

often above 1 ft. long ; pinnsG 3 to 8 pairs, each 3 to 4 in. ; to 10 pairs, ovate-oblong, veiy obtuse or retuse, | to f in. long, very oblique Eacemes paniculate, at the bas^, glabrous above, pubescent nnderneath.

long

leaflets

about I
short.

long, clothed with a golden-yellow pubescence; Flowers much Smaller than in the rest of the genus, the calyx-lobes
ft.

pedicels veiy

not above 2 Unes long and the petals scarcely exceeding them. Filaments shgb J a with rather longer, slightly bearded at the base. filiform, Style broadly and dilated stigma. Ovules 3 (or sometimes 3?}. Pod obliquely coriamore obovate or' almost orbicular, nearly 2 in. long and 1^ in. broad, upper the of ceous than in most species, and perhaps dehiscent, the wing a witu suture about 2 lines broad. Seed large, solitary, very flat, reniform, veiy small hilum.

Queensland.

Wide Bay, Bldwill

Richmond
river, C.

(in

fruit

and

leaves)

Moreton Kange, Araucaria

Bay, F. Mueller (leaves only).

N.

S. V^ales.

Moore

(flowers'

and fragments of leaves).

PTEROLOBIUM,
Sepals
5,

K
lo ^
ot
i

united in a cup and concave. Petals 5, spreading, the 2 lowest Stamens 10, free; anthers ovate, uniform. Ovary
ovule.
sile,

lowest the imbricate, at the base, much rather larger than the
sessile,

with

^^

^f^
.

samaroid, the lower seed-bearing part obliquely dehiscent, ending in an oblique oblong or falcate membranous wnig. w^ or Trees attached near the apex of the cell, flat, without albumen. o base the climbers, armed with scattered hooked prickles, especially at c racemes, pmna3 of the leaves. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flowers in simple or forming terminal panicles. Filaments usually bearded.

stisrma ovate or lanceolat

^^j

Fleroloblum^

XL, legumIxVOs.e^

279

Tlie
tralian

genus contains very few species, dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa. The Ausone is eudeiuicj but not quite certain as to its genus until the fruit has been seen.

1.
lets

P. nitens^ F. MuelL Herb.

handsome woody

climber, the branchPrickles very small,

and rhachis of the leaves minutely nisty-pubescent.

except

under the pinnae of the leaves. Pinnae 3 to 5 pairs ; leaflets 3 ^to 5 pairs, obliquely obovate or almost rhomboid, very obtuse, rarely exceeding \ in,, shining above, glabrous or ciliate on the edge. Eacemes rusty -pubescent, apparently paniculate pedicels much shorter than in tlie other species, scarcely exceeding 1 line, Calyx lower lobe considerably Tlowevs ratlier small.
;

longer than tlie others.

vate.

Filaments bearded

at the base.

Style slightly cla-

Fruit not seen.

Queensland.
eeu the fruit,

Mount

Mueller, flear Edgecombe Bay, DallacJiy.

Style, leave

Although
little

I have not
this

the 1-ovulate ovary, bearded stattiens and belongs to Pterolobium,

doubt that

78:

PELTOPHORXIM, Yog.
DC.)
the or eqiial nearly imbricate, at the base, much the 2 undulate, spreading, Petals 5,

(Cscsalpiuia, sect. Brasilettia,

Sepals 5, united in a cup lowest rather larger and more concave. lower outer ones rather larger than the^ others.

Stamens 10,

free

anthers

W'j*5 style ovules uniform, oblong-linear. or^more ; 2 Ovary sessile, with ^^^^i^ fl^t'^V^de^^^^^^ thin with a broad peltate stigma. oblong-lanceolate, Pod
cent,

tapering at the bj

rmmg terminal

panicles.

The genu& consists of two or three tropical American species, one in S.E. Afri perhaps two in the Indian Archipelago, one of which is the Australian one,

large tree, the pau-. u to leaves 1 and inflorescence 8 Pinna) of the densely rusty-tomentose. e or u ob very oblong, leaflets 10 to pinn^, lowest 20 pairs or fewer on the above, ^etuse, oblique .hining l at the base, to f in. long, J^^^^^^^^^^^ mdre, or long o^entose underneath. in. 6 Racemes 5 or J'^^JS ^^^^^^^^ small tenainal panicle. Bracts Pedicels very short. ''^^^^f;\fj;7 [^^t^^^^^S^^;^^^^^^ Petals opening. 4 to 5 lines long, globular before in. yate undulate, to 4 about 3 Pod T^^^^^^^^^ villous^at'the base. ^^^^f; ;n. broad, shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base,
1.

P. ferrugineum, Benth.

young branches

petioles

%x

?. 2, or *! Ind.

3 seeds

-r^..//.4

/'.rr.^^V/.^,

Dene. Herb.

f'^^^^^^^^"^^^^^^^^^ Tim.Descr 134

Miq.

^^l^^^j^^^;; Bat. 1, part i. Ill and 1081 ; ^^ W- Australia, 5yo^; islands of the N. coast. R. -^^f^" j!"fXV Some Malacca ^^^^, Arm^tron;. lu the Archipelago from Timor to ^ P^ JPP'" the pod. ; species, 1
Zoll. arborea, C.

"

allied ^ecimcDs. perhaps closely belonging to a different alttough

as

bug, with 3 or 4

seeds.

79.

CASSIA,

Linn.

(Cathartocarpus, D. lion)

Sepals 5,
4 H

somewhat unequal, much

smaUest. the ones imbricate, the outer

280
scarcely connected
at the

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.
*

[Cassia.

base.

lower outer ones rather larger. equal and perfect or 2 or 3 lower ones larger or on longer filaments, and 3 or 4 upper ones reduced to small staminodia ; anthers when perfect opening
at the

Petals 5, spreading, nearly equal or the Stamens usually 10, free, either all nearly

end in pores or in short

lateral

slits.

Ovaiy with

several ovules,

incurved, tapering into a short style. Pod cylindrical or flat, indehiscent or 2-valved. Seeds oblong or obovate, transverse, with fleshy albumen cotyledons flat or rarely folded, usually cordate ; radicle short, straight. Trees shrubs or herbs. Leaves abruptly pinnate, the leaflets opposite. Flowers yellow or very rarely reddish-piirple or white, iu axillary or terminal racemes
;

or solitary.

Bracts usually deciduous.

Bracteoles none.

large genus, widely distributed within the tropica* and subtropical regions of both the New and the Old AYoild, but particularly numerous in America. Of the 27 Australlaa species, 5 are widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa, 1 is American also found in Africa, the remaining 21 are all endemic. The genua is divided into several sections, founded chiefly

npou the fruit; but as some are only represented in Australia by single species, and the fect pod rarely accompanies the specimeiiSj the chief divisions in the following synopsis for convenience, selected aLo from other characters.

perare,

A. Flowers in pedunculate racemes or umbels^ either aiillary or forming a terminal panicle or comjiojoid raceme, (The Australian species all shrubs or trees.)

Stamens 7

which 2 or 3 lower ones larger or on longer filaments; 3 small and imperfect staminodia. Lower stamens with long filaments and short ovate anthers, the
perfect, of

other perfect ones witt oblong-linear anthers. Pod very long and thick, with horizontal seeds (Cathartocarpus) . . . Perfect anthers all oblong-linear, the lower ones longer.

1,

C. BrewsterL

Racemes

short, almost corymbose, axillary or in a miual panicle. Pod thick or turgid. Seeds

narrow termostly hori-

zontal.

(Chamgefistula.)
2.

Leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, with glands between those of each pair, but none on the petiole below Leaflets 4' to 10 pairs, with a gland at the base of the petiole, but none between the leaflets Racemes short, loose, on long peduncles, forming a'largc 'termnial panicle. Leaflets 10 to 20 pairs, pubescent. Pod very
flat

C. lavigata.

3,

C. So^hera.

(Chamaesenna)

4^

C. laxiflora.

Racemes elongated, on long axillary peduncles: Bracts large* deciduous. Pod very flat. (Chamseseuna.) Glabrous, Leaflets 4 to 8 paii's, large, broad, very obtuse,
Stipules ovate. Bracts broad, obtuse . . . Pubescent. Leaflets 9 to 15 pairs, oblong or ovate, obtuse, mncronate. Stipules ovate-cordate, acuminate, rigid. Bracts broad, obtuse
reticulate.
5.

C. magnifoha.

&,

C, venusta.

Pubescent.
Glabrous.

Leaflets 9 to 15 pairs, ovate-lanceolate," acutej Tnucronate. Stipules narrow. Bracts

acuminate

7.

<7.

notahilis.

4 or 5 pairs, oblong-linear. Stipules small, subulate. Bracts broad, obtuse Stamens 10, all with oblong-linear perfect anthers, aU equal or the lower ones rather longer. (Psilorhegma-)

Leaflets

8.

C. pteurocarpa.

Glands between the

lowest pair), oblong, subulate or stipitate, very rarely wanting. Bracts acuminate. Glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaflets 6 to 10 pairs, obovate. Bracts lanceolate, often rather broad . 9. C. sufruticosa. . . . Softly pubesceut. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, obovate or cuneate, mostly emargiuate. Bracts very narrow 10. C, reinsa-

leaflets

(at least of the

, I

Cama.l
Bracts
small,

XL.
broad,
obtuse.

LEGUMINOS^.
oblong-lanceolate
or

281

Leaflets

linear.

6 to 10 pairs (Eastern species) . . . . IL C. aiisiralis. Leaflets usually 3 to 5 pairs (Western species) 12. C. Chaielainlana. Wands between the leaflets sessile, flat, obscure or none (ovoid in

Leaflets usually

....
4 or 5

G. leptoclada)

Very glutinous, otherwise glabrous.

V^'^^

Leaflets usually

13.

C. gluiinosa.

Wabrous or glaucous.

Stipules leafy, semicordate.

Leaflets

usually 3 to 5 pairs Glabrous, glaucous, hoarj^, or white-tomentose.

14.

(7. ;^ rut/iosa.

Stipules small
ra-

subulate or none.

Flowers in very short corymbose

cemes. Leaves all sim]>le, phyllodineoUs. Glands none or on the upper edge about the middle. Leaves usually slender and gi^ea. Peduncles 1- or 2flowered.

Pod very much curved

or annular

...
..
and

15.

Ccircinata,

Leaves usually thick, hoary or white, vertically compressed. Peduncles several-flowered. Pod straight or slightly curved 16. , ^h^Uodmea, i

;.....

Leaflets 1 or

more

pairs, rarely

none

in the lower leaves

then the phyllodineotts petiolt has a gland at the end. Leaflets mostly 1 or 2 pairs, terete or linear . . 11^ C, eremophila. . . Leaflets mostly 3 to 6 pairs, linear-terete, channelled above 1:8, C. artemisioides. leaflets mostly 3 to 6 pairs, linear-lanceolate, ciineate, elliptical or almost obovate 19. C. Siurtii, . i Leaflets 1, 2, or rarely 3 pairs, ovate, obovate^ or broadly oblong. 20. C. desoiata. . . . Pod not above \ in. broad . . .
Leaflets

2 or rarely 1

pair, broadlv obovate.

Pod

nearly

>

broad, very obtuse \ . .- . . ^ . . Softly pubescent. Leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, elliptical-oblong. pules small, setaceous. Flowers in an umbelof 4 to 6

in.

21.

C. oligop/tt/lia.

Sti.

22. C. oVigocUda,

Wabrous and glaucous. Stems slender. Leaflets 2 pairs, obovate or oblong. Glands ovoid. Stipules minute. Peduncles

2-flowered

23.

lepiocladu.

^^^^^^^^ ^^ elongation the hy lateral becoming or ^^^^P^e racemes, either terminal i^h "^ branch. Stamens 5 to FodfaL (Absus.) 10, all perfect.

of

Herbaceous,

tea^ets 2 pairs, obovate

24.

C?.

Jbsus.

the ojdh. above just or in l-fowered, together Z solitary or 2 or 5 P\^^^^'^^^^^ ^"' ^^^ perfect. Tod flat (Chamsecrista.)

Stamens

^flets usually under 12 pairs. Gland stipitate below the lowest P'lir. Sepals rather obtuse. Anthers 5. ^^ ^etas scarcely longer than the calvx. Stigma peltate' . . . . il,

., ^ C. fumila.

malstwiceaslong as the calyx, 'stigma small. ^^ets above 20 pairs. Anthers Sepals very acute.

....
6 to

. .

m.

C.concinna

TO

27- C. mtmosoides.

K
;j];g
**^^9;

Besides the above thereare in Dallachy's Queensland collection fragments of a tree

Sh-ated'^

'P^^^i^ f <^^^^i<^ f^"""^^ ^'^^eat for identiiication or description. .,, , , C tomeniosa, with tomentose, more but Sophera Linn, f., a shrubby species allied td C, introduced or ^^^afiets and a flatter pod, occurs in some Austrahau coUections as

appabut msufChamajistula, or of the sections Cathartocarpus

Section

\y or

upper or 10, 4 Stamens 3 Cathartocarpus. Sepals obtuse. oband small and imperfect; filaments short with 5 or 4 equal, perfect,
I.

liuear anthers, opening in terminal pores and sometimes also in short 2 or 3 lower ones with Ion- filaments and short ovate anthers opening

282
on
tlie

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Cassta.
1

inner face in short slits. Pod long, hard, thick or terete, nsually indehiscent. Seeds more or less flattened and lying horizontally in the pod (the flat sides at right angles to the valves), separated by complete partitions.

Usually
1.

trees.

Flowers in axillary pedunculate racemes.

J^.

MtielL ith Ann.Bep, 17. A tree, attaining 30 to 40 ft<, usually glabrous in all its parts. Leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, from naiTowovate or obovate and about f in. long to narrow-oblong or oblong-lanceolate and 2 in. long, obtuse or emarginate, narrowed at the base, the common petiole without o-lands. Eacemes 3 to 6 in. loner. Bracts minute or none. Pedicels slender. Sepals about 3 lines long. Petals stipitate, narrow-ovate,

C. Brewsteri,

rather obtuse, about i lines long. Filaments of the 3 long lower stamens longer than the petals, swollen into a globular appendage about the middle, with ovate anthers, the other stamens shorter than the petals. Pod (only one seen) nearly 1 ft. long, about 8 lines wide, thick but slightly compressed, the

edges persistent after the inside has fallen away. Seeds thick, ovoid, the test^ pulpy when soaked; albumen copious. Calhartocarpis Bi'ew8teri,Y, MuelL Fragm. i. 110,

Queensland.
haniptou, Thozet ; Var. tomeniella.

Hilly pastures and river-hanks on the Burdekin, F, Mueller Port Denison and Fitzroy river, Bowman.

Kock-

Branches, uuder side of the leaflets and inflorescence miniitely hoarytomeutose. Leaflets short and broad. Flowers rather small. Castle Creek, Bowman. The seeds of this and some other species of Fistula and Chamafistula appear to be flattened at right angles to the embryo, which, as in the other sections of Cassia, lies thus parallel to the valves. In others, such as the African C. goratensis, I have seen the cotyledons so folded as to have no particular relative position, but I have as yet been able to examine but very few perfect seeds in either of these sections.

compressed membranous, indehiscent or 2-valved. Seeds some or all more or less flattened and lying horizontally in the pod (at right nngles to the valves), separated by complete or incomplete partitions or pulp, Shrubs, or in species not
Australian, tall herbs.
panicles.
terminal or racemes Flowers in axillary pedunculate

ones upper 3 10, obtuse. Stamens small and imperfect, 7 perfect, the 2 or 3 lower ones often larger or on longer filaments than the others ; anthers oblong-linear, the cells opening in terminal or pores. Pod terete or turgid, or if coriaceous thick, woody
II.

Section

Cham;efistula. Sepals

Willd.; Fog. Spt. Cass. 19, An usually of several feet. lanceolate, Leaflets 3 or 4 or rarely 2 pairs, ovate to acuminate, 1^ to 3 in. long, with an oblong or slender gland between those of each pair. Eacemes axillary, pedunculate, short and almost coijmhose, mer the upper ones forming a short terminal the Sepals unequal, panicle. i^ones 4 or 5 lines long. to t Petals broad, very obtuse, varying from i filaments. Perfect anthers 4, almost sessile, 1 on a short longer and 2 on much
ino^^ or long, membranous or slightly coriaceous, cylindrical or less inflated when ripe, 2 to 3 in. long, opening at length in 2 valves. beeu^

2,

C. laevigata,

shrub glabrous erect

Pod

2 to 3

in.

crowded and horizontal or the upper ones less crowded and almost F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 14. Queensland. Near lirisbane. Herd, F. Mueller.

vertical.

w.

S. "Walea.

Hastings aud Clarence rivers, Beciler.

Cassia,]

XL. legujiinosa:-.

283

species in tropical America, occurring also in tropical Africa, tut probably in* troduced there and perhaps not really indigenous in Australia.
3.

A common

C. Sophera^ Linn.; Vog, Syn.

uiulershrub of several
feet,

Cass, 20, var. schinifoUa,

Leaflets 4 to

An
10

erect
pairs,

slirub or

usually glabrous.

lanceolate,

mostly acute, 1 to 2 in. long, with an obovate or ovate acute gland on the petiole near the base. Racemes short and few-flowered, on sliort peduncles in the upper axils, and forming a narrow terminal almost raceme-like

Sepals 3 to 4 lines long. Perfect anthers 2 Petals broad, obtuse. larger than the others, all on short filaments. Pod 2 to 4 in. long, at first flat but thick, when ripe terete ov turgid, 2-valved. Seeds crowded and mostly or all horizontal. a. schinifolia, A. DC. 7thNot.PLRar. Hort. Gen. 35 ; G.Bar^ clayana, Sweet, PI. Austral, t. 32 ; Vog. Syn. Cass. 45 ; P. Muell. Pragm. iv. 14.
panicle.

Queensland.

Burdekin

river,

A Mueller;
;

Hear Fort" Cooper, Thozet

Moreton Bay,
Hastings rirer,

Ballachy, C. Stuart ; Ipswich,

Nernd.

W, S. "Wales.
Tozer.

Hunter's River, R. Brown

New England,

C, Stuart

^^^r.jpubescens. gland occasionally

Branches petioles "aud inflorescence more or less pubescent.^ Petiolar disappearing. Broad Sound, R. Brown, Bowmayi; Ottley's Station,

Leichhardt; Pararfiatta,

WooUs.

glabrons form, is common in E. luJia and the Archipelago and in tropical Africa. It is there often confoxaft'dtd with C, occidentalism of which 1 had formerly considered it a variety, and under wliick it is included iu Hooker and Thomson's Indian distributious. The latter species is, however, annual, with the few leaflets of C. laevigata, but with the petiolar ripe. glartJ of C. Sopkera, aud the pod remains flat, although thick when

The

species, iu its

Section III. Cham.esenna. Sepals obtnse. Fod very flat and thin. Seeds flattened parallel
vertically in

Stamens of Chamcsfstnla. to the embryo, and lyuig comless or more by separated the pod (parallel to the Valves),
or thin piilp.

plete partitions

Shrubs,

Flowers

iti

culate raaxillary peduucidc

cemes or terminal panicles.

_
4.

C. laxiflora,
10 to 20

Leaflets

on the

tomentose-pnbescent. softly shrub, ^JBentA, tall erect glands any without long, pairs, elliptical-oblong, f to 1 in.

Stipules inconspicuous. pedunculate in the upper axils, tlie upper ones forming a loose pyramidal ter6 fuUy ones jnmal panicle. inner the Sepals obtuse, Bracts inconspicuous. equal, on hnes long. uearly anthers 7, Perfect Petals not twice as long. empty. and ^e^ short filaments, small veiy 3 opening by terminal pores,
petiole;

common

Flouers

loose racemes

stipitate Pod stigma. slightly thickened at the end with a tnmcate wide. lines glabrous, thin and and 4 long flat, acuminate, about 3 in.

%le

N. Australia.
5.

Arnhem N. Bay, B. Brown.

to Leaflets 4 Glabrous C. magnifolia, F. MnelL Fragm. i. 166. ^ at tlie oblique and pairs, broadly broad emarginate, and ovate, obtuse very f comthe sides, ^^^^. 2 to both on 3 in. long, coriaceous and strongly veined ornone. obscure jou petiole leaflets the between to glands 1 ft. long; i atPeduncles base. ftipules persistent, ovate, the at recurved margins the llowei-s part, *^*ning 1 ft, ill upper length, rigid, bearing a raceme in the in. long to f 4 fhit, seen. 3 very Pod Fruiting pedicels 1 in. long. f\ albu. funieks "^- broad, slender ; Seeds flat, on glabrous^ ;vith thin valves.

^en scanty.

Queensland.

Rocky

gratfite ridges,

Upper

Gilbert river, F. Mueller.

" ;

-ft

284
#

XL.

LEOUMINOS^.
165.

[Cussia.

6-

C. ven'asta,\F. MuelL FragniA,

tall

shrub or small

tree,

the young parts soffly silky-pubescent or villous^ becoming at length nearly Leaflets 10 to 15 pairsy or in smaller specimens 7 to 10 pairs, glabrous.

oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse and finely mucronate, 1 to 2 in. long, very obliquely rounded at the base, rather coriaceous; glands verj'' small between the leaflets of most pairs. Stipules ovate-cordate, acuminate^ rigid and persistent, especially at the base of the peduncles, the margins usually revolute at the base. Peduncles in the upper axils |^. to 1 ft. long, rigid, bearing in their upper portion a raceme of flow^ers on short pedicels. Bracts membranous, orbicular, imbricate before flowering, but soon falling off. Sepals 5 to nearly 6 lines long. Petals rather longer. Perfect anthers 7 on short filaments, 2 of them nearly twice as large as the others, 3 small imperfect stamens. Ovary villous. Pod very flat, about 3 in. long and \ in. broad. Seeds
flat,

rather distant.

granite Cambridge (rulf Gulf and Bampier's Dampicrs Archipelago, A. Cunningham; grauiie hills, Nichol Bay, and Hamraersley Range, F. Gregorijs Expedition ; sandstone table-land, Arnhem's Land, [id, F. Mueller ; , Attack Creek, _ M'Douall Siuarfs Expedition; raised also ia the Melbourne garden from seeds gathered in M'Kinlay's Ex]}edUion.

N".

Australia. ralia. "

7.

C. notabilis,

J. Muell. Fragm.

iii.

28.

Villous with long soa

hairs.

Leaflets 9 to 15 pairs, ovate-lanceolate or oval-obloiig, acute or the lower ones obtuse and mucronate, sessile, very obliquely rounded or truncate at the

base, 1 to

long; glands very small between the leaflets of most of the in pairs. peduncles Stipides narrow and deciduous. Racemes on elongated the upper axils. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, vei^ deciduous. Pedicels short. Sepals villous, about 3 lines long. Petals shortly exceeding the calyx. Perfect anthers 7 on very short filaments, of which 3 larger than the others

\\

iu,

3 small imperfect stamens.

W. Australia.
8.

Ovary glabrous. Pod not seen. Between Bonney river and Mount Morphett, M'Bouall Stuarfs
F.

Ex-

^edition, and probably the same species, leaves only, from Strangways River

C. pleiarocarpa,

Mmll

,^

tall erect

glabrous shrub.

1^

Leaflets usually 4 or 5 rather distant pairs, obloiig-lincar, decito 2 in. long, rather thick; glands none. subulute, Stipules small,

duous. Flowers loosely racemose in the upper portion of axillary peduncles. to broad, 3 Bracts membranous, broad, obtuse, veiy deciduous. Sepals thin,
Petals unequal, rather longer than tlie calyx. Perfect anthers inand on short others filaments, 2 of them nearly twice as large as the 7, curved ; 3 small imperfect stamens. Ovary glabrous. Pod stipitate, f^h msecl very obtuse, about 2 in. long and a with in. wide, the valves thin

3^

lines long.

Seeds longitudinal line along the centre, interrupted between each seed. thick, cuneale-oblong, truncate, with a raised line across each near the end,

corresponding to that on the pod ; albumen copious. W. S. "Wales, Mount Goningberi, Barrier Range, Victorian Australia. Murchison river, Oldfield,

W.

Exj^loring

Expedition.

Section IV. Psilorhegma. Sepals obtuse.

Stamens 10,

all

perfect and

slu similar or the lower ones rather larger; anthers oblong-linear, opening either short and terminal or extending more or less down the sides. verticaii^^ very flat and thin. Seeds flattened parallel to the embryo and lying pai^ in the pod (parallel to the valves) complete separated by more or less

m /O

Cassia.]

XL. LEGUMIXOSiE.
pulp.

285

tions or thin

Shrubs.

Mowers

in very short corymbose racemes or

umbels pedunculate in the axils, rarely reduced to 2 flowers.

9.

quite

C. suffruticosa^ Keen. ; Foff. Syn. Cass, 30. A tall weak shrub, glabrous or the young branches inflorescence and under side of the leaves
1|
in.

pubescent.
1 to

10 pairs, obovate or broadly oblong, obtuse, mostly long; glands oblong or slender, usually stipitate, between those
Leaflets 6 to

Flowers ip short umbel-like racemes in the upper axils. Bracts lanceolate^ acuminate, rather .persistent. Petals Sepals veiy obtuse, the inner ones 3 to 4 lines long. hroad, ^ in. long or more,. 2 or 3 lower ones rather larger than the others. Anthers all on short filaments, 2 or 3 rather larger than the others. Pod
2 or 3 lowest pairs.
Stipules linear or subulate.
3 to 4 in. long,

of the 1,

4 to
iv.

5 lines

broad. W, and Arn. Prod. 289

C. acclims, F.

Muell.

Fragm.

13,

N. Australia. Islands of the N. Coast, Brown. Queensland. Percy islands, J. CunnwgJiam ; Rockhamptoii, DaUachfj ; Edgecombe Bay and Port Deuisou, Ydzalan ; Ipswich, Nernd, N, S. Wales, Hastings river, Beckler. Although more variable in aspect than the Indian specimens, some of the Australian specimens, especially some of Brown's, cannot be distinguished from Asiatic ones. The species
IS

said to

closely

be in cultivation only in E. India, but indigenous in the Archipelago. allied to, and perhaps a variety of C. glauca-

It

is

very

10.

C. retusa,

Soland.

Fog. in linncea, xv. 73.

Shrubby and

softly

obto pubescent, especially the young parts. obovate pairs, 6 4 to Leaflets glands slender long-cuneate, veiy obtuse or emarginate, long in. 1 above to ; \ or stipitate between those of the 1, 2 or 3 lowest pairs. Stipules linear,
acuminate, deciduous. on axillary
e^ual.

Elowers crowded peduncles shorter than the leaves.

stipitate, 2 to

in short almost umbellate racemes,

Bracts narrow, acuminate.

Anthe]:s
all

Sepals broad, very obtuse.

Petals not twice as long.

nearly

Pod
SouDd,

in.

long, 4 to 5 lines broad..

is

Queensland.
Aiursty

Bustard Bay,

Bavt
uffruticosa^

Brom.

The

species

on the other to

some forma of

. anstralis.

, ^._, ^... Mag. t. 2676. lessangular. quite glabrous or more branches or loosely pubescent, the vouiig others i^eaflets usually or to 6 7, reduced 8 to 10 pairs. In some specimens obtuse or increased to 11 linear, almost or or 12 mirs, oblong lanceolate
tall

erect slirub, either

sometimes and recurved usually I or rarely 1 in. long, the margins only of or i-evolute; most of leaflets the glands slender or stipitate between lowers the lower deciduous. pairs, or rarely almost none. Stipules subulate, but leaves, the 2 to 6 in a loose than umbel on peduncles usually shorter obtuse, ^2 to 3 veiy fometimes longer. Sepals Bracts small, broad, obtuse. olten or Anthers 3 long. 2 Petals broad, | in. long or rather more. long, m. to tier larger glabrous 4 3 than the others. ^ Pod shortly stipitate, black. shmmg 3 to 4 Unes Seeds broad, straight or curved into a half-circle. SchuUem C --Eot. Reg. 1. , t. Exot. 2Q^ 1322 ; C. umbellata, Reichb. Icon. (afterwards CoUa, Hort. Barrevfeldn C. Ripul. App. ii. 344, and iii. t. 10; corondloides, corrected to C. ^. 1. 11 23, ; Fiddii), CoW^, Hort. RIpul. App. iv. A. tunn.; Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 384. . 9'^eensland. Broad Sotm^, R. Brown, A. Cunningham ; Bar.k.kin ny,,..^n^Jc^\ Letchhardt. nvers, ^^^. F. Mueller; Rockhamptou, Coudauune ; Comet and
^c'^te,

\ to

^f

Jte^/

286

XL. LEcrMiNOSJi:.
*

[Cassia.

S. "VITales. Paramatta, Woolls ; Blue Mountains and Hunter's Tliver, Brown, A. Cunningham, and others; New England, C Stuart ; Hastings, Macleay and Clarence rivers, Beckler ; Boyd river, Ldchhardt, Victoria. Gipps* Land, P. Mueller. Var. revoluta. Leaflets narrow-linear and acute, the margins much revolute, glabrous or
pubescent. C. rewhita, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Itist. 1852, 120; aciphylla, Benth. in A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Expcd. i. 465. To this belong most of the southern and several of the N. S. "Wales specimens from the interior. A''ar. pedunculata. Peduncles much lojiger than the l^ves. St. George's Kiver, ^.

N.

Brown

Blue Mountains, A. Gunniyigham^ and others. Var. (?) glaucescens. Slender and glaucous. Leaflets few. W. Australia. Hooker's Creek, F. Mueller. ,
;

Gaud, in Treyc. Voy. 485, t. 111. An erect glabrous shrub of several ft. Leaflets 3, 4 or 5 rather distant pairs, linear, obtuse, about f to 1 in. long, rather thick, flat gland usually long and subulate between those of the lowest pair only, but sometimes also of the next pair, or rarely wanting, Plo.wera ];athcr large, iu umbek at the end of short axillary peduncles with sometimes 1 or 2 pedicels below the umbel. Bracts
13.
;

C. Chatelainiana,

ovate or oblong, very obtuse. Petids broad, \ Sepals nearly 3 lines long. to f in. long. Lower stamens rather larger than t^lie others. Pod straight, often I in. broad. Vog, Syn. Cass. 47.
Sharks Bay, Gandichmid ; Murchison River, Oldjield; also mond. Very nearly allied on the one hand to C. aastralh, iu which, however, the when linear are usually revolute, and on the other to C. eremkola, which has fewer without the subulate gland.
_

"W. Australia.

Dnm^
leaflets
leaflet 3

13.

C. glutinosa,

Da

Prorf.

ii.

495.

An

erect

glabrous shrub, the

Leaflets usually 4 or 5 pairs, oblonglinear, rather obtuse, ^ to 1 in. long or rather more, 'flat and rather thick; gbnd flat and broad between the leaflets of the lowest 1 or 2 pairs. Flowers
brittle.

specimens very glutinous and

umbellate on axillaiy peduncles usually shorter than the leaves. Sepals coloured, obtuse, 3 to 3 or 2 lines long.' Anthers Petals twice as long. 3i lower ones upon rather longer filaments than the others. Pod straight, about 4 hues broad, as glutinous as the rest of the plant.Yog. Syn. Cass. 47. Wr. Australia. Attack Creek, M'Douall Sinarfs Expedition, Described by DeCnndolle probably

from specimens gathered on the N. coast in Baudin's Expedition, but

I hiive

not seen them.

,

Muell.Irarjm.mA^.

but often more or less glaucous. Leaflets 3 to to 5 pairs, obtuse, I to I in. long, rather thick and usually flat, and small flat at , gland ; ^ semi between the leaflets of the lowest 1 or 2 pairs. leafy, Stipules broad, cordate. Flowers rather large, 2 to 5 together in umbels on axillary pedunones cles usually shorter than the leaves. inner Sepals colom-ed, obtuse, the than fully 3 lines long. longer Petals twice as long. Anthers 3 or 4 rather the others. Pod stipitate, straight, apparently about 4 lines broad, but not seen perfect,
.

glabrous slu'ub, tall erect rather oblong-cUiptical,

N. Australia. N.W.
XVaJie

Ejyedidon. Bynoe ; Rocky Hills, Nichol Bay, F. Gregorys Between Stokes Range and Cooper's Creek, Wheeler.
coast,

15.

C. circinata,
ft.,

shrub of several

Benth. in Milch. Trop. Austr. 384. An glabrous or hoary with a minute silky tomentura.

erect bushy

Leaves

Cassia.]

XL. leguminos.e.

287

all

almost filiform or very slightly vertically flattened, 1 to 1| in. long, often clustered on the nodes of the previous year's wood, and then' sometimes not half so long gland none, or very ohsciu-e at or above the middle of the phyllodium. Peduncles short, axillary, l^earing 1 or 2 flowers on slender pedicels. Bracts minute. Sepals
leaflets, linear-terete, often
;

pliylloclliieous

without

ohtuse, 2
larger

to 2|

liiies

long.

Petals twice as long.

Anthers 3 or 3 rather

than the others and on longer filaments. Pod fully 5 lines broad, very flat and thin as in the rest of the section, but usually curved into a complete circle. E. Br. in App. Sturt, Exped. 15.

Queensland. Balonne river, Mitchell i Burdekin river, F. Mueller i Suttor river, H'Orsay ; Edgecombe Bay, Ballachi/. N. S. V^ales. Mount Flinders, A. Cunnhijliam i Darling river to Barrier Range,
Victorian

Exploring Expedition.
in

16.

C. pliyllodinea, R. Br.

App.

Sturt, Hxped. 15.

An

erect rigid
all

Dushy shrub, hoary or white with a close silky

dineous, linear, vertically compressed even shortly 2-lobed at tlie

tomentum.

Leaves

phyllo-

but thick, obliquely obtuse truncate or end, 1 to 1| in. long, narrowed at the base gbind none, or a faint one ou the upper edge. Peduncles short, axillary, beariug a verj- short raceme Bracts very small. of several flowers on slender pedicels. Sepals obtuse, 2 to 2^ lines long. Petals twice as long. Anthers 2 or 3 ra;

ther larger
lines

than the others.

Pod

stipitate, straight or slightly curved, 5 to 6

broad, obtuse.
Creeic,

Laehlnn and Darling desert to Barrier Range and Cooper's ricknan Exploring Expedition, Dallackg and Goodwin, and others. p- ^'^stralia. ^. co^%i, Brown ; YMniem&n^G, F. Mueller.

W. S. Wales.

disposed to consider this and the preceding phyllodineous species, together the five following ones as forms of one species, and it is true that we occasionally meet *ith specimens apparently connecting them, but so it is with the whole of the section from y-glauca to C. eircinata, which we certainly should not be justified in uniting. Those spe"nens of C. eremophila, var. platypoda, in which the lower leaves are phyllodineous without wet3 can generally glands at if not alwavs be distinguished from C. phyllodinea by the we end of the phyllodia where the leaflets have aborted.

Wh

.' -^lueller is

in Vog. Cunn. A. a clerical error never but ^pi.Cass. 47. hoary slightly An erect bushy shrub, glabrous or so white iiarrowvery pairs, as some of the allied species. 2 1 or Leafl(-ts 'inear, thick, sometimes out, flattened slightly terete and channelled above or terete or verpetiole J.ery short, usually the more, about 1 in. long, and often the 'cally flattened pair only the or j lowest gland depressed between the ; gland at J^er leaves sometimes reduced to a flattened phyllodium with the he end where the leaflets have aborted. Peduncles short, or rarely as long as the flowers ou several leaves, bearing a short of raceme almost corymbose

17.

C. eremophila (by

nemophila),

long, Imes rarely 2 obtuse, Sepals Bracts very small. petals usually rather ones lower or 3 2 more- than twice as long. Anthers curved, slightly or on longer or straight Pod others. filaments the than ff", ^.to 4 hues Exp. 14; ^;Sturt. broad or rarely App. in Br.
slender

pedicels.

more.-R.

^^"iata,

R. Br.
*''^"

1.

c.

Exped. Three Mitch. C. Meroloba, Lindl. in

n.

122.

^3j'r^

O'^ t^^ Maranoa, Mitchell ;

F. Burdekin, and Suttor desert of the

^S- Wiaes.

Near Port Jackson, Eeri. F. Mueller;

New

England, C. Stuart;

288
common
in the desert interior

XL. leguminos.e;

[Cassia,

from the Lachlan and Darling to the Barrier Range, A. Cun-

ninghamt Victorian Exploring Ea-pediilony etc. Victoria, Murray desert and Wimmera, F. Mueller^ Mitchell, Dallacliy, and others. S. Australia. S. coast, ^, Brown; from the Murray to Flinders' Eange and Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller ; Venus Bay and Mount ^tvl^. War bur ton, "W, Australia, Brtimmojid, Roe ; Stirling Range, Phillips Eange, etc., Maxwell
very variable species, of which specimens occur occasionally with here and there an additional pair of leaflets, showing an approach towards C. ariemisioides, and some of the western ones with the gland rathe^ more prominent are at first sight like reduced forms of C, Chaielainiana, The two following varieties which have heen distinguished as species, are very inconstant they both occur mixed with the common form. Var. plafj/jjoda. Petioles vertically compressed, the lowxr ones often without leaflets. C, plait/poda, E. Br. in App. Stmt Exped. 15. Var. zygophf/lla. Leaflets 1 or 2 pairs, linear, flat, often 1 to 2 lines broad. (7. zt/gopJfylla, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 288.
j

18.
slirub,

C. artemisioides. Gaud,

in

DC. Frod.

ii.

495.

An

erect bushy

Leaflets 3 to 6 pairs, hoary or ^vhite with a minute silky toitientum. linear-terete and more or less channelled above, slender but rigid, usually 4 to 1 in. long, but sometimes longer or shorter ; glands small and flat between pedunon raceme those of the lower 1 or 2 pairs. dense Flowers in a short
to obtuse, 2 Sepals cles much shorter than the leaves. Bracts small, ovate. the than longer 3 2i lines long. Petals about twice as long. Anthers 2 or others on longer filaments. Po4 straight, 2 to 3 in. long, about 4 lines broad. C. teretifolia, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. i. 289; C, teretlusculaj

Muell. in Linnaea, xxv. 389.

Da^yson river, F, Mueller, ,. the m Cunningham ; N. S. VS/'ales. Ir^ the interior, Fraser ; near Monnt Flinders, A. Darliucj desert, Mitchell and others, and thence to the Barrier Range, Victorian Exiilonng Expedition and others.
,

Queensland.

S. Australia.
Warburto7i,

Near Qudnalia and towards Lake Torrens, F. Mueller; Mount

Serle,

allied to C. ermopMla ^nd C. Sturtii, this diiFera from the former more numerous leaflets, from the latter in their shape and in the narrower pod. were united, it is the name of C. artemisioides that Jiaa the priority.

Nearly

chiefly in the

If tue

ttire

19.

C. Sturtii,

K Br.

in

Jpp. Sturt Exped,

U.

bushy

shrub, gla-

brous or more frequently glaucous hoary or white with a close tomentum.

Leaflets usually 3 to 5 pairs, linear, lanceolate, cuneate,
haos elliptical or a
almost and small obovate, ^ to 1 in. long, thick, flat or concave, sometimes all tne between ovate, the lower leaves rarely with only 2 pairs ; glnnds small tne all leaflets of the lowest 1 or 2 pairs. Stipules small and deciduous as

eremopni C, in as Flowers in short axillary dense racemes ^, im^ to 3 obtuse, 2 but usually more numerous on a longer peduncle. Sepals lu > perfect long, frequently tomentose. Pod when Petals twice as long.
allied species.

in.

broad, straight or slightly curved and very obtuse.

Suttor river, P, Mueller, v^. yictorian Creek, W. S. "Wales. Darling river to the Barrier Range and Cooper's ploring Expedition, HowitVs Expedition, etc. Victoria. Murray scruh and Wimmera, Ballachy,
.

Queensland, Bowen ;

S. Australia.
^?ir,

Near Cudnaka, F, Mueller.

}\i\ist

Australia, Drummond,

very ohovate, Var. (?) coriacea. or Leaflets usually 4 or 5 pairs, small ohlong thick and green or glaucous. S. coast, R. Brown ; Mount Tlinders, A, Cunningnam
ling

^^^^
.

and Murray desert and S. Australia.

f^^^sia.]

XL. LEGUMTNOS.E.
iomeiifosa.

289

or iiarrow-oLovate, very white. Sepals much lonsrer aad tomeutose.- Mount Murchisou and Barrier Range. This may be a variety of C. desolata. The specimens of these forms, although numerous, are often fragmentary, and rarely have
(?)

Var.

Leaflets

oMong

good

fruit,

or

show

at

once the

folia^^e

of the barren and of the flowering braucbcs.

20.
parts

C, desolata^ F, MuelL

in Linncea, xxA^ 389.

Shrubby, the young

hoary or white, becoming glabrous with age. Leaflets 1, 3 or very rarely 3 pairs, ovate obovate or broadly oblong, | to 1 in. long or more, cori-, aceous; gland depressed between those of the lowest or of both pairs, rarely
wanting.
ovate,

Flowers

concave.

very short raceme, on short axillary peduncles. Bracts Sepals about 3 lines long, usually pubescent or tomeutose*

in a

retals twice as
longer.

Anthers nearly equal or 2 qr 3 lower ones scarcely Pod not seen perfect but apparently more like thai of C, Sturtii than
Bunoe ;
Victoria river, F, NiteUer;

bug.

of C. oligophylla.

Dcpuech Island. N.W. tentralMount Stuart, M'DouaU Stuart

N.Anstralia.

coast,

'

Barrier Range, Victorian Ea:^loring Ex2)edltio}t t^ -^ r^ twr T . Australia. Speneer's Gulf, Warhurfon. ciome of the specimens are very doubtful and may belong to C. oUgophjUa, which this ^^^^ resembles in foliage and flowers and it would require more perfect materials ; *r^^?t tnan 1 have seen to estaWish satisfactorily the distinction between this species and (7. Siurtii oa the one hand and olig.ophylla on the other.
?
1 />

Wales

21.

C. oligophyUa, F. Muell. Fragm.

iii.

49.

A tall

slirub,

glabrous

Leaflets 2 or rarely only 1 pair, broadly obovate, ^ery obtuse, | to 1 in. long, coriaceous ; glands depressed and rather large etweeu those of each pair. Flowers in short dense racemes, on axillary pelincles,

minutely pubescent.

rather

more numerous than in the preceding

species, with rather

oblong or lanceolate bracts. Sepals obtuse, pubescent, about 3 lines ong. Petals not twice as long. Anthers 2 or 3 lower ones rather longer than the others. obtuse. very Pod 2 to 2^ in. _.._,. broad, in. __ long, nearly i

arger

%^\' *'^'*''*lia-

From the few plains, Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's EximVition. jptcimens gatliered, this appfcnrs to be closely allied to C. desolata, ditJering chiefly in flie
Sandy
'" ^-

M ia

c"^^*^ l""'^*^ aesolata ;

and probably SlwtU, in C. as again as broad half ; but better specimens are required to confinn the speciea.
''^

^riemisioides

^' oligoclada, J}-

F. Muell. Frwjm.

iii.

49.

shrub of X to 3

ft.,

starved pubescent slender in or in pairs, all 4 its or T;} parts. Leaflets 3 specimens only l or 2 pairs, elliptical-oblong, obtuse or almost acute, shortly Jiucronate, f to 1 in. long glands none. Stipules small, setaceous. Flowers leavts the ''; umbellate, on as long ; as about peduncles, slender axillary Jv l^oiceis almost the obtuse, Sepals filiform. deciduous. Bracts minute, gest about ones inner upper the 2 lines long. or long as Petals twice ner less. Anthers 3 a little larger than the others. Pod stipitate, falcate,
;

^.

U^n^^'^i^'^
Var f?r
'!^/ **^
^
-^

Cambridge
V^^-y

Gulf,

N.W.

coast,

A. Cunningham

Upper Victoria
or 2 pairs.
sight of that
.
.

river,

^^'P*="^'""ia, 72.
sl'^iider

A-o;.
Leaflets 1
first

and quite glabrous. ^'-^^l^' ^'Douall SluJl. ^ Th?;w"f ^^^''''^ Po<i of this species reminds one at Sennoi
malW

f ff

"/'*

^ Flowers
. .. of the

,^

w
V

VOL.

n.

'

290

XL. LEGUMINOS.^.

[Cdssla,

shrub of 3 or 4 ft,, glabrous and very obopairs, Leaflets 2 branches. purplish often slender glaucous, with very of the those emarginate, sometimes obtuse and very oblong-elliptical, vate to
23. C. leptoclada, BentL
lower the in wanting or smaller pair lower of the 1 in. long, pair to upper ^ very Stipules pair. each of those leaves ; glands small, ovoid, l^etvveen filion flowers bearing 2 short, very Peduncles in the upper axils minute. pethcels the branch, the adnate to peduncle form pedicels, or sometimes the
long. lines not 2 obtuse, Sepals then proceeding from a little than larger rather or 3 Anthers 2 Petals deep yellow, above 4 lines long. 1and orbicular the others. Pod stipitate, flat and glabrous, either nearly

above the axil.

seeded, or 2-seede4 and about | in. long and 4 lines broad.

N, Australia,

Inlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

-R,

Brown, {Herb,

R Br.)

perfect all to 10, 5 Stamens Section V. Absus. Sepals usually obtuse. and similar, the anthers opening in slits either short and terminal or extendSeeds acute. obliquely ing down the sides of the cells. Pod flat, oblique and shrubs, Australian) lying vertically in the pod. Herbs or (in species not

often glandular-pubescent.

becoming racemes, terminal "Flowers in simple

sometimes

lateral

by the elongation of the branch.

muchpubescent 24. C. Absus, Linn.; Vog.Syn, Cass. 50. A viscidly obhqnely pairs, 2 branched annual or biennial, rarely exceeding 1 ft. Leaflets pecommon the and broadly obovate, obtuse, | to 1 in. long or rarely more, lowcs the of tiole rather long and slender glands small between the leaflets
;

or of both pairs. Stipules narrow. puobtuse, length lateral racemes. Sepals narrow, Bracts small, reflexed. o* usuaUy Stamens bescent, about 3 lines long. Petals scarcely longer. into 1, Style dilated at the end, with a rather broad fringed stigma. Pod 1

termmal short in small, Plowers

or ai

long and about i

in.

broad.

Seeds with very little albumen. 1.

^i^^^^'

Fragm.
2Z.
^

iii.

50.

W. Australia.
Brown.
'

Upper

Victoria river,

Mueller

Carpentaria, of islands of the Gulf

Queensland. Bustard Bay, Banks and Solander ; river, Bowman, The species is common in tropical Asia and Africa.

^pQ ^" Port Denison, FIL~^^^^>.

-n

Section YI. Cham^ckista. Sepals obtuse

all

perfect; anthers opening in slits

less

or acute. or terminal and either short

Stamens

o
.

exteno
^ya^^^.^;

more or

down

the sides of the

cells.

Pod

linear, flat, straight

Seeds lying vertically in the pod.

Herbs or undershrubs.
Spi.
Cass,

Peduncles

lary, 1-flowered, solitary or 2 or 3 together.

25.

C. pxunila, Lmn,; Vog.

65.

pubescent perennial of short duration, with a hard almost stems rarely exceeding 1 ft. Leaflets much fewer than in

diffuse, moi^^ ^^ ^^^ oas^^ woody

.^
(7.

wimosoi^ m^^^

to 3 the Australian specimens usually 8 to 12 pairs, litiear-falcate, ^^^^^^^^ Pedicels ^ pair. long; gland stipitate on the petiole below the lowest .j^jg^ solitary, shorter than the leaves, with minute bracteoles above ^^^y ^\^q
;

^^[^ scarcely Sepals rather obtuse, about 2 lines long. Petals j tlucK slightly sepals. Stamens 5, nearly equal, obtuse. Style short,

at

Cassia.]

XL. LEGUMINOS.'E.

291
1
to

the end,

with a broadly peltate stigma. lique or slightly curved.

Pod narrow,

1^

in.

long, ob-

Port Curtis, M' Gillivray ; Bovveu river, Bowman. Pedicels longer il ^"^.^^f,^^^^^tuan m the ludian specimens, but the style and other essential characters are qmtc the
same.

26.
or less
.

C. concinna, Benth,

diffuse perennial,

woody

pubescent, with the habit of C. pumMa, but at much larger flowers and by the style. Leaflets 8 to 10 or rarely 12 to 15 pan-s, rather crowded, linear-falcate, mucronate, 2 to 3 lines long gland stipitate below the lowest pair. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, usually longer
;

more once known by the

at the base,

than the

leaves, with

minute bracteoles

at or

above the middle.

Sepnls 3

imes long, obtuse or

minutely mucronate.

Petals nearly twice as long.

Sta-

anthers nearly equal. Style incurved, not thickened, with a sjnall terminal stigma. Pod rarely above 1 in. long, about 2 lines viiAe.C.Pumila,
5
;

mens

I'.Muell.

Fragm.

iii.

47,notofLam.
Broad Sound,

rw^

W. Australia. Upper Wneensland. Keppel

;

S.

Wales.

Victoria river, F. Mueller. Islands, M'GilUvray ; Wide Bav, Bldwill; Rockhampton, Thozet, Ballachy ; Morcton Bay, C. Stuart.

Mount

Flinders, LeichJiardl.
;

^' "^inaosoides, Lbm.

j ennial of short or ascenduig

Tog. Syn.

Cass. 68.

An

annual or per-

duration, with a hard almost woody base, and numerous diffuse wiry stems, of 1 to 2 ft. or rarely more, usually pubescent.

long; leaflets numerous (20 to 50 pairs), linear-falcate, ucronate, seldom above 2 lines long; gland depressed, below the lowest PW. Pedicels axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 together, unequnl, but rarely above
^' 1 \a' es long.
.^iie
'

eaves

1^

to 2 in.

4g

Petals 3 to 4 or rarely 5 acute,'above 8 lines long. Stamens 7 to 10 ; anthers all similar, but rather unequal in size. slightly dilated at the end with a truncate stigma. Pod 1^ to 2 in. ^^^''^^ely 2 lines broad, oblique or slightly curved. F. Muell. Fragm. iii.
^^P''^^^
^'*^''^

thp P,

^'?^'"*^^*-

Victoria river, F. Mueller: Port Essington, Armstrong; islands of

;

On
colonv

S *

Brown. '^^^ ^^'^ ^"'i'^ ''"'^ Northumberland islands, R. Broicn ^^^ Pastures, A Cunninghnm, F. Mueller, and others. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler.
?'''P<="ta'i.

common

the

80.

PETALOSTYLES,

E. Br.

stami
sever

-^

^^"i-'^i, iiie

ceus opening
'''"^^

mwaruiym

luuj^iiuuuun

oiii,^,

o^.c.^

l/^^^^^ \^'^^
flT'

acuminate Imperfect anthers.

^^^'^^

Ovary nearly

sessile,

with

ovarv
cave
sli<r,i,

T^^^^
a^^

the above immediately saccate petal-like, ' conlonger, ^'"^'^^ ^^^^^> much other the front, 2 short ones in prominent inside and terminating at the top in a small
^^^'^^

eomnV'
tinct f

^^*'

^^long-linear,

oblique,

2-valved.

Seeds ovate-oblong,

siniplv rJ

shining; funicle expanded into a fleshy appendage disLeaves '^^ ^^^^ ' albumen copious cotyledons flat. Shi'ubs.
testa
;

pinnate.

Flowers yellow, on axillary peduncles.

292
The genus
(sect.
is

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^,
enaemic

[Petalostijks.

llmltea to a single species,

Chammcrista) and to Labichea, but

Australia, very nearly allied io Cassia distinguished especiiilly hy the very singular

style.

R. Br. shoots young the feet, several nearly glabrous, somewhat glaucous slirub of along alternate mostly above 30, Leaflets from about 11 to minutely silky. m. to mucronate, t narrow-oblong, | the rhachis with an odd terminal one, the concave, somewhat thick, long, narrowed at the base, but not oblique, deciduous, very and narrow Stipules micfrib only conspicuous underneath. Sepals bracteoles. deciduous Peduncles axillary, 1-ilowered, with 2 small very long. m. nearly obovate, Petals f acute, \ in. long, green and glabrous. sliorter. much no,t and Style deep-yellow, like the petals, Ovules 4 to 6.
1.

P. labicheoides,

in

App. Blurt Exped. 17.

An

erect, biisliy,

'

Pod
Hon.

1 to

li in. longr. 3 " ^""6

Dampier's Archipelago, Bynoe
;

ir. Australia.

Nicbol Bay, F. Gregorgs

Exj^edi^

Queensland.
If.

S.

Wales.

S.Australia.
Warbtirton. Var. cassioides.
Sturt's Creek

Suttor Range, rare, F. Mueller. Barrier Range, Victonan Exploring Expedition. . r If buu, s Spencer Akava nver, F. Mueller ; Mount Serle and towards
_ ,

or obtuse oblong, or obovate Leaflets smaller, numerous,

retuse.

and Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller.

8.1.

LABICHEA,

Gaudicli.

at connected Sepals 4 oi: 5, much imbricate, somewhat unequal, scarcely ^, Staiflcns equal. the base. Petals as many as sepals, spreading, nearly pores,^euner terminal filaments \^ery short; anthers oblong-linear, opening in

both alike or with pollen

rarely 3 ovules, tapering into
a

short sty
flat,

Pod oblong

or lanceolate, oblique,

2-valved.

or obovate Seeds

be expanded with a hard shining testa; funicle (in the species examined) cotyledons copious the top into a globular fleshy appendage albumen com the from Shinibs or u,ndcrshrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate, pr ^^^ucea or petiole not being developed, consisting of S or 5 digitate leaflets the terminal leaflet. Stipules small, deciduous. Flowers yellow, f^^!^^|^SjJJ^^^ iii^-c deciduous, in short loose axillary racemes. Bracts small and none.
*

The genua
Sepals 5.

is

limited to Australia, and

is

very nearly allied

to.

Cassia,

Petals 5. Anthers unequal. Leaves pinnate, with an elongated common petiole Leaflets digitate, without any common jjetiole
'

' .

1. i'

L.

cassioides.^

^
^* ^'

i^' ^'Itid^-

Sepals 4.

Petals 4.
' '

janceokta^

Bushy shrubBushy shrul).

equal

" Leaves simple or digitate. Anthers unequal Leaves simple or digitate. Anthers equal Undershrub with nearly simple stems. Leaves all simple. Anthers
. ,

/
'

rnpestris-

^
j^'^nctata*

^.'

^'^

bushj> A 507. 1. L, cassioides, Gaud, in DC. Prod, il g^^^^^^^^ shrub. Leaves piiuuite, with the comniou petiole i to 1 in. long; \ \^q linear, i or to 15, or reduced to 3 in the upper leaves, narrow-oblong

Labicliea.]

XL. LEGUMiNoSiE.

293

with a pungent point. Eacemes loose, often as long as the leaves. Sepals 5, the outer ones 5 lines long, the innermost rather shorter and more petal-like. Petals 5, rather longer than the calyx, nearly orbicular. Anthers incurved, one oblong-linear, the other much longer and polllniferous
ui.

long, coriaceous,

L tephrosiwfoUa,
Brummond,
2.

Ovary silky-pubescent, with 2 ovules. Pod not seen, but represented in Gaudichaud's figure like that of the other species, except that there is no swelling of the funicle. Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. 485, t. 112;
Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 12. W.Australia, Sharks' Bay, Gaudichdud ; between Moore and Murchison
rivers,

at

the base only.

Uh

Coll. n, 7.

L. nitida, BentiL

rigid shrub, With divaricate slightly pubescent

Leaflets usually 5, digitate, without a common p"etiole, from obov^Ue-oblon'g to elliptical, obtuse with a pungent poi^t, coriaceous and shining
above, the central
tiolulate.

branches.

one

|-

to 1 in. long, the lateral ones smaller, all shortly peloose.

Flowers much larger than in L. rajjesMs. Sepals 5, about 4 lines long. Petals 5, the lower ones fiitly |-'in.long, the upper ones rather smaller. One anther at least half as long again as the other. Ovary very villous, Avith 3 ovules both the flowers examined,

Eacemes short and

J^od

not seen.-

N. Australia, t^ctona river, B0oe: Queensland, Burdekin Exj>edHion,

Hueg. Entm. 41. An erect glabrtus shrub, ot 6 ft. or more. Leaflets sometimes all or mostly solitary, from narrow-oblong to lancteolate to 4 or linear, obtuse or acute, with a pungent point, coriaceous and shining, on a petiolule of 1 to 2 lines, at the base of S' ,
in

3.

L, laiiceolata, Benth.

"v which
ti'al

are occasionally 1 or 2 very small leaflets

is

in other specimens the cen-

leaflet

much

smaller,

and there

are 1 or 2 less disproportionate ones

on each side.

Kacemes

loose, nearly as long as the leaves.

Petals 4, longer than the calyx. One Jong as the other, without pollen above the middle. Ovules 2.
1

* lines long.

Sepals 4, about anther nearly twice as

Pod about

^nmmond,
4.

m. long. Seeds with a testa marked with londtudinal rows of glandular pots and becoming swollen and pulpy when ^odkedi.L.diversifoUa, Meissn. hij^undata, Paxt. VI ^^' P^eiss. i. 23 J Lindl. and Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 52 ^^^%^ X. 150, with a fiffv W-. Awstralia. King George's Sound to Swan River, A. Cunningham, Eraser, Bnegel,
;

1st Coll. n. 161, Preiss, n. 1027, and others; ilurchisou river, Oldfeld.

small liard 3^3. 'juslr. Trap, in Mitch. "*''y shrub, the branches pubescent or at length glabrous. Leaflets in some jPecmiens mostly 3-foliolate, the terminal oile linear-oblong, 1 to 2 in. long, comc-eous, with a pungent point, the lateral ones much smaller, in other specimens most Or all digitate, with 3 or 5 less unequal leaflets, without any comj?on petiole. Eacemes short dense and few-flowered. Sepals 4-, about 2^ "fies long. Petals about the same length. Anthers both nearly of the same

L. rupestris, ^gew^A.

Ovules than the petals. 4uently-i.seeded only, but Trop. Mitch. in Beuth. diaitata, X. not seen ripe. rf r Austr. 273.
2.

ze, scarcely shorter

Pod

short, acuminate, fre-

Queensland.

Sandstone

rot-ks and ravines aLout

Monnt

Pluto, Mitchell;

Newcastle

294
Eange, F. Mueller
(in leaf only).

XL. LEGUMIK0SJJ3. The two forms

I

[Labiclm,

had distinguished, with

1-foliolate or

very unequally 3-folioIatc leaves, and with nearly equal 5-foliolate leaves, different branches of the same specimen.
5.

may be

found on

An undershrub, Benfk. in LiiidL Swan R'w, Jpp. 15. with ascending or erect almost simple stemS; of 1 to \\ ft.j more or less flattened and usually glabrous. Leaves all simple, the lower ones sometimes
L. punctata,
ovate, 1 to 2 in. long, the upper ones lanceolate or linear, attaining often 4 or 5 in., coriaceous, reticulate and scabrous above, with minute dots, which

however are often visible in some other species, glabrous or slightly pubescent underneath. Eacemes very short and several- flowered. Sepals 4, about 4 lines'long, the outer ones concave and rather acute, the inner more petal-like. Petals 4, rather longer than the calyx. Anthers both of the same size. Ovaiy
slightly pubescent,
i.

wdth 2 ovules.

Pod

not seen. Meissn. in PI.

Preiss.

24.
\st Coll and

^V. Australia. Swan River and Darling Range, Collie^ Brummond, 2nd ColL'n, 279, Frelss, n, 1025, 1026 Harvey River, Oldjield.
;

83.
r

TAMARINDUS,

Linn.

Sepals 4, united at the base into a turbinate tube, the free portion or segone inner upper ments much imbricate. Petals 3, the lateral ones ovate, the or middle, 3 the narrower, concave. Stamens incurved, united in a sheath to
rarely

2 only perfect, with ovate anthers, 4 or 5 mstyle ovules teeth at the top of the sheath. Ovary stipitate, with several oblong-linear, flexed, rather thick, with a truncate stigma. or linear Pod
;

others reduced

to short

curved, thick, but slightly compressed, the epicarp crustaceous and fragile, the mesocarp pulpy, the endocarp thick and fleshy, forming complete partitions between the" seeds.

Seeds broadly obovate, flattened

thicL; albumen none; embryo straight, Avith a short radicle, abruptly pinnate. Plowers in terminal racemes.

testa rather

Tree.

Leaves

Tlie genus contains only one species, widely spread over tropical regions.

488. A hard-wooded pairs, 20 to spreading head and a pale or glaucous glabrous foliage. Leaflets 1 oblong-linear, obtuse, | to f in. long. Stipules small, deciduous. ^^^^^J*^^^ shorx veiy on yellow, the racemes short and loose, really terminal, but usually very Bracts branchlets so as to appear lateral and shorter than the leaves. ro longer, deciduous. Calyx-segments about 4 lines long. Petals rather npene seeds about 1 in. broad, vaiying in length according to the number of
1.

T. indicus,

Linn.i^

DC. Prod.

ii.

a with tree,

usually 2 or 3.
the entrance to Victoria river, i cultivated, Port Essington, Leichhardt (fragments of a raceme). Common, wild or t^e supplies pical Asia and Africa, and introduced into the 'West Indies. This tree known Tamarhids, used as conserves and in medicine. The Australian specimens fragmentary only, ] have described it from Indian ones.
cliffs at

N. AustraUa. On

the

F. Mueller

[ir^^^^

^^V^

83.

BAUfilNIA,

Linn.
the tube, disk-bearing

i^^

Sepals united at the base into a short or long part separating into 5 or fewer valvate or induplicatc lobes.

Petals

5,

BaulimaJ]
the

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

'

295

serted

summit of the tube, usually clawed, more or less unequal. [Stamens 10, free, either all perfect or some reduced to small staminodia. Ovary stipitate, the stalk adtiate to one side of the calyx-tube, Avith several
at

ovules

with a capitate, broad or oblique, terminal stigma. Pod linear or oblong, compressed, 2-valved. Seeds compressed ; albumen usually thin ; radicle short and straight. Trees or woody climbers. Leaflets either 2 distinct from the base, or (in the majority of species not Australian) united into an entire or 2-lobed leaf, with 5 to 11 digitate nerves.
\

style

usually

filiform,

Eaceraes terminal.
It over the tropical regious of the New and the Old World. Ins beeu divided into several genera, which I have in other works been disposed to adopt but it may be more convenient to follow De Candolle and others in considering them as subgenera. The following Australian species, all endemic, with one or two nearly allied Asiatic ones, form a small group, with the 2 leaflets quite distinct, and in their flowers and fruit agreeing with Plianera, except that the 10 stamens are all perfect.
large geuus, distributed

Calyx disk-bearing base very short, free part" canipanulate, deeply

lobcd.

Outer petals 5 to 6 Hues long.

Pod 2
in.

in.

broad

1,

^. Cunninyhamtt, B. Carro?iiu

Calyx disk-bearing base turbinate, free part as long, shortly lobed.

Petals 6 or 7 lines long.
base.

Pod not \\
Pod

broad

2..

Calyi disk-bearing base cylindrical, free pai-t as long, divided to the

Outer petals 1^

in. long.

1 to

io- Ijroad

3. .B.

Hooken.

1.

B. Cunninghamii,

branches slender, rarely

])ubescent, at

young the more, or ft. 20 Benili. A tree of leaves and shoots young short and spinescent, the
long,
falcate-ovate, broadly distinct, Leaflets quite 7to 5finely broad, than half as

length glabrous.
to

veiy obtuse,
iierved. dicels

and more Flowers 2 or 3 together on a very short common peduncle, the pe-

1^

in.

veiy^ tlat, on a long stipes, Pod capitate. with 8 to 10 ovules ; stitrma large, tne to thinly coriaceous, according about 2 in. broad, 6 in. long or shorter, in_ Pb Jungn. number of seeds Benth. ripened.i>/^^^ra Cnnnwghamih partly. oO, ni. 1- 264; Inst. BauMnia Leichhardtii, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. N.;^^. W. Australia. Cunningham; ft, A, Bay, Cai'ceniug Bay and Vausittart F. Mueller, Laud, s ^fnoe; Oakover viver, Amhem Nichol Bay,V. Gregorys Expedition;

velvety-toraentose, long, shorter than the calyx. lines Calyx about 5 campanulate, the disk-bearing broadly. part base very short and broad, the free silkythid, divided Petals lobes. equal below the middle into 5 ovate [omentose, ovate, the 3 outer lower ones exceeding the calyx by above 6 scarcely lines, the one inner uppermost lateral ones by about 2 lines, and the Uvaiy fit all. longest. the Stamens 10, longer than the petals, the lowest

List leatnarrower rather foliage and with or CunHingJiamii, inflorescence "s. of f^ narare which ^cts, but of both nndistinguishable without the flowers or fruit, base disk-beann g ^er. the Calyx slightly tomentose, about \ in. long, 5shortlj very farrow-turbinate, the "free portion about the same length fed. Petals obovate, silky outside, the lower ones

Tram.

Vict.

iii.

49.

A tree,

with

5 lines, the othe/s rather shorter.

^^'^^f^%^}^ f^^-^^ Cumu^^ /i. of pistil and Stamens

J'"-

ivex

Pod when

coriaceous, not quite \\ ^

ripe.
'

slightly coriaceous, in. broad, the valves

Mitchell. interior, the ; in

Q'leensland.

S. Wales,

Ou

the Burdekin, F. Mueller E.rjpedtito)t. Howitfs Creek, Towards Cooper's

296
Some specimens
3.

XL. LEGUMlNOSiJ::.
of Lek'hhardt*s, in leaf only

[BanJiuiia,

i\ Mueller to the preceding species,

and therefore not determinable, referred by appear to me rather to Belong to the present one.
in Trans. Vict.
Inst.
iii.

B. Hookeri^

F,

MnelL

51.

A large

tree,

with a Spreading head, usually quite glabrous. Leaflets quite distinct, veiy obliquely and broadly ovate or obovate, very obtuse, f to l^ in. long, finely 5- to 7:nerved, with a small thick point ternunating the petiole between them. Flowers white, edged with crimson, fe\V in short terminal racemes, the pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, 1 in. long or even more, the disk-bearing base narrow-cylindrical, the free part about as long,
dividing nearly to the base into 5 narrow lobes. Petals clawed, ovate, neady equal, Ihe lamina nearly l| in. loiig, slightly villous outside near the base.

Stamens 10, rather longer than the petals. Ovary on a long stipes; stigma large. Pod stipitate, flat, 1 to 1| in. broad. N. Australia. Anihem N. Bay, S. Broicn ; Port ESsinglon, A. Cunningham. Queensland. Broad Sound, K Brown; Gilbert river, F. Mueller ; Suttor river,
Henne. Var. j}uberula. Young shoots slightly pubescent. Calyx tomentosc, the free part shorter than the disk-bearing base. Pod large aud broad.Burdekin river, F. Mueller. The latter specimens come very near to B. (Fhanera) Blancoi, Benth. in PL Juogbi. 264, which we have from Siam and from the Philippine Islauds, and of which B. Hookeri
;
\

jyOrsay

Kockhamptou, Ballachy

islands of Torres Straits,

may prove

to he a variety only.

84.

CYNOMETRA,

Linn.

Sepals very shortly united at the base, the free part separating into 4 imbriPecate segments, the upper one rather broader (consisting of 3 sepals ?). tals 5, oblong-lanceolate, nearly equal, Stamens iiineruiost. the upper one

anthers small. with 2 ovules-; style subulate, with a small terminal stigma. Pod obliquely anJ broadly seraiorbicular, thicic, flcsliy, and turgid, 2-valved. Seed usual y solitary, thick ; radicle short, straight. abruptly Leaves Trees or shrubs. usually pinnate, with 1, 2, or rarely more pairs of leaflets. small, Flowers reddish, in axillary or lateral clusters or short racemes. The genus is distributed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. The
only Australian species
is

10 or more,

free; filaments filiform;

Ovary

nearly

sessile,

a eomiiion Asiatic one.

;

I.

Ci ramiflora^ Lhm.

DC. Prod.

ii.

509, var. hljuga.

tree,

Leafeither glabrous or the young shoots and inflorescence rusty-pubescent. obolets in the Australian specimens 2 obliquely pairs or rarely 1 pair only, vate-oblong, very obtuse or shortly aud obtusely acuminate, coriaceous, peuFlowers niveiued, the terminal ones 2 to 3 in. long, smaller. the lower ones first imin very short axillary racemes or clusters. at Bracts dry, concave, petals bricate, but Very deciduous. Calyx and Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long. I'l"".' not 2 lines long. villous. Stamens 10, rather longer. Ovary very in rugose as broad as long, very thick and fleshy, very and long in. to | | the dried specimens, probably when fresh. *y-^"

larger and

smoother

Arn. Prod.

Solander, J. Cnnninffkam.^'i'^^^y ami over E. India and the Archipelago, most Ceylon frequently with 2 i)airs of leaves in oc Archipelago, with one pair only on the scarcely continent of India, but the two can tuiguibUed, even as varieties.

293 C. hijmja, Spanoghc, Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and

i.
;

in ]\[iq. Fl. Lid. Bat.

i.

part

i.

/s^^

sprea^

Ci/nomelra.]

XL. leguminos.e.

297

SupoRDEU
"Flowers
gular,

III.

MIMOSEiE.

B-merous, 4-nierous, or rarely 3-merous or 6-merous, small, resessile in spikes or heads or very rarely shortly pedicellate, often polySepals valvate, often united.

Petals valvate, except in EryihropMceum, often united. Stamens equal to or double the number of petals or Albumen indefinite. Seeds usually flattened, with a hard shining testa.

gamous.

none or very scanty.

pinnate, except in the

Radicle of the embryo short and straight.

Leaves bi-

American genus

In(/a,

well-marked suborder are not uumerous in proportion to the species, and are technically distributed into fonr tribes Parkiea:, with definite stamens and slightly imbricate petals, 'including Erijikropklium ; EamhaoseiS, with definite stamens, including Macla, Adenanthera^ Bickrosiachys, and Neptunia ; AcacietB, with indefinite free stamens, consisting chiefly of the vast genus Jcacia ; and Int^ece, with indefinite mouadelphous stamens, including Albizzia and Pithecolohium.
this
:

The genera of

S5.
(Fillrea,

ERYTHEOPHLCETJM,
Guillem. and Perr.
;

Afzel.

Laboucheria, F. Muell.)
5, small,

imijricate. slightly very bud. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals on a perigynous disk, free, longer than stiOvary tbe petals, all eqnal glands. withont and perfect anthers ovate, oblong, Pod stigma. Pitate, with several ovules terminal style short, with a ; transverse; huear, flat, coriaceous, compressed, ovate, Seeds 2-valved.
Calyx-teetli 5, valvate in tlie

Petals

fuuicle filiform

Trees.
spikes,

pulpy outside albumen Leaves bipinnate. Flowers small, almost

;

testa

thin

radicle short, straight.

sessile in

long cylmdrical

forming a terminal panicle.

Bracts inconspicuous.

small genus, coutaining, besides the Australian species, whldli is endemic, two or three and from tropical Camlpunea, approaches it petals Africa. In the slight itnbnc-aliou of the

especially

ifora, and

maybe

considered, with

ParHa,

that suborder between intermediate as

and true
1-

Mimosea.

E. Laboucherii, F. Muell. Herb.

A hard-wooded
;

tree, the

branches
to
al-

9,^ Pinnae opposite, in 3 or 3 pairs to mostly ternate, obliquely retuse, 1^ or obovate or orbicular, very obtuse i blowers long, 2 in. long. in. Spikes rather dense, nearly sessile, 1 to 3 rather tals Pe jo hairs. few lines long. Calyx spl-inkl6d and ciliate with a as long twice than ^oi>Ser than more Stamens the calyx, with woolly edges.

anJ foliage glabrous.

leaflets

ltlie petals, distinctly inserted

;;\th

about 10 ovtiles.

Pod

in 2 rows. to 1 long, in. 6 to 4

hairy, stipitate shortly Ovary

niily-coriaceons valves. Seeds nearly *^- Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 159.

broad flat with mh\^vil^x.-Labouchena chlorodachys,

in.

N.W. Bay Van.ittart Careening Bay and B>orcn , arang R. ^.ctona nver. Carpentaria. Bynoe, P. Mueller; islands of the Gulf 'Si *a.V8 nver, M^Douall Siuart. , ^ , , p.,^sland. Eudeavour river. BnvUs and Solander, ^-/""f "^f'^.', Leauminous hu, be ^'Ibert nvers, to said and collection, F. Mueller Lcichhardt's also in

W- Australia.

'^?^YB.t7-tZJ.
. .
.

iroa-bark Tree."

86.
,

ENTADA,

Adams.
more or

Calyx very shortly 5.toothed.

^^ee.

Petals 5, valvate, a by tipped Stamens 10, shortly exsertcd, free ; anthers

umted or Ovary gland.


298
XL.

LEGUMiNOS^E.

[Entada,

nearly sessile, with several ovules ; style filiform, with a truncate stigma. Pod large and long, flat, coriaceous or woody, the sutures thick and forming a persistent replura, the valves falling away separately and divided transversely into 1-seeded ariicles, the endocarp separating from the epicarp and persisting round the large orbicular flat seeds. Tall woody climbers, unarmed. Leaves

abruptly bipinnate, the pinnse of the upper pair often converted into tendrils without leaflets. Flowers small, sessile in long slender spikes, either solitary in Bracts very small. the upper axils or forming a terminal simple panicle. The genus is common to the New and the Old World within the tropics. The only Australian species
is

the same as the most generally diffused Asiatic one,

Benth. in. Hooh. Journ. Bot. iv. 332. A woody climber, stretching over the largest trees, the young parts and inflorescence slightly pubescent, at length glabrous. Leaves usually consisting of a common petiole of 2 to 6 in,, terminating in 2 simple tendrils, which are not however always developed, and bearing below them 1 or 2 pairs of pinnee ; leaflets on each pinna 2 or 3 rarely 4 or even 5 pairs, ohovate-oblong obtuse or ejnarginale, often very oblique, 2 to 5 in. long when few, smaller when more numerous. Spikes varying in length from 1 or 2 in. to nearly 1 ft. Flowers about \\ in. long. Calyx very small, truncate or minutely toothed. Petals
1.

scandens,

becoming at length quite separate. Gland of the anthers m in. to 4 and very deciduous. 3 Pod woody, attaining 2 to 4 ft. in length breadth. Mimom scandens.'Linn' Seeds 10 to 30, nearly 2 in. diameter. i. Bat. Ind. PI. Sp. PL 1501 Miq. mtada Purscetha, DC. Prod. ii. 425 j
lanceolate, rigid,
;

part

i.

45.
aiiil

Cape York, M'GilUvray, small specimens in flower description completed from Indian ones. The species is widely diffused over and Africa and the West Indies, the seeds being carried very far by ocean currents without an East the that losing their power of germination. The opinion now^ generally adopted West Indian species are the same is, however, not universally admitted add our hcrbaruun too poas and specimens, numerous as they are, are mostly too imperfect, the foliage, flowers, rarely matched to determine the question with any approach to certainty,
;

Queensland.

leaf only, tlj^ tropical Asia

87-

ADEWANTHEBA, Linn;
first, at lengt

Calyx 5-tootlied. Petals 5, valvate in the butl, coliering at Ovary gland. free. Stamens 10, free; anthers ovate, tipped by a deciduous stignia. terminal sessile, with several ovules ; style filiform, with a small niore forming Pod linear, compressed, falcate, 2-valved, the endocarp often convex. somewhat or less complete partitions between the seeds ; valves surroundea testa, Seeds thick, with a hard, shining, red or red-and-black radici^ usually by a thin pulp; funiele slightly thickened; albumen scanty; severa with short, straight, Unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly bipinnate, always p yellowish, pairs of pinnse and of leaflets. Flowers small, white or ^ foriiuug dicellate in long spike-like racemes, either solitary in the axils or

simple terminal panicle.

genus of few species, natives of the tropical regions of the Old World, one p^^^.^'^y"^! an Frosopts troduced and now naturahzed in the West Indies. It is closely allied to ^^^ flo^vcr ral others separated from JSIlmosa and Jcacia, differing: chicily'ia the Pedicellate in the seeds resembling those of Ormosia, and externally those of Abriis, and the o g A,pavonina^ Linn., has moreover a remarkabl}- long twisting pod.

Jdenanlhera,']

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

299

Fragrueuts of a plant evidently belonging to this genus, but insufficient for determination, are lo F. Mueller's collection from Gilbert river. One imperfect leaf is like tliat of J, pavomna, but with it are two loose pods which I can only compare with those of a Borneo plaut m the Kew herbaria. They are short, slightly falcate, and the seeds more like those of the
Cingalese

A.

bicolor,

which, however, has very different leaves.

88.

DICHROSTACHYS,
,

W. and

Aru.

(Caillea, Guillem,

and Fers)

Petals 5, valvate, usually cohering. Stamens in the perfect flowers 10, free; anthers ovate, tipped with a deciduous gland. Ovary nearly sessile, with several ovules ; style short or filiform, with a small terminal stigma. Lower flowers of the spike neuter, with long, linear,
^'hite

Calyx 5-toothed.

or coloured stamiiiodia,

and a small rudimentary ovary.

Pod

linear,

compressed, variously twisted, indehiscent or the valves iiTegularly separating trom the persistent sutures. Rigid shrubs, the branchlets occasionally spinescent Leaves abruptly bipinnate, with a stipitate gland between the pinnae of the lowest or of all the pairs ; leaflets small Stipules subulate or acumi-

^ate,^ften imbricate on the Flowers sessile, in short flowering branches. aease cylindrical spikes, either terminal or apparently axillaiy by the shortness of the braiichlet, the upper flowers of the spike hermaphrodite and
yellow, the

lower ones neuter and white pink or purple.

^he genus extends over Of the Australian species one is the tropical Africa and Asia. ^^^" one, the other is endemic. F. :Mucller proposes to reunite it with Neptunia, bTrh"r ^'^^^^'^ee in the pod is accompanied by too marked a difference in habit to be negected unless the whole of the Mimosea with definite stamens and gland-tipped anthers be "nited into one genus.
1

Jmna

8 to 10 pairs. Leaflets 12 to 20 pairs ^innse 1 or 2 pairs. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs

1.

I.

D.

cinerea.

2.-0. MuellerL

Glabrous or the branches and petioles pubeseent. Pinnae 8 to 10 pairs, \ to 1 in. long; leaflets 12 to 20 Firs, crowded, oblong-linear, sliglitly falcate, 1 to 1^ or rarely 2 lines long. jPifces shortly Ilerinaphropedunculate, usually nodding, about 1 in. long. aite flowers about 1 line long without the stamens, which arc twice or tlirice ^ong. Pod 2 white. and Staminodia longer still of the neuter flowers p
/F.

D. cinerea,

and

Am, Prod.

271.

in.

long, 3 to
Ic.

bro us.-^Wight,

lines wide, irregularly twisted, viscid-pubescent or gla-

t.

357.
Extends over E. India and the Archi-

p.J'^^^st^alia.

Port Essington, Armstrong,

or Pinnse pubescent. 1 slightly or Glabrous ^^^' ^''^ther distant ; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oblong-linear, 3 to 5 lines long, r Jk tner coriaceous m. long. and pale-coloured. S|>ikes pedunculate, about Jiermaphrodite flowers Neuter stamens. the without about 1 line long

2\ !>

Muelleri, Benth,

u7^''^i^ the lower part of the ^ike not so crowded as the others, with
^^Jigpale whitish-purple

staminodia?-i\V/ua
in

sulcata, F.

MuelL Fragni. m.

N.Au traHa.

Arnhem's Land, WaierJiouse

M'Douall Stuarfs Expedition.

300
89.

XL. LEGUMINOS-^;

NEPTUNIA,

Loiir.

Stafree. or cohering bud, the in valvate Calyx 5-tootlied. Petals 5, free; species) Australian 5, the or (in 10 mens in the perfect flowers pollen wanting; rarely very gland, deciduous anthers ovate, tipped with a with a filiform, style ovules several or 2 with ; Ovary stipitate, granular.
fremore or male head of the tmncate or concaVe sti'guaa. Lower flower^" flat, broad, and short Pod quently neuter, with long linear staminodia. flattransverse, Seeds inside. pulp turned downwards, 2-valved, without floating or B-ocumbent cdlatecf. tened, ovate or orbicular, the funicle not either leaflets, small bipinnate,wilh perennials or undershni^s. Leaves abruptly

membraStipules pinnae. the below gland without glands or with a depressed stipuledistant with 2 Peduncles axillary, usually nous, obliquely cordate. floAver-head. ovoid or globular single like deciduous bracfeoles, and bearing a either ones lower the of Flowers small, sessile, mostly hermaplirodite, but a few smaUer a with neuter or like the others but male by the abortion of the ovary, calyx and corolla, and long linear almost petal-like staminodia.
Wor!^ Old and ^^^ A small genus, widely diffused over the tropical regions of the trom ditter and The two Australian species are endemic, extending also into N. America. all others in their stamens always 5 only instead of lO.

New

Peduncles slender, I lb
several seeds
.

...-.:

3"in.

lon^.

Ovules several.

Pod oWong,wIth
.

I.
2.

H.
i\r.

gracilis.

Peduncles very short. 1.

Ovules 2.

Pod

orbicular, l-seeded

monospema.
perennial,

gracilis^' 5efA. in Hook, Jvnrn, BoL iv. 355. rare or ft. often woody, with procumbent or ascending stems of about 1 pairs; or 2 Tinnse usually 1 twice as long, glabrous or slightly pubescent, li^^^ ^"|^ rarely 4 or to 3 2 leaflets 6 to 20 pairs, oblong-linear, Mcate, _i under glands none in the ordinary form, but" small setaceous stipella3 to Peduncles 1 pinniE. Stipules leafy, obliquely cordate, acuminate.
luuc other the long, with 2 brO'ad cordate b'racteoles, one abotit the middle, globular, small, lower down, both very deciduous. Flower-head

W.

Stock

^^'p.^^^^
all.

iew of the male or neuter flowers at always species, maphrodite flowers smaller than in the extra-Australian \^^ n the at 5 stamens only and fe\V or sometimes none of tlie neuter ones quite ^^j^'^ perhaps the head. Gland of the anfbers small, sometimes witu wide, Knes Ovules 6 to 8. Pod, when perfect, | in. long, about 4
^

the base and sometimes none

at

^^

^^

6 seeds.
Llands of the N. coast, h. Brown. p stiK^rti Queensland, Shoalwater Bay and Broad Sound, R. Brown ; ^oreton Bny, ^^^ Leicnnar > Mitchell, near Warwick, ^^cX-Zd-r ; in the interior, on the Marauoa, etc.,
AnstraliSi.
others.

N,

Between the Darling and Cooper's Crefck, Heilson. j^^ggt ^^^ Var. major. Larger and more erect. Leaves with a depressed gland ^^'*|* pBay*^^ Flowers ^*^*^^l!^^f;l pair of pinnee, but less conspicuous than in N.monosperma. Inlets, Banks and Solander ; Rockhampton and Burdckin river, Herb. F. ^loffefr Var. villosula. More or less pubescent. Pinnre 3 or 4 pairs, without ?^^j"**^' ^ also Landsboro j Carpentaria, heads rather large. Sturt's Creek, P. Mueller; Gulf of Neihon^s N. S. Wales speciuieus.

N.

S. "Wales.

me

2.

N. monosperma,

7.

but stouter and

taller tliau iu

MuelL Ihrh. Stems apparently the iu perhaps N. gradlU (except

^^J^JJ^^^^^ va
.

'

Ne^lunia.]

XL. LEGUMINOS.^.
leaflets

301
5 lines

Pinnse 3 or 3 pairs
large,

20

to

SO

pairs,

mostly 3 to

long; gland

depressed below the lowest pair of pinnse. Stipules and bracteoles very much smaller than iu N. gracilis and very deciduous. Peduncles very short, rarely exceeding | iu. Flowers small, all with 5 stameus only, with
few or scarcely any of the neuter ones at the base of the head. Ovules always 2 only. Pod nearly orbicular, 3, 4, or rarely 5 lines diameter, with a
very
single seed.

W. A^stra,Ua.
Eenne,

XJpper Yictaria river, f. 3fuelier; Gulf of Carpentaria, Landshoroifgh,

.Queensland, Bowman,
90.
(Vachellia, IF,

ACACIA,

Willd.
;

and Am, ;

TetracheHQs, Lekm.

Chithonantlius, lelim.)

(wanting in A. Ilue^elii ?ind A. squamata). Petals as many, free or united (wanting in A, squaw ata). Stamens indefinite, usually very numerous, free or slightly connected at the very base. Pod
Sepals
.5,

4, or 3, free or united

linear

or oblong,

flat

or nearly cylindrical,

straight,

falcate

or variously

twisted,

opening in 2 valves or indehiscent. Seeds more or less flattened, usually marked in the centre of each face with an oval or horseshoe-shaped depression or opaque spot or ring, sometimes very obscure. Funicle usually
thickened into a fleshy aril

climbers, shrubs, Trees, seed. the round under or or rarely Leaves undershrubs, with or without prickles or stipular spines. twi'no v,;i. 1 1 n 1- ..__ _ dilated ,i:ii.,i ^4-,',.i.. twice Plowers -e pinnate or petiole, reduced to a simple phyllodium or
.

.1

usu ^lly yellow or white, in globular heads or cylindrical spikes, oft en poly-

gamous.
the Australia very large genus, dispersea in and gbbe, the of regions over llie warmer most numerous in Of the Australian species, one only, species of all Pha-nogamous genera. ^Famesiana, is common to tl^e warmer regions of the New and the Old World, the remainder are all phylloduieous the to belong numher eudenilc. greater the Of these hv far series, which is entirely Australian, with the exception of a very few from New Caledonia W>e Indian Archipelago, auJ the Pacific Islands, none of which can he specifically ideutihed 'tli any Acacias iire also Australian ones, although very near some of the tropical species. Ivew from absent generally distributed entirely are but over every part of Australia,

a whole, the genus is the most marked of those which have been dismembered from the "" ;..-i f. r-^^ on^l its allies bv the free ' ' Linnsean

Taken

as

stamens,

and

-. ci.""-? mun^ auu nowers consiaerable dilterences t(ie sections, even " defimte teen found impossible any dltFcrences to establish' upon these of mong those m^onty the in lcuown._and species where both flowers and fruit are well

ttithstandiiig

Z'

r^^times

on each of thl three occasions vvhen I have gone through the genus in detail with of distributing 'arge number of mode better any for specimens before me, in vaiu sought the species than in Series, founded chiefly upon foliage and inflorescence. There are only ;ne or two and head globiJar the into pass species in which the cylindrical sjike appears to ^he venation the on glnids Jlf'e constant. of the phyllodia is nearly, though not quite, as afford seldom PPer edge of the leaf compound phyllodia and on the common petiole in the and I have thereso, less Jjen a specific distinction, still and the bracts in the flower-head f^reinthe are almost always narrow,
^"^erefore

belong to species widely different in foliage

and even

no er.

nuv o

mentioned them. The bracts sely packed quite pelsomet^imcs end, the in with the flowers, and more or less dilated at ^^i generally the outer ones of each head are flatter, the inner ones more slender and prodescriptions seldom

302
portionally

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.
ciliate

[Jcacia,

more

dilated at the end,

where they are usually

and sometimes acuminate.

The

characters derived from the united or free sepals must be used with caution, for the sepals, at first united, often separate as the flowering advances. The fonns assumed by the
in species, although rarely available for classing

pod are tolerably constant

so
it is

them

in groups;

or longitudinal^ and with the infinite variety of forms assumed by the fuuicle. This funiclc on the ripe seed rarely remains short and filiform, it almost always forms two or three folds under the seed, the end of the last fold or the while of the last and more or less of the lower folds being thickened into a variously-shaped small
also with the seeds, transverse

fleshy aril, usually described as a strophiole, but always a part of the fanicle and continnoua with the lower filiform part, or forming the whole funicle ; occasionally the thickened part
is

elongated extending round one side of the seed, returningon the same side and forming another double fold oa the other side, or completely encircling the seed in a double fold

much

returning on the same side, or extending twice round without a return, or even encircling it in a triple fold. All these and other modifications appear to be constant in each species, but ouly rarely available for specific diagnosis, for in many species the funicle is as yet unknown
it is

often

unsafe to rely on
it is

it

unless the seed

is

quite ripe,

and then the thin part

of the

funicle is so brittle that

often destroyed merely by the elastic opening of the pod.

to fiat terete or siihidate jphijllodla or yninuie scales with-

Leaves all or mosfly reduced out leaflets. (Phyllodineae.)

riowxrs in globular heads. Phyllodia none or reduced to minute scales. Branches spincscent . Branches rush-like, not spinescent Phyllodia (either small and tooth-like or vertically flattened or elongated) decurrent on or continuous with the branches. Branches flat or 2-winged by the decurrent phyllodia Branches 3-winged or the phyllodia (usually pungent) very

11. A, spinescens.

IV. CALAMiFOKiiS.

...

I.

Alat..

shortly or scarcely decurrent," but not articulate Phyllodia articulate on the stems, at least when old.

....

II.

CoNTiNaE.

Phyllodia rigid, tapering into pungent straight points, usually narrow or short, not whorled (except in 43, A. vertlciilata) Phyllodia linear-subulate, terete or tetragonous, rarely slightly
flattened, obtuse or

III.

Puxgentes.

with incurved or innocuous points, not IV, Calamitormes.

all
^

whorled
Phyllodia terete or slightly flattened, usually short, or crowded and irregulai-ly whorled or clustered

....

whorled
V. Brunioide^.

Phyllodia vertically flattened, broader than thick, obtuse acute or with incurved or innocuous points. Phyllodia l-nerved, the veins pinnate, reticulate or rarely 1 or 2 secondary small nerves from the base on one side of

the midrib Phyllodia with 2, 3 or more parallel nerves Flowers in cylindrical or oblong spikes. Phyllodia rigid, tapering into pungent points. Phyllodia several-nerved, decurrent on the stem Phyllodia J- or 3-uerved, articulate on the stem Phyllodia obtuse or with a callous, innocuous or

"

VI. ITntnervls. VII. Plurinervks.

....
.

10. i. tnpiera-

HI. Puxgentes,
VIII. Juliflor^.

hooked point

Leaves all bipinnaie.

Stipules noue or

Flowers in ghlular heads or rarely in spikes, (Bipiaa**')

scarious.

brown and

Spines none or axillary.

riower-heads several, in axillary or paniculate racemes Flower-heads or spikes single, on axillary solitary or clustered peduncles

...
,

.r IX. Botryocefha
X. Pulcheli.*.

Stipules all or

some of them

spinescent.

llower-heads' single on
,

axillary peduncles

XL

Gummifek^*^.

Acacia.]

XL.
I.

leguminos^.
mostly phyllodineous without
leaflets.

303

Div.

FHYLLODLYU^KLeaiyes

Series I. AlAtda.P^t/lhdia hifarionshj decurrent, forming 2 opposite wings to the itm, the free part short, broad, and acute, or rigid and pungent -pointed. Flowers in glo^ Mar heads, on axillary simple peduncles, rarely appearing racemose bu the reduction of
ifie

flowering branches.

^\ings broad, continuous

>>ings interrupted at

with the next below, removing the axillary bud to a distance from the stem
.

h A

bossiaoides.

each node, the axillary bud sessile on the stem. \\ lugs broad, free part of the phyllodia usually short m\d broad, with an ahiiost central nerve, Phyllodia without glands. Flowers numerous in a small com. pact head^ . , Phyllodia with a glandular angle on the upper edge. Heads

2.

A. glaucoptera.

6 to 12.flowered Winp narrow, free part narrower with the nerve almost marginal Piiyllodia erect, incurved. Flowers numerous in the head, 5-merous. Petals smooth Phyllodia rigid, recurved. Flowers few in the head, 4..merous.
Petals strongly striate

S.A.alata.

4.

A. diptera. ^. sienopLera.
F

._.,,...
Phyllodia narrow^
rigid, tapering into

5.

a pungent point, conshortly and tnfarious'ly or irregularly decurrent. Flowers in Mds or spikes on axillary simple peduncles. Rowers in globular heads.
Phyllodia linear or lioear-lanceolate, flattened, 1-nerved. lleads nearly sessile, with 4 to 8 flowers
6.

ERIES 11. Continuae. Unuons With the stem and

Heads pedunculate, compact, with above 40 flowers . . . ^iivllodia terete, very shortly decurrent. Uwer phyllodia 1 to 2 in. long, upper ones short and distant. ^"^*^'^*^ ^^ twisted, about lines broad 2 1) Pk fhyllodia crowded on the branchlets, slender and rigid, 2 to 4iu.lonjr. Pod nearly 1^ in. broad iowers m cylmdrical spikes. Phyllodia lanceolate, thick, several-

7-

A. incurva. ^. irigonophyUa.

8.

^. continua,

9,

A
^.

Feuce.
tn-ptera.

p'*
^w^-?/?^,
.

./....

10.

has some of the phyllodia only half articulate on the angles of the stem, and ff' i' '^^^^^^^^j tas the branches scarcely to be phyllodia often narrowly winged, with i , J;.f^ J (distinguished from them.)

Jo.
in

lodl^^^^r^^^'
teol't

I*^ngentes.
^^

Rigid shrubs, branches

^e,

'^^^^

^^^^ '^^^'"' ^'^^'^^

or rarely none.
^*^^^*^^^''"g

Flowers
species,

^'W^'^^^9 ^^^^^ P'-'^g^^^ in heads or spikes, on axillary simple peduncles.

FhyU species spinescent, poiiits, subulate, linear or tansome

short-leaved Calamifomes and of the amall a few of the riidf^^^V*^^ od-leaved Flurinervesm\g\ii almost be classed among the Pungentes)

lobular, sessile

ai^h

f^^^^' ^^^y^iodia none.

F^^^^^^^^^'
falcate,

.,..-.;....
'Phyllodia 2- or

Branches spinescent. Heads

II. J. spi^iescens.
terete

ihh

more nerved, or

and

nerveless.

Eead^

Pfajllocfia

not exceeding \ in.

(See Series

YIL

Plurinerves.)

.vUodia linearlanceolate, 3-

With prominent midribs, g t^^pals distinct, narrow, spathulate

Pjiyllodia attached

or more nerved.

Petals smooth or

(Western species except 1.

and pungent . 12. A. latipes. ^^'^'^*^'^^^'*^^^^*^^ at the base, very rigid and pungent 13. J. cochleans. P^l r ^h>lIodia hncar-lanceolate, with 3 prominent nerves, scarcely P^rigent. Petals without prominent midribs 177. A. heierochta.

hy abroad

base, very rigid

....

304

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^,

[Jcucia.

Phyllodia rigid, but scarcely pun{];ent, several-nerved. Flower184, A, Oswaldi, heads almost sessile (Eastern species) Sepals united (Eastern or tropical species). Seeds longitudinal (estratropical species). PeJuncIes short. Pod 4 to 5 lines broad. Branches usually 14. ^. lanigera. woolly 16. ^. trinervata. . . . Pedunrles slender. Pod 1 to 2 lines broad ,
.

Seeds obliquely transverse.

viscid (tropical species)

Branches glabrous, somewhat

15. A, phlehocarpa,

Phyllodia nearly terete, striate with several nerves or nerveless. Petals smooth. Stipules lanceolate, small and very deciduous. Phyllodia divaricate, straight or slightly incurved. Peduncles 17. A collet lOides, very short. Petals narrow^ with raised midribs . Phyllodia straight, short, with not more than 2 nerves. Peduncles very short. M. A sphacelaia* Petals smooth Phyllodia divaricate, straight or recurved. Peduncles as long as or longer than the heads. Petals with raised midribs . 18. A, striatula, Phyllodia crowded, incurved, mo'stly under 1 in. Petals without raised midribs 21. A. sulcata. . . *
. . . * ,

Stipules setaceous or spinescent. Stipules slender.

Phyllodia divaricate, recurved or flexuose.

with raised margins 19. J. campjhpliyUa^ Stipules rigidly spinescent. Phyllodia erect, almost obtuse, with short pungent points. Petals concave and thickened

Pod

fhit,

,..,,.,...
'

at the top

20.

4. ieredfoha,

Phyllodia linear or lanceolate, recurved, with 2 thick marginal or nearly marginal nerves. Stipules setaceous or spinescent. Petals striate, Phyllodia mostly i in. long, rather broad 32. ^. Phyllodia \ to 1 in. long, narrow 23. J. . . i Phyllodia 1 to 2 in. long, very narrow, with hooked pints 24. A, Petals smooth. Phyllodia ^ to 1 in., rather broad 25. ^. , . . . Phyllodia subulate, terete, fmely striate. Heads sessile, ovoid.
.

costata.

barbinems,
atajriphjlh.

Baxien.

Flowers 5-merous

,
r

228. A^aclphjlh.
J^Jeads globular,.
)

0. JJninerireB, P/igHodia l-nerved:

Petals prominently striate.

Pod

thick, with broad

smooth margins.

Flowers 5-merous. Phyllodia crowded, under i

often falcate
.

in.

long, obliquely oblong-lanceolate, 2^. A. anmnfens,

PhyUodia scattered, f to in. longjinear-tetragonous Petals membranous, smooth or with a jiromiueut midrib.
Flowers mostly h-merous.
Phyllodia
oblong-laaceolate, under i in, spinescent, woolly
long.

...
Branches

27. A. quadmtdcata.

28. A. enoclada.
fi

Phyllodia linear or lanceolate, broader than thick. Pod 2^ to 3 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds

when perfect (E. and S. species) Pod 1^ lines broad, regularly contracted between every (X.W. species)
Phyllodia linear-subulate, acicular or 4-gonous. Phyllodia mostly recurved. Branches tomeutofte.
cles slender.

29. ^. sicuhfortins. seed

^0. J.jaale^i^'

Pedun-

Heads small. Pod-valves very convex, striate 31- AJaricma,

-Phyllodia straight, clustered at the old nodes. rfu Peduncles AJelragonopnsi^ slender. Funicle encircling the seed Zi. Phyllodia straight, often numerous, but not clustered. . . Pe^

duncles very short

^

,...:..

U.

A.

sphacelata.

Acacia,']

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

305

Phj-llodia scattered, erect or slightly spreading, often 1 in. long Peduncles slender, mostly ck^^^^^ i-Hyilodia scattered, divaricate,

^^- A- ^euistoides.

rather broader or with a small glandular angle at the base. Petals without any prominent nerve. Peduncles slender 35. A, ingrata. Petals with a prominent midrib. Peduncles slender. ruuicle liliform oft .

-*

without any prominent nerve. Heads almost sessile 37. A. asparagoides, l^ee also 93, A. vomeriformis, with the glandular angle more prominent.) flowers mostly Unerom or S-merous.
J^etals

Sepals free, narrow.

Funicle shortly thickened

Calyx toothed or lobed. Peduncles longer than the flower-bead. Phyllodia linear. Puuicle folded and tLickened
p.^^f',^^^,. -liiyJiodialmear-lanceolafe, broad at the base. dilated and clasping the base of *.

SS.

A, ienui/oHa.

under
Z^.

A.

diffusa.

Funicle
.

the seed ilowci'-heads almost sessile, few-flowered. Flowers 6 to 10, mostly 4-merous
i^lowers 1 to 4, mostly
.

40. ^. rumcola, 41. ^. rhigiophylla. 45. ^. axillaris,

3-merous

opicatee.

or ovoid spikes.

Fhyllodia 1- to Z-nerved,
almost
sessile.

Flowers^- or Z-meroitsin cylijidrical oblong ^ u ^

Spikes or heads few-flowered,

{,

owers 6 to 10, mostly 4-merous

SnlU ^P^fces

pedunculate, many-flowered.
o-

"^

^' ""^^^^^^ ^-"^^i"*^"*

..........

A\. A.rhigiophjUa.
:

^h. A. axillaris.

Flowers mostly 4-mcrous. Qyodiahncar-lanceolatc, very rigid, 3- or 4-nerved and striate 42. A. oxgcedrus. >;ilo iia subulate, linear, or oblong, mostly 1-nerved and ver1^*^ verlicillata. AZ, A. SniV ^^ interrnpted, slender. Flowers mostly 3-mcrons ^. Iticeana. . 44. .
^pi^^,|^'^'!l"^5^^*^^
'

ovoid, dense.

'.

^^^^^^ ietragouQus or very slightly JIaliened, articulate on the stem, oUuse or ^/* ^ith sh ^^^?^^^^^^ ^^ recurved points, 1- or several -verved, Floxcers in globular heads on WwT II pediincles, or rureh/ several heads in a short raceme^ or irregularly rarpy>.L \ ^t '^^^oseby the abortion of the floral phyllodia.

or tub

//

^^^^^^ormes.

PhgUodla rarehj none^ more frequently narrow-Unear

8piker%^^^T^'^^^"'^''''^"^''''^'^*^^^ ^^^c^la, and a few allied Pw/gentes, have varieties with the phyllodia almost ' \ obtuse ^rmgnigthem near to the short-kaved Calamiformes.)
'

phyllodia, but

cylindrical pr ovoid

flower-

sletider, resembling the branches. ^ *^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ 4-merous. tetragonocarpa. A. 4-angled 46. Pod striate. Petals Rowm ^."^^^ous, S.merous. Pod not angled, Petals smooth. rw. ^^^er-heads
"^

^^^^P^^yllse. i>;^y/^(-// none or vcfyfeia and

racemose

47. A.resilacea.

'

No

^^^^^^^^'~^h^^odia
^^ ^?^^^^^'

striate,

with

2, 3,

ot more tierves on each side.

Flower-heads in a raceme, enclosed when ^^'^"cate deciduous scales 1^ 48. J. squamata. , : CalvjV i*'*^"^"^Peduncles l-hcaded. Phvlla!^-'''''''*^'* L^rf liumerous. under ^ in. long, obtuse or with a short ^^'"*^" A. brachyphylla, Peduncles 3 to 4 lines long 49. I^vllnl/ ioaia mostly nearly 1 in. long, with a hooked or recurved ^*^<^i'icles 3 to 4 lines long. PetaT^
yoani'^*

p.jT
Toi

"^^^ow,

membranous

(tropical species)
.

50.

^^"^^^^e antl thickened at the end (Western species) %liod^ "^^stly to 3 in. or longer. Peduncles xtry short. /^

^. Bynoeana. 20. A. teretifoUa.

306
Nerves
of the pliyllodia few

XL.
aud

LEGUMINOS^.

[Jcacia.

pronilueiit, usually 3.

51. ^. iripfijclia. species) (Western free narrow-spathulate, Sepal= elonyata. A, 11%, species) (Eastern Sepals united Nerves of the phyllodia numerous, very Hue, often only visible

.... ,......._

under

a lens.

Phyllodia slender, terete, scarcely hooked.

spat hulate, nearly free.

Sepals narrowCVVeslern species) 52.

Pod unknown

^.

lejptoneura.

Flowers unPhyllodia thick, slightly flattened, hooked. pnpijrocarpa, A. 54. species) (Southern membranous flat, known. Podhroad, Sepals spathulate, Phjllodia terete, rigid, scarcely hooked. united to the middle. Pod very narrow, twisted, convex, ngens. 53. ^. coriaceous (Eastern species)
decidedly but leptoneura, (185, A. lineolaia, has sometimes nearly the phyllodia of A, flattened and often much broader,)

C. XJninerves.

Phyllodia \-nerved or ner'veless.

.

Phyllodia mostly elongated, above \\ in. long. Flowers 1 to 4 in the head, 4-mcrou3. Peduncles 1-headed.
Petals striate
^
.
.

^^, A. tetragonocarpa.

Peduncles 1-headed. Sepals spathulate (Eastern species). Phyllodia 1^ to 2 or rarely 3 in. long; nerve pr{?ininent. Petals with a prominent midrib Petals without Phyllodia 3 to 6 in. long, obscurely nerved. any prominent nerve . . Calyx Peduncles mostly bearing a raceme of 2 or 3 heads. shortly toothed or lohed (Eastern species) Calyx trunPeduncles 1-headed or rarely irregularly racemose. cate (Western species). Phyllodia terete, obscurely nerved Phvllodia. prominently nerved. Branches acutely angular, almost winged Phyllodia short, rarely exceeding 1 in. Phvllodia very riojid, tetraffonous, with very prominent nerves, 1 . . in. loug or rather more . . . . . . . . . Phyllodia mostly under 1 in., terete or slightly flattened horizontally, usually nerveless, and often pctiolate. Branches not thorny. Phyllodia mostly ^ to f in., narrowed but not petiolate. . . Peduncles Blender Phyllodia mostly 1 in. lonj^, distinctly peti(date. Peduncles
. ,

l^^.

v^tgiomformi^
^

../.-,

h^. A.jimcifoha.

^.
h%.

A. calamvfolia.

; v A. scirpijow.

59- ^- ^^^^^^^'

(.Q.

AfgonophyUa.

^\- A. encifoha,
.

short

...

62. ^. ''";2;
^^*
-^"

Branches spinescent
.

^^^

'

in A. than broader scarcely phyllodia (147, A. snbulata, has sometimes the long slender .; racem a in juncifolia, but is readily distinguished by the small flower-heads several

Series V. 'BT^xa\o\Ae^,FhyUodia mcmerous, small, linear'Syhulaie ^^^^^-j ^^ints^ rarefg '"'^ ferta), verticillate, clustered or crowded, obtuse or with innocuous or ,^^j^-^_ the exceeding p J Flowers in globular heads or simple axillarg pedimcles^ usually
Phyllodia all regularly verticillate. Phyllodia- many in the whorl, rigid, almost pungent, ^ to 1 in.
Ions:.

Petals smooth
in.

^4.
long.

A.cear

..^

Phyllodia 8 to 10 or more in the whorl, slender, under \

Petals striate.

Phyllodb recurved

at the end, sulcate.

Pod

sessile

.65. A.

ly(^

ndifoH^*

Phyllodia recurved at the end, not sulcate.

Pod on
sessile

a stipes

r-j^q

of2to3Iiues

.' Pod
.

Phyllodia straight at the end, sulcate.

f,-i-tu%'60. -A. 7i'

'^''"^^

XL..LEGUMIN0S.15.
^
*^'
""'=''''''

397

PhjUoda
into a

^ffir.^*f i'' r'''^' i-etals not striate, with a prominent miarib

in clusters of

^t ^^ '^^' ^^i sulcata.

\

Ions Stipes . . ---o st , Phjlbdia cro.^ed, but scatte^d *or 'irr'egularlV verticilfate; unde;

0^

ahnnt 1

-p^i

^^^"^

'''^''''*

'

RR
'j
" '

'

*,

^an

J ^^"^n n. ^A

^'^^^' "^'-'-owed

"''"'"'"
t

Phvllodia linear-subulate Phyllodia flattened

^n
'

_r

71. A.conferia.

^- ^^^i'^*^-

tralorZlj,;!^^^^^^^^

''

"""^ "''dobfme,

acuie or rarely pungent-pointed,

v:itk

cen-

Mr^oef St!!^"*f

^"7.^'^''^

*^'''"^*'

'^'^'''

^/'^''^'^''"^ -Jr^^^/S^,.

rhyUodia

small, usually

fhyllodia narrow-linear.

Svl'l'T'"'''"^;,,

P'^yllo^i^ scattered.

Stipules setaceous

Gkb '^laorous.

Lf

^^'^^^^^'^ ^'I'-^tered. pTIi Phylloilia scattered.

Sepals free

....

12.
73.

A. scabra.

^.

nodijlora.

blowers not above 10, in a very small head.

^ioers about 20

Calyx very short,

m
.

the head.
o^"
.

Calyx lobed, half as long as

IZl ^eiy short, truncate

.

?**" ^'S

lanceolate, 2 to

lines long.
, ,

Calyx
,

70.^. ennacea.

R
and

A
''"'"^''

A"^^
^

""*

\.

tindershruhs, not spi7iescent (except sometimes A. congesta

lm\

'?"J*''"P''aJ-

*^^^^

^one or
ceout n

PJiyllodiafrom obovate to lanceolate, rarely above \\ in. long, more * central nerve and usually nerve-like margins ; marginal glands

Stipules generally persistent, either spinescent or seta ^ acuminate or phyllodia-like. Peduncles \-headed.
"*

'^ ^^^'^ ^"(^ obscure.

nllf

?!' ^'"^'y recurved-falcate, pungent pointed.

Calyx

PhvZf
pi

^^^'^'^'^''^"'
.

II.A.JIuegem.

'"^'^

*"*

incurved-falcate.

glabrou

Calyx small.

Petals 4,

^ PhvUn^.-

^""^^ ^^^^^^' sA!^T" abrous-pubesceut.

^.

^*^^^^*^-

stipules spinescent Euds acuminaf.. i^uds acuminate. Stim Stipules small

A. nervosa. 79. ^. obovata.

78.

and spinescent. Phyllodia obliquely ovate-lan. . * ni^f^^^^^ ^'g^<^> almost pungent. Stipules small
,

Glabrous, rigid

m.

A. congesta.

Jaorous, ngid,
1

unarmed except the

stipules.

Phvllodia ob81. A. dermato^hjUa. S2. A.asj^era,

^^*^"g ^^ cuneate, very thick or rigid, undulate Gla *!l anduJar-pubesccnc and resinous. Phyllodia obliquely ob/ong-imear oi; narrow-falcate "

^te

or glabrous,

ate.
rieties)

Phyllodia obliquely semiovate or IanStipules spinescent (wantino; in some garden va-

ense

......

,._..,

U.A,armata,
84.

Pet^U
,

y pubescent, rigid and spinescent. ' P^ngent-pointed

y*

Phyllodia broadly

J. idiomorpha,

b'

^jjse

Phyllodia obovate-orbicular, not narrowed at the

m,
nan-owed

A.Skuttleicorihil

X T

r^JiyHodia obliquely obovate or oblong, n+ the base. Stipules setaceous

87. A.pilosa,

X
p

308

XL. LEGUMiNOs.^.
Habit aud phyllodia of A, pilosa. Bracts more acuminate. Stipules with a Lroad base , Undershrub. Phyllo'dia nan*o\v, incurved and oblig^ue, scarcely narrowed at the base. Stipules setaceous , Phyllodia of -4. crlspula. Stipules like Hic phyllodia and about
,
.

[Jcacia,

8G. A.Gregorli,
88.

A, cnspula.

half their length

.,*.,.

89. A. crassisiijpnla.
;

Some garden specimens

or

of A.

armafa have some of the phyllodia 2-nervcd

Armatce, are

the other 2-

more uerved

species, formerly included in

now

transferred to the Flan-

n erves,
107, ^. hispidula, and 108, ^. unduUfoIia, among Brevifol'ue, have the uudulate phyllodia, hut not the stipules of Armada, and 120, A. sentis^ and 121, A. denUfera, amoag AngnstifoHm^ have occasionally spinesceut stipules.
Phyllodia small, rigid, the nerve either near the lower margin or rarehj central, the upper side more or less dilated, the margin rounded or angular, loith iisnalhj a gland at the angle. Stipules spinescetit or setaceous or mikute, Feduncles X-headed.

Triangulares-

Shrubs

ustiaUg rigid

and occauonally

spinescent,

Phyllodia tapering to a pungent point, the glandular angle below the middle or diverging from the base. Phyllodia hastate or lanceolate, the nerve nearly central. Flowers 4-merous, 3 fo 5 (usually 4) in the head. Petals glabrous Petals densely villous . Phyllodia semilauceolate or divaricately 2-lobedj the nerve near the lower margin.

90.

^. hastdata.
^. horridida.

9L

Flowers 4-merou5, 8 to 12 in the head Flowers 5.merous, 30 or more. in the head Phyllodia truneate-trlaugular or trapezoid, the nerve often exceutncal, produced into a small pungent point, the upper angle above the middle.

^. dim-gens. 93. ^. vomeri/ormis.

93.

Rowers

4 in the head Flowers 4-merous, 6 ta 10 or more in the head.

Phyllodia triangular or i^homhoidal, not much longer than broad at the top Phyllodia cuneate, much longer than broad Flowers mostly 5-merous, 8 to 20 or more Glanin the head. dular angles of the phyllodia broad and rouuded, the pointed angle at the end of the lower side scarcely pungent.

4-racrous, 2, rarely 3 or

94.

J. tipra.

...'-..'

A. deeipiens. 96. A. cuneata.

9o.

Calyx lobed.
Phyllodia very coriaceous. Petals hirsute Phyllodia usually small, slightly coriaceous.
brous. 97-

^-

dilatata.

Petals gla-

Phyllodia ohovate or broadly cuneate-obloug Phyllodia narrow- cuneate oblonn- . . . Sepals distinct, spathulate. Phyllodia scarcely triangular. (See the first 3 species of the following subseries.)

....

98.

i.

bidentatcL

99. -4. acanihodada.

D. Brevifoliae. .S-^r;/^^, never falcate, or ovate sphieseent. either Iroad PhModia a y -t/--. or r^* %t)im -' m/i^ or narrow^ oolong or linear s^^rt ^ ^ (under 1 in. or larger in A. aneepsj, ohtm minute small recuKved innocuous point, Stipules occasignallu undulate and more pointed, ^ or none. Peduncles l-headed.
>
.
.

Phyllodia from obovate-orbicular to linear, obtuse but with the nerve enduig a small recurved point. Sepals free, linear*

spathuiate.

Phyllodia rarely exceeding ^ in. Brauches scarcely angular. Flowers 10 to 15 or rarely 20 in the head (Eastern species).

'Acacia.2

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

309

D merous (30 or more) i the head (Western spedes)

SSt 1=J^."-Phyllodia
p,

Me
.

short...

iOS^

A. tri.u^ra.
^^^^'*^'^'''^-

obovate.oblong'or-obliq.;ei;cu-ncate.'

''' ^^

,?'""'cle long,

Pod'br^ad:
105.
.(^.

much-folded
"''^"''^'

Meissneri.

apSul.r"'^"^'

""''''

^"'^^^

^^- ^"i

Sepds"Hn;ar:

'

^"""'^'1 '''^l.VX (except ^. dura). ^ BianXl -.f ""i'*"^ '"'^^^^ 2 '''^'^te angles, -phillodia very thick, "^^ mher arge, broad or narro\v; Mower-heads dense, on thick peduncles . infl ^O^' Branches scarcely " ' angula;. Phjilodia oblong.falcate, often undulate, the nerve-like margin scabrons denticulate

iH

'

'"^

...

'

^-

''"<^'P'^-

107

Yjlodia broadly ovate or orbicular, mucrouate, much unduP^""cles slender Phv'r'r v''JJiiouia imear or linear-oblong, very obtuse, ^^ith a thick nerve within the lower edge, and a very thick nerve-like

Mspidula

\m
'

A. nndulifolh.

Flower-heads small, few-flowered, ^ajyx shortly lobed or toothed. Branches usually hoary
(t-astern species)\^<^.

upper edge.

sepals

A.fiexifoUa.

p.,

spathulate. Branches glabrous. Phyllodia very . . . \\Q. A. duri. "f."l O^'-stcrn species)

free,

Y^'oiia
'"""*

cuneate-oblong,

very

p,* nerveless
r

obtuse,

thick

and

fleshy,

\\\. A. s^atlmlata.

"Wong-linear, obtuse, equally but not prominently X 2-nerved

T ^ w
'

.....,/..../...
^
-m -w

\ \\Z. A.moniana,
and
is

^lilifol'
i

^^^^^If^^^^'y^

^as occasionally the peJuucIes

1-IieaJeiI,

tkcu near A. un^

oblong-lanceoJale or SInuihs or irees^ not spinesceni. P)njUodia ^mar falcate, above mostly 1 in. with 2-nerved, 1 central rarely nerve or ^^^ gl^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ fninuie or 7W)u\ or rarelu smuescenL J'eduncles Vkeaded. Some of the ^ jmV
'

^^*^^^^*'

'i'^^^^

very resino7is.

if

resinous. Usually Vhv^M-^^^T ^^ouia oblong-liueai' or lanceolate, faintly 1-uerved. Sepals

^^*^^^' ^^'"^'^^^

^^^^^^

i' 'ong.

p.^^'^an'ow, ,

112.

micrbcarpa.

^^ly^ toothed or lohed. 7h. u} r^-^"''^'"'^^^' onia very obtuse, 113. A, montana. mostly under 1} in lU, A. verniciflua. pvJ/^l^^!,^ "mostly acute, above 11 in ^^'''''^Calyx toothed or lobed. 1 Phvll }Uoaia mostly aeute or mucronate; lateral veins iinc and ^^not very conspicuous 115. A, leprosa, y lodia mostly obtuse lateral anastomosing veins very nu;

Pednnrl

^*

*'^*'*^

^^""P'^^'^ous iicarly or above

...........
i in. long.

.11^. A.

stricta.

Phyllodia always

^i?rved'^^^^
ery resmorfs.

Lateral veins few, rather prominent, anastomo^^^^^'^ *^othec1 or lobed. Phrn^lanceolate or linear^^^^

p^^

UT A

dodonmfoha.

1110U3,

Lateral veins scarcely conspicuous.

310

XL.

LEGUMJNOS^.

[Acacia,

Phyllodia uarrow-lincar, thick, the midrib obscure. Funicle linear, thick, scarcely folded. (Flowers uakaown) 119. A, ramosmima, Phjllodia with a prominent midrib. Calyx short, truncate 138. A. salicbia* Sepals narrow, free. Pedicels solitary or in pairs, the upper ones often racemose from the abortion of the phyllodia. Stipules
. , '

oTten spinescent.

Phyllodia rarely above 2 in. long Phyllodia very narrow, 3 to 8 in. long Pedicels slender, clustered in the axils.
spinescent,

....*. ..-*..
Stipules not

120. A, sends, 121. A. dentlfera.

Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate,

to

in.

long

122.

fascicuUfera,

F. Racemosae. Not spbwsce77t, FhjUodid not pungent fea-cept in a few broadleaved speciesjy with one central nerve or very rarely a second shorter or fainter one^ tits teinlets when visible diverging from the midrib or reticulate. Flower-heads globular, few or all or nearly all in ajcillary racemes^ very rarely a few solitary hi the lower axils of a young hra^ich. Flowers usually small and h-merous la all except A. niyrtifolia. Petals

not striate.
Phyllodia mostly long, falcate-lanceolate or almost linear, narrowed at the ends, more or less distinctly penniveined. Calyx about half as long as the corolla.

Eastern species. Flower-heads small. Phyllodia mostly long lanceolate-falcate.

Sepals free, narrow.

Gland of the phyllodia

none. Funicle surrounding the seed 123. A.falcata, Sepals united. Gland of the phyllodia at the base or none. Yeinlets transverse ; funicle short 124. A> macradenia. Sepals united. Gland of the phyllodia distant from the base, a secondary nerve often leading to it. Veinlets obtuse. Funicle sin-rounding the seed 125. A,penninervis. Phyllodia mostly long linear-falcate. Sepals united. Gland distant from the base or none.

....'..

at the base or

funicle surrounding the seed 126. A.retinodes. Sepals free or nearly so. Gland at the base of the phyllodia minute or none. Funicle short, the last fold clavate 127. A. neriifoHa* Western species (the first near A.sentis, the second near A.fal' cata, the olhers near A, pycnanthd), Fhyllodia 1 -nerved.
Sepals narrow, quite distinct Sepals uuited, at least at first.

121. A. dentifera.

Flower-heads small, on short slender peduncles.

cle long, folded
.

Funi12S, A. microdoirya.

Flower- heads rather large, on rather stout peduncles. Funicle clavate, as long as the seed, scarcely folded at the base, cyanopl^j/Ud' Phyllodia more or less prominently penniveioed A. 130. . Phyllodia smooth, the veins scarcely conspicuous .129. A. saligna. Phyllodia 2-nerved 174. -^^ bivenosa*
.

...

Phyllodia long falcate-lanceolate or almost linear or thick and nearly straight. Flower-heads dense, rather large. Calyx at least ong as the corolla. Phyllodia penniveinet^, much falcate. Seeds longitudinal, funicle
clavate, scarcely folded at the base Phyllodia thick, strnight or falcate, obtuse.
funicle almost encircling

...

pycnanitia* J. 131.

,,

them

....

Seeds transverse, the

,
. ,

132.

noiaoitis.

"

Acacia.]

xL. leguminos.*;.

311

Phyllodia straight or falcate, thick, oblong-linear and obtuse or rarely lanceolate acute, the lateral veins inconspicuous or very
obscure.

Calyx about half

as long as the corolla, readily se-

parating into distinct sepals. Phyllodia 3 to 6 in. long, obtuse, incurved.

Sepals narrow, quite '^'^^ ^^^"^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^'^'^^^ encircling the seed gladiiformis. 133. . p;,^if r^^* rayilodia to 3 in. long, obtuse, nearly straight. Racemes very short. Sepals at first cohering IZ4.. A. ohtumta, I'nyllodia about 3 m. loug, rather acute, usually with 1 gland.

Racemes many-headed., Sepals at first coherine; 135. A. rubida, fiiyllodia (on flowering branches) li to 2i in. lon.g, usually with ^or3 distant glands. Kacemes many-headed. Sepals at iirst cohering. Three folds of the fihiicle eucircliug the seed ; 136. A. amcena. -t^hyJodia 2 to 5 in. long, scarcely falcate, thick, obscmely reticulate. Eacemes few-headed. Sepals at first cohering. Fu.

....

liicle

clavate, scarcely folded at the base

137. A, hakeoides,
'

the longest-leaved formi? of A, crassiuscula and A. decora) V\\^v -fHyllodia linear, thick, rarely falcate-lauceolatc, usually without glands, the lateral veins reticulate and obscure. Seeds loas;!"^

tudinai.

C%x

tmncate. Allodia mostly oblong-linear, obtuse. Pod thick 138. A. salictna. -rhyllodia lanceolate-linear with an oblique or recurved callous point (western species) 139. A. rosiellifera.

short, thin,

...

tatyi lobed, thin, half as long as the corolla (Western species), i^hyllodia all narrow^ -linear, erect. Pod narrow, flat, thinly

Fuuicle folded into a small fleshy aril . . 140. A.pycnopJi^IIa, . i^hylludia all narrow4inear. Flower-heads small. Pod \ in, ^^^^ ^^^' coriaceous. 141 A. Ilarveyu ^^^^^' Fuuicle long, folded , . Ph 11 njllodia hnear or lanceolate, usually thick. Sepals very thin or
narrow, distinct.

coriaceous.

Pod very

tlat,

obtuse.

Seeds transverse.

"^S racemes often enclosed in imbricate scales. Y oung branches acutely triquetrous. Pod broad coriaceous and gaucous. Sepals very thin. ^^'Jl odia mostly above -, 142. A, maveohns, 3 in. long (Eastern species) ^^.v odia mostly 143. A. suhccernlea. . . under 3 iu. loug (Western species) . y^^tiyllcdia long, 144. A, Lmdleyi. . lanceolate, penniveined (Western species)
. . .

^""g branches scarcely aui;ulai. very narrow.

tod membranous.

Sepals

%lIodia under 2
tern species)

in.

long, oblong-linear or lanceolate (Wes-

145. ^. leidopeiala. '"*^*''^ several inches long,' narrow linear (Eastern species). 146. A. Murrayana. Phvll r yoma very narrow-linear, rather thin, 3 to C iu. long. Flowers
.

}Uodia rarely exceeding l|'in.', linear lanceolate or obliquely

nt very thick, without thick margins. pTJ""' 5jat 4 to 6 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. aeeds along the centre.
labrous or pubescent. ^".vllodia linear,
XV.

Flowers under 15 in the head.

.

straight

^,^'''

^""'^^^^

^^8- ^' lupfoha. \^'^- A. prommens

LeichhardUu A, 150. head . Flowers above 20 in the Pod '^!k J^^ther thick, coriaceous, 2 to 2i lines broad, contracted becrasnuscula. A, \h\. ^'''''^^, heal Flowers about 20 in the Pod /It r"/^^ about 3 lines broad, often contracted between the seeds. ^ceds close to the edge. ^V^iodia linear or Flowers 15 to 20 lanceolate, 1 to \\ in. in the 152. A. decora. head
^''^^ '''"" ^'^"*^*
.

fl

...

312

XL. LEGtJMiNos^.

[Acacia.

PLyllodia obliquely oblong or broadly lanceolate, rarely above Flowers 8 to 15 in the head 1 in. long. . i . . Phyllodia falcate oblong 6r obliquely ovate, rarely above 1 in, long. Flowers 4 to 10 in the head Phyllo3ia ovate obovate or broadly oblong, usually uuder 1 in.> or lu Nos. 137 and 158 often 1^ in. long. Racemes short with few heads. Flowers numerous. Sepals free or separating, runicle short, clavate Calyx short, broad, shortly toothed. Funicle long, folded round the seed j llacemes much longer than the phyllodia. Glaucous and scarcely pubescent. Phyllodia ovate obovate or broadly oblong, 1 to 1^ in. long. Flowers numerous
.

l^Z. A. bu^ifoHa,
154. A. lunata.

....

155. A. hrachjhotr^a. 156. A. Waitsiana.

.-

157. A, ^oddyrwfolia.

Phyllodia elliptical falcate or broadly and obliquely oblong, 1^ in. or rather longer. Flowers numerous 158. A. uncifera, Hir'^ute. Phyllodia ovate-ellij)tical recurved obliquely arisSoftly pubescent.
.

mostly about 4 in. 159. A, vestlta. Flowers 10 to 20 Glaucous and glabrous. Phyllodia falcate-ovate or cutvedobloug, under 1 in. long. 160. 4. cuUnfomis. Flowers 10 to 20 Glabrous. Phyllodia falcate-obovate or trapezoid, usually 2nerved and not exceeiling \ in. 161. A. pravtssima, Flowers 8 to 12 .
tate
.

.....

Phyllodia ovale, spinescent, 1 to 3 in. long. Stipules spinesceut. Racemes exceeding the leaves. Flowcrs'numcrous 162. A.j^ynfolia. Phyllodia iticurved-falcate, ovate lanceolate or linear, coriaceous with thick margins. FlowerS 4-meroi1s, 2 to 4 oi* rarely 6 in the head. Racemes rarely exceeding the leaves 163. A. myrtifolia^

....

I-

Series VIT. TlMTuierv^s. Phyllodia verilcaUy JIaUened, obtuse or with an innocuous or recurved jjoinl (rarely 'pungent when the phyiiodium is broad), with 2 or more or solitary longitudinal nerves. either Flowers in globular heads on axillary peduncles^
clustered or shortly racemose,

A. Arxti^.t^, Stipules spinescejiL pungent,

or almost subulate-acuminate Phyllodia falcate,

Phyllodia | to IJ in. long, 2.nerved, the upper margin entire, nerve-like, with a prominent angle 164. Phyllodia 1^ to 3 in. or longer, 2- to 4-nervcd, the upper margin

scalpeUiformts.

much-curved, undulate, creuulate

B.

\Q^. A. urophylia.

Triangulares. 5'^//)/^j
in,

(under \

setaceous or minute, not spinescent long), broadly falcate-ovate or triangular with small points often pungent.

Phyllodia small

Phyllodia triangular.

Pod narrow, curved

or twisted, glabrous.

Branches usually spinescent. Phyllodia rather distant. 20 to a in the head Branched elongated, rather rigid. Phyllodia numerous. 10 to 15 in the heaJ , ? .

Flowers
IGQ. A. sublanafa.

Flowers
.

167. ^- amblyyona,

Phyllodia ovate-falcate. Pod flat, glandular-hispid. ' . Flowers not | line long. Calyx much shorter than the corolla . 168. A. deltoidea. stipuiosa. Flowers above 1 line long. Calyx nearly A. 169. corolla. as long as the
secondary (95, A. decipiens and some allied 1-ncrved species, have occasionally 1 or 2 nerves, but fainter and shorter than the principal one.)

C.

Brevifolise.P%//t?^/za under

very oblong, \ in, long, obovate ovate or broadly

obtuse, often undulate,

Stipules inconspicuous.

Phyllodia under ^ in. or veiy rarely i in. long. Phyllodia faintly 2-nerved, very oblique Phyllodia faintly several-nerved, obtuse
hair-likeT>oint

Petals smooth.

loxopkym^ A. VlQ.
.

,,_

...

but with an incurved

'

^^ 171. A. setuhfera.
^

...

Acacia.

XL. LEGUMINOSJJ.
ill.

313

Phyllodm I to 1

Petals stron<?]y striate. %Lodia faintly nerved. Calyx shortly toothed. Pod thick and hard, hooked at the end, tapering into a long stipes . . 172. ^. tramJucems. rhjllodia several-nerved. Sepals spathulate, free or separating, i'od thmly coriaceous, flat with thickened parallel

long.

margins,
r

glutinous

and villous

173

imjpressa,

above i in. and mostly above 1 in, long, oblong lanceof'^ '^. ^>: ^mr^^/y/a^^/^, with 2 or 3 nerves, faintly or not at all veined T/l!! /r""'/ tetween them {exceed A. Simsii), and not glutinous {excejd A. subporosa).
i

Ohgoneurse. P%//^^;^

Flojver-hcaJs

racemose. Phvllo.dia coriaceous, obtuse. 03'lloclia 2-nerved. Rower-heads loosely and irregularly race,^^^^^ ^l^^^-t. toothed ; . , .174.^.^;..;.^.^. ni.\Uodia3-nerved. rioncr-heads very shortly racemose. Se-

PhTr

......

paJs distinct
I'edmicles solitaiy

ute
or clustered.

.*

%]lodia

176. A. niiidula. ] . , 177- A. heteroclita. "^^^^ ^^^^^- Phyltodia long, linear (Eastern species) 178. A.elongala. / 1 PT. 11 ^nyijodia Jess ngid, nerves 3 rarelv 2, less prominent, and often
veins

prominently S-nerved, rarely 2-nerved. spathulale (Western species)/ Ti n'"^' ^1*"^ ^* ^^' ^'''^^" linear-cuncatfe-^ pr! r"" tiyliodia \\ to 3 in. long, linear-lanceolate or linear

rigid,

between them.

\
.

lutinous.
^^ot

Phyllodia marked with numerous glandular dots glutmolis nor dotted . ;

'^^fj^^^^^^^^

]79. A. subporosa. 180. ^. SimsiL

occasionally scarcely

Durifrpnf

and some

allied species

among Pungentes, have

usually- 2

(113
closely'
'

^'^

*^'^'

bringing

them near

to

A. heterocUta.)
prominent nerves, but are

"^'^^^^^^f^j
^^'^^

and 114, A. vernicifna, have

^^^^ P^^^ ^^^^ ^""'^

1-nerved species ;'both are glutinous.) illl^A^^wf^ ''^^^^"j 194, A, Iriophylla^ and sonie others of i\ Nervosa, have sometimes only or 3 Ticrves, but usually either a greater number or they anastomose with each other.)
'
.

or

ivr*

^^^^^^^^^'

with '^i'yjine, scarcely proininent parallel teius,

Glabrous or gla aeons and not gintinous.

^
'^^'"os^

Fhgllodia thick, mnless

narrow or rarely short and ohovate,

iSl, J Jeptosjiermoides, 190. A.farinosa.

iSJnV^^"*^^^^"'^^^^"^
P]jyj|

obovate, very obtuse, about I

.

V j/
obtuse, f to IJ in. long
in.
.
.

PhvIlJ

!r ^'^''f^^^'i^^^-cuueate, t^ 3 1 Eh"T''"^'^^^'^^
Pod ^ r
^'^* ^''*^^*''

long
.

coriaceous, lonG;itndinallV striate

.
.

Plovv.>.t

.''^^^^^'^^^^i^^^fl^t,
'"^^^1*^

PhS

y^' Phvilodi! .'uuuia "J'iomahnear

Veins nni

^^^y ""'''ow and rigid, li to 2 o '^ > ' * linear ^ 4 ff fi

1

...,../
^^'^

tran^vcrsdV reticulate.
in.

182. i. homalophylla. 183. A, pendnla. ' 18^, A, Oswaldi,

185. A. lineolata.

long
. ;
.

'?

-^""^^
'^^^'^^^

^"^'*^'

^ T^ ^'eins vp P^vllJia ivlWlia 1,7 r^ ^f "^^f '

r. X 1V
^t>fl'/a

^ ^^"^ (Westcfn species)

.
.

. -

prominent (Eastern species) ^i^^ar-lauceolate falcate, \ ft. long or more

*^"*

186. A, conacea. 187. A. stenophjlla,

200. A. liarpophylla.

Fhylglaucous, rarely hoary or pubescent, occadonaUy &Ua^^^^'~~ nerves ^^'^^^'^^f^es falcate, coriaceous bf thin, with several prominent c/*/r* ^^^^y^henh ^J 'reticulate between them, the nerves rarely reduced to 3 when the phylSodium ;.
^^^^^^ viscid^

Ne
IS

"^

'

narrow,

Gl

^too^r
GUbrous]
Diidrib Q

!*^i^*^^^''^

coriaceous,

oblong-ciineate, obtuse;

nerves
.

\ aad

J^^^^^^ ^*scid.

'.'

188. ^. -^^^>(?J^^.

Phyllodia linear, coriaceous with a prominent several fine parallel 192. A, ^teroneura. nerves

314
Glabrous, often viscid.

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
h

[Acacia.

Phyllodia rigid, narrow, obtuse, with few

Se-

prominent, more or less anastomosing nerves. Phyllodia f to 1 in. long. Veins scarcely anastomosing.
pals free.

Nerves prominent. Peduncles glabrous Nerves faint. Peduncles tpmentose Phyllodia 1^ to 2 in. long. Veius more anastomosing.
very thin, united

.......
.

189. A. sclerophylla. 190. A.farinosa.

Sepals

191. A, WhaniL

Very viscid. Nerves or veins numerous. Nerves parallel scarcely anastomosing.

Phyllodia narrow-linear 193. A. viscidula. *. Phyllodia linear-lanceolate or oblong \^%. A. Iriophijfla. , . Reticulate veins very prominent, anastomosing with the nerves . 195. A, dicfyophleba. Not viscid. Nerves or veins usually numerous. Phyllodia nearly straight, coriaceous, many-nerved, strongly reticulate.

Phyllodia oblong-lanceola+e.

Panicle folde<l and thickened

.

under the seed (Eastern species)

196. A. vennlosa.

Phyllodia oblong, obtuse. Fuuicle encircling the seed in a double fold (Western species) 197. ^. cyclops. Phyllodia falcate-oblong or lanceolate, obtu?e. Veins numerous. Funicle encircling the seed (Eastern species) 198. A. melanoxylon. . .
Phyllodia long and falcate, coriaceous. Eeticulate veius numerous.

198. A, mehnoxfjlon. 199. ^. implexa. . Funicle folded under the seed Reticniate veins few, scarcely conspicuous, nerves several, fine 200. A, harpophjlU. Phyllodia rather thin, straight, with several nerves and few fine intermediate veins. Branches terete 201. A. exceUa,

Pod broad. Funicle Pod narrow, twisted.

encircling the seed in a double fold

Branches

flattened,

2-edged or 2- winged

...,..-

202. A. complanata.

G. Dimidiatse. P//j///o^^, usualli/ hroad, and often long, falcate or very ohliqney with 2, 3, or 4 prominent distant nerves, and reticulately penniveined l^etweeu them.
Phyllodia rather thin (3 to 4 in.), nower-heads in axillary racemes growing out into leafy branches. Pod 6 to 8 lines broad 203. A, hmervata. Glabrous. Phyllodia coriaceous, long.falcate (6 to 8 in.). FlowerGlabrous.

heads in

axillarj^ clusters

or very short racemes

in.).

204. A. latcscens.

Hoary

or glaucous.
1 in.

Phyllodia large, broad (3 to 4

Pod

205. A. sencata. broad Young shoots hoary oryellowish-tomentose. Phyllodia large broad . (4 to 8 in.). Flower-heads small, in a terminal panicle. Pod J A^flavescens. in. broad 2{)^. . .

above

Woolly or velvety-tomentose. Phyllodia obovatc or orbicular (li to 2 in.). 207. ^Flower-heads in a terminal raceme

^.

retivenia.

severaLnerved or rarely \-nerved, obtvse acute or pointed, rarely sligldhj pungent, in cylindrical dense or interrupted spikes, rarely, when sessile, shortly ohloiig^

Series VIII. ^^xl^RorBt. Phyllodia vertically flattened or in ^ f'"" '^^'f'J^^^^^

A. IM^X^xXi^. Phyllodia fiat, often short, straight oblique or shortly falcate. ^P^ except dense {except A. megalantha). Flowers b-merous. tropical all Species
tchieh are eastern.

^^

Phyllodia small, rarely above J in. long, undulate. Phyllodia mostly clustered, narrow, 2 to 4 lines long. sessile. Sepals free . Phyllodia broad, about k iii- long. Spikes pediuiculate.
.

Spikes
.

/;/>rtf.

208. ^.
209.

^'^^^^i/^'^
,

Calyx

Binuute-lSothed.

Seeds oblique

Jhci/^ann^

-dcacia,]

XL. leguminos^e.

"

315

Phyllodia narrow, obtuse

with a short point, i to in. lon^. Phyllodia obscurely 3- to S-nerved, Pod 3 to 6 lines broad.
Seeds oblique
Phyllodia

210. A.

li/sipAlea.

obscurely l-nerved.

Pod li

lines

broad.

Seeds

loiigitudinal

211. J. linarioides.

Fhyllodia rather broad, coriaceous, mostly 1 to 3 in. rarely 4 in. long, obtuse or with a glandular callous point, straight oblique or shortly falcate'.

Tomentose or ptibescent. Stipules conspicuous. Phyllodia 1 to 2 ith long, 2- to 4-nervedj with anastomosing veins. Pod "arrow 212. A. stipuligera. Kesmous. Phyllodia 1 to IJ in. long, 5- to 9-uerved, without
lutennediate veins
Glabrous, except the
,
,

2\Z. A.^ii/chophylla,

rowed at

young shoots. Phyllodia obliquely narboth ends, somewhat undulate, with a terminal

gland often large. Phyllodia finely 3- to S-uerved. Spikes pedunculate. very striate. Calyx sinuate-toothed

Buds
214. A.stigmatophylla.

Phyllodia very coriaceous, 5- to Spikes sessile. 9-uerved. Pod terete, turgid. 215. A, iimlellata. Seeds oblique Phyllodia finely 3- to 5-ncrved. pedunculate. Buds

..........

Spikes

smooth.

Calyx deeply lobed

obtuse or with a hooked callous

-216.-4. leptophleha.

Phyllodia broadly oblong-falcate, point, very coriaceous.

Spikes dense.

Flowers not 1 line long.

but narrowed at the base
2
'lines long'

Pod

flat.

Seeds oh-

hque.

Pod

sessile,

^odstipitate
PI.

^yiiodia

Flowers fr ^'^^^^P^^*'nearly straight, coriaceous,

narrow.

!!!!..

211^ A. limbata. 21S. A. brevifoiia. 21^. A, megahntha.

obtuse, 3 to 4 in. long.

Pod

Seeds longitudinal. i^i^uches very angular.

^Pikes pedunculate Spikes sessile
,

tranches terete or nearly so

220. A, gonodada. 22\, A. pyrnostachya, 222. A. auhtilinervis,

on

iudinl

-nerved several or falcate, draiglU ^^^'^f^^^'^'P^^^^^odiafiat, eoriaceous or thin, longiSeeds ^-merous. ^^^^^ ^^^^ narrow. Flowers Spikes often loose.

Spik 'Kes very

223. A cocUiomrpa. J-fii'llodia long, Dallachiana. A. 224. broadly reticulate falcate, 2- to 5-ncrved and umcli Sp '"?' slender or interrupted. . , PhvV'r , alpina. A. "*''"''y ""'i obliquely S^o. long i". . obovate, J to '"'^^<^'te> 2 to 6 in. long or more, 3- to 5-uerved, 'f'^'^i' K. if ptT^i^oMongandrauch reticulate or uarrovvaud scarcely veined 226. A. hngifoha. 2-21. A. hvearts. ajllodialong^narrovv.linear, mostly l-uerved linearis A. of forms '"'''"'<'' ii3 short-leaved 45, A. axillaris, differ from the ilLvi ^\f P'.vllodia more rigid and pnngent.) , fA foi ^ ,. , ?''"' "^ ^^^ followiug StenophyllcB have 4-merons flowers, but with Imear-terete finelvlf

deusc and sessile. ") llodia Imcar-lanceolate, very ridd, 5- to 7-ncrved.

Pod

spi-

p/'ft^^'ted (Western species)

K!nv

'late

phyllodia.)

C.St ^r,w ! "^^P^y^^*^'^^y^^^fl^^'^

<^ne\j!'
fiotcerJ

""'J^^^ *^

^^^^<^^\

or shghtly straight narrowTuiear, linear-suhulate or Spikes broad lines above or rarely under 2 in. long

^^ ^leader, with small

4- merou\often species ^^-merous, or in terete-leaved

^s sessile.

Flowers 5-merousor 4-inerous.

Pod narrow, with

p

316

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.

[Acacia.

longitudinal seeds in A. ncij^hyUa and A. ephedroides^ broad with oMique seeds iu A, hrachystachija^ unknown iu the
others.

...

...

Phyllodia linear- subulate, terete or iiea;rly o, Phyllodia pungeut-pointed, minutely striate under a lens. 228. A^ aciphyUa, Spikes ovoid or oblong. Flowers 5-merous Phyllodia few-nerved. Flowers 4Spikes ovoid or oblong. 229. A, ephedroides, merous .
Phyllodia minutely stritite under a lens. Spikes 3 to 4 lines long. 230. A, Burkittiu Flowers 4-merous ; Phyllodia very long, minutely striate under a lens. Spikes ^ .' . 232. A. cyperophylla. in. long. ; Flowers 5-merous . . . . . .
'

Phyllodia with few prominent nerves. Flowers 4-mcrouR Phyllodia 4 to 1 line broad, flat but thick.
long.

Spikes above \

in.

2^3. A. muUispicata,
Spikes under 4 lines

Phyllodia finely striata* with the central nerve promuient. 2%\, A. microneura. Flowers 4-inerous. Sepals united Phyllodia minutely striate under a lens, Fldwers 5-merou3. Sepiils free 241. J. hr achy si achy a.

Spikes pedunculate.

Flowers usually 5-merons. Pod narrow, with longitudinal seeds in A.pityoides and A, oncinoj^hylla ; hard, with valves rolling back felastically and oblique seeds, in A, Tylocai'pa, A. gonocarpa^ A. dreimnocarpa, and A. arida ; flat, broad, thin, with oblique or transverse seeds, in A. aneura and A. hrachy si achy a, Phyllodia terete or scarcely flattened, very finely striate under a
lens.

Calyx thin and deeply divided, the lobes n<Jt spathulate . Sepals free, narroW'Spatbulate Phyllodia terete, nerveless or obscurely 1-nervcd. Calyx lobed Phyllodia very narrow but flat, 1-ncrvcd. . Sepals free Phyllodia flat but thick, prominently 3- or 5-nerved. Phyllodia with a hooked or rarely straiizlit point (Western
. . .

234. 2i^* 235. 236.

J.

pityoides.

A,a7ienra.

A, a-ylocarpa, A. gonocarpa.

species)

......

.\

..'.,.,

.,

Phyllodia obtuse (tropical species) Phyllodia flat, minutely striate under a lens. Calyx shortly lobed Sepals free, linear-spathulate.
Sj)ikes cylindrical

237. A. oncmoplylh238. A, drepanocarp^

.

;.....
. .
. *

iZ"^.

A. arida.

Spikes ovoid or oblong, ^ to 3 lines long

I).

240. A^ anmra. 241. J.^'-^^^'^^^^^^^^'

TulcKtiae. Phyllodia usually long or large, more or less falcate, ^^^^^^^''^^^ ^jj^^i or one central end, with numerous parallel nerves or veins either all equal or the ^P anastomosing^ more prominent than ihe others^ the smaller ones occasionally slender, dense or rarely interrupted. Flowers mostly ^-merous.
(Several species of this group cannot be distinguished without the fruit.)

Pod (where known and probably

in all the species)

narrow, with

longitudinal seeds, or rarely broader with the longitudinal seeds along the centre.

Phyllodia narrow-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rather thick. slightly falcate, with very fine parallel nerves, the midrib usually more prominent. loosely pubescent. Stipules conspicuous. Phvllodia not conspersa. A. 24.2. above 3 in. long . . Glabrous or the young shoots silky-pubescent. Stipules in-

...........
in.

conspicuous.

Phyllodia mostlv above 3

Eastern species.

PodunknoHu',

.......

long.

^
.

243. ^.

.^rulcn. ^^'^^^^''"

,.

^^'^^^']

XL.

LEQUMINOS^.

317

Western species.

Young shoots usually

sillvy-pubescent.

Mitlrib

of the

phyllodia prouunent. Pod narrow, convex over the oblong seeds 244, J. acuminata. Quite glabrous. Nerves of the thick phyllodia nearly
equal.
i

Pod unknown

245. A. dereopliylla.

biabrous and glaucous. Pod rather broad, with thickened margins. Seeds ovate 246. A. signata, l-liyllodia narrow-lanceolate, not so thick and rather more fajcate than the preceding species, usually with about 3 nerves
^

...........
hairs.

more prominent than the rest. Phyllodia sprinkled with a few

Pod

ilut,

slightly

convex over the seeds 247, A, delibrata, Phyllodia very glabrous, the smaller veins between the 3 principal nerves scarcely cous])icuous. Pod unknown 2^^. A. ollgoneura. ^nyliodia glabrous. Nerves numerous. Pod very convex

...

249. A. toruhsa. PoJ spirally twisted into numerous coils 250. AjuHfera, S^^^'^^'^^^sPK n J^Hjllodia glabrous. Spikes interrupted, 2 to 3 in. long (slender but dense in the precedius? species) 251. A. SoiandrL fttyllodia more falcate than in the preceding species, often
broader or longer, with 8trmght or twisted. Branches scarcely angular. with numerous

over the seeds

and moniliform

more

nerves.

Pod narrow

or

flat,

Phyllodia coriaceous, often hoary

all

^alyx

very fine nerves,

free

from the base.

2^^. A. glaucescens.

pubescent i5ranches very angular.

twisted.

Phyllodia with 1 or 2 of the principal nerves confluent with the lower margin of the base. Pod

...;..,

2U, A.
glabrous-

Cunnivghamii.

-BraDches terete or nearly so.

rod very narrow and straight ." . ^odbi-oad, very flexuose or twisted, n^t

Mowers

211. AJeptocarpa,
spiral.

Seeds along

the centre 2^^^ A. polgstachga. branches terete or nearly so. Flowers pubescent. Pod long "^^^' longitudinally striate and furrowed holcocarpa. A. . 257. , Pod UV ^^Naere known and pmbahlv in all the species) rather broad, conaceous woody or rarely 'rather thin. Seeds very oblique or Qsycrse. Parallel veins of the phyllodia usually numerous
,

ad

closely packed. J'iouia long,

'

^^

ilat,

narrow, and slightly falcate (as \n jnllfera) with straight margins and undulate valves. Seeds
,

orbicular.

Branches acutely angular branches scarcely

yllodia broad, folcate
iodia long, as in

angular
or very obliciue.

2h%. A, pledocarpa. 259. A, 'pacliycar^a.

Pod

nearly terete and

falcate.

A. jnlifem, but usually more

Pod

contracted to the base. Phv][V o' 261. A, loxocarpa. hooked . . ^-^ 3 to 5 lines broad. not Pud obtuse, Phvli ^ ^^ ^ Hnes broad. at the end 262. A. oncinocarpa, hooked Pod obtusely Phvl r k ^^^^ b^oad, falcate or very obliqued Pod broad, hard, and
obliquely veined. nchlets S-angled. Pod obtusely recurved or hooked at the '"\.^'i^li iiarrowed at the base 264. J. aulacocarpa. B caigculaia. A, 265. base ^*^^y ^^^' . the at ^^^ narrowed "^t hooked, Bra aociilets nearly terete or sliirhtly angular. Pod broad, very ^^^^autly truncate at the base. PaI n f oa Jlat or scarcely erassicarpa. ^^^^.'. . . entire margin twisted, the outer

B^'f/'

318
Pod much

XL. LEGUMiNosyE.

[Acacia.

twisted, the outer raargin deeply sinuate

267. ^. auric uUfo mis.

Pod

quite uncertnin.

Phyllodia narrowed at both ends, with numerous parallel veins or nerves, and usually falcate, as in the Falcattp, but under 252. A. le])tosiachya. 3 in, long Phyllodia of A.jitUfera and others of the Faicato!, but the small lateral parallel veins appearing, under a lens, very much ana 263. A. retinervis. stomosed into a fine network ;

E. Dimidiatse,
ta7it

FhjUodia promiiient nerves, more or

large, broad, very ohlique or falcate, with 3 or more disless confluent at or near the louder margin at the base,

^innately net-veined between them,

Branchlets very acutely angular or almost winged. Spike* pedunculate. Flowers mostly Glabrous and glaucous.

4-merous

2(jS.

A,

latifolia.

Hoary

or silky-pubesceut.

Spikes

sessile.

Flowers mostly 5',

merous

269. A. holosericea.

Branchlets terete or scarcely angular. . 270. A. dimidiata. Spikes 1 to 2 in. long. (Erect shrub) Flowers glabrous. Spikes scarcely \, in. long, dense. Flowers densely pubescent. 271. A. hmiifusa. Stem prostrate or diffuse
.

Div.

11.

BIPINNATM Leaves all bipinnate.

Flower-

Series IX. BotryocepHalae. Leaves bipi^ivate, Stipules small or none. heads globular, in axillary racemes or terminal clusters,

Pinnre 2 to 4 pairSj rarely 5 or 6 pairs. Leaflets above i in. long. Young shoots golden-pubesceut. Leaflets 8 to 12 pairs, lanceolate, acute, 1 to 2 in. long 272. A. elata. . Glabrous and glaucous. Leaflets 12 to 20 pairs, oblong or linear, scarcely acute, about \ in. long. Gland distant from the lowest pinuce 273. A, pruinosa. Glabrous and glaucous. Leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, obovate-oblong, veiy obtuse, 4 to 6 lines long. Gland close to the lowest pinnse 274. A. spectahhs^ Foliage pubescent. Leaflets 6 to 10 pairs or more, obtuse, 3 to 275. A, polylotrya. 4, lines long. Gland at the base of the petiole
.Folia;:e glabrous.

Leaflets 10 to 15 pairs, obtuse or acute, firm,

pale underneath, 3 to

lines

long

276. A, discolor.

Pinna? 8 to 15 pairs. Leaflets very numerous, Barrow-linear and very small, or 3 to 4 lines long and subulate. Glabrous, or, if tomentose, pubescent, the young shoots of a yellowish or golden tinge. Pod (always?) uuder 4 lines broad,
often contracted between the seeds
. . .

2]1. A. decurrens.

Silvcry-tomentosG or very glaucous. Pod (always?) above 4 . 278. A. dealbata. lines broad, not contracted between the seeds PinnsB 12 to 15 pairs. Leaflets 6 to 10 pairs, ovate -cordate, ,, under 1 line long. Branches pubescent 279. A. cardiophj^ Pinnae 3 to 6 pairs. Leaflets 6 to 10 pairs, oblong, under 2 lines long. Branches glabrous or hispid. Flowers numerous, in
^

dense heads.

......!
Leaflets

2S0. A.
lines
.
.

.77^ leptoclada.

Finn
long.

3 to 10 pairs.

Branches hirsute.

6 to 20 pairs, linrar, under 2 . Flowers few in the heads .

281. ^.i^^^^^^^^^-^*

Series X. Pnlchellae.Z*?^r^* hipinvate.

spt7iescent.

Stipules none or smaller, ^-^^^^^^^^^j^^rf ci or solitary Fiower-heads globular or cylindrical, on simple axillary

peduncles.
Seeds longitudinal. Tlower-heads globular. Petals not striate. Spines axillary, rarely entirely wantingPiuusc 1 pair. Leaf. , n, , A.pulchella. 2^2. lets 4 to 7 pairs ^

.;...../...

Acacia.]

xl.

legfminos^.

319

No
i

spines.

Branches pubescent. Pinnae 2 or 3 pairs. Leaflets 3 to 6 pairs, oblong, 1 to 2 lines long. Sepals free or nearly so 283. A, MUchellL Glabrous. Pimiaj 2 to 5 pairs. Leaflets 20 to 30 pairs, with a broad obliq^ue base, 1 to 3 lines long. Calyx shonlj toothed 284. J. pentadenia. (xlabrous. Pinnae 1 pair. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, above 3 lines
.

Flowers large, 4-inerons, 3 to 8 in the head i>eeds transverse. No spines. Flower-heads globular. usually striate. Pinna? usually 1 or 2 pairs.
^

long.

285. J. GiI5ertL

Petals

Glabroas.

Leaflets 5 to

10

pairs, 3

to 5 lines long.

Flowers 2SQ. A. nigricans.

20 or more in the head Branches pubescent or hirsute.

Leaflets 5 to
Leaflets 1 to
SJeeds

FloAvcrs 12 to 15 in the head.

lines long
,
, .

10 pairs, 2 to 3 or rarelv 4 4 pairs, 1 to 2 lines lon^

287. A. obscura. 288. A, strigosa,

289. A.

transverse.

No

spines.

Flower-spikes' cylindrical or rarely

Leaflets 2 to 6 pairs
.

ovoid.

Petals smooth.

Pinnge 2 pairs.

Drummondil

(Branches of 292,

A. BidiiilU and

of 203,

A. pallida, are sometimes almost or quite

without stipular spines.)

oERiEs

XL Gummiferse.

Mtent and spinesceut.

tracts

Leaves hipinnate. Stipules of some or all ike leaves perFlower-heads globular, on solitary or clustered simple peduncles, 10
to

smdl, close under the flower-heads. I'mns 4 to 6 pairs.

Leaflets small,
seeds

20

pairs.

Pod

thick,

cyhndrical or spindle-shaped, indehiscent, pithy between the

200. AFarnesiana.
2 pairs.
Leaflets small, 8 to 12 pairs.

mnse

1 or

Pod narrow291. A, snlerosa.

hnear, 2-valved

?facU forming a
duucle.

little

4-lobed ring 'round' the middle of tbe'pe'

Leaflets scai-cely 1 line long.

Pinna; 15 to
4-inerous.

25

pairs.

Flowers
292. A. Bidwilli,

Pod

coriaceous;
Leaflets

valves slisrhtly convex, striate

lengthwise
PuinaB 3 to
"^^rous

10
.

pairs.
,

3 to 4

lines long.
,

Flowers 5. .

293. A, pallida,

2G1, not of Weudl. nor of Lam., a phyllodineons Austradescribed to determine even to which series it belongs. ^^^^^'^d^^. Colla, Ilort. Ripul. App, ii. ia specimen garden a from described is 339, i..f 'eaf^only and is quite unrecogi.izible.
^^^s- Syn. ^^!'V'^> X\^^7^^^f Acacia, is insufliciently
ii.

maDuscript names of A. Cunningham's, F. JFueller's, and others, uuaccorodescriptions, but qiioled iu G. Don's ' General System,' in iny own pa[)crs in u I ' Linuffia,' ssvi. 603. in F. Mueller's * ^o"'^0'i Journal of Bot;ny,' i. 31 the in and 8, \2 '^^ -^o""'"! of the Linncan Sociefv," iii. 114, in Seemanu's work, ' Die lu Europa ein^f'k Aeacien,' 1852, in StcuJd's Nomeucklor/ or in garden catalogues, are here omfn J "P'tted
'

Nuin ^rous

y
as

'

'

'

unpuhlished.

jvivibiujN
Leaves
all

1.

j-jjj

LIOBINE^.

a>i>^>'^J^-i'J-'^^

simT^^ mple

(except on youtig seedlings and occasionally one or two on young ranches) reduced to phyllodia, that is to the petiole either terete Qr angnlar or less vertically dilated so as to assume the appearance of a rigid
leaf, ;yith

""aces,

an upper and a lower edge or margin, and two lateral similar and either sessile or contracted at tlie base into a short petiole, the
tuberor shield-shaped more or

PPer edge often bearing 1, 2, or rarelv 3 ''^l^r or depressed

glands!

Seeies

T,

ALAT.i:. Phyllodia bifavionsly decurrent, forming 2 opposite


320
wings to the stem, the
XL.

LEGUMlNOS^.
r

[Jcacia,

free part either short

broad and acute, or

rigid and

Plowers in globular heads, on axillary simple peduncles, pungent-pointed. the heads rarely appearing racemose by the reduction of the flowering branches. This series differs from the Cmifinna by the phyllodia always distichous^ much more decurreut, and often reduced apparently to lobes or teeth of the wings.

few other

species,

such as A the node.

1.

C07n]}lanata^ have flattened stems,

but the phyllodia are distinctly

articulate on

A. Cunn, Herb.; BentJt. in Hook, Lond, Journ, i. 323 not of Seem. A tall shrub, glabrous and glaucous, apparently allied to A, (data, but somewhat doubtful, the flowers and fruits being unknown. Phyllodia short, triangular, bifarious and decnrrcnt along the stem, each one continued beyond the next below, forming continuous opposite wings, the xillary buds thus removed to 3 or 3 lines from the stem in the centre, as m some species of Brachjsema and Bossma^ but the venation is that of the "winged Acacias. Stipules small, lanceolate, oblique and almost semisagittate
;

A. (?) bossiseoides^

at the base.

A very reniarliable Liverpool river, N.W. coast, J. Cunningham. species, originally puhlished as an Acacia, on the authority of Cuuiiingham, which I novr regret, although T know of no other genus to which it is likely to belong.
N. Australia.

A much-branched, Benth. in Linnrsa, xxvi. 604. deoblong-falcate, glabrous and glaucous shrub. bifarious, Phyllodia erect, current along the stem, each one continued to the next below, but not beyond, forming opposite wings, notched at each node, where the axillary bud is sessile on the stem ; the free part of the phyllodium from | to 1| in. long, and 3 to 4 lines broad ai the base, with a central prominent nerve. Stipules under j small, rigid, but not spinescent. together, 2 or Peduncles solitary in. long, bearing each a globular compact head of very numerous (above 30) scarcely small flowers, mostly 5-merous, linear-spathulate, Sepals distinct, not Pod half as long as the corolla. Petals distinct, rather narrow, smooth.
2.

A. glaucoptera,

seen.

A.

bossiteoides.

Seem. Eingef. Acac.

t.

1,

not of A. Cunn.
and in
leaf "uly,

"wr . Australia.
A.th Coll. n. 1
;

Towards Cnpe Riche, Bmmmond, Wi Coll. n. 1, Clay flats, Fitzgerald, Gardner and riiillips ranges, Maxwell.
in Ait. Ilort.

8.

A.

alata, R. Br.

Kew.

ed. 3, v.

464.

attall shinib,

taining 5 or 6 ft. or more, but flowering when only 1 or 2 ft. aribi or more or less hirsute. Phyllodia falcate-ovate, erect or spreading, below, next ously decurrent along the stem, each one continued to the in varyuig but not beyond, forming opposite wings, notched at each node,

higb,

gWm

breadth from 1 or 2 lines to A in., the free part, in the ordinary i to f in. long, usually with a gland-bearing angle on the upper eu|Y^' central nerve terminating in a pungent point. Stii)ules spinescent. ^J^" to cles solitary or 2 together, bearing each a globular head of about 6 ^a comparatively large flowers, mostly 5-merous. Bracts ovate, sessile,

forai, aboi

sometimes minute, sometimes nearly one-third as long as

the corolla,

oio.

Pod Petals 5, smooth, united to the middle. oblong-falcate or lanceolate, acuminate, incurved, with thickened

more or

less lobed.

^^'P^H"^^'
i""''^.

the transverse, glabrous or hirsute; valves convex. Seeds ovate, tommwith few short folds, the last thickened into a small aril.-Wendl.

jg

^^^^^^']

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

'

33^

'""^"'^
seeds.

j,eLai,dt,m Flora,

844, 495.-Kaised from Drammo.id';

"o antics or teeth ou the upper edse.-Am.ongst Oldfield's and other specimens.

l^A glabrous and glaucous ^"--'^^^'-/PPor pubt/ceu&h' vf;?/^^^-^'"^lies, more slender and elongated than in J Th'^^'S^^ P '^"' '^''''''^' ^^'''^'nously decurretit, fonnin/long oppost wir"; ^^'Y'' '''^ "^"^^' ^"^^^^^'^^^ 2 to 4 lines bro.-^cl, the frie P t? ; '"'."'*T''

IT

'

he

unnn

;/

'^''

slenS 1?>^''
fiowenL K
dol.nlo?!
shortly
sli-htiv

"'"'"*' *^*'' * * ^"- ''' ^ u? i'?*" ^'''S^^' ^^^ "^rve close to Stipules miitute or none. ''} ^''' '^ 8"^""^Peduncles

"'^,
'"i"^

ir^

appearing racemose from the "' reduced to a slender leatiess rhaehis, bearing each a . f fi^^^"'^' ">^% 5-merous. ^^ Calyx very small, r^'Y^ ""^^^^ ^^ *''^ ^^^^' ^'g^'*^y ^''''^te. Pod stipitate,
^"
^'^^
'^i'' ''

*-'"^" ^

"^'^^^

broad
Pi
t

bit 'qpQ

"2

f'

^'"^'^ "J^*^
'"''

nerve-like margins, about 3 in. long and 4 lines ^" "'' specimens. Seeds transverse Hook. Ic.

itr^^Z So'Ui. {Jt^^^^""is4o, 5, according

Vasserive^^J!^*^^^,,
son rivers
'

^^- ^''^^s^-

4' ^- ^iUdenowiana, Wendl. Yerz. K. to Seem. Eingef. Acac. 9.

i-

^^''^" ^i^"',

Drummond,
Gordon
''"''

1st Coll., Preiss, n. 995, 996, and others;

;

L,

'"1 Cheyn'es

bTm

^J'

Olilfield ;
'

pLnins, Oldfield

noithward

to Jloore

and Munhin. 393,

^"^^' ^' ^'

southward

to

Mount Wu]jenup,>m,

Maxwell.
^ ^*^*'
*^'''^'

^''"y

^rumZl'd^'^'^^^'

^^^^"

'''^^'^^<'^"^-

rioters rather Jarge- Swan

"ndersW,
^odia

,**^P*ra, Benlh.
^^^^y

in

Hook. Zand. Jonm. l 325.

rigid

Phylbifn- ^"i even 3 'nes broi!d^1^ ^^^ ^^^ lanceolate or linear- falcate, rigid, tapering to a ' P'^igent l-nerved, without marginal glands. Stipules small, not punn-ent '^p"i*' "'^^^^^ ""'^er a in. long, bearing each a head of 6 to 10 flowers, '^ger tha ^' ^^^^"' ^'"1 mostly 4-merous. Calyx less than half as long ^ the

^^'^"^' <i'"^ glabrous or slightlv scabrous. t^eourj-ent, forming long opposite wings, to 2 or

'

cor l/'^

onlv,p

''.^"'"tly ^ol^ed.

Petals rather ilgid and strongly striate.

Pod

199,

*'

l45

and jIa
and
fri^t

^^^^ ^^^^^
*^'

^''^'s

"*

^**^1

^^"^ George's Sound, Fraser, Drummo7id, 2nd Coll. ^^^ ^'-^2, and others; Tasse tys^x, Mrs. MoUoy. The
*^
^^.

*l'ffereut.

^^^ nearly those of

tetragonocarjja, but the habit and phvllodia are very

Vol, it

^^^^^^u^.-^Phjilodia narrow,

rigid, tapering into a

pungent^


322
XL. LEGUMINOS.E.

[Acacia.

irregularly or trifaviously and shortly and stem with the point, continuous Flowers in heads or spikes, on axillary simple peduncles. decurreut. whether doubt much had and others, I several with J/atte This small series connects the
it

would be most

convenient to unite the species

with A^atce as in

my former

papers, or with

several of the into them distribute agree, or generally more with which they Pungentes, the Puiigentes, series, placing A. incurva and A. tngonopkijlla in the A/at(S, A, continua \\\ it apwhole the on hni Jul ora, in the Upl^ra nuA J, 7ft A. Peace \]ii\iG Calamifomm; collected into are CouliuucB the if defined, better remain large series peared to me that these

a small intermediate group. 6.

A, incurva,
2
ft.,

Benth. in

Hook. LoncLJourn.

glabrous or slightly scabrous. the stem and shortly and trifiiriously decurreut, linear or linear-lanceolate, puua mto tapering and incurved or recurved, mostly 1^ to 2 in. lon^, rigid shortly or minute Stipules gent point, 1-nerved, without marginal glands. consessile, almost and setaceous. Flower-heads globular, mostly solitaiy membraPetals sliort. Calyx very taining 4 to 8 flowers, mostly 4-merous. rl. Meissn. unknown, Pqd nous, not striate, the buds very angular.
of

U to

325. A rigid shrub Phyllodia continuous with

i.

Preiss.

i.

5.

W.

Australia.

Yar, brachgptera,

Hook. Lond. Journ. i. Maxwell, also Oldfield.

7.

Vasse river, Mrs. MoUoy ; sandy plains, near Erwin, ^^^'^^^'^\^\'^ ^eatli. in brachijptera, Phyllodia divaricate, under \ iu. \ox\^,A, Uesmona, Mount neai* 325.King George's Sound, J, Cunningham;

A. trigonophylla,

shrub, resembling at first very different flower-heads.

Meissn. in PI. Preiss. ii. 199. bat incurva J. of sight the coarse specimens

A rigid

glal)rous
\\ini

Phyllodia continuous and shortly "^'^"^'^'JJ^ pungen a into liuear-lanceolate, spreading or recurved, rigid and tapering centra nearly point, often 1 to in. long and 1 to 2 lines broad, with one compat globular nerve. Peduncles solitary, | to |- in. long, bearing each a tiaji.^^ nearly head of 40 to 50 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx

long as the corolla, splitting into linear- cuneate sepals. margins, thickened with prominent midribs. Pod straight, flat with
in.

Petals rather

^o

contracted between seen, but evidently longitudinal.^, pteroclada, F. Muell. Fragm.

lone:,

21

lines broad,

much

the seeds,

beeus
iv-

^-^^^^

"W. Australia, Drummond, %nd

8.

Coll. n.

144

dense

soi gravel!)^ iu thickets

.

pion Bay, Walcotl.

A. continua,
the

Benth.

rigid shryb of 1 to 2

_fl.,

its parts,

young branches

angular-striate.

Phyllodia contnui

f^^^l^^J^^'^^'^Jh
.^^^

the stem and usually shortly decurreut, nearly terete, rigid,

t'''P^',"'jj,^^.er

taring each a globular

head of above 30

./acts broadly cuueate, inner ones small. ^^^f'" ^^^p ' half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, at length free, Muell. P. ioides, curved or twisted, about 2 lines broad. A. collet

flowers, mostly S-^^!*^^^\ ^bout Sepab spathulate, ^^ch

'

yict.ii.

not of A. Cunn, Victoria. Ridges of the Murray desert, F. Mueller. S.Australia. Ranges and scrubs, from the Murray to St. Gulfs aud Mount Remarkable, F. Mueller ; Lake Gilles, Burkitt.
5,

^j

gpen*^^'

s \ inccnt

"'^^

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
^
^-

323

whlhl

has tL'

eoatinls not

aSl

pod"S' r/'i
nn

;r

^"^"^^ " ''^^"S this to A. coUelioides, of V^^r^"'' ^xam nation, that the character of the phvllociia,

r'^''

uuignani s plant, ^^hlch has

moreover a

different venation.

.^^""p^' ^' ^^''^^- ^''''^"'- '"' ISi- A tree of 15 to 30 ft., with tlJS;,.w " .^ ^"'^' quite glabrous and somewhat glaucous. ^*i..._^^ ^Imirnns Plivllnrlln Phyllodia
.

llteir W
rather

''^'"^'''.^'' ^""^

l"".*

'''y '^'^'^^y ^^^""^"t

o'^ f'^e

stem, subu-

nm-pf/'- wP'"".^
!

'"^'^

P^^-ent

^"- '*^"^ "^'^'-'i' 1^ "^die, Sefl;^ flat, fr"/' the fuuicle hliform to the end. W. Australia. ^^''^^''
'"
tt

vmimr'^'' '^r;8"^^V'"'* deciduous

fl

''''^' '''^^'
_

points, mostly 3 to 3 iu. long or ^''^ slightly prominent nerves. Stipiles

Flowers ...

Pod (from a
^"-

single imperfect one)

r^^

^^'?-

Seeds broadly

specinTn

^,

itself rtself

to thp the species.

1p

^ *^''''^''' '^'^"'^"'^ Ej^pedltion. The pod is not attached to /T"] ^'^ ^' resembles tliat of A. sericata, and some doubt therefore attaches
^^

stmb of S
cuiTPfl

point

M
ol

n
h

?**^f^'
+^^" 1^
1
.

^^^^^^'" "^

^^'^" ^'"^^-

=^^"'"-

^-

^^'^^

dense rigid

"l'"*^
^'!

glabrous.
the

'^^"^^^"*

Phyllodia numerous, lanceolate, restem, rigid and tapering into a pungeut

inaro-in^
Retlier

^
n

'

^"' ^ti'iate with several prominent nerves, without any I"' Stipules scarcely any. Peduncles short, solitary or 3 to^^dindrical spike of i to f in. Flowers not crowded, ^^^^^^"^ "1 the bud, mostly 4-nicrous. Calyx short, broad,
'''

verv sin

"^ ^^^^

lobed

P Tv membranous tals

and smooth.

Queensland. ^oma^l^?'^^' an, also in r

Pod unknown.

^''"'Istoue ridges,

Maiituan Downs, MUchell ; on the lower Macquairic,

Leichhardfs Collection. "Wales Bai-ren lauds, N. of Arbuthnot Range, Traser.

^Pifiescen^

^^.*^^^'TES.
pi,
'

Eigid

shrubs, the branches in

some
in

species

points
or

119

,,

^dia articulate

on the stem,

rigid, tapering into

pungent
heads

sniL
"""

y subulate linear or
''''"'"^' ''"'^'^'
.

lanceolate, or rarely none.

Flowers

The

peduncles.

un'

^^^

convenip *rie8 fouyjp ]^^

two series
venation
is

^^

*few snecipd \v

P^

^^^^ ^^^^ sjiecics in general so peculiar a habit, that it appeared unite them in a separate jjronp thaa to distribute them in the great ^^"^*'^^^' ^"^ inflorescence, at the same time it must be admitted that, in PUDgent character is variable. On the other hand, the adoption of the
-^^
,

'orescence

Calamiformes disposes of rtiose terete-leaved species where the n ^^^f ^^^^^ ^^^ ^i A, vertidllafa, where the spicate passes into the globular in^^'^

A
Cent.
'^'^

^^^^^^Pliyllodia none except minute scales.

general
hej.g

Branches spines-

placed

^^^'

^h^**^^i^^

single

species

is

so

much

that of the Pungenies, that

seen.

it is

Mes

foriner]
^

^^^
.

^'^

phjUodia appear on any of the specimens

The two other

*^^ch indicat

^^^'^^^^

fk their place

ss aphyllous, occasionally produce a few branch-like phyllodia,

among Calamiformes,
^^^^^^^'
*'*

glabrous, ^^^^''^' ^* ^^^' ^^^^' ^ ^"giibSii^^r^^^^^"'^' *"^^ ^' shrub, rarely exceeding 2 ft., the branches terete, striate 3^d ttionl v^P^"^scent, Leaves none, replaced on the young shoots by small Wwn J 9*^^^ scales. Flower-heads globular, sessile along the branches, ^^^ainino-^ g 'i to 6 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx truncate, shortly and
^^^'^''
.

324

XL. LEGTJMINOS^.

[Acacia.

Pod striate. free, Petals corolla, lono^ the as half as broadly toothed, about about margins, \\ thickened slightly with flat curved, linear, stipitate, shortly Seeds them. between contracted and seed the over lines broad ; valves convex aril, and lateral clavate broadly into a expanded longitudinal, the funicle
scarcely folded below it.F. Muell.Pl. Vict.
ii.

3.

N.

S. 'WT'ales.

In the S.W.

interior, Fraser.

Victoria. Desert tracts of tlie N.W.of ^le colony, F, Mueller. Murray Whiitaker Buy, Encounter ; Brown; Cove, R. S. Australia. Memory Mueller. F. Gulf, Vincent's St. towards ranges and Barossa desert, Onkaparinga river,

B. Plurinerves. Phyllodia 2- or more nerved,

or

terete

and

nerveless.

Heads

globular.

of apparent nervea "Where the phyllodia are terete and 2-nerved, the total on each side, and the 2 nerve-like edges of the phyllodium nearly equally prominent.

number

is 6,

rigid glabrous A 334. 12. A. latipes, Bcnth. in HooJc. Land. Journ. differing variety, a perhaps shrub, very nearly allied to A. cochlearls, and broad a by attached &nd chiefly in the thick rigid phyllodia more divaricate, as nerves prominent base, rarely 1 in. long, about 1 line broad, with 3 or 4
i.

head globular a bearing in that species. Peduncles about 1 to 2 lines long, Sepals narrow-linear.jntli of 30 to 4,0 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous. middle. the above spathulate concave tips. Petals rather firm, smooth, united

Pod not seen. TV. Australia.

Swau. River,

Drummond ;

Darling range, Oldfeld.

several of shrub A rigid 13. A. cochlearis, JFendl. Comm. Acac. 15. woQlly-puesshoots ft., glabrous and often somewhat viscid, or the young

side. each on nerves narrowed at the base, with 3 or 4 not very prominent duncles solitary or 2 together, 2 to 3 lines long or rarely more, bearing 3 g^^' narro Sepals bular head of numerous (above 30) flowers, mostly 5-inci:ou3. '^ 'ong:/ in. to 2 spathulate, free. Petals smooth, free. Pod about 1
,

pinigeni a into cent. Phyllodia linear or linear-lanceolate, rigid, tapering les^ or more point, 1 to 11 or rarely 2 in. long, rarely above 2 lines broad, -

wide, flat with tfiickened margins. Seeds longitudinal, the fiii'ifr'^ *'^'^p- ^^^ ,n. in Meissn. ^^ fit the end, but not seen perfect. DC. Prod. ii. 451
;

i.

11; Mimosa

losa,

W.
field,

LabiU. PI. Nov. HoU. ii. 85, t. givenj. diagnoses DC. Mem. Leg. 445 ; Prod. ii. 450 (from the ^^^^ Australia. King George's Sound to Vasse and Swan rivers, ^'^f^"''^'^[^' Lrammoud, \sl Coll. and 2>id Coll. n. 139, Prehs, n. 933 and ^^^'J""', with
cocJilearis,
'

A.egm 234;

11, ii. 202, narrower phyllodia ; A. Meroclita, Meissn., is nearly allied, but has much lodia, with the points usually recurved, and 2 or 3 prominent nerves, and
in PI. Preiss.
i.

A. Benthamii, Meissn.

is a slight variety,

qmte
is

g^''"
j,('

iyl-

J**^

P^

tner

.'^.^

laced

amongst Plurinerves oligoneura.

14.

4u

usually woolly-p'Aescent. ^1 ")' ^'^. V. 2 in. '"^'^ or or lanceolate, rigid,' tapering into a pungent point, 1 to Ii 'tonioa^^^^^^^ occasionally long, mostly 2 to 3 lines broad, with several nerves, ^^ ^J solitary, si ig or all parallel. Peduncles exceedingly short, =^^^]y 5.

of several

lanigera, A. Cimn. feet, the young shoots

in Field,

N.

S.

Wales, 345.

rigja
^.^^^^

almost clustered, bearing a globular head of about 30 A^^^^!"^' halt not merous. Calyx campanulate, with broad obtuse lobes,
the corolla.

jgnV

as

gin,

Petals smooth, united to the middle.

Pod

attaiuuig

^^^<^^^-]

XL. LEGUMINOS.E,

325

and 4 or even 5 lines in breadth at the seeds, mucli conti'acted between them the valves slightly convei. Seeds longitudincd, last bhort fold of the lunicle and the end of the next mueh thickened, the remainder
111

length,

of the

atter

but
X
.

and the third fold filiform and extending some way round the seed, not seen perfect. Bot. Ma<i. t. 2922.
,

rocky barren ranges of the interior, from the Blue MoanTaiu3 to i^iverpool plains, Lachlaa river and to the soutliward, J. Cunningham, Fraser, . y Huetfel, MitcheU, and others.
;

Wale ^.

I'fequeiit in

Victoria.^ Forest Creek, F. Mueller. Ur. gracilipes. Peduncles rather longer, although shorter than in A. irinervata. me species has much the aspect of J. cochharis, but has a very different calyx and pod. A niuiimervia, DC. Mem. Leg. 445, Prod. ii. 450, answers, in the short character given, "?^^ ^^^^ exception of the gland ou the upi>er edge of the phyllodium which !JT.' 1V* 110 not find that or any other allied spe.ies known to mc.

l5. bro His

A. phiebocarpa,
rigid,

F.

Mnell
5

in Joiirn,
ft.
;

somewhat viscid shrub of 2 to

119. A g^fabranches nearly terete. Phyliodia

Lbm.

Soc.

ii.

'J^^^^'J^^-^^^ceolate,

^U J^ithered.

tapering into a pungent point, 1 to in. long, lostly 2 to 3 lines broad, narrowed at the base, with several parallel nerves oceasionnny nnastomosing, 1 to 3 more prominent. Stipules small Teduuattaining | in. when in fruit. Flowers 5-nierous, but only seen !^^'^'
^

Calyx turbinate, lobed, half as long as the

corolla.

Petals "appa-

curved, hard, rather flat, wath ranch thickened margins ad a obliquely veined between them, depressed between the seed^. Seeds jjunded, compressed, oblique funicle with the last 2 or 3 folds much dilated a cnp-shaped apparently 2-lob'ed aril, enclosing the base of the seed,
1^1-"^^^*
'

Pod

l^ocky places at the sources of Seven Emu river, Gulf of Carpentaria, i/^***"^^^f.M Muellen The species appears to he elosely allied to J. lanigera,

or

nr

451. A tall shrub, ghibrous ir Phyliodia linear, ^^y*^^^o shoots slightly pubescent, brunches angular. ^'^'^'k. rigid, tapering into pungent poiiits, 1 to I'i in. long or 11^'
"^*

**'^^ervata,

Sieh, in

DC. Fred.

\l

uriit^T
thi I

Stipules 2the base. at contracted or slightly 3-nerved, '.^V ^^"^'^"^'^s solitary, about | in. long, slender, bearing each a small irlo^^ ^ilar head of half about Calyx numerous 5-merous. mostly small flowers, ^ *^^ ^h^ corolla, Petals smooth, very thin, irregularly toothed or lobed.
""^^^^^ 1 i^^M
1

*'^

Wl ^/^^.
in

^*^^

straight or 'scarcely curved, ^'^I'gUiS; attaining 3 to 5 in. in length. 1 to

^^^ ini*ldle.

Pod

flat

^vith

scarcely

U or

rarely 2 lines

Seeds oblong, longitudinal, funicle dilated from the base into an ^' ~ ^. taxifoli .^^^"^^^^ous aril consisting of 3 or 4 folds. F^i rieici Js. s. Wales, 344, not of Willd.; A. CunningJiajnii^ G. Don, Gen. 11. 404.
'^'a and

hm
Z^

^^^^s.
others.

Grose river,

Brown; Blue Mountaina;

Sieher, n. 445,

J. Cunning

Link, Enurii. Hort. Berol. Phyllodfa loug.A.'genisflfom. in. ii i'to I 442 il^'f""^^^^ Link apphes bj^ given character "' ^^^"^' ^*^^"*"^*^"*^^*^^^^^ ^neaHv
al
'

^'ar.

ii

^^^^^

Var
^^it

^^

s^e forms of J. Janiperina.

the 2 or 3 nerves scnrcdy prominent, P^yilodia 'With very narrow, shorf ^"er "t thau iu J, elongaia, and always pungent. Blue Mountains, Miss Atkinson.
'^'"'^'''-

^^^^tioides, Benth. J. Cunn.; ^nr ^r J "gid

Hook. loud. Journ. i. 336. A shrub, the branches terete or nearly so and glabrous. Phyliodia
in

326

^^' LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Acacia.

very spreading, llnear-tevete or slightly compressed, rigid, tapering into pungent points, striate witli several nerves, distinctly articulate at the base as in the
allied species,

to

1|

in.

long.

Stipules small,

membranous

or none.

Pe--

duncles solitary, not above 2 lines long, bearing each a small globular head of Sepals linear-spathulate, distinct, at least lialf very small 5-merous flowers. Petals distinct, smooth, without prominent midribs. as long as the coroHa. Pod linear, flat, the margins not thickened, curved or twisted, about 2 to 2^ Seeds longitudinal, lines broad and slightly contracted between the seeds. the 2 or 3 last folds of the funicle dilated into a yellow cupular arillus, mera-

branous

at tlie

edge and half enclosing the seed.

Harrington
plains in the interior,

Nonly.

S. "Wales.

J. Cunningham, specimens
,

iu fruit
. .

Nerves of the phyllodia scarcely prominent hut not otherwise from A. Cunningham's specimens. A. nyssophila^ F. Muell. Iragm. iv. 4, and
Var, ni/ssopjiylla.
9.
ii.

differmg
PI. Vict.

Victoria. In the N.W. desert^ F. Mueller, S. Australia. Near Lake Gair.hicr, Bahhage.
.

I had fonnerly confounded specimens of this variety with some of those of A, continuity but F. Mueller has well pointed out the character of the continuous decurrent phyllodia dis-

tingaishing the latter,

18.

A.

allied to

striatula, BeniL in Hook, Lond. Journ. i. 336. A rigid shrub, and angular slightly Branches A. colletioldes and A. campylophjlla.

minutely pul)escent. Phyllodia spreading or recurved, linear-terete or sliglit y mostly specimens compressed, rigid and tapering into pungent points, in our nerves. several with about 4 in. long, but probably often longer, striate Peduncles short, Stipides smalt, lanceolate, membranous, very deciduous. bearing each a small globular head of rathtn* numerous flowers, mostly ^^ \\;itu but smooth, mei-ous. Petals Sepals free, very thin, linear-spathutate. prominenf midribs as in A. juniperina. Pod unknown. Meissn. in PI. Preis^.

ii.

201.

"W. Australia, Briimmond ; South Hutt

19.

river, OldfieUh

^gj^ l^^^'j^ Beutlu ^'^^''^ '\^ shrub, apparently low, and quite glabrous, branches angular. { pi^g^ merous, linear-terete, rigid but recurved or flexnose, tapering into
in Linncea, xxvi.

A. campylophylla,

605.

points, mostly

with several nerves. from ^^^^^^ but setaceous, aluiost spinescent. perfect, seen not Flowers pe smooth mains they appear to have been many in tlie head, with naiTOW v;^^^ flat Fruiting peduncles i to | Iu. long.' Pod stipitate, linear, narrow, seen not but nerve-like margins, and not contracted between the seeds, grown,

to 1 in. long,

striate

Stipules suin^,
.

of some other allied to A. colletioides, hut differing in the stipules, and apparently in the pod.
Coll.
rt.

VT- Australia, Drummond.Uh

20.

134, a7id n, 41

set.

Evi

Land. Journ. i. 326. shrub of 1 or 2 ft., with virgate angular-striate branches, the s^'*i^*^^^j^ j^ut ^^S flattened, lets rigidly ilexuose. scarcely Phyllodia linear-terete or od^l^^^^^^ very less pungent than the allied species, in. long, 1^ rarely or to 1 f but or irregulm-ly nerved. subulate-spinescent, Stipules shortly Vyi/r ^J^^^ a each off. Peduncles solitary, shorter than the phyllodia, tearing g^ ^^^^ unite ln;ad of flowers, mostly 5-raerous. Sepals small, nan'ow-llnear,

A.

teretifolia, Benth. in

HooL

glah^',

Acacia.]

xu

leguminos^:.

327

base only.

Petals linear-spatliulate, concave and thick at the top, giving the buds a peculiar turbinate truncate shape. Pod (only seen in Herb. Bonder.)
.

incurved, terete or compressed at right angles to the valves, acuminate and narro^ved at the base, 2 to 4 in. long, hard and quite smooth, neither contracted between the seeds nor showing prominent sutures. Seeds
sessile,

linear,

not

seen. Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

;

i.

6,

ii.

200.
;

W. Australia,
and 998
uut the
nerve,

Lriimmond^ 2nd Coll. n. 140 Swan and Canning rivers, Preiss, n. 975 Gordon river, 0/^/^V/^. Resembles sometimes A, geuistoides and A. ericifoiia,

pod is totally different, the phyllodia, although often sulcate, have do prominent and the stipules are usually more or less spiuescent.

sulcata,' \R. Br, in Jit. Horf. Kew. ed. 3, v. 460. A dense bushy shrub, attainiuGf sometimes several ft., quite Mabroiis, the brandies Slightly angular. Phyllodia usually crowded, linear-terete, incurved, with a short pungent point, -^ Stipules minute, to 1 in. long, deeply sulcate-striate.
21.

A.

reduncles usually 2 together, rather shorter than the pliyllddia, bearing each a globular head of about 10 to 15 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals distinct,

Petals smooth, without not half as long as the corolla. prominent midribs, completely separating. Pod flat, but very flexUous, much curved or twisted, rarely Seeds nearly to 3 lines broad. above 1 in. long, orbicular ; funicle very shortly filiform and folded at the base, dilated into a cup-shaped fleshy arillus under the seed. DC. Prod. ii. 450; Bot. Keg. t.

linear-spathulate,

928

Wendl.

Comm.
n.

Acac.

t.

lO

Meissn. in

PL

Preiss.

i.

11.

Australia. ^aw
Coll. n. 3,

King George's Souud and

adjoining districts, R. Broion, Lrurtimond,

^ouie

978, and others, and eastward to E. Mount Bairfen, Maxwell. specimens appeal* almost to pass into A. Mcifolia and its allies amongst Calami-

Preus,

339. A low shrub, J^jth thick rigid striate often spinescent branches, pubescent or glabrous, f 'allodia narrow-lanceolate, 2 to 4 lines long, very rigid and thick, tapering into pungent points, the upper edge convex but without any gland, both margins thick and nerve-like. Stipules minute, setaceous. Peduncles rather
.22.

A. costata,

Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ.

i.

bearing each a globular head of about 10 to 13, 5-raerous flowers, ^alyx small, acute ciliate distinct into separating deeply lobed or at length sepals. Pod not seen. Petals rigid, striate, united at the base.
range, Oldfield. Darling Svvau River. ^me specimens of Drummond's have mucli resemblance to this, with the same spinescent those nearer yjhes, but the flowers are the and angular, slightly

Snort,

W.

Australia.

Dnmmond,

\st Coll.

phyllodia are occasionally

^. diverffeju.

shrub. low i. 326. Journ. Lond. Benth. in Hook. Jen under 1 ft., usually loosely pubescent with short spreading hairs, the t^anehes angular. into a tapenng rigid, recurved, Phyllodia liuear-falcate, with broader, and' P""^'ent point, shorter ones f to 1 in Ion- or the lower somesetaceous, small, ^.^T prominent nerve-like margins. very Stipules "njes spinescent. gloa each bearing phyllodia; Peduncles shorter than the ^^ ar head with usually S to 10, rarely 12 to 15, mostly 5-merous flmvera. ^/'.lyx broad, Petals corolla. the as long so shortly toothed, ciliate, not half 'I'ck and i. 7. Preiss. PL Meissn. prominently striate. Pod not seen.
23.

A. barbinervis,

^- Australia.

Swan

River,

Drummond,

\st Coll.;

Prem,

988.

323
24.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

lAcacia.

Benth. in Linncea, xxvi. 605. A low rigid undershrub or shrub, the branches prominently and acutely angled, the young shoots hoary-pubescent but soon glabrous. Phyllodia linear or subulate, rigid but iiexuose, tapering iLito a hooked pungent point, 1^ to 2 in. long, with a very pi'oniineiit nerve on each side. PeStipules small, setaceous or pungent. duncles scarcely ^ in. long, hearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more flowers, mostly 5-merons. Calyx deeply and acutely lobed, less than half as long as tlie corolla. Petals thick and moi-e or less prominently striate or

A. ataxiphylla,

veined.

Pod Hot

seen.

vr

A
A
glabrous rigid shrub, branches pro'minently and' acutely angled or striate. Phyllodia linear- oblong or lanceolate, somewhat recui*v^d-falcate, very rigid

and tapering

pungent point, -^ to 1 in. long; with very thick nerve-hke margins, the lower one sometimes slightly within the edge.- Stipules setainto a

Peduncles short, solitary or 2 or 3 together, Bearing' each a globular head of numerous (above 4'0) flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals di'stinct; linear-spathulale, thickened at the end, half as long as the corolla. Petals quite sniooth. Pod not seen. Vir. Australia. S. coast, Baxter; Salt river, Maxwell. The aspect is nearly that of
A. auronitens or of some
varieties of

ceous, at length deciduous.

A. sicuHformis 1

It'als(r resembles

A. crasmtij^ahy

but without the leafy stipules of that species.

C.
so.

Unineuves. Phyllodia
Flowers
in globular heads.

with 1 nerfe

oti

eacih

side, central or nearly

"When the phyllodia arc very narrow they are usually 4-gouous, the four angles formed ^1 the upper and lower nerve-hke margins and by one nerve ou each side.

A rio-id
tly

bushy

shrub:

nerve,

and

pungent.
hcarl

or setaceous scarcely thickened nerve-like margins. Stipules short, Peduncles nearly as long as the leaves, b'eariug each a globular

linearof about 15 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. distinct, Sepals rod spathulate, very thin. thick, Petals, soon separating, striate but not about I in. long, and 3 lines broad, straight, very iTiick, not contracted between the seeds, with very broad smooth margins, and obscurely veined bea into tween. Seeds thick, obovoid; funicle short, not folded, expanding

short broad concave aril at the end of the seed.

W. Au
37.

Swan

Biver,

Drummoud,

A
the

1st ColL

also 4/7/

Call

n. 7-

'affm:ull2r.

branches terete, slightly viscid-pubescent, at side each Piiylio.lia narrow-linear, almost on tetragonous, the single nerve wagvfirv promuient nm.ninpnf, very rigid aud lUvery tapering into a pungent point, | to 1^
Stipules minutes. Peduncles solitary, shorter than oa globular head of 15 to 20 Howers, mostly 5-raerou3, but occasionaUy reW merons. Sepals distinct, very small and narrow, linear-spathulate.
striate,

slirub,

rigid struggling length glabrous.

eaco the phyllodia, bearing

united above the middle.

Pod

to ^a 1 curved, straight or slightly

Acacia,]

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

329

in.

long, nearly

3 lines broad, very thick, with broad smooth margins and

obscurely veined
funicle short,

between them. Seeds thick, obovoid-globose, often mottled not folded, expanding into a short broad concave arillus at the
Murchisoa
river, Oldjield.

end of the seed.

W. Australia.
form of the phyllodia.

Differs

from A. auronitens

chiefly in the

spreading stinib, the branches numerous, not very stoiit, mostly spinescent and densely woolly, becoming glabrous with age. Phyllodia narrow-oblong, oblique or curved, rigid and tapering into a pUngent point, under \ in. long, narrowed
56'^A.
in
rigid
at

28.

A. erioclada,

Lhma^a, xxvi. 606.

the base, the

a Uiint

midrib and nerve-like margins protninent, and sometimes with nerve between. Stipules setaceous, sometimes spinescent, deciduous.

reduncles 2 to 3 lines long, bearing each a globular head of above 30 flowers, jnucb smaller than in the last two species, mostly 5-mcrous. Sepals spathulate

with a dark thickened top,

but often united.

ColL

Petals quite smooth.

Pod

not seen.

ummond,

Mh

. 7; Vasse rivef, Oldjield,

Benth. hi Hoo1c, Lond, Journ. i. 337. An erect or diffuse rigid glabix)us shrub, attaining several ft., the branches nearly terete. Phyllodia linear or linear-lanceolate, oblique or slightly curved, "gid and tapering into a pungent point, \ to \\ in. long, 1 to 2 lines broad,

29.

A, siculiformis, A. Cunn.;

prominent central' nerve and the margins sometimes slightly thickened, Jiarrowedat the base. Peduncles solitary, Stipules minute, membranous. ^^ai'ly \ in. long in the original form, bearing a globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. '"Sepals free, narrow- spathulate, ciliate, half as long
'"'ith

Pod stipitate, Petals smooth, shortlv united at the base. oolong-linear, very flat, not contracted "between the seeds when perfect, rarely Y^^c 1 ia. lono;, 2i to 3 lines broad. Seeds transverse or oblique, the funicle hhform to the end.--F, Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 6.
W- S. Wales.
Rocky Hills S.W. of Lake George, A. Ciauihigham ; Mount
Mitchell,
(^larence river, 5^r;ir/6.r. Var.

as the corolla.

in.

Stuarllana, F. Muell.; \if '!" V ^^^- 1. 19 ; Dietr. Fl. Univcrs. N. Scr. t. 82. ^'^"^^ fiubalpiue streamlets in many parts of the Aiistraimn Alps, ascemlmg to JmlT""' Valley has the Tummut i?. Mueller, the from stute One specimen in avoung 1 V^" ' '"! peduncles of the original forln. . o x^ . t. Aaamania. Derweut river, R. Brown Western Mountains, and S. Esk and Derweut ; ^^ at an elevation of 3000 /. D. Hooker.
i

hossi^oides, Bcntli. in long or shorter.

Hook. Lond. Journ.

i.

Ul.

More

diffuse,

peduncles scarcely
f.

-J.

Benth. in Linusca, xxvi. 609; Hook.

to

4000

ft.,

F. Muell in Journ. Linn, Soc, ^'^^is to which A 1 had erroneously referred it).

30.

A. patens,

iii.

120 (under J,

siculi-

glabrous shrub, the rather linear-lanceolate, Jl'^nchlets somewhat glutinous. numerous, PhvUodia someand tapering into often and base the at a pungent point, narrowed ^liat folcate, penobscurely or l-nei-ved l.to wide, lines
tftll

yd

in. long, 1 to

1^

^iveuied,

usually with a small gland near the middle of the upper edge. Stipies small, leaves, bearthe exceeding slightly lanceolate. Peduncles often "g each a dense only seen but 5-merous, mostly globular head of flowers,

^^'

Sepals distinct, linear-spathulate, ciliate.

Petals narrow, almost free.


330
XL.
linear, straight, flat, 1 in.

LEGUMiNOS^.

[Jcocia.

Pod

tracted between every seed.

to the end.

long or rather more, 1|- lines broad^ and conSeeds ovate, ahnost longitndinal; funicle filifonu
iii.

A, Maitlandi^ F. Mnell. Fragm.

46.

If. Australia. Stony places, Hammersley Range, Nichol Bay, F. Grego^-y's Expedition; Hooter and Sturt's Creeks, F. Mueller, The foliage and young flowers cannot be distinguished from those of some specimens of ^. siculiformis, hut the pod is certainly different.

31,
ft,,

A.

laricina, Meimi,

in

PL

Preiss,

i.

6.

biishy shrub of 1 to

Phyllodia the branches nearly terete, rather slender, hdary-tomentose. numerous, recurved-spreading, narrow-linear, almost tetragonous from the

very prominent nerve on each side, ^ to | or rarely 1 in. long, with a short pungent point. Stipules setaceous, almost spinescent. I^eduncles sleudcr, shorter than the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of 15 to 20 small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, shortly toothed, about ludf as long as the cdrolla. Petals not striate, biit with prominent midribs, usually

cohering to the middle. Young pod narrow, glabrous dr pubescent, incurved, acuminate and contracted at the base, not torulose, the sides very convex and marked with longitudinal prominent nerves. Australia. In the interior, Treks, n. 973, Drummond, &rd CoIL n. 101, 4M

W.

ColL

. 5

E.

Mount Barren, MaxioelL

F, MuelL in Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 121 (untree, der A. sphacelata), and Fragm. iv. 3. tall spreading shrub or small glabrous ; branches terete. Phyllodia usually clustered on the old nodes,
32.

A. tetragonophylla,

A
|

linear-subulate, rigid, pungent-pointed,

to 1 in. long or rarely more, with

or solitaiy or 2 nerves on each side. Peduncles Stipules small, deciduous. 2 together, nearly as long as the phyllodia, bearing a globular head of nume-

half as rous (often above 50) 5-raerous flowers. linear-spathiilate, Sepals Pod long as the corolla. middle. the Petals smooth, usually cohering to

much curved
.

broad. lines 3 nearly flat with thickened margins, Seeds longitudinal; funicle yellow, shortly flexuose and much thickened at

or twisted,

the base, then completely encircling the seed in a single fold more or lated the whole length,
^

less di-

M. S. ^Vales-

From

the Darling to the

Barrier Range, Victorian and

other
F.

E^vpedi-

iio7is.

S. Anstralia. ^ Dry pastures on the Cuduaka, Pliuders and Elders Ranges, towards Spencer's Gulf, Warburton.

Muelkr;

rigid very tall irlabrous shrub, and sometimes spinesceut; brariches ferete or slightly angular. Phyllodia oa nerve erect or scarcely spreading, linear-subulate, Avith a very prominent each side, shortly pungent-pointed, mostly rather above 1 in. long. Stipule

deciduous. Peduncles solitary or 2 together, usually above | in. long, bearing each a very compact globular head ot numerous small flowers, mostly 5-merou3. Sepals free, narrow-linear, spath late, more than half as long as the a with smoo'th, Petals corollaP^'^^i^JJ tn broad, midrib. Pod somewhat incurved, 1 to 3 in. long, 2^ to 3 lines ova Seeds valves convex, not striate, sUghtly contracted between the seeds. t^ nearly longitudinal; funicle yellow, thickened almost from the base, encircling the seed, one fold within the other without any return.
,

small, fine-pointed,

slender,

IV AustraMa.

^"^'

Dirk Ilartog'e

MmA,

A.CHnpinfflmm

Sharks Bay,

i^/'^^'''

'^''"Cl.a.]

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

331

and S Hutt rivers, OMfeld. Very nearly allied to A. tetragonophjUa, and sometimes resembles A. Uretifolia, but the stipules are not spinescent, the phyUodia are proniinently 1-nerved, and the pod is quite different.
chisou

34.
slmib,

A. sphacelata, Benth.
the branches

in HooTc.

Lond. Joimi.

i.

338.

rigid

not very stout, nearly terete, glabrous or pubescent.

Fhyllodm scattered, linear-subulate, erect or spreading, rigid and taperin-' luto a pungent point, mostly ^ to f in. long, with 1 or rarely 2 prominent nen-es on each side. Stipules minute. Peduncles mostly solitary, short, beanng each a small globular head of 15 to 20 or more flowers, mostly 5merous. Sepals distinct, linear-spathulate, with dark tips, half as long as ttie corolla. Petals free, smooth. Pod not seen. Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

W. Australia,
Jiave

Drummond,

1st Coll. n.

299; Mount Currie, Freus,

not seen).

985 fwhich ^

Pod, according to Meissner, imear straight, flat, l^ in. loii^, \\ linei broad, with thickened margins, woolly wliea ^oung at length glabrons.^. sesdlis, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ.^i. 336; -Meissn.

var.

semhs.

Branches woolly.

Flovver-heads almost sessile.

m n.

rreiss

i.

11,

fi.

202. Swan

River,

weea Moore and Murchison rivers, Bnimmond, Uh ColL n. &ome specimens have almost the aspect of ^. striatula, but aencdphjllodia, and very short peduncles.
^5.
,

Murchison river, Oldfeld. ^^T.retrorsa. Phyllodia reflexed. J. retrorsa, Meissn. in Bot. Zcit. 1855,
4.
differ in their

Dnmmond, Ut

Coll., Preiss, n.

979, 980, 982:

10.Be-

1- or rarely 2-

A* ingrata, Bmlh.

Branches

rio-id,

dabrous or minutely pubes-

^"ytiodia divaricate or reflexed, very rigidly linear-subulate, with a ra her broad base and tapering into a pungent point, rarely |- in. long, with a prominent nerve on each side. Peduncles short, solitary or 2 together, bear% caeli a small globidar head of about 5 or 6 flowers, mostly 5-merous, talyx very short and broad, thin, slightly sinuate-toothed. Petals smooth, ^ubout raised midribs, Pod unknowm cohering at the base.
The specimens are Mueller). insuffi'-^^^*^*^^^" cient for a satisfactory description, they have some resemblance to some forms of '''jnmperina, but the flowers are different. .^'"e small specimens of Drummond's, alluded to above under A. coslaia, look much like J ^*^o. aud have the same flowers, only rather more numerous in the head, but the
.

^'

*^^^"^^t Barrcti,

Maxwell

{Ilerh,

fl^^^^^/^*'

spinescent and the phyllodia hare the very thick mnrgms of J, cos fat a, and occ n^*^ ^-^|^^^^^.y ^'^^ '^Ppcr one has an angle as in A. hoiridula, but the flowers differ from those of the latter species. A small specimen from Murchison river, Oldfield, without
'

hrn^i!^^^^

rnvT-)
spec"'"
w

^^^ foh'age nearly of./, ingrata and a single pod. very thick and hard as iu J. ^"^ longer and rather narrower, without the distinct broad margin of that

A rigid bushy divari10^9. cat^^'i le shrub, attaining several feet, the brandies pubescent or in some vnrieties ^'^^'^^"''i''^ scattered, often numerous, divaricate, linear-subulate, 'ri^ r'^^* giii and tapering into a pungent point, rarely above |- in. long, with a pro"^r^'e on each side and a rather broad base. Peduncles often exceed"'^'

J^'^^^PeHnaj Willd. Spec. PL

iv.

^ *"^ leaves, bearing each a dense globular head of numerous (20 to 50) Sepals narrowg^*^!:''' iostly 5-merous. Bracts more or less acuminate. Pathulate, at Petals also separating, first united but readily separating. 'looth but with prominent midribs. Pod more or less falcate, flat, 1 to 2
{]

in!!T/*

332
in. long,

XL. LEauMiNOs.i:.
m

[Acacia.

about 2

lines broad, usually contracted

little
t.

between the

seeds.

Seeds

longitudinal, the funicle but

folded and filiform to the end.

Mimosa

juniperina. Vent. Jard.

64; M. ulicina, Wendl. Coll. ii. 25, t. 6; M. nUcifoUa, Salisb; Prod. 324^?; A, juniperina^ Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 398; DC. Prod. ii. 449 Hook, f. Fl. Tasm. i. 105 ; P. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 7 A. verticillata, Sieb. PL Exs. not of Willd. A. echinula^ DC* Prod. ii. 449; A. pungens^ Spreng. Syst. iii. 134. Queensland. Morctou Island and Brisbane river, P. Mueller. N. S. "Wales.- Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, i2. Brown^ Sieber, n. 447, 449,

Malm.

and others; northward to New England, <7. Stuart^ and Clarence river, Beckler ; southward to Twofold Bayi F, Mueller. Victoria. R ^cky' especially granitic hills, IVIoutit Hunter, Corner Inlet, Mount Liger, Genoa river, Muddy Creek, Grampians, etc., F, Mueller, Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown'; light sandy soil near George Town and "West lead, /. B. Hooker. Var. Brownei. Branches glabrous peduncles slender. A. acicularis^ R. Br^ in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 3, v. 460, not' of Willd. ; altered to A. pugiomforwls by Weudl. in Flora 1819, 139, but ^oi J. pugionlformis, Wendl. Comm. A. Browniiy Steud. DC. Prod. ii. 449 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1333 ; A, arceutkos, Spreng. Syst. iii. 134. Port Jackson, Bleler, . 463 and others. A. genisfifoliu, Link, Eimm. Ilort. Berol. ii. 443 DC. Prod. ii. 449, above referred with doubt to A. trinervala, may, from the very incomplete description given, be almost equally referable to some iovm& of A. ju?iiperina:
Fl. Mijrt.n, 602,
;

and

37.

A. asparagoides,
;

J. Cunn.

in Field,

N.

S.

JFales, 343.

gla-

branches nearly terete. Phjllodia spreading, linear-subua late, thick and rigid, tapering into a pungent point, with long, in. ^ to | prominent nerve on each side, and a scarcely prominent glandular angle at the solibase on the upper edge. sessile, almost Stipules minute. Flower-heads 3 tary, globular, with about 20 to Sepa 5-merous. 30 small flowers, mostly
slightly spathulate, cohering at fiist, distinct, narrowed into a claw at the base,
liriear,

brous rigid shrub

smooth,

Petiils separating. but readily prominent any without

nerve.
Iff. Sli'

Pod unknown.

Wales

Rare on the rocky verge of Regent's

Gleti,

Blue Mountaius, A.

Curt'

mngham.
__

38.
8.

A.

ii.

tenuifolia, I. Muell. in Trans. FJtil. Soc. FicL i. 37 ; PI^''^Jpubescent. diffuse or procumbent shrub; branches terete, glabrous or

Phyllodia linear-subulate, rigid but slender, tapering into a pungent point, with a strong Yaised nerve on each side, rarely above ^ in. long. Stipules a each small, deciduous. Peduncles slender, shorter than the leaves, bearing or free globular head of about 20 small flowers, mostly 4.merous. Sepals smooth, united at the base only, small and narrow. Petals soon separating, contrac^ea the midrib scarcely prominent. scarcely Pod straight or curved,

between the seeds, 1 to 2 in. long and nearly 2 lines broad, the valves convex. sometimes Seeds ovate, longitudinal, the last and short fold of tlie funicle
part of the next thickened into a small aril. Victoria. Dry Stringy-bark and Iron-bark Ranges towards the Upper Yar. /J^^ tro burr., Broken and Ovens rivers, distiiiguished and near Ballarat, F. AlueUer. Readily A.J imiperma, which it resembles, by the 4-meraus flowers, the i)etals not ribbed, ana
thickened fuuicles.

39.

A.

diffusa. Lindl. Bnl

Ti^n / fi?i^

A crlnl^mns divaricately-branched

Acacia,]

XL.

LEGUMINOS^,

333

shrub, either quite low or rising to 5 or 6 ft. ; branchlets angular. Phyllodia linear, thick and rigid, tapering into a pungent point, prominently 1-nerved, mostly f to 1 in. long, 1 to li lines broad, slightly narrowed at
or diffuse

Peduncles usually 2 or 3 together, under ^ in. long, bearing each a globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 4-merous, rarely 5-nierous or 3merous. Calyx with short broad somewhat thickened lobeSj'^not half as long as the corolla. Petals membranous, without the proniiuent nerve of A.juniperma, cohering or at length separating. Pod stipitnte, often attaining 3 or 4 in., about 2 lines broad, flat or the valves at length, cojivex. Seeds longitudinal funicle much folded, thickened either from the middle upwards or nearly from the base. DC. Prod. ii. 450; Bot. M<!g. t. 2417; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 105 J\ Mueli, Pi. Vict. ii. 6 A, prostrata, Lodd. Bot. Cab.
; ; :
'

the base.

t.631.
_

Victoria.

Heathy

grouni?, Stringy baric forests and other barren localities throughout

the^reater part of the colony, F. Mueller.

Tasmaniaespecially

Port Palrympl^ and Derwent

river,

R. Brofcnj abundant in diy places

by roadsides throuo;hout the island, J. D.^flooker. \ar. cuspidaia. all under Phyllodia more slender, often not broader than thick, sometipes s ^ * 1"., sometimes on barren shoots attaining 2 in. J. cuspidaia, A. Cunn. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 337. N. S. "Wales. Brushy hills of the southern districts, A. Cunningham, Frmer, Hnegel,
;

glabrous A 610. xxvi. Linncea, in Bntth. ; strab, attaining linearor linear Phyllodia angular. 5 ft. slightly branches 1 -nerved, lanceolate, rigid and prominently point, pungent tapering into a rarely above spethis which J. in. in tjian diffusa, long, base the \ brg^derat cies closely Peduncles about \ in. resembles. Stipules minute or none. [ong, bearing each a small globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 4-merous.
40.

A. rupicola,
;

F. Mnell.

Petals membranous, without any to 2 curved, 1 or straight prominent midrib. flattened, Pod linear, W. long, about Seeds lon2 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. ptudmal funicle much folded and thickened nearly from the base, the upper {olcls forming a broad aril clasping the base of the seed. F, Muell. PL A ict, " 8; Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Ser. t. 8,
;

^lyx shortly lobed, half as long as the corolla.

Victoria.
reek,

Rocky mountains near the Wimmera, DaUacTty. . ,r i H. Australia. Barker Mount nver. Bremer towards Mouut Lofty Ranges, F. Mueller;
_

-:>

i, Fischer.

3or 4-merous Flowers SPICAT.E. Phyllodia 1- 2- or 3-nerved. ffierous, in or peduncles axillary on spikes, cylindrical or oblon- rarely ovoid

^-

^ost
m

sessile.

species of this group, especially A. rhiffiopJiylla and A. veriiciflataj^r.ovoidea, ^"i in almost which species their inflorescence capitate the to connect the spieate with *" species of distinct. constantly so are Mi^osea, Australian or extra-Australian,

Some

A 611. xxvi. Linn^a, F. Muell.; Beiilh. in branches, compact rigid terete spreading shrub of 4 or 5 ft., with numerous siightly Phyllodia glabrous. length glutinous-pubescent when young, at poin purigent a Jnear or linear-lanceolate, to tapering thick and\ery rigid, smal heads Flower* to lin, long, with 2 or side. ? raised nerves on each and nearly with oblong, often and species sessile, less compact than in most
41.

A. rhigiophyUa,

334

XL,

LEGUMiNOs^.

[^Acacia,

6 to 10 flowers, mostly 4-merous. lobes, not half as long as the corolla.

rating.
3fueHe)\

Calyx campaiuilate, with broad Petals quite smooth and readily

Vict.
ii.

short

sepa-

Pod unknown. F.
Desert

Muell.

PL

9.
f.

S. Australia.

oa the

lower

Murray, towards Moimt Barker Range,

42. A. oxycedrus, Sieb, in DC. Prod, ii. 453. tall rigid spreading shrub, the branches usually pubescent and nearly terete. Phyllodia scattered or rarely irregularly verticillate, rigid, tapering into a pungent point, rather broad at the base, ^ to f or rarely above 1 in. long, with 3 or rarely 4 pro-

minent nerves on each

mostly 4-merous,

side.

Stipules small, often spinescent.

Peduncles
Flowers

short, bearing each a dense cylindrical spike, often above 1 in. long.
^

Calyx short, the lobes obtuse. Petals sniootli, readily separating. Pod incurved, acuminate and narrowed at the base, about 3 lines wide and often above 3 in. long, pubescent or at length glabrous, the
valves very convex, striate, thicker and harder than in J. verticUlala, Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; fuuicle much folded, and usually more or less thickened from the base. Sweet, Fl. Austr. t. 6; Bot. Mag. t. 2928; Eeichb. Icon.

Exot.

t.

120; Paxt. Mag. Bot.

vii.

151, ^vith a

fig.

F. Muell,

Ph

Vict.

S. Wales. Blue Mountains, JSleder, n. 427, A. Cumiivglmm, Fraser. Victoria. Not uufrequent in heathy tracts throughout the southern part of
ascending also into the mountains, F. Mueller. Tasmania, Fltzalan {Herb, F, Mueller, but douhtful).

W.

the colony,

S. AustraUa.

Between Mount Gambler and RivoU Bav,

TFllld. Sp.

F, Mueller.

1049. A shrub, ratlier low and spreading or erect and bushy, sometimes growing into a small tree; branches angular-stiiate, pubescent Phyllodia scattered or rarely glal^-ous. or more often verticillate, linear-subulate, lanceolate or oblong, rigid and tapering into a pungent point, about A in. long or shorter, rarely | in. long, with a prominent central nerve and rarely 1 or 2 slender lateral ones. Stipnles minute. Peduncles short or slender, bearing each, in the common variety, a dense cylindrical spike of ^ to 1 in. long, or rarely longer and loose.
PI. iv.

43.

A. yerticiUata,

lowers 4-merous, globular in the bud. Calyx short, broad, irregularly lobed. Petals smooth, united at the base. Pod flat, with slightly thickened margins, straight or curved, acute at each end, 1^ to 2 in. long when perfect, -i lines wide and scarcely contracted between the seeds. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle much folded, but base, the thickened sometimes from ahvays much more so at the end or about the middle. J/mosa verticillata, l.Her Sert. Angl. 30; Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 63; Bot. Mag. t. 110 verhcillala, DC. Prod. f. FlHook. ii. 453; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 535;
J<

;f

semiver

Westc.

Fl.

Cab.
Port

ii

Victoria.

I
river.

humicl

the colony, F. Mueller

Port Dalrymple, and islands of Bass's Straits, i?. Brom: abundant in moist situations throughout the island, J. D. Hooker. Gen. Dou, ^''>'""'3'a G. -;'" lanceolate or oblong.-^. rusclfoUa, A. Cnnn. in .'''". Q Syst. u. 407 comBot. Mag. t. 3195 ; A. mcesta, the ; With LinJl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. C7.

Tasmania.

Derwent

mon

variety, espcciaUy in Tasiuauia.


'

Acacia.']

XL.
Phyllodia slender.

leguminos^.
Sjiikes very Bhoi't,

335

sometimes reduceil to small ovoidglobular heads. Flowers small. A. ovoidea, Beiith. in Hook. Loud. Calyx-lobes narrow. Journ. i. 339 Hook. f. Fi. Tasm. i. 105, t. 20 Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Scr. t. 8. Victoria. Grampians, Gipps' Laud, and other parts of the colony, but less frequent than
Var. ovoidea.
; ;

tk

cyliudiical-spiked variety,

F. Mueller.
Head,
etc., /.

Tasmania.
Hooker. S.
able,

Amongst

grass, etc., in dry places, Woolnorth, Circular

in the colony, extending

D.

Australia.
F. Mueller.

Not unfreqnent

northward

to

Mount Remark-

Distinct as are the

appear to pass into

Tasmanian specimens from the common variety, the Continental ones the more slender forms of the true J. verticillata.

44.

A. Riceana,

Kenslo^c, in

Maund,

Botanist,

iii.t.

135.

A handsome

shrub or small tree, glabrous with angular branchlets. Ph}llodia scattered or almost whorled, linear or subulate, sometimes all rather broad and \ to fin. long, sometimes very narrow, and 1 to 1^ in. long, tapering loose, into pungent points, 1 and slender Spikes minute. Stipules -nerved. 4-merous, often above 1 in. long, rarely or 3-mcrous distant, often the flowers ovoid and obtuse or acute in the bud. Calvx short, with broad obtuse cdiate
dark-green, tall
lobes.

Petals smooth, readily separating.'

2 to 3 in. long

Pod

usually curved, acuminate,

when pubescent slightly broad, and scarcely l\ lines young, but soon glabrous ; valves very convex, coriaceous, contracted between thickened tfie seeds. and folded much funicle ; Seeds oblong, longitudinal
often PI. Ic. Hook setigera. J. 106 from the base. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. descript; 316; the (from Annot. 77 A. eryth-opus. Ten. Cat. Hort. Neap. figure). tion given) the (from ? 1225 t. Cab. A. taxifolia, Lodd. Bot.
nearly
;
;
,

Tasmania.
J.

Derwent

river,

R.

Brown ;

of the paits southern the in places moist shady

island,

D. Hooker.
i.

Benth. in Book. Lond. Journ. ong-leaved forms of A. Riceana, and perhaps a variety as suggested by nerves, lateral faint ! crueller, but showing the phyllodia are often still longer, conand so nearly and the inflorescence or sessile the spikes are i's different A. ot those like taui but very few flowers, rarely more than 4, otherwise t. ri. Hook. specimens. Riceana. I have not as yet seen any intermediate
45.
, ;

A, axiUaris,

341.

Very near the

Tasmania, Ounn
Series IV.
narrow-linear

Stuart. C. River, Paul's Brook's Head, St.

C.^LAMiFORMES.-Phyllodia

rarely

or subulate, terete, tetragonous or very points I- or recurved or culate on the stem, obtuse or with short innocuous or peduncles axillaiy simple on ^veral-neryed. heads, globular j'lowers in abortion the by racemose >^/el)' several irregularly or raceme, heads in a short

^f^'f'^'^J'"'^'^'^^^ slightly flattened, aiti-

the floral phyllodia.

,.

thick, Although the long than broader not slender phyllodia, ,, .g^-^^^y^^/r^iXt^ith ll-^dm ^^^ r g>d P more the.r by .majority of the few a series, this iu fpecies included J ghler points, pass into the Pungentes, the shorter-leaved ones 'T^'^l'^^J.^'^'il,^. "''^rowest among the KuV...... ;v.ir//^. some almost not ^JfJ^JiXTrical cylmdr.cal 'f or oblong a few of the Julijlorc, only differ in their flower-heads

Ff

S^r''''^
A.

Sn^.

T.i...ii,i-

^.

^prvffiw and slender, resembling

336

XL.

LKGUMiNoa^.

[Acacia.

PL Prelss. i, 4. A glabrous un46. A. tetragonocarpa, Meissn. dershrub, with erect slender rush-like stems of 1 to 2^ ft., slightly branrhed and nearly leafless. Phyllodia mostly reduced to small striate scales at the base of the branches, 1 or 2 often filiform, terete, resembling the branches, the lower ones of the young plant occasionally bipinnate as in other phyllodineous species. Peduncles short, often 2 or 3 together, bearing ahead of 3 or 4 flowers, occasionally reduced to a single one, 4-merous and oblong in the Pod stipibud. Calyx short. Petals rigid, striate, nearly 1^ lines long. tate, linear-falcate, about ] in. long, witli a very prominent longitudinal angle on each side of each suture. Seeds longitudinal, the last fold of the funicle dilated into a small turbinate almost cup-shaped aril under the seed, with a filiform fold below \i. Tetracheilo8 Meismeri, Lehm, in PL Preiss. ii. 368.
VT. Australia.
King George's
So\inil,

R,

Brown; Swan

River, Fraser ; boggy ground

near Spencer, Plaatagenet district^ Preiss, n. 8()6 ; Israeliti Bay, Maxwell. Var. scabra, Phyllodia long, rigid, proiiiiiiently 1-nerved, glabrous.

Pod

not seen,

riowers as ia the ordinary form, single speoimeu from Oldfield. The longitudinally 4-angled pod, upon which Lefamann founded the genus Teiracheiloh occurs also in A. sienopieray a species widely differeut iu several other respects, and to a certain degree also ia some, of the Julijlorm.

Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ, i. dershrub or shrub, with rush-like branches somewhat angular or striate, leafless or with a few slender terete phyllodia, scarcely to be distinguished from very when covered the branches. Flower-heads globular, several in a'^racenie, young by imbricate scales very early deciduous. Flowers mostly 5-merous,
3.

4^.

A. restiacea^

glabrous un-

usually 20 to 30 in the head.

Calyx small, thin,

irregularly lobed.

Petals
re-

smooth.

Pod (according

to

Lehmann)

with moniliform, stipitate, linear,

i.

ticulately veined coriaceous

valves. Meissn, in PL Preiss.

ii.

3,

ii.

199; tA^

thonaulhus rediacem, Lehm. in PI. Preiss. W*. Australia. Swan River and adjoining

363.

w. 148, CoIL 2??d districts, fh'U7nmond,

^^ Lelimanutoprop The imbricate scales covering the very young racemes, which induced o some in and his genus Chitlionanihus, occur also in A. sfiuamata, in A. maveolens, species widely differing in other characters.

Preiss, n. 971, 972; Preston and Murchison rivers, Oldfieid. . . noi do which 1 A. squamata, Morren, in Ann. Soc. Hort. Gand, iii. 209, t. 134, a work find in our libraries, appears to be, from the characters copied into Walp. Ann. i. ^^^y same as A, restiaeea, and certainly not A. sqitamata, Lindl.

B. Plurinerves..Phyllodia either
nei-ves, or

striate

^ith

with numerous veiy fine parallel nerves,

2, 3, or more PJ^"""^ witnou visible scarcely

ninent

lens.

48.
terete,

A, squanxata,

LzW^.

>S;fl

Riv. Jpp,

15.

nish-Hke branches. Phyllodia few, distant, ^^ contmuous striate with fine nerves, resembling the brancblets, but not them, with short recurved points, attaining about 2 in. rs ^^^^^'^^'''*^fll^' n short axiUary racemes, with imbricate striate scales, falling off as the open. Calyx and corolla none or reduced to a minute "^^^^^''^"^^"flower^ no lU to Stamens very densely packed, above 100 in each flower, and 6 in the head. Pod unknown. Hook. Ic. Pi. t. 367.

erect, with Glabrous sUgn J linear-terete,

,j

*Mr_ Australia.
Sound, Harvey
;

bills

George King Swan River, Brnwmond, \si Coll; between Perth and near Coogenup and Gordon Plains, Oklfield.

Acacia,']

XL. LEGUMIN03.E.

337

Bentk. in Linnaa, xxvi. 615. Apparently a aittuse shrub, the branches woolly-pubescent or at length glabrous. Phylloclia numerous, linear-tcrete, incurved, obtuse or with short innocuous points, under 3 m long, striate with several nerves. Stipules small, deciduous, miuncles shoiter than the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of apparently 5-merous flowers, but not seen perfect. Pod flexuose, 1 to 2 in.
lines broad, flat, with ^lightly htly thi thickened nerve-like margins. "^1 Jieeds small jeeds . nli,-.,-,M n,i: __ i__ i,1 small, obovoid, oblique or longitudinal, the last fold of the (unicie thickened into a short fleshy aril.
Jong scarcely

49.

A. brachyphylla,

li

Linnaa, xxvi. 614. Shrubby, with numerous branches, loosely pubescent and sometimes glutinous." Phyllodia merous, Imear-terete, striate with several nerves, usually recurved at the point, rarely above 1 in. long. Stipules small, deciduous. Peduncles 3 to Jines long, bearing each a small globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly ^ ^'^3. Calyx with narrow ciliate lobes. Petals narrow, smooth, not raucti longer than the calyx and quite distinct. Pod much cinved, flat with
in

W. Australia, Drummond. 50. A. Bynoeana, Ben/./i.

above 1 line broad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal, i\t\f ^ ' ^^^ funicle, and sometimes part of the next also, thickened [ '^i'^ to a fleshy aril. ^. leplophylla, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 9. ^'^^*'"^>aN.W. latter are The coast, Bynoe ; Gulf of Carpentaria, F. 3Iue11er. the

'""''?'"^' scarcely

fl

'

phyllod*^^

Mueller, PI. Vict. ii. 12, as nearly rcsemlliag A. WdhduiWa Tr^ M'''''^*l'"'^'"g"nes, belli in Herb. Hooker and in Herb. Sender, were, by some r, nistaie me "^^ ^^ ^' ffiUielmsiaua from the Murray scrub, and were mentioned by in liii ^^^' ^^ ^ ^'"- ^ ^- nematopht/lia, F, Muell. latter is, however, a The liort-le*'^^^^'' ^ ^ ^' '^'^^'^'"'Ifoiio,, which has never more than 1 ucive on each side of the
""""^'"^
^"^

^^

*"

'

allied t

of

li

dui/l
Sennl

spreading slirub, very nearly ^^^P*?''^^^'* V- ^Iv^ell. Herb. ^' i^J^^^'^'^'^'^^^ with linear-subulate, spreading or flexuose phyllodia "" Pe^^'' ^^^ *^^*-^' ^"^^' ^ '' ^ pi'oininent nerves on each side.

f free,

^'*' ^^caring a

small head of about 20 flowers, mostly narrow-spathulate. Pod unknown. Petals smooth.

5 -mer ous.

OtoJj^^f
'

*'"*^**

drummond {Wi

Coll. ?), n.

132,

and hth

Coll. n. 5

Kal-au

river,

"''miuation rock, iJ/rt,r//.

gloK

straight or flexuose, finely striat short with or obtuse mmerous almost nerves, scarcely prominent recur*^ T'^ \*^^ P'^i'its, mostly about 2 in. long. Peduncles short, bearing each a
."/'-^^^ulate, rather rigid, nearly terete,

Shrubby. i. 341. Journ. Loud. Hook. Ben/k. in Bran"h"'^* Pliyl^''^'^^ angular, glabrous or hoary-pubescent when young. HxkY

^^P^^^eura,

of 20 to 30 flowers, mostly o-nierous. Sepals narrow-spathulate P^^^'^ ^^ or very shortly united in a cup at the base. Petals smooth, readi) PI. Meissn. in **^P^''^^ing4350; t. Mag. Bot. Pod not seen. Pfei/ ''I- 12 (except the yar. 5).
tall shrub, A 403. ii. **^Sens, Syst. A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. either n '^'^ ^ cence ; branchlets o'^ljfous or pale or hoary with a minute pubesct^.v^, 'omewb nearly terete, rigid, f'^g^ilar. rather idate Phyllodia linear-sub straiJlf with y:'^ or mcurved, striate 3 lo finely very and usually 2 to 3 in. long
^i.

338

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Acacta.

recurved or oblique innocuous, short, with a 5 scarcely prominent nei-ves, at least at prominent, are side each nerves on 3 point, but in some specimens 20 about of head globular each a bearing short, Peduncles vei-y the base. middle. the about to united spathulate, Sepals eowers, mostly 5-merous. broad, hnes about flat, curved, 1^ Pod linear, straight or Petals smooth. at tlie convex and coriaceous valves contracted between the seeds, the

much

di ated last the folds, several with Seeds ovate, longitudinal funicle seeds. in Muell. P. chordojihylla, ^. into a turbinate almost cup-shaped aril. Linnsea, xxvi. 612, and PI. "Vict. ii. 11.
;

country on the Lachlau and thence to the Barrier Range, Victorian ETpediiion. 3Iuener. F. Wirainera, and Murray along the country Victoria. Desert Mueller. F. Alexaudrina, Lake towards ; S. Australia. Port Lincoln, Wilhelmi narrowthe from united, more rather Distinguished from A. lepfoneura only in the sepals

N.

S.

Wales.

Low

flat

river,

A. Cunningham; Darling nver

elongata in the phyllodia still narrower and less flattened. numewitn sessile, almost Heads Phyllodia slender, often 6 in. long. Var. longifoiia. rous flowers. In Leichhardt's collection. ft., the 25 about small tree, of Benth. 54. Phyllodia branches nearly terete, glabrous or minutely hoary-pubescent.
leaved forms of
il.

A. papyrocarpa,

loug.tapenng in. to 3 linear-subulate, rigid, thick but slightly flattened, 2 wi stnate base, into a recurved but not pungent point, narrowed at the hoary-toinenslightly lens, numerous fine parallel nerves only visible under a o seen, net Plowers tose especially along the centre, without any midrib. ^ short very on heads globular pe''"'"J?*been in

from the

scars they

must have

Pod

flat,

falcate or flexuose, 3 to

in.

long, 4 to 5 lines broad

valves tnm,

almost membranous. Seeds ovate, longitudinal; folds, gradually and not much thickened from the base.

sn very with funicle

.

v+

Australia. S. coast, R. Brown [He semble those of A. rigens, or of some forms more numerous and the nod is verv different.
.

C. L'ninekves.

Phyllodia l-nerved

or nerveless.

Where
gonous

hecomes phyllodium the nerves (one on each side) are prominent, the

Wemll. Cowm. if slender with ^^'^'^'^'^^j,^ shrub, glabrous given in Flora, 1819, 139. A tall cwvea,^ shghtly gular branches. Phyllodia rather numerous, straight or ^^
55.

A. pusioniformis,

Acac. 38,

t.

9,

not

tU

y^-

.^

terminaun^ abruptly erect, linear- subulate, 1^ to 2 rarely 3 in. long, ^.^^ on ^^ nerve prominent short straight point, nearly tetragonous by a j^. i ra^^j^^_ or hnes Stipules minute. Peduncles solitary or 2 together, 2 to 3 mostly flowers, in. long, bearing each a globular head of numerous ^^_ as long as Sepals linear-spathulate, ciliate, at length free, about half -i^^unknown. Pod rolla. Petals smooth, with a prominent midrib.
ii.

450; A.quadrilateralis,T)G.YioA.\\.^h\.
Queensland.

'

Brisbane and Logan rivers, A. Cunningham

also in Letc

lardt's"^'

lection.

N.

S.

Wales.

Punninff^' P ^ aBrotm, Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R.

^.

Sieler, n. 442.

loo lo^ Descr. Tim. The A. quadrilateralis inserted by Decaisiie in the Herb. plant, which I have not seen, ia more likely to be the following species.

,3 a

TifflOf

Acacia.]

XL.

leguminos^.

339

Beufh, in. Hook. Loud. Journ. i. 341. A tall glabrous shrub, with slender branches, quite terete, Phyllodia linear-subulate,
56,
fcrect

A. juncifolia,

side,

or spreading, slightly flattened with a scarcely prominent nerve on each 3 to 6 in. long or even more, with a very short erect or curved point or

Peduncles solitary or 2 together, rarely J in. long, bearing each a small globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals spathulate, at length free, half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, witiiout the prominent midrib of A. pngimiformis. Pod straight, flat or nexuous, often 3 or 4 in. long, Seeds obovate-oblong, 1^ to 2 lines wide. longitudinal; funicle not folded, slightly thickened towards the end. ^. pinifoUa, Benth. in Mitch. Trop, Austr. 342.
Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; barren stony places on the Macarthur, Gulf of Carpeutaria, F. Mueller. Queensland, E, coast, R, Brown; Port Boweu, A. Cunriing^ham ; near Mount
,

obtuse.

Stipules minute.

^* Australia.

Islaucls of the

nuto, Mitchell; also in

LeichhardCs

collection.
interior, Mlichell,

A, Cunninghavny Eraser. Var. pfanifolla. Phyllodia flatter, nearly a line broad, with a more prominent miJrib, imost like those of J. suhulata, but the peduncles all simple. In MitchelVs collection.

N. S. Wales.

Barren lauds, N.VV.

57.

A. calamifolia.

Sweet, in LindL

BoL

Reg.

L 839.

A tall

shrub,

glabrous

and often glaucous or

slightly menly, the branches rather slender

and terete. Phyllodia linear-subulate, in the northern specimens very slender ""^ and mostly 3 to 4 in. long, in the more southern ones usually about 2 in. ana from that \c\ R in and an/^l flipn slightly flattened i often sli'ditlv to 3 in., rov/iKr then offpTi shorter, and rarely olirt-+or nearly 1 line alwi V broad but thick,' scmetimes slender as in the long ones, always |apering into a fine only wears away with age, nerveJess

recurved point which or with one fine siiiallcr than Flower-heads globular, small nerve on each side.

pugiotM ^lowers numerous, mostly 5-merous.

snort,

Calyx thin and transparent, with

spathulate sepals.
Petals

broad, ciliate lobes,

often

splitting into

2^ hues to curved, 2 usuaUy long, in. 6 often 5 or and hard valves the seeds, distant contracted between the convex over often allong, funicle longitudinal; the seeds. Seeds oblong, encircling the seed, then bent back and returning within the previous f'^f iWd, thickened fleshy aril, turbinate shortly or at the end into a long clavate -^odd. Bot. Cab. t. 909 F. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 12 A. pulvendenla, A. Cu ?-i Benth. in Hook. Loud. Journ. i. 342 (the shorter-leaved southern "Fcimens)

smooth, distinct. "'oad but much

Pod

etc., A. Cunmngham, Lachlan, Macquarrie, Wales. la the interior, on the r^- ^^tehell; collection. Leichhardes in f^'"' Liverpool plaius, C. Moore; also Victoria. Nj , unfremient in the N.W. desert, T. Mueller. ^ , , ^ ^ \^'stralia. Desert land from the Murray to Speiicer's Gulf and Kangaroo Island, e,t, ending northward to Lake Torrens, F. Mueller and others. Muell. F. WMelmuana, V^lheUndana. Phyllodia sh;rter, peduncles longer.-f J*^.

S-

Jer

rr!^^'''-

^.^"- I"t. Vict.

i.

37.-S.

Australia,

Brown, F.Mueller.

of A. neLtopkylla, F. Muell.. I had, *^ specimens). ' ^"S ^<^1 "gi"all3- ^ent with F. Mueller's <^?f"f Eh^th" ,f /J^' .l'"^' *J the phyllodia. the of venalioa northern . Bynoeana, which is at once known by the

the

name

Linn.-ca

xivi.

612 (o.ing

.58. A. scirpifolia, Meum. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 10. Quite glabrous or ^^e young Phyllodia angular. branchlets shoots veiy sparingly pubescent ;

3-tO

XL. LEGXJMixos.f:.

[Acacia.

3 mostly point, innocuous reonrved minute with a linear-sul)u!ate, obtuse or very Stipules 1-nerved. obscurely to 5 in. long, terete or slightly flattened, 30 about of head globular small a Peduncles solitary, bearing deciduous.

flowers,

Calyx mostly 5-merous. straight long, Pod smooth. Petals corolla. toothed, about half as long as the seeds, the between contracted much or nearly so, about 2 lines broad and funicle longitudinal oblong, Seeds ; valves hard, very convex over .the seeds. dilated. or thickened last much the least of with short folds, 2 at '*-^' &ih Brummond, rivers, Murchison Vr. Australia. Between Moore and ^J^^salicina and of those A. nearly are calyx pod The aud Oldfield. lodia and seeds are more those of some o| the Calamiformes.
its allies,

turbinate,

truncate,

obtusely

sinuate-

but the phyl-

shrub glabrous erect exteu^a, Lindl. Swan Rlv. pp. 13. 59. almost sometime^ of several ft., witli elongated branches, always ang^lar and be to scarcely Phyllodia linear-subulate, rigid but slender, often winged. tew sometimes recurved, distinguished from branchlets, erect spreading or proa with length, and short, mure frequently from 3 or 4 in. to. twice that

A.

An

minent nerve on each

Peduncles solitary a-meroiis. mostly flowers, ceraose, bearing each a globubr head of 20 or more smooth, Petals Calyx turbinate, thin, truncate or shortly and broadly lobed. broiui lines Pod long, linear, straight or curved, about li united at the base.
side.

or shortly and

irregularly ra;

and contracted between the seeds valves thinly coriaceous. tliickened. much usually longitudinal ; funicle with short folds, the last 2 Hajno. Hort. Sem. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. \. & A. graminea, Lehm. Del. i- 228, Gaiteiifi. 1842; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 5; A. pentaedra, Eegel,
;

Seeds

obloiig,

t.

24.

W.
60.

Australia,

Swan

Elver, Thiimmond,
;

"[st

Princess Royal Harbour, Preiss, n. 983

rivers, Oldfield.

Gordon ranges,

MolJoy -""g'' Mrs. river, Coll.; Vasse ana a Pres.tou Maxwell

;

A Beuth, in Linnaa, xxvi. 613; ^'^^^/''^jj^ji^ shrub, allied in some respects to A, sulcata; branches angular. te'Yiv ey acu and rigid point, short net crowded, linear, ipcurved, obtusp with a ^^^ o 2 base, 1 the at iiarrow<^d tragouous by the very prominent nerves, t)^j i^ng, Imes to 4 _ 2 pairs, iti long. Stipules minute. Peduncles usumUv 5-meroi.jS. mostly ing each a globular head of abo.ut 12 tq 20 flo;.yers, cw the as very thin, often separating into distinct sepals, half as long ^^^| the between sf^f '/^ contracted Petals smooth. Pod linear, flat, slightly
A. gonophylla,

tuiucie the of 2 lines broad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal, the last fold short and turbinate, the next long and ccuisiderably dilated. t?

V/-. Australia. Towards Cape Riche, Breraer Bay, MaxwelL

-

Bnimmond,

Uh

ColL

nA

Philhps Kaa^e
cr

anJ

; ,

Var. crassifoUa. Lower phyllodia sometimes 2 in. long, very thick and much narrowed at the Heads rather larger, with more flowers. Towai-ds the Great Bight, MflxwelL A fragment from Kojonerup range has the sHpnles almost sptnescent; ^ accural for Phillips range, has the phyllodia not \ in. long ; neither are sufficient

or lioear-cun.eate diluted, ^^^^^^^^ form. co the in as oues base, upper

j^^^^

^
'

oblong*

f^jd

j/termi-

nation.

61.

A. cricifoHa,

Benll.

in HooJc.
ft.,

shrub, attaining sometimes 3 or 4

loud. Jonm. \. 345. ^ hirsute. loosely or glabrous

flattened

liiishT

^^^^.^i^^dia

VJ^ge,

numerous, shortly

linear-terete

or

slightly

horiaoutauy.

Acacia.]

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.
to

341

mostly
scurely

j^

bearing
,

narrowed at the base, nerveless or ob1-nerved. Stipules deciduous. Peduncles short, solitary or in pairs, each a head of about 15 to ^20 or rather more flowers, mostly 5Sepals

f very

rarely 1 in. long,

merous.
middle.

Young

narrow-spathulate. Petals smooth, united to the pod hard and terete, byt not seen fully formed.^. Hookeri,
free,
ii.

Meissh. in PI. Preiss.

203.

Svvau lliver, Lrummond^ Xst Coll. (n, 300, according to Melssner), 2nd Col/, n, 141, Preiss, n. 981 ; Murchisou rirfer, Oldjleld. Narrow-leaved specimens of AJeptosjiermoides might at fii-fet be mistaken for tKs species, but may be known by at least 3 nerves visible under a lens, at least at the base of the leaf.
I

^^' Australia.

A low bushy shrub, Lbinaa, xxvi. 613. glabrous or the young slioots minutely pube'scent; branches terete or slightly angular. Phyllodia shortly linear-subulate, terete or nearly so, mostly about 1 UK lono;, faintly 1- or 3-nerved on one side", narrowed at the base and as it were petiolatfe. Stipules minute, deciduous. Peduncles 2 to 4 lines long, rather slender, solitary or in pairs, bearlni? each a small globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals distinct, natrow-spathnlate. Petals smooth. Pod (from the remains on one specimen) not above \^ lines broad, not conin

62.

A.

tihcinella^ Benih.

traded between the seeds.

W. Australia.
63.

In the

interior.

J^ S. Roe; W.

tributary to the Oldfield river,

Max-

bushy, heath-like, glabrous shrub F. MuelL Herb. of 3 or 4 ft., the very numerous slender branches mostly ending in fine thorns. Phyllodia shortly linear-terete or slightly flattened horizontally, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, nerveless on one side, faintly 1- or 3-nerved on the other, almost petiolate. Flowers not seen. Fruiting peduncles 3 to 4 lines 'ong, bearing Pod about 1 in. long, the sears of a head of several flowers. la lines broad, the at thickened short, funicle flexiiose. orbicular; Seeds
end, but

A, oxyclada,

not seen perfect; 'W^ Australia. Murchison

river,

Oldfield.

The

species has the habit of the

Uni-

^^rves spinescentes,

but the phyllodia are almost terete.

linear-subulate small, numerous, Bkunioide;^. Phyllodia (except in A, with mor obtuse crowded, or co)iferta\ verticillate, clustered hocuous Or rarely axillary simple on heads, globular rigid points. Flowers in

Skries V.

peduncles usually exceeding the phyllodia.

the ^f^fervjs pass into they group, this are the majority of the Species of verticdlata, but ^repifolicB through A. in also occur phyllodia A. Verticillate
I^istinct as

conferL

are there rigid

and pungenti

A
shrub of 3

much-branched

Fir short-leaved of a aspect the of 4 ft., the specimens having or of an hnearverticillate, Phyllodia Eqnisetttm ; Kmnches shortly villous.

almost head small a each bearing setaceous. Peduncles 2 to 4 lines long, Calyx cihate. 20 to 30 flowers, densely receptacle the 5-raerous, mostly f ^foacl Petals narrow smooth, obtusely lobed, not half so long as the corolla. "sually cohering ly to 2 m. acuminate, incurved, to the middle. Pod sessUe, 'ong, about 2 lines broad, the valves hard, longitudinally striate, with broad

ffm, pules

4-gorioiis, rigid,

pungent-pointed, i to

m. long

Sti-

343
smooth margins. at the end into a turbinate

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

[Acacia.

Seeds oblong, longitudinal

aril,

funicle folded

and thickened
roclss,

but not seen perfect.

MV. Australia.
gerald Range,

Soutlern
Bland,

districts,

Brummond,

Mh

Coll. n.

among

Fitz-

Mount

etc.,

Maxwell.

muchA 172. 65. A. lycopodifolia, hairs spreading short very with clothed branched diffuse or divaricate shrub, whorl, the in to 10 about 8 verticillate, and more or less viseid. Phyllodia

A. Cunfi. in

Hook.

Ic.

PI.

t.

subulate, rarely above 3 lines

long and often only

1 to 2 lines, sulcale with a

prominent

vein on each side, erect at the base, recurved at the

end with

a fine

the as long as nearly g,labrous viscid point, sometimes very short, sometimes phyjlodia, the than Peduncles longer Stipules setaceous. phyllodium.

the 5-merous, mostly flowers, bearing each a globular head of numerous teeth. acute small with short, Calyx very protruding when young. middle, the above united pubescent, several times as long, striate,

bracts

Petals
loci

slightly or straight flat, quite sessile or very shortly contracted at the base, oborbicular, nearly Seeds curved, 1 to 1^ in. long, 2^ to 3 lines broad. Hque, the last fold of the funicle thickened into a fleshy aril.

Cambridge Gulf, N.W. coast, A. Cunnimjham ; Arnliem^b. Mueller; F. Bynoe, river, Victoria Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition;

N. Australia.
row;

Haramersley Range,
cay.

i?.

also in Ze?'e/(^r</if'i collection.

Pubescence mucli shorter or disappearing. Var. glahrescens. Calyx but sulcata, with recurved points, as in the ordinary form. Pod sessile.^, as^erulacea, P. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii.
Mueller,

nofr \ lon^c rather Phyllodia rather more proiuiueu.

123. Victoria
Lond. Journ.

nve),

A. hiDDuroides. Seward
.

i.

344.

...o...., ... ,.......a.., ou....., o...... ^..j

as in J, lycopodifolui.

longer, much are of which it may possibly prove a variety, but the phyllodia tm^^j calyx, the attaining 5 or 6 lines, straiglit not recurved at the end, and stria e Petals membranous, is at least one-third as long as the corolla.

pod

sessile, as in

A.

lycopodifolia.

; Usborne's Harbour, N.W. coast, -j Creek, M^Douall Stuarfs Expedition. ^^A ng^^^ more phyllodia the in differs A fragment from M'Douall Stuart's Expedition ^^_ short, but with the same strui^^ht poiuts, the atems more viscid, awnless, P"^^^f j^ the ^ Jj au tind, to difficult pccially in the extreme tenuily of the calyx, which it is rather glabrous and broader but petals membranous and smooth, as in 4. cedroides^
,

K. Australia.

Voyaye of the Beagle

At

A
tinely subulate ptiyiioaia, as

Pubescent

or

tomcntose, with verticillate ^vllu^^^^^ s^lcate but the phyllodia are more slender, slightly striate only, not v^^^ apparently miiient nerves, 2 to 5 lines long, recurved at the end but ^^^ viscid points, blowers mostly 5-merons, in globular heads on P^^^"^-^,j as ceeding the leaves, as in that species, but the calyx is at 1^^^* /^^^^ o iji^es. to long as the corolla, and the pod is always borne on a stipes of 3

A. ^y^^P^.}^^^^

W. Australia.
Brown
68.

Victoria river, F. mielhr ; islands of the ; and a variety with rather stouter phyllodia, Sweers Island,

Carpentaria, of Gulf

Henne,

Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 344. -*^PP^^^^^^^^^^ tere the ^^r^^ high, undershrub, with erect or ascending stems, under 1 ft.

A. Baueri,

Benth

in

lets

minutely pubec,ccnt, otherwise glabrous.

o whorls Phyllodia in

Acacia.]

XL,

leguminos^,

343

prominent nerves, but often a slight furrow Tiiiderneath, recurved at the end and obtuse or with a minute point, about 4 to 6 lines long. Stipules minute or none. Peduncles rather longer than the phyilodia, bearing a veiy small head of 10 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merou3 and scarcely | line long. Calyx fully half as long as the corolla, with acuniinate teeth. Petals with a prominent midrib, but not striate. Pod falcate,
narrowed at eacli end,
not seen.

linear-subulate, terete, ^vitliout

'

1^

to 2 lines broad, hard, longitudinally striate. Seeds H. Brown^ without the precise

N. Australia.
plant is that of

N.

coast,

station.

The aspect

of the

suhteryiata^ but the phyllodia are verticillate as in the preceding species,

although fewer in the whorl.

69.

A, subternata,

F, Mvell. in Journ. Linn, Soc,

iii.

124.

A gla-

brous shrub of 3 to 5 ft. ; branchlets angular, sulcate, slightly viscid when young. Phyllodia mostly in clusters of 2, 3 or 4, linear-terete or veiy slightly compressed, with short recurved or hooked points, 3 to 6 lines long, without

Peduncles scarcely longer than the phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. ' Sepals rather rigid, linear-spathulate, fully half as long as the corolla, united in a.5 -nerved cup at the base.' Petals
prominent nerves

and scarcely furrowed.

Stipules minute or none.

united to the middle. Pod flat, rigidly coriaceous, much narro\yed into a long stipes, about 2 lines liroad in the upper part, somevyhat viscid, very obliquely striate, with thickened margins and oblique paiiitions
slightly striate,

between the seeds.

gradually thickened

Seeds oblong, obliquely transverse

funicle straight,

from the base

to the end.

H. Australia.
or

Table land, Upper Victoria river, F. Muelkr. Leichhardfs '^ aBnear rpfprnhlfi to the same species. snecies. appear to hfi be referable
70.

Some young specimens

A. brcmiades
tely pubescent.

heath-

Phyllodia

crowded, but Imes to 4 linear-terete, 2 scattered or irregularly verticillate, ^ong, with Stishort straight points, without prominent nerves or furrows. a pules minute each beanng phyllodia, or none. Peduncles longer than the
globular

head of rather small flowers, mostly lobes, cdiate ^^gular, half as long minutely obtuse as the corolla, with short mals free, smooth with rather prominent midribs. Pod not seen.
5-ffierous.

Calyx turbmate,

Q^eensla,id.

Brisbane river, A, Cunninghim

Mounts Hooker and Lindsay, Fraser.

i.

315. Phyllodia brandies. shrub, witli terete slightly pubescent or to ^'o^yded, scattered compressed, 4 3 or irregularly verticillate, linear, slightly with or nerves 5 lines long, ri-id, mostly obtuse, without f^^e y none. or minute thickened Stipides nerve-like margins, i to 1 line broad. numeof head globular J'^^cluncles longer a than the phyllodia, bearing each or dislinct linear-spathulate, ?."^ small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals promi. slightly *J'f?htly with but united at the base. Petals distinct, smooth, lines ^ent midribs. 5 font Pod very flat, stipitate, obtuse, 1 to "^-J^"S'
71; conferta*. *aU heath.Jike

A.

Journ, Land. Hook. in A. Cunn.; Benth.

'rf^a, glaucous. '^^ted into a

Seeds cup-shaped

funicle the of fold last nearly ttansverse, ovate, the

ai'il.

Vtieeasland,

Shoalwater Bay,

i?.

Brown ; Dawson

river, F.

Mueller

tnbutaries of

344

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Jcach.

the MacquaiTie, J. Cumihiffham; on the upper Maranoa, Mitchell; also

Collection.

Leichhardfs

Series YI. Uninerves. Phyllodia vertically flattened, either narrow and obtuse or with a short oblique or innocuous point, or broad and obtuse
acute or rarely pungent-pointed, with 1 central or nearly marginal nerve, or very rarely 2-nerved. Flowers in globular heads, either on simple axillary peduncles, solitary or in pairs or clusters, or several in axillary racemes.
the species with l-nerved phyllodia and ^lohular flower-lieads, where the phyllodia are not continuous with the stem as in the Alatts and Continua, nor narrow aud pungent as in the Fuiigenies, nor terete or tctragouous as in the Calamiformes, nor whorled as in the Brimioidece, The nerve is usually central or nearly so, with the small

This series comprises

all

where the nerve is exccntrical or near the lower juargin, one or two of the principal veins will sometimes arise from near the base on the upper side, hut diverge from the midrib and are not continued to the end of the phYllodium as in the Plurinerves. A. vernicifiua, and a very few others, have most or some of
veins,

when

conspicuous, pinnate or reticulate

their phyllodia 2-nerved as iu the %-\itxst\ Fhirlnerves^ hut are placed among the c;nnerves^ either because the second ucrvc is very inconstant or from their close affinity to
species

where

it

does not exist.

shrubs with spiiiescent branches. Phyllodia Stipules small, usually narrow, not pungent, without marginal glands. minute or none (except sometimes A. scabra). Peduncles 1-headed.

A. Spinescentes.

Eigid

Spiiiesceut braaches occur also in a very few of the Armata aud of the Tiiangnlares of the preseut series, in some of the Punyentes, and in A. amblygona among Plurinerves.

72. A. scabra, BeutJi. in Lmna;a, xxvi. 605. shrub with rigid diPhylloJia varicate spinescent branches, more or less scabrous-pubescent. linear-oblong, very oblique or falcate, obtuse or with a small recurved point,

about \ in. long, 1 to 2 lines broad, rather thick and l-nerved, scabrous-puspinescent. bescent or at length glabrous. almost or Stipules small, setaceous Peduncles about as long as the leaves, bearing each a globular head of aMve e, cilia and 30 flowers, mostly 5-merou3. Calyx thin, the lobes obtuse
readily separating into spathulate sepals, fully half as long as the corolla. narrowripe) Petals thin, with slightly prominent midribs. Pod (not seen

thickened nerve-like margins. Australia, Brummond, 2nd Coll. n. 162. Allied on the one baud ing species, on the other to some of the narrow-leaved Armatce.

linear, flat, with

W.

to the follow-

73. A. nodiflora, Bmlh, in Limum, xxvi. C21. rigid virgate branches and divaricate branchlets, often spinescent ^"^^^^^ j talcai glabrous. Pliyllodia clustered on the old nodes, linear, oblique or ' tiQc 1 to obtuse or with a small oblique point, rarely above \ in. long, ^ * ^, as about broad, l-nerved. Peduncles slender, Stipules minute or none.

long with shnib

long as the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of numerous fioner^. ooth. sm Petals mostly 5-merous. Sepals nan-ow-Iiuear, spathulate, free.
readily separating.

Pod not

seen.
Coll. n. 8.
slirub, snr
<

W. Australia, Bruumond, Ath

74.

glabrous A 621. in Limaa, xxvi. with numerous slender striate spinescent branches. Phyllodia Imear-tai obtuse or mucronulate, mostly 2 to 3 lines long, and under 1 line proati, oca phyllodia. scurely l-nerved. Peduncles slender, about as long as the

A. spinosissima, Bmlh.

Acacia,]

XL. LEGUMlNos^..

345

each a very small

mostly 5-merous. Calyx very short, truncate or sinuately toothed. Petals smooth. Pod linear, flat, with nerve-like margins, 1| or scarcely 2 lines broad, on a rather long stipes. Seeds nearly globnlar, the funicle filiform to the end, but not seen quite ripe, W. Australia, Brummond^ Wi ColL n, 51.
flowers,
75.

head of 6 to 10 small

A, ulicina^
4

Meissn. in
ft.,

PL

P/^eiss,

ii.

202.

rigid spreading gla-

the branches sulcate-striate, the smaller short ones spmescent or reduced to small thorns. Phyllodia linear, obtuse or obliquely mucronate, often 1 in. long on the main branches, | to |- in. on the side ones,

brous shrub of 2 to

Peduncles short, bearing each a globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-nierous. Calyx obtusely lobed, half as long as the corolla, "etals smooth, but with pronn'nent midribs. Pod linear, very flexuose, 1 to la Hues broad, much contracted between the seeds. Seeds obovate-oblong, thick; the funicle with a first short filiform fold, the next thickened into a club-shaped, almost hood-shaped aril, almost as long as the seed.
^

obscurely l-nerved.

W76.

Australia^ Lru7mnond, 2nd Colh

m

n,

147

^ovves river and S. Hutt river, Oldw

field.

360. A rigid spreadi^Jg glabrous Phyllodia obliquely shrub, with striate spinescent branches. obovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or uuicronulate, 3 to 5 lines long and 1
^

A, erinacea,

Bent/i. in ffooi\

Loud. Journ.

i.

to 2

broad, thick, rigid

bearing each a
very short,
ciidribs.

and obscurely l-nerved. Pedimcles 2 to 4 lines long, head of about 20 or' fewer flowers mo^^tly 5-merous. Calyx
Petals smooth, without prominent

W
B.

tnuicate or minute-toothed. Pod not seen.

S.J

Brum77to7id {2?id or Zrd Coll,),

it.

163.

or undershrubs, not spinescent (except sometimes ^ ^'Congesta and A. idiom orpha). Phyllodia from oliovate to lanceolate, rarely above 1^ in. long, more or less undulate, with a central nerve and
,

Armat^. Shrubs

usually nerve-like

^oe at

all.

margins, the margiual gland very small and obscure or Stipules generally persistent, either spinescent or subulate, or

acuminate or phyllodia-like.
Persistent rigid stipules there are some

Peduncles IdicaJed.

of this group, charaderistics (he are ]>hvlIodia aud short undulate stipules species in which the stipules occasioually disappear, and spinescent

Aiujudiamong dentifera A. and se>dis A. Tiiangutdres and in /f^; the nudulate phyllodia occur also iu A. hlsjddula and A, imdnlifoha among Brecu J^iKe. I ibrnieilv considered Armatce as a primary series, hut finding the characters so ^?ne, I have now thought it more couveuleut to divide them into subseries of Uninerves
^S'st also

iu several of the

''^i

Plurinerv es.

'7'

With J^ith

nearly terete shortly hirsute branches. Phyllodia semiov ate, recurved^'cjite, i to puninto a taperin^ broad, g Hues I or rarely 1 in. long, 2 to 5

A* Huegelii ^
narrowed

An

erect

hnshy shrub,

curved with a pubescent, undulate, at the base, often peJitral nerve. bearshort, Peduncles spitiescent. Stipules setaceous, almost Calyx none. Jfgeach a small head of 20 to 30 flowers, mostly 5-uicrous.
g^^it

point,

Petals

united above the middle, hirsute outside. sessile, linear, falcate, 1 in. lon<r, 2 lines wide,

Pod
flat

(according to Meissner) with nerve-like margins,

i.

Pubescent. Hueg. Bot. Archiv,

t.

10

Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

7.

346
Australia.
Preiss

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

[Jcacia.

Port and Eiver Swan ; Fraser Hueffel, Swan Eiver,

Lesclenault,

erect glabrous A rrou.n.'i^v. Leg. Mem. nv. -aer^OSB., A.. 78 an acutely and prominently 3 ft., branches or 2 1 to of undersln-ub or shrub rigid, rather incurved-falcate lanceolate, broadly rhyllodia striate, and ffular

^^'i^;

but

to point, 1 short into a t'apering undulate, usually

margins. nerve-like and nerve with a nearly rather i^ to ot head 8 each a Peduncles short, usually 2 or 3 together, bearing orsonielobed, broad, and large flowers, mostly 4-merous. Calyx very short at uiiitecJ spreadmg, smooth, longer, times several Petals any. times scarcely Meissn. t. PI. 4 Sert. ; Pod not seen.Pield and Gardn. the base only. in PL Preiss.'i. 7, ii. 200.
central

or rarely 2 in. long, Stipules spmescent.

W.
Coll.

^rummondM Biver Swan Expedition ; AustraUa. Geographe Bay. Baudin's "f summit Oldjield river, -"P^"Gordon ; n. 200 or 298, Ira^er, and others inana stipules the but The flowers resemble those ol A. myrtifolia,
;

tain, Preiss, n. 936.

florescence are quite different.

undersbrub An 329. 79. A. obovata, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. i. angular-stuate with ft-, more or less scabrous-pubescent, or shrub of 1 to lue long, into 1 ^ 1 obtuse, oblong, or obovate phyllodia Lower branches. u mucii all pungent-pomted, and acute incurved-falcate, upper ones broadly pmna and midnb dulate, with thickened nerve-like margins, a prominent together,jm)iu 3 2^_or or soUtary ^^ ~ cj Peduncles XCUUm^iCO oujimij setaceous. Stipules SClilUCUUO. veins. OHJJUICS tlv 4 ^ mosi^^j^^ 6' to 8 flowers, long as the phyllodia, bearing each a head of about ni the acuminate more but nervosa, J. calyx as in with very short a merous, bud. Pod not seen. Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 8.

"W. Australia.
931.

Cape teewin, Vollie ;

gravelly places,

Green Mouutain,

Pretss, n.

A 327. i. "'-In. uuutn. u. ix. congesia, jiemn. in hook. jmuu. ^ ^|j_ rhyiio spinescent. with divaricate terete pubescent branches, often ^^^^^ muc shortly and acute or liquely oval-oblong or falcate-lanceolate, obtuse usually brbad, lines 4 i to I or rarelv nearly 1 in. long, 2 to "".^"^'''^^ijjg pmnaie glabrous, not thick, "with a prominent midrib and obscurely
shrub, rigid -,.

^^^^^
,

Stipules very short, usually spinescent.

Peduncles

solitary or

'^1"^^'='"''''

j^^_ ing each a globular head of numerous (40 to 50) small t'^^" as long as half fully merous. Sepals free, linear-spathulate, ad much thick, but tals smooth, glabrous. Pod linear, compressed ^^^ij^j^jg J^ or folds last 2 the contracted between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal, ^^j^j^^^ ^^^ the of end . the at expanding into an oblique cup-shaped aril -^g^jii i> not 01 iu PL Preiss. ii. 200 ; J. Baxteri, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 7,
"^j

flowers,

5.

W. AustraUa, Brummond, 2nd

different.

Coll. n.

293; near York,

.977. Very

resembles some varieties of A. armata, hut the stipules are

^"''^'"''l' smaller autl in

^xl'^sJ.^^^ J

81.

A. dermatophyUa,

Benth.

Quite glabrous.

jranchlets angjl^j
_
.

^^^''^ ^' undulate, Phyllodia oblong-cuneate, somewhat falcate, a^ce with rigid, or callous point, | to 1^ in. long, very tliick and ng Stipules and thick nerve-like margins, scarcely prominent. a each persistent. Peduncles shorter than the phyllodia, beann?

tj-gi

nerve

^^^^^^^^^
'

^^

gio.

/icfwia,]

XL. LEGUMINOS.E.

347
Sepals narrow, linear-spa-

bular

head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous.

or shortly united at the base.
Murcliison river, Oldfield.

thulate, free

Petals smooth.

Pod unknown.

The specimens are small, but the smooth thick phjllodia distinguish them from all the Armata, except some varieties of J. nervosa, from which it is easily known by the broader nhyllodia, less pungent stipules, and much more
Australia.
numerous 5-merous flowers.

W.

Three Exped. ii. 139. A spreading shrub, attcfiiiing several ft., very resinous and rough with a glandular viscid Phyllodia oblong-linear, pubescence branches rigid, nearly terete, striate. oblique and more or less undulate, obtuse or with an incurved innocuous sh'ghtly and nerve point, i to 1 in. central a with long, or rarely 1^ in. Peduncles solitary tbickened nerve-like margins. Stipules small, setaceous. globular or in pairs, not above dense a each bearing thick, rather ^ in. long, bead of 30 to 50 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous. Bracts usually acuminate
82.

A. aspera,
;

Lindl.

in MitcJi.

and protruding
tlie

beyond the buds.

less united to the

end,

more or

at glandular-pubescent spathulate, Sepals united glabrous, smooth, Petals middle.

to

the middle.

lines

3 about long, in. to 2 1 Pod linear, curved, gland ular-hispid, broad, contracted between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal, oval-oblong
;

ard cup-shaped almost an with short folds, the last 2 thickened into A. erythrocephala, at the base Jof the seed. F. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 21 Cnnn. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jouru. i. 362 (a narrow-leaved form),
fnnicle
;

Lachlan river, J. (7w^/^^'j i j ^ , and forest-lauds Victoria. Junction of the Loddon and Murray, SUtckell ; open barren rabby ridges, Serra and Victoria ranges. Gramnians, Forest Creek, Black Forest, Goulbuiu Jrok-en nvers, F. Mueller. ., t, . ^ Tn less mucti Bracts Va^.densifolia. sessile. Flower-heads almost Phvllodia smaller." ^miuate. iuate.-J. drigosa,Uy^^. in Mitch. Three Esped. ii. 185, not of Lmk; A. densijoha, *nth. in Hook. Lond. ^htchell. Zero, Mount ,., Near 360. Journ. i. re.adiy however is v>h^A This species has been sometimes confounded with A. /nspldula itli heads smaller the Juown by the tubereulatc almost denticulate margins of the phyllodia, pod. fewer flowers 2-seeded 1or and especially by its short broad thick straight
/

N. S. 'Wales.

bushy A. armata, B. Br. in Ait. Ilort. Ketc.ed. 3. v. 463 hirsu^angular-stnate, sfrub, attaining sometimes 10 ft. or more ; branches nor oblong Pubescent semiovate, obliquely
S3.
^all

Phyllodia th a point obhque curved-lanceolate, Undulate, obtuse or with a very short m^ above to 1 hues 4 from I'^arly central varying veins, midrib and pinnate
length,

or rarely glabrous.

seeds, softly villous or rarely glabrous ^ptudinal, the funicle slightly dilated nearly f^'O'^/b^^'^^^' foMs, Jardseed.-Bonpl. scarcely

f^^eu

half *. nearly tl'^^'-i^'^^^ and to .^r'' in breadth from one-fifth ^ long ight, divaricate lines 5 to 4 ^^^^^If^^^^^^^^ often and spincscent, " Jf ^f rathei of ^"^out as long head globular as the phyllodia, bearing a f into sepals separatmg 70US flowers. Calyx thin, lobed, but not usually ghibrous narrow Jout half as long as the cm-olla. Petals ^^"^r-ted^be. ^^^^-^J^^ not broad, lines K-ht or curved, 3 to 2 to 2 in. long, oblon See^ hispid. or the

ro"

more thickened under the t. 49 Cab Bot^ J,V^od. ii. 449; Bot. Mag.t. 1653; Lodd. 267. u. Exped. ^*- Vict. ii. 3 ^./r7.ra, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Cunmngham A. Kaage, Peel's
;

/"S Malm, t
t

55 55 F. Muell.

^-

no?I"orthward

^^^-to

New

Blue Mountains and England, C. Stuart.

in the interior to

348

XL. LEGUMINOSJE.

[Jcacia.

rivers, near Broken and Goulburn Phillip lo Port near from Victoria. Barren ridges Mueller. F. Glenelg, of the mouth the towards and Creek lorest KcMount and Gulfs s Vincent St. and Spencer^s to S. Australia. From the Murray markable, T, Mueller; Kangaroo Island, R. Brown, Waterhowse. , ,, river, Murchison Baxter; the K^), MT. Australia. King George's Sound (or to

Oldfield.

Wild. Enum. Bot. Cab. t. 753 ; Reichb. Ic. et Descr. PI. t. 89. . n is said to nave and much, vanes whefe it This species is now an old inmate of our gardens, all me or some to nerve second Some of these forms have a been frcqnentlv hybridized. orwiWsJ include forms garden The.se pbyllodia, or have the stipules very small or none. t. Ub. Bot. A. phora, Sweet, Fl. Austral, t. 24; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. ]469 Bot. m^in Grah. tnMis, A. i. 83 1312 A. wicracaniha, Dietr. in Allgem. Gart. Zeit. for tne given stations It is pussible that a few of the Western or out-of-tlie-way t. 3420. wild; as sent specimens cultivated species, may have been erroneously founded on
;

J ? 4 undutata ii. 449 ; A. Prod. DC. pamdora, J. narrower. Phyllodia Var. angusUfoVm. Lodd. t. 843 Reg. Bot. Acac. t. 3 ; Hort. Berol. Supj)!. 68 ; Weiidl. Comm.
1
'
1

Afx

t.

hMa,UM._

329. Journ.l Land. 84. A. idiomorpha, A. Cunn. ; BentJi. in Hook. villous as softly branches, shrub with veiy rigid divaricate often spinescent

Phyllodia broadly and nerye-Uice and nerve gent-pointect, about i in. long, with a strong central ^ f do1 1 sin2-ie ri -PI .. /^v,w =opn in n sin a in seen Flowers (only margins. Stipules spinescent, recurved.
well as the jjliyllodia.

pimundulate, ovate, obliquely

bular head sent with the specimen but not attached to

it)

numerous, 5-merous,

glabrous or nearly so.

W. Australia.
85.

Dirk Hartog's Island, A. Cunningham.

Meissn. in Fl. Preiss. i. 7. ov angular, hirsute or hispid with short hairS ; branches terete or slightly thick "S^^ mucronate, oblique, very lodia broadly ovate or orbicular, ^^^^'' sessile, much undulate, 1 to i in. long, obliquely obtuse at the base, som^^ cetaceous, Stipules minute, the gland, if any, at or below the middle. of ^""' head a each bearing times spinescent. Peduncles very short,
.

A. Shuttleworthii,

Apparently shrubby,

Calyx lobed, about ui lines about 3 coriaceous, _^. and Petals free, hispid. Pod flat, but thick as '""o^^.^^', twice and 2 -seeded either 1-seeded and nearly orbicular, or are there as obtuse, scabrous-pubescent, perhaps sometimes longer

12

flowers, mostly 5-merous.

co the as long half as

j,^

ovules.

^V. Australia, Branimond,

86.

n.

294.

A. Gregorii,

F.

pe and to f in. long, undulate, somewhat coriaceous, 1 -nerved ^^^^^^^^ Stipules small, lanceolate, acuminate, dry and persistent. ^oxi pr ^q J"Jj:'j^^ nearly as long as the phyllodia, bearing a globular head of 30 ' j, ^^ ^g^g i^' than ore Calyx i" flowers, mostly 5-mevou3. Bracts acuminate. ^^^^^^1, shgb Petals lobes. as the corolla, with naiTOw ciliate thin

shrub or undershrub of oblong with a small usually recurved point, narrowed

Mudl. Fragm. iii. 47. 1 to 1^ ft., softly pubescent.

diffuse or P'-"^"^^;^^

umbent
^^^^^

Phyliodia ouu
at the
^
^'''^^^'^^^j^^gj^ed.

smooth with prominent midribs, cohering

to the middle.

Pod u

y||^^^jj_

^^^

N. Australia.
describes
it

87.

A.

Expedition, ^j^ Gregory's F. '^geetl. N.W. coast, oceu evidently as a very rigid prickly shrub of 6 to B ft., but has branc^^^ ^eeuuibent pHosa, Benth. in Linncea, xxvi. G07.

Nichol Bay,

under dershrub or shrub, often under 1

ft.,

sometimes probably but

Jcacia,]

XL, legumjnos.e,

349
Pli)llodia oblique, obovate

or less or

hirsute with rather long spreading hairs.

broadly oblong, shortly acute or mucronate,

much narrowed

at

the base,

much undulate, 1-nerved, mostly ^ to 1 in. long. Stipules setaceous, almost spinescent. Peduncles about as long as the phyllodia, slender, bearing each Calyxa small globular head of about 13 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. lobes ciliate, fully half as long as the corolla. Petals hirsute, cohering to the middle. Pod obloug, flat, very coriaceous, obtuse, hispid, few-seeded, but
not seen ripe.

W. Australia,
Kti^a
83.
habit
rivers,
m

Drummond, Snppl
JBei/tli.

to

2rd ColL

n, 35,

Wi

Coll. n,

12; Gordon and

Oldjield ; Phillips Ranges, Maxwell.

A. crispula,

in Linncea, xxvi. 607,

Very near J. pilosa

in

and essential characters, but the phyllodia are

much

narrower, falcate-

oblong, rarely exceeding:

acute or

in. in length,

1 to

1^

lines broad, obtuse, shortly

mucronate, narrowed at the base, undulate, rather thick and 1-nerved. Stipules setaceous or spinescent. Peduncles slender, bearing a head smaller tban in A. pilosa, though often with more flowers, 5-merous and hirsute as
in that

W
'J.

species.

Pod luiknown.
Possibly

A. crassistipula,
shrub,

a small
lar.

more or

less

Apparently 62U. i. Journ. Lotid. Hook. Benlh. in angubranches hairs; spreading soft with hirsute

Phyllodia oblong-linear, falcate, undulate, with a short incurved or Stipules margins. hooked point, |- to nerve-like with 1-nerved f in. long, lite the Peduncles rather phyllodia and about half their size, persistant. about 3(1 to shorter than the of head globular small a phyllodia, bearing each half than nioj-e 40 flowers^ mostly 5-merous. lobed, shortly Calyx turbyiale, proa with but .long as the corolla. smooth, hirsute, Petals pubescent or
minent midi-ib, cohering to the middle,

Pod unknown.
to.

W.
C.

Australia, Biummond,

n. 295.

Allied

the last 3 species, but distiDgvishc4

from the wiiole

genus by the phyllodineous

stiimles.

spinescent. occasionally and Triangulares. Shrubs usually rigid %llodia small, rigid, the nerve either near the lower margin or rarely cen, the upper side more or less dilated, the margin rounded or angular, with
usually a

gland at the angle. I'eduncles 1-headed.

minute. or setaceous or Stipules spinescent

neariy =>argin lower the The,e are generally vrith characterized by the small phyllodia '"t They angle. acute or P=>^ J^.?ht, the upper one forming a very proniiuent obtuse j^ the where rnalUle^ved vomeriformu, pLyentes through some varieties of A. hdeniata oi A. iovm, ;^ost disappears, ,on^e and into the subserics ^;-m/.//<^, through b.ch come very near to A. obliqna. As in the case of the Armala, ^^^.^'g^'-^y f/,^to ^epa^ale he nature W'^ted the more appears Triavyulares as a distinct series, but it now only of the Plunsubscries as """yneryed from them consider

ff^'^^l^t

"ATM

the one-nerved species, and and Uninerves.

pubescent cormost ;r at a or haatate-lanceolate length glabrous. numerous, Phyllodia nerve centra with 1 J.^te tapering into pungent points, 2 to 3 lines long, and angular more one ^y o,wer margin rounded near the base, the upper very Peduncles ^>ially persistent. bearing a gland. Stipules setaceous,
terete,

Rees

shmb

of 2 or 3

,;

^^0 OD

XL. leguminosj:,

[Acacia.

short and slender, beaiing each a head of 3 to 5, usually 4, flowers, mostly Calyx veiy short, with broad obtuse lobes. Petals smootli,^ gla4-merous. Pod 1 to 2 in. long, scarcely above 1 line broad, curved, acuminate, brous. with a sprinkled o-kbrous or coriaceous, striate, longitudinally terete, nearly
thickened funicle the fold of lono;itudinal last the oblon*^, Seeds few into a short aril under the seed.DC. Prod. ii. 449; Bot. Mag. t. 3341; Meissn. in Pi. Preiss. i. 10.
hairs.
;

Sandy and rocky places. King George's Sound and adjoining K. Brown, MenzieSy Preiss, n. 959, and others.
'

W. Australia.
91.

districts,

A. horridula,

Meissn. in

PL

Preiss.

i.

9.

shrub of 2 or 3

ft.

branches virgate, rigid, terete or slightly sulcate, pubescent.^ Pliyllodia numerous, obliquely ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, tapering into a piiiigf^nt point, 3 to 4 or rarely 5. lines long, the upper an.i^de near the base slightly nerve, central nearly with a rigitl, prominent, witli or without a small gland, tlinii shorter Peduncles rigid. glabrous or pubescent. Stipules setaceous, 4mostly flowers, the phyllodia, bearing each a head of 3 to 5, usually 4, densely acute, Petals lobes. merous. Calyx very short, with broad obtuse villous. Pod pubescent when young, not seen fully formed.

"W. Aastralia, Dt-ummond,

river, Oldfield.

Preiss, n.

1151

Canning

Harvey 965; n, Treiss, river,

by

and narrower gpecimens of Harvey's from King George's Sound appear, however,
its

more

rigid,

distinguishable be to appears Althongh very near J. hastulafa, this species &ome villous petals.

more

oblique, less acuminate phyllodia,

to

be almost mter-

mediate.

92.

A. divergens,
;

BentJi, in

Hook. Lond. Journ.

i.

331.

Glabrous

or

pubescent

branches angidar, divaricate^ rather slender, triangular or 2-lobed, tapering to a pungent point, 2 to 4 lines loj|o' phylioauj the of base upper angle or lobe diverging at right angles from the and usual!}' bearing a gland, the midrib adjoining the lower straight ^'^l"?^"' i^ ot Stipules small, setaceous, almost spinescent, diverging from the base bearmo phylloclia, midrib. Pedicels filiform, often rather longer than the stioi Calyx each a small globular head of 8 to 12 flowers, mostly 4-merous.
open, broadly lobed.
in folia<^e

Phyllodia

niinieioiis,

Petals smooth, glabrous.

Pod

not seen.
Eesem
e*

9
J

VT. AustraUa, Lnmmond, 2nd

93.

Mnlloy. Mrs. river, Vasse Coll. n. 159; some forms of A. vomeriformis^ but the flowers are quite different.

A. Cum. ; A diffuse or procumbent rigid shrub branches ^^^\^^ ox itriangular Phyllodia numerous, from obliquely hmceolate to broadly .^^ tlie below rigid and pungent-pointed, 2 to 4 lines long, the upper angle ^^^ die, either short and rounded or very prominent, rarely beanng a S^"" slender, Peduncles midrib usually adjoining the lower straight margin. ^^ aMve ot lobular head
; ^^
'

A. vomeriformis,

Journ. Lond. Benlh. in Eooh. terete, pubescent or

i^^^^^^-

^^j

elongatea, glabrous, smooth, readily separating. often linear, Pod ,^^^^ SeeJs seeds. the aceous, glabrous, about*2 lines broad, contracted between ^, ^_ . PIMuell. nearly orbicular ; funicle short, filiform to the end. F. ^^ LonU. Hook. Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Ser. t. 82 ; A. Gunnii, Benth. in
i,

coronthe as long top, half as ^^^^^^ ik*

332; Hook.

f.

Fl.

Tasm.

i,

104.

t.

13.

Acacia.

XL. LEGUMiNOSai.

351

Blue ^rountains and westward towards the Macquarrie, A* Cunningham, Fraser, Huegel^ Miss Atkinson ; New England, C. Stuart, Victoria. Barren mountains, forests and scrubs, Forest Creek, Grampians, Mitta-Mitta
and Macalister rivers, sources of the

N. S. XVales.

Genoa

river, etc., ascending to

;

4000

ft.,

F. Mueller.

Tasmania.
beltown, etc., /.

Port de I'Esperance, R.

Brown

S.

Esk

river,

near Hobarton, near Camp-

B. Hooker, S. Australia. Lofty Range, Whittaker, F. Mueller ; Tattiara country, /. E, Woods,

94.

or

Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 3, v. 463. A diffuse bushy shrub, branches scarcely angular, pubescent or rarely glabrous.

A, biflora,
more or

with a small pungent point, the principal nerve near the losver straight margin, the upptr margin forming a prominent angle above the middle, usually bearing a gland,
Phyllodia
less triangular, 3 or
4-

lines or rarely

in. long,

and occasionally a secondary nerve tending towards

spinescent.

it.

Stipules setaceous or

Peduncles short, beanng each 2 or very rarely more 4-merous flowers, acuminate in the bud. Calyx short, ciliate, with broad lobes. Petals rather rigid but not striate. Pod flat with thickened nerve-like margins, often iin. long, 1-^ to 2 lines broad, acuminate and narrowed at the base, valves coriaceous. Seeds longitudinal, the last fold of the fuuicle thickened into a small aril under the seed. Wendl. Comm. Acac. t. 2; DC. Prod. ii. 449; Reiclib. Ic. et Descr. PI. t. Enum. 42 Hueg. in Benth. triangularis, ; A. 12
Meissn. in PI. Preiss.
i.

10.
Sound and eastward to Cape Riche, R. Brown, Baxter, Molloy, Mrs. Vasse river, others; and Preiss, n. 963 and 966,

W.
It

Australia.

Kina; George's
3^,

^Tummond,
varies in

Mh

Coll. n.

the buds nearly obtuse or heads have 3, 4 or even 5 flowers.

much

acuminate

and very rarely most of the flower-

bushy A 463. Br. in strub, sometimes ft., glato 12 10 attaining frequently low and diffuse, but trapezibrous or rarely sparingly irregularly or triangular Phyllodia hirsute. prinfonn, rigid, usually the top, the at broad as 4 to 8 lines long and nearly the cipal nerve pomt, smnll in a ending near the lower straight margin and ^Pper margin forming 1 or rarely 2 very prominent angles, tipped with a here gland, and Stipules nerves. secondary occasionally there are 1 or 2 faint flowers a^id there to 10 of bead 6 a each spinescent. Peduncles short, bearing Petals lobed. mostly 4.merous, broadly Calyx short, obtuse in the bud.
95.

A. decipiens,

AiL HorL Kew,

ed, 3. v.

free,

glabrous

and smooth.

scarcely base, the at narrowed 1 to lines broad, acuminate and with the fumcle contracted between longitudinal; Seeds oblong, the seeds. Wolds dilated into a thick obliquely turbinate ^x^[.''Mimosa ^m/^^^5, Keen.
to 2 in. long,

Pod

thick and hard, glabrous,

much mcurved

"i^Sm.

Ann. Bot. i. 366. t. 8 ; decipiens, DC. PL Descr. 1745, 3244 ; Meissn. et Ic. Eeichb. in PL Preiss. i. 8 ; ;^. 885 A, dolabriformls, Wendl. of not 1, Colla, Hort. RipuL
Prod.
ii.
;

449

Bot. Mag.
t.

12,

and

mcramta
not of K.

^Qok.

Ic.

PL

t.

370

A.

biflora,

Paxt. Mag.

ix.

221, with a

fig.,

352

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.
L

[Acacla.

with loosely hirsute angular branches.

Phyllodia cnneate-oblong, truncate at the end, |- to 1 in. long, the nerve much more central than in A, decipiens, curved and ending in a small point at the lower angle, the upper one usually also acute and sometimes longer, tipped with a, gland. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles nearly as long as the phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of 8 to 15 flowerSj mostly 4-raerous, smaller than in A, decipiens. Calyx broadly turbinate, half as long as the corolla, Avith broad obtuse lobes. Petals smooth. Pod much curved, hirsute, coriaceous, with thickened margins^ 2 to 3 in. long, about % lines broad. Meissn. in PL freiss, i. 9.

"%V. Australia.
(OT

Swan River and Rottenest

island, Fraser,

297?), Freiss, n. 954, 956, 957, and others. differences both in phyllodia ^nd llowers appear to be constant.

Buegel, Brunnnond, n. 257 Nearly allied to A, decipiens, but the

97.

A,

dilatata, Beuth.

in

Linncea^ xxvi. 608,

ri^^id

shrub, softly

pubescent. Phyllodia broadly trianguLir-cuneate, rigidly coriaceous, i to f in. long and almost as broad at the top, the principal nerve near the lower straight margin, with iisnally 1 or 2 other nerves diverging from the base, the upper angle obtuse, usually without any gland. Stipules setaceous or

Peduncles rarely \ in. long, bearing each a globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx half as long as the corolla, with narrow ciliate lobes. Petals strongly striate, hispid with a few rigid hairs.

spinescent.

Pod

not seen.

W. Australia,
9S.
^

Brurnmond.

The shape

of the phyllodia

is

not uultke that of some

of

the thick and broad-leaved forms of ^. decipiens, hut the flowers are very different.

Beuth. in Hook, Lo7id. Journ, i. 333. A very rigid divaricate shrub branches terete, pubescent, or rarely nearly glabrous, occasionally spinescent. Phyllodia obovate or cuneate-oblong, 2 to 4 lines or
;

A. bidentata,

nerve near the lower- straight margin terminating in a small point, with a secondary nerve usually diverging from the base, the upper margin forming a broad rounded or rarely acute lol)e or angle, often longer than the point. Stipules minute. Peduncles often exceeding the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of about 8 to 15 Petals flowers, either 4-merous or 5-merous. thin. and Calyx very small smooth. Pod (only seen loose) much curved or twisted, about 1| lines broad, with flat thinly coriaceous valves. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. Seeds lon^ntudliial.
rigid, the principal

rarely \ in. long, thick

and

1.

10.

isr A.Vi%tTBl\B,j Brurnmond, Preiss, n, 958, 969;

Kojonerup and Gardner

ranges,

phyllodia and flowers of A, bidentata, and very probably a variety only of that species, differing only in the phyllodia all narrow-cuneate slightly notched at the end, one angle or lobe acute or mucronate, the other obtuse. Neither species (or variety) has been seen in good fruit.

Victoria.
pedtiion,

Sand riJges of the Murray

desert, especially

i>Uowitfs about Kielkoyne,

aiinilar to those

W.

Australiaj, Brurnmond.

Specimens apparently precisely

from

^^^^^^^'^1

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

353

D BEEViFOLiiE.
or

or

Shrubs, never spinescent. Pliyllodia eitlier broad, ovate falcate, or narrow-oblong or linear, short, mostly under 1 in. long, obtuse with a small recurved innocuous point, or sometimes undulate and more
Stipules minute or none.

pointed.

Peduncles 1-heailed.

A.montana and some others of the Angnstifolice, might almost be included in the present suDsenes. A. anceps is very variable iu the form of its phyllodia, and they are usually arger than in other BrevlfolicB, but ou the whole, it appears to be better placed here than
n

These species pass into the Triatiffuhres through A. obliqna, into the short-leaved Calamjomes through A. lineafa, and some forms of A. dura ; aud the shorter-leaved forms of

any other subseries of Uninerves.

^' ^^^^"^> ^Til much-branched shrub,

pubescent.
^

^-

Benth.

in Ilooi.

Lond. Journ. I 334.

ong, the priiicipal

jniiiating

attaining sometimes several ft., glabrous or slightly Phyllodia obliquely obovate or orbicular, from i to nearly a in.

nerve scarcely prominent, near the lower margin, and terin a minute recurved point, with often 1 or 2 fainter nerves diverging

Stipules minute. Peduncles slender, solitary or in pairs, usually exceeding the phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of about 8 to

om

the base.

Sepals distinct, linear-spathulate, fully half as ong as the corolla. to 2 lines Petals smooth. Pod linear, twisted, woad with coriaceous valves. Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; funicle not folded, areely so long as the seed, gradually thickened almost from the base into a ciavate fleshy aril.^. cyclophylla, Schlecht. in Linntea, xx. 663 ; J. rotun<^mia. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4 Oil Paxt. Mag. xv. 133, with a fig.
,

"""^ers,

mostly 5-merous.

^^^les. Near Bathurst, i'VfWi?/; between the Lachlan and Macquarrie rivers, : ^ A ^^nningham ; Nangas, M' Arthur. ctona. At and near the Ovens ranges, F. Miieller. Lofty. Ba^^^*^^*Scrub Whittaker Encounter Bay, of ; ; the Se//;Murray" tt.J J
resemble some of the broader-leaved forms of J. bidenfata, but are less rigid flowers and fruit are those of A. ^P'"*'*^"'^' a<l the calyx is different. The acina^^''^'^", With which F. Mueller proposes to unite it as a broad leaved variety.
^''^"'"'^is

phyllodia, the exceeding ^''^^'^ ^^ "one. often slender, Peduncles be,ri 5-merous. ","S .^^f^li a gloljular head mostly ilowers, 20 to of about 10
'

beln'^'^

muchA Three Exped. ii. 267. Milch. br Dra^^l' i'^* ^''^'"^ ^^ several feet, usually glabrous, with the habit and essential chi" t either except ^^^from differing ^*% scarcely aiid A.Uneata, and 1 in'tr falcate, '"^''*^ phyllodia, somewhat or oblong obliquely are which rar k'^^^ above 1 in. long, obtuse at the end, with a small recurved point usually ^"^'^ ^'^"''' *he nerve somewhat excentrical, the marginal gland

*"^acea,

Lindl. in

J
1

+t

twS
ti,;.

''

Pi v-'^f' 'ct.

cui^ed or linear, Pod smooth. linear-spathulate. Petals '^^.^i^'^eous, ]i to 2 lines broad. Seeds longitudinal, the funicle .."^to a clavate fleshy aril, scarcelv so long as the seed. F. Muell
'^^'"'^'

a. 5

latrobei, Meissn. in PI. Preiss.

i.

10.

tlrou^fh

"'/?:

8 A \

^^i^uT
''^-

scrubby ridges somcwliat MUchell s '^'''*'^'" Pa'-t of the colony, except the eastern districts, F. Mueller. Hinders Range, ' *^e^>0' Cove, R. Brown ; near Spencer's Gulf and
^^*'" ^Jo""t William,

grassy and

bushy A ii. 'JOS. Syst. Gen. in G. Bon, sW^villous and or ^^^^^""^ ^^^^ pubescent usually terete, l>i-anches nearly ometf ^itnts hook hooked point. small slightly a htly resinous. with Phyllodia linear,

liaeata, A. Cmn.
'

Vol. II.

3j,j

XL. LEGDMIKOS.E.

[Jcacta.

i about

in Ion- or rarely |

m. or rather more,

tlie

nerve very near the loyer

Lt^n

rmlv ""r!^%
bitd.

Stipules minute, gland. any without and Id to ^l^-fj^l^^' of head 10 globular small a each bearing phyllodia, exceedin- the at. ---spatu distinct -oreflo.erVmostly'5-merous. Sepals

^mu%

lines to Z coriaceous twisted, or curved linear, Pod Petals smooth. 1 flesV.. clavate a into longitudinal. tl,e fuuicle thickened

Seeds Unn. A. rmoform., A. 3346 t. Mag. ; seed.-Bot. the as Ionscarcely so A. dasyphyUa, A. ii. 21 Vict. PL Muell. F. Don. Gen. Svst. ii. 404 u A. iorm) pubescent more , (a 359 i. Joura. Loud. Cunn. ; Benth. in 'Hook. imbricata, F. Muell. Fragra. i. 5, ii. 177. Cunmnglam. A. etc., Valley, Wellington Plains,

of the hneata, of that ^^;^' because runciformis, of name up the taking ^'f be to me to appear not does and botanists, as well as gardeners by adopteJ
tiouable.

S. Wales. Liverpool Morton. lockhart desert, N.W. Victoria. F. Bay, Domboy and Lincoln Port S. Australia, a.d^^^ .*/.? J^ of those are ^'--^''t and The habit, inflorescence, flowers followed '7/-t phyllod,a. 1 narrow ,vl.ich this species only differs in the

W.

'f-

Ml

f^^

*.

oDj "''J tjecitselt

103
erec?

A.

slut

i. 358. Journ. Lond. EooTc. in triquetra, Benth. t.se linear Phyllodia Lutely angled.

ait A glabrous

blches

minute recurved point, mostly under

nearly central,

narrowed at mmute Stipules none or minute gland n.arginal the

1 in. long,

f base the

^ the ue^^^

small S^^^^lj^ each a bearing phyllodia, dnncies rarely exceeding the \ Sepals 5-merous. mostly numerous ve'ry small flowers, "^^-'^-^^^/^J'Jh

ro clawed almost distmct narrow, smooth, Petals thubte, ciliate. bioaa I4 long, h^f curved, flat with nene-like margins, 2 to 3 in. .Don a ^"^0 thickened folded, not oblong, longitudinal, the funicle Meissn. ^^-y^''angudifolia, yar. shaped fleshy aril.-^. Memneri,

\^

,^,

109 and 292. pod^''^I'l^'^"^ fj^'t m ana phyllodia narrow in its Meissneri from A. branches, angular very glabrous .hri>_ glabrous 203 ii. Preiss. PI. in 104. A. lignstrina, Meissn.

W,

Australia, Baxter, Dmmmond,

n.

A. to alliea closely /'/!?''7^', . vei-y branches, with acutely angled often P' ^^' obliquely ""^^o^'^'K coriaceous more the in diilering rently 'icuous, in^on-I quite vems lateral the ends, both at narrowed long, 1 in. ^^^^^^ above the !on glands distant "PP^^, small 3 and usually with 2 or ^athulate "^^f imear-.i sepals h^ads globular ; small in 5-merous, mostly numerous,
and

petals

smooth

as

in A.

triquetra.

Pod unknown.

A. Meissneri

tall shrub,

Acacia-]

XL. legumixosj:.

353

very long
turning,

and mucli folded, the

last

fold almost encircling the seed and re-

W.

but thickened only at the end, Meissn. in Aastralia. Muddy sandy places near York, Preiss,

PL
n.

Preiss,
j

i.

13.
River, M//lne,

930

Swan

451. An erect shrub of several feet, quite glabrous, and often of a glaucous or purplish hue, the branches rigid, very acutely angled when young, Phyllodia from broadly ovate to oblong, attached by a broad base and only partially articulate, the Offer edge continuous and shortly decurrent, 1^ to 2 in. long and \ to 1| in. troad, or even larger on barren branches, very rigid, often undulate, 1-nerved, penni veined, with thickened margins* Peduncles from under \ to nearly 1 m. long, thick, bearing each* a rather large globular head of numerous flowers, ^ostly 5-merous. Calyx more than half as long as the corolla, turbinate, broadly and obtusely toothed. Petals smooth, readily separating. Pod stipitate, straight, flat, rigidly coriaceous, very obtuse, about 1^ in. long and in. broad. 2 Seeds longitudinal ; funicle long, filiform, much folded, shortly
Leg, 446,

106.

A. anceps, DC. Mem,

and Prod.

ii.

tnickened at the end,

but not seen perfect.

A. Muelleri, Benth.

in Linnaea,

mi.
B.

603.

Australia. St. Peter's Island, Nuyts' Archipelago, Baudin's Expedition; Port wneoln, R. Brown, F. Mueller; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warburton. 'ar. (?) anguslifuUa. Branches rather less angular. Phyllodia from narrow-obovate to
linear-oblong,

Peoccasionally with a prominent gland above the middle. oancles under ^ in. long. S. coast, i?. Brown ; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warhurton. ois variety has sometimes almost the phyllodia of A. noiabilis^ but the peduncles are always
1 to

in. long,

107.
snrub,

A. hispidula, WilU.
scabrous
all

Spec.

Tl.

iv.

1054.

rigid spreading

over with very short stiff hairs or tubercles. Phyllodia jiumerous, broadly falcate, with a minute point, cuneate at the base, mostly \ jO t in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad, with a central nerve and thickened nerveiKe margins more or less tuberculate or almost denticulate. Peduncles short,
small globular head of 12 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merou3. Petals smooth, connate to about half as long as the corolla. 'je middle. Pod ovate and 1-seeded or oblong <tnd 2-seeded, very obtuse, about 4 lines broad, flat but thickly coriaceous, without prominent margins, ^eeas oval-oblong, thickened much fold last the with longitudinal; funicle
J^^anng each a alyx lohed,

long as the seed, and shortly folded below \i. Mimosa hiiM*/ a, Sm. Bot. Nov. Holl. 59, t. 16 ^. Ms^idula, DC. Prod. ii. 450 ; ^odd. Bot. Cab. t. 823 ; Hook. Ic. PI. 1. 161.
;

sna nearly as

denser flowerphyllodia, tuberculate not but ^^^ scabrous-pubescent keads and a very different pod, besides the stipules usually persistent.

with

/" ^*les.
y^'^'

confounded been has species This others. and Port Jackson, R. Brown

"'^'''^

sni'^r'

^' andulifolia, A.

Cnnn. in G. Don, Gen.

Syst.

ii.

404.

"""lerous, ovate or almost oibicular, very obliquely truncate or narrow ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ often petiolate, usuallv about \ in. but varj-mg from \ to7 ^ i"- long, coriaceous, undulate, 1-nerved and pennivemed, the mareinrf,.y ^ twckened, terminating slender, often Peduncles point. fine or in a short 2 A 2
"^
1

and bushv, but -often attaining a great size, branchletg ,^,''"om its long branches; flowering pendulous garland-like g,; angular but soon terete, pubescent, hirsute or rarely glabrous, pf^y

.r^^'f^es low

shrub and very hand-

358

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

[JcaCia.

more or to 30 20 of head globular each a exceeding the phvllodia, bearing unitejl smooth, Petals toothed. short, very Calyx "flowers, mostly S^xnerous. with flat, very broad, lines Pod shortly stipitate, 7 to 9 above the middle. fold last the with funicle Seeds flat, ovate, oblique ; nerve-like margins. Hot it below folds short thickened and not half so long as the seed, and t. 282; Fleur. Jard. Lemaire, 1544; Cab. t. Bot.

Mag.

3391; Lodd Cunn. A. ^./?/%m, Eeg. t. 1332; Bot. A.uncinaia, Lodd.; Lindl Mag. under n. 3394 Hook. Tc. PL t. 166 {A, seiigera, A. Cunn.).
t.
;

mliot.

Near Brisbane, F, MiieUer, Leichhardt, etc., woods barren thickets, in W. S. MZ-ales. Blue Mountains, R, Brown; abundant Cumiinyhar., A. etc., Plains, Liverpool in the N.W. interior, beyond Bathnrst, Cox's River,
Fraser, Miichell, and others. base. the at contracted not phvllodia, larger Var. sertiformis. Moi'e glabrous, wiih
^eyfiformis,
Plains.

Queensland.

A.

A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag, under "n.

3394; Hook.

Ic,

PL

t.

159. Liverpool
,

Lena. HooK. in Benth. Var. d^jsophjUa. Softly villons. Phylbdia large. ^. dpsophjUa, Journ. i. 346. Pine ridge near Croker's Range, A. Cunningham. very ion?, li^es or 4 Phyllodia not above 3 Var. himiiis. Diffuse and low, glabrous.
oblique and often recurved, nearly as broad as long.
also the Biusbane

N.W.

interior

of N.

S. Wales,

tiose

specimens from F. Mueller and Leichkardt, , prooauij belongs A. plagiophylla, F. iMuelL in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 131, not of Sieber, to one of the varieties of A. unduUfolia*
, i

359. i. Journ. 109. A. flexifolia,- ^. Cunn.- Benth. in Boole. Lond. ^tomentum. minute Shrubby, the brandies terete or nearly so, hoary with a
o o 4_in. to Phyllodia numerous, linear, obtuse, scarcely mucronate, \ impres an with rigidly coriaceous and glabrous, narrowed at the base, gland and often bent in at a little distance from the base, with a P^'O'^'J^^^ nervethickened and
1

nerve very near the lower margin, the upper margin oea tomentose, Stipules minute. Peduncles very short, solitarj- or in pairs, 5-mero" mostly inor each a small globular head of 6 to 10 very small flowers, sffioocn, Petals Calyx thin, shortly lobed, not half as long as the corolla.

united to the middle.

W. S. "Wales.
ingham.

rivers, Jilacquarrie Cugeegong river and between Lacblan and

110. A. dura, Bentl. inUnna>a, xxvi. 622. A low branches slightly angular when young, Phyllodia linear or l^^l^^'^'^^l" '^.gj nan rigid, very obtuse, \ to rather more than 1 in. long, thick and very ^^^^ at the base and often bent in with an impressed gland below ^^f ^^^'jying oi ^ a very prominent nerve, and the upper margin thick and nerve-hke a slightly intramarginal nerve, the smaller phyllodia straight, ^*: g^j^jjH a eacU gland. Peduncles not 2 lines long, mostly solitary, bearing thm, very Sepals globular head of 6 to 10 flowers, mostly o-meious. thulate, distinct. Petals narrow, smooth, distinct. ^ ^p "W. Australia, Drummond. Allied on the one hand to A, flexifoHa, ^^J''^lJ^i\xt
I'

shrub; gl^^^^ous rigid

J. nitiduta,
latter in the

differing

from the former in the more rigid phyllodia and

m the

can

marginal nerve small flower-heads, etc.

diffuse or bushy 111. A. spathulata, F. MuelL Herb, ^^^f"^^^^ or 4 ft. ; bratiches usually crowded, nearly terete, glabrous or ^'^S^^|'^ 'gij^ej -t obtuse, cent, Phyllodia linear-cuneate or oblong-^pathulate, very

^c^cia.]

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
faiutly

357

long, thick

Peduncles solitary or iii pairs, bearing each a globular head of numerous flowers, only seen in youug bud. Pod oblong-linear, straight, flat but thick and hard, very obtuse, with broad Mrgms, 1 to 1^ in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad. Seeds oval-oblong, longitudinal; funicle short, thickened into a club-shaped oblique aril, with the edges more or less dilated over the seed/ N. Australia. Bay of Rest, N.W. coast, J. Cunningham,
flesljy,

and almost

1-nerved.

^^^^ Hartog's Island and Sharks Bay, Milne Murchison river, f^r^"^^^^^^^^^' ^j^^/^/ (phyllodia small, narrow; pod narrow) Murray river, Oldfield (phyllodia larger pod broader). Some of the smaller s|>ecimeTis have some resemblance io AJeptospermoideSf Mt tlie venatiou (often only visible under aleus at the base of the phyllodium) is different.
\ ; ;

i^.

Angustifoli^.

Shrubs

or trees, not spinesceut.

ianceolate

or linear, occasionally falcate, with 1 central

Phyllodia oblongnerve or rarely 2-

^Prved,

mostly above 1 in. long.

Stipules minute or none, or spinescent in

'^'*^^^24and

A.

dentifera.

Peduncles 1-headed.

Some

species very resinous.

A
f

few of this section

!j erred

have often, and A, vernictflua almost constantly 2 nerves to the phylconnecting the Uninerves with the Piurinerves, to which however I have transmost of the 2-nerved species I bad formerly included in the Uninerves.

A. microcarpa^

F.

Mi

que ... Phyllodia oblong-linear or linear-lanceolate, obLv^^^ jalcate, obtuse rarely 2 in. or with a small recurved point, mostly 1 to coriaceous, rather thick, quite smooth, besides a scarcely prominent cenJ<*^g, *ral nerve. Peduncles mostly in pairs, rarely above |in. long and often much Snorter, bearing each a globular head of rather numerous flowers, mostly 5^erous. Sepals free, narrow-linear, spathulate, ciliate. Petals smooth, dislinct Pod linear, curved or twisted, acuminate, often 2 or 3 in. long, but
hairs.

% or golden

above 1^ lines broad at the seeds and much contracted between them; valves rather coriaceous. Seeds lom>itudinal ; funicle thickened into a small tui-bnuite oblique aril.
S. Wales. Plains of the Darling. Victorian Expedition, J; rr ir Victoria. Salt-bush Mueller. F. nvers, ^Vimmera and Avoca, Murray. country on the ' Australia. Near Port Lincolu, Wilhelmi, ^. , oonie specimens from the Melbourne Botanic Garden have much smaller phyllodia, under m. iong, small flower-heads, and the pods scarcely above 1 line broad, thus approaching ^ <^nacea in aspect.

iiot

X\ base. pn.-;.^
"le

resinous A 360. Journ. \. Lond. Benth. in BooTc.'scid shrub Phylof 4 to 6 ft. ; branches slightly angular aud pubescent. obtuse, narrowed at *^'^'ng. oblong-lauceolate very linear, broadly or
113.

A. montana,

j- ^-

*i

'

^^.r,1

in flip

N. S. Wnlfissne-

.,17'

narrower,

approaching towards those

of

A. Uneata.

Peduncles

;'y 2 to 3 lines long, solitaiy or in pairs, bearing each a small globular J, eaa of numerous flowers, mostly 5-raerous. Calyx thin, lobed and ciliate, me imes Pod Petals smooth, distinct. separating into distinct sepals. densely tomcntose, contracted not broad, lines 2 about 1 to 2 in. long and the 2 with funicle ; "J^J'een the seeds. longitudinal Seeds obovate-oblong, 3 last folds thictfinftfl \r^^^. an nhlioiM almost hood-shaped anl, at least half

358
as long as the seed.
nsea, xx.

XL,

LEGUMINOS^,
ii.

[Jcacia.^

P.

Muell. PI. Yict-

22; A,

clavala, Schlecht. Liu-'

662.
Tligh lands near Liverpool Plains, Fraser, stony and scrubby ridges and barren plains, "Mount Korong, Avoca,

W. S. IVales-

Victoria- Low Murray, and Wimmera rivers, F. Mueller. S. Australia. East declivity of the scrub on the Murray, Behr i Lake Alexandrioa
and
St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller,

A tall resi114. A. vemiciflua, A. CunnAn Field, S. Wales, 344. nous viscid shrub, branches slightly angular, glabrous. Phyllodia from oblong to linear-lanceolate, narrowed at each end and inostl}^ acute, usually falcate, Peduncles 2 to 4 in. loug, with 2 or very rarely only 1 prominent nerve. sliort, in pairs or clusters, bearing each a globular liead of numerous mostly 5-merous flowers. Calyx turbinate, shortly toothed or lobed, about half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, united. Pod linear, usually straight, flat, 2 to 3 lines broad, glabrous or viscid, pubescent. Seeds rather small, longitudhial funicle short, the last folds forming a very small aril under the seed. Bot, Mag. t. 3266 ; Hook. f. Pi. Tasm. i. 108 ; F. Muell. Pi. Vict, ii. 22 A, ffraveolens, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 404 ; Bot. Mag.t. 3279; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1460; A. virgata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1246.
; ;

TSr.

S.
;

Wales.

Leichhardt, Victoria. Widely distributed over the colony in mountain and forest regions, rocky hills, etc., F, Mueller, Tasmania, Derwent river, U, Brown ; common in many parts of the island, especially about Hobai'ton, also St. Patrick*s River, Launceston, and near Yorktown, /. B. Hooker, S. Australia. Upper valleys of the Torrens and Onkaparinga rivers, f. Mueller. The species is nearly allied to A. leprosa, differing chiefly in the broader phyllodia almost always 2-nerved. EiThree Var. latlfolia. Phyllodia shorter and broader. Mitch. 'in Lindl. A. exudans^
river,

others

head of

Rocky the Gwydir

hills

of the interior,

A, Cfmningham,

Fraser, Uuegel, and

ped.
,

ii.

214

Dietr. Fl. Univcrs.

N.

Ser. t.

83. Plains

of the Glenelg,

MUckelL shnib or small

or

115.

A. leprosa,

Sieb.

in

tree, Avith

peudulous branchlets,

DC, Prod, ii. 450. A tall more or less glutinous, otherwise glabrous

Phyllodia narrow, linear-hmccolate, to 3 inacute or obtuse with a small callous point, narrowed at the base, long, l-nerved, with anastomosing veins, those of the barren shoots broader, often I in. long in tiie middle, and thinner with fine veins oblique on the inidrji) and connected in an intramarginal almost continuous vein. Peduncles nioslly a each in pairs or clusters, hoary-pubescent, rarely above \ in. long, bearing
the
mitiutely pubescent.

young shoots

globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx ^Tiin middle, the corolla, with short obtuse ciliate lobes. Petals united to the rather thick smooth tips. Pod falcate or rarelv straight, flat, 2 to 2| lines broao.

as long as half

Seeds oval-obldng, longitudinal; funicle with the last fold thickened 1*4 t. irregularly turbinate or cup-shaped aril under the seed. Bot. Reg.
(rather doubtful); P. Muell. PI. Yict. Gen. Kep. 12.
If. S.
ii.

uito an

23; A.

Ursi Muell. reclinata, F.

"Wales. Port Jackson, Sieher, n. 435, M' Arthur. Victoria. DandenoDs: Ranges, Jl Mueller.
Branches erect. Phyllodia very narrow, linear-falcate, points. Between the Goulbarn and Broken rivers, Victoria, F. Mueller.
:[

Var. tennifoUa.

vritu

..^-Tcd rec

116.

A.

stricta, mild. Spec.

FL

iv.

1052.

shrub of 2 or 3

ft.

^i*^

Acacia.]

XL. leguminos.e.

359
further nortli, glabrous and

creeping roots in
often
rarely
lines

Tasmania, attaining 5 or 6
;

ft.

slightly viscous

brauchlets erect, angular. with a short oblique point, 2 to 4 or even 5

Pb^Jlodia linear, obtuse,

in. long,

broad, coriaceous, 1-nerved, with

numerous

fine

from 2 to 4 or 5 anastomosing pinnate

Peduncles in pairs or clusters, rarely 2 lines long, bearing each a globular heiid of about 20 to 30 small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, half as long as the corolla^ shortly and obtusely lobed. Petals smooth, trnited to the middle. Pod elongated, flat, obtuse or acuminate, 1| to 2^ lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. Seeds oval-oblong, longitudinal; funicle with the las fold thickened into an irregularly turbinate or cup-shaped aril under the seed.DC. Prod. ii. 450 Eeichb. Ic. et Descr. PI. t, 90 (the venation not represented) Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 99 (a doubtful naiTow-leaved ; form); Mimosa stricfa, Andr. Bot. Kep. t. 53; Bot. Mag. t. 1121; Acacia mmjinata, Wendl. Comm. Acac. 27 ; DC. Prod. ii. 450.
veins.
;

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown^ Sieier, n. 456, Fi. ^^irL . 594, and others; 'Newcastle, Leic/i/iardl ; New Englaud, C, Stuart; au J southward to Gabo Island, Maplesfone, Victoria. Widely distributed over the southern and eastern parts of the colony, from the saady or rocky coasts to stony mountains, wet valleys, or heath or forest ground, F,
Muei/er

N. S.

Wales.

Tasmania.
117.

Comnioo throughout the

^

island in dry

soil, /.

R Hooker,
A tall shrub, glabrous

A. dodonseifolia,

TFilld. Mum. Suppl.

68.

Phyllodia oblong-linear or lanceolate, obtuse or with a small recurved point, mostly 2 to 4 in. long and 2 to i lines broad, lateral the with l-nerved, base, the much narrowed towards or anastomosing veins much siricta, in A. 1 than prominent fewer and more
but very

resinous, the branches soon terete.

on the upper margin sometimes very prominent but often Avanting. head Peduncles soIitaiT or globular a bearing long, in pairs, often above ^ in. the 01 numerous as long as half than more flowers, usually S-meroifs. Calyx corolla, with Pesepals. distinct into short thick lobes sometimes separating wis smooth, od middle. the 1 to united rather thickened at the tips, usually Imes elongated, nearly 2^ about perfect obtuse, when
*

glands

flat,

straight or falcate,

oad.

dodonmJt 7 30, Acac. J. ,i,cosa^ ^chrad. in AVendl. Diss. M". DC. Prod. ii. 450; Keichb. Ic. et Descr. PI. t. 91; Colla, Hort. llipul. ^- ^i A. vmiflua, E. Muell. Pi. Vict. ii. U. S. Australia. ^ove, 2J.J.o|. Memory iwcmu,^ Expedition; Expeaiiion; Baudin's Kangaroo iroo Island, BaudirCt a ly oriKinally ongu ^rt Lincoln, Cont.uent. Cont.uent, -"""'^'l ^he the "" on Wilhelmi. '^V^ Ioi- been cultivated The species has long repie.euta Md froni seeds frequently now but A. siricta collected iu Baudin's Expedition, Exped
;.'!

Seeds oblong, longitudinal, the last 2 or 3 folds of the funicle Fers ated into an dodonaifoha. Mimosa irregularly cup-shaped tivll

much
byn.

261

T^A^.^^

'"

botanic gardens.
.

shoots young the with A. Gnidium, Benth. small tree, glabrous numerous, Phyllodu, tmous branches erect, virgate, soon becoming terete. ong in. to pomt, 2 1 ^rJt, narrow-linear, obtuse with a small callous hooked
118.

""",a^^^ " ui ueuu gioDuiar long, ""J a each . .n bear.ng { 5. as half lobed. Bierous, but broadly often also 4-merous. Calyx shortly and "S as the corolla. Pod"unknown. Petals smooth.
'

a in.

'

JF60
J

XL. LEGUMINOS.^.
Uacler sandstone
hills

[Jcaciff.

Queensland.

near

Mount

Pluto,

MdchelL

On

a hasty survey,

l,had formerly put this aside as a variety of A.

tioa
I find it to differ essentially in

viscidiilaj

from which however on examinachiefly

the venation of the phyllodia as well as in the flowers.

The

ncnrest affinity appears to be with A.

dodonmfolia

from which our specimeus

differ in the

very narrow phyllodia.

.119.

A. ramosissima,

Bentli. in

Hook. Lond, Journ,

i.

356

{partly).

Apparently shrubby, with slender, pubescent, slightly angular branches. Phyllodia numerous, narrow-linear, obtuse with a minute hooked point, 1 to 1 j in. long, about 1 line broad, narrowed at the base, rather thick, obscurely 1nervcd. Stipules minute but often persistent. Flowers not seen. Friiiting peduncles about \ in. long, with the scars of a globular head. Pod linear, straight, flat but thickly coriaceous, scarcely contracted but transversely de{)ressed between the seeds, without thickened margins, 1 to 1^ in. long, 2 ines broad. Seeds nearly orbicular; funicle thickened from near the base into a scarcely fleshy linear aril, and scarcely folded below it. Australia^ Drum?nond, 3rd (or 4tk .^J Call n. 79. Under the name of A, ramo-

W.

sis3ima, I had coufounded several species, closely resembling each other in foliage, hut which prove to have very different tlowers and fruits. The oue for which T now retain the name differs from all the thick narrow 1-nerved western ones in the pod and iu the pubesceat
brauchlets, but our specimens are veiy indifferent.
*
t

120. A, sentis, F. MuelL in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 128, and PL Vict. ii. 18. A divaricately-branched rigid shrub or small tree, branchlets nearly or lanceolate-oblong terete, glabrous or pubescent when young. Phyllodia linear, mostly oblique falcate or curved, 1-nerved and more or less penni veined, 2 ill some specimens | in. long and 2 or 3 lines broad, in others more than iu. \o\vr aud about 1 line broad, usually glabrous, the marginal gland near the

to

30

flowers,

mostly 5-merous.

Sepals

linear-spathulate,

free.

longitudinal, smooth. Pod thin, flat, \ to | in. broad. ovate, Seeds broadly the from along the centre of the pod; funicle transverse, gradually thickened base upwards, straight or shortly folded under the seed. ^. Victoria. Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 333.

W. Australia.
Queensland,

3heller^ F. Victoria river and Plains of Promise, Gulf of Carpentaria,

Bargoo

river,

MUcheiL
river to

W.

S. "Wales.

From

the

DarUng

and Victorian range, the Barrier

otm

,,

r.
x-

fnditioyis,

Victoria, Low and Darling, F. Mueller. S. AustraUa. Base of FHnders range, towards Spencer's Gulf and
Mueller,

the of junction sandhills and arid salt-hush plains towards the

M^r
.

in the interior,

in pairs, the upper ones often forming a raceme by the abortion of the p^.^^ mo* floWrs, lodia, each bearing a globular or -opioid. head of densely- packed

A t^[! ?'^' 121. A. dentifera, Benth. in Maund, Botanist, Iv. t. 179brous shrub, branchlets striate or slightly angular. PhyUodia "''^'^'^^^^'^f-j|g^ n^^^^ to / acute or obtuse with a small recurved point, 3 to 8 in, long, and 1 Stipules small brond, with a prominent midrib and obscurely veined. ^^ ^ solitar^^^^ long, tooth-hke or none. Peduncles slender, mostly above i in.
6-merous.
Sepals very narrow/ free!
Petals aoo\e united smooth,

^Cma,]
iriidclle.

XL.

LEGUMIXO?^.
flat,

afii

Pod

straigLt or curved,

2 to 3 in. long, aLout 3 lines broad, not

;

contracted
last

between the seeds. Seeds oblong, longitudinal funicle ^ith tlie or 3 folds dilated into an oraiige-coloured aril under the seed. Meissn.
Preiss. 1. 17.

in

PL

W,
\'}o

Australia.
^^^^' ^'
river,
'^
'

Swan River

Oldjield ; Stirling ranges, MaxwelL ^' long'ifoUa, Paxt, Mag. xii. 269, ivith a fig. (.i. deniifera, Bot. Mag. t. 4032) is a garaea variety, with more falcate phyllodia, and the flowering branches when young forming lonET leafless racemes, ofteu exceeding the leaves and producing numerous flower-heads from
the base.
,

ViG;

k^^^^

Kiug George's Souud, Dnuninond, C:anning river. Darling range and Murray river,
to

\st Colh,
Preiss,
7i.

2nd CoIL
932, 94

Iweed

122.

A.

fasciculifera, F. Muell Ilrb,

tree,

glabrous in

all

its

parts; branchlets slightly angular. Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate, acuminate, ^jtli a callous point, narrowed at the base, mostly 4 to 6 in. long, coriaceous, Tvith a prominent midrib and nerve-like margins, the pinnate veins scarcely

promnient.^

Peduncles filiform, | to 1 in. long or even more, clustered in the a^ik, bearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more flowers, mostly 5^erous. Sepals narrow, linear-spathulate, free. Petals smooth, soon sepa-

'^ting.

Pod not

seen.

Q^ieensland.
^nose of an affiuity to

"

Ruckhampton and Moreton Bay, DaUachy, The phyllodia are nearly ^. falcata, hut rather more coriaceous, the inflorescence is very different, showing
J. harpophylla and A. complauafa.

Phyllodia not pungent except in a very few broad-leaved species, with 1 central nerve or very ran ly a second shorter or fainter one, the veinlets when visible diverging from the midnb or reticulate. Flower-heads globular, all or nearly all in axillary racemes, very rarely a few solitary in the lower axils of a young branch. Flowers usually small and 5-merous in all except J. myrllfolia. Petals not striate.
or trees, not spinescent.
'

F.

Racemos/E. Shrubs

The phyldistinguished from the other Uinnerves by the inflorescence. lo7^'^ ^^\ "^ ^^*^ species conimeucing the subserics, long and falcate as in the falcate JniiJlor<s, nH^no m the larger Plarinerves, in the latter species of the subseries they generally corrcspoiid '^ Ii3pe to those of the Brevifoliu:,
3^il>st'ries is

glaor tree, shrub Spec, ^^ous, with angular branchlets. Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate, acuminate, much harrowed towards the base, 3 to 6 in. long or even more, 1-nened, obliquely P^nniveined, the margins an obwith or gland any without thickened slightly scure one usually phyllodia, at the base. the than shorter much Racemes

123.

A.

falcata, mild.

PL

iv.

1053.

tall

10 to 20 small globular heads of about 20 small flowers, mostly 5J^erous; peduncles short ciliate, narrow-spathulate, free, Sepals and slender. ^^tals smooth, soon separating. Pod flat, with sliglitly thickened margins,

^^th

h7'

about g lines broad. Seeds ovate, longitudinal, close to the ^^^P^\ funicle slightly dilated and coloured from the base, verj' long, exleading round the seed and bent back on the same side, encircling it m a fold and thickened at the end into a short fleshy ^vWMhwsa obhqna, Acac. Comm. J'^^'idl. Bot. Beob. Wendl. ; ii. 451 57 ; AJalcata, DC. Prod. ^'^1. U; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1115 J. phgiophjjUa, Spreng. Syst. m. 135. Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, A, CnnnUgham, Leichhardt, and others. "^*^^' I'^t-t Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Broicn, Sidcr,n. 450, and

^ ^0 3 in. long,

yWe

'

362

XL. LEGUMlNOSiE.

[Jcacia,

13 1. A. macradeaia, Banth. in Milch. Trap, Audr, 360. A shrub of 10 to 12 ft., glabrous, Avith angular branchlets. Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate, rather acute, much narrowed towards the base, coriaceous, 1-nerved, with thickened margins and often a gland at the base, like those o^ A./alcata^ but usually longer, attaining from 6 in. to 1 ft., and the fine veins more nuKacemes short with several small glomerous, prominent, and transverse. Calyx turbinate, more than half as bular heads of flowers mostly 5-m3rous. long as the corolla, shortly and broadly toothed, ciliat'e. Petals smooth^ pubescent. Pod bug, flat, 5 to 6 lines broad. Seeds orbicular; fimicle slightly thickened from the base, but not enlarged under the seed, not folded,
about half as long as the seed.

Queensland, ^eds
Thozet (in
fruit),

of rivers uear

Mount

Pluto, Mitchell (in flower); Eockhampton t

Prod. ii. 452. A tree attaining sometimes 40 ft. but usually smaller, glabrous in all its parts in the common variety, with angular branchlets. Phyllodia from oblong to lanceolate-falcate, more or less acuminate, usually 3 to 4 in. long^ but sometimes twice that length, much narrowed towards the base, 1-nerved and more or less proniineutly and finely penniveined, the margins usually nerve-like, and often but not always a short secondary nerve terminating in a marginal gland much below the middle, llaceraes rather short but loose, with several small globular heads of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx truncate or shortly toothed, not half so long as the corolla. Pod flat, straight Petals smooth. or curved, with slightly thickened margins, often 4 or 5 in. long, nearly \ m. broad. Seeds ovate, longitudinal; funicle long, dilated and coloured nearly from the base, extending round the seed and bent back on the same side, so as to encircle it in a double fold. Bot. Mag. t. 2754; F. Muell. PI. Vict.u14 ; A. impressa, Lindl, Bot. Eeg. t. 1115 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1319.
125.

A. penninervis^

Siel. in

DC.

Queensland.
near

Brisbane river, Moretoa Bay, Fraser, F.Mueller; Sandstone

Mitchell,

ridges

Blue Mountains, Sieher, n. 458, auJ others; and inland to the Wacquarrie, A. Canninriham, Fraser ; northward to TIahtin:;s river, Beckler ; and southvvajato Tvvofuld Bay, F. Mueller. Victoria. Granitic ranges and mountains on the Broken, Ovens, and Snowy rivers, F. Mueller. Tasmania. Brown's Road, Mount Wellington, Oldfield. '
^^x,fakifo>'mls. Pliyllodia usually longer and more falcate, young shoots and '?"*^J^ cence uiiautely lioary or golden-pubesceut. Pod nearly \ in. \iXQ^^.A,falciforynt^>^* Prod. ii. 452 ; A. mirhigens, A. Cunu. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 405. From IWold iiay tne from and F.Mueller, to Moretoii Bay, Leichhardi, and New Enudand, C. Stuart; Blue Mountains, Sieber, n. 616, and others, to the Lachlan river, A. Cunningham, eraser. Called Blackivood by the western colonists, and the bark used for tauuing.

Mount PhitOj N. S. MTales.

moderate-sizeJ A 664. ScUecht. in Linn^a, xx. tree usually glabrous, the branchlets at first veiy angular. Phyllodia bnearmucn obtuse, lanceolate, more or less falcate, with a small recurved point or pen|iinarrowed towards the base, mostly 3 to 5 in. long, 1-nerved, finely barre of veined, the marginal gland above 'the base rarely wanting, those the shoots sometimes short and broad. than shorter Eacemes much

126.

A. retinodes,

almost alwnys branched, with several, often 10 to 20, small SJ^'^^^'^ lo^^ so heads of 12 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. half Calyx thin, not
lodia,

^f^acia.]

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
la,

'Si]3

the

coro

with very short broad

ciliate lobes.

imddle,
flat,

Seeds oblong, longitudinal, the fumcle dilated and coloured nearly from the base, extending round the seed and bent back ou the same side, encircling it in a double fold. F. Muell PI
Vict.

but readily separating. Pod d to 8 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad.

Petals smooth, united to the shortly stipitate, usually straight, nearly

n. 13.

r.if Taiieys,

^rownj grassy ridges ^aud open valleys throughout the T"^*"**'r o i 6 gi cater part of the colony, F. Mueller. ^^^}^^^}^- jVIemory Cove, 11 Brown ; very frequent in rich soils near water in the
Z*""* ,^^''^'P'
.

some Hovvermg

Behr; Kangaroo island, Waierhouse ; and northward to Flinders range, F. Mueller. iiie species differs from A. penninervis chiefly in the narro^v phvllodia, from J. neriifoHa 'e^^e"" S"'^'^'''' flowers, the sepals more united, and especially in the narrower pod and f nmetunicle, and usually from both species in the more compact brandied racemes: but
specimens are uncertain in
this respect.

127.
tail

A. neriifolia, A.

Cunn.; Benth.

in HooJc. lo7id.

Jaurn.

i.

357.

and handsome shrub or small tree ; branchlets slender, slightly angular, glaucous or raealy-tomeutose when young, but soon glabrous. Phyilodia

with a small callous point often recurved, much narrowed towards the base, mostly 3 to 5 in. long and 2 to 4 lines broad 1-nerved, obscurely penniveined, with 1 or sometimes 2 or 3 distant marginal glands rarely aU'wanting. Eacemes always simple, rather slender, much shorter than the phyilodia, the rhachis and peduncles usually tomentose. ilovv-er-heads globular, small, with 30 to 40 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals spatliulate, more than half as long as the corolla, ciliate,' free or slightlv adnate below the middle. I'etals smooth, usually free. Pod flat, straight or nearly so, several inches long, about 4 lines broad, often slightly contracted ^^^ ^^'^'^*' ^^^^^ oval-oblong, longitudinal ; funicle with the last fotr^^" appressed and thickened from the middle upwards into a club-shaped I ^^' ^'le lower folds short and filiform.
less falcate,
_

jmear-lanceolate,

more or

yp.

N^s'w'*^^' '^^les.

^'"'"

^'"'^^'^

" '^^ Balonne

river, Mitchell.

/ia4<

Detached vvhinstone hills, Liverpool plains, A. Cunningham, Fraser "" ^^"^ Tenterlicld, New England, C. Htuart ; Head of the Gvvydir river, Leich-

appear to belong herbarium to Ih"' '"""'*"'" ^'"*" '" ^- retinodes, and A. iteaphylta, F. Mucll., Benth. in Litu.ica, Sin 6 iT^'^r ^ /: ' 'r"'' only, from Aikaba, has the pod and seeds of A. neriifuHa ; but neither can 1)5 'iutilied with certainty until the flowers and fruit shall have been properly matched.
in flower in the Hoolierian
,

'^^*'"*^^*-

Some specimens

tall A "^^*^*'<*^otrya, Bmth. in Jlook. Loud. Journ.i. 353. slir ^'"'.fjuite glabrous slightly angular, soon except branches the inflorescence, jjg Phyilodia lanceolate-falcate, acuminate, acute, obtuse or ^'^i'f''^it?'"^"? * i'lcurved" point, much narrowed towar^ls the base, mostly 3 to 5 in f "p'^ut very varial)le in size, and when small sometimes scarcely falcate,

"

^'

P^""iveined, the nerve-like margin fine or scarcely prominent, with lorT^ i^'ir^inal glands often wanting. to \\ in. long, with Kaccmes \ from V"""^^ -^ ^ ^ ''^^"^'^ ^^ ^'""^' globular heads of numerous small flowers,
Riostl
iiieal

f^ ""!^"*ose.
-^

''"^''"s> tlie rhachis

and peduncles when young minutely

silky or

oft'

Calyx very

thin, lobes very short or slightly spathnlate,

separating into distinct sepals. Petals glabrous or minutely Pube/^'*"^ ?"^' in PI. Preiss. i. midribs doubtfuI.Meissn. promiuent. Pod 15 ^l'^ ^- rnynoloirya andA. kiophyUa, var. microcej>Jiula, ^leissn. 1. c. A,
.

'

364

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
iu Bot. Zeit.

[Acacia.-

snb/alcata and J.daphnifolia, Meissn.

1855, 11

J. rhstelUfera,

A.pterU also probably and therefore Benth., not of t. 2, Acac. Eingef. Seeai. c. 33. L Seem. quoted by Gartenb. 1846, K. K. Verhandl. 11, goidea. Seem, in

Brummond, \st ColL and "W. Australia. tween Moore and Murchison rivers, Bnimmoad, Uh Coll. n,
Svvau River,

286, Preiss, n, 923; beMurcliison river, 1 and 2 A.pennirepresent appears to spncies Oldjield. This river, Kalgan probably and Oldfu'ld; more nervis in the west, from whieh it differs iu the usually narrower phyllodia, the flowers filiform more and narrow pod the probably in small heads, and very numerous although in half the not are flower-heads but the saligua, following near the A. It is also very funicles. different. size, the peduncles much more slender, the calyx ioriger, etc., and the pod probably Of the numerous specimens I have seen there are only two in fruit, both apparently agreeing ripe, yet not pods, one the iu inflorescence, in branches foliage and with the flowering ones filiform a and seeds longitudinal wide, with long and lines flat, about 2 in. are straight,
n.
;

\i

pods are old, 5 to 6 in. long, 6 to 8 liues all shea, seeds the them; between broad, coriaceous, convex over the seeds, often narrowed are retinodes, A. of and of J. neriifolia lloweriug specimens of some forms of this species,
funicle forming several long folds, iu the other the

often very difficult to distinguish.

4 '

129.

A,

saligna^

TTendl,

Comm. Jcac.

26.

A tall

shrub or

tree, quite

Phyllodia falcate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, much narrowed towards the base, many inches long, rather thick, 1 -nerved, tne margins, nerve-like obscurely or rarely more distinctly penniveined, with wiin short, Racemes marginal gland distinct from the base, often wanting.
glabrous, with angular branchlets.
rather rhnchis the species, few i^lobidar heads, larger than in the preceding six puslightly often stout and flcxuose. Flowers about 25 to 30 in the head, or truncate bescent, mostly 5-merous. Calyx not half so long as the corolla,

sinuate -toothed.

Petals smooth.

Pod

flat,

often 5

usually, long, in, 6 or

the

not at all thickened gradually seeds. Seeds oval-oblong, longitudinal; funicle short, almost from the base into a club-shaped fleshy aril. DC. Prod, ii- 450 Mimosa saliyna, LabilL PL Nov. Holl. ii. 86. t.*235 A. leiophylla, Benth.
;

straight, scarcely 3 lines broad,

or slightly contracted between

in

Hook. Lond. Journ.

i.

351.

lr. Australia. Kinj? George's Sound, rare, 72. Brown; to the eastward, 5'7ff^'',^ towards the Great Bight, Maxwell, I have not seen authentic specimens of Labdlardiere co same the oil plant, but have every reason to believe that it w^as this species, gathered aiue nearly is and not a Tasmanian plant that he figured and described. The species the one hand to A. cijanopliylla^ on the other to A. microhotrya. specimen a from described J. Blomei, Ohlend. in Neue Allgem. Gartenzeit. 1845, 30^, leaf only, is referred by Seemami, Eingef. Acac. 30, to A. leiopht/lla^ Benth.

^^^ ga^ base, 1-nerved, penniveined, with nerve-like margins, the marginal usually obscure or none. Kacemes short, with 3 to 5 heads of ^^^'^^^^^j (above 40) flowers, mostly 5-merous, the common rhachis rather ^^^^ ./j^ inidut the to flexuose, the peduncles 3 to 6 lines long. Sepals cohering a turbinate lobed calyx. Petals smooth, but with prominent midribs. '^^ several inches long, 'flat, 2 to i\ or rarely 3 lines broad, contracted 'jj^^^^^j

lindL hot, Reg, 1835, Mhc. shrub, glabrous and often more or less glaucous, emitting, at least ^" ^^V,^' no Phyllodia tiou, suckers from the roots, branches scarcely angular. a to above linear-oblong to lanceolate-falcate, the lower ones sometimes long, the upper ones \ ft. or less and narrower, much narrowed towards
130.
49.

A. cyanophylla,

A tal^^ancboD^^^

the seeds.

Seeds oblong, longitudinal

tu seed, the funicle as long aa

Acacia,']

XL. legUxMinosj5.

365
aril,

thickened into a somewhat clavate low it. Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 15.

fold slightly

with vei^ short folds be-

W. Australia.
ferred It iu

Swan

andn, 284, and others.

River, Mangles, Huegel, Preiss, n. 925, Brummond, \st Coll. Closely allied on the one hand to A. saligna, to which I had re-

Hueg. Enum. 42, and on the other to A. pgcnantka.

in

131.

A. pycnantha, BeniL

Hook. Land. Journ,

i.

351.

small or

middle-sized tree, quite glabrous; brandies terete or nearly so. Phyllodia janceolate-falcate, obtuse or rather acute, much narrowed towards the base, 3 to 6 ui, long, the larger ones often 1 in. broad in the middle, coriaceous, l-

penni veined with nerve-like margins, the marginal gland rather large near the base. Racemes short, with a few dense globular heads of 50 to 100 flowers, mostly 5-merous, the rhachis and peduncles rather stout. Calyx shortly lobed, ciliate, usually about % as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, glabrous, distinct or readily separating. Pod straight or slightly curved, several inches long, about 3 lines Seeds ovalbroad, flat and rather thin. oblong, longitudinal ; funicle not so long as the seed, thickened upsvards, either not folded, Schlecht. or with 1 or 2 very short folds at the base. Linn^a, xx. 664 P. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 15 ; Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Ser. t. 86; J. peliolaris, Lehm. Novit, Hort. Hamb. in Linnaea, xxv. 306 ; J.falcinella, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 11.

nerved,

victoria.
or scrubs,

Frequent throuf^rhout the greater part of the colony

F. teller.

obi

in

open

forest country

S. Australia, Common especially on undulating hills, exuding abundance of gum and niTBishing bark for tanning, Behr, F, Mueller. Van (?) angHstifoHa, Branchlets angular, phyllodia narrower, flower-heads fewer and fimaller. Memory Cove, R. Brown; Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller, referred here on the autoority of F. Mueller, but from the inspection of the specimeus it appears somewhat distinct. Pod unknown.

A
urous

A tall

handsome shrub,

gla-

and often glaucous, the branchlets terete or nearly so. Phvllodia from lanceolate-falcate to almost linear, narrowed at the base, usually oblique, 4 to 8 m. long, or the lower ones shorter and broader, thickly coriaceous, 1-nerved ^ith thick nerve-like the near gland marginal the veined, margins, obscurely base not very heads of globular dense with short, conspicuous. Eacemes above 50 flowers as in A. pyctmntha, and the calyx as in that species | as
^ong as the
straight,
flat,

corolla.

Pod middle." the to united silky-pubescent, Petals glaucous, li to 3 in. long, 4 to 5 lines wide, somewhat coriaSeeds transverse; funicle long and filiform, in a double fold, only very shortly thickened at the end

ceous with nerve-like margins. pncu-cling the seed

into a
1^jj^*-

small fleshy

aril.

S. M^ales.

Towards the Barrier range, Victorian Expedition.

S. coast.

AustraUa.

R. Brown;

Port Lincoln, Wilhelmi;

Eindera range, F.

Jonrn. Land. \. ZU. ITook. in Benth. A. Cmn.; a- tall shrub, quite glabrous ; branchlets angular. Phyllodia linear-lanceolate or almost spathulate, curved, very obtuse or with a small hooked point, 3 to in. long, 1-nerved, ^ coriaceous, i.uii..v.v,"o, -""jj, iiiuuii thickly iuicmj much narrowed base, oase, narrowea towaras the towards me m.nririnal "Booth and 'nooth nrifl d1^:: i\.:_ - iu:. 1 J ..,! ..cimllv 9 nr more margin al or 2 usually shining, the margins thickened and Stands, den fiacemes short, the rhachis rigid and flexuose, with several dense
133.

A. gladiiformis,

366

XL. LEGTJMINOS.^,
m

[^Acacio.

globular heads of above 30 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals narrow-linear, spathulate, with dark concave tips more than half the length of the corolla. Pod elongated, flat but flexiiose, about 3 lines broad, coriaPetals smooth. ceous. Seeds longitudinal; funicle long, slightly dilated, encircling the seed ill a double fold, but not returning the third time as in A, amoena.

N.
ham,

S. "Wales.

Blue Mountains and rocky

hills to the

westward, J. and

Cunning^

13^, A. obtusata, Sieb, in DC. Prod. ii. 453. A tall shmb, quite gla'brous; branclilets angular. Phyllodia oblong-linear or almost spathulate, usually straight, very obtuse, 1| to 3 in. long, rigidly comceous, l-nerved, with thickened nerve-like margins, the veinlets inconspicuous, with or without marginal glands. Racemes short, with ^e\y densely pucked heads of above 30 flowers, mostly S-merous. Sepals thick, spathulate, half as long as the corolla, at first united but readily separating when fully out. Pod unknoivn.
S. ^Vaies. Blue Mountains, Sleber, n, 441 A, Cunningham, Fraser, Alhedoa the one hand to A. amcena, ou the other to A, gJadliformis, but apparently distinct from
;

W.

both.

A
lar.

rubida, A Cunn.
.

in

Field.

N.

S. Wales.

344.
;

tall slirub,

quite glabrous, allied to

A. amcena, and perhaps a

variety

branclilets angu-

Phyllodia lanceolate, often falcate, rather acute, much narrowed towards the base, mostly about 3 in. long, rather thick, 1-nerved, with nerve-like margins, the veiulets inconspicuous and never more than 1 marginal gland. Ka-

cemes shorter than the phyllodia, with several, often 10 to 12, rather small heads of 10 to 15 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals half as long as the petals, usually coherent. Sieb. amcena, Petals smooth. unknown.^, Pod PI. Exs., not of Wendl.
Port Jackson to the Blue JTountains, Sieber, . 452 Gvvydir, Leichhardt ; Clarence river, Beckler ? (specimens not in flower).

N.S. Wales.
136.

head of

the

V
,

A. amcena,
straight

Wendl. Comm. Acac. 10,

t.

4.

glaquite tall shrub,

oblaii-

broils,

young branches pubescent.

Phvllodia obliquely lanceolate or

or falcate, obtuse or*^ with a small recurved point, much narrowed towards the base, not very thick, 1-nerved with nerve-like margins and more or less distinctly veined, with 1, 2, or 3 often prominent distant marginal glands, 1| to 2^ in. long on the flowering shoots, longer on the
ceolate,
several barren branches. with Racemes usually shorter than the phyllodia, small globular heads of about 8 to 12 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals msshort, broad, usually separating when 5, Petals the flower is fully out. wiH tmct, smooth with prominent curved, midribs. Pod flat, straight or benerve-like margins, -several in. long, contracted 3 to 4 lines broad, not

DC.

tween the seeds. Seeds ovate, longitudinal funicle dilated and reticulate from near the base, very long, extending round the seed, returning on tne same sule and bent back a third time, encircling the seed in a triple toK, and thickened at the end into a fleshy aril, two-thirds the length of the seed.
;

Prod.

ii.

452

Fl. Muell. PI. Vict.

;

ii.

17.

N. S. Wales.

Blue Mountains, R. Brown

an Lachlan lllawarra and barks of the

Marquarne, A. Curtninr/ham, vunmngnam, Fraser. traser. Victoria. Rocky mountains along Macalister river and its of Snowy River and adjoining mountains, at an elevation of 2000

^n granitic tributaries, Muelier.. Pto 4000 ft.,

hi*

-icncia.]

XL. LKGUminos.E,

367

pears to be.

^^' '"'^^ "" ^^'"^ time does not occur in any other spe,ip?>, ""i^ cies which I have Leen''^f"r''l'"-" able to observe, and is in all the seeds I have examined of ^. It remains, however, to be ascertained whether it is really so constant a character as it ap-'

rrl

amJa

A
A
A

shrub, glabrous or nearly so, the branches scarcely angular. Phylloclia linear-spathulale or narrow oblong-hinceolate, obtuse, much narrowed at the base 2 to 5 m. long, rather thick, 1-nerved, obscurely marked with longitu(linni reticulations, the margins scarcely prominent, nsually with a gland tovvards the middle. Racemes shorter than the phvllodia, with a few globular heads of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals spathulate, cohering at first but readily separating, half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Pod flat, usually curved, 2 to 3 lines broad,

n tall
.

*^^^>^des, J. Ctimu; Benth.

in

HooL

Lond, Journ,

i.

354.

Seeds oblong, longitudinal funicle iialt as long as the seed, the last fold thickened into a clavate, keeled, fleshy am nlmost from the base, with 2 or 3 very minute folds below it. F. MueU,
seeds.
;

much

contrcxcted

between the

PI. Vict,

ii,

16.

lachlan and Dumaresq rivers, A. Cunningham. Victoria. Murray desert, Prince Paul William of Wirtemherg. Ballachg. Allied m flowers to A, oblusafa and A. crassiuscula, and ia foliage to A. salicifia, but oiflering several points from each of these species.

. S. Whales.

shrub or small tree, with branches often pendulous, the foliage of a pale or glaucous *ue and quite glabrous; branchlets scarcely angular. Phyllodia mostly straight or nearly so, oblong-linear or lanceolate, obtuse or slightly acuminate, Kiuch narrowed at the base, 2 to 5 in. long and not above \ in. broad, but in some varieties occasionally broader or falcate, always rather thick, the midrib Pi'^'^i^ent, the lateral veins obscurely reticulate, the margins scarcely fV*f^ lekened, the gland very rare. Eacemes short, irregularly bearing 2 or 3 ense globular heads or reduced to a single head. Flowers 20 or more, loostly 5.merous. Calyx short, truncate, entire or minutely toothed. Petals ^"Jte smooth. Pod straight, 1 to 3 in. long, in the ordinary form not above hnes broad; valves Seeds orbicular, soraewliat convex, hard and thick. ongitudinal; funicle thickened and usually scarlet almost from the base, forming several folds under the seed. F. Muell. PI Vict. ii. 12 Dietr. Fl. Univers. ^' !^er. t. 83 ; ^. Ugulata, A, Cunn. ; Benth. in Hook. Loud. Journ. i. 362.
ii.

13S.

A. salicina, Lindl

in Mitch, Three

Exped.

20.

tall

Banks of creeks, Arnhem's Land, F, Mueller; Curtis Island, Henne. ^^^^land. Open forest lands on the Balonne, Mitchell; Suttor river, /: Mueller. On the Lachlan and thence to the Barrier Range, A. Cunningham^ juy 'y'^ales.
iWieU^ Victorian Expedition^ etc. ; Liverpool plains, Leichhardt. Victoria. In the N.W. desert, F. Mueller. ***'^lia. Spencer's Gulfs, and northward Prom and Vincent's the Murray to St. JK J
"je desert interior.
'
.

? '^^stralia.

to

F. Mueller- Memory Cove, R. Brown. ^^*^^^ia- Dirk Hartog's Island, A. Cunningham ; Sharks Bay, Milne; MarchisA u nver, Oldjield; also a specimen from Bavdins ETj^edition, in Herb. R. Brown. veined, the lower ones often more Branches rhjllodia more spreading, Xiix\^\'^^^^^^^^' ^"^^^^^ ^^d almost penniveined, as in A, penninervis, but withont the thickened toarff* "^oblique and the folds of the fu^^^ often ^'^o^t seeds ^. 4 broad, the lines h\iAu To this beTrop. Austr. 132. "^ Mitch. side Benth. in ^. vartans, "P lonj au ^\\7v^^^ the tropical and 6 It is generally a very distinct form, and subtropical specimens.


36S
it

Xl^.

LEGUMiNOS.^.
it

[Jcacw.
a variety only

IS

with some

hesitation that I have followed F. Mueller in considering

of A. salicina.
tall A Journ.^ L 356. Hook. Lond, in Benth. 139. A. rostellifera, F. by united which it is with salicina^ to A. allied nearly shrub or small tree, more much is phyllodia of the the nerve different, is the aspect Mueller, but quite flexuous, angular, Branclilets unknown. pod is and the prominent,
.

glabrous.
'

Phylloclia linear-lanceolate,

2 to 5 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad,

with an oblique or recurved usually callous point, rather Flower-heads few, in short raceme3, thick, l-ner\'ed, very obscurely veined. Calyx short, truncate. as in A, salicina, with numerous 5-merous flowers. which cyaywpJii/lla, A. of midribs prominent Petals quite smooth, without the m Meissn. subbinervia, resemble. A. .the lonj?-leaved specimens sometimes
straii^ht or falcate,

PL

Preiss.

i.

16.
River,

"W. Australia. Swan

river, Oldfield;

Drummond,

st Coll. n.

Rottenest Island, Preiss, n. 924. measure some in therefore was occurs, and whence Meissner derived his name, very seldom exceptional in the specimen described hy him. The species requires further investigation.

285, 27id Coll. k. 103 Murchlson from phyllodia, the of nerve second The
;

140. A. pycnophylla^ Bentk. oblinear, erect, numerous, the branches slightly angular. Phyllodia usually nerveless and thick long, tuse or with a small straight point, 1| to 3 in. Flowerglands. marginal besides the midrib, narrowed at the base, without
glabrous, erect shrub of several
ft.,

heads generally 2 or 3, in short axillary the as long as half CalyS: globular, with 10 to 15 flowers, mostly 5-merous. bud. the in angular corolla, shortly and broadly lobed. Petals smooth, but to seeds, 1 the Pod linear, flat with thickened margius, not contracted between ^ or last 2 1^ lines broad; valves thinly coriaceous. Seeds longitudinal, the seed. the under short folds of the funicle thickened into a small fleshy aril A. c?'assiHscida, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 16, not of Sieber. Coll Zrd Drummond, W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts,
98, Preiss, n. 929, Oldfield. . p^j thinner. y?x, angmtifolia, Phyllodia narrower ; pednncles rather longer; petals the same. Cape Paisly and Cape Legraiid, Maxwell. . ,.. . dilterei The folia-e is nearly that of ^. ramoshmna and A. Ilarveyi, but the pod is very torms narrowest-leaved The lobed calyx as weU as the pod readily distinguish it from the
:.

racemes on short thick

peduncle?,

A.

salicina.

141.
sliijhtly

A. Harveyi, Bmth.
angular

Quite glabrous, with erect slender

Phyllodia

when

younsj.

narrow-linear, obtuse ^^

^"^ ^''^'^^^.J^^

short hooked point, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1^ lines broad, narrowed ^"^^" very veinlets rather thick, the midrib scarcely prominent and the ^ pai Plower-heads small, globular, several in short slender racemes, the mostly head, peduncles 1 to 2 lines long. Flowers sniall, 20 to 30 in the coio the as merous. Calyx thin, shortly lobed, more than half as long Petals smooth. Pod very flat, with scarcely thickened margins,

at the Das

"?^^^^^^j

tracted between the seeds, 3 in. long or more, above \ in. broad, ^^^^'^'^^^^ wi pod, the and transversely reticulate. Young seeds along the centre of

long funicle folded and thickened under the seed, but not seen ripe. mosissit7ia, Benth. ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 16, partly. t rl a o^e^^^ V7. Australia. Between King Georze's Sonud and Cape Riche, ffarvey C\r\ ^' aaa Drummond^ ifh Coll. n. 130 (in fruit). .Allied in foliage to A. pt/cnoi^h^la
.

^^^

'

Acacia."]

XL,

LEGUMINOS^.
Proiss's specimens I

369

siisima,

but very different in fruit.

appears to
tlie

me

have only seen u. 941, wliicli to belong to the present species, but cannot be absolutely determined without

Of

fruit,

1050. A shrub, attaining about 3 to 6 ft., quite glabrous, often glaucous, with acutely angled branchlets. Phylloclia linear or almost lanceolate, mostly 3 to 4 in. but sometimes in. long, 2 to 4 lines broad, obtuse or mucronulate, narrowed towards the base, rather thick, 1-uerved with nerve-like margins, obscurely veined.
142.
TFilld.

A. suaveolens,

Spec.

PL

iv.

Jlovver-heads small, in axillary racemes, at first enclosed in imbricate scaly

Ehachis and peduncles slender. Flowers 6 to 10 in the head, mostly 5-merous, Sepals thin, narrow linear-spathulate, quite distinct. Petals thin_ thin, nuitp oblono- flat, coriaceous, quite smnnth. smooth. Pod oblong, glaucous, very obtuse, 1 to 1^ in. long, 6 to 8 lines broad. Seeds obiong,
fall off

tracts,

which

very early,

II

contracted into snort folds more or less thickened under the seed into a small fleshy aril. Mimosa suaveolens, Sm. Labiil. PI. Nov. Holl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. 253 ^1- 87, t, 236 ; M, ohliqna^ Lam, in Journ. Hist. Nat. i. 89, t. 5, according to Wendl. Comm. Acac. 33, but not of Pers. ; M. amjiisti/oUa, Jacq. Hort. Micenhr. iii. 74, t. 391 suaceolens, DC. Prod. ii. 453; Lodd. Bot. Cab.
till

transverse;

funicle. filiform yearly

maturity,

when

it

is

A.

^^30; Reichb, Ic. et Descr. Pi. t. 46 HooL f. Fl. Tasm.i. 107 F. Muell. 1^1Vict. ii. 14; 4, ang^(^tifolia/^NQl\^^^ Comm. Acac. 34; PC. Prod. ii.
;
;

Qu^nsland.

Moreton Bay,
l*ort

litzalan.

mir'
Z,!^^Mueller.

^*^^* 5^^5
;

Jackson to the Blue Mountaitis, It. Brown, Sieher, n. 462, and southward to Twofold Bay, F. northward to Hastiu^s river, Beckler ; ' ^
'

/y^^***"a.

Bushy sand

ridges, barren scrubby plains,

and rocky coast

declivities in the

r^'
7
*'

and eastern parts of the colony, F, Mueller.

l^^i^^^^a-t^. Hooker.
^43.
'

Dry

soils,

N.

coast,

^ud

islands

of Bass's Straits, also on the Dcrwcut,

A. subcaerulea,
^"'^"^

oblong-linear, lanceolate or narrow-linear, obtuse or raucronate, 1^ ^o.-i 111. long, 2 to 4 lines broad, straight, thick and coriaceous, 1-nerved and ^'nless, or, when broad, rather thinner, slightly falcate, and faintly penni-

Ph n Iodia

gl;^l^rou9

1075. An erect or spreading and often very glaucous ; branclilets acutely angular.
Llndl. Bot. Bej.
1.

^w
an
1

margin mnch allies, and Eacemes often as long as sometimes altogether disappearing. fe phyUodia, enclosed scales, the or bracts deciduous very in young when "achis and peduncles slender. Flower-heads globular, with above 30 flowers,
less
^ '"'^'ous-

^^^ n*^i've-like

prominent than

in

A. obtusnta and

sm
in
!!

or sometimes broader distinct and narrow Sepals very thin, 1Petals cohering, about; half as long as the corolla or shorter. J^'^^^y to near lojig, in. ^* rarely i or 2 \ separating. Pod 1 to 1^
'

^^"^o*-^^

suaveolens. in A. as glaucous, and flat, coriaceous SeM closely packed ^|f^^. transverse, short hvf a into thickened funicle the folH as under the seed. ^. kemiteles, Beuth. in Linnsea, xxvi. 619 ; A. apcu^'^'
""^^^^

obtuse,

'.

Meissn. in

PL

Preiss.

i.

17.
Riche, :DrumCape to Sound George's Kiug places, the Great Bight, towards eastward and Oldjield, 919.

wow 'd^.''**'"*^^*^ ^''"10. MatLn

Sandy and stony

'^f ^^^- II.

Freiss, n. Point Possession, Collie. '

2 B

;; !

370

XL, LEGUMINOS-^.'

[Acacla,

Phyllodia shorter, pod rather longer. Var. parvifolia, ^^*Norahup/' 0/^^^W.

Near

Cape Riche, Harvet/

144. A. Iiindleyi, Memn. in PL Preiss, i. 14. A glabrous, glaucous shrub, evidently allied to J. subccsridea, hut somewhat uncertain until the Branches much stouter, very acutely 3-ang'led wheti fruit has been seen. young. Lower phyllodia 6 to 10 in. long, 1^ to 2 in. broad, lanceolate, much narrowed at the base, 1-nerved, with fine but prominent pinnate veins; upper ones smaller and narrower, mqi'e like those of A. subcrertdea. Racemes short, probably enclosed when young in imbricate scales, but all fallen ofFm the specimens seen ; heads few, globular, containing numerous 5-merou3 flowers. Sepals narrow, "W. Australia. Tn the interior, Preiss, w. 947, Brummond [^th CoU.)y n. 25. TLc
specimens I have seen are not satisfactory.

Benth. in Zinnia, xxvi. 619. A bushy shrub, attaining 8 or 10 ft., glabrous and often somewhat glaucous; branches at narrowed obtuse, slightly angular. Phyllodia oblong linear or lanceolate, the base, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, with a scarcely prominent nerve and very obscurely reticulate veins. Peduncles slender, in short axillary racemes pr rarely solitary, bearing each a small globular head of numerous (above 30) the at spathulate flowers, mostly 5.raerous. distinct, Sepals very narrow, end. Petals rather narrow, free, smooth. 'Pod flat, straight, 2 to 3 in. long, about ^ in. wide, obtuse ; valves membranous. Seeds transverse, ovate funicle thickened from the base, and forming an aril of about 3 folds under the seed.

145.

A. leptopetala,

xmr,01djield. Murchisoii CoIL , 52; The pod seeu in the latter specimeus only, which otherwise agree with Drummond's.

^V. Australia, Brummond,

146.

Svppl. to ^ih

slightly brancUets F. MuelL Herb, Glabrous; angular. Phyllodia linear, straight or nearly so, obtuse or with a callous hooked point, 5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1^ lines wide, thick, with a sliglitly proor long, 2 minent nerve and yery obscurely veined. in. Peduncles about | 8 together in a short raceme, bearing each a globular head of numerous linear-spa(above 50) flowers, mostly 5-merous. narrow, thin, Sepals very narrow, so, thulate, fully half as long as the corolla. nearly Petals free or very thin. Pod linear, 2 to 3 in. long, about 4 lines broad, flat, obtuse slightly or valves membranous. filiform Seeds transverse, ovate; funicle thickened from the base, forming 2 or 3 short folds under the seed.

A. Murrayana,

Queensland.

Open

Forest, St. George's Brid^^e on the Balonue, Mitchell.

t

du matched, are in fruit only ; it is possible, therefore, that they may not have be,e^ correctly they appear all to belong to one species, differing from A, lepiopetala iu little besides

S. Australii^. Cooper's Greek, Murray^ in HowUfs Expedition, Murray's specimen, a single one, is in flower only; Mitcheirs, of which we

li^^^^^T^J^.!

long narrow phyllodia,

147.

A. subulata,
10
ft.

Blinib, attaining

A Bonpl. JarH. Malm. 110, t. 45. branclie^. or more, with erect, slender, sliglitly angular
tall

glabrous

Phyllodia narrow-linear, mucronulate, narrowed *'^^\ arcely 1 line broad, straight or nearly so, rather thin, 1 -nerved. heads several, globular, small, in slender axillary racemes, the P^"""*' 5-inerou almost filiform. Flowers about 12 to 20, very small, mostly
at the base, 3 to 6

m.

IoHo^
'

'

Acacia.]

XL.

leguminos^.

371
Pe.

Calyx thin, turbinate, iisually

tals

smooth.

Pod

toothed, fully half as long as the corolla. not seen. DC. Prod. ii. 453.

Forests of the W. branches of Himter's River aud plains of Daley, ^. Umingham , also in LeichhardCs collection. The phyllodia are sometimes scarcely broader thau iu the tiat-leaved variety oi A juncifoUa, but the inflorescence is difFerent.
.

N.S. Wales.

Willd

Racemes
comprising several small
3-nierous.
the base.

scarcely exceeding the phyllodia or shorter,

globular head's of about 8 to 12 flowers, mostly Calyx short, broadly lobed. Petals smooth, separating nearly to Pod linear, very flat, 2 to 4 in. long, 4 to 6 lines broad and not

between the seeds; valves thinly coriaceous, with nerve-like mar?Bs. Seeds longitudinal, along the centre of 'the pod, the last fold of the funicle jnickened into a Mimosa club-shaped lateral aril, the other folds minute. Holla, Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 2 Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 394 ; M. Uvearis, Wendl. ; ^ot Beob. 56, and Hort. Herrenh. 8, t. 18, not of Sims; A. abeihia, ^^'M. Sp. PI. iv. 1 0.51 ; DC. Prod. ii. 453 ; J. Vmifolia, Bonpl. Jard. Malm. 56. t. 16; DC. Prod, ii.453; Bot. Mag. t. 2168; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 383?
(this fig.

contracted

looks

more

like

A.

subulata).

otli laers
;

517

Cunninylmm, Fraser, F. Mueller, and A. Moreton Bav, V*^****^' Wide Bay, Leichhardt ; Broad Sound, 'Bowman. ^^^^^- I*oi't JacksoQ to the Blue Mountains, Sieher, n. 463, and Fl. Mixt. n. J
^'"'**'^ue river,
*'"^''*
'

^'^'^'Pool plains. ^- Cutinimjham. Th^lr ne broad-leaved forms of this species, with the raarmns less ciliated or not perceptibly so, ^inect ,t with the following. A. prominens.
tall G. Bon, Gen. Syst. ii. 40G. sli'f j/ifiio, glabrous and usually glaucous, with angular branchlets. Phyllodia om hnear-lanceolate to oblong-falcate, when narrow nearly those of y/. litii'^"^. hut not so decidedly ciliate, more acute and the marg-inal gland further m the i)ase, and passing from that to nearly those of J. Imata, but always "cn thmner than the latter, with the pinnate veins as well as the gland
'

^* P*'**i'iens, A. Cunn.

in

ore

conspicuous, mostly 1 to

DliTl

am
s

11

in the narrow broad lines 3 from long, Ii I^'^fc^^^s about as long as the 1-^' *' '' "^^^^ ^ i^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ o"''^15 to rarely or 12 to 10 ' with very about 8 of small globular heads fl Petals ^^'ei's, mostly 5-merous. Calyx very short, broadly lobed.
in.
r;

rarpl
fiini

^v

\^

-R
Cul

f ir 7.S-

perfect, 3, 4, or ^^^'^ "^^"" ^" ^ "^^ ^^^' ^ ^^0-'^^. Seeds longitudinal along the centre, the last fold of the ^^"^'^ i"^o fleshy clavate lateral aril, the other folds veiy small.
^^^"^^^

^^^^

""ens

is"^*^^s8 a" ? '**"*^lia

4

Dietr.'n. Univers. N. Ser. ; ^^^' ^'"- sy^t- " 406.

*
"?

3503

t.

83

" ' ' ^Jimbriat

'

Blue Mountains, Caley, A. Cunningham, and others, Between Rocky Creek and Mount Remarkable, F. ilueller.

hpeci-

to

*^w"l\

F. Mueller refers it "lay prove to be a broad-leaved variety of A. linifoUa. il^^J^ ^^*'^"'"""g the pod very accurately, but that is not the fruit of the true A. lu'iicti has always the seed centre of the pod. Ivinsj close to the upper suture, not in the

B 2

372

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Acacia.

150. A. Leichhardtii, Benih.

Brandies slender,

terete, hispid witli

rarely mucronate, falcate, linear-lanceolate, Phyllodia spreading hairs. long ciliate, and prominent margins nerve-like and midrib lonj^, the in. above 1 Raotherwise veinless, the marginnl gland about the middle, often ^vanting. of beads small numerous with slender, phyllodia, cemes much longer than the as half lobed, shortly turoinate, Calyx 5-merous. 20 or more flowers, mostly about long, in. to 4 flat, 2 very Pod smooth. long as the corolla. Petals 4 lines broad, hispid with long hairs, but not seen ripe.

Queensland.

Expedition

range^,

Leichhardt*

several of shrub A 8. SI Comm.Jcac. Wendl. 151. A. crassiuscula, J. acutely usually branches when young glaucous feet, glabrous and often rather ; pouit oblique small a with falcate, linear, often angled. Phyllodia numerous, and 1-neryed thick, ratlier lanceolate, almost or the lower ones obtuse and veinless, the nerve-like margins often but. not always ciliate, 1^ to 2 in. long hues ones .3 larger in in some specimens, above 3 in. in others, 1^ to 2 or the than shorter Racemes broad, the marginal gland below the middle. flowers. more or 20 of phyllodia, w:ith several small dense globular heads separating readily and ciliate Calyx turbinate, fully half as long as the corolla, midribs. prominent with Petals often separating, into spathulate sepals. seeds. the between contracted Pod linear, rather thick, about 2i lines broad, ^-^o; u. Irod. Seeds in the centre of the pods, but not seen perfect.-r-DC. u. Syst. Gen. Hook. f. PL Tasm. i. 108 J, adunca, A. Cunn. in G. Don, 406 ; A. Sieberiana, Tausch. in Flora, 1836, 420, not of DC. Queensland. Morcton Bay, Fitzalan,
;

N.

S.

Wales.
hills

barren brushy

Port Jackson to of the Blue Mountains, A. Cunningham^ Fraser.

Blue Mountains, R, Brow7i, Sleler, n.

464

rocky
;

lliudcrs Island, Bass's Straits, /. D. Hooker, Although evidently distinct from all other species I have examined,

Tasmania,

it

is

Refine this one satisfactorily until the fruit shall he more certainly known. Tery distinct from the AVestern plant referred to in * Plantse Preissiana?/

impossible to It is certamiy

152. A. decora, Reichb. Icon. ExoL L 199. rhyllodia^langlabrous or slightly glaucou^-toraentose ; braiiclilets angular, m. to ceolate or linear^ narrowed at the base, straight or slightly falcate, 1 nervewith long, thicker than in J, linifoUa^ l-nervcd, slightly penniveined, usually Racemes like margins and usuallv with a gland below the middle. z about of numerous, longer than the phyllodia, with several globidar heads corolla. the as flowers, mostly 5-merous, Calyx shortly lubed, not half so long close longitudnud, Pod straight or curved, flat, about 3 lines broad. Seeds cluolateral a to the upper suture last fold of the funicle thickened into shaped aril, the lower folds very small. o Plu Mount Queensland. Kenpd Bay, R. Broicn Dawson river, F. Mueller; near
shrub of several
a, ;
:

feet,

UllcAeii.

S. "Wales, Liverpool plains, A. Cunningham; New Eugland, C. Stuart. nui more Perhaps a variety of A, buxifolia, differing only in the longer phyUodia and appar Garden, reus flowers in the heads. Some specimens from 'the Melbourne Botanic of this species, have the phyllodia still longer and narrower.

N.

153. A, buxifolia, A. Cunn. in Field, N. S. TTales, 344. A som^ shrub with angular brnnchlets, Phyllodia obliquely oblong-lanceolate, * ii^ what falcate, narrowed at each eud, usually under 1 in., rarely li
glabrous

. I

Acacia.]

XL. LEGUMiNosj;.

373

with a scarcely prominent nerve and obscure veins, the mai-ginal gland small or none. Eacemes scarcely exceeding the phyllodia, \vith Several small globular heads of 8 to 1 3 or rarely more flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx stort, broad. Petals smooth. Pod straight or curved, flat, 3 or 4 lines broad. Seeds longitudinal,' close to the upper suture ; last fold of the funicle thickened intoalateral club-shaped aril, the low^ ones very small. Hook. Ic. PL 1. 164. N. S. "Wales. Hunter's and Macquarrie rivers, A. Cunnin^^am, Prater; New
rather thick,

Eogland, C.

Stuart ; Clarence river, Beckler,' Nearly allied to A, lunata, and perhaps a variety with narrower straighter phyllodia, and some specimeas appear almost to pass iuto A\ decora,

of several feet, with angular Phyllodia oblong-falcate or braiichlets, often glaucous. almost ovate/ but very oblique, oljtuse or with a minute oblique or recurved point, rarely 1 in. long, 3 to 6 lines broad, coriaceous, 1-nerved, obscurely
154'.

A.

liihata,

Sieh. in

DO. Frod.

ii.

452.

A glabrous shrub

minute or none. Eacemes longer" than the phyllodia, with several small heads of 4 to 10 comparatively largfr flowers, Calyx short and broad. Petals smooth. mostly 5-merous.
veined,

the margins scarcely thickened, the gland

Seeds longitudmal, glaucous, straight or curved, 3 to 4 lines broad. lateral a close to the upper into thickened funicle the suture, the last fold of club-shaped aril, the lower folds very small. Bot. Keg. 1. 1352 ; Lodd. Bot. (partly) Cab. t. 384; Sweet, ii. Vict. 17 PI. Muell. F. PL Austr. t. 42 ; ^falcinella, Tausch. in Plora, 1836, 419; A. bretifolia, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t.
Pod
flat,

dealbaia, A. ii. 405 Syst. Gen. A. Cunn, in G. Don, Don, A. Cunn. in G. ;-^. furfuracea, Lindl. of Pield, N. S. Wales, 345, not Gen. Syst. ii. 405; Queensland. ^lovQion'Rayf A. Cunningham. .e-, j
^235 ?; A. olecpfoUa,
;

a>id n. 461, Sieher, Brown, R. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, ^. County, {.'Mij-;. , Argyle and river, Macquarrie 600, and olhersi extending to the ^tmvpfiam. Backhouse. ,, ,; J>. Mueller nver, Victoria. Ovens and Hills Barren scrubby ridges between Mayday

N. S.

tspCiraens

not in fruit) Without the friiit this species

'a are

usually

t, i. it ihajH^^iopromirtens A. . with confounded be may readily heads the in flo\%'trs th6 and however more coriaceous, with the Veins less conspicuous rather fewer aud larger.

handA 347. I Jount. A. bracliybotrya, EentJt. in Bool. Land. some shrub close a with white silveryor of several feet, glabrous glaucous obPhyllodia terete. soon f'ltj-pubescence angular,
ISo.
;

braiichlets

slightly

very in or m. to 1 mucronulate, obovate or oblong, obtuse or Varely \ 1-neryed, 'sunant specimens corraceous, base, twice as long, narrowed at the wanting often or nniveined, the small middle, the near marginal gland f short very a ^e<luncles rather on to 5 2 short, solitary, or more frequently a common beanng each branch, ".""-", '" i^cuiuicie, leafy ^rcuj . peduncle, ouen into a out uilu often growing oui bepals S^merous. ar head of mostly numerous (20 to 50) flowers,
"l"ely
linea

eai--5pathulate, free tinct of readily

or connected by a thin membrane.

Petals smooth dis-

'sep7iviing."""pS'lmeai^,^^^^^^^^

or undulate, 3 to 5 lines

^ad,
;na

T
i

but the valves often alternately at the thickened funicle sometimes much warted: Seeds longitudinal; !"' a club-shaped lateral aril and once folded below it. ^. argyrophylla,
flat

seeds the over concave and convex

^k.;P.Muell.Pl.Vict.ii. 18.

,374
r

XL. LEGUM1N0S.E.

[Acacia,

N.
rani?e,.

S. "Wales.

Peel's

Range, A, Cunningham i from

tlie

Darling to the Earrier

Victorian Exjiedilion.

Victoria. Not uncommon in the N.W. desert, 2^. MneUer. S. Australia. Towards Spencer's Gulf, F. Mueller ; Mount Hall, Warhnrton. The following forms appear at first sight very distinct, hut they pass too gradually

into

each other to he separahle as species. Phyllodia mostly Silvery-silky, turning sometimes to a golden-yellow. a. argj^ropliylla* A. arflowers. more than 30 with often solitary, usually iu. long. Flower-heads to 1^ f gjjrophf/lla, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4384 A, bombf/clna^ Beuth. in Lindl. and Paxt. Fl. Gard. Chiefly iu S. Australia. ji. 101, f. 186, Phyllodia mostly ^ to | in. b. glaiicophtjlla. Glaucous and more or less pubescent. long. Flower-heads mostly 2 to 5, shortly racemose, with about 20 to 30 flowers. A. bra^ N. S, "Wales chjboirya^ Benth., as above; A, dictijocar]}a^ Benth. in Liuutea, xxvi. 616.

and Victoria.
c.

glabra.

Quite glabrous.

Phyllodia small and narrow.

Flower-heads small.

Murray

desert.

F. MuelL Herb. dense bushy glabrous shrub, 5 ft. brancblets augular. Phyllodia obovate-oblong, very obtuse, narrowed at the base, \ to 1 in. long, coriaceous, 1-nerved, obscurely penniRaveined, the. marginal gland below the middle sometimes wanting. cemes as long as the phyllodia, with usually few globular heads of about '15 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-nierous. Calyx short, broad, toothed. Petals smooth. Pod falcate, coriaceous, 2 to 4 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal along the centre; funicleloug and much folded round the seed, but not seen quite ripe. S. Australia- Between Broughtou and Rocky Creeks, F. Mueller. The foliage and habit are those of ^. hrachjhotrya, it has also much resemblance in habit aud calyx to the
156. of 4 to
;

A. Wattsiana,

shoi-ter leaved
*

forms of A. lanata (A. oleafolia, A. Cuun.), to which I had referred it Linua^a/ xxvi. 616, hut differs essentially from them both iu the pod aud especially

la the

in

tlie

elongated fuuicle.

podalyriaefolia, A. Cuun. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. tall shrub, more or less mealy-glaucous, and miimtcly pubescent, rarely qmte or obtuse glalirous. oblique, Phyllodia obovate ovate or oblonj^, more or less 3 or with 1 narrowed at one or both ends, mostly 1 to 1| in. long, 1-nerved, marginal glands, Eacemes much longer than the phyllodia, with several, ofteu 10 to 20, small globtdar heads of numerous small mostly 5-merous flowers*
157.
ii.

A.

4f)5.

Calyx turbinate, sinuate-toothed, not half so long as tlie corolla. flat, very Pod or very slightly cohering, hirsute, with prominent midribs. ovate, Seeds nearly | in. bread, 1 to several in. long, glabrous or pubescent. tola last the longitudinal; fuuicle rather long, in short folds under the seed, slightly thickened. ^. Fraseri, Hook. Ic. PL t. 171 ; A. Caler/i, A. Cunu.; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 317 (a stunted specimen).

Petals tree

othen; and Brisbane river, Moretou Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, nve in the interior about Lake Salvator, etc., Milchell ; between the Suttor and Pawaon P. Mueller ; "Wide Bay, C. Moore.

Queensland.

158. A,uncifera, Benth. in Mitch Trop. Anstr. 311. A s^^^Jl^,?^ about 5 ft., softly velvety-pubescent; branchlets nearly terete. ^'^^^ j obliquely oblong or elliptical-falcate, narrowed at botb ends, withabooK^ marmumte point, to 2 iu. long, i to f in. broad, 1-nerved, with 1 to 3 <rloseveral ginal glands. Eacemes rather longer than the phyllodia, with
i

Acacia]

XL. LEGUMiXOSiE.

375

Flowers peduncles. shorter on podalyriafolia, than in J. smaller bular heads, prove to also smaller, otherwise like those of that species, of which this may
*

be a variety.

Pod unknown.
Foot of sandstone rocks near Mount Pluto, Mitchell.

Queensland.
159.

A. vestita,

Ker, in Bot. Reg.

t.

698;

tall

bushy shrub,

softly

high, but attaining twice that size. -falcate, recurved or less more ovate-elliptical, Phvllodia numerous, obliquely cuneate point, pungent not but fine witt a undulate, mostly about long, in.
pubescent or villous, usually 8 to

10

ft.

formmg a phyllodia, the -nerved. terminal leafy panicle, each with several small globular heads of 10 to 20 or oband shortly turbinate, Calyx sometimes more flowers, mostly 5-merous. distmct mto separating rarely corolla, tusely lobed, nearly half as long as the glastraight flat, very Pod free. sepals. Petals smooth, glabrous, usually Seeds oval-oblong, brous and glaucous, l\ to 3 in. long, 4 to 5 lines broad.
at

the base, 1

\ Racemes much longer than

thickened longitudinal along the centre of the pod 3 or with seed, the 2 as into an oblong-clavate lateral aril nearly as long 4o2. u. Prod. DC. base. sbort filifonn and transverse at the
;

last fold of the funicle

folds

below

it,

N. S.
160.

Wales.

Blue Mountains, Sieher,

n.

444, A. Cu7iningkam, and

St/si. ii.

others.

A.

anbranchlets Ijtishy shrub, or ved-falcate recur gular. Phyllodia numerous, obliquely obovate-lanceolate, i_m. rarely or to base, almost triangular, mucronulate, narrowed at the * I marginal usually and 1 long, coriaceous, l-nerved, with thickened margins Racemes Triangulares gland, sometimes on a prominent angle as in the g^" of J often ^", numerous, much longer than the phyllodia, consistmg the head. in to 20 10 Fldwers tular heads, forming a terminal leafy panicle. corolla. the as long as half Jnostly 5-raerous. Calyx broad, lobed, scarcely perwhen long in. or 3 Petals smooth. 2 glaucous, glabrous, Pod veiy flat, fcdd last suture the feet, 3 or ; Seeds longitudinal, near rarely 4 lines broad. io ds small very with of the funicle thickened into a lateral club-shaped aril, sopu^ ,J. fig. a with Mow it.-Hook Tc. PI. t. 170 ; Paxt. Mag. xi. 113. bioader rather with (specimens M>nk, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 405

Gen. Bon, G. in Cunn. cultriformis, A.

406.

tall

joung; when glaucous glabrous and often mcalv-

^o

and shorter phyllodia).

In fl. e./trifomh. form of J. l tbi: but /X^^talk Australia, ^""^'J t e i. ;b Lehmann, is mentioned as believed to have been gathered \^ like It. aU . ""=** be at species a mistake, at any rate I know of no Western
be the short-leaved ^^^[
,

-"i.
tall

shrub or small tree. 'quite glabrous ; branchlets ''";S^^', zoid i" ;^f^^ ^i^p "^t or ^'^^^ numerous, broadly a;d very obliquely falcate obovate ^"^^. ^^^ved, S to 5 lines or rarel/i in. long, the lower \"S^tland Jt not gland the but J'^ronate, the upper one rounded as in i\. Tnai^nlar,. ^^ thick P'^^ed at the rather anile, but much below it. flowet small S^^^^^^ f^'^emes much longer than the leaves, with 10 to 20 .{covers abcnit p^rn

A. Dravissima. pravissima,-

Muell urmjm. F. Mueu.

i.

f
.

^sf

"^Sh?^

^-

ti

^,, ,^

,j

leafy

-oo!h.

"S fl^Cgir 2. '-^L^^^^

the centre of the

pod


376
XL,

LEGUMINOS^.

[Jcacia.

funicle very shortly thickened into a small fleshy aril under the seed, with

several small folds below

it,

Yalleys of the Australian Alps and baats of streams descending from them, foot of Buffalo ranges, Snowy and Macalister rivers, etc., F. Mueller. The affinity of this species is evidently with J. cidfri/ormis, although the phyllodia are nearly those of the Tri-

Victoria.

angular es.

162. Ai pyrifolia, i)C, Mem. Leg. 447, and Prod. ii. 452. A glabrous shrub, often glaucous, with slightly flattened branches. Phyllodia broadly ovate, with a pungent point, 2 to 3 in. long and almost as wide in perfect spechnens, but often not half that size, thinly coriaceous, 1-nen'ed, penniveined. Stipules spinescent. Kacemes numerous, often more than twice as long as the phyllodia, with 10 to 12 or more rather small but dense globular heads of very numerous flowers, often above 100, mostly 5-merous.
Sepals distinct, l]nea!--clavate.
to 3 in. long

Pod

flat,

more or

less

curved or

circinate, 2

4 to 6 lines broad, often slightly contracted between the seeds, with rather thick margins; valves convex over the seeds. Seeds ovate, rather thick; funicle thickened and much folded under them.
perfect,

when

F. Muell. Fragm.

iii.

17.

W.Australia.
Expedition.

Dampier's Archipelago, A. Cunningham; Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's

Sha^;ks Bay, Baudin's Expedition. The large phyllodia and spinescent stipules distinguish this cemes of globular heads.

"W. Australia.

from

all

others with long ra-

glabrous shrub, slightly glaucous in some varieties^, branches acutely angular. Phyllodia oblique or falcate, obovate, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate or linear, usually acute or mucronate and narrowed at the base, 1 to 2 in. long or much longer when
Willd. Sp^c.

163.

Ai myrtifolia,

PL

iv.

1054.

A tall

narrow, coriaceous, 1-nerved, with thickened nerve-liki; margins, the pinnate Racemes veins rarely conspicuous, the marginal gland below the middle. rarely exceeding the phyllodia, with several almost sessile flower-heads, ^consisting of only 2, 3 or 4 rather large flowers, almost always 4-merous. Calyx very short, broadly lobed. Petals smooth, separating nearly to the base.
to 1 usually but thick, with very thick margins, Seeds ob2 in. long, about 2 lines bi'oad] valves hard and almost woody. long, longitudinal; funicle very short, scarcely folded, thickened nearly from

Pod

linear, curved, flattened,

the base into an almost cup-shaped fleshy aril. Mirnosa myrtifolia, Sm. Trans Linn. Soc. i. 252, and Bot. Nov. HolL 51, t. 15 ; A. myrtifolia, DO. Prod, ii, 452 ; Sw. Fl. Austr. t. 49 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 772 Hook. f. Th Tasm. i. 107 Meissn. in- PL Preiss. i. 14 ; F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 19. N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, S. Brown, Sieber, n, 437, ^
; ;

Fl. Mtxt, n. 602, and others, and southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. Victoria. Frequent in harren places, as well in the lowlands as in the inountaios throughout the colony, F. Mueller. colony, Tasniania. Port Dalrymple, R, Brown; the throughout dry soil

abundant in

/. B.

Hooker.

S. AustraUa. Rocky soils in the hill land, Behr ; Encounter Bay, Whittaker; Mount Torreus, F. Mueller. IV. Australia. King George's Sound and to the eastward, R. Brown, Preiss, n, 927, and others.

The

three following forms, distinguished

all

by

conusually the breadth of the phyllodia, are

sidered as species, bat they

pass into each other in

W.

Australia.

Acacia.']

XL.
Pliyllodia mostly

LEGUMINOS^.
IJ to 2
;

377

long and often 1 in. broad. A, celastriMeissn. in PI. Preiss. i. Bot. Mag. t. 4306 folky Benth. in Hook. "Loud. Jouru. i. 3J:9 \i\ A.PawIlkoivsktiana, Ohlcnd. in Nene Allgem. Gartenzeit, 1845, 369, and A. Ludwi^iif Ohlead. Verz. 1844, 74, according to Seem. Eiogef. Acac. 28. Swan Kiverj JDrummond, hi ColL n, 281 Grantham district, W. Australia, Preiss, n. 915, 916. The common b. normalis. FLyllodia mostly 1 to 2 in. long and abunt i ii^- broad. foim in the Eastern and Southern coloniesc. angustifoHa. Phyllodia mostly 2 to 4 in. long, 2 to 4 lines broad. A. marqinata, DC. Prod. ii. K. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 3, v. 462; WeuJl. Comm. Acac. 19, t. 5 A 452; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 14 A. irigona. A. DC. Not. 8. PL Rar. Jard. Gen. ^0. To this belong the great majority, but not all of the Kiog George's Sound specimens, occurring very rarely in the other colonies.
a.

celaslrifolia.

in.

Series VII.
with an

Plurinerves.

Phyllodia

vertically flattened,

obtuse

or

innocuous or recurved point (rarely pungent when the phyllodium is broad), with 2 or or more longitudinal nerves. Flowers in globular heads on axillary peduncles, either solitary or clustered or shortly racemose.
A.
or

AuMAT^E. Stipules

spinescent.

Phyllodia falcate, subulate-acuminate

almost pungent.
These correspond to the subseries

are phyllodia the that except Wninerves, Annatee of

larger.

16i.

A. scalpeUiformis,
striate

Meissn.

m PI Preiss.

ii.

200.

tall

shrub,

Phyllodia obliquely triangularbranches pubescent. broad, lines to lanceolate, acute and pungent-pointed, long, 5 3 in. to Ii I with a margins, tapering at the base, neiTe-like with 2-iierved, penuiveined,
glabrous or the

Stipules setaceous-spineson the prominent angle of the upper edge. ceut, spreading. flower-head, globular a each Peduncles solitary, bearing lobed short rioivers not seen broad a have remains perfect, but the withered
gland

Pod very long, scarcely ly and 5 petals separating almost to the base. sutures, lines broad, dilated obtusely thick readily twisting, with broad very thickened peeds oval-oblong, funicle the of folds 3 or longitudinal, the last 2
calyx
into a

W Australia, Drummond,
165.

small aril

under the seed.

2ntl Coll. n. 161.
Differing from A. urophylla
chiefly in

Hook, in and Misc. 24, A. urophyUa, Benih. in Pot. Reg. 1841. , hirsute; slightly or fond. .hum. i. 329. shrub of several ft:, glabrous obliquely very l^ranches and broadly angular striate. Phyllodia seiniovate or o 1 ai.d_ long in. to ^ ?ate-lanceolate, subulate, acumiuate, undulate, 3 that twice Wad often specimens below the middle, in luxuriant cultivated much 5i2e, 2one upper the to 4-nerved, the lower margin nearly straiglit, Stipules setaceo^is^f^ed and crenulate, the marginal gland near the base. pescent. Peduncles 2 to 4 lines long, solitary clustered or forming very either flowers to 12 fort racemes, bearing each of 8 a small globular head often Pod smooth. inerous or Petals 4.merous. Calyx short, tmncate. obthick or 6 in. very vvith long, scarcely \\ lines broad, readily twisting, J folds or Ins the 3 2 'lilated sutures. oval-oblong, longitudinal, Seeds f;y t -io 7 d ; the funicle Mag. seed.-Bot. thickened into a small aril umler the ;

PI. t. 3. Sert. Gardn. in pi. pr^igg^ .^iudfolia, Field, and Range, Darhng and River Australia. King George's Sound, Men'Jn ; Swan rivers, Oldjield. ^"^'nmond, 2nd Gordon and Harvey 91 8 ColL n. 282, Preiss, n.
Jeissn.

^'

^^,j

ni

878
B. Triangulaues.

3:l.

leguminos^.

[Acacia.

Stipules setaceous
series.

or minute, not spinescent.

Plijl-

lodia small (under | in. long), broadly falcate-ovate or triangular, with small points often pungent.
These correspoud to the subserics Triangulares of TJuinerves, with which
united them as an independent
I

had formerly

'

166. A. sublanata^ Benth, in Ilmg. Enum. 42. A rigid shrub, woollyPhyilodiafrom pubescent when younp;, at length glabrous branches striate. broadly triangular-falcate and mucronate to lanceolate-falcate and tapering into a pungent point, rarely \ in. long, occasionally approaching in form those with or any without obtuse, much more decipienSy but the upper angle of A. or to with 5 3 always and narrower very minute gland, and usually much a Peduncles longer than the even more nerves. Stipules small, deciduous. phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 flowers, mostly 5-merous, glubroue or slightly hirsute, the bract-points projecting beyond the young Pod linear, much buds. Calyx shortly toothed, half as long as the coioUa.
;

twisted, about 2 hues broad. ^. ;pravifolla, F, Muell. Fragm. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 117.

i.

4,

and

S. Australia. S. coast, Brown ; s from field Old of specimens Mueller (good specimens only in Herb.R. Br.). Some young Port Gregory iu W. Australia are also like this species, but iusuffieient for determination.
332. I Journ. Land. 167. A. amblygona, A. Cunti.i Benth. in Hook, lalPhyllodia Branches elongated, ditfuse, rather rigid, terete, pubescent.

F. Ranges, Elders and Crystal Broolv, Plinders

cate-lanceolate or almost triangular, 3 to

lines long,

1^

to 3 lines broad,

bearing each a globular head of about luHy separating, 5-merou3. length Sepals broadly cimeate, cohering or at hnear, Pod half as long as the corolla. separating. Petals smooth, readily Seeds seeds. usually curved, 1^ to 2 lines broad, contracted between the ovate, longitudinal; funicle thickened into a lateral oblong or club-shaped aril, with a short fold below it. ^. Nernstii, F, Muell. Fragm. iv. 3.

margin upper the point, several-nerved, the lower nerve produced into a sharp much curved but without any glandular angle. Peduncles rarely exccednig mostly flowei^, 15 the phvUodia, to 10

Queensland. Brisbane river, Moretou Bay, v^. Cunningham^ C. wards Mount Pluto, Mitchell ; between Suttor river and Peak Rausre,

Stuart, Nenut F. Mueller;-

N.

S.

Wales.
rivers,

and Lachlan

Highlands west of Macquarric A. Cunydngham,

river,

Fraser

WeUmaiuu on hiUs rocky

16S. A. deltoidea, A. Cmn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst ii. 401. branched shrub, glabrous or pubescent when young, with terete ^**^"^?^g 3nn to Phyllodia numerous, obliquely triangular-ovate, acute, mucronate, 2 muc^ margin long and almost as broad, thick, several-nerved, the upper curved but without any gland-bearing angle. Stipules setaceous, P^^^^^!^*J nea globular Peduncles slightly exceeding the phyllodia. bearing each a small deep J Calyx of numerous (30 to 50) vei^ small flowers, mostly 5-merou3. divided into narrow thin lobes. Petals slightly thickened and P^^^^^^,^.' .i^ slign^^J elongated, the tips, cohering above the middle. Stamens few. Pod Beeas broad. curved, flat, coriaceous, glandular-hispid, nearly 4 lines
,

much-

seen.

N. Australia.
N.W.
coast,

Greville Island,

Montague

Regent's Islands, Sound, and Barren

A. Cunninghum.

Acacia.]

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
Miiell

379
Glandular-

pubescent or hirsute
almost triangular,

branches

terete.

PhyUodia obliquely

ovate-falcate or

tapering into a pungent point, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long and almost as broad, thick and faintly several-nerved, the upper angle very Stipules setaceobtuse, with a small gland about the middle or often none. ous, spreading. Peduncles usually exceeding the phyllodia, pubescent, bearing each a dense head of numerous (above 30) flowers, mostly 5-merous but the long as as pubescent, striate, thin, sometimes 6- to 8-merous. Calyx
corolla, at

length separating into

distinct sepals.

Petals narrow,^ cohering.

2 to
;

Stamens very
lilies

numerous.

Pod

linear, cui'ved, flat, glandular-hispid,

broad, scarcely contracted

nicle

with the last

between the seeds. Seeds very oblique fubase the at aril membranous almost an into 3 folds dilated

of the seed.

N. Australia.
deltoidea,. differhig

near J. Very Mueller. F. Creek, Start's and Upper Victoria river calys the of proportiou the in and cliietiy ia the flowci-3 twice as large,

and corolla.

broadly or ovate obovate C. BiiEViFOLl^. Phyllodia under 1 in., long, oblong, verv obtuse, often undulate. Stipules inconspicuous.
shrub, diffuse A 622. 170. A.'loxophylla, Beuth. in Linnm, xxvi. obliquely very numerous, verj resinous, but Phyllodia otherwise glabrous. obovate or oblong, incurved, very obtuse, but often minutely mucronulate,
in others narrower and

long, ui^ to some specimens not exceeding ^ i in., i eclunobsolete. 1 Stipules rather thick, with 2 faint nerves, otherwise veinless. mostly flowers, above 20 cles 1 to 2 of lines long, bearing each a globular head coroia, the as long as half 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, rather thick, above or readily free narrow, shortly and broadly smooth, Petals lobed and ciliate. the over convex valves separating. Pod curved, linear, about 2 lines broad ; almost dilated funicle seeds, Hut between them. Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; ^loia.. or of aril 6 from the base 2 into a cup-shaped almost membranous

Australia. Toward. Cape Richo, phyllodia). Maxwell (with longer narrower

.171.
*;tl.

W.

Dmmmond,
phyllodia).

hth Coll.

. U

(with short broad

A. setuliferd,

Bcnth. in

Limm,

xxvi.

625.
.

Apparently

diftu.e,

^ ;! almost of ^. mMami, quite glabrous '^ rarely >>'"?f po.n bnstle-l.ke obliquely ovate, oblique very a with obtuse undulate, oMiich serves faint fove 2 lines long and broad, rigid, with several very exno /eduiicles 2 or 3 deciduous,

the aspect

"^^^
,

are rather

more prominenl

ceeding the phyllodia,

.12

to

20 flowers,
Australia.

riU, mostk .5-.nerous.

coast,

Stipules globular small a each bearing ^-^J ^^^'^^^^^f^^^/j separatmg readily a toothed, thin, Calyx

iiito

distinct sepals.

Petals rather thick.

Pod

not seen.
,

**

N.W.

Bmoe.

f Wr
f

mostly undulate, "^ incurved, usually much ^^ ermiual recurved cues sometimes 1 in. long, obtuse with an oblique or o" m. o ngid 1 nd. coriaceous, Peduncles obscurely several-nerved. S-mtrous. mostly ^e^nng each flowers, numerous a dense lobular head of
ost liaear,

;y f
^

V^

380

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Jcacia.

Calyx broad, eup-sliaped, shortly tootlied, scarcely half as long as the corolla. Pod 1 to I j Petals striate, but smaller and less rigid than in J. imj?ressa. in. long, flat but thick and almost woody, obtusely hooked at the end, about 2 lines broad above the middle and gradually narrowed into a long stipes, obliquely veined, partitioned inside between the seeds. Seeds oblong, obli4ue; funicle slightly folded and gradually dilated into a cup-shaped aril at the base
of the seed.
JTontague Sound and Hay of Rest, N.W. cOast, J. Cmimngham; The Stiirt's Creek, F. Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, jB. Brown, Henne. pod is that of some Juliflorm^ but has only been seen in the narrow-leaved specimens.

N.Australia.

A. imnressa.
foliage,

F,

Miiell

A
more

tall

shrub, the branches slightly angular,

or less pubescent as well as the Phyllodia obovate or obovate-obloug, very oblique, undulate, obtuse

or with a small glandular point, ^ to f or rarely 1 in. long, with 3 to 5 nerves more prominent than in A. translncens, and anastomosing veins. Peduncles about as long as the phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of about 12 to

Sepals distinct or slightly coherent, spathulate. Petals rigid and striate, united at the base. Pod straight or nearly so, thinly coriaceous, flat with thickened margins, about in. broad, very glutinous and

20

flowers, mostly 5^merous.

-J

Seeds oval-oblong, transverse, the central area much depressed; fuuicle forming several folds, the last 2 or 3 dilated into a rather small anl at the base of the seed.
villous.

N. Australia.
different fruit.

Start's Creelc, Victoria

and Van Alplien

foliage

rivers,

F. Muellerj

Short's

Range, M'Louall Stuart,

\eTy near A. tra7islucens in

and flowers, but with

a very

D. Oligoneur^. Phyllodia above \ in. and mostly above 1 in. long, oblong lanceolate or linear, straight or slightly falcate, with 2 or 3 nerves feintly or not at all veined between them and usually not glutinous.
Although .this subseries is generally distinct from the nest two by the phyllodia with only the connecting 2 or 3 prominent nerves, yet the A. Simsii is very variable in this respect, rcMthe has species, Oliffoneurte with the Nervosa^ aud A. sub^orosa, a vcfy faintly nerved nous foliage of several of the Nervosce.

Frod. ii. 452. A ow. golden-yel and often glaucous, or the upper leaves and inflorescence of a callous a with Phyllodia from obovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse aud mostly sbortthe in recurved point, \\ to 3 in. long in the commonest form, 1 to \\ proimless or leaved varieties, narrowed at the base, coriaceous, with 2 more glofew nent nerves, penuiveined and with nerve-like margins. Eacemes of asuigle to bular heads with a flexuose rhachis aud short peduncles, or reduced mostly and peduncle with a single head, of 20 to 30 flowers, not very small ro saliclna. 5-merous. Calyx sinuate-toothed and petals smooth as in A,
174.
elongated, nearly straight, seen perfect.^, binervosa,
flat,

A.bivenosa, DO.

glabrous shrub, bushy large

DC.

Lond. Journ. i. 355 ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 16; A, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 347. N Australia. N.W. coast, Admiralty Bay, Baudin's Expedition; Bay
.

no Seed (foriaceous, about 3 lines broad. Hook. Benth. Mem. Leg. 448 A. xantkina, Cunu.; A. elli^tica,
;

of

Dam pier pier's

Archipelago,

A. Cunningham; Depucch

Island, Btjnoe

Hearson

j^^J Island, m^

f^j

Bay, F, Gregory's Expedition,

Acacia.]

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

SSI

Australia. Swan River, Baudin's Kvpedition, Brummond, \st Coll. n. 283, heiss, . 928; Sharks Bay, Milne; Dirk Hartog's Island, A. Cunningham. There are two forms, one {A. elliptica, A. Cunn.) more glaiy^ous with short obovnte oblong phyllodia faintly 2-Tierved, the other {A.xanthina, Beuth.) with longer phyllodia more Both are in the Paris herbarium, from prominently nerved and often of a golden colour. Baudin's Collection, and we have both from the N.W. coast, as well as from the west, the yellow one chiefly from Swan River and, different as they look, some specimens are (iuite intermediate or combine the two.
;

W.

175.
strongly
gular.

A. trineura,

F. Muell.

PL

Vici.

ii.

25,
;

and Fragm.

iv.

5.

scented busliy shrub, glabrous and glavicous

braiichlets slightly an-

Phyllodia narrow, cuneate-oblong, straight or slightly curved, very obtuse, mostly li to 2 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad, narrowed at the base, Flower-heads small, glowith 3 prominent nerves and a few oblique veins. bular, in very short racemes of 3 to 6. Flowers above 20 in the head, very
closely

Petals

packed, glutinous and mostly 5-raerous. smooth, usually free. Pod unknown.
Sandy banks of the Wimmera, Lallachj
;

Sepals linear-spathulate.

Victoria.
176.

N.W.

desert,

lockhart Morton.

low and Benlh. Phylso. nearly shrub, occasionally slightly glutinous or terete branchlels l^in. to mostly lodia linear-cuneate, point, callous | obtuse or with a minute slender, Peduncles long, rather 3-nerved. 2or thick, rigid and prominently mostly in pairs, 2 to 4 lines long, bearing each a small globular head of 12 to
;

A. nitidula,

diffuse or erect

and bushy glabrous

20 flowers,
Petals

cihate. linear-spathulate, narrow, mostly 5-mei-ous. Sepals free, Pod not seen. smooth, distinct from the base or nearly so.

g
3 or

ft.,

more or less angular.

and it oblique often Phyllodia from liuear-lanccolnte, a mto tapering to 2 in. rigid, long, to linear and exceeding 3 in., ratlier wnn base the at straight or narrowed recurved point, but scarcely pimgent, between so nearly fiue hut or prominent nearly equal nerVes, and veinless
hem.
20 flowers,
_

.. .,, .^...sn. in PI. Prem. i. 318. glabrous or the young shoots minutely silky-pubescent

An

erect shriib of

branchlets
;

Sepals narrow, mostly 5-merous. '"'ooth, cohering linear, narrowPod to the middle. f^rve-like margins, usually straight. 2 to 3 in. long,
;

above of head globuhir Peduncles solitary or in pairs, bearing each a Petals Imear-spathu ate
flat,

with hickened S eds lines broad. oblique fle.hy short a into o;'itudinal funide with the last fold dilated l*iagm. Muell. F. lateral aril trissoneura, and short filiform folds below it.^.

IV. 6.

narrow phyllodia), n. 11 (witi broad phyllodia) ; J^^'^J'^^''^^^' 288 The latter ^l^hOldJield (phyllodia short and broad),' D/.^^ ^^^^ o some un '.ens, interr^lediate f'>^ broad and narrow between the '^^:i''f VrelhvHodia kss S;'th specimens of J. cochleam, from which this ^P^'^f, ^^ point. "J,*'' pungent 'poin ^'f less a '^"^' >*ith mto wore prominent nerves and more abruptly contracted
V

in

^"^\\'';S

178.
'' the

A. elongata,

Sieb. in

DC. Prod.
"

young shoots silky-pubescent.

451. ^^^V '^^^ilf.ror or obtuse narrow-Imear, Phyllodia

ii.

382

XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[Jcacia.

2 to 3 or even 4 in. long, 1 to 1^ or rarely above 2 lines broad, with 3 prominent nerves, and, when broad, a few Peduncles solitary or in pairs, not exceeding ^ oblique veins between them. in. and usually much shorter, slender and pubescent, bearing a globular head
witli a small oblique or lioolcecl point,

Calyx obtusely lobed, mostly 5-merous. Petals smooth, with the midrib slightly fully half as long as the corolla. Seeds longitudiprominent. Pod linear, straight, flat, l-^to 2 lines broad. nal, the last folds of the short funicle dilated into a small aril at the base of the seed. Bot. Mag. t. 3337 ; F. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 24 ; J. hebecephaJa, A. Cunn. in Loud. Hort. Brit. 406.
of

numerous (30 or more)

flowers,

Port Jacksou to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n, 443, ayii FL Mixt, n. 598, A, Cannxngham, and others ; southward to lUawarra, A. Gunninyhamy and Twofold Bay, Ilueyeh Victoria. Granite ridges near the Genoa river, T, Mueller, This species differs from A, trinervata chiefly in the long narrow phyllodia, not pungent, when very narrow they are almost Hke those of the Calami formes. In some garden specimeos the nerves ahnost disappear as represented in the above quoted figure and thea it is not very easy to distinguish them from those specimens of A, viscidula in which the nerves
Wr. S.
;

Wales.

are very faint.

179.

A. subporosa, >. MaelL PL

40
ft.
;

tree attaining the height of

and Fragm, iv. branchlets slender, viscid when

Vict.
ii.

2J;,

5.

young,

Phyllodia linear-lanceolate or linear, often slightly talcate, acute with the point usnally incurved, 1^ to 3 or rarely 4 in. long, from 1 line broad in the nan-ow, to 3 or 4 lines in the broad variety, with 2 or 3 slightly prominent nerves and when broad a few faint ones between them, and oiten marked with seniitransparent glandular dots. Peduncles solitary or in pan's,
scarcely angular.
slender, \ in. long or shorter, bearing a globnlar

head of 20

to

30

flowers,

mostly 5-merous. Calyx lobed, not half so smooth. Pod unknown.

rff.

long as the

corolla.

Yd\\\^

S. Wales- Near Mount Imlay, Twofold Bay, F, Mueller. Victoria. Forest gullies on the barren raun-e at the eastern boundary of
F. MiieUer. Yar. linearis.
Phyllodia nnrrow-lincar. 12 to 20 smaller flowers. With the broad-leaved variety, F, Mueller,
Tall shnih.

the colony,

Plower-heads much

smaller, witt

180. A. Simsii^ A. Cunn.; Benth. in Ilook. Lond, Journ. Phyllodia hnear tall glabrous shrub with slender branches scarcely angnlar.
i.

368.

or laneeohite, usually falcate, obtuse or nuicronate, nnuch narrowed towards form ordinary the base, 2 to 5 in. long, 1^ to 2 or rarely 3 lines broad, in the bevenied with 3 or sometimes only 2 prominent nerves, smooth and finely tween them. Peduncles solitaiy or in pairs, slender, rarely above 3 lines

long, bearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 flowers, mostly 5-meroiis. Calyx nearly half as long as the corolla, lobed and readily separating into undulate, distinct sepals. or flat Petals smooth, distinct. Pod straii;ht,
longitudinal, acuminate, 2 to 3 lines broad. Seeds comprps^ed-globnbr, a halt funicle with the last fold shortly thickened into a clavate aril about long as the seed, with a short filiform fold below it. N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne. . t, ^ A Queensland. Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solander ; rocky hills, <^^^^^^'*''"^. %' be Mgecc Cunningham; Cape Upstart, Burdekin Expedition; Port Dcnison, Filzafan ;

Bay, Baliachy; bed of the Belyaudo, Mitchell, also

in

LeichhardCs

Collection.

;
I

''^<:ioia.]

XL.

LEGUMINos^

883

Phyllodia shorter, rather broader, and nearly straight, with 3 prominent nerves and scarcely veined between them. Pod narrow.-On first seeing R. Brown's specimens from the Carpentaria Islands, they looked so different from the ordinary form that 1 MS inclined to adopt them as a distinct species under Brown's name of A. multisilinna, ''"i'^'!'^'"l tJ^''t tlie two forms pass one into the other there as in other localities, \ 1 .r ana botH phyllodia may be found even on the same specimen on different branches, depeiidmg perhaps sometimes on diifereuccs in comparative luxuriance.

Var.

muUmhqua.

or glaucous, not glutinous. Phyllodia thick, apparently vemless or with very fine scarcely prominent parallel veins or nerves, often scarcely visible without a lens, narrow or rarely short and
obovate.
''

E.

MicEONEUR^. Glabrous

Benth, in Linnaa, xxvi. 626. A low ^J\" mucb-braiiched j^labrous shrub, with slender terete branches. Phyllodia nuinei'ous, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, mostly \ in. lonj? or rather more, narrowed at the base on a short petiole, thiek, apparently veinless, the few very fine nerves
^

^' leptospermoides,

^^

ei-y

rarely

__^

solitary,

nowers,

conspicuous except towards the base and under a lens. Peduncles about 2 lines long, bearing each a small globular head of above 20 mostly S^merdus. Sepals free, narrow-spathulate, ciliate. Petals

smooth, free, rather

narrow.

Pod unknown.

Coir n. 11; East Mount Barren, Maxwell {Herb, Om'm^%'^^'^^^' narrow-leaved specimeus bear some resemblance to J, ericifolia aad the lm]^ll leroaes T^^ to A, spaiJiulata, but have a different venation.
-^''W2/rt07i^,

4M

Wn
joa^ry
5

'^*

36 a (there spelt

^^^^^^P^yll^^ ^'
omalopltylld),

Cunn.; Bentli. in HooJc. Lond. Journ. i. small tree, glabrous or the foliage minutely

branchlets at first slightly angular. Phyllodia hmceolate-falJ^arrow-oblong or linear, obtuse with a small oblique point, narrowed fit ^^^ ^ i- long, 1 to 4 lines broad, thick, very finely striate with ParalTf' ^^^^'^s only to be seen under a lens. Peduncles in pairs or clustered
;

or pale

on

peduncle, bearing dense globular heads of numerous flow ^^^' "^^^'y 5-raerous. Sepals cuneate or spathulate, free or slightly conHat t'^^'^n lialf as long Pod linear, as the corolla. Petals smooth, free. ri^ll^*^? ^^j^jtlly glaucous, sH^^^^ 2 to 3 lines broad, longitudinally veined convex over the seeds, contracted between them. Seeds ovaM r^^^^^^^^^* from longitudinal almost dilated -^^ and folded ; much funicle short, thp 'v ^t)ase mto a short oblique aril F. Muell, Pi. Vict. ii. 28.
-^^'^ ^
'^

common

theBaj,/
ft/o

^*^'
^^'^
. i

^^*^j

^h

and others,

Abuiulaut on the barren heaths of the interior, from the Lachlan to ^"*^ of the spear-woods of the natives, A. Cunningham, Victorian Expeflats

wood^^^^j^'
^f

Salt-bush

on the Murray, yielding

tlic

hard dark and fragrant

Myall-

''

doubtf T*^^*

Si)encer*s Gulf,

WilhelmL

single specimen in leaf only,

and there-

1 handsome 404. tree tii ^'^ braiicldets pubescence minute or with a ash-coloured, ; P^^^ 1 ^sual] ^^^ .'^"^' slightly angular, soon terete. Phyllodia linear-lanceolale, falcate ^^^^^^^^^^ narrowed towards the base, 2 to 3 in. long, rigidly coriaceous fii^ely striate, to be seen under only nerves, ^^D" parallel with numerous ale

^;. P^^^^ula, A. Ciimi,

in

G.Don, Gen. SysL

ii.

'

'

above V

1.

^^^1*^^ usually clustered

hues long, bearing each a

on a very short common peduncle, rarely small globular head of about 12 to 20 flowersy

884

XL. LEGUMINOS.5;.

[Acacia.

and. turbinae Calyx homalophjUa. in J. tlian smaller mucli mostlv 5-merous linear, Pod smooth. Petals sepals. distinct into separating iTed^ur eadaV reticnlat transversely coriaceous, thinly broad, lines 5 fully and but very flat, .ing. narrow very b'y a suSves bordered seen not but it. below tolded scarcely and arH, clavate narrow thickened into a Exped. 11. 13. Ihree Mitch. in pe,fect. ^. leucophjlla, Lindl.

ff^^fl^^^^^^^:^^
,

Queensland.

On

N.

S.

Wales.

the Maranoa, Mitchell. Morasses of the Lachlan,

A. Cunningham

the only

timbei -tree

,.

r , these immense morasses, Fraser. ^^^^. j f'^'^^ difficult to distinguish very are jf j^''",^ specimens Without the fruit the phyiloJia the of nerves the of iii this one, 3 especially but species, In Loth loph>,l/a.

X^'

sometimes

slightly proinineut.

18i. A. Oswaldi, ^>'"3^,}'J^J^ ft., ^^'^}^'^^^^' to 10 attaining 8 shrub, bushy ^^^P'^'^'^ t'^,,^^^^ rigid ar^eoMe ^^1^"^.Phyllodm 'silky-pubescent J branchlets slightly angular. long, "S^. to 3 mostly varying to linear or oblong-lauceolate,
F. Mnell.
ii.

PL

Vict

27,

and

pom pungent scarcely or a short nsuallv incurved innocuous " parallel '-^"^l^ nerves, prominent at the base, with numerous slightly sessile or globular small, Tlower-heads broad. is sing when the phyllodium
,

J J^ "^^^\"^ ^'^'^

about 10 containu.g clusters, or pairs nearly so, solitary or in si Petals free spathulate, or linear-cuncate Sepals 5-merous, mostly me^ to 4 twisted, 3 or curved much and long Pod pubescent. usually slightly seeds the over Jo "^^^^^^^ hard or almost woody ; valves convex the of ^ fold last longitudinal ; tween them. Seeds large, ovate, f "^f shoit folds lower the aril, fleshy cup-shaped, into a broad, obliquely
filiform or slightly dilated.
_ .

to 1

tlo

ota,

j^

J'^j
.vithout

Queensland ?
collector's

Towards Broad Sound, a small specimen in

,-,^
,

Mueller, n , Jf. f Mueim, Herb.

i

to the Parhng and Lachlan from the N. S. Wales. Interior desert, Coobct's Creek, Victorian Erj)e(fition, anA others. u wtne to Murrnmbidgee Victoria. Desert on the Murray, from the

name.

ii. -Rnrripr barrier

and range fa

frontier, 7.

Mueller.

S. Australia.
Mueller. Var. ahhreviata.
S. coast, R.

S. coast, E.

Brown; from

the Murray
,

Gulf, . Of Vincent's vincti desert to b%.

+
...

i'-

J lanit/era. .!, f J or ^. * those like Pliyllodia rigid, about 1 in. long, almost
,

Brown.
in Linn^a, xxvi. 626.

185. A. liueolata, BenlL numerous, Phyllodia glabrous. ^n'7f ^'^'V striate soon pubescent, but ['^i^' broad, lines to 2 in. long, 1 to 2 mucronulate, mostly ^Jj,'^^^^^^ lens, a without visible scarcely nerves, parallel numerous with ^^^^-^ recurvea, pairs, . in Peduncles usually rather more prominent. ^ ^^ 5-merous.^ mostly bearing each a globular head of numerous flowers, r ^^^ as 10 o halt base, the at naiTow-spathulate, free or shortly united Pod unknown. . Petals smooth. corolla. Eastern to allied nearly ^.^^^^^^^fl Australia, Drummond, Mh Coll. n. 12 and 13. Verj^. aua Culamiformes, the among A. leplorieura well as to as A. homalopkylla, r ^gj. andliirg** among the Julijlora. ,. ana tew

Toung

shoot. sil^T

W.

phyllodia ider bro has Oldfeld, A specimen from Murchisou wnemei determine flower-heads, with the sepals connate, but is insufD<ient to
river,

^^ ^ ^^^^^

or variety.

'

Acacia.]

XL.

lequminos^.
'

385

Ashy-g^rey, Leg. 446, and Prod. ii. 451. Pliylwith the yomig shoots silky-hoary or almost golden ; branchlets terete. lodia long-linear, straight or curved, obtuse, narrowed towards the base, often
186.
J

A. coriacea, DO. Mem.

ft.

long or more, 1 to

2\

lines wide, thickly coriaceous, with

numerous

fine

Peduncles packed longitudinal nerves, only visible under a lens. usually in pairs, to 25 of 20 head globular each a long, bearing \o in. \ ^ flowers, mostly 5-merous, hoary-pubescent in the bud. Calyx | line long, tubular, with ciliate lobes. Petals rather longer, united above the middle. Pod S to 9 in. long, moniliform ; valves coriaceous, very convex, 4 to 5 lines broad, oljjong and striate over thp seeds, much contracted between then. Seeds longitudinal, distant funicle folded and d'l.ated under the seed, but
and closely
;

not

seen perfect.

N. Australia.

Bay

of Ret,

N.W.

coast,

A. Ctpnmngh,am ; Depuech
' '

island,
,

Bynoe ;
,

^^'^'^\V,^^,F.Grefforv''sRrpeffilion.

w. Australia. %, ihbie.
187.
very

Sharks Bay, Baudin's Ejrpedition

^^ Dirk Hartog's Island and Shaiks

A. stenophylla, A.

Cann.

; Benth. In

Hook. Loiid.Journ.
_

branchlets. hard angidar with -wooded glabrous, tree, quite ^ g-linear, acuminate or falcate, much narrowed at the base, 6 m. to 1 ft. finely 'ong, hoary, all at not about 2 to 2^ lines broad, thinly coriaceous, in. long, under 'nate, with Peduncles k nerves.

306. Phyllodia
i.

numerous prominent
of 3 to

parallel

but sometimes as long half Calyx 5-merous. of 20 to 30 or more flowers, mostly od pubescent. the corolla, 1 Petals ciliate lobes. with densely short broad f tlie over convex and broad H. moniliform valves coriaceous, 4 to 5 lines longituovate ^'Js, hut not Seeds striate, much narrowed between them.
6,

fually in short I'acemes bwar head

solitary,

beanug each a

glo-

J"al; funicle in
"fll.

small a into thickened short folds, the last slightly

ii.

aril.

PI. Vict.

26.
., river,

Mueller. Australia. F. Creeks, Start's Hooker's and Q V^eensland. Maraiioa and Narran rivers, J//7c*'//.

J-S.Wale.
?f;

Lachlan river, A. Cnnnhgham ; ih,u,t to the aa Cooper's Creek, Vicioriau Ej-pec/ilioti , etc.
Ihiils o{ the ^]urr:iv, F. Mueller.

Darling

BarnVr Barrier

*'ctoria.

Australia.
w
.,f^.^>^'-^copl,^lla,
this

F. Mueller. F. Mueli. in Journ. Linn. Soc.

desert,*

Murray

iii.

122,

is

f form -leaved narrow a probably

species.

hoary rarely glaucous, ,^'ERvos^.-roliage viscid, occasionally often Jthin or coriaceous falcate, .pubescent. ^. Phyllodia straight or sometimes the them, between reticulate ^veral prominent nerves and, when broad, ^^ "^;^es rarely is narrow. phyllodium reduced to three when the iu the Ohffonmr<,. than together serves are always either more immerous and nearer JJ^ ^ reticulations between them numerous and prominent.
,,

^?8.

Jj^

'7
!

H &
f
I

F. Muell. in slightly slender, branchlets or small tree^iore or less glaucous or pale ; "anj^^^dto much %llodia falcate-lancco?ate or oblong, obtuse, t^e^'WK ahove broa the base, 2 to in. to J | often \ and 4 in. long pronunent slightly but coriaceous, with 3 or Sometimes 4 or 5 fine 5 to slender 3 Peduncles and more or less reticulate between them.

A. hemignosta,

Jovm. Linn. Soc

iii.

134.

tall

''fjfng. soUtarv or iu terminal

2 c

386

XL. LEGTJMiNOSiE.

[Acacia.

flowers, to about 30 20 head of globular small phyllodia, bearing eacli a Pod glabrous. smooth, Petals free. narrow, very mostly 5-merous. Sepals by bordered i sutures the thin, valves wide in. flat, 2 to 4 in. long, about
;

an acute edge.
If.

Seeds oibicular
Cambriage Gulf,

funicle oblique, not folded, filiform or veiy

Albert, Victoria. Gilbert, and Roper

slightly thickened.

Australia.

A. Cunningham

rivers, F. Mueller.
glaA ii. 139. Exped. Three Mitch. Lindl. 189. A. sclerophyUa, but Mueller, F. to according brous bushy shrab of several ft., not glutinous, or terete branchlets species; xv-ilh the strong resinous smell of the vispid rigid, and thick cuneate, less Piiyllodia oblong, linear or more or nearly so. usually base, the at narrowed striate with several prominent nerves, much Pedunform. typical 1^ in the in. about I in. long, and from that to 1 or ot head globulnr small cles exceedingly sliort, usually in pairs, bearing each a Iniearnarrow thin, very Sepals about to 20 flowers, mostlv 5-merous.

1^

long-leaved in the seen (only Pod spathulate. Petals also thin a'nd free. convex, valves broad; lines variety) linear, often about 2 in. long, not li la=t the longitudmal, Seeds oviil-obloug, rather hard, longitudinally striate. Vict. Myell. 112 folds of the funicle dilated into a small cup-shaped aril.-P,
ii.

25;

Dietr. PI. Uniyers.

N.

Ser.

t.

85 (incorrect as to nervation).
-,

Victoria. Tu the Mnrray desert, Mitchell, F. Sfueller. S. Australia. Trom the Murray desert to Lake Alexandrina and
also Spencer's Gulf, near

St.

Vinceat

vruu,

Var. longifolia.

F. Mueller. "With the typical form. Phyllodia 1 i to 2 in. long.

14fi.

Tumhay Bay,

190. A. farinosa, LinJl in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. i^--^" -^i..t.^;..;.^^ ,>,..o,.ol fppt ohibrous or meal)' "" branched difli'use glaucous when j cuneate, obtusp much like those of A, sclerophyUa, but usually narrow pa^*'^? in ^\ usually nerves. Peduncles very short, mecily-tonieutose, 5-i^*'^ mostly ^ each a small -lobular head of 12 to 20 or more flowers, ^epai'^^i readdy =^ Sepals free, linear-spathulate. Petals smooth, free or coriac valves Pod linear, curved, about 2 linea broad qr rather more; ^^^ and hard, not striate; margins thickened, slii;htly contracted J>^^J^"^^., una folds seeds. Seeds ovoid, longitudinal; funicle short with the last into a cup-shaped aril under the seed.
.
.

A mucli

Victoria. On the Murray, MitchelL S. Australia. Murray desert to Spencer's

Island, Waterhouse.

Gulf, T. Mueller,

Wdhem
rr ir
i
.

'

"Kan^^aroo
;
,

^
j

^jy tbe

a variety, chiefly ^'sti^'g^^^'^^^^j^Jtiiis e conue thus and nerves of the phyllodia scarcely prominent or ^uite inconspicuous, Bubseries with the Microueune,
closely allied to

Very

A, sclerophyUa, and perhaps

Shrubby, with angular, i^^^^^J^ 191. A. Whanii, F, MnelL Herb. very incurved, pubescent branchlets. Phyllodia oblong-linear, ot^en ^^.^^^ with a minute point, 1^ to 2 in. long, much narrowed at the ^^^^^; ^^^^jothere ^^|''\ and here coriaceous, striate with several nerves, parallel but sing; upper margin slightly thickened, with usually an indented ^^.^^ clusters, or pairs low the middle. Peduncles exceedingly short, in

^cacia.y

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

387

head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx rather short thin, lobed and readily separating into distinct sepals. Petals smooth, united to uear the middle. Pod unknown.
\rictoria.
oroader,

each a globular

Veiy near A. scleroplylla, but the nhyllodia with the veins ofteu anastomosing and the sepals and petals more united.
JF.

Near Skipton,

Whan.

BenUi. in LinncBa, xxvi. 624. glabrous shrub, with angular branchlets. Phyliodia narrow-linear, obtuse or obliquely mucronate much narrowed towards the base, 1^ to 3 in. long, 1 to 2 lines broad, rigid, With many parallel nerves, the central one very prominent, with 2 to 5 Jne ones on each side. Peduncles slender, 2 to 3 lines long, mostlv in pairs, beaniig each a small globular head of from 12 to 20 flowers, S-merous or occasioiially 4-merou3. Calyx short, very thin, with shprt broad lobes not ciliate m the bud. Petals smooth, with the midribs slightly prominent. Pod 4 unknown.
'

192.

A. heteroneura,

W. Australia,
193.

Drummond,

Coll. n.

138.

Cunn. ; BentJi. in ffooJc. lond, Journ. i. 363. A snmb more or less pubescent and resinous- viscid ; branchlets terete or nearly ^- jh}llodia narrow-linear, with a small usually hooked point, rather in<^i'ved, narrowed at the base, 2 to 2^ in. lon->-, 1 to 1 1 lines broad, coriaceous,

A. viscidula, A.

Peduncles very short, generally in pairs, rarely clustered. Gwers numerous, in dense globular or slightly ovoid heads, mostly 5-merous, olten 4-merous. Bracts acuminate. Sepals narro^v-spatliulate, quite fee or scarcely connected at thp baae. Petals pubescent. Pod linear, strai>ht, ^cummate, pubescent, about 2 lines broad ; valves nearly flat, with thickened .^^^^^ oblong, longitudinal;' funicle with the last 2 or 3 folds IJff"' cKened mto an obliquely cup-shaped or apparently 2 -lobed aril at the

.everal.nerved.

"flse

of the seed,

whales.
o'
ai'.

Banks of

the Lachlaa,

Fmser; Blue Mountains?, Cale^

Flower-hcaJs

in

HerL

anf/fisti/oHa.

Phyllo Jia about J line broad.

sm iller.
i.

J 'J*iuell. \l^\^^ Fragm.

Conii!!^-^*^^^-

numai'ous fine but prominent ner\'es, with an^^t ^^stomosirig when Peduncles in pairs on short rathe phyllodium is broad. ^ ^^ ^' bearing*' each a small globular head of 15 to 20 or rarely mo^-^V^ ^^^le flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals nan-ow-spathulate, quite free. Petals ^^e or readily separating, Pod (only known in the Western specimens) very or glabrous, 2 to 3 lines broad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal W'r%^^^^P^^ ^^"^^^ ^^to an obliquely oblong or club-shaped aril, not one-third as loTia ^^^^^ ^'^ntl very shortly filiform and folded below \i.A. gluthma,
^^^.*^

364. A glabrous or l' pubescent glutinous shrub of several feet. Phyliodia oblong, lanceolate or ^ oad y linear, usually oblique or falcate, obtuse or Avith a small callous repoint or gland, . | to \\ or rarely nearly 2 in. long, 2 to 3 or rarely 4

^* ^x^Ophylla, Be?aL

in IIoo^. Lond, Journ.

coriaceous,

striate,

'

iv.

6 (the Western specimens).

^" *he interior towards

Mount

Pluto, MiicJiell; between Severn and

^^alea*

N. of Liverpool

plnins,

"^Ufitralia,

Drummond (4M

CoiL

?),

Cunningham* . 129, and 5M ColL

n, 13,

MaitcelL

nm

S c 2

3gg
unable to detect any difference

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

[Acacid.

this Western plant between stm and East the in Doth occur Both the narrow and the broad-leaved forms

m the w -^l^^^^^^'^''est.

195

A. dictyophleba,

F.

MuM.

resinous; branchlets nearly terete. /;^"',^'f 'j ^ ba.e the at narrowed much point, callous small with n falcate, very obtuse, inaiK ner^e= several w.th cori.iceous, yery to 3 in. long, 2 to 5 lines broad, I'^'i^io^^';^^;; a uith scabrous lennediate reticulations, all much raised, and tei a each bearing lonjr, Y^^/'?"^'^^! lines solitary, 6 to 8 Peduncles tion. very corplta, the as long as l.alf tjian more head of 5-n.crous flowers. Calyx uukuo\vn. Pod teelh. or lobes repipqps thin, with thickened

128. Pliylladia cuueate.obloug t^

Frofpn.
iii.

Glabrous

In.t very

vm

N.

Australia.

Mount

Hujnphries,

M'PoaaU

Stuart.
i

196.

A. venulosa,

Beulh. in Hook. Lond. Journ.

366.
;

A tall shrub.

iws and sometimes

slightly viscid

branchlets angnlai.

tuK rather long li^^s 4 to 2 mostly peduncle, common or . .. on . a very short 5-meious. flowers, 20 above of head globular' i"f ^ tomentose. bearing each a s"' etais middle. 1 ^^ Sepals narrow-spathulate, usualfy united belov\^ the
Pod
contincieu not but 3 lines broad ; valves convex over the seeds, depressed, luui the ot tolds tween them. Seeds ovate, longitudinal, the last 2 or 3 thickened into a concave or 2-lobed aril under the seed. ,^^^ river, Gwydir the N. S. Wales. Liverpool plains, A. Qanninyham ; head of
Jiardt
;

nerves

more prominent than the

rest.

Peduu(;les in

pans

^i"=

linear, straight or curved,

pubescent when young,

1 to 2

m.

'^"S'

New

England,

C. Stuart.

ij. 404 S^sL Gen, Don, G. in ^^^^^l 6 to 10 ft., usually glabrous, with angular brauchlets.^ "^l*^ f long, in 4 ^'^'^^"^ >' to 3 long, nearly straight, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 'L\ |ij,ai almost anastomosing rigidly coriaceous, with 3 to 5 nerves, and Ueu^e a a^^^^-^ each eacu o hearniy: .. ..^u.J -D..J....1.! ..lu .. short .i....f .^n^m9_ bearmg raceme, Peduncles solitary or 2 or 3 in a veins.

197.

A.

cyclopis, A. Cunn,

mw
^

turbinate, Calvx dobularhead of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. net?' .^ smooth, , .1 ., P , .. , u P^f:tk sm ietais lobed or toothed, more than half as long as the corolla, '^^^^^ but "^/^*!^,^^* welauoxylou, and 4 in J. Pod flat to 6 lines broad as ^i^^red
'

'

-^

!'* !^^^^' thickened curved or twisted. Seeds nearly orbicular y funicle h in Meissn. 1 from the base, encircling the seed in double folds.

p^.^j^g^

18.

*^
VQ^jiers,
preiss,

Cnnmr^ghan, ^^rom, ^^^^^^^^^ Sound, 7J. Geoige's King Viumn Toward, River, and i eastward towards the Great Bi<'ht, Maxwell; Swan and uiuers . 926, others ; 3^50, aiiu Preston rreston river, nver, uiajieia, Oldfield. ;

^V. Australia.

>

^ed.^, Kew. IIorL 198. A. melanoxylon, Ti. Br, in Ait. .^f ;,.|iea "^^ ^, sometimes but hard-wooded tree, attaining a verv large size, p|,iet8 pubescent; minutely .^^ \mder 20 fl., glabrous or the yoiing shoots ^^^^^ u to 4 angular. Phyllodia falcate- oblong or almost lanceolate, 3 ^^^^^ almost rarely or the common broad, obtuse

varieties,

to 1 in.

^^^^^.^^^

^^\

narrowed towards the base, coriaceous, with several '""S^^"*'"*^ ^^^^1^^,^ in a tew long, lines 4 numerous anastomosing veins. Peduncles 3 to r-^^j^^i. jj^ad short raceme or sometimes solitary, bearing each a very dense g gjintbe pa closely of 30 to 50 or more flowers, mostly "S-merous and often so
,

Acacia.]

XL. LEGUMINOS.^,

389

lead that the calyxes cohere.

Calyx more than half as long as the corolla, thin nnd shortly toothed. Petals connate above the middle. Pod eloiij^ated, flat, often curved into a circle, 3 to 4 lines broad, with thickened nerve-like margins. Seeds nearly orbicular; funicle very long, dilated and coloured
from the base, very flexuose,

more or
t.

less encircling the

seed in double folds.

452; Bot. Mag. t. 1659; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 630 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 109 F. Muelb PI. Vict. ii. 28; A.orcnala, Sieb. Pi. Exs. and in Spreng. Syst. iii. 135 (by mistake
6;
Prod.
ii.
; ;

-Wend!. Comm. Acac. 24,

DC.

attribuled to Labillardicre). -Port Jackson to the Bhie "Mountains, ^l.Mixt. 593, anil others:

N, S.

Wales.

A. Cunningham^

Sieber, . 459,

Victoria.
aesert,

Rich

soil

ia valleys

or grassy ranges throughout the colony, except the

aseeiiding to cotisiderahle elevations,

f!Mueller.
river, i?.

Tasmania.
island,

Port Dalryiiiplc and Dehveut L. Hooker.

Brown;

ahunilaut throughout the

S.

Australia.

Encounter Bay, Whiitaker

to the colonists

St. Vincent's GuIF, T, Mueller.

under the name of Blackwood, and the less appropriate onfe of Ughtwood, is celebrated lor hardness and durability. 4. bmipes, A. Cunn. in Bot. iMag. t. 3358, from the single specimen preserved of the cultivated plant described, appears to be a variety o^ A. melanoxulon, with longer more falcate

The wood,

kuowu

phyllodia, attaining 5 to" 7

iii.

Benth. in Hwk. Land. Journ. i. 368, A glabrous ji^e, sometimes sli<;-ht]y glaucous; branChlets 'terete or nearly so. Pliyllodia jauceolate-falcate, more acuminate, more narrowed at the base and tliinuer |"aa in A. mdanoicylori mostly 5 or 6 in. lonp; or more, with several slender 'ongitudiual nerves and fine veins. Peduncles few, in a very short raceme, "lore slender tiuin in A. mdanoxylon, bearinjr each a small dense head of nu"lerous flowers, mostly SMncrousv Calyx scarcely half as long as the corolla,
199-

A. implexa,

Petals smooth, united to tlie middle.- Pod narrow-linear, much ^^ved and twisted, 2 of rarely nearly 3 lines broad, contracted between the seeds. Seeds ovate-oblong, luugitiidiurd ; funicle dilated and coloured almost
^wiuite.

rom the base,

much

folded under

tiie

seed, but not encircHng ifr. F. Muell.

"Vict.ii. 29.

Queensland.
Wa
^-.'^''les.
IToolls
;

Mueller

*^n'ha'

river, C. Clarence to northward Port Jackson. E. Brown, I^'Ji'lsay, (T. Hill; southwai-J to Shoalfiaven river aud Illawarra, ^. Cnn-

Opei river binks and grassy ridges R,S'^^,'^*^^<=hus Ala^sh, Suowy River, etc.. F. Mueltgr:
200.
,,

scattered over the colony: Yarra river,

glabrous tree, or a Probably Herb. F. Muell Pliyllorlia ^^^^"^^^ minutely hoary ; brartchlets slightly angular. h] r?" '^ite-lanceolate, at the end, obtuse but narrowed mostly 6 to 8 in. long, "'" na'Towed at the base, coriaceous, pale or glaucous, with several not T Peduncles slender, prominent nerves and scarcely veined between them.
I

A. harpophyUa,

"' ^^"' clustered or rarely*in a very short raceme, bearing each a- small elo? ^ spathulate, Sepals ^^"'' "*" "^"t 12 flowers. 5-roerous mostly 15 to notTir naif as middle. below the long connected as slightly the p corolla, free or" ^is smooth, free. Pod unknown.
Vtteeasland.

Rockhampton, TAozet.


XL. LEGUMiNOSiE.
*

390
.

[Jcacia,

201;

A. excelsa, SenfL

in

MitcL Trop. Austr. 235.

large forest-

tree; branclilets slender, terete or nearly so, glabrous or rarely minutely puPhyllodia oblong-falcate, rather obtuse or mucronulate, narro^ved bescent. at the base, 2 to 3 in. long, \ to | In. broad, thuily coriaceous, with 5 to 7

smooth or faintly veined between them. Peduncles solitary, in pairs or clusters, sometimes not 2 lines, in other specimens nearly 2 in. 5 mostly flowers, to numerous 30) globular head of (20 bearing each a Ions,
nerves, and

about 3 lines broad, thinly coriaceous, the sutures narrow-edged or almost winged, not usually dehiscent but hardening over the seeds and readily breaking off between them. Seeds ovate, lohgitudinal funicle short and filiform, neither

merous.

Sepals distinct.

Petals smooth.

Pod

straight,

flat,

folded nor enlarged.

A, Baintreana^ , Muell. Fragm.

iv.

6,

Queensland.

Near Lake Salvator, Mitchell; Peak

Downs^Z Maeller ;

Clarke

river,

variety of, a perhaps and to, allied Bowman coUectiOn. Very closely Dairdree ; also in s the ia chiefly differing islands, A, laurifolia, Willd., from New Caledonia and the Pacific

narrower phylbdia and pods.

i. 369. Jonrn, Lond, 202. A. coxnplanata. A, Cnnn. ; BentJi. in HooTc. acute rarely 3 or by 2 tree, glabrous; branclilets flattened, bordered long, in. to 3 2 obtuse, angles or narrow wings. Phyllodia oval or oblong, longitudinal more even or to broad, 9 1 in. thinly coriaceous, with 5 to ^ ^^ about 2 nerves and a few fine veins between thena. Peduncles slender,

tlie of abortion long, in axillaiy clusters often of 6 to or more, or by the globular a each upper phyllodia forming an irregular terminal raceme, bearing

8'

Petals spathulate. head numerous flowers, mostly 5-raerous. Sepals free, upper the broad, smooth, free. Pod curved, acuminate, veiy flat, 3 to 4 lines tbe in funicle suture nerve-like or with a narrow border. Seeds oblong ; MuelF. in Banksian specimens short and not dilated, but not quite perfect, ler's specimens elongated, more or less dilated from near the base, ^^^^1 e"^J,^' Db. of not cling the seed in a single fold. ^. anceps. Hook. Ic. PI, t. 167,

of

Batiks and Sbfander ; Wide JPuinaresq river, J, Cunningham ; Brisbane river, Fraser, F. Mueller, aud others. N. S. "^Vales. Clarence river, heckler.

Queensland.

Endeavour

river.

^oorei Bldwlli, Bay,

G.

Dimidiate. Phyllodia

usuallv broad and

veij or falcate often long,

oblique, with 2 or 3 prominent distant nerves

and

retieulately penniveme

between them.

Stipules minute or none.

the stipules are not 'spluescent as in A. urophylla amongst Armata, which has somei
large phyllodia.

capitate^^^^ their in These correspond with the iuhseries Dimidiates of JA>f(?/^, differing florescence. The phyllodia are much larger and more oblique than in the ^^'9^'^^'^^^\--^^

203. A. binervata, Prod. ii. 452. A tall shrub or a so brancUets, ing sometimes 30 to 40 ft., jrlabrous, with slightly angular e* at becoming terete. Phyllodia falcate, oblong or lanceolate, narrowed end, mostly 3 to 4 in. lorig, with 2 or 3 longitudinal nerves and F""^^^^^ veined between them, the marginal gland below the middle rather ^.^"^jP^j racciue, axillary CU0113. Peduncles rather slender, 3 to 8, at first in an t"^P|^ after flowering the raceme often grows ont into a leafy branch with duncles at the base, each bearing a globular head of about 20 flo^^^""^* "^"^p^; 5-merousCalyx scarcely half as long as tbQ corolla, siauAte-tootued.

DC

tree, attain-


Acam.]
smooth..

^ ;

XL. "LEGUMINOS.E.

391
w

tals

Pod

long, flat

and very

thin, about

in.

broad.

Seeds obo-

vate,

loni^itudinal
tlie

under

Gen. Svst.

along the centre of the pod ; funicle folded and dilated A. umbrosa^ A. Cunn. in G. Don, seed but not snrroundinir it. ii. 405 l^ot. Mag. t. 3338.
;
;

Hasand Nepean n. 504 Si^Ser, Mountains, Blue Jackson or Wales Poi-t tings rivers, Fraser ; Hastiusfs and Clarence rivers, BeckJer ; Clyde river, 0, Moore; Allied in some respects southward to lllavvarra, in shady woods, A. Cmi7iinffkam, HiiegeL \fiA.-pe.nnwervu, differing in the venation of the phyllodia, in the pod and seeds, etc. A.dineura, F. Muell. in Jouni. Linu. Soc. iii. 130. from the Table Land, Upper Roper

N. S,

river,

ther

N. Australia, apjjcars to nle to be a form of the samef species, of a pale hue, with raThe specimens are small and in frait ouly, less oblique and more obtuse jdiyllodia.
*

racemes grown out into leafv branches. Some specimens of Mitchell's have narrow mifch morfc coriaceous phyllodia and very small distmct Soffer-'ueads, but without the fruit it caunot be determined whether they are a
with the
species

or not.

tall shnib A 380. i. Journ. Loud. latescens, Benih. in Hook. or tree, glabrous, with angular brauchlets. Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate obwith 2 tuse, much narrowed towards the base, 6 tO'8 in. long or even more,

above dU of head globular small short axillary racemes, bearing each a as the coroUa, long as half floners, mostly than more Calyx thin, 5-raerous. the above united Petals ^vlth very short obtuse thickened lobes or teeth.
or

marthem between veins ; parallel nerves, and a lew reticulate or almost cluster? long, in. to ginl glands minutte or none. slender, \ \ Peduncles
or 3

middle, rather

thickened at the

tips.

Pod

unkao^^m.
Gulf,

W. Australia.
Port

Mayday

Island,

Vaa Diemen's

A. Canninghm

Capstan Island,

Essiugton,

Armstrong.

380. Journ l lond. 205. A. sericata, A. Cunn.; BentJi. in Hook. glaucous and glabrous Pale, with a very minute almost mealy down, or narbut obtuse falcate, tmnchlets terete cr nearly so. PhyUodia broadly middle, the broad in. rowed at both ends, mostly 3 to 4' in. long, 1 to \\ nenes, principal or or on barren 4 with 3 shoots much longer and narrower,

ff^hich
ticulale

base, the of margin 1 or 2 cot.flucnt with the lower ^^'^^^'^''fl';' J^ owers ^muate. o'^e" between them, the outer or upper margin

to long 1 Pod '''-.^'^''f^^ when ^9^' "^'^ hard bordered with a nan-ow edge; valves coriaceous, '?;^? Muell. platj/carpa, F. ^^xiecL-A. r^t'culalions. seen not Seeds transverse, ^ Jouru. Linn. Soc. iii. 145. ,^. , nv N. Australia. Mc.tn.u and York Sounds. N.W co.f,A
jot seen.

very flat, glaucous, 3 to B in.

(specimens Carpeutaiia of Gulf and only) (foliage of a ripe fruit) Victoria riVBr *h unripe fruits), P. Mueller.
"> valves
;

^J^^l^^Z^l^^
i.

^206.
Young

^n wearing off;

l^'-'\J'y,^:i^,f ;4^,^' branchlets angular. ; '^ meven 3 or ^-"eate at the to' 2 1 '^;j^':' long, base, 4 to 8 in. ^^ ending oth he d, 2 8 ii'I'ves. terminal a the lowest carried on to S^'f transverse veins glands y on ihe upper margin, Jf-'ll '-^f '^^^^^J^.^^^^^^ ^loi^ers iti small globular hea<ls, on short P^''^^^^'^l^^'^"V;' ,n,perfert^^^ ye but y ^"^^le,and apparently 5-merous, with ^^^^w sepals, i broaa, lu. lon^. ip. ""^ specimpa. to 5 \ ftat, 3 curved, or J-oa Straight
'

A. flavescens. A Cunn.; Benth. in shoofs :i:rd '^th a hoary' or .vello^^;!^^ ^'-f Phyllodia

Hook: Zand. Journ.

3S1.

/^
J

o^^ihim

fleXi b

wy

392

lh, LEGUMiNOSiE.

[jQacia.

Seeds transverse ^ coriaceous, reticulate, with slightly thickened margins. seen fuiiicle forming short slightly thickened folds under the seed, but not
quite ripe.^

Queensland. Sandy Islands, A, Cannwgham ;

Cape, Broad Soiuid, Northumberland Islands, M. Brown; Percy sandstone ridges of Kongili, Leichhardt,

Densely clothed with

Phyllodia obliquely whitish woolly almost fleecy or velvety tomentum. obovate or orbicular, very obtuse, \\ to 3 in. long, thick and soft, with about 4 prominent nerves and transverse reticulations. Upper phyllodia (in the only 2 branchlets seen) very much reduced, with dense globular flower-heads in their axils, on short thick tomentose peduncles. Flowers numerous, 5-merous, the

buds shorter than the acute bracts, but not seen full-grown. Calyx lobed and c liate. Pod unknown.

thin, shortly

N. Australia.
^

Short's Kauge,

M^Bouall Stuart,

Series YIII. Juliflor^.Phyllodia vertically flattened or, in a few species, terete, articulate on the stem, several-nerved or rarely 1 -nerved, obtuse
or dense acute or pointed, rarely slightly pungent. cylindrical Flowers in ten-upted spikes, rarely, when sessile, shortly oblong
in-

I have united under this series all which lias decurrent phyllodia contl
leaved Purjgenies, ^hxth. appeared to have no immediate afiiuity -i.i, v^o-spicate species. Many of these are particularly difficult to distinguish without the
.

Iruit,

have 'passed over as doubtful numerous specimens which I had '" "^*^^ only, there are still several of which \ do not feel quite certain of having correctly matched the flowers and fruits,

and although

A.
The

RiGiDUL^. Phyllodia
species here
collected differ

flat,

shortly or oblique often short, straight

falcate.

Spikes dense, except in A, wegalantha.

generally from the

5-merou3. mostly Flowers

following
stibseries

in

their

o-

Dierons flowers, and from the Falcate ia their shorter, more coriaceous, obtuse, usually subseries. sty-aifiht or undulate phyllodia, but some species' arinost pass into the latter
species are
alJ

tropical, except the last

two of the
in

subseries.

208.
rently

A. amentifera,
diflnse,

F.

Mmll.

Jonm.

Linn. Soc.
;

in.

141.

Appate.

glabrous

and perhaps resinous

branches angulnr-stn.

ai recurved Phyllodia often clustered, ol)li(jue!y oblong, incurved, obtuse or . 2-uerve the end, 2 to 4 lines lonjj, coriacediis, nerveless or very obscurely imitiewith Spikes sessile, oblong-cylindrical rarely as long as the phyllodia,

exceedijio rbas closely-packed flowers, mostly 5-merous. Bracts acuminate, corollathe the flowers. Sepals free, narrow-linear, more than half as long as 20). Petals smooth, free or readily separating. (about few Stamens
uii Known:

W. Australia.
209.

Upper Victoria

river, F. Mueller.
i.

A. Wickhami, Bmth. in Hook. Lond. Jonm.

879.

shrub, Often very glaucous or resinous ; branchlets angular-striate. j numerous, obliquely ovate or falcate-oblong, obtuse with a small obiiqu seve .^ with glandular point, rarely exceeding in., coriaceous, undulate,

\f^^^^ i'vio

nerves all very faint or 1 or or rarely 1_ in. long, densely cylindrical.

\ 3 more prominent.

Spikes pedunculate, i

5-merojis. mostly Flowers

^ai)

Acacia.]

XL. leguminos/E.

393

broadly sinuate-tootlied, fully half as long as the corolla. Petals united below the middle, tlie midribs prominent. Pod flat, but thick and woody, obthin,

above the mi(hlle, gradually tapering to the base. Seeds oblique, oblong; funicle straight, gradually thickened from the base into a narrow -turbinate aril, scarcely folded towards
the

liquely

veined, about 2 in. long, 2 lines broad

end.

N, Australia. Swan Bay, N.W. coast. Voyage of the Beagfe ; table land between Victoria river and Start's Creek, F. Mueller; islands of the Gulf of^Carpentaria, k. Brown, and aJjoining mainland, F. MueVer, The more or less prominent nerVes, the glnticbus hue w resinous exudations, vary in different parts of the same specimen.

A rigid Mnell, in Journ, Linn, Soc. iii. 137. shrub of several feet or small tree, gjabrons or nearly so, often veiy resinous. Phyllodia rather crowded, erect, obliquely linear-oblong, linear or oblanceolate, ^ostly obtuse biit with a short rigid straight or oblique point, narrowed at the
210.

A. lysiphloea,

^%j to
Flowers

1 in. ioi]g,
'

prominent nerves.

and rigid, with 3 to Spikes pedu iculate, i to 1

thick

obsciire or

more or

less

in. long,

slender but dense.

Sepals veiy short, thin, shortly united at the I'ase. Petals shortly united, the midribs prominent. Pod flat, 'oblique or falcate, 1 to reticulate woody, 2 in. long, almost and hard broad, to in. ^ i ?Bd resinous. Seeds ovate, oblique funicle shortly folded and thickened

mostly 5-merous.

ito

a small aril

under the base of the seed-

Hooker's and Start's Creeks, F. Mueller; islands of tlie Gulf of CarPj^taria, R, Brown Some Mueller, ; sandy plains and valleys of the adjoining mainland, F. 0' the narrow-leaved specimens have some resemblance to A. linar'wides, but the fruit w

N.Australia;

^eiy different.

Glabrous Benth. in Hook, Land. Journ. i. 371. ^ slightly Phyllodia rather pubescent and viscid, with terete branchlets. crowded, linear, m. obtuse with a small rigid but not pungent point, f to not al)ove 1 line broad, obscurely 1-nerved. Spikes slender but rather Y^. Qense, shortly 5mostly Flowers pe(hinc\date and exceed'injj the phvllodia.
211.

A. linarioidesj

Tetals Sepals suiajf, thin, free or sightly connate at the base. connate to the iniddle, with thickened tips. Pod linear, sli-htly curved, l\ convex, valves l>road at the seects the them, between and coiitracted ^m. obscurely striate, with thickened nerve-like margins. Seeds oblong, UM-egularly an ^Q^g'tudiaal ; funicle into thickened folds with the last 2 or 3

^erous.

r?

^^P-shnped aril

under the seed.

species hns the This Brown B. Carpentaria, Cavern of Island, Gulf iirS'^^''**^*'^^^pod more allied ^""'^'^'^ d ii^^-^rlv the phyllodia of A. hjdphlcea, with the
to th

^^

TT'"^^ of A,

longifoVia

and

its allies,

but mo!^e

rigid.

Softly iii. 144. Soc. Linn, f. Mudl in Journ, ^rneuto "eutose or obliquely Phyllodia Phyllodia terete. pubescent; branchlets nearly callous small with a 0,'^'ong or lanceolate, end, each at narrowed shortly ; 'looked point, 1 to 2 in. lon*^; 3 to 7 fines broad, coriaceous, with 2, 3,_ or J' anastoniosnig numerous pi-o.uineut and mar-rins l^n nerves and nerve-like

212.

A. stipuligera,

M-

more or le

"

J. "^'^y
1

nearly ^conspersa. Spikes ^^^^Pt 'f 5-merou3. 2 in. long, mostly Flowers dense and toracntose.

sessile, solitary

or in pairs

1 to

Calyx.

394

XL. LEGUMINOSJS.

[Jcacia.

into separating readily lobes, spathnlate with thin corolla, the as lon^r as half seen (only Pod ton.eutose. middle, Petals united to the distinct sepals. coriaceous, broad, lines not twisted, slightly linear, long, one) loose one with nerve-like margins.

Australia. " Serub-Waltle," M'Douall

N.

Sources of the Yictoria river, F. 3Iueller

Stuart.

in the interior,

lat.

18

Yeiy iii. 142. Soc. Linn. Journ. in Muell. F. ptychophylla, 213 Ai obPl.yllodia angular. slightly branchlets -glabrous Otherwise resinous, point, t callous or gland terminal liquely oblong, very obtuse, 'with a small coriarigidly base, the at narrowed shortly broad, 11 lines 2 to 3 Ion-, in to intervennig conspicuous without ceous, with 5^ to 9 prominent parallel nei-ves moie rather o^ long in. 1 dense, very pedunculate, shortly Spikes veins. ewis i lobed. deeply less or more thin, Calyx 5-merous. mostly Flowers unknown. Pod midribs. prominent united to the middle, with
;

N. Australia.
214.

Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller.

A.

stigmatopliylla, J. Omn.;

^eiilh. in

Hooh

/"""''",

'"

young; when hoary-pubescent scarcely or Glabrous 377. teieie. becoming soon young, when compressed or angled slender, acutely enu, eac^i at narrowed falcate, slightly or narrow-oblong Phyllodia obliquely long, m. to 3 point, 1^ tipped with a prominent nerve or broad callous neive. prominent but fine 5 3 to with coriaceous, undulate, 4 lines broad, aiijs^"i^^^'"( less or more and very fine (sometimes obscure), tongitudinal. t" * pedunculatfe, 2 Spikes shortly closelv-packed veins between them.
length 1
in. lon<r, slender,

^^""f laiu branchlets

often clustered in the ui)per axils,

lorinmg a

Calyx o-merous. mostly small, Flowers minal ^J'^^^^'^p' corolla. panulate, sinuate-toothed, slightly ciliate, half as long as the appearance, striate with prominent midribs, giving the buds a strongly
leafy panicle.

i,

^^^

unknown. W. Australia.
Mueller.

Brunswick Bay, N.W.

coast,

A. Cunningham

Victoria

river,

Benth. gM^^^ soOn but silky or slightly hoary shoots A tall shrub, young ^J scarcely and oblong Phyllodia from branchlets nearly terete. ^^^^ Uio" ^ a with obtiise oblinuelv oblong-rhomboidal or broadly falcate, ^^^^^^ in. lous or* glandular tip, 2 to 4 in. long, | to of '^^'"'^f '^-^ gome an prominent with numerous parallel nerves or veins, 5 to 9 more ^^^^^^^ close others J the base, the at them confluent with the lower margin ^^^^^^j^ ^^" so, nearly or . Spikes sessile 4fine and rarely anastomosing. ^,^3
215.
;
in,
'

A. umbellata,

J. Cunn.

Hook. Lmi.

Journ.

^^-^

siiHi

coriiiueuus vaives, as

dilated into a small aril

uccuo u.i.t-v., of 2 or 3 folds under the seed.

111

j^.

tumiU'U,

^
^^^

Clevela^^ Broicn ; 3^^^^^,^ N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. J-- Mue nvers, Cape Flinders, A. Cunningham ; Seven-Emu, and llobiiison ^fi^^o10 foliage m Allied also Depot Creek. F. Mueller (specimens in flower only).
'

Acacia,}

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

395

Nearly F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 143. Phyllodia obbranclilets sliglitly angular. glabrous and probably resinous liquely oblong-falcate, obtuse with an obliqne callous or glandular point, narrowed at the base, 2 to 2^ in. long, about \ in. broad in our specimens, coriaceous, undulate, with 3 or more slightly prominent nerves and thickened
216.
;

A. leptophleba,

nerve-like

margins, the intermediate fine veins more or less anastomosing, Spikes pedunalmost reduced to closely packed longitudinal parallel veins. culate, solitary or in pairs, 1 to 1| in. long. Flowers dense, mostly 5merous. Calyx fully half as long as the corolla, thin, deeply lobed or divided to the base into narrow sepals. Petals thin, the midribs much less prominent

than in

A. sVujmalophjUa.
Stiirt's

Pod unknown.

N. Australia.
these

I had, in the above qiioteJ pajier, referred Creek, F. Mueller. specimeiia to A. nulacocarpa, but having now been able to match much tnore accurately

the flowering

and fruiting specimens of tliat species, I find I was in error. The present species is much nearer to A. diymalophyUa, from which, in the absence of the fruit, it is distingaished by the more coriaceous phyllodia, larger flowers, deeply lobed calyx, and smoother
petals.

Branches iii. 145. Soc. Linn. Journ. in T. Muell. glabrous, very acutely 2- or 3-angled and glaucous, as in J. latifolia, but not callous hooked nearly so broad. with a or obtuse falcate, Phyllodia oblong, nerves, several point, 2 to 3 in. long, with coriaceous, thickly \ to | in. broad, base, the of which the the at margin lower the with lower ones are confluent smaller veins reticulate but longitudinal. Plowers not seen. Fruiting spikes obliquely and margins pedunculate. thickened with Pod flat, hard and thin,
217.

A. limbata,

Ttined, as in
[iise,

obsmooth, and glabrous very but A. auhcocnrpa and its allies, 11 to 2 in. long, 4 lines bl^oad in the middle and tapering to the base,

out

not seen quite ripe-.

N. Australia, F. Mueller.
with glaucous, somewhat Glabrous and

;" uiuau, very coriaceous with several promineui, uci.co, -..- ..........-.-.oblong-cyhndrica , ^ems irregularly short, Spikes reticulate Or longitudinal.
'

siiH.ate-toothed. short, Calyx ^Flowers mostly 5-merous. veins and oblique petals smooth. with woody, Pod flat, thick, almost abruptly broad, ftickeued margins, hues netuly 4 in- long, very obtuse, not but obliqne Seeds ^Wracted below the middle into a broad stipes.
pedunculate.

ripe. ^. leptoplhha (referred by me to A. aulacocarjm), var. brevifoha, * MueU. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 144. .Queensland. Desert of the Suitor, F.Mueller. Allied {oA.hptoj.hlebajiiA
seen
!!'**,

but differing in flower from the former and

in fruit

from the

latter,

aud .he .ena-

" ' '^e pliyllodia

does not agree with cither.

Glabrous. 143. iii. Soc. Linn. ^.219. A. megalaatha, T. MmU. in Journ. or semiovate broadly Phyllodia compressed but not a.fgular b.-anchlets. ]f' to 1 long, in. to f 4 ^ceolate-falcate, obtuse, narrowed towards the base, 2 more or and nerves, \"le, rather prominent thick, coriaceous with 3 to 7 solitaij or pedtmculate, distinct parallel Spikes them. between veins J^ distant, ^'^^^' or distinct Flowers \ to 1} in. long, with a stout rhac^s.

396

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.-

[Jcacia.

expandbefore lines long buds 2 oblong the oiher^Jcacia, any larger than in united Petals toothed. campanulate, shortly Calyx ing mostly 5-raeroiis. tips hood-shaped thickened with smooth, separating, at^'he base but readily

and

inflexed points.

Pod unknown.
MnelL
in Joiirn. Linn. Soc.
iii.

N.

Australia*

Start's Creek, F. Mueller.

Glabrous 140. 220. A. gonoclada, F. Pliylangles. acute raised much or 3 with 2 and glaucous, branchlets stout, tips, glandidar oblique with obtuse falcate, lodia lanceolate-oblong, slightly
cobroad, lines to 4 8 obliquely narrowed towards the base, 3 to 4 in. Ibng, louer the with confluent hlmost neiH'es riaceous, with 2 or 3 more prominent anastoniosuig scarcely veins parallel fine edge near the base, and numerous oblong-cylindncal, pedunculate, shortly Spikes alid not very closely packed. as long as half Calyx 5 Flowers mostly -merous. dense, about \ in. long. nndpiouiinent without Petals distinct, smooth, the corolla, shortly toothed.

rids.
flat

naiTow-linear, straight, 1 to 1^^ in. long, 1^ folded and dilated fuuicle Seeds longitudinal; with nerve-like margins.

Pod

lines broad, t|nn and

under the seed, but not ripe in our specimens.

Allied in Victoria river, F. Mueller. hamii, but with the straighter more coriaceous phyllodia of the preceding

N. Australia,
221.

some

respccis

to^. Cunning^
erect shrub,

spi^cies.

Ai pycnostachya,-

F, Muell.

PL

FicL

ii.

33.

An

broad, rigidly coriaceous, with

many

neut, the smnller ones scarcely anastomosing.

pion more rather fine nerves, 3 or 4 solitary or /or

Spikes

sessile,

3 together, thickly cylindrical, 1 to

1|

in.

long, very dense,

llouers most

B-merous, Calyx sinuate-toothed, not half as long as thecoroUa. na erect, miited at the base, rather rigid but smooth. Pod narrow-linear, with thickened margins and lonj^itudinal seeds, but not seen ripe iCOOo of elevation

ietais

W.

S.

Wales.

New

1500

ft.,

Stnart.

EuKlauJ, near Teuterfield, abundant at an I'he foHage is that of some forms of J. longi/olia,

var. Soj^hora,

the iuiioresceuce and flowers are quite distinct.

i^Fragm. and 222. A. subtilinervis, F. Muell PL VlcL ii. 32, ^^^^^ resnio. somewhat erect glabrous shrub, branchlets terete or nearly so and. cat a with Phyllodia lanceolate, narrowed at both ends but not, falcate, fli^ coriaceous, often incurved point, 2 to 4 in. long, 3 to 6 lines wide, ^^^ nn^ verj' veins, slightly prominent central nerve and several parallel ^iiortlv s j Spikes prominent. most transparent, but

neither closely packed nor

rathei or long pedunculate, solitary or in pairs, rather dense, | in. a long as Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx sinuate-toothed, fnlly half Pod unknown. corolla. Petals with a slightly prominent midrib. in spccinieu Victoria. Granite hills ahout Mount Iiulay, F. Mueller (a single
^

^^^

^^^

r. JVJuclL).

B. TETRAMER-^:~Phyllbdia flat, coriaceous or thin, straight ^^jfjj^^^jg Spikes often loose. several-nerved or 1-nerved when very narrow; Seeds longitudinal. 4-merou3. is
In fohage
this subseries connects the

Rigidula with

from differing the falcatst,

,

i,

th

the flowera almost universally 4-merous.

Acacia.]

XL. leguminos;e,

397

Glabrous and very rigid, appiirently viscid when young branchlets slightly angular, soon terete. Phyllodia linear-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, mostly acuminate, but

Meissn

not

pungent, narrowed at the base, 2 to 4 in. long,

with 5 to 7 very

2 to 4 lines broad, very

sessile,

rigid,

prominent nerves, the central one usually thick and

the
in

margins often, but not always,

much

raised.

Spikes

solitary or

pairs,

to

in.

long.

Flowers dense, mostly 4-merotis.

Sepals iiarrow-

Petals united at the base. Pod glabrous, spirally twisted into i\ dense compact cylinclrical coil of about 4 lines diameter; valves. coriaceous, flat, with thickened margins. Seeds ovate, last 2 or 3 folds of
sratlmlatc, ciliate, distinct.
the

fuuicle filiated

into an aril nearly as large as the seed, but under

it.

W.
lso
ill

Australia. the Zrd Coll.

Between Moore aud Murchison

rivers,

Brimmond, &lh

Coll. n. 6,

32. branchlets. tree of 20 to 30 glaucous usually angular with ft., glabrous, I'hyllodia lanceolate-falcate, obtuse or with a callous point, much and obliquely
.

224.

A. Dallachiana,

F. Mndl. Fragm..

i.

7,

and

PL

Fid.

ii.

A
_

towards the base, 3 to 6 in. long, often 1 in. broad in the middle, coriaceous, with 2 to 5 or 6 more or less prominent primary nerves and concvlinsessile, pairs, spicuously reticulate between them. in usually Spikes densely and conspicuous ^rieal, 1 to remarkably Bracts peltate, 1| in. long. obtusely Calyx 4-mei-ous. imbricate with the flower buds. mostly Flowers the to united smooth, toothed, more than Petals half as long as the corolla.
iiarrow(;d
nid(lle,

with rather prominent midribs.

;

Pod

linear, straight or nearly so, 2

flat

to

lines

*etu
^lted,

broad valves convex over the seeds, much tunicle the of folds or 3 Seeds ovoid, longitudinal, the last 2 the last forming a cup-shaped aril under the seed.
llie

and narrower between

Victoria. Between <;ranite blocks on the summits of M iOOO to 4500 ft., F. Mueller.
225.

Buffalo ranges, at an elevation

and broadly Phyllodia t^nnediates. Branchlets acutely angular or flattened. small a with rarely or obtuse obliquely obovate, very long, in. to \7 | reticulafine numerous "^'que point, coriaceous, finely 3- or 4-nerved, with fruit and Flowers ^'Qsnarrow. Pod Spikes very short and few-flowered.

glabrous divaricate A, alpina, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 129. by *. Jrul), nearly allied to the var. Sophora: of A. long'folia, and mcludcd the but species, Mueller {V\. latter Vict. ii. 31) amongst the varieties of the mot absence the in Jabit and foliage appear too different to adopt that view

low

otherwise as in

A. lonnlfoUa.
Mount
of plateau northern Useful, and

. ^torv.. Alpine summits of . F. Mueller.

,.

^, Mount Welling^

and conspicuously fj^ or to varieties, 6 5 tl'em, varying in length from 2 to 3 in. in some S^^' almost imbricate, '^^'''not SpikesaxiTlary. loose and interrupted, flowers
P'-ominent longitudinlil nerves

'l^'^^

'*' /v. longif longifolia, Jrilld. Spec. i'l. iv. i"J^; '^eskw and bushy, but attaining often a considerable size fJ-'"'S ^'-^^'j^^^^ J^ma! tree, glabrou; or slightly pubescent when young ^^ or '^^^f obtuse ve^ linear, or ^^^yl'odia from oblong-lanceolate broadlv oblong'to '\tl^ ^ base, the acuminate, usually narrowed towards to.J^^X
'

An ^
;

"

erect shrub, .'

some-

f
,

^ee ly fain '^/>^'^'^^; or

'

398
alvvays 4-merous.

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.
m

[Jcacia,.

Calyx very short, toothed.

Petals smooth, united

at

tlie

Pod linear, often several in. long, 2 to base or soinetimes quite separating. 4 lines broad or rarely more; valves conaceouSj convex over the seeds, usually contracted between them. Seeds longitudinal, often distant, funicle not much folded, thickened almost from the base into a turbinate ahnost cupshaped aril at the base of the seed, and sometimes nearly as large. F. Muell

PL

Vict.

ii.

30.

Moreton Bay, J, Cunningham, Itf- S, AVales. Port Jackson and Blue Mountains, R. row?t, Sieher, and others; northward to Clarence river, Beckler ; aud New Englaudj C. Stuart; southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. Victoria. Chiefly in the eastern aud southern parts of the colony, F. Mueller. Tasmania. Common in various places throughout the isknd, /. D. Hooker, S. Australia. Chiefly near the coast, R. Brown and otiicrs. Under the nan;e of J. longifolia^ I have followed F. Mueller in including the following forms, which, different as they generally appear, are connected hy such a gradual chain of intermediates that they can uot be separated by any positive characters, excepting perhaps
which seems to have a much broader pod, but is as yet not sufticieutly knoffii. a. phlebophglla, F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 31. Phyllodia resemhliug those ot the var.^ pkora, but more coriaceous, often above 1^ in. broad, very prominently reticulate. -t^t^ nearly \ in. broad, much flatter and less contracted between the seeds than in the olher varieties. Fissures of granite boulders on Mount Buffalo, Victoria, at an elevation of 30UU
first

Queensland.

the

to

4000
b.

ft.,

F. 3[ueller,

coriaceous, obtuse, Soyhora, F. MueU. PI. Vict. ii. 30. very PhyUodia obovate-oblong. about 2 or rarely 3 in. long, J to 1 in. broad, smaller veins reticulate. Calyx rather larger than in the other varieties. or 3 to 4 Hues b

seacoa^ the on f. Fl. Tasm. i. 110. Often abundant chiefly Moreton Bay, N. S. Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, aud S. Australia. or in., c. if/pica. to 5 Phyllodia linear-oblong or oblong.lanceolate, mostly obtuse, 4 casioually above 6 in. long, coriaceous but often less so than in the last, the reticulate veifllets more or less elongated and parallel. Pod usually long and %\m^tx Mimosa lo?ffofJp Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 20? ; Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 62 ; J, longifolia, AVyid. DC. Prod. u. 'io^ Bot. Keg. t. 302 Bot. Mag. t. 1827, 2166 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 678 ; Paxt. Mag. iv. ^^^ A- o^^J^ (very incorrect as to foliag.) 30 ii. Vict. Pi. Maund, Botanist, t. 77 ; P. Muell. lau^ ^palhuhfa, sifoha, A. Cunn. iu Field, N. S. WBles, 345 (with narrow phvUodia) A. in Flora, 1836, 4^0; A. interie.na, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 45 i (with broad phyllodia}^ r n. 59:5, Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sleher, n. 438, 431), 453, FL others; Twofold Bay and E. Gipps' Land, F, Mueller, .,,,lte liear-spatn"i d. mncromfa, F Muell. .PL Viet. ii. 31. or linear-oblong Phyllodia often very narrow, but coriaceous and obtuse, scarcely veined besides the 3 to 5 ''^'^V-n^ 7micronal(f. y* miueut parallel nerves, mostly IJ to -^. broad. \ou'r, in. 1 to lines 3 2i Enum. Hort. Berol. Suppl. 08 (name only) ; Wendl. Con^m. Acac.46. t. 12; D^- -^^^ \.

Bot. Cab.

t.

3351; Hook.

MuL

ii- 31 Vict, ^PL Hook. f. FL Tasm. 1. 110 F. MnelL pendens, A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 372. Tasmania, R. Brown; com l^i uear throughout the island, J. B. Hooker; also in Victoria on sandy heath-ridges

454; Bot. Mag.

t.

2747

river.

Corner

Inlet, etc., F.

Mueller.
,

F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 31. Phyllodia linear or linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the end or acute, 3 to 4 or even 5 in. long, less coriaceous than lu the pre forms, the smnllpr vpinq Ip** nrmofrirYi^^;.. v.^ ,.n^.\.,- :..*^ u^r.rr i^'imllpl veins scarcely
t. floribiinda,

-..-Hy us ;

^^^^

DitentieUia, A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. t. 32U3 (with broader ptiyiiouia; , "--^gf^ suta. Ten. Cat. Hort. Neap. 77. Port Jackson R. ^^^"^ll ^i to the Blue .Mountains, Becicier. n. 440, and others, northward to New Eneland, river, Stuart: Clarence
;

Jacq.

ji.

C.

Mueller

Jcacia,]

XL.

leguminos^.

399

Phyllodia oftea very long and narrow as in A. linearis, but rather more coriaceous, with 1 or 2 nerves parallel to the principal one, and continued nearly the whole length of the leaf, connecting in some measure the var. mucronata with A. linearis. A. dissiliflora^ Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jouru. i. 371. N. coast of Tasmania.
f,

ihsitiflora,

227.
ft.,
*

A.

linearis, SimSy Sot, Mag.

t.

2156.

An

erect slirub of several

glabrous or slig-htly pubescent when young; branchlets angular. Phyllodia narrow- linear, from 4, 5 or 6. in. long to twice that length, scarcely

with a prominent loufi:itudinal nerve, and occasionally an additional faint one on each side. Spikes loose and interrupted, slender, 1 to 2 in. long, quite glabrous. Plowers mostly 4.merous. Calyx very short, toothed. Petals smooth, united at the base. Pod linear, nearly straight, several in. lomr, usually about 2 lines broad. Seeds longitudiu il, but not seen perfect. DC. Prod. ii. 454 Hook. f. FL Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 595 ; Tasm.i. 109 P. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 31 } A. longis6ma, Weadl. Coram. Acac. 45. t. 11; Bot. Beg. t. 680, N. S. "VlTales- Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 451, 456, and Ft, Mijci. 596, aad
above 1 line broad,
; ;

others;

northward to Hastings river, Beckler ; Richmond river, C. Moore, Victoria. 'VVet forest glens and periodically flooded river-bauks in the E. part of Gipps'
Mueller,
Circular Head,

Land, f,

Tasmania.

Gumu

Enumerated by F. Mueller nmongst the varieties of J. JongjfoHa, and certainly very near tte extreme forms of the var. dissilifora, differing chiefly in the long narrow phyllodia, either slrctly 1-ncived or with only a faint accessory nerye on each side.
C.
or

straight narrow-linear, or linear-subulate Phyllodia slightly curved, terete or Hat but thick, rarely under 2 in. long or above teretehues broad. in or, 5-merous small with slender, Spikes dense or

Stengphyll.^,

ieaved species, often

4-merous

flowers.

with very short spikes, almost pass into the series Calamiformes, and one or two of the last species of the subseries, with rather broader phyllodia, are close y connected with the narrower-leaved species of Falcat<s,
species of this subseries,
I

Some

.228.
^'ith

A, aciphylla,

Benth.

in Lima^a, xxvi, 627.

glabrous shrub

Phyllodia linear-snbulate, angular branchlets, very soon terete. ^Sul with a'sliort pungent point, 2 to 4 in. long, terete and minutely striate yth very fine parallel nerves scarcely visible without a lens. Spikes sessile, 5-merous. aense, ovoid mostly Flowers or oblong, not above 3 lines lon^.
scarcely

" uiies oroacl, coriaceous, rather hard, sligiuiy

conuacieu

ucL>c.ix .uv o.v.^..,

Jhich were evidently

longitudinal^.

Meissn. pungens, var. le^toneura, (?)

P1.P reiss.

I.

12?
specimens).

-^cu rreiss s

^.229.

shoots young the or Jith slender divaricate -labrous or tlexuose branchlets, striate With few terete, or silky,pubescent, linear-filiform, Phvllodia

A. ephedroides,

Benth. in

Hooh

Lond. Journ. I 870.

A shrub,

y^l

or obtusely 4-cronous, straight or flexuose, with a small straight or shortly or ^^oked point, ovoid-oblong dense, 2 to 6 in. long. Spikes sessile, lowers long, lines J^l^'^^ncal, 4 rarely or
J^f-ves,

exceeding 3 lines, as the colong ^^owded. mostly so half not lobed, Calyx shortly 4.merous.
.scarcely

400
4

XL. LEGUMINOSiB.

[Acacia,

roUa,

Pod

Petals smooth except a very prominent midrib, readily separating, A,Jili/olia, lot seen ripe. Meissn. iu PI. Preiss. i. 18 veiy narrow, but not
;

Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 369. "W. Australia. Cape Porteraz, Fraser ; Swan River? and towards Cape Ekhe, Dnimmond, n, 302, 2nd Coll n. 149 and 156 Uh Coll. n, 2 ; Darling Range, Preiss, n,
;

974.

shrub, branchlets slender, nearly terete. Phyllodia linear-subulate, terete or sli^iitly compressed, with a fine usually recurved but not pungent point, 2 to 3 in. long, striate with veiy fine parallel nerves, the central one scarcely more prominent. Spikes 4mostly Flowers lono;. obionj^, sessile, solitary or in pairs, 3 to 4 lines

230.

A. Burkittii,

F. Muell. Herb.

ghibrous

merous. Sepals spathulate, above half as long as the corolla, united in a ^ without but lips, short cup at the base. the at thick Petals smooth, rather prominent midribs. Pod unknown.
^

S. Australia.

Lake

Gilles in the

interior, IBurhtt.

Very near A. microneura,

but

the phyllodia scarcely broader than lliick and the cal)X different.

Meism. in PL Preiss. i. nutely ashy-pubescent, becoming glabrous, branchlets

231.
nearly terete.
point*, 2 to

A. micrpneura,

19.

Young
slightly

shoofs mi-

angular or

Phyllodia narrow-linear,
in. lonir,
|^

almost subulate,

with a recurved
parallel nerves,

to 1 line broad, rigid,

with numerous

the central one usually

3.

more

to i lines long.

Flowers
S. interior,
chiefly in the

sessile, pairs, in or solitary Spikes prominent. not toothed, Calyx shortly mostly. 4-merous.

half so long as the corolla.

Petals smooth.
Freiss, n.

Pod unknown.
Drnmmond^
hth Coll. n- 10.
Differs

W. Australia.
from A. ephedroides

942

more

flattened phyllodia.

and bark 232. A, cyperophyUa, F, Muell, Herb, Tall, with curly dark wood, branchlets terete. Phyllodia linear-subulate with a fine usually >vitU striate curved point, 6 to 10 in. long, terete or very slightly compressed,

r lowers mostly o-merous or b-merous. v*!^^ *':..;. ^ about halfas long as the corolla, at first shortly toothed but often dividiDo nearly to the base. Petals smooth, glabrous. Pod unknown.
iiuL
jj

111.

iu[ig.

Queensland ?
233.

Leichhardt, S. Australia. Stony ground, Cooper's Creek, A, C, Gregory.

Beulh, Young shoots P"i> cent, otherwise glabrous; branchlets slender, nearly terete, whitish. points, ])oi: dia linear-subulate, with fine usually recurved but "not pungent not furand 2\ in. long, rather rigid, terete, with few prominent parallel nerves tot dense, i rows. Spikes sessile, solitarv'or in pairs/ cylindricair not very
inin^'tely

A. mnltispicata,

sdky-pt^^^^^^^^

in.

I'lowers mostly 4-merous. Calyx brond, sliort, thin, P'^'^^*^^ tome densely shortly lobed. Petals smooth, at length separating. Ovary
long.

'

tose.

Pod unknown.
in

"W. Australia,
droides

Roe, Dnmmond ; Hill river, Ofdfeld. the prominently few nerved phyllodia longer spikes, unribbed
J. S.

A. Differs from
petals, etc.

ej>

234. A. pityoides, F. Mudl. in Journ. Lhm. Soc. iii. 135. id ng rather brous ; branchlets slender, terete. Phyllodia linear-subulate,

Quite

ffla-

but


^f(^^f-''ui']

XL. LKGUMINOS;*:.

401

m pungent,

2 to 4 in. long, slender, terete and almost nerveless, or slightlvflattened and striate with very fine nerves, scarcely visible vvitliout a lens/ Spikes usually in pairs, pedunculate, about | in. long, slender but dense.

Mowers small, mostly 5-nierous.

lobed or the sepals

Calyx very thin and transparent, deeply

quite free but not spathufate, fully tuo-thirds as long as the corolla. Petals thin, connate to the middle, without proujinent mi(lril)s. Pod elongated, nearly flat, curved or twisted, 1 to 1^ lines broad, slightly
contracted

between the seeds; valves thinly coriaceous.

Sturt^s Creek aiul Gilbert river, F. Maeller. Ridges of the Suttor, t\ Mueller.

Seeds obovate, lon-

gitudinal; funicle not seen perfect.

N. Australia.

Queensland.
235.

A. Cimn, ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jonrn, i. 370. A shrub of 2 to 4 ft., glabrous and slightly viscid; branchlets terete. Phyllodia linear-subulate, not pointed, 2 to 4 in. long, rather rigid, terete or rarely
flattened to
P^'iu's,

A, xylocarpa,

nearly

line in breadth, obscurely 1-nerved.

SpiKes mostly in

shortly pedimculate, slender but closely packed, | to

out.

in.

long when

l^lly

Flowers mostly 5-merous.

yisas

the corolla. I^od nearly terete or slif>htly flattened,

Calyx shortly lobed, about half as Petafs united to the u'iiddle, with prominent midribs.

Mines broad and thick near the end, gradually tapering to the base valves '^j almost woody, striate lengthwise, opening elastically from the end ownwards. Seeds oblique funicle straight, gradually and slightly thickened ffom the base upwards. A. orihocarpa, P. Muell. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc.
;

to 3 in. long, shortly acuminate, 3

^. 136.
J
'

-^."^istralia.

i^^Mu

n
(.)

Dampier's Archipelago and Water Islr.iid, N.T\\ coast, A. Canvivg^^^' ^' ^''^'^^y''^ ETpedition; Upper 3Iucartliur river, Gulf of Carpentaria,
Spikes short. Phyllodia longer auJ more slender. F, Muell. 'in Jouru. Linn. Soc. iii. 135. Start's Creek, /;

^^.

ar.

tennissima.

Pod unknown.
3Iuc'//t^n

temismm,
*

shrub of 4 ^ ^t'* yonnu: sliools viscid, Avith slender flattened or angular branchu let at leno-th ^> terete. PhvUodia very narrow-linear, but flat, with a small cal "^ or lioolced ently lorij,', prosiiiiieiii in. 3 rarely point, or mostly 2 1 to 2 i ^"trved. Spikes shortly pt^ciimculate, solitary or "in paire, :J to | in. loii^,. slender, but with ^1 numerous olosely packed very small flowtis, luosily -merous. Petals thin, coStp.ds very narrow, linear, thin and distinct. to the middle. j^j""g Pod hard and woody, 1^ to 2 in. long, about 3 lines
F. MffelL in Jonrn, Linn. Soc.
iii.

^' gonocarpa,

13G.

"^

^*

J'llyes opening elastically fi-om the with raised

.'

"
*

the

end downwards as in J. xijlucarpa, Seeds not acute longitudinal angles as in A. ielicxjohocarpa. pod obliquely partitioned for their reception as in J. xyhcarpa.
-^'"ein

ifafl/'^^**"*^**

N.

B:iy,

R.

Brown ;

rocky shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

iul'
suhi

"^*

^ciuophylla,
;

Liitdl.

^'^^"'-pulj'iscent

branchlets

Swan Riv. Jpp. somewhat angular.

15.

Glabrous or

Phyllodia linear-

^ 'f

nei-v

i^^j^'t^ng

straight or slightly curved, with a straight oblique or hooked point, ^'^^ '"""> ^^out 1 line broad, flat but thick and rigid, with 3 prominent ^Pil^es shortly pedunculate, mostly in pairs, very dense, rarely above

or in cultivated specimens rather looser and I

ni.

long.

.Flower?

'

402

'

^I^-

LEGDMIKOS.-K.

[Acacfft,

somelobed, Calyx 3-merous. or 4-nierous occasionally mostly S-merous, but Petals corolla. the long as as half fully sepals, times separating into distinct

smooth, connate to the middle.

Pod (according

to Meissner) linear, slightly

ovate, Seeds villous. shortly flat, broad, 2 lines tortuose, 1 to IJ- in, long, Preiss. PI. in Meissn. funicle, of the by the folds leuticnlar. lialf embraced
i.

19

Bot. Mag.

t.

4353

(the calyx overlooked).

"W, Australia.
Preiss, w. 914.

Swan

River,

Drummond,

1st

Coil,

and

n,

137

Darling

Rangft,

iii. 137Soc. Linn. Journ. in MnelL 238. A. drepanocarpa, F. slightly slender, branchlets glabrous shrub, the young shoots resinous,

A
an-

gular.

towards

narrowed obtuse, curved, slightly Phyllodia narrow-linear, straight or promislightly with a the base, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 lines broad,

not slender, Spikes nent central nerve and 1 or 2 finer veins on each side. 5-menms. mostly FloFers very dense, \ io i in. long, shortly pedunculate. to connate Petnls Calyx thin, with narrow lobes, half as long as the corolla. linear, erect, Pod the middle, with prominent midribs as in A. xylocarpa.

margins raised much \\ to 8 in. long, 1^ 10 2 lines broad, flat but thick with bacic rolhng and obliquely veined between them, the almost woody valves graduam straight, elastically as in ^. gonocarpa. Seeds oblique; funicle

thickened from the base, narrow-turbinate and cup-shaped under the

seed.

N. Australia.
AVhitsuiiday aud

T?ocks of the
Islands,

Palm

S.W. shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria, ^' ^^""^^i^l^ uu does arida Henne. Differs from A. gonocarpa^ as A.
tiatter phyllodia.

A.

X7fIocarj)a^ in its

broader and

370. rhylloi' nutely hoary; branchlets slender, terete or slightly compressed, to base, 2 the narrow-linear, obtuse or with a callous point, narrowed at
239.
BentJi, in

A, arida,

Hooh, Loud, Journ.

i.

Glabrous

or

but thick, obscurely 3-nerved. peduncuhite, solitary or in pairs, slender and compact, i to i n^- ^' Petals ^"^^? lobed. Flowers very snndl, mostly 5-merous. Calyx shortly without prominent midribs. Pod thick but flat, nearly 4 in. ^'^"^y ]||^^i. Ciback broad, narrowed to the base; valves hard, almost woody, rolling cally. Seeds not seen, but evidently oblique. Cimntn^ A. coast, W. Australia. Parched desert shores of Cambridge Gulf, N.W. ham. Differs from A, xyhcarpa chiefly in the broader Hut phyllodia.
long, 1 to 2 lines broad,
flat
j^*
'

J shoruy Spikes

627, and ^^'^^^'"^.^^[^ ^^ Shiubliy, often hoMry with a very minute pubescence: branchlets ^ ^^^^ obuq^^ or nearly so. Phyllodia narrow-linear, obiuse or with a recurved ^^^^ lous point, usually flat but thick, 1^ to 3 in. long, 1 to IJ- ^^"'^^ rv^ithteie ^' varying from short and nan'ow-oblong to very luarrow and almost j,^ out conspicuous nerves, but finely and obscurely striate under a lens. 4 5-merous\\^^ shortly pedunculate, \ to f in. long. Flowers mostly very narrow, linear-spathulate. Pod thin, A*'***^'^ ^^^^^'unes Petals smooth. long, very obtuse, narrowed at the base, 1 to 1^ in. long, |^"^" xj^nsbroad, the sutures edged with a narrow wing. Seeds ovate, ^^^^^^^^ ^oi^ memor. small verse; funicle with 2 or 3 short folds, expanded into a
240.

A. aneura,

F.

MndL

in TAnna>a,

xxvi.

*^,

aril

under the seed.

From
Expedition. Victorian the Darling to the west frontier,

N. P. Wales-

XL. LF.GUMINOS.*;.

403

Australia. iBtemi fonmng the chief ingredient of the Mulga

S.
n.0 e dilated more di Ld'r/rT/-^ aud folded. Burner

scrub,

MDaua/i

StuaH.

'"'T' '"''t^Kange, Fidorian

^'^^'^^

longitudinal,

with the fanicle

much

Ex-pedition.

.'^.^''^c^ystachya, B.tdh.
.l.!!^'
opmIh
^'pI:

n!^."'^^':.'^'^'^*^7^

Very near J. aneura homy, but without

.ind

perhaps a visible pubesbut not puiiithout a lens.

VI

1? .m. ^f fifflootb, often

Sepals veiy iiarmwr, linear-spathulate. minutely pubescent. Pod unknown. W. S. ^Vales. Mutanie Ranges, Victor Imi Expedition,
usually long or large,

^t'y.S-merous.

o,

.v,

lizies

long.

Petals

iDWf

i^^^'V^'^'T^^^^^^'^^^^^

more or

less falcate, nar

more f
often n

T ^^^^^^'7
^^^

^^'^^'^

1' 3,

more or less anastomosing. ^iouers mostly 5-merous.

numerous paraHel nerves or veins, eitiier all equal or or more, prominent and undivided, the smaller ones
Spikes slender, dense or rarely interrupted, ^ r

shorter-leaved species or specimens of A. coiispersa, A. lepiodachya. A, ^^^1 ^i *^**"'"^^*^ *^"-'' ^''"P with the Rigiditlm, but the pfiyilodia are usually less coriactous In!;!'' ^^ "*^'*^ lalcate, with more niunerous nerves. Several species witli very differ^nf^ * ^ '*=ut pods '3 annear appear almn^f .- .,;i a almost i/l..nr;^ni identical ; iu f.j; foliage and flowers.

A^

Mnell
^
jj
.

shrub
fal-

^*^''

^^'itb

loosely pubescent branches and conspicuous though small

^ ^.^P^ ^ ^^ ^^
cate
^"^

^' ^tipM.gera.

Phyllodia narrow-lanceolate, mostly

obtuse or with a small rigid or glandular point, 2 to's^^'^'^T"^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^"^^ broad, coriaceous, often minutely mealy or slightly pube^^^*'^ ^ prominent central nerve and often 2 less prominent lateral one<!*^^'l ^."^ -^"^^^ ^'^^7 fine parallel veins between, lowers not seen. Pod linear*'^"? j'^^'joht or slightly falcate, about flat until uruau, thick uuci^ but l 1^ lines broad, fip/' *^^ valves slightly convex and hard. loiigituSeeds oblong, '" diiial ^*f lumcle short, the last 2 folds expanded into an aril under the seed. ^
^^^^^ ^"^^'
'

I'

^^'Cta'cfU^^^^r^^"
^t^eeic,

^^^^""^^

^^

^'*^

^"^^ ^ Cnrpentaria,

Brown

Letchkardt.

shrub
au^
1

WaU8. 343.
^ ^**^<'*u

tall

glabrous with an ashy hue; branchlets at first acutely ^''' ^^^" terete. Phyllodia elongated, slightly falcate, shortly acuiniliate If wi'l^ oblique oV recurved points, 4 to S in. long, 2, 3, or rarely *!iriesT ''^^^'' ^'^'irrowed towards ratlier thick, with numerous fine base, the PJ^rull "^''^^es, the central one more prominent. Spikes shortly pedunculate, olij-,| ^''^*^.*^''<^J. rarely 1 in. long, rather dense. mostly Flowers 5-nje{\'*i ^0U3
I
'

tree,

^%lulv

'^^.^^^'"^'^^-^^^^'^ed,

not half as long as the corolla.

Petals with

Prominent midribs.
^**^^^>a ?

Pod unknown.
In
leaf

^^ttfu],

Daly Waters, M'Douall Stuart,

^^^

only
0.
'

and therefore

*-

S.^W^^
'

^"

^PP^^ Maranoa, Mifchell ; Moreton Bay,

rivers, the

Moore.
_^
*

^'^Hor

-*

/>

?*

Lachlau audxMacquarrie
Fraser,

tear

^^nmngham,

404

XL. LEGIJMINOS.K.
F. Mueller, apedmens
iu

[Jcach.

Mueller, F. bud. young very Victoria. Ovens Ranges, them all 5-merou5 found I 3-inerous 4-merous or ; as PI Vict. ii. 33, desc-ribcs the tiuwers it is very that firmly so cohere petals the state very yoiuig in the spike I soal<cd, but iu that
difficult to ascertain their

number.

of tree A 373. i. Journ. Lond. 244. A. acuminata, Benfk. in Hook, pugolden almost an with silky 30 t 40 ft., glabrous or the young shoots

bescence ; branclilets terete or nearly so. falcate, narrowed at each end, from 3*in long doraloxjjm A, in as striate wide, or more long and then rarely above 2 lines Spikes prominent. more one with numerous fine parallel nerves, the central thim larger 5-merous, Flowers mostly nearly sessile, not above 1 in. long. into separatm^^ readily Calyx longer in proportion and in a\ dorakxylon. Hat broad, Imes Pod linear, straight or nearly so, 2 to 2^ distinct sepals. beeds them, or convex over the seeds, somewhat contracted between anani into dilated 'oblong, lon-itudinah the last 2 or 3 folds of the funicle i. Pieiss. PI. under the seed. ^. doraloxylon and A, ucmnimta, Meissn.

I'liyllodia long-linear, somewhat and 2 or 3 lines wide to lOin.

19

A.

Oldjleldii, F. Muell.

Fragm.

iv. 7.

to ^Jurnorthward and River Australia. From King George's Sound to Swan n. b, ^ Coll. Uh n. 135, _ chison river, Baj-ler, Drummoud, Zrd ColL n. 99, ^(h Coll. anu p doratoxj/lon Very near A Roe, OUlJidd, Freiss, n. 934,' 935, and probably 945. ^^ slion^. smell to wood the and arms, making similarly used for haps a variety, said to he raspberry jam. ^, ,{ ^^^^ o. the on Island, War. lafffolia. Phyllodia sometimes 4 lines wide Middle MojcicelL

W.

245. A. stereophylla, Meksn, in PL Prem. ii. 203._ Phyllodia 1^"^'*^*''^^ V*]^^^^^^ even the young shoots, with terete branchlets. to I3 a long, lo"g, 3 ^"^^ what falcate, with glandidar or callous tips, 3 to 5 in. .^ j in as nerves parallel fine broad, narrowed towards the base, striate with ilier 01 or equal 1 all acummata, but thicker and more rio:id and the nerves 1 more conspicuous. Spikes verj- dense, sessile or shortly Pf^^^^^^!^.||^^' T^^f cihate, ir^ in. long. Flowers mostly 5-merou3 Sepals linear-spatlH.late thickened slightly slightly cohering. Petals readily separatin parating, smooth, with
^

Q^i'te glabrous,

tips.

Pod unknown.
n. 100.

,,,

-W. Australia, Dn'mmond, %rd ColL

riety of

This may prove

to

be a lu

A. acuminata,

if it

has the same pod.

246.

A. signata,

F.

MnelL Fragm.

iv. 7.

glabrous

sti'n|?S^;^^S
^

luuuu narroweci towards cue uasc;, laiut-A ^j^^^m -^ speCies* rous fine nerves, 1 or 3 rather more prominent as in the pi"^^^*^l''o {\\\t^^' stipw shortly Pod Flowers not seen. Fruiting-spike Fruitin^-spike pedunculate. j^ ^^^^\^ J^4|^^j^^^^ m. falcate, flat, coriaceous, with thickened margins, about 3 ^^^^"^^^^j^jinalof
lucus
a>ecn,
j

between the seeds. an an somewhat oblique; funicle dilated from the base, forming folds under the seed.

lines broad, not contracted

lon^ ovate, Seeds

^^ ^

^^.

-W. Australia.
diilen^ut.

Murchisou

river,

Oldjield.

Foliage

of A. aciminaia.

but

the

firai^

3/*-

247.

A,

delibrata, A. Cnnn,; Bmth,

Journ. Lond, in Hook.

1.

Acacia.']

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.
slightly angular, silky-pubescent

405

Branchlets slender

kea
roa

when young.
loiv.

-Innceolate
ja the

Phvllodia
2 to 5
li,u^8

falcate,

narrowed at both ends, 4

to 6 in

3 fine

noddle rather thin sprinkled with loose silky hair's, u'Vab but prominent^ nerves, and fiuer less conspicuous and not very ume"^ ";
t'^-e'"

S
Dut
r.

ot

ipn
'tf

^'^'"^'^^^"'^.^f
''"'S'"^'

occasionally auaston^osing.

Flowers

'"''''f^

'-'^^^t

3 lines b,oad, the cori^fceous

S^'^Js oi seen,

.nlf' f"'''' 'i^'V^'' probably longitudinal. W. Australia, York Sound

'''^''' ""''^^'^^ ^"^t"'^^" t'^'^'"-

E''.7!i'
of the nM oitne old

C^T' branches appears to peel ottin shreds.

^^'."^''

'"'P'-'-f'^'-'t'

l^"'

T""-'

and Port Warrender, N.W. coast. J. Cunningham. The 'lo not match with un^ othei- we have." The fmit is' nearly
"'"^ ^'^ l'h3 liodia

"' ^"'^ ""''''

much

thinner, etc.

Tiie

bark

in angular branchlets. Phyllodia narrow-lanceolate, falcate, narrowed at uotn ends, 4 to_6 in. long, | to f in. broad, with about 3 prominent nerves, lew longituduial less conspicuous ones, and the smaller y veins more or reticulate. Spikes pedunculate, in pairs clusters or short raceme?, sleauut rather dense, about | in. long. Flowers very small, mostly 5-merou3. ^aljx short, sinuate-toothed. Pod not seen.

GlaI)roug

^' ddihcO^^^^'

^'^'^^'^^'^

"^^^ ^^^ Macadam Range, F. MueUer.

Possibly the same

A. torulosa
fabTe
in

A
"'i^^

tall

siirub

?!? '

lon'r

tteronf'
threes

\^
u
1i
1

^^^'^

angular branchlets. Phyllodia linear-lanceolate, ^" ?'''^^"^ glandular point, narrowed towards the base, 4 to 8 ^"^*^^ ^^^^^' coriaceous, with 3 to 5 prominent nerves and nu^ parallel ones between thera. Spikes solitary or in pairs or
S^''^^'*^."^'
^"^^^'

Rower^"'^
freenr*v^7
remark.

P^^""C"l'ite,

to

in.

long, slender but rather den^e.

^''^''y 5-merous.
jt.'^(l at

aWa
oblonnlitii,pl'

U^raoniliferous,
r'^
I

the base.

Sepals narrow-linear, sp ithulate. ciliate, Petals united to the middle. Pod long,

the valves thickly coriaceous, convex, oblong, and

"^^

'*^*^^

^''^''

*^^ seeds,

much

^^o'^'"'in=>l

funicle short,

Seeds the last fold expanded into a small obrivers,

contracted between them.

''fPed aril under the seed. N a1"^ ^ ^^' Sandy ^ bauks of Roper and NicholsoD ^tteller

Gulf of Carpentaria, P.

ScaS^^*?**"
^^
fruit

^^'^'"^'^"'^ ^^'^"^'

^i^^tiuguished

Endeavour Straits, r. HilL ivom A, juiifera, A. plectocarpa, and some

others, except

by

^^litarv"*

shrub or 1^''*'^''^"^ except the iiiHorescer orescence ; branclilets slender, angular ihenT^^''^^ '**^? "'^*^ ^^on terete. Plivllorlia nar row-lanceolate, falcate, narrowed -._._ ,, alhntk ^^ ^ ^'^^ with to 3 fine coriaceous, to in. broad, 1 ^ i ^"^"o) ^^rv^es a^"l '''*^ ttfirve-like margins rather more prominent than the numerous fine^ l^^tween them. Spikes dense, shortly pedunculate, 1 to 1^ in. long,
tree,

julifera, Benth.

in

Hook, Loud. JournA. 374.

A tall

i'

^
merous
glabroyg

Flowers mostly 5r i^** short, more or less lobed, pubescent, woolly or rarely almost p^^ "od lontr. OJ \\ to 2 lines broad, spirally twisted into numerous
pednncle.

^ together on a short

common

406
coils either loose
flat

IL. LEGUMiNOSiE.

[_Acacia,

and

irvpgiilar or closely

packed into a short cylinder;

valves

or

sli^-htly
first

convex.

the base, at

Seeds longitudinal; funicle slightly thickened from straight, forming 2 or 3 more dilated folds under the seed.
Brown.; Rodd's Bay, A. Cunningham; RockVery difficult, without the jkxI, to disBallachy.
-R.

Queensland. Comherland TsIjukIs, iugham liay, W, mil; Edgecombe Bay,

former.

tinguish ho\\\ J. doratoj-yhn and A.' plectocarpa.

Phyllodia more falcate thau

in tlie

Branchlets

much

le&s

augalar thau in the latter.

251.

A. Solandri,

BentJi.

tall

shrub or

tree, glabrous or the young

jullfera, A. in as Phyllodia ; narrow-lanceohite, falcate, 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad, with 1 to 3 Spikes 2 to 3 in. slightly prominent and numerous very fine parallel nerves.

shoots slightly silky

branchlets nearly terete.

long, slender, inteiTupted

in as distant Flowers and glabrous or nearly so. and short Calyx linearis, 'A, but much smaller and all or mostly 5-merous, truncate. Petah smooth. Pod unknown. form a possibly an-l Queensland. Bay of Inlets, BanJts and So/ander {Herb. R. Br.), ^Hh woolly calyjes from the head of Boyd liver, Leirhhar(n,i\\i\ specirneiis luipcrfect. exist already there as I am unable to adopt for this species Solauder's m&. name of salieffoHay

an A. saligna and an A. salieina,

252?

A. leptostachya,

^pw/A.

Hoary

very a with or silvery white

minute pubescence or nearly glabrous; branchlets slender, slightly anj^iAir. Phyllodia lineal' or lanceolate mostly falcate, narrowed at each end but obtuse,
at obliqne 1 to 2 or rarely 3 in. long, 1 to 5 lines broad, straight or slightly or or equal 2 the base, coriaceous and finely striate with numerous nerves all

pedtincuinte, 3 rather more prominent. shortly Spikes mostly in pairs, veiy disusually slender, | to above 1 in. long, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers at united tant, mostly 5-merous. sndooth, Petals Calyx short, truncate.

base only.

Pod

not seen.

Tenison, Port Queensland. Newcastle Range, F. Mueller; Ed-ecombe Heiglits, iruu the Until Dallaehj; Port Denison, Fiizalan ; Broad Sound, Herb. F, Mueller, known the affinities of this species must remain ncertain. F. iMueller considers it a^ ^^^ o[ A. fflaucesmts, but the phyllodia are quite different, and the specimens have mor "aspect of sonic of the species with transverse seeds. Bi'rol IIorL

253.

A. glaicescens,

Willd. Spec.

PL

iv.

1052, and

101. A tree attaining 50 ft. or more, the foliage generally ^-i^^liy ;^*' T,/ with a very minute close piibeseeiiet! or the young shoots >' l^^^^j,^ brjiuclilets more slender and mnch less anguhir tlinn in A. Cimnwffi'"^ ^^ Phyllodia oblong-falcate or lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, inosJ'
# *

6 in. long, i to near 1 in. broad in the middle, coriaceons, striate ^^^^^ smaller the numerous very fine nerves, 3 to 5 rather more prominent, ^^^^^ oceasionnlly anastomosing, and all free from the lower margin from ^^^^Vj^l

^^.^^

Spikes nearly

sessile or shortly

pedunculate,

the i" "PP*'^' clustere(i often

nJ

occ'isi'^^jj^r^ 5-nierousbut Flowers distinct or distant, mostly 4-merous. Calyx short, truncate or sinuate- toothed, P"'''*'"'^"*..''^\,lves Pod (if correctly matched) linear, much twisted or irregularly coiled;. ^_^_ ProdDC. hard, convex, about 2 lines l)road. "'^'^^^ Seeds longitudinal. Miwosa fiinervif, Wendl. Pot. Beob. 66, quoted in Comm. Acac. .^^:/. pC. malla, AVendl. Comm. Acac. 49, t. 13 (from the figure and descnptioii;' ^ JWasBot. Prod. ii. 454; A. cinerascena, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 454; h^i Journ. ani; A. le/icadendrotr, A. Cunn. Benth. in Hook. Lend.

1 to 2 in. long.

;
I

Acacia.]

XL. leguminosje.

407

Brisbane river, Moretoii Bay, J. Cunningkanij F. Mueller^ and olhers ; between the Severn and Condarninc rivers, Leichkardt. N. S. "Wales. Frequent on Hunter's River, J?. J?>-(???/ and others; Nepeau river, A. Canninyhayn ; Clarence river, Beckler^ C.Moore; Richmond river, C, Moore ; Blue Mountains, Miss Atkinson^ also Sleber, n 448 ; Bent's Basin^ WooUs.

Queensland.

A shrub 165, not of Bon. or small tree of 10 to 20 ft., glabrous or hoary-pubescent branchlets acutely 3-angled. Phyllodia falcate-oblong or lanceolate, naiTOvved at both ends, mostly 5 to 6 in. long and 1 to \^ in. broad, or Iaro;eron ban-en shoots, with
254.

A, Cunninghamii^

TTooJc. Ic. PI.

t,

numerous parallel veins, 3 to 5

confluent M'ith
in.

more prominent than

the others, and 1 or 2

long.

Spikes 1^ to 3 the lower margin near the xQvy oblique base. Flowers mostly 5-merqus, often distinct or distant. Calyx short,
glabrous.
Petals smooth.
;

tmncate
linear,

or sinuate-toothed, usually

Pod

long,

very flexnose or twisted, 1 to 2 lines broad

valves coriaceous, convex,

Seeds longitudinal,

but not seen

river,

ripe.

Morctou Bay, A. Cunningham, F. MneUer, and others sandy forests near Mount Owen, MiichelL N. S, Wales. Hunter's and Hastings rivers, J. Cunningham, Distinguished from A. glmicescens by the very augulai* branches, the larger phyllodia and

Queensland.

Brisbane

tlieir

venation.
in. long. 1 to Phyllodia 8 6 Branches stout and still Austr. Trop. Mitch. in Benth. lo7igispicata, Spikes 3 to 4 in. lon;^.J.

Var. longispicata.
2
1^0

more angular.

ill.

broad.

298. Near Mount Pluto and Lake Salvator, Mitchell,

^255.

A. leptocarpa,

A. Cum.

Benth.

in

Hook. land. Journ.

i.

376.

Pliylterete. soon hut augular, branchlets at first slightly ; hnes to [odia falcate-lanceolate, long, in. 8 4 to 6 4 narrowed at each end, parallel oroad, with 3 or fine very and nerves more fine slightly prominent several ones between as in close so nearly not them, rarely anastomosing, and vem. the allied species, of breadth the times the interval between each several 5-meroiis, mostly Spikes l- to 2 in. Flowers pairs. long, solitary or in Petals usually glabrous, sinuate-toothed. short, Calyx not very close. in. several so, smooth, united nearly or at the base. Pod linear, straight contracted seeds the over "?. to 2 lines broad : valves coriaceous, convex f ddated folds or petween them. 3 last 2 the Seeds longitudinal ; funicle with its enibracuig 'nto an but seed, the oblong cup-shaped aril, nearly as long as

Usually glabrous

Wonly.
"'^ >

'

Q'leensland.

Cape York, W.

mil;

En.leavour river

and Cape Flinders, J. Cunning

Shoalwater Bay, R. Broicii ; Port Deuison, I'itzalan.

.2,56.

e- jblong falca' Phyllodia young branches angular, but soon terete. broad, f lanceolate, in. Ij to long, 1 narrowed at each end, 6 to 10 in. the intern.ediate '^^ oblique at the nerves, prominent base, with 3 to 5 anastooccasional and fine and y numerous, but not very closely packed to 2 glabrous 1 slender, Spikes solitan' or 2 or 3 together, f^'"gnot sumate-toothed, "?Calyx Flowers mostly S-merons. not very c!ose. flexuose. very ; f so long Pod middle as the corolla. Petals united to the flat, tl-inly valves broad 2^ ^t spiral, several inches long, 5 to 6 lines dilated long, fnnicle pod ^^^laceous. the Seeds longitudinal in the centre of
G^al^rous,

A. polystachya,

A. Cnnn.;

BeM.

in

Hook

M
;

Journ.

i.

376.

y,

403
and coloured, the
last 2 folds

XL,

LEGUMlNOSiE.

[Acacia.

more than half encircling the

surround
it,

seed, the next 2

exteiidin"' alonf^r the other side so as nearly to

Fort E:^&ingtoiij A. Can7nngham ; and probably the same flower only, islands of the Gulf *'f Carprnlaiia, R. Brown, Queensland. Port Bowen, A. Cunningham ; Endeavour river, IF. Hill.

W- Australia.
Yery
like

species, in

A. leptocarpa, but phyllodia usually larger aud the pod and seed

different.

257. A, holcocarpa, Benth. Glabrons; branchlets slender, terete. Phyllodia broadly falcate, narrowed at both ends and very oblique at tlie base, 4 to 5 or perhaps 6 in. long, ^ to f in. broad, not glaucous, with i or 3 fine rather prominent nerves and very numerous, very fine, closely parked parallel veins betAveen them. Spikes nearly sessile, about 1 in. long, slender but dense. Flowers moslly 5-meious, but sometimes 4-nierous, small. Ciilyx deeply lobed, pubescent. Pod long aud slender, stniight or slightly curved,
nearly terete, longitudinally sulcate-striate, about 2 lines diameter, oblong, longitudinal, embedded in what appears to be a dried pulp;
short, scarcely folded, dilated into a short
Se^^J^

fuuicle

more or

less oblique aril.

precisely tte

Port Bowen and Thirsty Sonnd, R. Broicn. PhvUodia those q[ A. crassicarpa^ but the pod very diiiereut {Herb. R. Browu).

Queensland.

258. A. plectocarpa, A. Cfnm.j Benth. in Hook. Lonfl.Jonrn. i. 375. Glabrous and often soniewliat glaucous, with acutely angular branelih^ts. Phyllodia usually falcate-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 4 to 6 in. long, 4 to 8 lines broad, resembling those of A. jnlifera, but varying from 2 or o ur.

and nearly straight to above 6 in. long, narrow-linear and -thin, about 3 nerves fine but more or less prominent, and numerous closely very not packed very fine parallel veins between thera. slender, Spikes dense, about 1 in. long, the njjper ones often -forming a terminal leafy panicle. Ptitiils Flowers small, mostly 5-merous. toothed. Calyx short, minutely at coriaceous, 'smooth. Pod linear, 'not very long, usually 3 to 4 lines broad, very olten first flat, with straight slightly thickened margins, but becoming niit:^ H under ranch undulate between thetn, and occasionally varying from broad and quite thin, to alm:>st as broad and thick as in A. fachjc^^^diliitea funicle Seeds ovate, obliquely transverse, the last 2 or 3 folds of the into an aril under the seed.
lor.g,

coiiaceous

W. Australia.
maurice
rivers,

Cambridge Gulf and Regent's River, N.W.

;

coast,

A. CunniM^i^^^^

islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Broivn

ana Seven-Emu, Sturt^s Creek, Roper,

F, Mueller.

259.

A. pachycarpa,

F.

MnelL

in

Jonrn. Linn. Soc,

iii-

139-

Ij,

or even more, 2 to 4 lines broad, coriaceous, apparently almost nerveless, with numerous very fine parallel veins seen under a lens, and sometunes r^ pedunnuhite, 3 more conspicuous nerves. Spikes or in pairs,
solitary

^^

^^^

slender but very dense, about

Calyx short, sinuate-toothed. straight and undnlate as in A, pltclocarpa, but thinly coriaceous, a lines broad. Seeds orbicular, obliquely transverse; funicle sligntly and dilated into a small narrow-oblong obliquely lateral aril.

5-"^'^j,^j mostlv small, "Flowers \ in. long. base. the Petals rather thick, united at ^^^ ^
^o

Acacia.']

XL.
Start's

leguminos^.

409

Creek, F. Mueller, I had, in the above-qnoted paper, referred this plant with doubt to A. doratoxyfon, of which it has the foliage, and of which the fruit is unknown, but 1 now think it more probable that the latter has the pod of ^. acumindaj and that ihis one is quite distinct, being closely allied to A. i^hdocarpa.

N, Australia.

A glabrous T, MuelL in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 144. tree; branchlets terete or nearly so, often glaucous. Fh^llodia falcnte-ol)long or lanceohite, much narrowed and very oblique at tlie base, usually 4 to 8 in. hug, 1 to l^ in. broad, with very numerous parellel veins or nerves, 5 to 9 of tbem more prominent, the others very fine, closely packed and very rart'ly anastomosing. Spikes slender but dense, solitaiy or in pairs, the upper ones often paniculate, mostly I to 1| in. long when fully out. l^lo.wers mostly
260.

A. tumida^

5-nierous.
fetals

Sepals linear-spathulate, ciliate, shortly connected at the base. smooth. Pod falcate, with very coriaceous convex valves so as to be

3 to i lines broad, (iividod insi<le between tlic seeds. Seeds ovate, obliquely transverse, funiele short, the last fold dilated into a small turbinate aril under the seed.
nearly terete,

1| to 3

in. long-,

K. Australia.
ri\er,

Isle

Lacrosse,

N.W.

roast,

A. Cunningham; rocky

nlnrps, Victoria

Point Fearce, and SHirt's Creek, F.

that of

foliage is

A. crassicarija,

Mueller; Attack Creek, M'Douall Stuart. with the pod of A. umbellata.

Tlook.

The

261.
and

A. loxocarpa,

Benth. in
tlic

Loud. Joimu
anj;iilar.

i.

377.

Giaijrous
loiig,

somewhat glaucous,

branahlcts scarcely

riiyllodia

in. to ends, both 3 6 at or base the much narrowed at Jong, 3 to 5 lines broad, much falcate except when short, with several fine yiit prominent nerves and numerous closely packed smaller ones between

lanceolate or linear,

them, rarely

sm:ill, very Flowers dense. but slender anastomosing. Spikes corolia. jostly 5-iu(rous. the as long as half sinuate-toothed, Calyx thin, middle, Petals smooth. the abo\c bread lines 3 nearly Pod lineav-cuneate.

tapering gradually to
O'lck

the base; valves

flat,

hard,
very

obli(iiiely

veined, rollinj^

elastically.

short,

the last

Seeds fold expanded into an obliquely cup-shaped

obliquely transverse,
TliC

'

shining;
aril

fumcle

very

embracing the

base of

the seed.
are nearly seed and pod S. Goulburti Island, J. Cumiingham. A. drepanocarpa, but the phyllodia are much broader aud falcate, with much finer

W.Australia.
those of

Glabrous, i. 378. Joimi. LomJ. Hook: terete branclilets ojsliiihtly hoary pnbe.cence; with a very minute mealy Pyllodia lanceolate-falcate, rather obtuse, bnt narrowed at both ends, 4 to 6 pronurather but "^; '""g-, 6 to fine, to 5 7 8 lines broad, rather tiiin, with nent nerves, ot the base, margin lower the with the lower ones often confluent nd numerous pairs slender, Spikes fine parallel veins between them. r clusters, small, distant, often Flo^^'^ in. loi'?pedunculate, 1 to '"oi'^ than simiate-toothed, J'f.tly .5-merou5 or G-merous. CaUx thin, loose, flat, oil middle as 1 the to long as the corolla. J=^'f Petals smooth, united li.ics ?"t thick, about 4 i:omt, obtuse iuirdand wooily, straight except a hooked oblong. beeds ^.^d, much veined, narrowed towards the base, obliquely tlie base from nearly transverse; flexuose, thhkened
262.

A. oncinocarpa, Bndh. m

?'J'q"ely

funiele slightly

a narrow-turbinale aril
'f'""^'^'^'pa,

under

tlie seerl.
;

Australia.

Melville Isluud, Herb. Traser

Sims'
for the

Isbud,^. Cuum.gham.
hookfd pod.

Near

with broader phvllodia and remarkable

410

XL.

LEGUMiNos^.

[Acacia,

263. A. retinervis, Benlh. in Hook, Lond, Journ. i. 379, parily. GlaPhyllodia folcate-lanbrous or slightly hoary, with nearly terete branchlets. ceolate, narrowed at both ends, 3 to 6 in. long, 4 to 6 lines broad, with 3 to 7 fine slightly prominent nerves, the intermediate veins longitudinal, very fine, crowded and" much anastomosed, forming a dense closely packed network Spikes in pairs or clusters, shortly pedunculate, only visible under a lens. Flowers small, mostly 5-merous. slender but very dense, - to | in. long. Calyx with narrow spathulate ciliate lobes, above half the length of the corolla. Pod unknown, Petals united to the middle, with prominent midribs.

W. Australia.

Cape Poud, N.W.

coast,

A. Cmnhiglianu

The general

aspect

is that

species. other any of that veuation with cannot match the of several falcate ,//^////wrtP, but I and anastomosed less imieh veins have the fruiting; here, The specimens I formerly referred belong tj A. Iti'^ida,

A, dmn.; Benlh. in Bool\ Lond.Joimu i.378. which Sliglitly hoary or ashy-glaucous with a minute abnost powdery do^vn, navfalcate-lanceolate, Phyllodia atlenti'th disappears.; branchlets angular. roaed at both ends, 3 to 4 in. lon^r, about ^*in. broad, with a few slightly b<ise, the at margin prominent neiTes, the lower ones confluent with the lower ^pil^es anastomosing, and numerous smaller closely packed veins, rarely 264.

A, aulacocarpa,

riowers glabrous, slender, loose, 1 to 2 in. long, tomcntose-pubescent or the below united Petals mostly 5-merous. Calyx with short broad lobes. 1 end, the middle. Pod falcate-oblong, flat but thick, obtusely recurved at
to 2 in. long,
-^

to

in.

broad,

much narrowed

obliqnely hard, base, at the

veined.

Seeds obliquely transverse, not seen perfect.

Rockhampton, Dallachj;

Port Bowen, It, Brown, A. Canni^fgham ; Catucruu's Brush, Leicliliardt ? (specimen not in fruit). Var. (?) macrocarjia. Pods 3 to 5 in. lon^', f to \ in. broad, Bay, Shoalwater Bay, and Broad Sound, R. Brown,

Queensland.

much

^ j -J^eppc undulate.

265, A. calyculata. A, Cnnn. ; B<mth, hi Hook. Land. Journ.l 37^acu^ with Glabrous or ashy-glaucous; branchlets very flat when young, in. loV to 3 edges. Phyllodia falcate -obtnse, narrowed at the base, 3 nerv^ fie about \ in.' broad, rather thick, with a few slightly prominent
^i^^'^!^^"!^^^ rai-ely veins, fine closely packed parallel Spikes mostly clustered, shortly pedunculate, slender, \ to f in. long. ^^^^^^^^^ h^^^^^^ ms. very small, mostly S-mtn^ous,'- probably white (from Solander's
aiul'

numerous very

Calyx short, sinuntc-tootlied, pubescent or villous. ^^. ast hard cate-oblong, obtuse, rarrowed at. the base, flat but thick and liquely veined, resembling that of A. auhwocarpa, but not seen npe. Queensland, Eiuleavonr river, Banks and Soiander ; l^^i^^i'oy Island, ^-^^^^^^^^^^^

A. aW}flora).

^^^

and ^^^ aufacocarpa, witli sliorte/ and more ^^ij-^i's more flattened than in any other Jalifiorm of thesnnie snhserles. The pods ">^"Lj=j^ herbarinui are not attached, but carefully junnibcred to prevent then- benig nnsma
hain.

Pod of

.4.

ohtuse ])hyliodia,

Beulh. in Book. Land. f^^J'''|;,J;j^ous handsome tree of 30 to 40 ft. or more, glabrous and soe^^''^''^\J^^yl.^^^ *|'^c^ scarcely or hoary with a minute powdery pubescence. Branchlets

266,

A. crassicarpa,

A. Cnnn,

;^^

Piiyllodia falcate-oblong,

narrowed

at

both ends,

5 to 8 in. long,
^ . ,

^^^^^

broad, veiy oblique, some of the principal nerves confluent ^^'^^" thei between margin at the base, and numerous fine parallel veins

^^^

Acacia,]

XL. legumjnosj;:,

411

anastomosing. Spikes solitary or clustered, slender, not Calyx very dense, 1 in. long or rather more. Flowers mostly 5-meious. Petals thin, siuunte-toothed, glabrous, about half as long as the corolla. smooth but with the midrib prominent in the bud, united to the middle. Pod
rarely

or not at all

oblono-, flat,

thick, hard, obliquely veined, 2 to 3 in. long,

to nearly 1

in.

broad,

obhquely truncate at the base, occasionally slightly twisted. oblique fuuicle not seen,
;

Seeds

N, Australia.

hm;

R. Brow)f ; Goulburii ?nd Sims Munds, J. Cu/uiVJ^Point Fearce, F. Mueller; Port Essiuotou, Armstrong ; Gould Island, 3VGUima^ ;

A rnhem

f^,

Bi\y,

Sffeers Island,

Henne, Queensland. Albany

267.

Itlaud,

W, IIUL
Loud. Jonni. i. with slightly angular braiiclilets.

3/7.

A. auriculiformis, A. Cum.; A small tree, glabrous ami glaucous,

lalcate-obloug,
at

Beulh. in

Uooh

in. to long, 2 1 in. to 8 5 ends, both narrowed and occrowded bruiid, like those less veins finer the but of A. cramcarpa, easionnlly anastomosing, the principal nerves, as in that species A. folyshwhya Tlowers and others, confluent with or near the lower margin at the base. I'ot seen, uidess some of the flowering s[)eciraens referred to A. polydachja cramcarpa, '^elouir to this A. in as woody, almost hard, species.

Pliyllodia

Pod

butvtry
as in

sinuate often edge outer the with twisted in an some PUkeculubiims ; valves obliquely veined, 6 to 8 lines broad.

much

irregular spire,

N^ Australia.
Queensland.
E.
ttore

Goulbnrn Island, A. Cwnmvgham. Albany Island,' W. Hill, F. Mueller.

S.

or with falcate, 3 or oblique very DiMiDiAT/E. Phyllodia large, broad, distant prominent' nerves, more or less conlluent at or near the lower

margin at

the base, pinnately net-veined between them.

mors larger, The pliyllodia are nearly usually but dmuliata, those of tlie Flurinerces oolique and more coriaceous, and the inflorescence always spicate.

and Glabrous 382. i. Jonrn. Land. latifolia, Bentk. in Hook. glaucous; branchlets with 2 or 3 very much raised acute or almost wmged to an g'es. long, in. to 6 falcate, 3 3 Phyllodiu obIi(.uely ovate-rhomboid or 2 '" lower bro:i(l, with 3 to 5 nerves confluent at the base at or near the tlicm. between niaivi,,, n.t-veined which is often slightly decnrrcnt. pinnately Calyx 4-merons. Spites pedunculate, mostly Flowers loose. 1 to 2 in. long. j:ei-y Petals smooth, above 1 short, broad, truncate or obscnrelv toothed. short y stipitate, Pod '"^'8-. united at separating. the base but read'ily with fla bru.d, lines '"wr, straight or curved, 2 to 4 in. long, nearly 3 imacle longitudinal ''ve-like margins, oblong, ; but not seen ripe. Seeds scarcely folded, thickened into an oblique laternl aril.
268.

A.

jj^^^^^Australia.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

K Brown,-

Arnhem's Laud, F.

269.
or "'

...o... I nm.u o wiin ^tiite with a close silky pubescence; branchlets ni. to mucronate, ?gl^3. 6 4 Phyllodia obliquely oval-oblong, obtuse or promnicnt or '''"g. 1 with 4 3 to 3 in. broad, or the lower ones much larger, ntt-vemed piimately "orv^'s and base, confluent with the lower margin at the

Iloarv


412
^T..
m

'

LEGUMiNos.-E,

[Jcacia,

5mostly Flowers more. or in. long 2 often between thera. united at pubescent, Petals pubescent. lobed, shortly small, Calyx meroiis. lines to twisted, 2 spirally or i irregularly 2 long-linear, Pod the base. dilated and folded funicle longitudinal ; ovate, Seeds convex. broad ; valves

Spikes

sessile,

into a cup-5i;aped or turbinate Hook. Ic. PI. t. 168.

aril at

the base.

A. neurocarpa, A. Cunn.
;

iu

P. Bay, Nicbol W, Australia- Cambridjje iskmds Siuari M'Bomli Creek, Attack ; river, F. Mueller; ;T\c\.om Grf^gory^s Exper/itwn of tTie Gulf of Carpentaria, /2. ^T-ow-v/. , DeniPort and Rockhanipton ; Solander and river, Banks Eiideavoiu* Queensland.

Gulf,

N.W.

coast,

A. Cmmhigharn

'

soiij Tlioznt, /)a//(^r//y,

and others; Edjiccombe Bay, Ballachy. Var. pnbescens, F. Muell. Everywhere softly pubescent, even the pod. Victoria
^
V

river,

F, Mueller,

with Hoary 381. i. Jonrn. 270. A. dimidiata, Bma. In Hook. LovuL nylangular. 1 scarcely a minute pubescence or nearly glabrous; branehlets base, the at truncate lodia broadly nud obliquely ovate-rhomboid, obliquely or twice shoots barren usually 3 to' 4 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad, but on some
confluent less or more three times that size, with 4 or 5 prominent nerves tliem. between net-veined with the lower margin at the base, and pinnately

Spikes sessile or shortly peduucuhite, usually into separating readily riowcrs mostly 5-merous. Calvx angular, lobcd, straight, nearly linear, Pod distinct sepals. Petals united below the middle. ?eecl3 convex. 2 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad; valves coriaceous, very obor turbinate longitudinal ovoid-oblong; funicle short, thickened into a Lunii. A. liquely cup-shaped aril at the base of* the seed. ^. doladri/ormis,
1

in pairs,

to

in.

long-

in

Hook.

Ic, PI. t.

169, not of Wendl.

^i^^ ^^ Victoria ham Cunning ; Various parts of the N. coast, .4. species, same the M'Adam Range, F.Mueller; Fort Y.?,&\uirion, Armsiron^, and probably in leaf only, islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Ji. Brown.

N- Australia.

271.

A. humifusa,

^. Cnnn,;

Beyilh.

in HooJc.

Loud.

/o^/?v^

i.

382.
tere
.

pubescent or tomentose; branchlets nearly ^o ly orbicular Phyllodia broadly and obliquely ovate-rhomboid or almost ^'^'^*'.^^^ twice in. long and nearly as broad, or in luxuriant shoots nearly often undulaU^, with 3 to 5 nerves more or less confluent ^^^^'l. ^ ^^^ ^'^^^^
Difl'use or prostrate, softly

margin

and pinnately relicnhite between 5-merous. tnoslly oblong, dense, scarcely exceedin<>: \ in. Flowers
at !he base,
thera.

Spikes
'^,^^|^.^

last 1 or 2 folds thickened into

an obliquely cup-shape

the seed.

K.Australia.
Brown-.

Victoria river, F. Mueller

ielinds

Carpentaria, of of the Gulf

Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander ; ham; bizard Island, M'QiUiaaij; Albany Ishiud, If. IIUL

A, Cleveland, Cape

mv^H'

Division IL
Leaves
all

BIPINNATjE.
^

shield-shape or bipinuate, most frequently with a depressed the on glands on the common pftiole near the base,' and often smaller

^^
p*

Jcoria.]

XL. LEGUMTNOS.*:.

413

rliachises at
the
the

or below the last leaflets, and sometimes numerous glands along whole general and partial rliachises, but the glands often inconstant in

same species.

Leaves bipinnale. flower-heads globular, in axillary racemes Stipules small or none, last the longitudinal, or terminal panicles. Seeds Hat. known) (where Pod

Series IX.

Botryocephal^. Unarmed

trees or shrubs.

fold of

the funicle
it.

forming a short
all
r

lateral or oblicpie aril, with very small folds

helow

The

species are
X

confined to Australia.
i.

383. handsome tree of 60 ft. or more, tlie voiin": shoots often tinged wiih a goldenleatl.^ts long; in. to 8 yellow pubescence. pairs, 6 di^^tant 4 2 to Piiinye in
272.

A. elata, J.

Cunn.; Benth. in IIool: Loud. Joiirn.

8 to

12 pairs, lanceolate, acutelv aciimimite,

Ito

in.

long, iniuiitely silky

gland wart-like
lets.

pairs of leaflast the at ones small often on the petiole, and ones upper the long, in. 6 often Flower-heads globular, in racemes
silky

pubescence. golden a large terminal panicle, often corolla, the as lung as half Flowers numerons, mostly 5-merous. fully Calyx In. to Pod 6 4 middle. obtusely toothed. the Petals smooth, united to long, about Seeds nearly lenticular. ^ in. broad. N. S. Wales. Grose river, R. Brown; shaded ravines of tlie Blue ^Mountains, A.
fonning

with

Cunningham, Miss Atkinson, and others, and southward to Illawarra, Shepheyd.

383. i. Jonrn. Lond. Hool: 273. A. pruinosa, J. Cunn.; Bentl. in Pinnse 2 to 4 or rarely 5 Glabrous and glaucous, with terete brauclilets. or obhquc bnear, or Pau-s, 3 to 4 ill. long; oblong leaflets 12 to 20 pairs, somewhat falcate, obtuse or scarcely acute, attaining i m. or rather iiiore
pinnae, o pair lowest the prominent on the petiole at a distance from often globular, and smaller ones Plower-heads under several pairs of h'aflets. 1- lowers nuuienumerous in axillary racemes or the upper ones paniculate. srtaseen. -^. not 5us, mostly Pod obtusely toothed.
gland

5-merous. Calyx mde,, Benth. in Hook. Loud. Joimi.

i.

383.
plains,

Wales.
^'

Near Sjdney and Liverpool

A. Cwiningham

New

England,

Stuart,

^^'

ob v obovate-oblong, > J'rsute. Ph^ra. 2 to 4 pairs leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, >ed ghmdclepie tu^e,4 to 6 lines long, father thick and ok-curely vf-ed ax.lhnv llower-lieads t the lowest pair of pinna., often very obscure, s Flo a te paineu often ^^'^emes longer ones upper than the leaves, the ba.e he at united Petals '"o^Uy 5-merous. toothed. obtusely short, Calyx ;% Pod 3 to 4 in. long, about \ in. broad, gl'l^'^^f T?;''-/'^\?f i,*chathe from 1842, Basil. ^6; A. chnjsohotrjjs, Hort. Sem. Mefssn. Tnd
;

spectabilis, A. Cunn. ; Shrub, glabrous and glaucous, or

383. i Jo,m,. Land. Ilook. Benth. in shori y petioles and branchlets

the

'"'^tw in VValp.

Rep.
J

ii.

906.
river,
A.AUL

.Queensland.

Brisbane
AVfi V^Ot;

A. Cnvnivgham; between
^

,thc

Sevm.
-

. ,n Condannne a'.d

wv

iiveis .." .Macquarrie .Macquai and Between Lachlan "^hngton valley, A. Canningham : New En-land, C. Sluart. m a glands but narrower, rather ^. (?) Slua^ln. and pairs 13 Leafletf 10 to J^rLeichhardt. Intyre, the '''*.-New England, C. Stuart; between Byron plains aud

". o. Wales. Wales.

ll^l^A

^J ^

of

jc

414

XT-.

LEfiUMiNos.E.

[Jcacla.

tall

PiiiuBe usually 2 or 3 pairs, leafshrub, the foliage more or less pubescent. lets 6 to 10 pairs, narrow-oblong, obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long, rather thick with a prominent nerve near the lower edge, tlie rhachis terminating in a recurved deciduous point; a gland at the base of the petiole, those between the leatlijts

Flower-heads numerous, small, in racemes much exceedTlowcrs mostly ing the leaves, the upper ones forming a teruiinal panicle. Pod 5-merous. Calyx shoi-t, obtusely lobed. Petals united at the base.
rare and minute.

Bog^y forest lanil of the N. W. interior, the most beautiful of all the Acacias, Ffoser ; Gwydir river, A. Cunninfjham ; near Wellington, (7. Moore. V^x, foholosa. Softly pubescent. Pinmc 4 to 6 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 15 to 25
\

unknown. N. S. "^Vales.

pairs, 3 to

fi

lines long

und

less obtuse.

Queensland.
hillsj

Leichhardt ;

Burnett river, F. Mueller; S. part of the colonyj Ipswich, Nermt.

Bowman;

limestone

276.

A. discolor,

Willd. Spec,

PL

iv.

1068.

tall

shrub or

tree,

Pinnsc 2 to 6 pairs, pubescent. leaflets 10 to 15 pairs, ol)Iong, obtuse or acute, 3 to 4 lines long, rather firm, 1-nerved, glabrous, pale underneath; gland usually large on the petiole and a few small ones at the upper pairs of leaflets. *Flower-heads in axillary racemes, the upper racemes foruiinj^ a terminal panicle; flowers 6 to 15 ni
branclilets
terete or ani^ular, g-labrous or

the head, rather large, 5-merous. Calyx short, broadly lobed, ciliate. Petals rather rigid, with prominent midribs, striate in the bud. Pod 1 to 3 in. loag, 5 to 6 lines broad. Mimosa discolor, Seeds longitudiiml ; funicle filiform.

Audr. Bot. Kep.

cepJiala,

t:.

235

M.
t.

Vent. Hort. Cels.

;

panlculata, Wendl. Bot. Beob. 57^ M. botry^ 1 ; Acacia hdnjcephala, De^f, Cat. Hort. Par.
ii.

ed. 3,

300

A.
;

discolor,

DC. Prod.

4G8
;

ma^ A34 Hook. f. PI. Tasm. i. HI ; Vict. ii. F. ritima, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 384 (with more glabrous and angular branchlets); A, Sieberiana, Scheele in Linnaia, xvii. 337.

Cab.

t.

601

Mng. Muell. PL
Bot.

t.

1750

Lodd. Bot.

W.

S. "Wales.

Port Jacksou to Ihe Blue Mouiitaius, R. Brown, Sieber,

n.

454, and

others; ^^ludeny

v'lver ^

Fras er.
as well
iii

Victoria.
F. Mueller,

Heath ground

Land, Gipps' of the lowlands as iu the mountains

Tasmania.
calities, J.

Port Dahymplc, R. Browd.

Couimoii near

various iu seacoast the

lo-

D. Hooker.
anfjudifolia,

Var.

(?)

I5ranchcs nearly terete, leaflets lincar-oblong,

an falcate slightly

rather more

numerous. Port Jackson, Caley, R, Brown.

277. A. decurrens, Willd. Spec, PL iv. 1072. handsome brous or uiore or less touientose-pubeseent ; brauches more or less proniisometuues neutly auj^led, sometimes ahno.->t wino-ed. or PinmE S to 15 pairs even more, rarely reduced to 5 or 6, leaflets very numerous (30 to 40 paifs or even more), linear, from under 2 lines to uearlv 5 lines long, aceordiag

tree, gla-

o'"" iipp^''' the Flower-heads small, globular in axillary racemes, 5-iiiero|i3. form __ __iug a terminal panicle. Flowers 20 to 30 in the head, mostly

the V ariety.

Calyx short, m-oadly lobed, ciliate. Petals with slightly prominent Pod usually 3 to 4 in. long, about \ in. broad or rather more, more or ii. 3o. contracted between the seeds. Vict. Seeds ovate. F. Muell. PL Queensland. Plains of the Condamiae, Leichhardt; Morcton Bay, C. Stuart.

Hn"'''"
ie=

'

Acacia,]

XL. legumtnosji:.

413

M, S. VTales. Port Jacksou to the Blue Mountains, 7?. Broicn, Sieher, n. 43G, 4C0, aud others; uorthward to Hastings and Clarence rivers, Beckier ; New Eiiglaiicl, C. Sivarf.
Victoria. Trequent along river bauks, iu valleys, etc., ascending to subalpine elevations, funuing the niaiu underwood in Eucalyptus forests, F. Mueller. Tasmania. Abundant throughout the island, /. i). Hooker. S, Australia. Mount Gauibier, F. Mueller, Of this, the Black or Green Wattle of the colonists, the following forms appear at first Mght very distiuctj lut pass into each other by many gradations. a. norwalis. Glabrous or the young shoots slightly touieutose-pnbescent. Leafiits long md narrow, usually 3 to 4 lines glands numerous along tlie primary rhachis. Mimosa decurrens, Weudl. Bot. Beob. J. deturmn, DC. Prod. ii. Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 61 5? 410; A,avgulata, Desv. Journ. Bot. 1814, ii. 68; DC. Prod. ii. 468; A. sulc'qm, Sieb. Pi Ess. A. adeitophora, Spreng. Syst. iii. 140. Chictiy about Port Jatkson. b. niollh, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 371. Foliage softly tomentose-pubesccul, the indniuentuin assuming a golden-yellow Lcaflels 2 to 3 lines long, obtuse; tinge on the young shoots. gJaiids numerous along the primary rhachis. -i mollls^ma, Willd. Enuiii. 1053 DC. Prod. "470; Sweet, Fl. i\ustniL t. 12; Hook. f. Fl. Tasrn. i. 11?.The only form iu Tasmania nd the most eonimou one in Victoria less fiequcnt in the northern districts of K. S. \\ales. Some of Ijcckltr's specimens from Warwick have the numerous glands of this form with the
^
'

^eO' small leaflets

c.

of the following. F. Muell.

and mollis, vnr. the iu as so softly so not but Pubescent sometimes almost hirsute, with the same golden-yellow tinge on the young bhoois. Leaflets ^ali, often under 2 lines; glands few, often only under the last 1 or 2 pairs of piniiec. ^ew Eastland, Clarence and Hastings rivers, JVIoreton Bay, etc.; also between Archer's aud
!>aiicig land alum,
^1 Kenzie's

stations in

moist places, Leichhardt,

^3r.(?) Leichhardtii.
||?"';

More

or less hirsute with spreading hairs.

Leaflets small, nar-

glands

Afais

seems

few.- Between Archer's station and Birou and towards \\\^^\\\\^^,LeidhardL to connect in some measure A. decunem with A. pihescem, but it has tUe nu-

^ei"0"s

pintle of the former.

tree, liandsouic A 415, BeroL Lbik, Emwu HorL closely resemhlino; the var. mollis of J. decnrrei^s, nnd to l)e adtled perhaps to the varieties of that sped: s as proposed by F. Mueller, but the branches and roliage are very glaueous or hoary with a minute pubescence not assiiminj>leaflets 30 p'den tinge ou the pairs, 20 to J usually voung shoots. Pinna numerous. usually pairs, glands linear/crowded, 2 < Jj^O to 3 Hues long i 5'ower.lieads small, in axillary racemes paniculate at the ends of branches, as more and seeds the ^'^^'decurrens. Tod broader, not contracted between pucous._i)c. Prod. ii. 470 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1928 ^ Hook. f. Fl. Tasm.

278.

A. dealbata,

^li; A, irrorota, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst.

S.

iii.

Ul,
Sieber, n.
interior,

S
J.

Jf-

Wales.
^f all

Port Jackson or Blue Mountains, the streams falling westerly iuto the

446

banl^s of the ^lac-

A. Cunnxf^yham, Fra.er,

othe',"^

Victoria.

Mostly on river banks

'

decur^ A. than earlier usually or in valleys, flowering

river,

3^smama.
ff'f^-e^^^,

mollis, F, Mueller,

Pon

Dalrymple, Derwent

var. mollis,

flowering at the same time,

with island the in abundant R. Broirrr ; J. /). distu^gmshed, universally but

ill?'

^^

^^^^^^'-

r^^^ftfe of the colonists, is

unhesitatingly united with

A decurrn>.hjY.
.

not although distinct, "l<er considers it as .uffideDtb' 7' ^f ^^1. the but dried specimens. known, as far as The shape of the pod i. ditltient only. "> several flower in are forms of decurrens, from many stations,
^^-

en spcc.nans

Sn

3P5. I Jo,mi. A. cardiophylla, J. Cmn. ; Benth in . f ^f obor terete ^^'^^i shrub branches hairs, ?. pubescent wiU. .l.ort rather rigid ones terminal the or "^''^S angled. Pinn^ 12 to 15 pairs, 3 or 4 lines

Hook. Und.

ij

>

XL

LE G u M 1 N o s .t:

[ Jcacia.

iieailvi in. long; the connuon petiole 1 to 2 in. or aliuost cordate, ^ to | line long; glands few

leiiflds

f5

in

ID

pairs, ovate

and minute.

Flower-heads

Ca5.merous. flower's, mostly 20 above with each racemes, small, in axillarv midprominent Avith glabrous, Petals ciliate. lobed, shortly lyx tnrhinate, Pod \inknown. ribs, but scarcely fully out in the specimens seen.

N-

S. "Wales.

Eutylean scrub, N. of Macquarrie river,

//.

Cnnnhigham.

i. 385. Jom-n, Lord, Hook. in Brnth. 280. A. leptoclada, A, Oanu. ; short scattered with hispid or glaucous shrub, either glabrous and somewhat of i petiole common on a long, 4'lines Fiuiiai 3 to 5 pairs, 3 to St iir hairs.

coriaceous oblong, pairs, 10 to i in. eudiug in a recurved point; hispid small, Plower-heads i to small. lilies long glands several, usually racemes in sepals, and bracts with long bristly hairs prr.ceeding from the not corolla the packed, Flowers numerous, closely longer than the leaves. Seout. fully seen proiruding in the bud, apparently ready to open, but not hud. the in free also Petals pals distinct, linear-spathulate wi'ih concave tips.
leaflets 6 to

Pod unknown. N. S. V7ales.

tyre, Lelchhaidt,

Liverpool plains, A.
Pinnffi

Cunningham
pairs, leaflets

betweeu ^Yyiidham and the

pairs.

i\ria-

Var.

(?)

poIf/phyJIa.

Queensland.

E. coast,

10 to 12 R. Brown.

10 to 20

Flowers not

seen.

281. A. pubescens, Br. in AIL Hort. Kew, ed. 3, v. 467. o Pinnae 6 the branches petioles and rhachis hirsute with S[)reading hairs. le^Heb length; same 10 pairs | to f in. long, the common petiole about the iio^^ei* glabrous, 6 to 20 pairs, crowded, linear, obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long, a paniculate heads small, in slender racemes longer than the leaves, and _^ sishort, ends of the branches. Flowers not numerous, glabrous. Calyx uiutea. petals nuate-toothed. Corolla stnoolh, piotruding in the bud, the Mimosa pu!mcem. Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 2 1 Bot. Mag. t. 1263 A.
;
;

shrub,

Fj^f
Fl.
n,
t.

DC. Prod. ii. 4G8 N. S. -Wales.

others.

Mauud, Botanist,

t.

48

Reich!). Ic. et Descr.

J
/->

Port Jackson to the Blue ^tlouutahis, R. Brown, Sieher,

466

an

Series X. Pulciiell.e. Trees or shrubs, unarmed

spines, without scattered prickles or stipuhu- spines.

or rarely with

axil^ij/

Leaves bipinnate.

pules smnll or none.

Flowers in globular heads

all

spi.^^ cylindrical or rarely in

^^

on

simi)le solitary or clustered axillary peduncles.

Pods

flat.,

strai^li

cate.

Tlie species are

Austr.dian.

282. A. pulchella, 7?. Br, in Ait. IIorL Kew. ed. 3, v. J^Jgant shrub, the slender branches quite glabrous or more or less ^^^^'^!^, ^^.^^ve (a^ spines spreading hairs, and usually armed with subuhite axillary ^^^^_ c^^^^^^.^ on one, branches or peduncles). Pinnae 1 pair or very rarely a single

464.

An

sometimes exceedingly short, sometimes :^ of the pinnse usually under \ in. nirely ^ to | in. long;
petiole

mon

tliei long, in.

leailets

4 to^^

Fj^^^

obovate-oblong on a long stipes between the pinnae or often none. Peduncles *'^^ -"j^^iied, sinuateCalyx ingeach a globtdar headof flowers, usually 5-raerous. ^ about half as long as the eoroha, often readily separating into "'^^^^^^p^^j flat,
Petals with prominent midribs but not so striate as in A, ^tngosa-

long^, eV^^^ lines or linear-oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 lines rarely 3

Acacia.]

XL. leguminos.e.

417

thickened margins 1 to 2 in. long, 1^ to 2^ Hues broad. Seeds longitudinal; funicle thickened into a small club-shaped appressed aril under tlie seed, with a short filiform fold below it. DC. Prod. ii. 455 ; Lodd. Bot.
Cab.
t.

with

212

Meissn. in

PI

Preiss.

i.

22

Paxt.

Mag.

iv. ]

98, with a

fi it

mm

W.Australia.
and others;
.

Very common from the

S. coast to

Brummond,

\st Coll., n.

308

to

Swan and Murcliison rivers H, 312, 2nd Coll., n. lid, 139, 156;

884, 886, 892 to DOO, 904, 907, 908, 909, 911, 912, etc. A poljmorphoua species, especially as to the uninbers and size of the leaflets, and hairiness, but geutrally Known by the single pair of pinnse and the axillary spines, which are rarely entirely wanting, Wthough often some branches are without thern. It then resembles some forms of A, stn^ow, but the

i'wj,

quite different. The following have been distinguished as species, but are connected by too many intermediate foVnis to be separable even as varieties 1. J. de^^daia, Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamb. ; Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. 21, quite glabrous, very
is
:

pod

usually few; 2. J, fagonioides, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Joum. i. 387, pabrous or scarcely pubescent, leaflets few, small broad ; 3. A. grandh, Heufr. in Gard. ^g., with a fig., copied into Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 154, glabrous with more numerous
J

"pmescGnt, leaflets

'onger leaflets;

^maire, Jard.
feiss. 1.

A. hispidissima, DC. Prod. ii. 455; Bot. Mag. t. 4588, copied into Fleur. t. IGO {A. lasiocarpa, Beuth. in Ilueg. Enum. 43 Meissu. in PL
4.
;
;

branches very hirsute with long spreading hairs leaflets narrow; pod hir!J^te; 5. A, ct/cnorum, Benth. in Plook. Lond. Jouru. i.'38S; A. cygnorum, Meissn. in PI. mss. 1. 22; pubescent or hirsute leaflets uarroWj revolute,"ofteu very small; gland gen e22)
3
;

^J wanting
2S3.
^

pod ilexuose, hirsute.

Benlli, in IIooTc, Lond.

A. Mitchelli,

Joum,

i.

387.

slirub of

the branches not much divided, nearly terete, softly pubesceiit, imarmed. Pinnae 2 to 3 pairs, the common petiole and partial rhacliises pubcs^^^t, each usually under 3 lines, rarely above 4 lines long; leaflets 3 to 6
ft.,

tew

P^rs,
*^og

oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long, rather thick. Peduncles slender, as as the leaves, bearing each a globular head of numerous small flowers,

5-merous. Sepals liuear-spathulate, ciliate, free or united at the base. J^^tais smooth, united to the middlePod stipitate, straight or falcate, flat "n nerve-like Seeds ovate, margins, 1 to 2 in. long, ^\ to 3 lines broad. ^"gUudinal; funicle dilated into an obliquely-oblong clavate appressed aril,
J

^ostly

^^tb a

short filiform fold

below it. F. Muell. PL Vict.

ii.

33,

t.

suppl. 12.

Zero, Mitchell; sterile ridges, Grampians, mouth of the Glenelg, kPV^^^' ^fon-bark-trec ridges between Ovens river and May-day hills, F, Mueller,

Mount

A. pentadenia, J^l /iJied

shrub
;

?^i

leaflets

imglabrous tall A 1521. L Reg. LindL But. Pinnse 2 to 5 pairs, IJ to 3 m. branchlets usually 4-angular. 20 to 30 pairs, very obliquely ovate, broadly oblong or almost

with a broad oblique base, 1, 2, or nearly 3 lines long, the mar^s usually vecurved ; glands below aU the pairs of pinnae. Peduncles slender, stered, \ in. long or rather more, bearing each a globular head of about 20
^'oniboidal,

^^\
J*;^J<J-

mostly 5-merous.

eitL-

X\:^
3^ Ci/f

shortly corolla, the as long Calvx not half as ^n- lo"g to margins, 1 1^ Petals smooth. thickened Pod'flat, with Ionovate Seeds ^^ broad elastically. valves hard, rolling baclc funicle thickened into a small club-shaped aril.-^. bigJanduhsa,
;

''^*^^^*-

King George's Sound and adjoining

difitricts, fl.

Brorcn,

Lrummond,

A
>

Habrous unarmed
petiole of about

orauches scarcelv 1 pair on a Pinnae Y PinnlE "eiy aiT-uiar.'" ansrular.

II.

common c

^<^l^.

4|g

XL. LEGUMINOS^.

^Acacia>

pairs, to leaflets 6 In. 4 above 1 often pinnae tlie of rliacliis the % in slender, together, or 2 3 Peduncles long. lines 6 4 to oblong, obliquely 4-nierous globular large rather to 8 3 of head i each a bearing long, in. about h, smoo Petals sinuate-toothed. or truncate short, very Calvx flowers woocy, almost coriaceous, flat, Pod base. the at united long, Hues 1^ nearly inargms. broad with broad, Hues acurniuate, narrowed at the base, about 3
;

Seeds ovate, longitudinal it. below fold filiform short with a aril club-shaped Harljoar Royal Princess . Coll., 157 2nd W. Australia, Brnmmond, nigncms, A. of nearly Foliage 891. and Bakewell, Preus, n. 887 {partly)
;
;

small very a into thickened small, funicle

obloii-

and Mount
but flo^e:^

and pod very

different.

^. a o" pa'i'S or 3 Pinnre 1 angular. scarcely branchlcts brous unarmedhrub, lu ta o leaflets long; in. to 1 rhachis partial ^ the petiole, short common to a d Imear-oblong, or pairs, or fewer iu the lower pinnte, obovate-lanceolate bcanng long, in. uai, or with recurved margins. Peduncles about \ long, flat lines lonor, unes iia not Calyx each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more 5-merous flowers. mo thicK, ratuer Petals sinuate-toothed. or corolla, truncate as long as the 'i^^o"* long' in^ ^^: to Hat, Pod 1 striate. or less conspicuously ^ = ^'f se elastically. back rolling hard, with thickened margins*, the valves rather tumc tje ol fold lower the part of and last fold ovate, transverse, the |-."i'" nigricam, thickened into a small oblong appressed nnl-Mimosa u.^oo, Prod, DC. niijrlcms, A. Vahl not of Nov. Holl. ii. 8S, t. 238, i. Preiss. PI. Bot. Mag. t. 2188 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 313 ; Meissu. in A. rulafoUa, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 444.

.._ans, n. Br.

in Ait. Ilort.

Kew.

ed. 3, v.

465.

gla-

'

>

Mcnzies, districts, adjoining Australia. King George's Sound and others. and {parthj), Drummond, n. 314 and hth Coll. n. 18, Preiss, u. 887

W.

rown,

t. 3. 23. ^AnJ^"^" Gen. Jard. Ear. PI. 6. obscura, DC. Not. A. A. 287. a^ scarcely ^^ '^^ armed shrub, more or less pubescent or hirsute, branchlcts o^^^^ leaflets petiole, common short very rarely pairs 2 or 3 on Pinnae 1, a ^
'^^' ''^? to 3 2 linear-oblong, from ovate or rarely to V"^ lif a J hr '" small a each n'*^ bearing Peduncles slender, clustered, lines long. ^jj^d. oi' truncate short, Calvx si""J^^'^ of about 12 to 15 5-raerous flowers. lines and 3 long ',g^. Pod flat, about 1 in. Petals somewhat striate. 'J\''' tia^^^,^^ ovate, thickened margins, the valves rolling back elastically. Seeds ni Meissn. -^^^ funicle thickened into a small oblong-clavate aril. A. 1842 Hamb. Hort. A. Preisslana, Lehm. Del. Sem. 20 ; ^^"'f\,^th. o^ not Bot. Mag. t. 4653, copied into Lemaire, Jard. Tleur. t. 322, ^^^^^^^^^ a(^^^ ari Sound George's ^_ Australia. Goose Island Bay, R. Brown King (-o'l. n. 5M ^^^^,i districts. Barter, Dnmmoud, 2nd Coll. n. 153, Mh Coll. n. 18, Gordon the Maxwell; 885,889 {partly); eastward to W. Mount Barren, from |,.^g,.; Closely aUied on the one hand to A. sfrlf/osa, ou the other to^. "'^'*'^?fg^g,ji8.

more

pairs,

'

^^.jji,

W.

luspi the in latter the former chiefly iu the more numerous leaflets, from

288.

A. strigosa,
4
ft.
;

slirub of 2 to

Hort. Berol. ii. Inrsu pubescent branchlcts slender, terete,

Link,

Emm.

444.

^ ^ i

An a"

unnnne*!

^^ ^^^^^
.^i

^ almost glabrous. Pinnec 2 or rarely 1 pair, the ^^^^^^^ ^ rhachis each usually 1 to 2 lines long, leaflets I to 4 P''"'^'p ||J||iesskmlcr. ^" P*^^ .to 2 lines long, glai)rous or ciliate with short rigid hairs.

common

petiole

Acacia.]

XL.

LEGUMINOS^.

419

than the leaves, bearing- each a small globular head of 12 to 15 flowers mostly 5 -merous. Calyx about half as long as the corolla, truncate or sinuatcootliecl Petals striate. Pod flat with thickened margins, rarely above 1 in. long and often shorter, about 3 lines broad, the valves rolling back elastically. fteeds ovate, transverse ; funicle thickened almost from the base into a small am ot 2 or 3 folds under the seed. DC. Prod. ii. 466 ; J. ciliata, E. Br. w Alt. Hort. Kew. ed. 8. v. 465, not of WiUd. J. Brownkua, Weudl. iu
;

longer

Flora,

1819, 139.
districts,

^"^? George's Sound aud aJjoiuing ^an'i^'^^^^^^'^^' 5/ifo//. 16, ft-^if., . 902, and others.

R. Brown, Diummond,
in

r.^' tl^'^''^''^<:m.~A.
2S9

I'eaflets 5 to 7 pairs,

not
i.

ciliate,

Endhcheri, Mcissu. iu

PI. Preiss.

21.

much smaller than With the common form.

but

A.

nigri-

App. 15. An unarmed shrub, raiiclilets furrowed, minutely hoary or pubescent. Pinn 2 pairs common petio e rarely above i in. long partial rhachises longer, but rarely a in., teimmatmg m straight
Lhidl.

A. Driimmondii,

Swan

Jliv.

mes long

points ; leaflets 2 to 6 pairs, oblong-linear, about 3 to 4 the terminal pair, shorter iu the others. Peduncles solitary, often
leaves, bearing each a cylindrical spike of

kT
I
,

^^^

tli<^

i to

1 in. or rarely
less

long as the corolla. Petals not striate but somewhat angular in the '^^^l.ly sprinkled with a few rigid hairs. Pod not exceeding 1 in. long, jJJ' o^t 3 iingg bi-Q-jj^ fljjj ^j|.|^ thickened margins, glabrous or pubescent. ^eds transverse funicle short, thickened into a small aril of about 2 folds ^aer the seed. Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 23 i Lemaii-e, Jard. Fleur. t. 378 ; igt. 5191.
'

lohf l\

^^^^''*

mostly 5-merous.

Calyx pubescent or hirsute, more or

'^^If as

W
at

George's Sound, Bnmmond, \d Coll., hd C ^^^ ^^^'- ^- 1^ ' Dai ling range, Pi-eiss, n. 901 ; Vasse river, Mrs. MoUoij ^' ' hnn gerup ranges. Maxwell; swamps, King George's Sound, Oldfield. ^^}>'- Leaflets few, obliquely obovatc or oblong, 4 to 6 lines long flowers rather

^"^*^*^*'

Swan River and thence to King

^'^^'JoUeana, Mei^sn. iu PL Preiss. ii. 20G. With the original form, t' Kin y ^,p.'*''S';'s Sound, and often scarcely distinguishable from it.
I

especially

indrip

much liver n,y^f\,.f'^^' W. Mount Barren, Maxwell.

r obln

'^''*"-'^'"''^-

H'J'siite.

Flowers

Leaflets small with rcvolute margins. smaller than in the ordinary form. Pod

Spikes small, cy-

unknown.Arthur

Eichp ""^"6.

jr Maxicell.

i'*"'"^^'^* * * 3 iu.

"

Very hirsute.
long. =

Spikes ovoid Leaflets small with revolute margins. unknown. Towards Cape Pod form. Flowers as in the typical i
.

^^^^^
but
""^

^"^'

^UMMIFER^.Trees
^^'^^^^^^
^^'^^'^

bulaH
tajy tarv

^
ven

^^ ^ Clustered
''

r "*
of

^^^^

prickles, scattered without shrubs, or in gloFlowers stipules. spihescent persistent

'^"^ (."1

simple solion spik spikes cylindrical species not Australianj cyj in Australian)

peduncles.
series are

Pod

very various.

ind Jp'^f*^'*^^
o'l

1 !r** the same

Africa, in S. America, in Asia, and especially in ^^ remarkable for the very great diversity in the size of the stipular spines,
tlis

numerous

branch.
iv.

..

i\2^tlie
t,'

^: fernesiana, mild.
,

"^1"^ a
^

f.
1

considerable

size,

much-branched A 103. Sp. PI ou pubescent slightly or glabrous quite

;

isuallv
1

much " longer.

and peduncles. Pinnse 4 to 6 or rarely more pairs leaflets ^ 20 pairs, linear, about 2 lines long or on luxuriant shoots often
A

Stipules converted into slender straight thorns, very variable 2 B 2

420

XL. LEGUMINOSiE.

[Acacia,

Z^
N

2::^Z^rZr%^^s

the^lder in togeO^ev 3 2 o^ usually

flowei-s. 5-merous numerous of head lobular a bearing each axUs the as long as half above Calyx flower-head. the uuder e sm 11 clo

Bk
eoi-o

ts

l.

dehiscent, ui long, m. to 3 2 spiudle-shaped, or cyUndrieal Pd h^ck irregularly obSeeds seeds lie the which of midst the in fiUed w th a pithv sabstanee

rac^^.fa,.e. 461 ii. Prod. ; funieles.-DO. short with transverse, Squei; Ic. t. Wight, adduced; synonymy the with 272, Prod. Arn. siana:^Y. and 147. in. Soc. Lmn. Journ. in Muell. 300 ; J. lenticelhta, .
A. Cannlncjham ; river, Albert Mueller F. ; river, JJf^ff. Sturt's Creek aud M'Artliar Mitchell interior, the in Fitzala ; Queensland, Port Deuison, s wee Cooper to river ; Darling aannwgham A. interior, In the N. S.Wales. , , , conimoD, Victorian and Howitt's Expedltiotis. y^ ^nch P^, the 0^ and New the icb in couuti ^^"^ The species is very eommon in tropical J^^";. read and flowers, its from extracted perfume the for ornament or planted for Atr.ca in al.o indigenous truly tobe others by origin, Believed by some to be of American Australia. iu so being of appearance every aud has and Asia,

Australia.

N.W.

coast,

Nichol Bay, F. Gregory

s Expedition

^^^S^

^'n.A.snheros&,A.Cnnn.;BenthAnIIooLLoud.JoumiA99^^^^^^^^^^^ coj^^)_ shgh a wdh ones y older the hirsute, less or more so, terete or nearly
bark.

Pinnaj 1 or 2 pairs, the

common

petiole about

chis nearly

in.

long;

leaflets

obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long,

more or

and 8 to 12 pairs, oblong-hnear, spu Stipules less hirsute or cihate.

tl';;k

m-. te

P'^i"''^

.,

^ en

some except S'^^ seen, not Flowers straight. and short, slender, .^^ eoi'v^^-_ with thick rather but flat, Pod peduncle. thick short mains on a ^^e^ pubescent, broad, in. nearly valves, about 3 in. long, i to i -^^^j sUgiuiJ and folded Puniclc dinal, broadly ovate, woolly-pubescent.

under the seed. If, AustraUa.

J.

Vansittart

Bay and Careening Bay, A. CunnhigJiam

^. lo-i-jver, Wieu ^
branches

Martin.

A. BidwiUi
terete.

Glabrous
petiole ^

common the pairs, ^.^ .^^ 15 to 20 Pinnae mostly o oOtiu oblong, pairs, -o; 25 ^'o p.".=, 15 io to lo ,. leaflets leaneis long; in. 1 to i io!r, partial rhachis \ ^ o lo sometimes and spinescent j Stipules ^^^ long. scarcely 1 line ^^^^^^ an witn solitary, Peduncles obsolete. or quite ^^^ ^^ usually very small or h^acl globular n bearing middle, the about ciduous 4-lobed bract ^^^^^^^^^^^ clown lower or 2 rather more 4-merous flowers and sometimes 1 ^^^^^^^ lew toothed, shortly Calyx long. 2 lines often ^^^^^^ flower each in. long, to 6 straight, 3 Pod ''^^'*V'j^^g'ie,igtliunited above the middle. lei convex, narrowed at the base ; valves coriaceous, somewhat ^^^^^ ^^^ tlucKeut slightly Seeds large, ovate, longitudinal funicle wise. seed. the under folded base upwards, very shortly inflexed or Henne. Islands, F'diala*Gloster and Whitsunday H. Australia. T>ison, 1 "" Dallachy; Rockharnptou, ukuoffn; Bidieill Bay, Wide j;^' Queensland. to broader. Seeds ^' referred Tar. (?) major. Leaflets sometimes 2 lines long.

"

'

To Ridges of the Victoria river, F. Mueller. A. pallida, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 14?. tJ o e to respmblaiice some sight first have at species this The flowers of ais prominent small a on inserted allhough quite fr.e, are but the stamens genera. 7y-flowercd not united in a tube round the ovary, as in all the

speciui fruiting this belong the

f

^^^^^^^

some Alh^"^ ^^^ ^^^,

-icacia.]

XL. leguminos.k.

421

A
tree,

A
but the
folitige

quite glabrous,

of a very pale or glaucous hue.

larji^er

Phinae
leaves

3 to

10 pairs, the

common
10

petiole usually 1 to 2 in. but in the

to

4 to 6 in.

long

leaflets

20

pairs, oblong, coriaceous, rigid, mostly 3 to

Klines long.

Stipules spiuesoent, with thickened bases or sometimes none. Peduncles solitary, 1 to ]|- in. long, with an annular 4-lobed deciduous bract
about

middle as in A. BidwilU^ bearing a globular head of aljout 20 flowers, smaller than Calyx in that species, and mostly, if not all, 5-merous. verj^ short, sinuate-toothed. Corolla scarcely' \\ lines long, shortly lobed: Pod unknown.
the

N, Australia.

M'Adam

range, Fitzmaiirice river, F, Mueller.

91.
Calyx

ALBIZZIA,

"Durazz.

campanulate or tubular, 5- or rarely 4-toothed. Corolla 5- or ^I'ely -i-lobcd, Stamens indefinite, usually numerous with a cylindrical tube. and long, Pod linear united at the base in a tube enclosing the ovary.
i

or

oblong, straight

or nearly so,

flat, thin,

rarely

coriaceous,

indehiscent

opening wuthout elasticity in 2 valves. Seeds usually orbicular, along the centre of the pod; funcle filiform. Trees or shrubs, without prickles. J^^aves twice pinnate, with a gland on the petiole below the pinn^ and others globular [etween or below in Flowers leaflets. and some or all of the pinnae heads or rarely or white Stamens hermaphrodite. usually
or

cylindrical spikes,

piiik,
l|ie

rarelv

vellnw mnnli Innnpv fbnn

is

111

Jcacla,
is

limited to the Old World, and pro^ecies, one . F. - ^ Mueller is widely dispersed over tropical Asia, the others are endemic. without done be to scarcely can reunUe that ^^^^ this and Fithecolobium with Acacia, but r^ urmiiff to the Linnnnn crPTin Mimn.,^ for Pitkecoiobium as to flower and fruit, aud
.

genus

chiefly tropical.

Of the t

four Australian
.

^h>ch only differ in the fiuit. 2-e'-s in

cylindrical spikes

on

axillary peduncles

1-

' ^op^ntha.

10 pau-s, 2 to 3 lines luniT ^ ' * P'*'!-^' i to 1 in. long Dul.^'^*^?P^^^'itolin.lon^^ : Plow; "ers in small heads in largo (crrainal panicles.
Panicle loose. ^'ov^er heads
*^oa 1

<^^ei8

a to

3.
,
,

A. Tkozeiiana.

^a._.^.--

3 to

Stameus about i in. long. very numerous and crowded. above 2 in. broad
allied to

Pod under

1 in.

broaJ
long.

,
.

A r,rnr^ra i.A.procera.
a.

Stamens about

^n.

l,
'

^^^^^, a

^^Lebleck, Benth..

cancscens, but more sl^^^^^'.^^T^'^jS^^^^^^^^^ tropical Asia over dispersed wulely tree a etc., ^vv-j ^^^}l and the broad, UlV7^tj , sessile, ^, 1*11^ ^ lilt pod so ^\3 pi/U not UUL r T> ' k Brisbane. lea, has been of neighbourhood introduced into the

A.

1-

A.lophantha,
8

86 Journ.m. Land. B.ntl. in Ilook.

ta

shrub

>*

J^^'HHll tree;

branches, petioles, and

to

10 pairs -leaflets 20 to 30

v'^l^'^^.v-pub^^ usually pedimcks ,^^^hues to hnear, 4 3 or more pairs,

above, glabrous margin, Kv-p.f;-the uppr :?h 'K^'^-^' spikes of fiom , pedunculate ^Flowers in bose^iylindrical axillary l'^^' Calyx S-merous iisually ^ i"-' ^^^^' flower 2 to 3 lines long, ""V in. long. ^^^rtly fully Stamens \ . !. n= t^P rnrnlla. 'y lohf^d lobed, r,.+ corolla. the not r.ir as half as long

"-r

-der

swf

422

XL. LEGUMiNOS^f:.

[Albtzzia.

often Pod corolla. tbe than sborter ratber tube n into base united at tlie oror ovate transverse, Seeds flat. very broad, lines S 4 to above 3 in louK, o^0.yy3Leleffan^, not 20 t Cels. bieular.-iLr.V.osa dlstaeh>/a. Vent. Jard.

Wdld. lophardlm, Jcack 5G3 t. Kep. Andr. Bot. t. 2108. Mag. Bot. t. Cab. 716 Bot. Lodd. Reo-. t. 3B1 Baxter; Sound George's King Australia. Goose Tsland Bav, R. Brown Bnmmona. Itiver Swan ?, Oldjield Naturaliste, ; graiihe Bay, Fraser ; Cape
Sp. PI.
iv.
; ; ;

1070;

Bot.

W.
2

Geo-

A.

basaltica, Benih.

slirub

Pinn^ a minute glandular pubescence. rarely i fn. long and often very sliort mmuteiy coriaceous long, lines 3 to 2 mostly obtuse, ovate, very almost leaves, the exceeding scarcely axils upper the in Peduncles hoarv-pubesccnt. ^-meTo^s, mostly flowers, 30 to 20 about of head globular dense bearing a as t^^o-thnUs about lobed, shortly pubescent, Calyx about li lines long. n latue corolla, the as long nearly as tube Staminal long as the corolia. conaceous, broad, lines 5 to 4 long, in. about 3 Pod longer. ments much
very

with rusty terete, nearly brancblets petiok coiumon the 1 or 2 pairs, or oblong pairs, leaflets 5 to 10_ ;

Seeds flat, with thickened margins. i\ Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 146. Bowman; rim, Bowen Mueller; F. Downs, Peak plains, Queensland. Basaltic Zamia Creek and Comet river, Leichhardt.
flat,
;

basaUica, ^t^"a orbicular.

50 t^L attaining tree, A Herb. Muell. 3. A. Thozetiana, I. .^Jj*^' hoary. shoots ^^^ young the or glabrous with a dense spreading head, rarely 4 P^^^' very or pair, with a short common petiole; leaflets 2, 3, to ^.'^ones end a the Guneate-oblong or broadly linear, ver}^ obtuse, j^^^^' ^ i to axils upper 3 ^_' Peduncles in the the lower ones much smaller. s^^ 5-merous^oi bearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more flowers, ^' times 4-merous, minutely hoary-pubescent, about 1^ ^'^^^r 1 1 e nrei" nan-ower|hau tubular, more than half as long as tlie corolla, but ^'^'^ jjj|,_ i"to and * \ ^^ Pod attaining 6 to 8 in. iti length ceding species. '^^ ^ bordcre orbicular, . flat, very thickened margins. Seeds fiat, with very 9. iv. Pragra. Muell. wing. Jcacla Thozetiana, F. narrow
.

Queensland.
Tliozet

Wide Bay, Bidm/l, LekUhardt

BentJi. in ff(

Fort Cooper, Kocldiampton,

f/o-ei,

A. urocera.
young shoots
pairs, distant

A
.

tall tree,

tlie

allv

slightly silky-pubescent, at length glabrous.

"
^^^

^ and long in. , obliquely oval-oblong, usually obtuse, often nearly 1 very p not but penniveiued ^ery unequally narrowed at the base,
aliou Peduncles so, minutely hoary-pubescent or glabrous above. in clusters of 2 or 3, in a loose terminal panicle, each "^'J""^ m scarcely head of 15 to 20 sessile flowers, mostly 5-incrous, and i than less Corolla slender, lines long, including the stamens. broaa, lines Pod 5 to 7 in. long, 9 to 10 divided to the middle. Koxt>procera, qnd thin. Seeds veiy flat, orbicular. ilfiw?osfl p'ocera, Acacia ii. 12, t. 121 A. elata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 546 ;
' ;

along a

common

petiole often \

ft.

long,

leaflets g

g W"'^'
^^j-oad,

^j^gj^^jy
.^^

j^j^g^

j^i^^jiar

^^jian 3
|^^g^

^^^

^j^^
g^

PI. iv. 10G3.

luk

Gloucester Island, Ilenne.

S. over Widely distributed

E. In

'

a.ndtbe

; ; '

Allfi2zia.]

XL. leguminos.^.

423

Archipelago.
not

The

they do go, they far as as but, complete, are not Austrcalian specimens

appear to differ at all

from the Indian ones,

A.

shoots young the tree, spreading beautiful 5. A. canescens, Beuik. apmuiute very a with hoary or less more silky-pubescent, the adult foliage or pmna odd fifth a with rarely piessed pubescence. Pinnae usually 2 pairs, m. to rhachis 6 each 3 long, 4 in. 2 to a third pair, the common petiole

unand obovate obliquely very leaflets 5 to 8 pairs on the terminal pinnae, on smaller and fewer lo"g. inequally narrowed at the base, mostly f to J. than promment less much the lower pinmi;, penniveiued but the veins terdense in peduncles short on Ubeck. Flower-heads small, numerous, 5mostly sessile Flowers minal panicles much shorter than the last leaves. silky-pubesboth long, lines merous. Calyx about 1 line, corolla about 24 corolla. the thari shorter cent. Stamens about \ in. long, the united part

speciour Pod stipitate, often 8 to 10 in. long and \\ to l\ pod, the oi centre the mens, very thin and flat. Seeds flat, orbicular, along
in.

broad

in

Dot quite ripe in

the specimens seen.

^^t^^m^ "^'^^s, Bowen Queensland. Burdekin river, F. Mueller; Fitzroy and otti" to the on Apocera, Roekhampton, Thozet, Dallachy. Allied on the one hand to ^^ panic e the l^hhed; differing from the former in the broader flowers, much longer ^t^f^ns sessile close!) smaller more dense, and a much broader pod from A. Lehheck in the rnnch
;

flowers

toiiage. the of aspect general and broader pod, and from both in the

92,

PITHECOLOBIUM,
(Cathormion, Eassk)

Mart.

^ Calyx

campanulate

or'

tubular.

Stamens indefinite, usually

numerous and

a ^yith 5-lobed, Corolla ^^Jf ^jj^^^f tube a n base the long, united a

thick rather enclosing the ovary. usually Tod flattened, ^;"^^ "'"'^J ea e theoutei on or annular or spirally twisted, either openin- entirely

and

^Ives. or quite indehiscent, very s.uooth

and often coloured

''i^;^^ ^"^

"

tW" pulp.

Alifo" f-^i^'le orbicular Seeds ovate or ; petK^lc t ^e i^n on and with a g usually thout prickles. pinnate, twice Leaves ana pmn^ J ^^e ^low the piuna^, and others between or below some or all ^^ = lov^ species 1 Austrahan the enflets all leaflets few and rather large in spikes, usually cyhndncal globular or oblong heads or umbels, or rarely
;

V^^ T^
^
Old

f^^

hermaphrodite

red. rarely stamens and white, the

^j.

endemic, others \'o t^^^^^^^^^ fj the lago. Arc^ip "^^ three Indian Australian ipeeies, one is also in the ^^^ " a3 yet doubtful being is to the genus, the pod ice-pinnate, f^Jhe ^"^";:^^ers and fruit of some sections of Inga, only differs f^" differ only sand / f/^^^^^^e the^"i ^^ t sunplv have pinuate leaves. Calliandra aud Albizzm stamens the bj Pdconstantly distinguished

ca3ijg,^,^j^

.^^^

distributed over the

N*^\P

TN'orld

Of

J^

is at once 'V^,^ Jaoe round the ovarj-.

Macia

and

*lwers pedicellate , , in the head (umbellate). I-^'atlets ^o^ *"^'*''^' obloufT or rhomboidal, acuminate, , 'V ^;^ naiu, very ^aflets obliquely Tod indehiscent, obovate, obtuse.
*>

1
'

jp.

pyuinosum.

^^Pai'ating iuto distinct articles

sessile,

'

'
.

'

'

'

'^^^m
1
,,

the corolla \ in. long.

.
.

Leaflets acuminate

^ ^ ^oniliforme. & P. grandiflorum. ^ ^

i-

P. pruinosum,

^'^^

youg%r,,,ehes, foliage, and

211. J Jonrn. T.,,,^ \\\ /ii. w. Benth. in Lond. ,,ui,escence pubescence shoit a with rusty iuflorescence
T

beautiful tree,

424
#

XL.

LEGUMiNOS^.

[PiiliecoMinm.

or glabrous. one,

PiniiEe very irregularly in 1 or 2 pairs, wifa or without an odd

and
2
in

the petiole and each rliaclus varvinjr from 1 to 6 in. long ; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs on the terminal pinnse, but very irregular in number, size, shape, mostly broadly oblong or rhomboidal and acuminate, rarely veiy
tlie

obtuse,

larger ones often 2 to 3 in. long, but mostly smaller. Peduncles or 3 together in the upper axils or shortly racemose. Flowers numerous,

globular umbels, on pedicels of about 2 lines. Calyx small, shortly toothed. Corolla fully 2 lines long. Pod several in. long, 7 to 8 lines broad, flat but much curved and twisted, the upper inner margin thickened

and continuous, the outer one much sinuate and undidate, the valves smooth and reddish inside. Seeds ovate, transverse; funicle rather thick, but terete, folded under the seed. Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, A. Cannhmham and others; Eockhampton, T/wzef, Bnllachj.

W,
niond

S. "Wales.
rivers, C.

ITunter'a Uiver, Asli Island, R.

plains,

Moore; Liverpool

Brown and others; A. Cunningham ; southward

Clarence and Kichto Kiama, Earn}};

Jllawarra, Ralston.

Tae Javanese P. Jungkuhnianum Bcnth.,

^

scarcely diffors from this species

mouiliferum

tree,

with the young shoots usually pubescent, at length glabrous. Pinn^ 1 or 3 4 pairs, the eommon petiole leaflets ; long ^ to 1 in., each rhaclus 1 to 2 in. to 7 pairs, obliquely obovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, very oblique at the base,
shuinig and reticulately penniveined above, underveined les^ and opaque Peneath, the terminal ones 1, 1^ or nearly smaller. 2 in, long, the others
forrain
Calyx lowers numerous, iu globular umbels, long. in. the pedicels about \\ n:ar}y 1 line, corolla about" 2 lines Stamens silky-pubescent. long, minutely Pod more than twice as long, the united corolla. part nearly as long, as the usually falcate, 3 to 4 in. long, indehiscent hard, f in. broad, very thick and flat but separating into closed 1-seedetl oblong, Seeds transverse, articles. but thick funicle very short. Calhr440 ii. moniUfcra, DC. Prod. mvm moniUferim, Plassk. Iletzia, 231. W. Australia. Point Pearce, Victoria river, F. Miiener ; islands of the Gulf of Car1^
;

pentaria, R.

rouud tlie Ihe spccips was originally described from Timor, and is
3.

Brown; along

all

thu watercourses

LeichhamCarpentaria, Gulf of tn(uau the of iu several islands

nccord" or, ft., pairs, tne
2^ firmer

Archipelago.

Benin. beautiful tree of 30 mg to some, a tall shrub, glabrous or nearly so. Pinnse 1 or 3 common petiole and each rhachis about 2' to 4 in. loni; r leaflets
.

P.

(?)

grandifiorum,

nnii-;.

^t.,

....

too

-,

.,,.rl

unknown .Mimom

sinuaiearger than in any other Calyx campaiudate, Flthecolobium. 5-lobec, toothed nearly 3 lines long. Corolla f in. long, funnel-shaped, pornoi sdky-pubescent outside. Stamens of a rich crimson, the tubular ^"^ nearly as lon^ as the corolla, the m. free part exceeding it by about 1
.

much
,

pi'nicle scarcely ...^^v.

grandijlora, Sola nd ms Queensland. Endeavour river, Banh and Solmder ; Cape York, W. combe Bay, Dallachy.

U^;

, l-'P'

PUhecolobiumJ]

XL, lecuminos.5!.
F-

425

Hastings river, Tozer, Until the fruit shall have been seen, it is impossihle to fix the genus of this fine specie*. Itbs the foliage of the Indian section Cl^pearia of Piihecolohiiim, the flowers are more like those of several American CaUiandras.

N. S. "Wales.

Ordeu xli.
Calyx eitlier

EOSACE^.

endosing the ovary, or adhering to it, or quite free, 5-, rarely 4-lobed, with the addition, in a' few genera of as many external accessary lobes. Petals as many as true calyx-lobes, inserted on the calyx at the base of the lobes, or in Stylobasinm hypogjaious. Stamens indefinite, rarely few, inserted with the petals, free. Ovary of 1, 2 or more carpels, usually distinct at the time of flowering, but sometimes combined even then into a single 2calyx; the with to o-celled ovary, combined or Inferior always which is then
ovules 1 or 2, rarely
rriiiting
calyx,

more

in each carpel

styles or sessile stigmas distinct.

carpels either free or variously

combined with each other or with the

without Seeds edge. inner the indehiscent or rarely opening along albumen or rarely albuminous ; embrvo with large cotyledons and a short raalmost compound, or dicle. Trees shrubs or herbs. simple Leaves alternate, very solitary, or always with cymes terminal or
stipules.

Flowers in axillary

rarely in

simple racemes.

tlie temperate and cooler in more but globe, Order, widely spread over the tje^nispliere. southern parts of the in the or tropics northern hemisphere than within the Old \> oUd, and the Of the seven Australian Nuw the of tropics genera, one extends over the tropical species, few with a four belong to hemisphere, the extratropical flora of the northern the southern fspeciaUy in mountain ranges, one, Amna, is also chieQy extratropical, but tem'emisphere, with very few species extending into the tropical mountains or northern Australia. perate regions of America; one only, Stylobasinm, is endemic Ausi Of the several tribes into which Rosacea are divided, a few only are represented in Win, and those only hv one or two genera each, it is therefore useless eutenng nito any ue-

A numerous

t^iiled

exposition of thei'r characters.

Trees or erect

shrubs, with

entire leaves.

Stipules deciduous or none.

Carpel solitary, with 2 erect ovules and a basal style

(Chrysop_^^,^^^,^_^

talanese).
Trees.

Petals 5 or 4. aua small anthers

filaments filiform with Stamens pcrigynous,

fehrubs.

Petals none.

Stamens hypogjmous
"

V than anthers longer

i

the filaments Herbs or scrambling

2,
,
' '

SXYLOBASllTM

compound. or divided toothed Leaves shrubs. Petals present. Carpels indefinite, protruding from the open calyx. dry. Fruit-carpels Herbs. Calyx with accessary external lobes. to tne awns long Calyx imbricate. forming Styles persistent,
fruit- carpels
'

^^^^
p
^^^

i-,

Calyx valvate.

Styles deciduous.

Carpels seed-like,
^
*

uu I without
*
'

awns

'

Scrambling shrubs, rarely prostrate or almost herbaceous. succuslightly hubricate, without acce^sary lobes. Fruit-earpcls
Carpels several, enclosed in'the' calyx-tube. Petals present. i>umerous. ' Prickly shrubs with pinnate leaves

r"i Lai}X

^^^^^^
,

Stamens

.g^x
"

'

^"peis 1 to I, enclosed in the calvx-tube.

Ovule erect.
"^tameus few

Style basal.

Petals none. divided. or lobed Leaves palmately

*

.T Herbs.

^'
^

^^^^^^,^^^_

426
Ovule pendulous.

^I^I'

ROSACE^l^.

Leaves pinnate. Stamens few rraitiiig-calyx armed with prickles. Flowers usually moncecious. Fruiting-calyx without prickles.
Style terminal or nearly so.

7-

Ac.ena.
434).

Stamens numerous
1.

POTEKlUM(p.

PAEINARIUM,

Juss.

(Petrocarya, Jaclc ; Grymania, FresL)

rarely or numerous Stamens 4. rarely Petals 5, imbricate. Calyx-lobes 5, filaments staminodia; small to reduced side on one those or few, all perfect the to side one on adnate carpel, single Ovary of a filiform ; antbers small. 2completely less or mouth of the calyx-tube and protruding from it, more ovary. the of base the from cell ; style with 1 erect ovule in eacb

celled,

Trees. erect. or Seeds 1 2, bony. Drupe ovoid or spherical, the endocarp small usually deciduous, Stipules Leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire. corymbose or raceme-like terminal forming pink, in cymes Flowers white or

panicles.
dispersed over the tropical regions both of the New the two Australian species, one is also in the Indian Archipelago, the other

The genns

is

and the Old World.

is

Of

endemic.

Petiole without glands.

Leaves much veined. Flowers small. CalyxPerfect stamens about 8 lobes acute. Flowers rather Leaves shining, little veined. Petiole with 2 glands. Perfect stamens 30 to 50 Calyx-lohes obtuse. large.

\.

P, Nonda^ P. Gnffilhiamm.

....

.^r

2.

1.

tose

P. Nonda, F, MuelL Ilerh. Branches wben young. Leaves ovate, obtuse or obtusely

tonienloosely slender, rather

or rounded acuminate,

narrower rarely broad, almost cordate at tbe base, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1^ in. witli a whitish and narrowed at each end, glabrous but rather roudi above, venis pinnate minute tomentum underneath, with many prominent parallel

and much

reticulate

between them.
"

Flowers small, the terminal

Bracts

I^*^"^^^

?^^^
I

thyrsus loose, the axillary oues smaller and raceme-like.

shorlei

a^

lonp hues about 2 Calyx pubescent, nearly regular, the flowers, dccithious. pcta s. the as the lobes acute, rather shorter than the tube and almost as long ti as flower Stamens short, usually about 8 perfect on the same side of the densey ovoid, ovary, the ring completed by 6 to 10 small staminodia. Drupe
villous inside, 2 -celled, 2 -seeded.

N, Australia.
Leichhardt
;

From

the

Upper Liud
;

to

Van

Carpentaria, of Gulf Dicmen's river,

Gilbert river, F. Mueller.

Queensland.

Cape York, WGlllicray

Albany Island, F. MueUer,

The species is nearly allied to the P. sumatranum of the Indian Archipelago, ^^ ^^^^ more to the African P. curat elhvfoHum, Planch., but the flowers appear ^*^,?\^"t L^ardt Lci which to It is the one in either, with some slight differences in the foliage. gives the name of No'nda-tree in his travels. stout, Branches 2. P. Griffithianum, Benth, in Hook. FL Nig. 334.

^^^

l^iu^- gianus at tiie lop oi ine peuoie. luowers ratner largc, ljout2 a incurved, turbinate, hoary-pubescent panicles. Calyx-tube obliquely ^ ^^^ -tc tube, the lines long; lobes very obtuse, the largest as long as periect. all Stamens very numerous (30 to 50), ceeding the calyx.

Famarium.']
very

XLI. KOSACEiE.
r

-^27

villous,

with a long

style.

Drupe oblong, veiy

villous inside, 2-ce]le(l,

2-seeded.

Port Essington, ^;7s/;oy; Quail Island, i^'/ooc?. Orymama for Islands, Philippine the to The species extends over the Indian Archipelago species, same the to be appears n. 1057). ulieifoUa, Presl, Epimel. Bot. 193 (Cuming,

N.Australia.

altiiough

with rather narrower, more rigid leaves.

2.

STYLOBASIUM,
(Macrostigma, Hook.)

Desf.

Calyx-lobes 5, imbricate.
ments short, persistent
;

Petals none.

anthers large, linear, the from style ovules erect sessile in the base of the calyx, 1-celled, with 2 gloor obovoid dry nearly base of the ovary stigma large, peltate. Drupe shrubs erect.-Unarmed Seed bular, surrounded by the persistent calyx. the solitary Mowers Leaves aUernate, entire. Stipules minute or none. latunimal a fornung axils of the leaves, on short pedicels, the upper ones the staminodia, filiform ceme, usually polygamous, the females with long
; ;

Stamens 1 0, liypogynous filaerect. Ovary of a smgle carpel,

;

males with a

small abortive ovary.

^yPogy^o'is Order whole the from 5";|^ differs It exclusively Australian. s^ he an lar.c '^s bj alone, Leiodemo^i genus connected with the American
.

The genus
stameas,

is is

and

the calyx as long as twice l^ves euneate-obloug or obovate. Drupe calyx the leaves linear. exceeding scarcely Drupe or nut
1.

1.

|.

J^'"'"erect

S.

spathulatum,

Besf. in

Mem. Mns.

v.

37,

t.

2.

An

b.^hy
I.e^^^^^^^^

Senate en oi a obtuse inostly cuneate-oblono^r the lower ones obovate, very n fle. and y ^ i to II in. long, narrowed into a short petiole, rather_ t^^f Cal^x s. o brae e ^nm or 2 1 less except with the midrib. Pedicels short, shoiter obtu=c lobes ^lien in flower, about 3 lines long, rather narrow, ^e Drupe open. verj fruit tban the tube, the anthers shortly protruding, when nearly globular, about ^ lines diameter. n^?;'* Baud.n locahty, same the from W. Australia. Sharks Bay, Milne, and probably

sbrub of several feet,

glabrous or the

young shoots ^o^-^O-P^^^^^^'t;

^Jiediiion; YVrndtrs Bay, Col/ic; PoTt Gregory, Oldjieia.

Ij ^^ ones 1 iarrow-linear, very obtuse, the lower ";.;"- ^^1 ^,,^ jj^tant. ofte.i ones upper petiole, thick and fleshy, the ^^^ j^^^^ m^ Calyx in the original form nearly as large as in ^'^''^^''":' xceedin- the / protnidmg. longer than the shortly tube, the anthe. s ,,^ spalM'ium S. ealyx-lobes, but much smaller and drier than >em, lork, 1 W. Australia. Abandoned fields, near Perth and limestone Range, N. of JIurchison river. OM/eld. austrah, __Macrosllpna hues long

S. lineare, Nees in FL rous and somewl^at glaucous or the young

2.

Freiss. I 95.

An
slioots

e-ct bush)-^shrub

a-

shg^^tlv ^^o^iy.^^Le^^^

f^

^^^r. paivijlora.
look. Ic. Pi.
t.

Branches slender. 412._-VV. Australia, Druvtmond,

Calyx scarcely 2

n. lb.

3.

GETJM,
-R.

Linn.

(Sieversia,

Br)

ith as usually Caljx.tuW short. ope; lol^cs 5, imbricate,

maj

small

428

'

XLi. rvOSACEi3i:.

[Geum,

external accessary lobes alteriiat-ing with them. Carpels indefinite, with 1 "Stamens indefinite.

Petals 5, broncl, spreading. erect ovule in each; stjle

Fruit a head of terminal, filiform, with a hook or twist at or below the end. small dry achenes, surrounded by the persistent calyx, each one terminating in a long filiform straight hooked or geniculate awn, formed by the persistent
style,
,

Herbs with a perennial rootstock. and either naked hairy or plumose. Leaves chiefly radical, pinnate or pinnatisect, the leaflets or segments toothed, the terminal one much larger than the others stem-leaves usually small and bract-like. Flowers yellow white or red, solitary and terminal, or few in a loose corymbose terminal panicle.
;

The genus
species,

is

dispersed over the temperate regions of the glohe.

in the northern hemisphere of the

one

is

commou

Old

the two Australian "World, the other is endemic.

Of

riowers yellow, several ou the stem. large ovate or lanceolate segments. below the end Plowers large, white, solitary. Radical crenate segment. Styles, even in the
1.

Radical leaves with 3 or more Styles (in the flower) twisted

*

1.

G. nrhanum,
G. remfolium.

leaves with one large rcniform flower, twisted at the end only.

2.

G. urbaiium,

Limt.

DC,

Prod.

ii.

'551. ^Sterns ereet, shghtly

branched, 1 to 2 ft. high, glabrous or softly pubescent. Lower leaves on long petioles, with 3, 5 or more large sefijments intermixed with small ones, the upper leaves usually witti only 3 large segments or a single one divided
into 3,

and sometimes 2 or 3 small ones along the

coarsely toothed

stalk, all as

weU

as the
the
riot

leafy stipules

or lobed. Flow^ers yellow, terminating branches of a very loose panicle. Calyx-lobes entire, "^acute. Petals often

exceeding the calyx in the noithern

'

'

Tasmaniaa ones.

specimens, Fruit-carpels covered with silky hairs.

.^ larger considerably

..

m
<

the

Style pluiaose-

i.

Hi,

with the synonyms null V 1115 adduced. iUKiuceci.

Nepcan river, R, Byonii ; "Slachay river, BecHer, all petals of the European form. Victoria, Moist hanks of the Mitta-Mitta, Delatite river, etc., F. Mueller,
large petals.

Wale

with the
.

srnaU
,

with rathe

Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; not uneommon in shady parts of the colony, 7. D. llouker, with rather large petals. The species is common in Europe, temperate Asia and the E. Indian
naturalized in several other parts of the world.

Tasmania.

arious v in places

mottutaiMS,

and

2.

G. renifolium,

F. Muell. in Trans,

se^ renilorm renitorm stock thick and hard. rd. L;:aves radical, with a sin*^le single terminal ^^j muuu, uiLcii Jnent, often 2 Lo o .5 to 3 in. broad, coarsely crenate, usually broadly and ^^^^" j; lobed, very much wrinkled, the veins very prominent underneath, ''^r^^^Ljp

PML

List.

FicL

ii.

66.

Boot-

times a few very small segments scattered'along the petiole, ^^^^^^^^^^^n^^^ ly usua to ft. and high, 1 with a single brge terminal white flower, i tant small sessile bract-like deeply toothed leaves, the lowest above .^^jg ^J^^^ i toothed, of the stems. Calyx-lobes enlarged after flowering and often Uic beyond longer than the calyx, Styles pinmose-villous, not produced J m even at the timeof flowei Ting, elongated and hooked at the end when
^

'

Hook.

f.

Fl.

Tasm.

ii.

36L

Geum.]

XLI. HOSACE.E.

429

Alps, Oldfield; Mount Lapeyrouse, C. Stitart. This fine species belongs to the section Sieversia^ hy some ranked as a genus, hut differing only iu the style not produced heyond the twist,

Tasmania. Southeru

4.

POTETJ'TILLA,

Liiln.

Cahx-tulje short, open-; lobes 5 or rarely 4, valvate, with as many external accessary lobes alternating with them. Petals 5, rarely 4, broad, spreading. Stamens indefinite. Carpels indefinite, with 1 erect ovule in each; style terminal or lateral, decidnous. Fruit a head of small dry seed-like achenes,

Herbs surrounded by the persistent calyx, the receptacle scarcely enlarging. with a perennial tufted stock, and occasionally creeping stolons or runners. Flowering stems usually short. Leaves either digitately 3- or 5-foliolate or
pinnate] leaflets toothed. minal cvme.
the tropics, especially iu

Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in a loose

vvliole

ter-

The species are numerous, dispersed over the

Europe scending along the Andes into S. America, heuusphere, as northern ones, are found in the estratropical regions of the southern
cluding

the Borlliern hemisphere without India, and deof E. mountains the into extending aud Asia, and one or two species only, and those the same
of
in-

New

Zealand.

The

portion of the greater the over extends species only Australian

area of the

genua.
ii.

long with tufted, Stock P.'anserina, Zinn. ; DC. Prod. creeping rumiers rooting at the nodes. Leaves pinnate, with numerous oblong, deeply notched leaflets, either green and slightly silky on the upper side
1.

582.

and of a shining silvery-white underneath from the silky

tliey

down

with which
Fl.

are covered, or very white

on both

sides.

Peduncles long, solitary at

f.

the

nodes, bearing a single rather large ycUov/ flower.-^llook.

3IueUer ; Fitzroy
river,

lasm.

Victoria.
Allitt.

Searle's Cove, F.

Bobertson

mouth

of the Glenelg,

'

Port Dairy niple aud Dcrwcnt river. where on the N. and W. coasts, rarer to the southward, /. D. Hooker. aua northern the both of The species is widely dispersed over the extratropical regions
southern heuiispheres, including

Tasmania.

R. Brown;

Circular

Head and

else-

New
5.

Zealand.

BUBUS,

Limi.

Calyx-tube short, open; lobes 5, ones. Petals 5, erect or spreading. styles abortive; and smaller ^ith 2 pendulous ovules in each, one of them gvanukted of kind a erminal. Fruit a head of succulent carpels, forming Weak receptacle.^ spongy '^eny round the or dry oblong shortly conical or pnckly usually herbaceous, scrambling shrubs or rarely prostrate and almost leaflets or or_ segments Leaves pinnately or palmately divided into distinct terminal in or axillary obed only, the Flowers toothed. or segments

accessary externd without imbricate, indefinite, Carpels Stamens indefinite.

\ohJ

'eafy panicles.

*he ^ve Of globe. the considerable genus, dispersed over most parts of . ^;'^'[i"i"rT; one ', one extends '\<="^T" over Africa and the warmer parts of Asm, are two '"^^'^VJ^^^^^^ and Ach.pelago, ^f^l"peIago, one is abundant iu China, but not in the intervening enutmic. The fruits of several are edible hut acid.

,.

Alarmed dwarf dabrous creeping plant.

Ilowers yellow

\.

v R-

C i^unmanm.

'

430
Priclcly shru'bs,

XLI. KOSACEjE.
scrambling climbing or almost erect.

[Rulus.

Flowers piuk or
2.
iJ.

Leave's broad, toothed or lobed, rusty underneath underneath. white-tomentose leaflets, 5 3 or with pinnate, Leaves

mohccanus.

Fruit with few large carpels Leaves pinnate, with 5 or 7 leaflets, green on both sides. numerous small carpels Leaves digitate, with 5 leaflets on long petiolules
1.

5. R.
"Fruit

pam/ohus.
ros.'rfolm.

with
4.
b.

^.

K Moorei.
tufted,

Hook. Ic. Fl. t. the diameter, in feet several of patches glabrous .and unarmed plant, forming nearly to ovale, mostly Leaves j slender woody steins usually buried in tlie sod. leafor segments into 3 divided 1 in. long, deeply crenate-lobed or pinnately
lets,

R. Gunniamis,

2n.

dwarf, creeping,

the lobes obtuse.

Peduncles

solitary,

not

exceeding the leaves

1-

yellow, Petals long. lines 2 Calyx-lobes rather obtuse, about flowered. large, few, carpels the scarlet, Fruit globular, narrow, exceeding the calyx.

very fleshy, and said to be of an excellent

flavoiu*.

Hook.
3000

f.

Fl. Tasni.

i.

112.

Tasmania.
Hooker.
2.

Common

in the mountains, at an elevation of

to

5000

ft.,

0.

R. moluccanus,

Linn.;

DC. Prod.

ii.

566.

tall

scrambling

shrub; branches and petioles terete, clothed smau numerous woolly down, often mixed with longer hairs, and armed with an shortly Leaves usually broadly ovate-cordate, toothed, recurved prickles. uo^ but 3-lobed broadly 3- or 5-lobed, 2 to 4 in. long, occasionally deeply ffitn^^ spnnkled quite to the midrib, green, somewhat rugose and glabrous or ^el prmeipal few hairs above, rusty or whitish-tomentose underaeath, the clusin-egularly more villous and often armed with prickles. Flowers red, terroi'^<^ a formmg tered in short panicles in the upper axils, the upper ones -t deciduous, panicle, usually verv silky-villous. Bracts deeply cut, very acunimate Calyx-lobes eels usually short when in flower, longer in fruit.
^^^

wlute 'or rusty with a short

Fruit nearly globular, glabrous, scarcely ^^^^^'~^^f_j^^ acu slightly calyx-lobes in our specimens, said to be red, insipid or ^liv. Fragm. Hum, F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 67, and ^^.^^
or 5
lines

long.

Port Essington, Armstrong ; a rather , the leaves less lobed, almost as in R. acerifoKus, Wall. Queensland. Brisbane river, W. Hill, Leickhardt ; Rockhampton, ^^'^^\y. ^j^ers, and Hastings Brown R. ; W. S. Wales. Hunter and WilUams rivers, ^^^"-'^Jy^ tun A. Ilhiwarra, j BecHer ; Clarence river, C. Moore ; Paramatta, WooUs ; Kiama, Harvey. Victoria. Nangatta mountains, Upper Genoa river, F. Mueller. allied Mn^elv tlic ""' and The species extends over the Indian Archipelago lo the Philippines, '^f the \"*^ Jt. rugosus, Sm.. and R. reflexus, Bot. Reg., to . India and China. "^rchiptlago, in t common one as Australian specimens belong to a form precisely the same . which appears to be that originally described by Rumphius.
.

N. Australia.

form, smaller-flowered

A s^l'^^J^^'."^ Z. ; BO. Frod. ii. 564. branclies softly pubescent or woolly, armed with s^''*^^ .^^^^^ 3 Leaves pinnate, witli a coraiuon petiole of 1 to 2 in. ; ^^^/^^, ^^0 luxuriant in rarely 5, nearly orbicular, about i to 1 in. long or sp^n or glabrous .twice a3 much, deeply and irregularly toothed, woo or ^ tomentose few hairs and deeply wrinkled above, white and
3.

R. parvifolius,

or very
jj^^jirly

^^.^,^

^^^^^^^

Rubus^l

XLI.

ROSACE J5.

431

neath.
axils.

short terminal panicles or solitary in the upper Bracts narrow, entire or rarely lobecl. Sepals varying from 2 to 5
in

Flowers few,

Fines

and out. Petals pink, usually erect and shorter than the calyx, rarely longer and spreading. Fruit globular, red, said to be of a pleasant flavour, the carpels rather large and not numerous, glabrous or slightly hairy. 33ot. Eeg. t. 496 IL ribesifolins, Sieb. PI. Exs.; 'R.macrojjodm, Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 557; Hook. f. Fl, Tasm. i. 112; P. Muell. Fragm. iv. 30, and'PL Vict. ii. t. 15; i2, Zaldbrml'uerianm^ Endl.
long, acuminate, softly hairy inside

Atakt.

t.

35,
in the

Queensland.
interior,

Morcton Bay, Traser^ F. Mueller; Rockhampton, Ballachy ; on the Marauoa, Mitchell ; plains of the Coudaiuiuc, LeichhardL

N. S. WalesBine
Stuart.

Common

about Port Jackson, R, Broion,

;

iSieher^ n.

Mouutaius, 3Iiss Atkinson

lla^tings

and JJacleay

rivers,

Beckler ;

192, and others ; New En^dand, C,

"Wooded valleys and hanks of streams, common, F. Mueller, Tasmania. Very common In many parts of the colony, e/l D. Snooker, S. Australia. Mount Gamhier and near Adelaide, F. Mueller. The species ranges from S, China to Loochoo, but I have seen no specimens from the tropical regions intervening between that and Australia.

Victoria.

with creeping stolons and erect and weak but scarcely climbing stems, glandular-pubescent or rarely glabrous, armed with straight or more frequently recurved prickles. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 5, rarely 3 or 7, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely
4.

R. rossefolius, Sm.

Ic.

FL

60.

shrub,

and usually doubly toothed, 1,'2, or even 3 in. long, green and glandularpubescent on both sides or rarely glabrous, ^lowers white, not numerous, in a short terminal enmostly narrow, Bracts axils. upper panicle or in the

Sepals hoary-tomentose, 3, 4, or rarely 5 lines long, with a long subulate point. Petals spreading. Fruit ovoid ''or rarely globular, with exceedrather ingly numerous small carpels, have a to said and succulent, little very
tire.

ntipleasant resinous flavour.~Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 556 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1783 (with double flowers); Hook. Ic. PI. t. 349; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 158; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 33 ii. 556. Prod. DC. in ; Ser. Tratt. IL eylanicria,
;

Queensland.
ballachy
^

Moreton

aTid others Mueller F, Bay, ^

Broad Sound and Mount

rivers,

Elliott,

^lounBhie Brown R. ; HawkcsLurv, Hunter's, and Patcrson Hastings and <?nis, Mis, Clarence Stuart; C, Atkinson; northward to New England, rivers, Beckler; F. Mueller. Bay, Twofold and Shepherd; southward to lllawarra, Victoria. "Wooded valleys, Broadribb and Snowy rivers,/, Mueller. Ahe species is widely Asia. and Africa of regions warmer spread over tlic

N. S, Wales.

5.

R, Moorei,

F.

Muelh

VicL Lid. Phil. Trans. in

ii.

67,

and Fragm.
digitate,

}^-

29.

tall

scrainblino- slirub, tlie

branches and petioles glabrous or

loosely
^^ith 5

tomentose, with numerous

small retlexed prickles.

Leaves

the more tomcntose undervillous or coriaceous, with velvety sliorter teeth, glabrous above, softly or racemes neath. axillary loose Flowers white, unisexual or polygamous, iu very spreading, jaceme-like panicles. pubescent, Calyx Bracts small, entire. ^^e segments I have (which Fruit long. Hues ovate or oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 ^ot seen)
said to be dark-red and insipid.

to in. long, acunimate, 4 3 acutely petiolulate leaflets, ovate-lanceolate, and bordered pubescent slightly or glabrous the by regular prickly teetb in more proportion, specimens ; in in broader ones shorter,

432

XIJ. ROSACE.E.

[Jtlthus.

Richmuuil uiiJct7tson Miss Mountains, Blue ; Broivn R. ; N. S. Wales, Grose river, Ldchhardt ^X^iiow, Archer's Brush to Creek the from an.l Clarence rivers, 0. Moore;

southward to Illawarra, A. Cunningham^ Backhouse, Rahion, the but Forst., austrahs, R. Zealand New the The nearest affinity of this species is with those of resexnble quite never forms, their protean in leaves of the latter species, although large pam uumerous, more much very and smaller R. Moorei; the flowers are much
nicles, etc.
the Linn., rMhiginosa, Rosa one, and Several species of Rosa are cultivated in gardens, cstahave to said is flowers, pink and Sweetbrlar, with glandular-pubescent aromatic leaves hlished itself, apparently wild, iu South Australia,

6.

AliCHEMILLA,

Liim.

external small with 4 valvate, lobes 4, Calyx-tube ovoid or campanulate ; fewer, or Stamens 4 Petals none. accessary lobes alternating with thena. to 4, Carpels 1 calyx. inserted round an annulnr disk at the mouth of the the from style each; enclosed in the calyx-tube, Avith 1 ascending ovule in capia with calyx-tube, base or inner side of the carpel, protruding from the

Herbs, calyx-tube. tate stigma. Achenes 1 to 4, 1-seeded, enclosed in the annual and stock either annual or with a perennial sometimes almost woody undershrujs. tufted perennial flowering stems, or, in species not Australian, panicles terminal Flowers small, green, in Leaves palmately lobed or divided.

or axillary clusters.
not numerous in species, widely spread over the northern l*e^"i^P|'^J"Yr" ^extratroincal to fined to mountains within the tropics, extending down the Andes Austrai two The rica, one or two species found also in S. Africa and New Zealand.

The genus

is

species are

common

in temperate or mountain regions, especially in the

Old

vVoi
1.

Perennial. Flowers in terminal panicles. Leaves orbicular, hroadly lobed Small annual, llowers minute, in axillary clusters. Leaves small, deeply

^' '^^9
-^f-^eiisii-

lobed
1.

^.

A. vulgaris,

Linn.;

DC. Trod.

ii.

589.

perenmal,

eitlierjja-

brous or more or less hairy. Radical leaves large, on long P'-'^^ ,'.?'" jjj ae theuof orbicular or reniforra, divided only to one-fourth or one-third x^ sides, both ^^ into 7 or 9 broad regularly toothed-lobes, green on itiw a bearing stems decumbent or ascending, seldom above 6 in. bigli, ^ ^^ loose a and P^^^^^j^^j^j^ stipules on short petioles, with large green toothed d calyx. the as small green flowers, the pedicels usually at least as lung
Ic.
t.

229.
,

.^^^^ 1^

Haidinger range, sources of the Mitta-Mitta, Murray, ^^^^^T![a"ani the JN. Asi Europe, the Australian Alps, F. Mueller. The species is commoa in mountaios of E. India. rarely little annual,

Victoria.

A 590. ^"^";';;j |^,i,y. green, branched, above 2 or 3 in. high and often smaller, much ^^^^^^^^,^^.3 Leaves on short petioles, orbicular, usually deeply lobed or "^!| *;*.i jemes, ^ axils the in heads very minute, green, sessile, in little clusters or
2,

A. arvensis.

Scop,; DC.

Prod,

ii.

half enclosed in the leafy stipules.

Victoria. Mount Korong, -P. Mueller; Wendu Valley, Rohertsoiu S. Australia. Mouutaio pastures, RivoU Bay, F, Mueller. i^^^^' nrobabW pro iSlaud, Oarts of thc wPTit rivpr R Brown nrmr. ; vnrinllS various part mania. Derwcnt river, R, pa* duced, J. J). Hooker, , variolic j^^ an orld, The species is common in the northern hemisphere in the Old u
^ -

AlckemiUa.]
N. and S.

xli. iiosACE.f:.
also found iu

433

of

America and Africa, and

if

country,

and in some,

not

all,

Zealand ; but in the latter the Australian stations, very probably introduced from
is

New

Europe.

7.

AC-aiNA,
;

Linn.

(Ancistrum, Forst.)

Calyx-tube ovoid or campanulate

3 to 7,

lobes usually 4 or 5, but varying from

Stamens 2 to 10. Carpels 1 or rarely 2, enclosed in the calyx-tube, with 1 pendulous ovule in each style terminal or nearly so, protruding from the calyx-tube, usually dilated into an oblique fringed stigma. Achene solitary, dry, enclosed in the hardened tube of the calyx, which is usually closed at the top and more or less awucd with subulate
valvate.

Petals none.

or

conical spines, often glocliidiate at the end.

Herbs,

"with a perennial tufted

Leaves radical or alternate, pinnate, with toothed or cut leaflets. Stipules sheathing at the base. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, small, green or pui-plish, in a terminal globular head, or in an elongated or interrupted spike, the flowering-stem either leafy or reduced to a leafless
stock.

scape,

r^L

dispersed over the temperate and colder regions of the southern hemisphere ; it is especially abundant iu S. America, and occurs also in California, Mexico, and the Sand^ch Islands. Of the three Australian species, two are apparently also natives of S. America and New Zealand, the third is probably endcraic.
.

The genus

is

The genus has beeu divided into two sections, Euacana, with the fruiting calyx niore or less angular, the spines, when present, one only to each angle ; and Ancisirum, with the ^yi ovoid, irregularly covered with numerous spines or tubercles. In the former the flowers are usually capitate, but spicate in a few species, in the latter they are spicate in most not all species. There are a few species however, (not Australian,) with the spines not
jl

developed,

and ambiguous between the two sections.

or elongated and interrupted.

^Pjle cylindrical

Stamens 4 to 10.
1 to

Spines of the fruiting calyx neads globular.

numerous, irregularly scattered

Spines of the fruiting calyx 4,

...
each

1. -/. ovina.

Stamens

2.

angle.

united at the base, nsuallv persistent. Truitigg head above J in. diameter, with long glochidiate spines Calyx-lobes separately deciduous. Truitins: heads not \ in. diameter,
Calyx-lobes

2.

^. sanfjuisorha.

with very short fine spines

-^

^,A,montaua.
Wale%. 358.

l.A. ovina
^[ect,

high, si%.hairy. glabrous pinnatifid, 7ng. i'to or crenate f in. long, deeply and obtusely dense more spike, interrupted Jbove, silky-hairy long underneath. Flowers in a or 7. rarely jo^ards the end, 6, 4, usually 5, Calyx-lobes polygamous. reduced females the -aniens in the in to 10, 8 or as many about males 'either f in Ovary anthers. ttiinute without filiform, them of staminodia, 2 or or 1 J "e females ddated at the obliquely style ; ovules with a single or rarely 2 long lines to ovoid, Fruit 2 3 ftith a broad unilateral fringed stigma.
leafy,

1 to 2 ft.

Stems ascending or Leaflets ovate, from orbicular to

H
irrp

S'abrous or loosely

and end the barbed at prickles, short yiUous covered with

with a

fnical

95;

base. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. A.Behriana, Schlecht. Linnfea, sx. 660 (calyx
;

115

J. echinata, Nees

Pl;^Preiss.

often 6- or T-lobed,

^^ttiens

often 10).

Q'eenslaud. VOL. H.

Near Warwick, jB#cW-.

2 F

4:U

XLT.

KOSACE^.

[Jc^M.

pastures ia moist rather in frequent Woolls ; N. S. "Wales. Poi-t Jackson, 7?. Brown, i^zcAW/. Gwydir, the of head ^. C7??%//^/; tie western country, it is, no doubt, however, where, colony, this Victoria. I have seen no specimens from

to be found.

Tasmania.
Q\Al, F. Mueller,

S. Australia.

^ Pastures, especially in the northern parts of the island, J. s Spencer and range, Barossa plains, Memory Cove, R, Brown grassy

tt i moker. D.
-n

-W, Australia.

Shady rocks, Mount

Brown, Preiss, n,

^^^^ 2395

.
;

_,

King George

, ^^^ bouud,

Bald Island, and Cape Naturaliste, Oldjield. \ i c America, h. estratropical to also probably and Zealand, New The s])ecies extends to same. the quite be appears to ii. 265, Fl. Antarct. Hook. f. A, montevidensis,
'

fnr lor

or prostmte Stems 492. 3. A. sanguisorbse, VaJd; DC. Prod. ii. a from ascending brandies creeping and rooting at the nodes, the flowering

few

in. to

nearly 1

ft.,

loosely silky-villons, leafy at

tlie

base.

Leaflets irom

nearly orbicular and \ in. long to oblong and f in., glabrous or nearly so above, silky-hairy underneath. diametei m. under i dense globular beads, on long terminal peduncles, usually mot burrs 4 at the time of flowering, becoming when in fruit dense globular tringea the with Style diameter or more. Calyx-lobes usually 4. Stamens 2.
lone. the turbmate, Fruiting calyx nearly 2 lines long, stigma of J, ovina. near from diverging 4-angled, with a long prickle barbed at the end, t.armicti. sarmentosa, summit of each angle. Hook. f. Fl. Tasra. i. 114 ; J.

pronunentlv toothed, Flowers numerous, m

DO. 1. c. N. S. "Wales.
head of Gwydir

Port Jackson, J : Cunning /mm

Leickkardl ; Hastings river, Cunningham ; Gabo Island, Maplestone, Victoria, Port Phillip, Brown; near Sl^ipton, J. S. Whan. roadsiucs, on pastures Tasmania. Port Dalrj^mple, R. Brown; common in tliroua;hout the colony, J. D. Hooker, - / n^; Torrcns and S.Australia. Kangaroo Island, R, Brown; Guicheu Bay Mueller, V* n b^Isle* ^weklaim -' Lord and d'Acuuha, The species is also found in New Zealand, Tristan an Ruiz and it is perhaps not really distinct from the S. American A. ovalifoUa,
river,

Blue Mountains Beckler ; southward

;

M^^^^'^'^^^^^^^^ to lllawaua,

3.

cies,

Hook, Land. Journ. vi. 276. ^'"jJJ^^^ hairs 01 tufted or shortly prostrate, glabrous except a few silky ^^^^^
Iloolc.f. in

A. montana,

ascenaingj leaness or wiin

or

si

smaii uisium

pinnnlifid or p
in.

and a small terminal globular head, rarely above \ ,^^j^ and base nearly glabrous, the lobes ovate, separating from the J^^^^^.^^j^ duous. Stamens 2. Stigma short. Fruitingcalyx not 1 ^'^^'^l^^j^^ calyxglabrous, with 4 slender spines not 1 line long, and the top tube conical between them. ^,,m,

duunete

ijDerweat, the p. Tasmania. Jloist summit of the Tahle Mountain on j ^ mit of Mount Welhugton, /. D. Hooker, and of Mount I^^peyrouse 6.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hooker. Fl. Tasm. i. 115, unites this as a variety with J. ^^^.'^'^^'J'^''^^^" ^"^V -^/it nearer to and ditferent, ^^^^ of the foliage, the fruiting calyx appears to me to be quite to A, adscendens, Vahl. R. Brown's herharium contains specimens ^\.^^^J Montana, ^^ with company in ot A, sa7iguisorbay from the Tahle Mountain, growing t quite maintaining its characters, as pointed out in his notes. gf

Potenum

inflorescence globular Sanguisorha, Linn., a herb with the hahit and

^^^^^^]

XUT.

-ROSACEiE.

435
more numerous and longer stamens, established itself in some parts of

A. sangidsorla, but with strictly monoecious flowers, aod the fruiting calyx without prickles, is said to have
Victoria,

introduced from Europe.

OnDER XLII.

SAXIFRAGES.

Calyx free or adnate to the ovary, with 4 or 5 valvate or imbricate lobes or segments. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, valvate or Imbricate, sometimes very small or wanting. Stamens as many or twice as many as calyx-lobes,

fewer and very rarely indefinite, inserted with the petals on or outside a perig'ynous or epigynous disk or rarely hypogynous. Ovary more or less
rarely

adnate to the calyx, or if free usually attached

5-ceJled
or

by a broad ba^e, either 2- to

eacli
cell or to

or with 2 to 5 parietal placentas, veiy rarely contracted at the base

;

apocai-pous

ovules usually several, very rarely solitary in

^ach

placenta; styles as many as cells or placentas, distinct or rarely united. Iniit capsular or very rarely succulent and indehiscent. Seeds usually small,
^ith a

copious albumen and small or terete straight embryo, very rarely larger 3nd without albumen. Herbs shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite,

simple or

compound, with or without'

stipules.

Flowers usually regular and

Jiermaphrodite.

ranging over nearly the whole world, the shrubby or arborescent genera tropical, the herbaceous ones from the more temperate or colder regions of the northern ^etmsphere, with a few estratropical southern genera or species. (Df the 20 Austialian ^ ^^ ^^idely dispersed over the tropical and subtropical regions of the New and the niT\v y^^ Horld, 1 spreads over E. India and the Archipela.sro, 1 is represented in extratropical S. Amenca, 2 in New Caledonia, 1 in New Zealand and' the antarctic regions generally, 2 in Zealand alone, and the remaining 12, many of them monotypic, are endemic in AusT J The Order includes a great variety of forms, evidently connected with each other, /t'^: difficult to unite several other from them : separate by shall a common character which p ^a^yciflorous and some Thalamifiorous Orders into which they appear sometimes to pass. ^ere IS especially no one character to distinguish them from Rosacea' which has not some ^^ception, although the ereater number of eenera differ from that Order in their definite ^^D3, United carpels with free styles, and copious albumen.

My

large Order,

Tribk

I.

mes

y ^'^
^

none,

under

Escalloniese. ^>^mi5 or freest Leaves alternate (except Polyosma). Stiat Sta?ne?zs as manu as cahx-segments. Stales muaUy united or cohering, ^ ^ ^ the stigma,

2. to S-celled,

blowers corymbose. Petals valvate. *Jvary semi-adnate.

Petals fringed inside.

Fruit capsLdar.
1.

leaves white underneath Ovary free. Petals not frinced. green

Argophyllum. Abrofhyllum.
Guintixia.

....

Fruit succulent.

Leaves
2.

jj^p^owers

racemose. ^ .^with 2 parietal placentas.

3.

Flowers racemose,
Fruit succulent, 1 -seeded
.
.

^^tals valvate. Ovary inferior. ^^tals imbricate. Ovary free.

4.

Capsule mauy-sceded
or
trees.

&

Polyosma. Anopterus,

Trtbe

k
Sta

II.

Cunoniese. 5//;mj
""^

Leaves opposite (except Tetracarpaca).

as calyx-segments or indefnite.
Styles

frf^.f^^^^^y Present.

Stamens twice as many

^^^ ^^P' eas twice as many as calyx-segments. ^V^-segments valvate or rarely slightly imbricate. tary, cymose, capitate or paniculate.

Flowers

soli-

2 F 2

436

\1A1.

SAXIFRAGES.
*

Petals none or minute, or small and jagged. Ovary 2- or 3 -celled. riowers in dense globular heads.

Carpels small, follicular

6.
.

riowers solitary. Ovary 2-cellcd. Fruit oblong, 1-seeded Flowers few in short loose cymes or panicles or solitary. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit smaU, 1-seeded, surrounded by the Stem climbiug wing-like enlarged calyx-lobes. Flowers small, numerous^ cymose. Ovary 2-cclled. Fruit

7.

Callicoma. Anodopetalvm.

...

8.

Aphanopetalvm.

1-seeded.

Fruit small, surrounded by the wing-like enlarged calyxLeaflets 1 or 3, articulate on the petiole lobes.

...

9.

CeratofetaluM.

Drupe

1-seeded, the calyx-lobes small, reflexed.

Leaves
10. Schizomekia.

simple, continuous with the petiole

Petals narrow, entire, as long as or longer than the calyx. Capsule terminating in 2 Flowers in dense false whorls.
divergiitg awu-like persistent styles

H- AcRorHYitu
12.

Flowers very small and numerous, paniculate- Capsule small,

awned Calyx-segments more or Ic&s imbricate. Ovary and fruit 2- rarely 3-celled
turgid, not

Ackama.

Flowers racemose.
13.
14,.

WEmMANNiA.
Tetracakp-ba.

Carpels 4, quite free from the lirst Stamens indefinite, more than twice as many as calyx-segmcuts, rarely fewer. Sepals 4. Sepals valvate. Stamens 10 to 15. Ovary 2-celled. Seeds
vringed.

Flowers racemose
imbricate.

1^- Geissois.

Sepals

much

Stamens very numerous.

Ovary 5. . -

to
*

Flowers large, solitary Sepals valvate or slightly imbricate. Stamens few or numerous. Ovary 2-celled. Seeds not winged. Flowers solitary. Leaves Bavera. 17' 3-foliolate (leaflets apparently in whorls of 6)
12-celled.

Seeds winged.

16-

Eucryphia.

Tribe

III.

Saxifrageae.Jer3^.
Scape

Leaves

in

iJie

radical genera Australian

alter-

nate, or imbricate^ without stipules.

Flowers paniculate. Cephaloi^s. 18. Sepals 6. valvate. . Petals 0. Stamens 12. Carpels 6, free Radical leaves entire, stem-leaves alternate, Ipbed. Flowers cymose. EKEMOsr.^^. l^Calyx-lobes petals and stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled , . . . Small tufted plant with densely imbricate leaves. Flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx-lobes and petals 5. Stamens 2. Ovary inferior, 20. Donatia.
leafless,

Leaves and pitchers radical.

2-ceIled

..,....
or
cohering,

calyx-segments.
stijgma.

alternate Leaves Escallonie^.Trees or shrubs. nn^ as Stamens (in Polyosmd) more or less opposite. Stipules none. un least at

Tribe

ormejy
.^^^

1.

Styles

usually united

1.

ARGOPHYLIiUM,

Forst.
^eloff
.

ms fringed 6 or 6, persistent. Petals as many, valvate, persistent, the middle with long hairs, forming a corona. Stamens as many anthers usually shorter than the filaments. Disk scarcely P^o^"^"

Calyx-tube shortly turbinate or hemispherical, adnate to ^^^

^.^'''JJg'

\^^^^^
jg giiortly

half-adnate, 2- to 5-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell; ^) ^^^^^^icon small, conical, with a capitate shortly lobed stigma. Capsule ^^ ^^^^ to 5-celled, opening loculicidaHy and sometimes also septicidallyin ^^, ^^ reticu globular, or twice as many valves or cells. Seeds minute,
n

Ar(jophyllum!\

XLii.

saxifraue^.

'437

brj^o

luinute in a fleshy

albumen.
in

underneath.

Flowers small,

Leaves alternate, usually white terminal or axillary corymbose panicles.

4 from

Shrubs.

Besides the Australian

Caledonia,

species, whicli is endemic, the genus comprises 3 or

New

1.

A. Lejourdanii,
the branches

7.

MuelL Tragm,

iv.

33.

An

elegant shrub of 6

with a close silky-white of reddish tomentum. Leaves ovate, aciuninate, seiTate, mostly 5 to 6 in. long, on a petiole of about 1 in., not coriaceous, green and glabrous or with scattered hairs above, silvery-white with a close silky tomentum underneath, the
to 7 ft.,

and

inflorescence clothed

primary veins, the transverse secondary ones, and smaller reticulations prominent underneath. Panicles terminal or in the upper axils, shorter than the leaves, corymbose or more frequently ovate. Flowers, including the small expanded petals, about 3 lines diameter. Capsule depressedglobular, about 2 lines diameter, usually 2-celled and 4-valved, rarely 8-celled
pinnate parallel

and 6-valved.

Queensland.
elegant

Mount

Elliott,

Ballachy,

The

large thin

serrate leaves,

and their

venation on the under side, distinguish this species at once from the New CaledoDian specimens of ^. nilidum, Labill., the plate of which it in some respects resembles.

2.

ABROPHYLLTJM,

Hook.

f.

(Bracliynema, F. Muell.)

Calyx-tube exceedingly short, adnata to the broad base of the ovary ; segments 5, spreading, deciduous. Petals 5, valvate, spreading, deciduous. Stamens 5 ; anthers large, on very short filaments. Ovary free, except the

woad base, oblong, 5.furrowed, 5-celled, with many ovules in each cell; stigma sessile, 5-lobed, Berry free, ovoid, 5-celled. Seeds numerous, small, nearly globular Leaves Shrub. albumen. fleshy ; embryo (mintite ?) in a alternate. Flowers in corymbose panicles, terminal or in the upper axils.
THe genus
.

is

limited to a single species, endemic in Australia.

and shoots young the shrub, tall handsome ms. mfloi-escence pubescent with short appressed hnirs. Leaves elliptical or ovateteeth mucronate janceolate, acuminate, broad short 6 to 9 in. long, with a few in the and thm m., to of 2 1 petiole upper part, narrowed at the base into a unveins prmcipal glabrous or sprinkled the on hairs with a few appressed leaves the than derneath. shorter much Panicles irregularly dichotomous, Jlowers rather small, yellowish. Calyx-segments triangular-lanceolate about time long. Petals about 2 lines long. Berries 3 to 4 Ime^.Brachynema
1-

A. omans, Eooh.f.

ornans, F.
.

Muell. Fragra.

iii.

90.

Kichmond Cunningham; R. and J. Mount Tom ah, Blue Mountains, "Tw, near for the Genera Plangenus the described Ballina, C. Moore. Dr. Hooker had he name specific fim' when the whose Mueller, specimen and character arrived from F. allied genus Brazilian onsequeutly eurio.^ a by adopted, but the generic name was preoccupied

W- S. Wales.

'"

^benacece, described

aud fiRured in the

3. 0.

'

linnean Transactions, xin.

l-ib,

t.

^i.

DC. iiij^/". -'J.XX1XXJ., Alph. QUINTINIA, V^Uii*

**

Petals teeth. persistent with 5 palyx-tube obconical, adnata to the ovary, 5to 3inferior, Ovary "Qbricate, deciduous. Stamens 5 ; anthers ovate.

43S
celled,

XLii.

SAXIFKAGE^.
cell,

'

[Quintbua.

the free summit broadly conical, tapering into a persistent 3- to 5 -furrowed style, with a capitate 3- to 3-lobed Capsule inferior, opening at the summit in teeth or valves continuous stigma. Seeds ascending, long, with the styles, which separate up to the stigma. spindle-shaped, with a loose testa; embryo (very minute?) in a fleshy albumen. Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, without sti-

with several ovules in each

pules.

Flowers small, white, in racemes, either simple in the

axils or several

forming a terminal panicle.

Besides the 2 following species^ Zealand.

which are endemic in Australia, there

^-

are 2 iu Ivew

Racemes Racemes
1.

in a terminal leafless pauicle

Q. Siehen,

simple, axillary

i.

Q-

erdonii,

Camp. 90, and in acummate, shortly spreading tree of 30 to 40 ft. oval-elliptical, Leaves mostly 3 to 4 in. long, entire, narrowed into a petiole of about ^ in., corialonger scarcely panicle, ceous, reticulate. Eacemes numerous, in a terminal
Monoffr.
iv. 5.

Q. Sieberi, A. DO.

DC. Prod.

Calyx-lobes long. than the last leaves. line 1 Pedicels very short, rarely long. lines about 2 very short and broad. Petals oval-oblong, spreading, Styles separating in the ripe capsule up to the stigmas, which remain ^^^^^' Eucli. winged. Seeds obovate or oblong, with a loose reticulate testa, but not our m wanting in Flora, 1832, ii. 389, t. 3, and Atakta, 10, t. 10 (the plate

copy)

F. Muell. Fragm.

ii.

126.
and others
iouthsouij;

S. "Wales. Blue Mountains, Sieber, n. 261, A, Cunningham, ward to Illawarra, J, Cuitningharn ; and the dividing range towards the Yowaka,
TiardU

N.

Leic

Very t. Muell, Fragm. ii. 125. leaves of the same shape and size, but much less reticulate. long. m. specimens seen all simple and solitary in the upper axils, 3 to 4 long. hues Flowers rather smaller than in Q. Skberl, on pedicels about 2 smnue Capsule Calyx lobes narrower, about half as long as the petals. than in Q. Skheri. Seeds small, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, not winged,
2.

Q. Verdonii,

the 'S^'^Sm, near Q. Eacemes in t^

N.

S. Vl^ales.

Macleay and Hastings

rivers,

Beckler.

POLYOSMA
Calvx-tube ovoid, adnate to the ovary, the limb
teiit.

Petals 4, valvate, linear, erect

spreading at the end, deciduous. ^ inferior, I -celled, with numerous ovules attached to 2 parietal P''"^^^^ ^,'^^.^1 m^^^^^style cells; truding far into the cavity and almost dividing it into 2 laig smgle with an entire termiual stigma. Berry ovoid, inferior, with a '^.'" fleshy a seed testa rather thick embryo small, in the summit of "J ) [pg. Trees. Leaves opposite or nearly so, usually turning black Flowers white or greenish, in termiual simple racemes. B. f om sevcra
; ;

and frequently Stamens 4; anthers linear,

small, 4-tootliecl, cohering in

erect.

persis^'

at.
i

Besides the Australian species, wliich is endemic, the genus comprises India, the Archipelago, and S. Pacific Islands.
1.

P. Cunningliamii,
tree, quite

/. J.

Benn.

PL

Jav. Ear. 196.

^t^'^f ovate^^^''

small

glabrous except the inflorescence and flowers.

Polpsma.]

XLil.

SAXiFiiAGE^:.

439

acuminnte acute or rarely obtuse, 3 to 4 in. long, irregularly notched with callous teetli, much narrowed into a short petiole, somewhat coriaceous, peuuivehied. Racemes usually shorten than the leaves. Pedicels 1 to 2 lines long, with 2 minute bracteoles under the ovary. Calyx-teeth small. Corolla about 5 lines long, slightly pubescent outside with appressed hairs, the petals remaining long coherent in a narrow tube. Fruit ovoid, above ^ in. long,crowued by the small persistent cup-shaped calyx-limb. N. S- "Whales- Illawarra, A, Cunningham^ M'Arthur ; near Graftou, Clarence river,
elliptical,

Beckler,

5.

AWOPTEEUS,

Labill.

9j

Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the broad base of the ovary ; lobes 6 to short, persistent. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, imbricate, spreading, de-

Ovary free, except as petals; anthers versatile. the broad base, 1-cellcd, with several ovules attached to 2 parietal placentas;
ciduous.

Stamens as many

Capsule oblong2-lobed, the lobes stigmatic along the inner side. conical, thickly coriaceous, openuig in 2 recurved valves with the placentas on
style

Seeds pendulous, imbricate, flattened; testa membranous, dilated at the hilum end into a broad nicuibranous wing, the nucleus at the opposite end small, oblong; embryo minute, in a tleshy albumen. Shrubs or small trees, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, evergreen, coriaceous, without stipules. Elowers white, rather large, in short terminal racemes.
fteir

margins.

The genus

is

endemic

in Australia.
1.

Flowers mostly 6-merous. Capsule not exceeding | in *Wffers mostly 8or 9.merous. Capsule 1 in. long or
I.

more
\.

2.

^. glandulosus. J(. Macleayanus.

A. glandulosus,

lahill Fl, Nov, IIolL

86,

L 112.
30
to

A
40

handsome
ft.

Leaves some localities growing ^liiefly at the ends of the branches, from elliptical-lanceolate to almost obo^'ate, but usually narrow^ shortly acuminate, mostly 4 to 8 in. long, obtusely (^r callously shnung, and coriaceous petiole, short serrate, narrowed into a very large, Bracts drooping. peaniveined. somewhat Racemes 3 to 6 in. long, Jienibrauous and imbricate at the base of the very young raceme, but soon ^ingaway, those in the raceme small and narrow. Pedicels 3 to o hues long. Tin. to Capsule i long. Petals usually 6, ovate, 5 to 6 lines S"{?^^< Prod. iv. 6 Mag. t. 4377i. 151 ; Bot,
evergreen shrub, in

into a tree of

Hook.

f.

Fl.

Tasm.

Tasmania.
''

the colony, of parts subaipine the In forests, ahundant in many, especially

^' Hooker,

^2.
"ay

A. Macleayanus,
closely allied to

A.

petals and stamens Calyx-lobes I in. to i glandulosui, than /'^" 8 or 9 larger eaeli. Capsule and seeds much the former wing. the including i in., to | from 1 to in- long, the seeds ft., W. ihlL 5000 to 4000 Q'^eensu^a^ Monnt Lindsay, at an elevaliou of Moore. ^' S. Wales. river. 6. Clarence BecHer ;

prove to be a variety only. ";ore acuminate, on petioles of

F. Muell. in Journ. well as as aspect iu alandulosus narrower. and longer rather Leaves usually

Pham.

Soc

FicL 1859. cliaracLer, and

mJ.

Hastings

river.

Tribe

twice as iStameiis deciduous, I'^'-'icarp^a) . Stipules usually present, but "^''"y as t at the top. leas ^t free, Styles calyx-scgraenls or indefinite.
-

'

II.

CuNONiE.E.-Shri.bs or

trees.
,

Leaves opposite (scattered in

.1
_

440
6,

XLII. SAXIFKAGE.^-

CALLICOMA,
(Calycomi^,
22.

Andr.

Jr.)

Petals none. Sepals 4 or 5, free, valvate or the margins slightly imbricate. Stamens twice as many as sepals, hypogynous ; anthers ovate, versatile.

Ovary

2-celled or rarely 3-celled, with several pendulous ovules

in each;

styles distinct, filiforra, each with a

miaute terminal stigma. Capsule small, small, Seeds edge. inner along the separating into distinct carpels opening ovoid-oblong, tuberculate embryo very small, in a somewhat fleshy albumen. Tree or shrub. Leaves opposite, simple. Flowers small, in dense globu;

lar heads.

The genus
1.

is

limited to a single species, endemic in Australia.

C. serratifolia. Amir.

Boi. Hep,

566.

tall shi-ub,

growinginto

the villous, or tomentose a tree of 30 to 40 ft., the young shoots often branches soon glabrous. Leaves from elliptical-oblong to ovate-lanceolate

ana glabrous shortly acuminate, coarsely sermte, 2 to 4 in. long, coriaceous, tosoftly or tomeutum, shining above, either white underneath with a minxtte promivems pinnate parallel mentose or villous and more rust-coloured, the m numerous, Flowers nent underneath. Stipules ovate, very deciduous. usuaUv are to 4 dense globular heads on peduncles of | to 1 in., of which 2 termma a form several on a short common peduncle in the upper axils, and
cluster or short panicle.

tose or villous.

Sepals and capsules not above 1^ Stamens more than twice as long. DC. Prod.

lines long,
iv.

to^a1] i^r

Mag.

1811 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1167. Queensland. Glasshouse Mountains, R Mueller

t.

N.

(^)

(specimens in

leaf only).

S,

others;

Hastings river, Beckler. ^ i^li C. ferruginea, D. Don, Cunon. 11, in Edinb. New PhiL Joum. Apr. to June, lf"'J,
coainion

Wales. Port Jackson New England, C. Stuart ;

to

the Blue Mountaius, R, Broim,

Szeher, n. -^bJ,

every gradation.
7.

ANODOPETALTJM,

A, Cunn^t^tab as many,
disk

Calyx divided nearly to the base into 4 or 5 valvate lobes, very small. Stamens twice as many, inserted round a prominent

thers small, the connective produced into a linear or conical ^PPf^ '^j! r each in Ovarj' superior, 2-lobed, 2-celled, with few pendulous ovules
styles

diverging.

not seen ripe.

The genus
1.

Truit oblong, fleshy, 1 -seeded, probably ^"^^*^^^^^"j{j(^ry so Flowers Tree or shrub. Leaves opposite, simple.
endemic
in
in Australia,
'

or 2 together in the upper axils.

is liinitetl to a single species,

A. biglandulosTim,

A. Cmn.

'bushy shrub, growing also into a tree of 50 to 60 ft., quite glabrous ; ^^^^^^^^^ o very tough ; branchlets angular. Leaves petiolate, narrow-oblong ^^^^
late,

Booh J. FL

Tarn,

i-

TAB l^^-

fall

^^^^

obtuse, with a few obtuse serratures, 1 to

li

in.

long, c^^^'^^^^!;
|lo^^'^
i^^?'^
f^^^'

and

with few veins.

Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, deciduousinconspicuous, nearly sessile or very shortly pedicellate in *"^

^^
j

^^ils,

j^ witt

Calyx-segments rather broad, about 2 lines long, usually c^^^^^^Y^^arroWcalyx, the a minute but dense tomentum. Petals much shorter than

AnodopelalunL']

XLir.

saxifrages.

4il

Stamens almost as long as

as

tlie

calyx, the
fruit

appeadnge of the connective almost

5 lines long, oblong, fleshy, with a

long as the anther.

Young

about

single

pendulous seed.
Subalpine
districts, often

Tasmania,
/.

forming a dense and ahnost impenetrable scrub,

B. Rooker,
8.

APHANOPETALUM, Endl.
(Platyptelea, /.

Hrvmm)

adnate to the broad base of the ovary ; lobes 4, slightly imbricate, 2 opposite ones ratlier larger than the other 2, persistent filaStamens 8 minute. and enlarged after flowering. very or none Petals
Calyx-tube veiy
sliort,
;

44-furrowed,_ Ovary base. ments short, anthers oblong, 2-lobed at the united celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell, tapering into 4 more or less Fruit hard, small, %les, shortly divergent at the top; stigmas terminal. enwnig-Iike spreadmg horizontally indehiscent, surrounded at the base by the rugose. horse-shoe-shaped, or larged reniform

calyx-segments. Seed solitaiy, with trees or Shrubs albumen. Embryo curved, in the axis of the fleshy weak or twining branches, quite glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, btipules in solitary or pamcles, leaty toinute or none. few in short cymes or

Flowers

the axils

of the leaves.
It is nearly allied limited to Australia. Iq the fruit, but with a very different habit.
is

The genus
especially

character, and in Ceratopetalum to

W
1.

"'^^'^

mves r''-^^S.f Imear (Western

"y

' ^"'P^^'^^ ^^''*'^

species)

'P''^

\ .
as,
<i

A. ^.

"SdeZe. wt-f

A. resmosum
ft.,

dots raised with scabrous climbing shrub, quite glabrous, the smaller branches scarce or obtuse y elliptical, sai'l to or lanceolate be resinous. Leaves ovate petiole a on base, the acuminate, obtusely serrate. to 3 in. long, acute at

some to be a tree of 30 to 40

by

others ciescrioeu

.rtii=w<.^^^..6 ^^

to 3 lines, thinly coriaceous,

smooth and shimng.

sometimes 3 -flowered; the central pedicel without bracteoles. the 2 inthe or down, tracteolate, or all bracteolate and an additional pair lower pamcle lea^ less or more dense florescence further short developed into a i^^efrmto^^^^^^^^^^^ the under Calyx-lobes at first small, but soon enlarging, and presen when Petals, '^-^ceolate. obtuse, about long. ^^^^^'^'^^^ in. \ 228.

P^f f ^^^'J' ones Iat<3ral

without the wings scarcely

lines

diameter.-F. Muell.Fragm
,

i.

Hill Moreton Bay, nver Macleay and Hastings , N. S. Wales. Brown; Hunter's river, Mueller. Illawarra, F. Bay. A Cunnir,gham, Ralston ; Twofold . ,

Q-ee,u,d.
.

l! Mueller,

IF.

^fj^X^^^r^^^^^^^^^

shrub, with slender

petioW J-^ shor a ^'^^.tnidrib prominent underneath, tiarrowed into nr a with 'le. p Peduncles filiform, usually 1-flowered,
f '^ middle,
''*'.

Jining branches

w'es

in. to 2 1 entire. linear,

lf

^ ,^"^^^^^^^^^^

occasionally 3.flowered.

Flowers rather ^.^^^^

^l^^^f/^l
*^^^^^^^^^^

the calyx-lobes

more

^-er than i
*

'j. resinosum.

/t^les^e^^^^^^^^^ none, Petals obtuse. p^adi^^^^ U.e b^ same. the Fruit nearly

TUiyptdea ckmaiidea^

-Urunnn.

and

llarv. in

Hook. Kew

Journ. vu. 5o.

442

XLii. SAX1FRAGE.T5.

[Aphauopetalum.

W.

Australia.

Crevices of

Bay, Champion and river Murchison limestone rocks,

Drummond, %th

Coll. n. 94, Oldfield.

9.

CERATOPETALUM,

Sm.

pervalvate, lobes 5, ovary the ; of base the to adnate sliort, Calyx-tube aanone, or lacmiate and small Petals flowering. after enlarged sistent and proive comiec the small, anthers disk; perigynous on a inserted mens 10, wi h 2-celled, half-infenor, short, Ovary appendage. recurved duced into a united less or more into 2 tapering cell, in each ovules ascending 4 collateral ana hard small Fmit ; stigmas terminal. top the at recurved and stvles, free eularoea spreading horizontally wing-like 5 the by surrounded indehiscent, tlie axis curved, green, embryo curved; slightly solitary, Seed calyx-lobes. oppoLeaves resmous. and glabrous shrubs, or Trees albumen. of a fleshy smau. very Stipules petiole. the on articulate leaflets digitate 3 site, with 1 or

Flowers small, in
The genus
Leaflets 3.
is
T>
1

terminal trichotomous cymes or corymbose

u J

panicles.

limited to Australia.
1
1

fl

Petals lobed

gummiferim. .I.e. Y,
Petals none

Leaflets usually solitary.

^ I.

'^

^,fjum.

others mostlv twice that size, obtuse or obtusely late, narrowed at the base, coriaceous, shhiing, pe"ni'*''<^"^^<5.!^"lf,

A 3. t. Roll. Nov. Sm. Bot. 1. C. summiferum, under \2/'^-^^' all specimens some in lanceolate, Leaflets 40 ft. 3, su 'j'^t^^'eiy acuminate,

tree attaining 30

to

_^

Ip3linvte: snoi peduncle common the trichotomous, loosely culate. Cymes or panicles ^ '''}' i above scarcely flower in Calyx-lobes leaves. than the longer or l^^ ca J.^, the than Petals rather shorter

in fruit linear-oblong, fully

tne as long Stamens as deeply cut into 3 to 5 very narrow lobes. j^ caijx-i adnate the diameter, Fruit without the wingg above l^ lines strongly ribbed. DC. Prod. iv. 13. ^^^ n. Steder, Brown, R. Mountains, N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue
,

in.

long.

others.
r3.

C. apetalum, D. Don,

Canon. 11, in

Mini.
ft.,

NewPM-

'{''"'"; Z;^,^"

perliaps or shoots^ y^^^^^= Leaflets usually solitary (occasionally 3 on luxuriant long, in. to 5 trees), from ovate-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, 3 ^^J^^g^ c^ co serrate, obtusely twice that size on luxuriant barren branches, i 10 ol petiole 3 shining, narrowed at the base, articulate on a ^^^ ^^^^ tn< shorter usu.u.j numerous in rather dense corymbose cymes, usually long ihie above acute, Calyx-lobes ^^ ^^^ leaves, sometimes slightly pubescent.

to

June, 1830.

beautiful tree of

50

to

GO

with a shinnig

^I'^er)
'^^^^

in flower, scarcely above

in. in fruit.

Petals none.
in C.

Appenua

connective of the anthers smaller and straighter than

gumwijeiu
especinlly

Grose rirer, E. Brown ; Shepherd. lUawarra, others ; Mountains, A. and R. Cunningham, and specimen narrow-leaved on established was Don, Cunon. D. 11, C. monlanam, not otherwise differ from the common form.

N. S. Wales.

Port Jackson aud

^^^ ^^^^
do

^^.j,ich

10.

SCHIZOMERIA,

T).

Don.
^

ovary; the of base the adnate to l^*^'^'.^f^,Ld Calyx-tube short, inse. 10, Stamens Petals small, toothed. enlarged after flr,wering.

out-

SchizomeriaA

xlii. saxifkage^e.

443

lobed disk; anthers ovate, the connective produced into a short conical appendage. Ovary short, free except the broad base, 2-celled, Avith 4 ovules in each cell attached to a pendulous placenta styles distinct, short, recurved, with terminal stigmas. Fruit a drupe, with the small calyx-lobes reflexed
side a

from its base

endocarp bony. Seed solitary, somewhat curved; embryo green, rather large, in a fleshy albumen. Tree. Leaves opposite, simple. Stipules small. Flowers small, in terminal trichotomous
;

epicarp thick and fleshy

cymes.
*

endemic in Australia, and veiy nearly allied to Cerafopetalmn in habit and flowers, but the fruit is different, aud the leaves truly simijle, the lamina continuous with the petiole.
is limitecl

The genus

to a single species,

S, ovata, D. Don, Cnnon, 12, in Edlnh. New PJiil. Journ, Apr. to June^ 1830. A tree attaining* 50 ft., with a dense foliage of a light green. Leaves
1.

ovate or ovate-lanceolate,
entire

obtuse or acuminate, mostly 3 to 4

in.

long, nearly

or with ii'regular ol>tuse serratures, shortly narrowed at the base and continuous \vith the petiole, coriaceous, pcnniveined and reticulate. Flowers
rather

smaller than those of Ceratopetahira apdaliun, and the cymes usually looser, hut otherwise much resembling them. Calyx-lobes scarcely above 1 line long. Petals shorter than the calyx, broad and toothed or lobed at the
end.

Drupe ovoid or globular, under \ in. diameter. N.S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown; Blue Mountnins, Miss
Macleay and Hastings
rivers,

i^ardto

Beckler ; southward

to

Atkinson ; uorihIllawarra, A. Cunningham,

11.

ACROPHYLLUM, Beiitli.
Bon, not of R. Brown)
usually 5, valvate segments. Stamens twice as many as petals,
6,
tlie

(Calycoiuis, B.

Calyx divided jiliuost to

Petals as

base into 4 to

inserted
2-ceI!ed,

many, entire, exceeding the calyx. round the slightly crenate disk; anthers small.
with several ovules in each
cell
;

Ovary

free,

2-lobed,

styles 2, subulate.

Capsule small,

persistent, long, the in terminathig carpels dehiscent, the valves or Leaves straight but Shrub. globular. few, Seeds divergent awn-like styles. opposite or verticillate, simple. Flowers in dense axillary clusters (reduced
septicidally
^ynies),
Tlie

the 2 opposite ones forming a false whorl,

is

genus

limited to a single species, endemic in Australia.

1.

A. venosum,

Beiith. in

Maund, Botanist,

ii.

95.

An

elegant, erect,
sessile

glabrous shrub,

with slender branches. in. long, orvery shortly to acute, 3 2 ovate-lanceolate, pctiolate, ovate or Jordered by triangular acute and regular teeth, rounded or truncate at the numerous ?ase, rigid, puik, Flowers reticulate. prominently penniveined and [n dense false whorls, 'each subtended by a pair of floral leaves reduced to tracts, whilst the uppermost leaves of the flowering branch are agaui large flowerof time the y'tliout flowers at short filiform, Pedicels in
their axils.
I

Leaves opposite or in threes,

Petals long. line about 1 3 '^S. to 4 lines long in fruit. Calyx-segments exceedmg slightly Capsules lather longer, very narrow. Stamens longer.

^e?w"vlong. lines least 2 at the slender rigid divaricate styles Caly'" cudralis, iv. Prod. DC. 9 ; 353 ; A. Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales,

^r c%x,
'''"

i-erlicillaia,

D. Don, Cunon. 10,

in Edinb.

New

Phil. Journ.

Aprd

to

444?

XXII. SAXIFRAGE.E.

{Jcrophylh

Wi
Westc
rare, ^-^"^ ^ Mouutains, Blue Springwood, S. AVales. K. by mentioned Calycomts the be to this Cunningham.' DoQ was in error iu supposing adopted by orthography the merely that was Brown in the Appendix to Fiinders's Voyage; Cunningham A. by described plant The Andrews. E. Brown for the genus CaUicoma of expression his misunderstood having las not been hitherto recognized, owing to De Candolle '* ** foliis trifoliolatis." rendered it ternatis/* and foliis

Moist shaded

roclcs,

12.

ACKAMA,

A. Cunn.

10, Stamens Petals 5, valvate. lobes 5, Calvx-tube short, campanulate; gland-hke minute a by tipped inserted round a crenate disk ; anthers small,

Ovary free, appendajre to the connective. desepticidally turgid, smoll, Capsule each ceU ; styles filiform, deciduous. fleshy a of axis the in Seeds few, ovoid, hairy embryo cylindrical hisccnt. numerous, very small, albumen. Trees. Leaves opposite, pinnate. Flowers elongation the by axillary in compound panicles, in terminal pairs, becoming
;
.

2-celled, with several ovulee in

of the central shoot.

Zealand.

from another comprises genus Besides the Austrahan species which is endemic, the uniformly racemose in JFeinmanma, being

New
ina

The

infloresceuce.

which

is

pan^

in both species of Ac/cama, gives

from that of be q^^^^^^^ to seems there fruit, when coupled with the valvate calyx and the shape of the ^ Weinmanma, ficient to maintain Ackama as a distinct genus rather than as a section of proposed by A. Gray. inthe except 1. A, MueUeri, Benth. tree, glabrous or nearly so florescence, Leaflets usually 5, rarely 7 or 3, ovate-eUiptical or ^7^^^^ ^^^^^^J long m. late, acuminate, obtusely and very shortly serrate, usually 3 to 4 a , petiolu less sometimes much larger, naiTowed at the base and more or

them

a habit so different

Wemrmnma

somewhat
axils

merous, clustered alon? the short ultimate Petals long. line about Calyx nicle, the branchlets all minutely pubescent. i ^^^^_ Capsule^ovoici-g exserted. slightly exceeding the calyx-lobes. Stamens -tr^g'^MuelL F. lar, 1 to 1-| lines long. Weinmannia paniculata^
altered to

minute n ana small Flowers very of the principal primary veins underneath. compound p very a of branches
coriaceous, penniveined, "with usually a

tuft ot hairs

W, paniculosa^

1. c.

175.

W-

S. VTales-

Hastings and Clarence rivers, BecMer.

13.

WEINMANNIA,

Linn.

Calyx divided almost to the base into 4 or 5

meuts.
Petals as

many

as calyx-segments.

inserted round the disk; anthers small.

more or less i^^^^^^^^^^^^'^ as many as Stamens twice p^^^^^ ^^' free, Ovary ,^" ^'"^r^'fj ^ terwi each styles distinct,

with several pendulous ovules in each cell ; ^^^^^^^ septicidally ovoid, or minal or decurrent stigma. oblong Capsule ^^j^^j alwa\s; not (but Seeds oblong reniform or nearly globular, usually '^.^^| embrj^o in the axis of a fleshy albumen.Trees or shrubs. ^^^^^ ^ilowers leanets. more or simple, or digitately or pinnately compound, with 3
in simple racemes, terminal or axillary, solitary or clustered.

genus widely distributed over the warmer

eitr*' into extenauig globe, regions of the

J.

/I

'

{T

JFeinmannia.']

xxii. SAXTFRAGEiB.

44S
is

tropical S.

but as

America, S. Africa, and New Zealand. The ouly Australian species yet insufficiently known to be quite certain as to its genus.

endemic,

1.

W"* rubifolia,

F.

MuelL {under

Gelssois).

small tree, the

less clothed

young

brauclies inflorescence
fine

hairs.

rate,

much

with long Leaflets 3 or 5, digitate, ovate-elliptical, acuminate, sharply sernarrowed into a pctiolule, rigid but not thick, the primary parallel
leaflets

and veins of the

more or

veins

very prominent underneath, with transverse reticulations, the terminal one usually 2 to 3 in. long,'or rarely more, the lateral ones smaller. Stipules
hairy, deciduous.

large,

Racemes

axillary, usually several together

on a very

Flowers not seen. peduncle, 1-j to 3 in. long when in fruit. Pedicels very short or scarcely any. Sepals shorter than the fruit. Capsules reflexed, 1\ to nearly 2 lines long, narrow, hairy, with 2, rarely 3, recurved styles, the stigmas shortly decuiTcnt. Seeds 2 or 3 in each carpel, narrowshort

common

oblong, the testa

extended into a loose wins at one or both ends, or in some seeds the nucleus appears to extend nearly the whole length. Geimk rubifoUa, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 82. N. S. Wales. Cloud's Creek, a tributary of Clarence river, BecMer. The flowers

more or

less

unknown, the genus is somewhat doubtful. The inflorescence and fruit are quite those of Weinmannia, except that the capsules are more pendulous than is usual iu that genus. The foliage and habit scarcely differ from those of a Feejee plant, which we take to be the Weinmannia spiraoides, A. Gray, but of which the perfect flowers and fruit are unknown. ^^e W, Tuhifolia is, however, certainly not a Gemois.
l>ein^
m

14.

TETRACABP-EA,

Hook.

f.

Stamens 8, hypogySepals 4, quite free, imbricate. Petals 4, imbricate. noiis, anthers oblong, erect. Carpels 4, distinct, narrowed at the base, with Fruit numerous ovules in each ; styles short, each with an obtuse stigma.
Seeds numerous, obovold ; testa loose, Leaves scatJnerabranous; embryo minute in a fleshy albumen. Shrub. tered. Flowers in terminal racemes.
carpels

opening along the inner edge.

The genus
i-ndlicher to
foliage

and habit, the seeds and several other characters, are entirely those of the Cunomea f woody from observed be may passage gradual Saxifrages, in other genera of which a "Jpegynous stamens and a free apocarpous pistil to epigynous stamens, aud an inferior
ovary.

referred by been had It Australia. in endemic limited to a single species, the but anthers, erect and stamens hypogynous BUteniacea on account of the
is

high, quite glabrous.^ petiole, coriinto a obovate-oblong, obtuse, crenate, narrowed long, 1 in. -J to or obscure veins the l^eous and shining, underneath, the midrib prominent in. of to racemes 1 2 ^conspicuous. erect in Flowers rather small, white, when long lines fracts small, narrow. to 3 short, 2 Pedicels at first very ^t- Petals nearly orbicular, about 1| lines diameter, on short slender ^^s. Carpels narrow, erect, about 2 lines long. Tasmania. Common in subalpine situations. /. B. Hooker.
small erect
ft.
.

Hook. bushy shrub, usually about 1

f.

in

Ic.

PL

t.

264, and

Tl.

Tarn.

i.

15

15.

GEISSOIS,

Labillardiere.

'

Calyx-tube very short, adnata to the broad base of the ovary ; segments to 15, usually 10 valvate, indefinite, Stamens deciduous. Petals none.

446

XLIT. SAXIFKAGETE.

l^GelssoiS.

Ovary oblong-conical, 2-cellc(l, liypogynousj filaments loTig, anthers ovate. with several asceuding ovules in each cell ; styles filiform, united at the base. Capsule narrow, coriaceous, 2-celled, opening septicidally. Seeds oblong,
imbricate, produced upwards into a short wing; embryo in the axis of a Trees. Leaves opposite, digitately compound; leaflets 3 or fleshy albumen purple Flowers serratures. distant with coriaceous, entire or petiolulate, 5,
flat,

or red, usually larger than in JFeinmannia^ in simple lateral racemes.

Caledonia, where there are 3 or 4 species, but there also appears detached to be an Australiau one, although our specimens are insufficient for defining it. raceme of old capsules with the seeds fallen out, from (Uoud's Creek, Hastings river, Beckler, much resembles those from Xew Caledonia. These capsules are cylindrical, about f in. long,

The

genus'is from

New

ou short pediceh, the epicarp minutely tomentose, the endocarp more or less separating from it. To the same species may very likely belong some speciinr us in leaf only (in Herb. They are glabrous. F. Muell.) from Hastings river, Beckler, and Duck Creek, C. Moore.
Leaves opposite, 3-folioIate; leaflets petiolulate, ovate, 6 to 10 coriaceous, remotely and not deeply toothed, green on both sides. aceons, more persistent than in most Oanoniea.
*

in.

long, 3 to 5

in.

broad,

Stipules orbicular, con-

16.

EUCRYPHIA,
(Carpodontos, LabilL)

Cav.

a into cohering Sepals 4, free, broad and thin but rigid, mnch imbricate, calyplra and falling off together as the flower opens. Petals 4, broad, oblique, much imbricate. Stamens very^ numerous, hypogynous anthers small. Ovaiy
;

cell each in 5ovules free, to 12-furrowed, 5- to 1 2-celled, with several styles distinct, with small terminal stigmas. Capsule hard, ovoid or oblong,
j

septicidally dehiscent, the carpels

remaining long attached by the

filifoi'tu

Seeds few in each carpel, oblong, compressed, produced upwards pinor simple into a membranous wing. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, upp^r the in nate. Stipules very deciduous. Flowers large, white, solitary
placentas.

axils.
^" Chilian *^j*^^ Besides the two Australian speeles, which are endemic, there are two by placed is genns there, as in Australia, one has simple, the other pinnate leaves. The

from whicli it differs in foliage, in the preseuceof to jiearer mnch in the albuminons seeds. be to As suggested by Planchon, it appears Cunonieai, notwithstanding the hypogynous stamens and very much imbricate sepals petals. The fruit and seeds are very nearly those of Geissois, except that the carpels more numerous.
in Hi/pericine<B,

most anthors

stipules an

are

leaves simple leaves pinnate

1.

. .

. .

\, B. BlUardlen2.

. ^oorei.
tree,

Ilook.f. TL Tasm, I 54. to a reduced attaining a very large size, although the smaller forms are often gummy. very bushy shrub, quite glabrous, the buds and young leaves often

E. BiUardieri, Spach;

handsome

Leaves

cous or whitish underneath, 1 to 2 in. long in the larger forms. Vm'^ muca Peduncles white, very showy, the broad petals often 1 in. diameter. hng.Carpodon -aorter than the leaves. in. Capsules usually about i Ucida, Labill. Voy. t. 18 ; DC. Prod. i. 556.

ghicoriaceous, simple, shortly petiolate, oblong, very obtuse, entire,

Tasmania^
S. and

72.

Brown ; mountainouB
D. Hooker.

and interior the in districts, especially

smaller and

^^ to>var ^
,

W.

coasts, /.

Var. MilliganL

shrub or small

tree,

more compact

pai its all in

s jj^an

Euoypllk.']
the typical

XLTI. SAXIFRAGE.'E.
all

447

smaller,

diate.^.
2.

under i m. long and more crowded; flowers and fruits but there appears to be no other difference, aud many specimens are quite interme-

form; leaves often

f.

Milhgam, Hook.

Fi.

Tasm.

i.

54.

t.

8.

E. Moorei,

I. Muell. Fragm.

iv. 2.

handsome

tree,

tlie

young
;

shoots
lets

and foliage pubescent, the buds very gummy.

Leaves pinnate

lea^

usually 9 to 11, narrow-oblong, entire, coriaceous, the terminal one often I2 to 2 in.^ long, the lateral ones shorter, the veins more prominent than in Flowers and fruits quite the same as in the smaller foi'ms of ^. BiUardieri. . Billardleri,

N. S.
C.

'VITales.

"Wooded

hills

near the

sources of the Clyde and Shoalhaven rivers,

I
4

Moore.

17.

BAUER A,

Banks.

Calyx divided nearly to the base into 6 to 10, i-arely 4 or 5, spreading segments, often toothed, valvale or sliglitly imbricate. Petals as many as calyx-

few or numerous, inserted round a narrow disk; anthers short. Ovary wholly or partially free, 2-ceIled, with 2 or more ovules m each cell; styles distinct, recurved. Capsule superior or half-inlenor,^ broad, truncate, opening loculicidally in 2 valves, or in 4 from the septicidal splitting of the valves. Seeds obovate with a granulate testa em^ryo nearly terete, in a fleshy albumen. Shrubs. Leaves opposite, each with ^leaflets without any common petiole, so as to have the appearance of a l^iiorl of 6 leaves. Stipules none. Flowers axillary, solitary, but sometimes
indefinite,

segments.

Stamens

the pairs

crowded in a terminal
is

leafy head.

Ihe genus
^uliiors,

limited to Australia. By a mistake of Salisbury's, copied by subsequent the name of the genus has been attributed to Kennedy. In Andrews's * Botanical

epository,'
^itiiout

was first published, any allusion to Kennedy.

it

where

it is

expressly stated that

it

was named by Banks,

ov\ers pedicellate.

Ovary superior.

Ovules several.

Leaves mostly
\.

^^^^te
^'o^vers sessile.

B.ruhloides.

Ovary superior. Ovules several, ascending. Leaves mostly 3-toothed ^vary LalMnfoi-ior. Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous. Leaves entire
1-

2.
3.

B. B.

capitata.
sessilijiora.

B, rubioides, Andr.
branches

Bot. Rep.
terete,

t.

198.
erect

An

elegant shrub, some-

times small sleiuler

and prostrate, sometimes

fine hairs.

or even more ; o^lnrsutc with long

^
ft-

and bushy, attaining 5 or glabrous or more frequently pubescent

^jrely

a few serratures sometimes deep sometimes obscure or ^"most disappearing. Flowers pink or white, on slender pedicels, sometimes

mxmg^ marked by

exceeding ^

in.

and

Leaflets oblong or lanceolate, rather acute, sometimes not isn. long, evergreen and often

but more frequently longer than the leaves. Calyx-segments and Petals rarely fewer than 6, and often 8 or 9. Petals longer than the calyx, Capsule ^Jea twice as long, spreading to a diameter of from | to i in. 1 ^^^^^ tban the persistent calyx, very broad, wholly superior although attached

porter,

96 Bot. Mag. t. 715 ; ^Prod. iv. 13 Hook. f. FL Tasm. i. 149, t. 31 B. ruhi(vfolia, Salisb. Bot. i. 514^ t, iv. 23 Fragm. Muell. P. 1313 t. 10 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. \mm,^ Sweet Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1197 5. Billariv. 13 Prod. DC. 2 D. ^^h Don, Cunon. 13, in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. Apr. to June, 1830.
)

broad base, several-seeded. Vent. Jard.

.

Malm.
;

t.

f\

Z ^
[BauevQ.

448

XLII. SAXirUAGE^E.

waies. "Wale otWsrV^ aWant

^'victoria.

and Sieher^n. 287, Brown, U. Mountains, Port JacT^soa to tbe Blue England, New Loume water, inUe ; on bauks of streams, often
parts of eastern and southern places and marsty woods, in the

Wet swampy

'''VasiS';nt''"Derwent
'''

river,

B.

Brown ;

generally colony, the throughout very abundant

slender and prostrate. usually 5 or Petals small. Flowers slender. Pedicels long and 6^ l^'^'^'^lt]-^,^' h.l J"'-";.^P;^e. Edmb. in 13. Cunon. Don, crophylla, 4b. in DC. Prod. iv. 13 ; D. Jackson, t-^^-Port Exot. Icon. to June, 1830 ; B. galioides, Sieb. in Reichb. quoted above plate the figured variety Tasmanian The others. Caley, Sieber, n. 286, and specimens. Jackson Port other is not quite so small and slender as Sieber's and some diffuse either slimb, small 13. iv. Prod. DC. in Ser. capitata, 2. mcroj^hj/Ua, or

C :t:S/t.tfi^k
B.

,1-^3

mostly about 2 line^

^.5

var. rubioides, B. of specimens with the habit of the shorter pubescen slightly ft., of stems slender i numerous and with a woody stock with usually 1 P'"^'"/"^"; obtuse, long, in. above Leaflets narrow, scarcely } e^>c solitary sessile, ' Tlowers almost lobe or tooth on each side. ^j^^^'J^J' iC' li^^e y forming branches, the of several pairs close together at the ends ^''-e long, lines Calyx-segments 4 to 6, usually 5, about 2 heads.
.

S-fid than the leaves.

Stamens not numerous

anthers small.
cell,

^^^^

^^'^^^J;'^

^
i

but attached by a broad base; ovules several in each

ascenmn

but loculicidal Capsule near the base of the partition. i^raphe. Seeds rather large, pubescent, rugose, with a prominent

scarcely septicKiai.

Fragm.

iv.

24.
Port Jackson, E. Brown,

N.
castle,

S.

Wales.

Mueller

Hastings

river,

7/ BecMer;

New-

Leichhardt.

i. Fid. Soc. Fhil. Trans. 3. B, sessiUflora, F. Muell.in ''^'*' J5. of forms A shrub, with the habit of the larger iv. 24. T^^f long mto 1 obtuse, hirsute. Leaflets oblong or almost obovate, i or pubescent more, the margins recurved and usually entire, scabrous

41, fl^

F>-a^2
.

'ti,er

"^^^^

la anthers __ long. as Stamens few, rarely twice as many as petals dissepimeni, thin in . rubioides. Ovarv half-inferior with a very seen p not Capsule ovules in each cell, suspended from the summit.
;

Flowers (purple or pink ?) sessile in small axilUiry leafy ^^f ^^^%^q i,s,,allv y,^i to b lobes ^_.^^^.^ Calyx-tube turbinate, adnate to the ovary leafy heads. o i Petals more. rather or long 1 line or lanceolate, hirsute, 7 8, ^^^^
;

^
.

^^^^
,

apparently 1 -seeded.

descen ^nd William Victoria. Crevices of rocks on the summit of Mount I'.M Morro-Morro, the streams to the base of the Grampians, frequent at geue Australian the Leaves, in Tribe TIT. Saxifrage^. Herbs. various. Stamens radical, alternate, or imbricate, without stipules.

F. Muell.

PI. Vict.

ii.

t.

16.

mg

^^^^^

free or shortly united at the base.

18.

CEPHALOTUS,

Labill.

none. . Petals valvate. lobes 6, Calyx-tube short, free, cuu ,^ jrlanduiar !._*. ^4i. a tb . 1 , , , 1. ..\\. fk thick g serted round a glandular disk ; anthers short, with a ovules ascending rarely 2 1 or with live. Carpels 6, free, distinct,

Stamens

and tapering into short recurved

styles.

Fruit-cai-pels small.

Cephaloius.]

XLii. saxifrage.^:.

449

round a globular succulent enlarged torus, opening along the inner edge. Seeds solitary, erect; embryo very small, in the axis of a fleshy albmneu. Herb. Leaves radical, several of them conv^erted into pitchers. Flowers
Mhite, in a
Tlie
pistil

narrow panicle
is

at the

end of a

leafless scape.

limited to a single species, endemic iu Australia. The completely apocarpous has induced several botamsts to place it ia RosacecB, but the habit, defuiite stamens,

genus

and

albumiuous seeds, with a small embryo, are

much more

those of Saxifraf/ece,
m

LabilL PL Nov. IIolL ii. 7, /. 145, Stock short and perennial. Leaves rosulatc, obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, \ to 1 in, long, narrowed into a petiole often as long as the lamina, glabrous or ciliate; some converted into ovoid or nearly globular pitchers of about 1 in. diameter or rather more, each with 3 external longitudinal raised nerves, dilated into narrow leaf-like
dered

h C. foUicularis,

double wings

ciliate

on the edge

the

mouth of

the pitcher bor-

by a transversely plaited ring; the ovate lid attached to the side next ilie petiole. Scape 1 to 2 ft. high, silky-pubescent. Flowers scarcely 2 lines ^ameter, silky-hairy, nearly sessile, in short alternate racemes forming n narrow panicle of 1 to 3 in. Calyx-tube greenish, the lobes white, especially at tlie edges. Stamens not exceeding the calyx. Ripe cai-pels very little longer and very hairy, the central torus very small at the time of iiowering, at least line diameter when in fruit.R. Br. App. in Flind. Toy. 600, t. 4; Bot.
J

%.

t.

3118, 3119; Nees, in

PL

Preiss.

i.

278.

^V. Australia.

Wet

marshes, King George's Sound, La-hillartUeye, F. Broun, and

19.

EREMOSYNE,

Endl

Calyx-tube hemispherical, compressed, aduate to the ovary; lobes 5, nary^ Petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovaiy half-adnate to the calyx-tube, 2-pelled, stigmas. Jitli 1 erect ovule capitate with distinct, short, iu each cell .styles
;

loculicidally 2-cclIcd, broad, compressed, membranous, Jelusceut. Seeds solitary iu each cell, erect, albnminous. Small herb, ^^^ives alternate, lobcd. Flowers minute, iu terminal cymes.
'j;apsule

half-inferior,

Th,

genus

is

limited to a single species, endemic in Australia.

sleiiA L 112. Iconogr. 53 ; Ilueg. Enum. "w diftuse or short with Inrsute in., 4 or 3 divaricately branched annual of *bite spreading spathuor obovate petiolate, hairs. Radical leaves rosulate, ^K about i in. long; stem-leaves alternate, sessile, deeply divided into 3 t. the naiTow linear than broader often and bljcs, the central one longer '^''ers; the llowers 3-clelt. or entire upper leaves very small and narrow, diameter, juaerous .....--in line ..^^^i. -, -".Lo in terminal about flower uuvvci \ each eauu a Lurminai coryinuose cymes, coryinbose ' ^''lall or d 3 with with^ occasionally 3 11 white and ])eta!s exceeding the calyx-lobes, ^^y'f iew with hu'sute broad, I'fin-s on line the outside. Capside about | [j'fs. Seeds ovoid"conicai wFt^aThinVale mottled testa, the albumen not copious; embryo apiua-ently oblong, but not seen peifect.-Lchm. \\\ \ 1. ^^^'ss. ii. 236.
1-

E. pectinata, Endl.

'

Australia.

'*;'^^geuet district,

Swan River, Euegel, Drummond, ^ Preiss, n. 204G.

'ird Coll n. 20

saudy shady places.

^,

450

XLII.

SAXIFRAGES.
Eorst.

20.

DONATIA,

mserted to Petals 10, 5 or 5 4 lobes ovaiy, the to adnate Calyx-tube disk the witlnn or on inserted 2 or 3, Stamens disk. flat broad rouad a i:.ferior, 2- or Ovary 1^^' outwards. opening 2-eelled, anthers t uck and hort styles placenta pendulous ; to a attached eell each in ovules n a ed tuf -Densely Fruit p globular. stigmas base, the united at sessile sohtaiy, Flowers persistent. imbricated, closely Leaves small, herbs.

-f/^

amongst the

leaves,
is also in

Besides the Australian species, which

New

Zealand, there

is

;/;";

*X
small

Order.

cro^ae the by covered completely stem short the densely tufted perennial, coiiaceous, <^"tire long, lines 2 about linear, Leaves imbricated leaves.

Novse-Zelandise, Eool.f

pe oia the green, bright of a tufts shining, the fresh ones terminating the white of sln"'f S/^^;;,''': tufts dense with brown, sisting ones below them a bom a tuits, the sessile and solitary Flowers rious hairs in their axils. '^^^ thick, lobes ^o^^f Calyx-tube turbinate, the 5 long as the leaves. J;;^^^^ tl^e near inserted Stamens 2, Petals 5. shining like the leaves. ttiei with cohering almost and the disk close to the base of the styles top. the from pendulous Ovules about 12 in each cell, in a dense tuft

Tasmania.

Summit

of

Mount Lapeyrouse, Oldfeld ;

also in

New

Zealand.

OiiDER XLIII.

CRASSULACE^.
to 20, free f''m/^^

Sepals 3 or more, usually 5, but occasionally united in a lobed calyx.

rarely united in a lobed corolla.

but sometimes up

Petals as as twice or many as Stamens

many

as sepals,

^J'-'J; irt

many

as p

inserted with

them

at the base of the calyx.

Ovaiy

superior, the carp

^^

^^

l^^se^' the at scale many as the petals, distinct, usually with a small flat j,^; Bipe distinct. simple, styles ovules each; with several in f""P ^Mili^s^or embiyo. straight and Seeds several, with a thin fleshy albumen jgg_

rarely

low shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves succulent, Flowers in terminal racemes cymes or panicles, or rarely

"^^'"/f^" axillary

jygters.
^^^^^^^^^^^,

glohe, the of part greater ^^^gtralian A rather numerons Order, extending over the ^\ o^^^ Asia. abonnding in S. Africa and in the rocky districts of Europe and ^^ ^^^^ near > is Order The .^ ^^^^ genus is generally spread over the area of the Order. pcrigynous, less stamens herbaceous Saxifragew, hut it is more apocarpous, the

IM

known by

its

succulent leaves and thoroughly isomerous flowers.

1.

TILL^A,
(Bulliarda,

Linn.
.

DC)

and carpels 3 or 4 each, very the along opening carpels Eipe Australian, 5, all distinct. minute, often Small, seeds often reduced to 1 or 2 in each.
Sepals, petals, stamens

specie. i" rarely,

not
^^^^

innei
p^^^^^^,

heros.

panicle. leafy opposite. Flowers minute, axillary or in a terminal er. Oi the of range geographical extensive The genus has very nearly the

^^ ^^^^

^'^^^^^O
Anstralian
!5.

XLTTI. CRASSULACE^f;.

451

spmca wo

America, the two

arc also in New Zealand, one of whirh extends also lo cxtrntroplcal others arc endemic.

Flowers under 1 line long, axillary.

Carpels short and obtuse. lowers in dense leafy clusters. Petals shorter than the sepals . Howers solitary, mostly pedicellate. Petals as long as or exceeding the sej)als. leaves not 2 lines long. Pedicels usually longer. No scales under the carpels
.

1.

T. verttdUaris.

2.

Z purpurala.

above i in. loo^. Pedicels rarely as long ns the leaves. A scale under each carpel lowers above 1 line long, in a broad dichotomous or 3-chotomous leafy panicle. Carpels oblong
I

-Leaves often

^, T. recurva.

3: T.

macrantha.

omit Lasi/slemon cabjcimm, DC. Mem. Crass. 15. t. 3, and Prod. iii. 3S2, described |"-om a plant from the Jardiu des Plantes of Paris, supposed to have been raised from Ansevidently founded on a mistake. The stamens with thick ovoid filanients, forming the chief character of the genus, are not so figured in the plate; probably on a first hasty examination the carpels were taken for stamens. The plant appears to me e trassula e^rpansa. Ait., a S. African not an Australian species, an error as to origin ^ery common iu botanical gardens.
it is
.

traJian

seed,^

for

1-

ing
j^

T. verticillaris, BC. Prod iii. 383. An annual, when first flowersimple and 1 in. high, but when old much branched^ forming dense tufts
in.

3or 4
ense

diameter, or slender and

-i

or 5 in. long.

late

or linear,

others

connate at the base, 1 to 3 lines long. axillaryclusters mixed wath small leaves, many of them nearly sessile, on pedicels of 1 or 2 lines. Sepals usually 4^, very rarely 5, acute or

Leaves ovate-lanceoFlowers very small in

about ^ line long. Petals shorter, narrow, acute. Carpels without scales, when ripe very obtuse, not exceeding the cnlvx, with 1 or 2 seeds in 5^" ,"^Hook. f. Fl. tasm. i. 145 ; T. pedunculata, Sieb. PL Exs., not of Sni.
^^tate,

and T. colorata. Noes, in PI. Preiss. i. 277. yueensland. On the Maranoa, Mitchell ; Brisbane river, STorcton Bay,
'

^^^^endens

F, Mueller.

otli

y
'

ji?'

Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, JS, Brown, Sieber, n. 173, and J^^^tlnvard to Hastings and Chircnce rivers^ i?*^^^/*?;*; sonthward to Twofold Day,

^'^ales.

uellerj in the interior to Barrier range, Victorian Expedition,

aud

\^

^^^^

Eoclvy and gravelly places,

common

in various parts of the colony, F.

Mueller

So f^^*^^^'

Common

on dry rocks and gravel in many parts of the

island, /.

D,

anf t'^^*''*^^*"

^^'01^ Poi-t Lincoln, irilhelmi, to Bugle and Barossa ranges, F. Mueller;

Kiv

"^^^^^a^ia.

King George's Sound, R. Brown, and thence

Coll. n. 114, 115, Preiss, n,

to

Swan and Mnrehison

^^^rummond, Mh

fPccies extends to Mi>.^ '^'^^s, be really the same.

New

1931, 1932, Oldfield, and others. Zealand, and also to extratropical S. America, if T. rinnima^

"^*

.
i

i
Flo
fjj

'

^"'

Carshorter, acute or obtuse, Petals sepals about line long, \ 1 Pel js obtuse, not several seeds.F. Mnell. PI. longer with sepals, than the ^ ^ ^ct.u. t. i9_
^^'*"

J^^'^

Lond. Journ. vi. 472, and FL Tasm, ^ ""'^n sl^wder decumbent annual of | to 1 in., rarely lengthening ^^^""'^^ linear, connate at tbe base, 1 to or rarely 2 lines lono^, ^^^inute, on slender solitary pedicels mostly longer tlian the leaves.

P^rpurata,

TlooJc.f. in EooJc.

Vipf ciona.

y^^^^s.

Wet

Paramatta, B. Brazen, pastures, very abundant

in

many

parts of the colony, F. Mueller.

^wg
Tasmania. Wet S. AustraUa. Vet
,.

XLIII.

CEASSCLACE^.
river, C. Stuart.

[Tillaa.

Esk S. Guntij Formosa, places,

places, foot of

Mount

Kcmarl;able, nnd

many

otter parts of the

colony, F. Mueller.

W. Australia, D?
Also in
3.

New

Zealand.

T. macrautha, EooL
erect

IIooJc. Ic. in f.

Fl.

'6

iu,ana M. la.n. .

much-branched "^;"^"|. dichotomous f An '^ l^^. U5. ^ '-^""^If 1' base the a connate long, lines 3 to 1 ^ linear, Leaves in. long on P.^^^^'^l^^"^ either nmnerous, species, than -in the other j^^^^^^^^^^^ co,ymbo.e broad a formn.g or sessile on the last branches,

^1 |
f

J^

shortly pedicellate

l^^}^ Sepals plant. the of ^^^^ ^^^^^ panicle occupying the greater part a. lon^ Petals cihate. always, not but ^^ lines long, sometimes, ibout t.me the at acuminate Carpels of the sepals or short^er. f. lon as neaily style, the of base the by pointed abruptly ripe oblong, obtuse,

fl;f

^
m

as the sepals.

Seeds several, but not numerous.

Victoria.

Wet

sandy places near Brighton,

etc.,

F. Mueller
Irunn.

very

common

pastures about Melbourne, Adauison. Tasmania. Wet hollows, Georgetown, very S. Australia. Near Adelaide, F. Mueller.

common,

recurva- Ilooh. f. to out 1 lengthemng tufted and 1 or 2 in. high in sandy places, specrn longei more or ^^^^ long in. linear-lanceolate, \ or Leaves linear peaun on sohtaiy, small, few, Plowers 1 to 2 lines in the smaller ones.

densely plant, slender

rarely exceeding the

Sepals about f witti a recurved ^fes, the with acuminate Carpels about as long. ^ ^^^^ '^s^^; halt sometimes cuneate or linear-spathulate scale under each, ?_^^^|,. seeuor -^ wiOi 2 calyx, the as long as about Pruit-carpels carpel.
leaves.

line loiig,

acurama

e.

^^^

-T.

verticiUaris,
i,

Hook.

Ic. PI.

t.

293, not of

DO.

Nees mtncata, T.

in

Preiss.

278.

Queensland.
this species.

Mueller, F. Bay, specimen not in flower from Moreton

to be ears app

Inundated forests, Lalce MneUer, F. etc., ^^^^^^^'f^' j.ted rivers, banks of on wet .Common Victoria. ana bogs in Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown; common Hooker. mnd, J. u. D. noofcer, Tir^///.r throughout the island, nsi'. Torre Lalcc towards Onhaparinga river and i. S. Australia^f^l[[^^^,i Kottcnc lake, the on places wet 110 ;^. ; ColL ^V. Austra ia, Dnmmonl Uh Freiss, n. 1929.

W.

S.

Wales.

George, J. Cnnnwgham.

V^^'^^^

Island,

DEOSERACE^
ovary, the of base broad the to adnate ^^^^^^ Calyx free or very shortly segments rarely 8 o'-^^I^'g^-j^cns as or 5 4 or into so, nearfy or base to the

XLIV. DKOSERACEiE.
as

453

Seeds several, mth a reticulate testa, sometimes produced beyond the nucleus into a loose wing; embryo cylindrical or sometimes minute in a fleshy albumen. Herbs. Leaves usually ciliate or covered with glandular hairs. Flowers solitary or in one-sided racemes, either simple or forming a branching cyme.
cells

or placentas,

tlic

valves rarely splitting septicidally.

small Order, found in nearly all parts of the world, the principal genus closely allied to the herbaceous Saxlfragece^ dilFeriug chiefly in the insertion of the petals and stamens, being more generally

the whole group is easily recognized by the glandular leaves, iuvohitc in vernation. Of the two Australian genera, the principal one constitutes nearly the whole Order and ranges over the general area, the other is eudcniic aud very anomalous.

hypogynous

Ovary 1-celled. Ovary 2-cellcd.

Styles 2 to 5, distinct or shortly united at the base Style undivided

1.
2.

Dkosera.
Byblis.

1.

DROSEEA,
(Sondera,

Linn.

Lehm)

Calyx^segmeiits 4, 5, or rardy
tilers

8.

Petals as many.
slits.

opening laterally or outwards in longitudinal

styles as

Stamens as many anOvaiy 1-celled, with

;

usually 3, parietal placentas ; riously branclicd. Capsule opening in as

placentas in their

2 to 5,

many as placentas, simple or vamany valves as placentas, with the

the vernation, in involute usually centre. Herbs. Leaves lamina more or less covered on the upper side with glandular hairs or ciha and bordered with longer ones, usually irritable and closing over insects or other objects resting on them, the imder side and petioles without glandular Flowers jagged. tairs. or lobed Stipules when present searious and usually solitary or in one-sided racemes or forked cymes, ou radical scapes or tenmaal
peduncles.
the cornpnsing and Order the of lar rge genus, with the extensive geographical range Arcpithe or luJiau E. grtat majority of its species. Of 41 Australian species, 4 are also remainthe only, Zealand New Pelago, of which 1 extends to New Zealand, 4 more extcad to ^^P 33 are endemic sections old-established two The the Australian species may be readily distributed into ^ Mareia In vegetation. ^orella aud Ergalehm, if eliaraetcrized chiefly by their mode of he stock or stem, very short aud completely covered with the '='^''c' /"''^P^f "^^e end th^ vegetation at its upper end the winter bud for the following year's

several ^ endured having away either at the close of the season or after ^^J ?^J at ^^e ,^=^^ ' ^"' ^>tii the bulb a forming old imbricate bases of the leaves, never ^'"'Yi j-^^^v >;^': roots or sometimes stolons immediately midcr the fresh leaves "^ ^JJ an^^ f^'^ "^'J "mous dicho very ^^^^ >^ section branched, once or also the styles are usually simple stipules are wanting only in 3 Species. In the second section, '"'^*;,^;2 end upper ^J^^f the ^^^^^t bulb, a end tem-like stock lower its at always, forms usually, perhaps ann^ai^ ^e to appm which ^ther a rosette of leaves with a leafless scape or leafy stems or st^k Th observed been ewed, although place has not

^m
<>

r^

^^ u-pS

what manner this takes <=|u " between the bulb and the rosette has frequently loose ^l ioit aon, a^s ah aie styles the *'les, as In this section if it were nartiallv at least nerennial les ar^. the and Jpn vei^ dense tuft on the ov-y,
iu

'Wjj

^Ws

S ^er

n.uerdlvStwnusSra

entirely

wanting, ^r, in B: Ban,.ii, small and

ve^mnescent

^^^f^

-^-^^ [^^

not to tciiu to ''^'*^ ^ ^^^^ ado])tin preferred diiM'^ang them more nrtificiallv the fullowiui; table lly iu th

" "i'l^ears

10

me

454
Sect. T. cept hi D. iudica).

XLiv. DKOSEUACE/E.

[Df'osera,

'RQre\^SL.Stocl^ not bulbous, the npper end perenniaL

Sl'qmlrs often present. branches^ or rarely dlchotouious.

Scapes leafless [exsimple Z into divided or simple Stales usually/

No

stipules.

Stems elongated.

Eacenics severalLeaves alternate, linear. floueied. Styles divided to the base into 2 filiform braiiehes Stems short, covered by the sheathing bases of the linear leaves. Styles short, simple, with capiPeduncles or scapes l-llowered.
.

1.
l>^

,.

mdiea.

late stigmas

2.

D. Arctun.

Stemless. Leaves obovate, rosvilate. Seapes short, several-flowered.

Styles forked or dichotomous

....._..;..
Styles 4, undi-

%,

^ gUnduhgera. , D.
,

Stipules scarious.

Leaves radical, rosiilate (except iu D. binatd), the stems or stock dying away below the rosette or rarely persistiug and densely covered with the dried remains of the old leaves and
stipttles.

Scape Scape

lilifonn,

with

minute 4-merous flower.

vided

4- J>,pjg^ncsa,

with a short loose nlniost corymbose raceme of 2 to 4 flowers. Leaves obovate or orbicular. Styles 2, divided to the base into 2 branches (or 3 simple ?), with large capitate sti,mas Styles 5, liliform, undivided. Stipules short, with fine lobes
filiform,
.

'

^^
6.

y ^ B^phdystgm^^
y

J), putcfieita.

Styles 3, filiform, undivided.

Stipules silvery-white, rather broad,

all

densely imbricate in a prominent central bud Scape with a one-sided raceme of several flowers,
pedicels.

(^''^"^ ijasia -^7-

on short

Hacemes glabrous or scarcely pubescent.

orbicular.

Leaves obovate or

Scapes slender, rarely 2 in. high. llacemes short, rather loose.

long.

Styles 3,
slender.

Kaccmes

Calyx narrow, about 1 line short, with globular stigmas Calyx not half Pedicels very short.

....
.

8-

^'

niliauia.

line long.

Styles filiform.
.

la' D.parviu Styles 5, rarely 4. Petiole 3 times as long as the lamina 10. Scapes attaining several in. Pedicel very short. Calyx above
-

Styles 3.

Petiole not twice as long as the lamina

on/ \^^^^
^
j)

acea.

nine

long.

btyles o, simple, fnnged at the stigmatic end Styles 3 or 4, divided to the base into 2 branches, entire or forked at the end

^^

^.

^.

xi.>

BnrManni.
1

^
\'^.

u-^J^

at/udala.

Racemes, especially the calyxes, softly villous. Slyles 3 or 4, simple. Old petioles and stiLeaves oblong. pules often persistent below the rosette. Anthers oblong, on thick filaments. Petioles closely reflexed on the stock ' / i\i* i4. reflexed not Anthers smaB, on slender filaments. Petioles Styles 3. dichotomous. Leaves orbicular, the petioles long,

^
JJ-

j)ruvimondii^
xrornioides. ^'-^
J

^eiiol<i^^-

woolly-hairy as well as the stipules " t Scape tall, with a loose cyme. Leaves linear, forked or dichoto^inata^' 1^ incus. . Styles divided into a dense tuft of numerous lobes

mth or naked Sect. IT. Ergaleium.-5/ot'X: s^ort, slender, stem-like, ^'^^,^^^2^,^ at end lower the at old bulb petioles, a forming (usnalhj if not always) St'ipde^ of ^^^^^^^^^ the upper end a rosette of leaves and leafless scapes, or leafy stems or ^^^fS-j.j jj^Iq verg aivia^
none for in D. Eanksii small and evanescent). numerous filiform brunches^ forming a dense tuft,
peduncles.

or dichotomous Styles

Rootstock bearing a simple rusette of leaves, with leafless scapes or

Drosera.]

xliv. droskuacE/E,

455

Leaves semicircular or almost reuiform, cuneate at the base, ou a 11. L. zonaria. long petiole Leaves orbicular obovate or obloug, tapering into a very short petiole.

PcdunclcSj usually several, all l-flowered. Leaves small, thick, oblong, not half as long as thepeJuncle . 18. B. hulbosa. Leaves obovate, peuniveined, nearly as long as or longer than
the peduncle
19-

^-

ro^^l^t<i^
.

Leaves obovate, several-nerved, nearly as long as the peduncle Leaves obovate, Peduncles' several, filiform, 2- or 3-ilo\vcred. penuiveined Peduncles solitary, bearing a cyme of many flowers. Leaves all reduced to lanceolate membranous scales Leaves broadly obovate or orbicular Rootstock bearing a rosette of leaves, and either leafy flowering-stems, Leaves not peltate. or leafless scapes and leafy side-hrauches. Central scape usually leafless, Stem-leaves opposite or whorkd. bearing a cyme of several flowers. Leaves of the primary rosette scarcely petiolate, above \ in. long. . Scape (with the cvme) 3 to C in. long or more Leaves of the primary rosette distinctly petiolate, orbicular, in. to 4 2 cyme) the (with Scape under 2 lines diameter.
'

20.
21.

D. Wkif taken.
i).

.... ....

macrophjiia.

22. -D. squamosa. 23. D. erythrorhiza.

.-

24.
25.

iJ.

stolomjera.
humilis.

V.

Stem-leaves alternate. Central scape lc:^css, 1- or 2-flo.ercd, \ to

in. long.

Leafy
%fi
'^Z-

Side-branches short, usually baireu Stem leafy, ^vith a many-flowered terminal

cyme

n iJ h^llnla ^-Ji^ioeuaia.

Rootstock terminating in a single or branched leafy flowenng-stem. Lower leaves reduced to short liuear-subulate or Imcar-lanceolate btemscales or (in the first 2 species) rosulate and not peltate, s. axi the clustered often leaves
peltate,

ou

filiform petioles,

Stem-leaves lunar-poltate, i.e.

at least or crescent-shaped broadly

with 2 prominent angles.

Lower

leaves,

when

present,

rosulate,

not peltate.

_ Kacemes

simple, the pedicels all short. ^q n aiiriculata , Sepals entire, glabrous. Seeds narrow-liucar Ja n.iellala %^,n.peUata. ovoid Seeds glabrous. Sepals toothed%iUous or nearly acute narrow small to Lower leaves not rosulate, all reduced
.

long pedicels lower the or scales. Racemes branched bccas cyme, loose short Flowers large, red or yellow, few, in a
linear
: '

^^^

^^^^.

.^

Flowers small, white, in

panicle, divaricate a large

clo^a ^^eds
^^^ j)nlgantea,

ovale 'r,^f not ones lower the Stem-leaves orbicular-peltate, without angles, rosul^e, ofteu reduced to narrow acute scales.
.

,','**

' * Flowers solitary or very few, mostly 8-mcrou3 pedicels short. lovver Flowers few, small, iu a simple raceme jsa v. 41. dividtd much not Styles Stipules often to the upper leaves.. ^"puies n . racemes, Flowers 5-mcrou3, in cymes or loose manysmall, Flowers very Styles not much divided. .^^riantha. ^^ ' flowered cymes fi'ijf 'mi' hiitorm, numerous Styles divided nearly to the base into very
.

^^

^^ heterofiylU,

mostly simple branches. iZ, D. pallida. entire Calvx-segments i*^*? '^aiyx whiteFlowers many in the cyme, t *^tv,p,i ediatc-tooiueu, Flowers in cymes, red. Calyx-segments ^^ ^^ ^^;^,7/^,;^.
.

villous or nearly glabrous

e'xrpA

c>' Flowers few. in shoPt, loose, simple or ^^ '"f Jf gwui'J racemes. Calyx-segments ciliate-toothcd, ^

^f

^,^

D.fiUcuidu.

slightly villous

'

456

XLiv. .BROSERACE^..

[Drosera.

Styles divided iuto very uumerous dichotomous branches. Flo'.vers in a loose cyme or corymbose panicle. Bttegelu. D* large 36. rather Leaves and erect. simple usually Glabrous, More or less u;laudalar-pubescent, usually flexuose or 37- Z). macrauiha. Leaves small . twining.

Flowers few, raceme

Styles divided

iii

a simple or very rarely once-forked loose

38. Z>. Menziesti.

very numerous very short branches, formFilaments dilated upwards. Se\\\^ a dense clabosc mass. 39. pals rather large, usually glabrous and entire
ir.to
_

i>. cahjcina.

pereniiial end upper the bulbous, Sect. T. Eorella, 7)C. Stock not Styles scarious. present, often Stipules Scopes leafless, except in D. indica. usually simple or divided iuto 2 simple branches, rarely dichotomous.
in. few a from stems, D. indica, iz'.; DC. Prod. i. 319. Leafy long, in. several often to 1 or nearly 2 ft. long. Leaves linear, acuminate, or base tlie to quite fringed with tlie glundular cilise of the genus, either sheathuig. not but stem-clasping, leaving a short glabrous petiole, often half and short racemes, Stipules none. Plowers in loose, lateral, often leaf-opposed glandularor glabrous few -flowered, or long with more numerous flowers,

pubescent.

Pedicels longer tlian the calvx. to divided Styles 3, lonii- in flower, 2 lines in fruit. Anthers oblong-linear. side inner the tlie1)ase, each into 2 filiform branches, dilated and stigmatic on

Jahn^s about narrow, Sepals

JNat. Sc. Ann. in at tlie end. Seeds obovoid, with a close testa. Planch, serpens, B, 58 j scr. 3, ix. 204 ; Wight, 111. t. 20 C. ; F. MuelL PI. Vict. 'i.

Planch.
PT.

1.

c,

Australia.

Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

R. Brown

Upper
^^^^^^^'^J^

"'7'

F. Mueller; Port Essinglon, Armstrong; Attack Creek, irBotiaU Shiarfs ^fP^^^^^^^^ ^*'*>'' ^^1^^ Shoalwater Queensland. EnOcavour river, R. Broivn, A. Ctmning/iam ; ^^ Sound; Broad Eiiy, i2. Brown; Port Curtis, M'GiUivrai/ ; Rockhampton, Thozei ;
viun.
the ^lur y. on Eustonc, Victoria. ]Moist gravelly places round frcsh^Yate^ lakes, near rare, F, Mueller, *W^. Australia. Murcliison river, Oldfield. ,wialso Coiiimou in East India aud the Archipelago, extending as far as Amoy, ^^^"";,y^,j^,rcr
.

^^r^^ i:irger,\M usually iu various parts of tropical Africa. Tlie Australian specimens are ^ n is there racemes and lare;er flowers tlian the Indian ones, but not always so, aud

diiTeroucc.

d
t

Ic.

Fl.

56.

Stock

old leaves, the plant spec;'|ien , larger or rarely nearly 3 in. long and 1 to 2 lines broad in the others not half that size, the glandular cilia? extending from the "^^"'^g^^Jg base. wards, narrowed below iuto a glabrous petiole, sheathing at the ^^J^^ suia 1-flowcrcd, usually exceeding the leaves, bearing occasionally a obovate, Petals bract above the middle. Calyx 3 to 4 lines long.
tlie

and reniform stigma. Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Tnsm. i. 28 ; F. Mucll. PI. Vict. i. 57.
.

large.

Styles 3, undivided, short

a capitate thick, each with a broad

ser.

3, ix.

1S9

liooiv.
;

^^^

S. 'Wales.

Mount

Kosciusko, F. Mueller,

Bmera.]
Victoria.
to

XLiv. droserace.^.
Boggy
places or

457
5000

mossy tanks of

rivulets and pondSj at an elevation of

7000

ft.

alps of the

Bogong and Mmiyang

ranges, F. Mueller,

Table Mountain, near the Derweut, E. Brown ; Logs, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., Mount Wellington, and Western Mountains, J. B. Hoolcer ; Mount Lapeyrouse, Oldjield, Found also in New Zealand. F. Mueller describes the leaves as sometimes 4 in. long and ^ in. wide. I have never seen them anything near that size.

Tasmania.

3.

D. glanduligera,
II ^
f
"I

LeJim. PagilL
11
1

viii.
1

37,
1_^-

and
Ll X.^h

PL
O

Preiss.
.^W4
mj-k v*j-k

i.

252.
It
'V\

Leaves all

mes broadly obovate or orbicular, 3 to 3 or rarely 4 li base diameter, narrowed into a short petiole or the inner ones rounded at the b or almost peltate. Stipules none. Scape leafless, I to li in. high, including a Pedicels recurved, loose raceme of G to 10 flowers, rarely reduced to 2 or 3.
l*T
^\C^

J_

^_*

rosulate,

about as

to Sepals rhachis. 1 the as well as glandular-ciliate long as the calyx, slender, very Styles 3, large. lines long. not orange Petals \ed (or ?), Seeds divided to about the middle into 2 branches, sometimes again forked.

ovoid. Planch, in

Ann. Sc. Nat.

ser. 3, ix.

206

F. Muell. Pi. Vict.

31'ueller.

i.

55.

N. S.
S.

Wales.

George's river, R.

Brown

Twofold Bay, F.

Victoria.
Mueller,

Heaths and pastures, seattered over the colony, F. Mueller, ranges, Bugle and Barossa valley, Australia. Lyncdoeh Adelaide, Near '
.

etc., i*.

W.
river,

A,.=f^.iia, Bnnnwond, 2nd

Coll.

ft.

35; near Perth, Preiss, n. 1970

HiU

Oldjield; lluuipdcn, Clarke.

pygmaea
I^ut

A minute

species, said to

be annual,

tiie like rosette the of evidently forming a hybernating bud in the centre Ime nearly to 1 other sneeies nf thp snotinn. orbicular, \ Leaves rosulate, btipuies diameter. m. diameter, on slender petioles, forming tufts of about \ long, m. nearly to 1 farious, deeply lobed. Scapes glabrous, filiform, \ loug about Sepals i"e 4, i^aring a single minute terminal flower. \ c ubshghtiy Styles Sower, nearly 4 Petals rather larger. 1 line in fruit. rati.ei lew, Speds and stigmatic at the end. Capsule 4-valved. t. Hook. 280 l^rge in ix. ser. Nat. 3, ; Sc. Ann. in proportion, ovoid. Planch,
_

%ed

*! Tasra.

i.

29

P.

MucU.

PI. Vict.

i.

56.

Bay, Jcrvis's S. Brown H. Wales. Eace grouuJ, Tarauiatta, 5; ^ ^ i ort (^f'yEanc, Sena Victoria. Sandy hcath-grcmd, occasionally wet, at the base of the ^i t, etc., F. Robertson. Jdamson, Slelbourue, Mueller ; near Hooker. B. J. coast, N.W. Tasmania. Abu.Hi;nt in peaty aud saudy soil aloug the Australia. Encounlcr Bay, F. Mueller.

"

Also in

New

Zealand.
viii.

'"aU delicate

2 orbicular, nearly species. Leaves rosulate, ded, div finely scarious Stipules the flat. fer, petiole longer, broad and ong to fihform, \ 1^ Scapes central leaves. tuft not exceeding the J>e or oul one rarely or flowery large ^fringatthe end 2 or 3 conn^aratively lon, a t^^ Petals ^ 3 ^^oi't long. line 1 pedicels. about Sepals green, Lehmam^ to according Ming, of Anthers small. Styles

\ D. platystigma, Lehn. PugilL

37,

and

PI

^'f J^" to

j"

^^jf ,f^J^; Imes cha-

an orange

c'^olour.

I fi"^, simple; according to Schlotthauber 2, ^^ded -erof l^eiss's aJd 2 of Ohlfield's, 2 ^tyle. . * Jliform stigmas capitate branches, with rather large
'^luiple;

^^ ,me n.^ h^b. ^

i^do

'^t'ler

numerous OYides. W. AustraUa. King George's Souml,

...

1994. Oldjield, Preiss, n,

4,53

XLiv. DROSERACEiE.

[Bfosem.

6.

D. pulchella,

LeJm.
at

TiujllL vii. 38,

and

PL

Preiss.

i,

250.

small species, resembling-

first

sight

Z>.

platyHtujma.

Leaves

rosulate, or-

times or petiole, 2 3 oblongmucli-dilated ou a bicular, 1 to 2 lines diameter, mto divided scarious, Stipules lamina. the as long and often as broad as filiScape leaves. the than shorter much filiform segments, the central tuft

long, bearing at the end 2 to minutely Sepals calyx. the as as long nearly flowers, on pedicels at length Petals fruit. in lines flower, in \\ glandular-pubescent, about f line long

form, 1 to \\

in.

4.

or rarely

more white

or pink

Styles 5, small. Anthers calyx. the spreading, scarcely twice as long as the towards side inner filiform, undivided, longitudinally stigmatic ou the

cud.
Coll.

Placentas 5

W. Australia.
and

ovules not numerous, King George's Sound, R. Brown, Preiss,

It varies

n.

1992, Drummond, Id

'drd Coll. n. 3.

much

narrow rather sepals, the of in the Lreadth

Prciss's specimens, very broad in

some of Drutnmond's, appear Lehm., micrantha, cimens of Drummond's which Planchoa had referred to D.
to belong to this species.

intermediate in others,

ihose speto

me

compaand aspect the with A small species, 7. D. leucoblasta, Benth. once at and stouter ratively large flowers of D. platydigma, but usually rather diamelines to 3 known by the stipules and styles. Leaves rosulate, orbicular, 1 but flattened, slightly ter, on a petiole usually much longer than the lamina and tiie silvery-white, Stipides scarious, not near so broad as iti D. pulcMla. an lu imbricate lobes much broader than in the adjoining species and densely tne at long oblong or conical bud in the centre of the rosette, 2 to 4 lines tiie at flowers time of flowering. Scape filiform, 1 to 2 in. long, with 2 or 3 time the at long summit on very short pedicels. Sepals broad, nearly 1 line tunes spreading, 3 Petals of flowering, somewhat enlarged afterwards. |^^ stiglongitudinally long as the calyx. Anthers small, Styles 3, filiform, matic ou the inner side towards the end. Placentas 3. OJdJiel rirer, Kalgaa Australia, Drummond, 2nd Coll. n. 14; dry sandy flats,

W.
8.

Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. species, but much more rigid than D. platydigma. ^'^ inthe upper ones rosulate, but the old tufts forming stocks of nearly , the rosette, densely covered with the old leaves and stipules J^''"^^^.^^ ^ a^ twice often petiole dilated cular, rarely above I line diameter, on a scarcely petiol the me p-^^ tlian than shorter filiform, long. Stipules scarious, brown, the lobes .es ^^ o^^^^^^^ ot raceme Scapes about 1 in. high, including a short one-sided flowers, nearly glabrous. Pedicels as long as the calyx. ^^P 1 ^.^^^ ^iLf^er' i ptals o.^flowering, rather rigid, about 1 line long at the time of stigma^ capitate globular Anthei-s small. Styles 3, short, each with a ^ .^^ ^ long, as nearly Capsule fag calyx nan-ow, erect, nearly 2 lines long.
ser. 3, ix.
;

D. nitidula,

A ^^"^^^^^^ 285. i densdy Leaves

<

valves

and placentas,
Prod,

^V. Australia, Drummond.

318, according to B. -^''/{^'"^ , , 'fn^ 1"^ J\ 10 3 all or,o.iao Ol' n1l T,^o,r.. ^l^^o^Kr +,,rfo.1 fl-,A iir.nPr ones or upper small species. Leaves densely tufted, the specimen one in ^H or in. of stocks plant rosulate, but the old tufts forming \ ^^j^^. an leaves old nearly 1 iu. long, densely covered with remains of ^^^JqIg lamina obovate, oblong or almost orbicular, | to 1 line .^^''^"^^:*^5 ' f^nn9,
i.
^

D, paleacea, DC.

'

longer, scarcely dilated.

lot^e filiform Stipules scarious, cut into fiue

Dmera,]
iug a
the

XLiv.

dkoserace^.

459

Scape filiform, | to 1 in. or rarely 2 in. high, slender, rather dense, one-sided raceme of minute flowers occupying someit,

promiacut erect bud.

and few-flowered. Pedicels erect, nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals nearly glabrous, not ^ line long when in flower, and not much above ^ line when in fruit. Petals longer. Anthers very small. Styles 3, filiform, rather Ihietcned and stigmatic on the inner side towards the end. Capsule ovoid, Avith 3 valves and placentas and few seeds. D. micrantha, Lehm, Pugill. viii. 39; B. pijgmcea, Lehra. in PI. Preiss. i. 250, not of DC. D. minutiflora, Planch, ia Ann. So. Nat. ser. 3,
rarely short

times nearly one-half of

ix.

286.

W". Australia,
n.

King George's Souud, R, Brown ; sandy

places near Perth, Preiss,

1995
10.

also

Brummond,
in Ann, Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix.

p. parvula, PlancL

287.

small

plant,
ever,
as

evidently allied to i). paleacea, but probably distinct. have, howonly the single specimen described by Planchon. Leaves and stipules D, paleacea, and the stock covered with the remains of the old leaves

We

below the rosette, nearly 1 in. long, as in that species.

'ong,
tlier
oi'

Scape

filiform, 1 in.

with a short loose raceme.

Pedicels longer than the calyx.

Sepals ra-

more than

line long.

Styles and placentas, according to Planchon, o

sometimes 4.

..

^'

Australia, Brummond.
*

I have been unable to detach any flower for re-exaniina-

tioa,

mthout destrojiDg the specimen.

rosuradical, ro^uan raaicai, Leaves all yafu ; DU^rroa. i. 5i^, jjeaves late, obovate-spathulate, about 3 or 4 lines diameter, narrowed into a petiole ^ot so long. Stipules scarious, cut into narrow lobes, not so long as the pef^ole. Scapes solitary or 2 or 3 from the same tuft, slender, attaining 5 o 6 ^' ^"^^ i'arely under 3 in. long, the upper portion occupied by a slender onesided raceme Sepals glabrous, 1^ to 2 of several flowers. Pedicels short. Ames long. Anthers small. Styles 5, undivided, filiform, not branched but Jiglitly dihated and fringed towards the end. Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. ^> IX. 190; Wight, let. 944.
^^' JLP.

xsunuanm, Buriuaxini

p^^'-'^^stralia.

A. Cunnhiglam; Upper Victoria river, ^o^idence Hill, and M'Adam range, Nicholson river, Gulf of Carpentaria, F, 2IueUer. yueenslaud. Ejideavour river. Banks and Solander ; Brisbane rirer, F. Mueller,

Regeut

river,

N.W.

coast,

C.
^';il^>

Stuart.
^^

^^^'^^'^^

iv!^ ^taout

to S. Chuia. extending Archipelago, the and India over E. ^Wt^l examining the styles, it is very diflBcuIt to distinguish it from B, spaihulata.

^^"^^'^

/.I. A stein-f le 3 species, not very easy to distinguish from the coarser specimens of i>. ^^^manni^ without examiuino- the styles. Leaves rosulate, obovate or spathu12

i
Stipules sca"'0"s-spatlmlate and narrowed into a ratlier long petiole. ^tis cut including the high, in. 6 into narrow lobes. to 3 usually Scapes '"pie or rarely forked, 1-sided raceme. Pedicels short, glabrous as well as the ciilyx or minutely glandnlar-pubeseeiit. Sepals about 1} lines long, often exceeding rather or as J^^ed at the base. long as white, or Petals pink red ^^ calyx. to the base divided but 4, rarely or Anthers oblon>^-. 3 Styles
-

4gQ

XLIY. DROSEEACEiE.
ffliform or slightly dilated

[Drosera.

nnd entire bcl,es'oa>e>into ,

emarginatso.

i. 66. Vict. PI. Muell. Mag. t. 5240 F. Stuart C. Mueller F. river, Queensland. Brisbauc
;

W. S.Wales.
Hastings
river,

Commou

about Port Jacksou,

R Brown

to nortbvanl aortm^ar others, and

BecUer.
^Vet marshy hollovvs, also in New Zealand.
it

Wilkehni

Victoria.

Tasmania.
The species is Islanas,L also

by Plauehon and do referred to J^ the S. are, ho;ever, probably the same as Ithuhla. w^^^^ ^''^^^^f .^;,^?'-^^"'J\ted 167, t. 31 ; Benth.ri. Hongk. 130 which one with formt Srl^t """^VV fl Lhtlv two he to appear S'^ there specimens Australian the Among ^^^^'^^^^^^^^ em^^^^^^^ ,^J J^ and d at di usually tyle-branches the and flowers, deeper-coloured larger stjlc-branclies the flowers, smaller and paler with slender, more other the end,

Rocky Cape, /. Philippine ^JJ>'^^-, ^ me ^^^ strom n Coming of specimens Some Ser^t Jl at appear ^ fact i.ot

way down
13.

into

two slender

forks.

D. Drummondii,

Z.7m,

Fl

Preiss.

ii.

235.

Vaj^mble

a^^^^^^^

tire from distinguished readily according to age, bat the in aU Leaves raceme. tire woolly haU-s of the

P^^^^^!"?/P ^''

^^

ones in tlie of remains the with covered to above 1 in., lines lo^o' " above 2 rarely obovate, from narrow-oblong to almost mj^ scauous, Stipules leaves. old the much longer and closely reflexed over oi d to Scape 1 .^ scorpioides. D. in than shorter cut, but much t^^-^o, a.id shor smiple, raceme the hairy, woolly or glabrous nearly covered ^%*H short, Pedicels an inch. above lengthening to ^ f;. Jt, ^^f line to 2 flower when long 1 line ^.^^^ Sepals from hairs. with woolly unt, filaments Petals ^thcr large,
I ,

P^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ roset e ^^S^^*^"^^"^^ the under stock the older tufts, rosukte, ^^^to^^^^^ stipules and old leaves

J^^S

often denticulate

and

ciliate.

oblong anthers.

Styles 3 or i, sim])le
ser. 3, ix.

and

tiliform.

Ovules

4.i>.

i/

Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat.

287.

w,
14.

D. scorpioides,

rianch. tn

Ann.

oc. i\ai.^<^f

-, --

D. Drummondu and to 2 or 3 in., and thcscarious

lengthening stock the variety, perhaps a

stipules

out sometimes
so
^ ^_^^^^_

Very near

much more

prominent.

1;*^'^^;^^^

^nd

o"*^ mnei the of few a rarely or j^ long, lines 3 ^^ oblong, 2 to ^^^^ not bnt ' lamina, the than ^^ longer almost obovate, tlie petiole ^^^ ,nearly or nj^"' woolly so 2 in. long,

B. Bnimmondli.

woouj, very often Sepals ^^^^tiy cerae short dense and few-flowered. ^ ^^ smaller. rather /^^^^ styles mnch ciliate as in D. Drummondii, and antn small with Filaments slender, twice as long as the calyx.
^

Scape

to

^^'

^^^t

3, filiform,

from thence to the eastward, Drummond, 4M shorterilfflia-w^//. ^ S.W. Bay. petioles Arid and near i ) (he ii^^ obovate ^oralraos to .^ ^^, oblong ^ Leaves smaller, from Var. (?) brevipes. atan glabrous, nearly middle, the below from Scapcs short, flowcriug i mal D. scorpioides. Drummond, Wi Coll. n. 28i.
-

W.Australia.

King George's Sound,

-?J-

probacy and ^ /// '''''', Cal 283; ^'"''^''^'^f ana ^^/S'n. of lU, n. Coll.
/.

,.

.,.,..._

. n.

.-..

r.n

P.W

i.3l8.

Stock short,

densely

Ihvsera.']

XLiv,

broserace^.

461

covering the persistent bases of the old leaves and stipules. ' Leaves rosulate, orbicular or broadly obovate, rarely above 2 lines diameter, on a rather broad petiole of i to 1 in. in the ordinary form, the under side of the lamina and the petiole clothed with long silky Scapes in the largest specikirs. Stipules scarious, but not prominent. mens 1 ft. liigh but usually about half that, including the rather loose, often
tufted,

with long silky or rusty

liairs

lon^,

1-sided raceme, the calyx, pedicels, and rhachis more or less villous often calyx, than the shorter rather Pedicels hairs. with soft silky or velvety broad, Petals fruit. in lines 2 flower, in long reflexed. Sepals above 1 line last the dichotomous, repeatedly Styles 3, rather Anthers small.
large.

Nat. So. Ann. in Planch, branches short and stlgmaiicD./ulva,

289.

ser. 3, ix.

Goulliurn Seme; Broicn, R. Caipeutaria, of Gulf N. Australia. Islands of the Mueller. range, M'Adam Armstrong ; Island, A. CunmngJiam ; Port Essington, Lauks s specimens Brown. R. Solander, Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and to 2 lines of lamma with a 1 dilated, less and are remarkable for their petiole 1 to 2 in. long species i but distinct a to belonging as them diameter, whieh induced Plauchon to consider the longest to R. i^rown's carefully-selected series of specimens show every gi'adation from

the shortest petioles.

o or ^ +;,o= times them_ tind 4 I 3 bifid twice ; Plauchon describes the styles of this species as specimens. dried from ramifications their bifid. It is, however, exceedingly diiBcult to trace aftei ilo^^aand unfolding care great the hud they form a dense mass which requires whole them eitract to impossible ingthey arc so mixed in the withered petals, that it almost ^s^oc-ation of the and peltate, not lie leaves are, as observed by Planchon G- 289. 290) {LasiocephaluM),jvoi^o^za section one into the species with the Banksii very dissimilar D. admitted. be scarcely can character, by Planchon this a..c.-94), and founded partly on
.

,,,

-,,.,.

apsmall, Stock 16. D. binata, Lablll. Fl Nov. Holl i. 78, petioles, long on radical, Leaves pearing sometimes to emit creeping stolons. once again sometimes lobes, the lamina divided to the base into 2 long linear
t.

105.

glanhe by fringed elegantly twice forked, and often 2 or 3 in. long, aipetioles, the as well dular cilia of the genus, glabrous underneath as exceeding Scapes jagged. Pules short, broad, brown and scarious, slightly ^hte large ot cyme loose a the leaves, often l^^aring l"gl'> ft. 1 to _i educed to a rare y flowers, consisting usually of 2 or 3 racemose branches as Icn^. tmce Petals ^hort simple Sepals about \ in. long.
'

Styles

others

eeds

raceme. dichotomous ^^' !,<;',: usu'ally 3, divided into numerous ^^^^^^^^^ globuhu. ^f end. fapside stigmatic the at longci-, davate or forked t ^ot^^ag. i. 319 Prod linear.-DC veiy numerous, small and
j

f J^^Mnell.

82; Planch, in Ann. So. Nat.

PI. Vict.
i.

ser. 3, ix.

" dichotoma,

59

B. pedata,

Pers.

Jas^'^fHook, 21)6; i. 3ia, fg Piod. ^1DC. 337; Syn. i.

^'^'^

^^- S. ^'bors; Blue Mountains, M.ss Ailciso. ; I"'^^y^^''.'^^^""SS' Promontory. Buffalo uson j, moss, Victoria. Wet boggy places, often growing

Sm. in Rces' Cyclop, xii. Wales. Port Jaeksoii; B- Bro.n, Sieier%^'t'^',Z'J'-

"

''''

"'

fge8,

Grampians,

Tasmania.

F. Mueller. Woolto Cape , ,, Rocky u,. from coasiHomi .oast j i the on Formosa, Z!crd-nce; abundantly
etc.,

/^fea^'a"'" E^rin^X

Tr/VM..

T.

M.elUr

,-

ca...,c., .oa.

Mount

Wj.

j."pS

i,

tw

'Klolomon,, in

Th. Port mere are thi-y oncj slhcra

i

New

Z..ld.

?rS X'Sli"S*' ^
freq.icnll)
lolrni

on.j

XLiv. DTiosERACEJE.
1

'

IDroserff-

fercnccs are
*

by no means

constant, and the

two forms occur sometimes on

tlie

same

spe-

cixnen.
V

Sect. II. Ergaleium, DO.-Stock at bulb a always, not if usually, foi-ming petioles, old of remains ra-ged witli leat; and leaves of rosette a end upper tlie lower end, and producing at the Banksii, V. or, none, Stipules less scapes, or leafy stems or branches. numerous very into divided or Styles dichotomous small and evanescent. filiform branches, forming a dense tuft.
short,

slender,

stem-like,

naked or

the species of this section dye the paper in entirely disappear said to are they growing, mine or purple colour. When '^J beside /fj; the stock underground the of much how of observation no I find but over, in.' is

Nearlv

all

which they arc preserved

a rich car-

bulb persists
.

the next season, nor do the specimens show what specimens their gathered had to the old bulb. It is, indeed, not often that collectors have
relation
tj>e
till

new

shoot has

with the bulb.

known Only 303. ix. ser. Nat. 3, Sc. Ann. in PJancJi. zonaria, ? D. 17 gieen light of a Leaves from two barren rosettes, about 2 in. diameter. bioaa, m. above ^ colour, broadly orbicular or almost reuiform or fan-shaped, tne lanuna, the than longer usually petiole on a shortly cuneate at tlie base,
margin elegantly fringed by the glandular
scarcely conspicuous.
cilia

vein, the genus, of the

W.

Australia, Drummond.

Possibly a barren state of B. rosulata. at the end of

Leaves Bulbous. 375. 18. D. biabosa, llooi: Ic. PI. t spatuinaie, slightly the slender stock rosulate or apparently verticiUate, oblong, n^ rarely a or lines to 4 3 petiolate, distinctly not but base narrowed at the ' I'^^^^^p', scapes or Peduncles long, rather thick, with 1 broad nerve. ^ so. nearly or glabrous longr leaves, the as or numerous, twice as /'^P^^Y"., , amu deeply Styles white. apparently long, as Petals twice 2 lines long.
into

numerous

filiform branches, slightly dilated

and
;

stigmatic at the ena.

W. Australia.
19.
bous.
at the

Swan

River,

Drummond,
Pugill.

1st Coll.

INIurchison river, Old/leld.

broad rarely e^^^^j^'^J filiform, often slender, scapes 1-flowered, Peduncles or j loi flowering, of time the at long lines above 2 Sepals scarcely leaves. ^^_ bas^" the to divided Styles 3, Anthers ovate. fruit. Petals white. ^^^^j^

\. Pre'm. PL and 36, D. rosulata, Le7m. tape obovate Leaves at the end of the slender rootstock rosulate, ^ broad short the P^^^"^*^' including j^g', base, rarely above 1 in. long i "j j the above it from central nerve and a few lateral veins diverging ^^^

viii.

251.

Bul-

merous filifoi-m branches, slightly dilated and in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix. 301. ^^^"I"?/ 1983 n. Freiss, Perth, near places W. AustraUa. Sandy bog?v bouna, s George Cape Lcschenault, Oldficld ; Vasse river, Mrs. MoUoy ; King
. ;

end. the at stigmatic

g^a

p^. ^

NaL Sc. i\ai. Planch, in Ann. ac bous, with rosulate leaves at the end of the stock, as
20.

D. Wliittakerii,

.- 3, ix. ser. o,

302.

P. D"\sUo size, this species closely resembles, the leaves of the same tii in distinct sides the midrib, 2 or 3 lateral nerves on each side, longer much and diverging in the lamina. Scapes 1 -flowered, not
in

^^^^^^ ^'^^"^'^"^^^ Seo-^.^^^

^^^

^^^^

ana flowering leaves. Sepals at least 3 lines long at the time of nan white, Petals lines in fruit, more acute than in D. rosulata.

'^^^^ ^
_
'

^.^^

Dfosera.']

XLiv.

droserace^.

463

again as tlie calyx.

Styles 3, divided to the base into miCapsule meroas filiform branches, slightly dilated and stigmatic at the end.

Anthers ovate.

skrterthan the calyx. Seeds ovoid. F. Muell. PI. Vict. D. rosulata, Behr, in Linneea, xx. 628, not of Lehm.
Victoria.
T)allachy.

i.

57,

t.

suppl. 6

Rather frequeut

in the southern jiarts of the colony, F.

Mueller ; 'Wimracra,

S.
rains,

Australia.
Behr.
is

Rich boggy

flats,

entirely disappearing after the cessation of the winter

The species
leaves.

scarcely to he distinguished from

B. rosulata, except by the venation of the

21.
der

D. macrophylla,

Lindl.

Swan

Riv. Jpp, 20.

Bulbous with

a slen-

Leaves at the end rosulate, obovate, tapering at the base, thin, glandular, the veins few, diverging from the central nerve much above the base, as in D. rosulata, and slightly reticidate, varying Scapes or peduncles from i to 2 in. long, including the very short petiole.

more or

less scaly rootstock.

each with 2 or slender pedicels. Calyx Styles 3, deeply divided bular.Hook. Ic. PI. t.
several,

3 flowers, appnrently white and rather large, on glabrons, 3 to 3 lines long in flower, longer in fruit. Seeds nearly glointo numerous filiform branches.

376

Lehm.

in PI. Preiss.
Coll.

i.

251.
Coll. n.

W.
Koyal

Swan River, Drnmtnond, Isl Harbour, Preiss, n. 1986.

Australia.

and Srd

40

Princess

slender short the scales on old D. squamosa, Benth. Bulbous, allied in the as end, the at rootstock often numerous. tuft a forming Leaves species, but all reduced to erect or scarcely spreading, lanceolate, membranous true any without scales of 2 ciliate, scarcely and to 4 line's, acute or obtuse of cyme compact a 'amina. bearing leafless, Scape solitary, 1 to 2 in. long,
22.
tlie

numerous flowers, rather smaUer than those of

resembling them.

D.

erythrorhjza, but otherwise

Sander), {Herb. Preiss Sound, Australia, Between Perth and King George's , to be a prove may this that ^'^rvey; towards the possible It is Great Bight, Maxicell. with rosulata, to B. variety of L. hulbosa D. erM,or/uza,leanng the same relation to.it as diffrom seen specimens the all '""leveloped leaves, but the difTcrence appears constant in
'ereut collectors.

W.

stemthe Bulbous, 20. 23. D. erythrorhiza, Lindl. Swan Riv. App. ,,, obobroadly very end, ''ke rootstock the slightly scaly. .Leaves rosulate at
^'"te

0[

or almost orbicular, tapering at the base, thin, nerve at each side starting from near the base, mostly

pennivemed but one vem

to 1

m.

long,

m-

inthe below long m. to 3 Scape solitary, 1 white. apparently flowei^ florescence, bearing a rithcr loose cyme of numerous efrmt. lines 1 above 3 glabrous, not 2 lines long when in flower, filinumerous mto base the longer. s!yles divided to Anthers ovate. f^
eluding the very short petiole"

Vis

\^^ branches.-Lchm. in PI. Preiss. i. 251 ^onplandia, iv. 110. ^Australia. Swan W^.ev, Dnmmond, \sl
'O'-ge's

D. prmulacea, Schlotthaub.
Preiss,

Coll.,

n.im,

CoUie ; King

Souud, Maclean

Harve;,. Sound, George's between Perth and King

24'^

Endl. in Hueg. Enunu 5. obova end, the at rosulate the stem-like Radical leaves rootstock.
tlie

D. stolonifera,

Bulbous, with few scales

e.

'^Penng at

base, rarely above

petiole. short very the in. long, including

464

XLiv. DROSERACEiE.

[Droserct.

From
in.,

tliis

to 6 scape of leafless 3 proceeds a form, ordiuary the in rosette,

bearing a loose

cyme of

rather

numerous flowers of the

size

and form

of

the scape than sliorter branches barren 4 3 or and those of D. orbicular or obovate broadly with a leaves 4 2 to of whorls eacli with several somenarrow, very and lamina the than lamina, on a petiole sometimes longer beyond continued is the stem specimens In other times shorter and dilated.
erythrorJiiza,
leaves of tuft or rosette third a or even the first rosette, producing a second scape the lowest, the than petiole with a more orbicular lamina and longer

and barren branches proceeding from the uppermost

rosette.

In others agaui

each scapes or or 3 cyme, 3 small the lateral leafy branches terminate in a are side-branches the rarely tuft, or with a cvme proceed from the primary in or opposite all are again branched, but in all the forms assumed the leaves hues nearly 3 flower, in long lines Calyx mostly under 2 whorls or rosettes. as ovoid seeds and Styles 3, Avith very numerous filiform branches in fruit. 1). 389; let. Hook. in the preceding species. Lehm. in PI. Preiss. i. 353
;

porrecta,

Lehm.

Pugill.

yiii._

41, and PI. Preiss.

i.

252; B.

purpurascens,

Schlotthaub. in Bonplandia,

W.
1*;

Australia. Coll., and h-d Coll.

111. Wet sandy places, Swau

iv.
n. 45, Oldjield,

_i)/>W. River, Preiss, n. 1084, 1983,

;

and others

near iNlonut Wuljcnup. Preiss,

n. 1^11

Stirling Terrace, Mao-well.

D.lramilis, Planch, prove to be a smaU variety of

25.

in

ot tne those AU the leaves including 2 to 4 in. high including the cyme. aoou lamnia primai-j- rosette have a rather long petiole, with a small orbicular tui fromthe 1 to \\ lines diameter, and the scapes are generally several a tlie variatious Plowers as in D. stolonifera, but rather smaller, and the

Am.

Sc. Nat. ser.

3, ix.

300.

.-itolomfera.

It is

much more

may This lius niaj slender, u^uauy

velopment of the lateral leafy branches are the same. W. AustraUa, JDrummoiid ; Murctison river, Oldjield.

Lehm. Pugill. viii. 40, and PL Preiss. broadly rosulate, bous, with a slender rootstock. Leaves at the end petiole. broad the tapering at the base, 3 to 6 lines long including
26.

D. ramellosa,

i.

252.

Bul_,

obo\
^

&cq^^_

or with 2 solitary or several, rarely above \ in. long, 1- or 2 -flowered, out lengthening ral leafy shoots, very short at the time of flowering, but not p orbicular, or 3 in. Leaves on these shoots all alternate, broadly

^
^^^
'

Styles 3, divided
VB^. Australia.

into very
ser. 3, ix.

Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat.

301.

^ogQ.

Sandy wet

n. Preiss, places near the lake in Rottcncst Island,

Swan

River, Oldjield,

Drummond.

21. -D.
species.

flabeUata, Benih.

Bulb not

seen, but probably

abe^ the as in
all ^^g_ C''^^^|.

Stems in our specimens simple or

slightly branched, ^^^^'

a stem-leaves ft. high or rather more. Lower leaves rosulate, broadly fan-shaped, not peltate, 2 to 4 lines diameter, narrowed "^jjj.^j_^.|^ing termina a in i- ijtiy broad petiole. Flowers rather small, numerous,
'

cyme.

Sepals attaining 3 lines or rather more after n very into base toothed, glabrous. the Styles divided nearly to

flowering,

o^^^^

'

Drosera.]

XLiv. droserace^,

4G5

filiform
culate,

brandies.

Seeds not very small, globose or slightly angular, tuberTowards Cape Riche, Dnanmondy

W.
28.

Australia.

Wi

Coll. iu

281.

auriculataj>5^c/t/^.^ Planch, in Ann, Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix. ^95. Bulbous, with a slender stock. Leafy stem erect, simple or slightly branched, Lower leaves at the summit of the stock either \ to \\ ft, high, glabrous. all reduced to short linear scales, or forming a small rosette, with orbicular almost reniform or peltate laminae and short petioles. Stem-leaves scattered, peltate, broadly crescent-shaped or at least truncate on one side, the 2 angles more or less produced into glandular-ciliate appendages, the petiole filiform, Flowers several, white, in a terminal simple raceme. Pedicels at length ex-? ceeding the calyx, the lower ones not much longer than the others. Sepals
or rather more in fruit, glabrous, entire or scarcely glandular-toothed. Styles divided from a little below the middle into a dense tuft of short dicliotomous linear Seeds very numerous, narrow-linear, the lobes. loose testa extending beyond the nucleus at one or both ends. ^Hook. f. Fl.
attaining 2 lines

D.

Tasm.

i.

30

;'

F.'

Muell.
_

PL

Vict.

i.

6L'

Port Jactson, R. Brown, Sieier, ?^. 176 (with B.peUaia)^ and others ; northward to Clarence river, Beckler ; southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. Victoria. Sandy poor pasture land and sterile ridges, not rare, T". Mueller. Tasmania. Abundant in rocky grassy heathy places throughout the island, /. 2).
Sooker,

M. S. Wales,

**f

Bugle Range, F, Mueller; Encounter Bay, Wkiilaker. Also in New Zealand. This species scarcely differs, except in the seed, from thosp forms B.peltala ^\hicli have nearly glabrous sepals.
29.

S.Australia-

D. peltata,
the

Bin.

in

mild.

Spec.

PL

i.

1546.

Bulbous, with a
ft.

slender rootstock.
leaves at

Leafy stem erect or Hcxuose, \ to

high.

Lower

of the rootstock usually rosulate, orbicular or reniform, jiot peltate, 2 to 3 liucs diameter, on a broad petiole oftpn longer than the ^mina; stem-leaves peltate, semiorbicular or broadly crescent-shaped, on slender or filifonn Flowers white, in loose simple racemes. Pedipetioles. ^Is usually exceeding the calyx. Sepals attaining about 2 lines, or more in

summit

with father long below the from dichotomous soft liairs. densely short, Styles ^^tldle, the Seeds very numerous, ultimate branches shortly lineur-cluvatp.
large-flowci-ed specimens, ciliate-tootlied,

'he

and more or

less clothed

ovoid or globular, the testa not produced beyond the nucleus. Sm. {fot. Bot. i, 79, t. 41; DC. Trod. i. 319 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 30 ; F. %ell. PI. Yict. i. also B. includes (which Exs. PI Sieb. petiolaris,
^mall,

60

Ji,

n. lunata. Hook. Ic. PI t. 54, and probably also Hamilt. l^^han,)inDC.Prod. i. 319. n, 523 (partly), FL Mixt and 'Wale^. n. 176, Brown.Sieher, Port Jaclisou, 22. Jf'^'
^^^^nculata)
;

ta others.

^J^ictoria.

Fertile pastures

^asmania.
^i^'^^riculata,
.

and meadows, not rare, F. Mueller. not so common but island, the throughout Moist places and grassy lauds

2;

Flowers much ^^^' 3, ix. 297, and Fl. Tasm. i. 30, t. f''/^*istricts. Tasmania, /. D. Hooker. This form is represented by Labdiardicrc,

" ^'^^/j.
f.

J.B.Hooker,
Stems
slender.

^ smaller. P.

/ pi r u v i Flanch, in Hook.t. gracilu, 5.-Faramatta ^f'oc./^. ; mountam

PL Nov.

Uoll,

^Ub,

2.

^^'foliosa. Short and stout, with larcer leaves and fewer flowers.- A/o^io^^, Hoot. > n

f.

Vol.

II,

jj

^466

XLiv,

DHOSEKACE^.

IDrosera

i Planch.

Ann. So. Knl. JlEella,al, /. M.eller ; ma,.l>, P'f ttf ".J"'\i h

3, i,.

298,

J-jm

'

'-<''""'

P'""'

"'

\X*:.

j^f.

to S. China, for I can

The
and

rosulate leav
^

constant always not are and specimens, found in some styles are the same in both.

the Australian ones.

Ihc

sepal.

Ne
twining, 1 to
nflorercence.

Bulbous,

ft.

No

high, glabrous or slightly g^^^^'l^^J^^-P^^^^^^"* sn.n to leaver -^^M-'^ rosulate leaves ; lower

""^'Iml u^l

^^^3 peltatp, petiples, slender ,ou ^^^^^ linear acute scales; stem-leaves ^ ^[ shaped, with 2 acuminate ciliate angles, ?^^^{^^"^!^^. numero not form, . large, red or purple n the original

^f ^tnf nLe o^
'

broad.

Flowers rather

simple or once-hranchcd in a or in a loose cyme "^J'J^^^^^^J^^^^^ ^^f often flower, 3 in long lines 2 ^^^^^^^^^^ above Sepals eels long. vmj "^^.^"/lf into ^mded deeply Styles outside. villous toothed, glandnlar-ciliate, numeious, very Seeds branches. dichotomous slightly numerous filiform
.'
'

narrow-linear.

W.Australia. Princess Royal Harbour, rivers, xMurchison and Moore between Oldfield;
^V.fj;fAurea.
^IpMrea:Le\^m.
joining districts, R.

Pr^fi^,

''

Drummoud,

-^PJ/^ ^7/ tolln. &(A

.^

^^^^

Champion 119,

lowers yellow or
Pugill. viii.

straw-colour, but^
n.

43, au.l PI. Prei.s.

wi^out -I "Jf s feoana Georg i;^254.-Kmg

Vasse

-^

Brown, King, Preiss,

1981, Ohljield ;

river, Oldjieia.

Probably 31. D. 1^^|^^;^;^ ; j^j co often and crown the at thickened stock slender at the base, usually ^^^^_ ec e tall, stem Leafy leaves. of remains old of mass with a dense to reduced leaves Lower glabrous. If ^^,f'-'t7nt ing upwards, shaped, crestL broadly ^^1^^^ tered scales ; stem-leaves on slender petioles, peltate, diameter. hnes .^^^^ with 3 prominent subulate-acuminate angles, 2 to. 3

gigaxitea, Lindl. Swan Rk. App. 20.

terminal l^ranchcd divaricately loose large small, white, in a V^'^f^ gtyies entire, Ion-, l^^es Sepals 1 to longer than the calyx. ^j^^'^l'i, dense branches numerous into *?""' divided short and thick, shortly testa, a witn globular, Seeds obovoid or almost almost globular mass. ix.^-^ ser. 3, Nat. Lehin. PL Preiss. i. 255 ; Planch, in Ann. Sc. ^^^^^ ' l^t ^^ Vrummond, Elver, Swan [V. Australia. Wet bogs and swamps, . 1991, Oldfield; Blackwood river, Oldfield.

V^^

jj^^^^,^

ser 3, ^'^?V:{ Nai. Sc. hi Ann. Tlanch. 32. D. myriantha, branched, sii^u : or simple Leafy stem slender, ^^^^^^ with a slender rootstock. ^^^^ i smau to reduced ^.^^ few, leaves Lower under 1 ft. high, glabrous.
>

scales

stem-leaves on

orbicular, filiform petioles, peltate,

noi^^^
^

^^^^^

.^^^

,' ' any than Sepals Flowers apparentlv white, smaller meter. <>JJ'^'^ c^^_^^ ttie as long as Pedicels cyme. ^^^^^^^^ rather numerous in a branched mai ^^^^i^ scarcely 1 line long, acute, minutely glandular-notched, ^ ^^ uiio ^ or branches j the Styles 3, divided to the base into 2 forked j produced testa Seeds numerous, oblong-linear, the cues.

tiucleus.
.

W. Australia,

Brummond.

Dmera,]
33.

XLiv. drosera,ce^.
Riv. Jpp, 20.

4G7

Bulbous, with a slender rootstock. Leafy stem flexuose or twining, often 1 to 2 ft. long or even more, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. Lower leaves few, reduced to linear acute scales stem-leaves on slender petioles, peltate, orbicular, often above 2 lines diameter. Flowers apparently white, several in a loose cyme, larger than in B, myriantha, but usually smaller than in the following species. Sepals from under 2 lines to at least 3 lines long, glabrous and entire or very shortly
.

D. pallida, LindL Swan

ginndular-ciliate.
slender
Preiss.

Styles divided to the base into extremely numerous very

coasider^ible

and acute branches, stigmatic a

i.

way down.
2>rd

Lehm.

PI.

253.

W. Australia..
1996, Oldjield;

Swan

River,

Bnimmond,

Morchison

river, Oldjield ;

CoIL n. 46, Frem, n, Khig George's Sound, Earvey, Oldjield.

1st

CoJL,

and

34.

D. peniciUaris,
acute scales
;

BentJi.

Bulbous,

^vith a slender rootstock.

stem slender, flexuose or twining, usually glabrous.

linear
Sttiall.

Leafy Lower leaves reduced to

stem-leaves on sleuder petioles, peltate, orbicular, rather

yioMrcrs apparently red, rather large, several in a loose cyme or short branched raceme. Sepals pubescent or villous, ciliate-toothed, 2 to 3 lines

Styles divided, as in Z). pallida, into exceedingly Seeds numerous very slender branches, stigmatic a considerable way down. numerous, linear. D. Drummoudii, Planch- in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix. 293,
lo^g.

Anthers oblong.

^ot of

Lehm. W.Australia-

Swan

River,

Dntmmond,

1st

ColL,

and SrdCoil.n.U; between

JWe
Tnia

and Murchison rivers, Briimmond, ^th CoIL n. 112; OiLlfield river, Maxwell, may possibly prove to be a variety of D. fillcaidis, with the iufloresccuce rather of

^- pallida.

Bulbous, with a slender jootstock. Leafy stem slender, flexuose, glabrous, usually simple and under stem-leaves 1ft. long. scales; acute narrow to reduced Lower leaves few, ratlier Flowers slender diameter. lines 2 rarely fn petioles, peltate, orbicular,
35.

D*

filicaulis, Endl. hi Ilueg.

Emm.

6.

oncerarely very racemes, apparently red, few in short loose simple f%^> ciliate-toothed, ^I'anched. villous, slightly frequently Sepals glabrous or more Sty es Anthers oblong. Joul about 2 to nearly 4 lines long when in fruit. ?iJed, as in B. pallida, nearly to the base into extremely numerous slender Pi. Ireiss. pi^pIe branches, Lehm. down. way stia-matic a considerable
ireiss ^ River, , Australia, Drummond, Ztd Coll. n. 47 ; marshy the quite has spee.es This Maxwell. King George's Sound. Hury.l ; Gales Brook, ; calyi less villous^ the and Peet of I). smaller usually Menziem, e.cept tlat the leaves are but ,t remaius to be pallida, in D. as ^ style-branches are quite different, being the same characters. specific *trtaiaed how good really far these difiPerenccs in the style are in diagnosis a short from only J-^icmpk>^Ua, Eudl. ia Ilueg. Euum. 6, is known several allied species. ''wli there from nor is nothing to distinguish it from D. filicaulis,

y.

places

Swan

simple, usually rigid, but "'"Istock. Leafy stem erect or flexuose, slender fine small very "ider 1 to reduced ft.high, j^labrous. Lower leaves few, concave, very ^les stem-leaves orbicular, peltate, few, on slender petioles, Flowers Inrge, apparently ^-^^t campanulute and r(.-flexed, rather large. long end with the '^' in a loose at fringed cyme. Sepals fully 3 Hues long, 2 H 2
;

Huegel

Bulbous, with a slender

^gg
d.i.

XLiv. DROSEUACEiE.

[Droma.

shortly

.,ad.s, clavate atoost *ort with dichoto,us. Stjles 3. repo.tedly i. ^06 Piciss. PI. Lehra. sti^matic at the end.

rS;f^l^^'L'ui:;

?i;iH.o,ers

..

P,,-s specif.,.

Bulbous, with
(

a slender
.A.

-^

/I

diameter,
in a loosi.

flat

or

slightly concave.

Flowers often large

bnt

vmu
^

cyme, but not

with end the at fringed lines long, numerous extremely branches the ultimate liuear.Lehm,
Dei-

A^i'%.]^7^"^,;f%^lP^;^eaSuy lepejxteay Stile, cilm. long

and
i.

branched, ^^^^^ snon, slender, but

in

PL

Preiss.

254.

. WS2; frm., GuMforf, ;.,; *'" And, Cape .nd Kojomip 6(4 CoB. . lOS
i

Mmchlson and Moore bct,

,

river

y5'.s.__if!f i"'^:,"2;^"T S, ix, ser. Nat Sc. Ann. in jr/V/^//rf, Planch,

collections.

."^

'

d^-^-

-MltS*

,i,etcrs the saie.-Sd in B.r,rf.

Menziesii

a with Bulbous,

slenofla-

erect slender, stem Leafy der rootstock. A^f ;^ J, _s\e ^ ; Tr^^^^^small ;'^, to reduced few, --"'-leaves ">.--" Lower dei,ff o-ivv^i ^.^^,, SQ. rather raiuci ueauj, ay. bvous urous or nearly Flowers lu, c^nnll orljicular, ^^^3^ly.'^"f^', .1,' peltate, petioles, very, leaves on slender raceme implej^^ shox-t a ^ form, original the pink or red' in
'

^
^

large,

ran^ly once-branched.

Sepals 2 to 3 lines

1"|.-

cili.te. less or more glabrous, . nearly rarely brandies. -^J ^^^^f dichotomou? slender numerous into very divided repeatedly

^f

P^^^^f ^^f." ^did

Styles

3^.
^

s'eds

linear.

King George's SpunJ and

ham, hnmrnond, 2nd
ilavescem, Var. favescens,
ix.

Jf^^^^V^. districts, adjoining

i-lancn. in

^"""'''^'

Qoll. n. 5

niid

others

gc. Nat,

ser. 3,

Ilowcrs palc-ycllow. i). mtncata,

293.

"W, Australi
Vict. i. 62. Fl. Muell. F. 294; Sc. Nat. Murray, the towarJs localities y. ^^'Il'^^jr^.^ many Victoria. In Town George Cape, Rocky coast, ^^^'^^^ Tasmania. N, ^ ->;^, as colony the of greater part the Throughout Australia. S.
ser. 3, ix.

as

^. ^ ^ Bndets

Eanges, T. Mueller. c^^^^^.^^-^^ the except varieties altho^gl' three the tetween I can see no difference whatever as in *"" "";,^same the precisely are The styles of the white variety witli i confounded been had which B. fiUcaulk, of different from those ^^_^^^^^^

i^' ser Nat. 3, .^" gbbrous39. D. calycina, Flanch. in Ann. Sc. skn^^^ ^j^^jer erect usually "^ '^^ stem Leafy ^vith a slender rootstock. ^tem-^ one scales; slender ^^ small to ^^^^ Lower leaves few, reduced o eetruncate slightly rarely petioles, peltate orbicular or o^^^ s^np^e ^^er loose few ^^^^^^ Flowers apparently red or white, side. e^" ' o'^*^'!,^' vcrj' thin, herbaceous, scarcely Sepals forked racemes. ,!]. f, i-ewis glabrous, denticulate, scarcely or flowering, entire

^^J

l)rosera,'\

XLiv. droserace-^e.
^

469

not half as long again. Filaments more or less dilated uiifler the anthers. Styles short, divided from the middle into exceedingly numerous short dichotomous branches forming dense globular tufts^ often not longer than the entire portion.
ceeding the calyx or

W.
dilated.

Australia.
Coll.

Brummond, Gik
Var. minor.

King George's Soundj Collie^ between ]Moore and Miirchison n. 109. The sj)ecimens from both localities very simihir.

rivers,

Leaves iiiid flowers much smaller, but the same style; filaments rather Between iloore and Murdi5son rivers, Brummond, dth Coll. n. 1 10.

less

Bulbous, with a slender stook, usually enclosed in mliiicTOus old' scaly remains of leaves. Leafy stem simple, slender, glabrous, the short narrow-linear or subulate
40.

D. heterophylla,

Lindl.

Swan

Riv.

App. 20.

or leaves at the base more numeroils than in other species ; stem-leaves on slender petioles, usually small, peltate orbicular or slightly truncate and 2-angledon one side. Flowers solitary or rarely 2 or 3 in a simple raceme, with fringed large. glabrous, nearly long, Calyx-lobes usually 8, 2 to 3 fines
scales

prominent glands, but not'ciliate;

Petals 8, twice as long as the calyx-lobes, Harrow, not so readily twisting up together after flowering as in other species. Styles repeatedly forked into very numerous short slender branches, stigmatic
at

the end,

^iii-

forming a short very dLemQlxiii.Sondera 45, and PL Preiss. i. 256 (in iiower) ; S. macraiit/ta,

Freissii,

Lehm. Pugill. Lehm. \. c. {m

fruit).

W.Australia. J'rom ifing Brummond, Ut Coll. and 2nd Coll.

41.

George's Sound to others. and Oldjield, 1989, n. n. 18, Preiss,

in

Swan Kiver and Champion Bay,

319.

D. Banksii, B.

Br.

DC. Prod.

i.

Stem

filiform,

leafy,

bulb a forinmg possibly but 4 in. long, very slender at the base, slenon as iu the orbicular, peltate, preceding species. Leaves all scattered, petiole of a der petioles, on diameter, line the lower ones with a lamina of k some to Stipules 1 to 2 lines, more. the upper ones twice as large or rather W the upper leaves very thin, narrow, soiirious and deciduous. Flowxrs tew,
glabrous, 2 to
s edice peltala. 1 D. ill a simple raceme like the smaller specimens of t;etals long. l\"s ";"% as long as Sepals villous, 1 to the calyx. impertectly and myself ^Pi'eading, lengcr than the calyx. Styles (not seen by branches.3-hd oWrved by deeply base into 2
small,

Planclion) 3, divided to'the

ilanch. in

Ann.

Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ix. 291.

Queensland.

Endeavour

river.

Banks and Solander.

Saliab.

2.

BYBLIS,

^'alyx-segments or sepals 5.
^^'

Stamens 5, imt or pores oblong uv ^.'Itliers attached by the base, opening at the end dissthe to attached Jts. Ovary 2-cellJd. with se,;eral ovules in each cell st.grmiCa,ate cap; or ent; style undivided, with a terminal oblongd.ssep the bonnng ^"le vah^. 2 in son^ewhat compressed, 2.ceUed, opening .-Herbs Embryo ;^^t m their centre. Seeds oblong, albuminous ^^'^ or less linear-subulate "^^^^^^ Leaves glandtdar-pubesccnt.
contorted-i.nbricate.
_

base,

i^ ring at united oblique, Petals 5, broad, hypogynous, often decimate

''".

^"^^Z^"^"" floer. blue single a bearing without stipules. ^ axillary, Peduncles it which with Order, "^^^ the iu anoiualous genus is linntcd to Australia. very is It

470

XLiv. pROSERACEiE.

[Drosera.

of Cheiranthera in Pittosporem.
in.

2 aLove Bot filiform, Leaves Stems slender. equal nearly . . ovate almost or oblong Anthers m. to Petals 1 long. \ 6 m. Stems stout. Leaves often above oblong-liuear, often unequal

long.

Petals under i

m.

^ Anthers
^
.

^_^.^^^^^^_
i

B.Vmi^oT^.Salish. Farad. Land. t.^^.

with viscid or Glabrous

vu

Stems so. copiously sometimes glcai'du^^r pubescence, Peduncl long. in. to 2 1 filiform Leaves in. 3 or 2 only ^igh and often to acue ate lanceo Sepals leaves 3^ tbc exceeding slender, usually longes fijamei^s the length ^^ ^'s to line Anthers varying from | long. lid t Iconogi. Edl. 319; i. Prod. shortest.-DC.

slendej, rare^

m^

:he Avliere the

anthers are

fVfolia
305.

N. Australia.
river,

N.W.

coast, of the

Bynoe

Mueller; islands

Gulf 6i

Hooker -^Sturt's C^^^^^^^^ adjouuug Brown; B. Carpentaria,

-^
,

F. Mueller.

Dcnison Port ^- j^Jfj,^,,ig pubQueensland. as cruJea, Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat._ ser. 3,. ix. ^06, - ^o-^f ^-,f/^^^^^^^^^^ tbc which lisbed by Eudlicher of R. Brown's specuucns, ^''"'^.'^"^"'.l^ti^eVsinthespeanU^e these recognised he thought Planchon and ^^^_ back, of the middle attached by the .b.ow in specimen excellent The herbarium. Banksian cimen glued down in the o" are anthers The mistake. ^^ ,;er \he base, aad l>arium show however that this is a oy attached always but Salisbury, by figured as long Bauer, sometimes as
Shoahvater Bay. R. Broion
;

t^

tj

^7,

lifitpUer^

f^f

varying
3.

much

in intermediate lengths in different spcciraeus.

B. gigantea, Undl.

in

Swan

Rlv.

2 ^ i<J hard. pubesceut and viscid, llootstock ^ .^ ^^ '*'"' channelled 2 ft. high. Leaves linear-subulate, terete or ii^^^; |^ larger leaves. ^l?^^^'f, the than shorter mostly Peduncles 1 ft. long. and .^^^^ uk otherwise but large, as twice sometimes than in B. Uniflora, ^^^^^^^^ eitliei 7 -nerved, ^^' :^^ ^j^g Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3- to variable in size. point ^^'^'^^^ glandular into a produced or petals than the ^^es 2 hues, unequal, declinate, linear, t'l'^^.^'^^^^^^'.-^es nearly usually Anthers petals. so'n^^___j proportion, ^^,,. i the longer 3 lines long, but variable in size and
' ,

App. 21. More Stems erect, stout,

or kss glandu^^-

Planch.

1.

c.

307.

p^-^'m

199^

\st Coll.; sandy jilaccs, J^^'i^^^S ^''^.L numerous !'" flo-erthe Port Gregory, OJdJidd ; Hampden, Clarke. I can of parts i ^f^.^jf/^^^^Vtlie as 01 plant the of 1 weil as size mens in different herbaria, except in the

W.

Australia, Bnmmond,

HALORAGE^
1

petals j^'t Li''"'

Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; lobes

2,

or none or 4

r.ye

^ ^^

g^

imbricate. ';' slightly or induplicate ^j,,;tudinall.V2, 4 or none, valvate opemn 2-celled, 1 erect, anthers ^^^^j^ ; short filaments rarely 1 or 3 ^^0^^ * rare or 3^jyies 2or y either angular, or Ovary inferior, flattened
;

"J'^'^"' to 4 pendulous ovule in each cell, or 1-cellcd with 1 Pf ?\^as. plumose o or papillose as many as ovules, ciuite distinct, with

Fruit

C
; ^

XLV. HALORAGEiE.
inferior, small, indehiscent, with 1 to

471

4 cells and seeds, or divisible into 2 to 4 testa membranous a with pendulous, Seeds 1-seeded indelilscent carpels. superior; long, radicle albumen; fleshy embryo cylindrical, in the axis of a opposite Leaves undershrubs. or aquatic, cotyledons small. Herbs, often
or unisexual often smaU, Flowers whorlec] or alternate, without stipules. panicles. or racemes corymbs incomplete, axillary or rarely in terminal small genera, Australian 2 the Of globe. The Order is dispersed over nearly tlie wliole
of the spethree or two but Australian, ones are endemic ; the principal one is also chiefly extrathe over spread widely genus, cies extend also into Eastern Asia, or arc. with a fourth representea plants, aquatic are others The three tropical regions of the sonthern hemisphere.

nearly ail

over the globe.

the to answering males, the in j>da!s, at least
Fruit a nut-like

A.

True Halorage.-2^^;m mfh

given above.
in the males,

ordinal characters
Petals, at least

induplicate, ki-cled.

or rarely spotigy, undivided drupe. 4-merous. or 32panicles, Flowers in deusetcrminal corj^nibose

' * * ' \'* Dissepiments of the ovarv evaiiesceut ^ V rhachis Flowers solitary or clustered within each bract, along the of simple or paniculate terminal racemes. Flowers 3- or 4-merous . . . .
1^

t q^.j^qj^j^^

Ha^loragis
g
j^j^^q^^.^ctls.

lowers 2-raerous

' ,

Petals ia

the males imbricate. carpels. Aquatic or mud plants

Fruit separable into 2 or 4

Vi nut-like
,

'

jj^.^jQp^yLLUM.

to referred often lut B. Anvmalous genera of a very reduced type allied to Haloragea,, MonochlamydeEb." Flowers unisexual.

Calyx-teeth minute.

Stamens none. species) Australisn Petals (in ierres4. rarely or 2 2. Ovary l-eelled, with 1 ovule. Styles scapes radical and leaves trial stemless plants, with broad radical
Flowers surrounded Ovary l-celled, with 1 ovule. Styles
verticillate

5.

p Gu^Ni.EA.

Perianth none.

by bracts.
2.

Stamens several. Hoating plant, with

* '

^^^^^^,,^^^^^^,

* dichotouious leaves i PeriaDth none. Flowers with or without 2 bracteolcs. Ovaiy 4-cellcd, with 1 ovule in each cell. Styles 2.

1 c+ btamen i.

'

Aquatic or

mud

calutkiche.

plant,

with opposite entire leaves

A.
1.

True IIalokage.e.
P

LOUDONIA,
(Glischrocarj-OD,

Liudl.

EndL)

lob^^^^^^^^ angles; wings ^^ longitudinal Calyx-tube or ovary with 2 to 4 Petals wings. ^^^ V^ort, alternating with the T'-^^^ f^^^^
Plicate,

deciduous.

"Slameus

twice as

many

as petals

1 ^^^
t^'^

itent ; anthers oblong or linear, deciduous. ulcus ovules, or imperfectly divided into

Ovaiy

^^'^^^f^^^^^^^'

wiU yx winged or inflated.-aiabrous herb v^^ ytuuw, lowers rect stems. J Leaves alternate, linear.
.

Wk, with

terminal obtuse stigmas.

f^

^-^^^^^"^^
tstock'and ro perenu^^^ Perenn^al a ^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^

l-^^^'^^f '

* p n

f ^jf

<^OJ'mbose panicles. infloresand habit in more jr.joraais , ,., , from The genus is limited It differs to Australia. from distinguished are species b the which ..-.^--'^ than by *"e characters ; man in lloraL The lue cnaracici^ floral characters, characters.

^fTf peX

*=^cli

other

may

confitaut really be possibly not be found to

.
. .

pi

3. i. Bt'hrii.

'^^ers

2-merous, rarely 3-merou8

472
.,

XLV, HALOKAGE4:.

{Loudonla.

Flowers 4-merous..,, i . prominent with 4 endocarp, to the aduate closely Calyx and epicarp wings 1 by a loose endocarp the wth counected and inflated epkarp Calyx and angles wings or prominent scarcely 4 with substance, spongy
<.

,1.

1. L. aurea.

...

3. L.

Km.
gla-

1.

L. autea, Lindl Swan

Riv. Jpp. 42,

icith a

woodcut.

Quite

to 2 branclied 1 slightly simple or Stems erect, Rootstock woody. T)rous. drying. in black tui'ning often or even 3 ft. liigh, glaucous or yellowish, of the base the towards crowded Leaves linear, quite entire, distant or more broad hues to 2 sometimes 1 stem, rarely 2 in. long and often much smaller, goldenFlowers terete. almost sometimes very narrow and thick,

and

flat,

luies about 2 4-winged, Calyx-tube yellow, in terminal corymbose panicles. long as about Petals long in the ordinary form, the lobes short and broad.

as the calyx-tube.

Stamens

in the perfect flowers 8;

Styles 4, short,

thiclc,

flowerafter enlarges Ovules 4, but only 1 club-shaped, witli ovoid stigmas. broao. usually wings the ing. Fruit varying from 2 to 3 lines in length, any without In some specimens the flowers are smaller and mostly feniales, Jfiavem L. or with very few stamens.Nees in PL Prciss. i. 159 ; citrma, L. flowers) ; Drumm. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 396 (with smaller

F. Muell. in Linnsea, XXV. 3S5.

S. Australia.
nal<a, F.

Mueller.

range l^linders streams, of gravelly banks Rocks and specimens these between I am unable to discover any difference

antl.near t.u

some of Drummond's.

"W. Australia.
n.

Swan River, Darling ranie, etc., Drummond, 1st 2067, 2068, 2079; Champion Bay, Oldfield ; Eyre, Phillips, and
2.

n 11 r H'p Preiss ColL, ^^"^'^

Fitzgeraia
o
-

'

Maxwell.

L. Betrii, ScUecM. Linnaa,

xx. 648;

mens of

L. aurea, witli the same liaLit.

Very near the P^o^^^ ^P^^^^^^^ l^e^^^^^ shorter, Stems generally

Panicles sma

narrow and small, often few and distant, rarely crowded. v usually dense. Flowers of the size of the smaller varieties of X. aurea, ^ a ovules, and 2 wings to the calyx^ube, 2 petals, 4 stamens, 2 styles each. to added is broadly 2-Avinged fruit, but sometimes a third part ^^^Wimm ilueller ; Victoria. Mount Corong and N.W. desert to the Murray, F,
DallacJi}/.

S.Australiatown,
etc.,

Gregarious in barren sandy

;

soils,

Behr; Mount Barker

r V crecK,

Gawlef"

F, Mueller

Kangaroo

Island",

Waterhous^.

^^lu simple |^Stems erect, 3. L. Roei, SchhcnL Linn^a, xx. 648. a uis linear, brous, as in the other two species. Leaves few, small, ^^ ^^ varietie smallcf nicle smaU and dense. Flowers of the size of the ,^^^^^ ^^^^o^ decuuen aurea, or still smaller. Calyx-tube with 4 narrow shortly Petals- as in Z. aurea, but smaller. Stamens 8 (or sometimes ^,^1^ 4
.

not much longer than the filaments. Fruit y^llo^^' ^'^^^^^\ ^ T^^^ the diameter, promin'ent angles or narrow wings, about 3 lines gp^j^gy, loose, very tube and epicarp connected with the endocarp by a almost fibrous substance. Seeds as in L, aurea, yocaryf^

^^y
m
.

description ^^^'^^^ gfter'tbe Endlichcr's MarivelL Fitzgerald range, s ^P^^|^^|-^'' MaxwcU with (persisRoei, Endl, ia Ann. ^Vicn. Mns. ii. 210, agrees precisely "stamuia ^ of niunber , gpongf pctah and anthers hav fallen away, except (Hat the ^^^^^ rem Ihe of 8. tent filaments after the anthers have fallen) is 12 instead
iuflated fruit, if really normal, is very chaructcristic of the species.

W; Australia.

XLV.
2.

HALOKAGE^.
Foist.

473

HALORAGIS,
;

(Cercodia, Miirr,

Goniocarpus, Kcen^

Calyx-tube or ovary with as

alternating
rarely
^.vith tlie

many

or twice as

many

nerves as lobes, those

;

lobes occasionally expanded into angles or wings

Petals as

lobes 4,

3 or abnormally 5, sliort.

many as

calyx-lobes, induplicatc

and

boat-shaped or hood-shaped, deciduous, often wanting in female flowers. Stamens twice as many as petals or fewer, those opposite the petals and enclosed
in

them always present in complete or male flowers, one or more of the alternate ones occasionally wanting, and female flowers usually without any i anthers oblong or linear, deciduous Ovary 2- to 4- or rarely filaments short. 5-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell ; styles short and thick, stigmatic at the top, often plnmose in the female flowers. Fruit a small, 2- to 4or rarely 5-celled drupe or nnt, the adnate calyx either smooth or variously ribbed, angled, winged, or muricate. Herbs or undershrubs, glabrous scabrous or hispid. Leaves alternate or opposite, entire toothed or lobed.
;

Flowers small, solitary of several together in the axils of the floral leaves or bracts, forming leafy or leafless racemes, either simple or in a branching terminal panicle. Pedicels usually very short, with two small opposite often
deciduous bracteoles
The genus
is

under the

flower.

ia Zealand, New in found also are species few but a chiefly Australian, Eastern Aia, in S. Afrii^a, and extratropical S. America. Of the 36 Austrahau species. 1 extends to New Zealand and the island of Juan Fernnndez, 2 to New Zealand and Eastern
Asia, I to
tbe ribs

from derived characters The endeniic. arc 32 New Zealand only, the remaining and wings of the fruit, upon which'^the genus had been divided into three, are either

to be availspecies, certain variable in too or accordance with other distinctions, flo\Yers variously able even as female the nioua^cious, are species sectional. Most of the aU flowers the with Diixed in with the males, specimens had and although I have frequently is constantly of oue or species any that ascertain to the other kind, I have not been able styles and obtuse small dioecious, find always I but l^he males have uever plumose stigmns, females have The <heir corresponding perfection. to come to ovules, which apj)ear often As only. filaments "suallv smaller petals or filiform or none none at all, fewer stamens or not have I spc>cics, tbe diltereaces the all nearly in between the two are probably the same
too little in

alluded to

them

in the specific characters.

irregnhrly there nnd hre rarely or 1. Alternifoliae.- Leaves all aUernaie loicer the a few of ccratophylla) moute, or {in some specimens of II. hexandra and H.

Serifs

^^s, or those

of barren shoots

onli/y ojjjjosite.

leaves narroVr-linear, entire.

Glabrous, small

and slender. Leaves very smalL Ho^Ters tary, Tniuutc. Styles and ovules 4 Glabrous. Tlowers mostly clustered. Fruit not nbbcd. Styles and ovules 2, rarely 1. Fruit globular Styles and ovules 4 or sometimes 3. Fruit ovoid

soli -

22, Ji. ptfsUla.

2^

^/fH'''^' f IL >nucronata.

Sprinkled with a few hairs. Fruit S-ribbcd. -

Mowers

sohtary or 2 together.

Calyi-lobes ovate. Petals deciduous Calyx-lobes cordate. ' ^ Petals reflexed, persistent iJensely hirsute. Fruit ovoid, muHcate */ ^aves linear or lanceolate, the larger ones with a few coarse teeth
or pinnatifid.
vVestern species. Styles and oviilcs

**'

o
J'
t'

rr

^//

^.. v; pMyouIes.
j'^^""^'

1, 2, ol- 3.

'

'

,,

Glabrous.

Calyx-lobea, petals, styles,

6.

and ovules usually

^>
^'

stamens

iemafolia
'

Fruit smooth

474

XLV. HALOKAGE..
Calyx-lobes and petals 4 Glabrous. Fruit 8 -ribbed ovules lor 2.
;

[IMorOfJU.
and
.

stamens 8

styles

l.H.scopamu
8.

Calyx-lobes points. tooth-like minute with bordered Leaves smooth 'Fruit , 3. or 2 ovules and styles 4 petals ; and
Styles and ovules 4.
Slightly
hairy.

H.

aculeolata.

Calyx-lobes

cordate.

Ovary acutely ^

^
^*

Fruit dcpressedCalyx-lobes almost cordate. platf/carpa. IL 10. minute . Flowers angled. not ijlobular, almost spongv, mucronaia. //. 2. short . . teeth the Leaves liuear'-lanceolate, Glabrous. ovules 4. and Styles scabrous. or Glabrous species. Eastern Leaves nearly sessile. Flowers mostly solitary. ,, rr * n^ .W.E.ceraio-phyUa. . . . angled not Fruit ovoid-dobular, often muricate, acuiangula. H, \%, .Fruit acutely angled
i.

angled Glabrous.

MJohosa.

..

Flowers clustered. Leaves lanceolate, distinctly petiolate.. . . . . Fruit muricatc and angled barren of thoSe toothed, minutely or entire to oblong, Leaves liuear
branches often opposite.
Calyx-lobes, petals, styles, and ovules mostly 3 ; stamens 6 . . Calyx-lobes, petals, styles, and ovules 4 i stamens 8
.

\4.

E,
rr

odoniocarsa.

^r;r H.1^. '^-^-^^^'/V

i
.

\\. E, ceraioi^hyUa.

{ornearhj all in H.
site.

Memaie uppermost the Series 2. Oppositifoli3e.-^/^m-/^r^^ all opposite or rarely oppo lowest the rarely FloraUeaves or bracts alternate or pusiUa).

clustered. mostly Flowers lanceolate. Leaves ovules 2. and Styles Leaves serrate Leaves entire Styles and ovules 4. -m Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate or oblong, serrate. Flowers mostly clustered. inflated, not ovoid, Fruit oblong. lanceolate or broadly Leaves 1 . terete or 4 -winged Leaves narrow-lanceolate. Fruit 4-angled, the epicarp inflated and connected with the endocarp by a loose network . . . FlowerS soliLeaves nearly sessile (except in //. nodulosa), tary or rarely 2 together (clustered in //. stricta and E,
.
,

--...-

lo.

serra.
.

1^. H.glauca.

^
17.
18.

.*.**,

^.

_.

alala.

n. racem

lanceolata),

Western

species.

Flowers minute,

Eaccmcs paniculate

(ex-

cept in

E, lanceolatay.

Hirsute with spreading hairs. toiundijolia. tq * Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, regularly toothed g^" ly-' ...^/^ ' -" /iU. entire . . . Leaves obovatc-oblong or lanceolate, almost Glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. miBracts toothed. scarcely narrow-linear, Leaves few,

'

nute or none.
Tall and
erect.

Leaves \ to 1

in. long.
*

RacemeS pa' '

.'

nicnlate

^
^
^ ^^ ^

a7itc^l<^^a.

SmaU and
nate.

slender.

Leaves small and few, mostly

'

alter't>

i'

Racemes simple

Katoothed, deeply obloiig, Leaves ovatc-lanccolate or cemes flexuose. Bracts often as long as the flowers.
Fruit globular
'

intricaia.

Leaves

petiolate,

flexuose.

oblong, obscurely toothed, muricate, urceolate, Fruit petiolate. Bracts

'

d" Eaccmes
^^odulosa.

with a smooth neck fiURacemes entire. nearly cuneate, Leaves oblong or tricltostachs^^ * . Bracts minute or none . form, paniculate. slender, Racemes entire. oblong, lanceolate or Leaves - lanceoM^' ^o* . . simple. Bracts longer than the minute flowers
"

Eahragis.l
r

xlv. halorage^.

475

Eastern species. Glabrous or nearly so.

Leaves ovate or orbicular.

Flowers
37.

minute, iu filiform leafless panicles

^. mxcrantha.

Scabrous or hirsute. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or with small

distant teeth

2^
linear lobes.
,

//. strict a.

Lower leaves divided into narrow

Lobes above the middle pmnatijida. E. ZQ. . . rhachis the Lobes pinnately disposed along Leaves broadly toothed or crenute. narrow. small, Fruit long. 1 iu. often Leaves oblong,
,
. .

of the leaf almost digitate

29.

IL

hderophyUa.

,?

Bracts niiniite at narrowed long, in. under oMong, \ or Leaves ovate bracts Upper globular. nearly small, Fruit tliebase.

-n

\\
'

31.

J. acanthocarpa.

minute
Fruit

^^^^^

'

base. the at cordate or Leaves broadly ovate, rounded . . . flower the exceeding Bracts globular.

i'

i*

%%

f,,',,r,des H, teucrwiaes.

Series 3. Oppositiflor^.-7-7^m^- leaves and ^eU as the stem-leaves. Flowers solitary in each axiL
Stems hirsute.

as opposite, all nearly or fiowers all 34,

scoi
.

Minutely

or slightly

^W}y

'.'-'* toothed \ entn-e. mostly terete, or ghbrous. Leaves narrow-Hncar

. . Leaves deeply serrate, ovate or oblong entire small, ovate-lanceolate, scabrous. Leaves ovate or

''

^^^^^ssa. ^^ 7T ^nhnhides. qa ^^^. H. satsoiotaes.

5- to S-

and a,.^. neither p i_ calyx-teetli, caiyx-ieciu, .^ 'uumeacalvx, twice as many stamens as * 1 AT_ ^ ^i^1i-hfta OHO/"* species oilier the all cvarj-, both of which exist in the male flowers of Nees ^ tnjid'^s Goniocarpus S.trijida, or
!

ones upper the three of bribed as haviug the lower leaves in ^vhorls OPFJ^J^' Soiidcr's h^r^;^^';^; in and trifid. 2401, n. Preiss, Iu the fragments Of ^^, Ji\'= uutu doubtlul remaiu therefore "'te and there must species The are no flowers.
^estigated

^Yalp. Kep. v. 672,

Ir

s
;

i-

^^_

ff

\ ,'^

^^
,

ia-

from better specimens.

129 t 101, H.disyna, laMll. PL li|^^-^ "^,^^^'^{, ^ith terete bmncUes. alternate. Leaves ^'I'^r tilfek enui ?' "linute white callous point, rarely exceeding 1 in. "^^^^gjin,; the tire or very obscurely toothed, the flora T^,^''-^ :^:^^r\^A. pendulous, owers. pedicellate, Flowers .hmily cordate, '^^^^^^V^te ^o not a^e, o o^^te-lan Calyx-lobes ^^rming ternnual leafy meenicS. glabrous Petals at least 1 liL long, hood-shaped
1.

Nov. Hall,

Tall and |,Iab.o^^^

^^

^f
,

eel

fruit
es.

and^^ Stamens 8 or occasionally 6 uy ciownea nearly globular, smooth, not ribbed,

Styles

ol|b^^

Sound or to ihe eastward.

......a,

Benin.

Usually
slender.

glaW^th^^h^^^
aiie

Leaves ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ to ^ ire, , fnear, rather thick or semitcrete, quite en ^^^_^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^^^ "'^"^ "ot always tcruiinatlng In a minute P;'"';,, broader, with a

%.
Y\ -'t

but smaller and more

shorter
teeth.

^;^^

^l^^tered

the shoots barren the 5 *iu Flowers glabrous, nu.ch 5'"^\1'^^;^=^ ;" ^f," raceuies. leafy iu the upper axils, forming

^V^^Z^na,r..^

times

sessile.

short, ^CaWx-lobes t^aij

476

XLV. HALOUAGE/E.

[Ilaloraijk.

and Styles usually 8. Stamens long. Petals 4, not i line triangular. 8slightly or sraootli glabrous, ovoid, small, Fruit 3. ovules 4 or rarely mucmiatus, Gowiocar/ws calyx-lobes. ribbed. crowned by the small erect

Nees
S.

in PI. Preiss.

ii.

225.
_

Bobertson. Portland, near marshes and river Fitzroy near Victoria. Heaths e. river, Onkapai-inga and Brown ; Murray scruh Australia. Kangaroo Island,

WrAustralia.
river, Preiss, n.

Bald Head, King George's Sound, H. Brown,

muddy

soil

near Vasse

Ti oo;i.1a possiDie is It specimens. western and Australian S. between the I can find no difference tlie tlo^trs although latter, the in they may both prove to he varieties of H. digyna ; but ovules. and styles two than more to have are considerably larger, they appear never

1221.

numerous with Slender but 3. H. pithyoides, Bentlu hairs, few a with sprinkled virgate branches, \ to 1 ft. high, glabrous or narrowalternate, Leaves usually of a glaucous or blackisli tint when dry.
rigid,
erect,
linear,

thick or semiterete, rarely above \ in. long, flowers. the than shorter bracts to reduced mostly small and leaiy scarcely panicle usually solitary, in slender racemes, forming a tenninal not ovate, lobes hispid usually ; 8-ribbcd, turbinate, 'Calyx4ube at the base. on ciliate loii|, line about hood-shaped, f Petals 4, glabrous. cordate, quite smaii, Irmt Styles and ovules 4. Stamens 8. the keel, not reflexed. oy crownea and ribs, aculeate almost ciliate prominent with 8 ovoid-globular, /^ou. Preiss. PL in Nees pithyoides, pus (^^^^-Xm^.Goniocar the glabrous

entire, the floral ones Flowers small,

W.
,

Australia.

Swan

River, Tre'm, n. 1224,

Drummond,

Clarke.

hut slender with Erect, 45. Enum. Hueg. Fenzl, in cordigera, 4. liair^ tew a witli rigid terete branches, attaining 1 ft. or more, sprinkled o ana ni. Leaves alternate, narrow-linear, thick or semiterete, under 1

H.

under \ in. long, entire or rarely obscurely toothed, the short on pendulous, P"^^'^ minute bracts. Plowers mostly solitary, rather Calyx-lobes slende-r racemes, forming a terminal leafless panicle.
floral

ones reducea
j^'

_^
^^ >

fe

i g, line above 1 Petals 4, reuiarkabiv cordate and almost peltate, erect. anu expanding hood-shaped, ciliate on the keel, reflexed immediately on ^^ longer Styles 4, usually 8. Stamens maining long persistent. V'^ _,,ook ripe. seen not_ species. Young fruit nearly gloiiular, 8-ribbed, but ii. 226. Preiss. PL in Nees Gomocarpus cordicfer,

Ic. PI.

t.

508

W.
curate.

AustraUa.
I

Swan

River, ffuegel,

'Preiss, eiss, n. \:.2'A. 1::23.

have not seeu Huegel's

Brummond, owu specimens, but

\st

Coll.

and

Oo

^^^
^^_'

.^-

the description

Hueg. Emm. 45. A. Cumu; lenzl, erect or asceudingbrandies, | to Ii ft. high, hirsute with ^PJ!^""" "^p^itely ""^^ opposite, Leaves alternate, or a few very rarely irregularly .'^|j ^ few w rarely or acuminate, \ to 1 in. long, with revolute margins, entire ^^^^^^^^ the exceeding no^^'^J^ mostly but short teeth, the floral ones smaller ^^\c\t. le. narrow ) solitaiy, not very small, in terminal racemes, forming a ^^^^^g
5.

H.elata,

with Rather cofi^^iirs.

keel. the on Calvx hirsute, the lobes not cordate. Petals 4, ciliate promineuuy ovoid, ruit small, usually 8. Styles and ovules 4.

w
.

\^^^^^

Schlecht. Liiuuca, xx. 648.

S.

Wales.

Barren rocky

ridges,

W. from WcUiugtou

valley,

A. Cmininj

^5^;^.

Ealoraffis.']

XLV, halokagej:.
Barossa range, Behr
;

477
-F,

S.

Australia-

Mouut

Lofty ranges and near Lake Torrens,

Muelier.
6.

H.

tenuifolia,
;

Benth.

Tall,

glabrous,

brandies terete and smooth. floral ones the lobes, narrow-linear few a with the larger ones 1 to 2 in. long mostly in pedicels, short very on Mowers gradually reduced to small bracts. Calyx-lobes base. the at leafy racemes terminal dusters 'of 2 or 3, forming 6. Stamens long. line I above Petals 3, 3, broad but scarcely cordate. ribbed, not long, line above 1 ovoid, fruits Styles and ovules 3. Young
creeping liase

and erect, from a shortly Leaves alternate, narrow-linear,

crowned by the calyx-lobes, 3-celled or very rarely 2-celled.

this H.scoparla. of habit the Con. n, 86. Australia, Drmmond, the ternary with Mewnectes, of that approaching species has a more slender foliage, almost Sowers of H. hexandra, and the fruit apparently of H. aculeolafa.

W,

With

7.

H. scoparia,

Fenzl, in llueg.

Emim. 45.

Tall, glabrous,

and

erect

branches terete

Leaves teeth prominent very remote few a acute, the larger ones 1 to 2 in. long with to small reduced gradually ones or lobes, the upper ones entire, the floral lormmg or of 3, 2 clusters in Wets. Flowers on very short pedicels, broad, short Calyx-lobes base. long loose terminal racemes leafy at the es ovu and btyles 8. Stamens almost cordate. Petals 4, about 1 Ime long. alter Uvary females. the 1 or 2, the stigmas apparently not plnmose even in flowering prominently 8-ribbed. Truit not seen.

and smooth.

alternate, linear or Imear-lanceolate,

'

W,

Australia, Hnege?^ Drummond.

Uh

CoIL

n. ?2.

speciI have not seen Huegel's

Rien,

hut the descrrptiou leaves no doubt as to

its identity.

speour high ft. al^out 1 virgate, 8. Erect, Benth. aculeolata, oi ciliolate prpimncnt cimens, the stem terete and glabrous or with slightly e mo or entire mucronate narrow-linear, aculcolate angles. Leaves alternate, but H. as lobes, teeth prominent feciuentlY

H.

with a few distant pomts also bordered cartilaginous %,^""^"^^^ ;;*; with veiy short, rigid, flowers the floral leaves exceeding smaller, but all much f^^^^'l^^'^l^^ ecu perfect "^^ but racemes, solitary terminal leafy
or 2 together, in loose Fruit ovoid, almost e;rky, above 1
neut ribs,
^^lls

scorn

J'^

crowned, by the 4
Clarke.

not cordate triangular, conniveut,

Hue long, quite glf J^'^^^. ^^"^/Jl^^^^^f calyx-lobes,

u

2 or verv rarelv 3

W.
4

Australia,

The specimens foliage

is

not good but J^cannotm^^^^^^^

'ny of the aUicd spc ies. f the fruit and

The

nearly that of

cMyx-lohcs that of H.
,^

a d.ffeient with but tenuifolia,

"-''^^''Znm^J.Z number

arts.

itig

^P-f; ~. hairs. .. Leaves .eaves alte^a.e. "lu t or t:roV eX'P" teetn, '--"'-"^f ^^idi a few prominent remote, acute, very
.

9.

B.M.

with sprinkM T.I1 and erect.

a ftw^ljcf

eS
J^^,^ Ovary UNary

farrowed at the b.nse but searJely petiolate, the termn. B^cenijs lanceolate, but nearly all exceeding the flowers. axds the er dense. Flowers usually clustered "^^JY^^^^^ ;f ''^^;'^. l^bes cordate, Petals 4, acutely acuminate. V^^V^^;3'4 ovules 4. and Styles only. 6 ,^ tlie keel. sometimes Stamens 8 or seen not after fruit Eipe flowering acutely 4-angled.

1^

^-^^^^^^'^H^l Sy y.
,

W.

Austral;^

u^iu, rucrs, -Rptwppn l^Toore and -Murchison

478
10.

XLV.

HALOKAGE^.
Erect, glabrous, under 1
to 3 in.
ft.

[HaloTagk,

H. platycarpa,

-B^/^/^.

high incur

specimens, the branches rather lanceolate, acute, the larger ones teetli or lobes, narrowed at the dually reduced to small bracts.

slender,' terete.

Leaves alternate, linear or long, with a few remote prominent

base iuto a short petiole, the floral ones graFlowers very small, pedicellate, solitary or 2 or 3 together under each bract, in slender terminal i:accmes leafy at the base. Petals 4, scarcely above \ line Calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate, almost cordate.

Stamens usually 6. long in the females, \ line or rather more in tbe males. Styles and ovules 4. Fruit depressed-globular, nearly 2 lines diameter, with a loose almost spongy epic.irp and a crustaceous endocarp, 4 -nerved, the top^ almost disk-like, with the small connivent calvx-lobes in the centre. Karely
the parts of the flowers and fruit are in fives instead of fours.

^V. Australia11.

Swan

River,

Drummond^

\st Coll.

and

n.

705.

Glabrous and glaucous or scabrous, with unnute rigid liairs, rather coarse but not usually tall, Leaves althe decumbent or ascending angular stems rarely exceeding 1 ft. ternate or rarely a few of the lower ones or those of barren side-shoots oppo-

H.

ceratophylla, Undl. Maktu,

16,

15.

-^y -. ^-^^^, .. ^v*s^** * a -^. floral ones gradually reduced to small bracts. Flowers nearly sessuCj solitaiy or 2 together, usually much larger than in //. tdragyna and H. heteroplylUy in long terminal racemes leafy at the base. Calyx-lobes lanceolate-triangular. Petals 4, about 1 line long, the keel scabrous-hirsute. Stamens usually 8 tetraIL in Styles and ovules 4. than larger Fruit ovoid or globular, mucb
^,
.

-..

^3^?/a,

scarcely ribbed but sometimes very morose ormuricate.

)

JI.asj)era,Lmd\.
i.

in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 30,6

H.pinnaiijida, Hook.

f.

Fl.

Tasm.

1 iy>

^^"^

"^^

of A, Gray.

Queensland.
Beckler,

Bargoo

CVlctoria) river,

Mitchell; Kockhainpton, DaJtachy

Warwick,

N.S.Wales. From
common
.

tlie

Darling to Cooi^cr's Creek,

Yidorian

Ex])edition; very
j-

in all

the

swamps

F.3laeuer Murray, yictoria. Scrub of the N.W. parts of the colony towards the "Wimmera, Ballachy. v i- nve r EsK S. Tasmania. Herdsman's Cove, Derweut river, 7J. Brown ; N. coast and /. -D. Hooker, , i
'

of the interior, Frasf^r,

jj

S. Australia. Frequent on the Mi;irray, Gawlcr river, Cudnaka,^ Mount Reinarka ^ic,^ F. Mueller ; Spencer's Gulf, Wa rhur ton ; Vovi IAxm^oIm, WilhehiL to I have not seen authentic specimens of Endlicher's plant, but the figure appcE^rs
represent this species rather thau H. heteropht/Ua, which is also in and of which some' coarse specimens, not well in flower, resemhle the H. ceratophylla.

^^

R. Brown

s ^o^^^

o m.o,re sjencier

^^^

12.

H. acutangula,

F. Aluell. in Trails.
species,
i/.

Ip', 1855, Vict. Inst.

H'''!'^^^^'

glabrous,

glaucous, rather coarse

leaves, inflorescence,

and flowers of

with the habit, ceratophylla, of which

^'""^

it

may

pro

^o
_j

be a variety, differing ia the fruit prominently and acutely smooth between the angles. 8. AustraUa. Port Lincoln, mUielmi.
.

4-angleil,

13.

H. hexandra.

F. Muell. Fraam.

iii.

31.

muchGlabrous, diffuse,

Ealoragis^l

XLV.

halokage^.
ft.,

479
ft.

bmnclied,
sliglitly

some specimens under \

others- above 1

long, the branches

Leaves alternate, or a few of the lowest or on some barren shoots opposite, from oblong-lanceolate to linear, acute, | to 1^ in. long, entire or with a few minute remote teeth, narrowed at the base but scarcely petiolate, rather thick, the floral ones smaller and naiTower, but all much exceeding the flowers. Flowers very small, pendulous, usually 2 together iu each axil, forming slender terminal leafy racemes. Pedicels usually short, but sometimes longer than the flowers.* Calyx-lobes 3 or rarely 4, ovatetriangular. Petals usually 3, even where the calyx is 4-merous, little more than \ line long. Stamens 6. Styles and ovnles 3. Fruit very small, ovoid, with 6 ribs, occasionally prominent and tubercular-rugose. "W. Australia, Drummond^ Uh ColL w. 84; bogs near 'Wilsou^s Inlet, Oldfield,
angular.
14.

H. odontpcarpa,

F, MuelL Fragm.
loosely haiiy.

i.

108.

Apparently

tall,

Leaves alternate, distinctly petiolate, lanceolate, mostly 1 to 1-^ in. long, coarsely serrate and rather thick, the floral ones very small, mostly reduced to bracts shorter than the flowers. Flowers clustered, in ternjinal racemes, smaller than in H, ceratophylla. Calyx-lobes short, acute, ciliatc. Stamens 8. Petals 4, scarcely 1 line long. Styles and ovules Fruit ovoid, above 1 line long, promineutly 4-angIcd 4. or almost winged, more or less muricatc, and often with 1 or 2 thick promiiient conical or tooth-like protuberances on each of the 4 sides.

glaucous

and nearly glabrous or

N. S. Wales.
petiolate

Kulkyne on the

Darlino:,

Goodwyn and Dallachj.

all

The

habit and

leaves are those of //. alata, but the leaves appear to be ^hinate poiuts, if constant, are quite characteristit;.

alternate,

aud the

Erect, brancliing, quite Duperr. Voy. t. 69. glabrous or the angles of the stem and edges of the leaves minutely scabrous.
in

15.

H.

serra, Brongn.

Stem-leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, regularly and sharply Semite, narrowed at the base but scarcely petiolate, the floral ones alternate, mostly re-<^uced to

small bracts.

Flowers glabrous, rather small, distinctly

pedicellate,

^ostly clustered, jn glender racemes, leafy at the base. Calyx-lobes short. Jt-'tals 4, nearly 1 line long. Stampns 8 or fewer. Styles and ovules 2.

^mit small, 2-eelIcd, smooth or obscurely rugose.

N. S. -Wales.
" Moore ;
16.

about Clifton, Ne^y England, Liverpool range, Lelchhardi.

Common

C.

Stuart; near Casilcrcagh,

Apparently annual, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Audr. 91. tall and erect, slightly branched, quite glabrous and glaucous with terete narstems. sen-ate, slightly or entire acute, Stem-leaves opposite, lanceolate, fOffer than in H. serra, the floral ones alternate and gradually reduced to
5TOaII

H, glauca,

bracts.

clustered,

mostly pedicellate, scarcely but pendulous Flowers glabrous, or lanceolate Calyx-lobes base. the at in terminal racemes leafy
'

oblong.

Petals 4.

Stamens

6 to 8.

Styles

aud ovules

2.

Fruit globular,
Verj- near //.
it

^gose, 2-celled.

W. S. "Wales.
*^a,
arid

Lindhy). flleri. mitchen Narran, Swamps of the

perhaps a variety, but the aspect too dissimilar to justify the unitiDg

without

^'ng intermediate specimens.

.

17.

Gently

species, appaerect taU A 69. t. i. Mar. 7, alata, Jacq. Ic. PI. lens, under a visible only asperities minute glabrous, but scabrous with

H.

uh
J

480
w.

XLV, HALORAGEiE.
9 *
' -

[Haloragis.
I
J

tlie

Stem-leaves opposite, distinctly petiolate, from ovate-lanceolate to oblong, | to 1^ in, long, or the lower ones sometimes twice that size, regularly and sharply seiTate, the floral ones mostly alternate and small. Flowers shortly pedicellate, clustered and drooping, forming terminal racemes leafy at the base. Calyx-lobes broad. Petals 4, about 1 line

brandies acutely angular.

long, glabrous.

and ovules 4, Fruit rather small, globular or ovoid, with 4 ribs scarcely prominent in most of the Australian specimens, more or less dilated into wings in most of the New Zealand ones, bnt variable in both countries, smooth or rugose between the ribs. Hook. f. Fl. N. 2. i. 62 ; Cercodia erecta, Murr. DC. Prod. iii. 67* N. S. "Wales. Grose riveVy R, Broiim ; Nepean river, WooUs ; Castlereagh river,
Stamens
8.

Styles

*C.

Moore; Clarence and Kichmoiid

Victoria.
Also in

rivers,

Beckler

New

Eiiglatid,

Leichhardt (tLe

latter

doubtful, leaves narrower and almost entire).

New

Port Phillip, Gunn, Zealand and in the island of Juan Fernandez.

H
erect herb or

A
undershrub attaining
5 or 6 ft.,

glabrous

with the acutely angular brauohes and general aspect of IL alata. Stem-leaves opposite, distinctly petiolate, naiTOvv-lanceolate, regularly and acutely serrate, often above 2 in. long, the floral ones alternate, gradually reduced to bracts. Flowers pedicellate, clustered in the upper axils, forming terminal leafy thyrsoid panicles. Calyx-tube acutely 4-angled, the lobes broad and short' Petals 4, about 1 line long, mucronate. Stamens 8. Styles 4, rather long; ovules 4. Fruit 3 or even 4 lines long, acutely 4.angled or winged, crowned by the sh^ort conmvent calyx-lobes, quite smooth, the thin somewhat inflated cpicarp connected vyith the endocarp by a loose network or spongy substance as in Loudonia Boei. Cercodia racemosa, DC. Prod. iii. 67/ "Wr. Australia. S. coast, Lahillardiere, E, Broicn; dry sandy places, Nornalup
'

inlet.

Maxwell,

rotundifolia, Bemth.

the base, attaining 1 ft. leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovate-orbicular, mostly ^ to | in. long, rei^ulady crcnate-scrrate, cordate at the base, the floral ones and miunte bracts base. the alternate. at Eacenies filiform, in a terminal panicle, leafy only Plowers minute, solitary and distant, glabrous oi- minutely pubescent. CalyxStyles lobes broadly ovate, almost cordate. long. Petals 4, about \ line obor smooth and ovules 4. Fruit ovoid-oblong, not \ line long, 8-ribbed, scurely rugose,

from brandling Apparently annual, erect, StemStem hairs. or rather more, hirsute with spreading

Ur. Australia.
.

Swan

River,

Dmmmond,

\sl Coll.

Flinders Bay, Collie.

ivith hirsute coarse, densely

20.

H.

rudis,

BentTi.

Low and

diffuse

spreading hairs, the stpms hard and almost woody at the base, but perhaps annual. Stem-leaves opposite, from obovate-oblong to almost lanceolate, rathe base, entire or with a few small teeth, under \ in. long, narrowed at the we as thick, hispid on both sides, the floral ones small riarrow and alternate es, panic as the minute bracts. Racemes short and slender, in small terminal Calyx-loue leafy at the base only. seen. Flowers very small, the males not
4, ovate-triangular.
slightly constricted

but

Styles

and ovules

4.

Fruit very small, nearly

glo"'"^'^'

under the persistent calyx-limb.

81.

Ealoraffis,]

XLV. halorage^.

481
little

21.

H. paniculata^

R Brown, Herh,

Erect, very slender, and but

branched below the inflorescence, glabrous or slightly hairy. Stem-leaves opposite, few in distant pairs, linear, obtuse, | in. long or" more, entire or
obscurely crenate,

narrowed

at the base but not petiolate, the floral ones re-

duced to minute alternate bracts. Racemes slender, divaricate, in a loose terminal panicle. Flowers very small, solitary or 2 together. Calyx-tube 8nbbed, shortly ciliate, the lobes ovate, not cordate, glabrous. Petals 4, about
a-

line

long.

Stamens

8.

Styles

and ovules

4.

Truit only seen when

young, iV. Australia.

22.

King George's Soundj R, Brotvn, Harvey,

H,

the base

pusilla, R. Br, Herb. A small slender annual, branching at only, most of the specimens not above 2 or 3 in. high and quite

glabrous.
smaller

Lower

leaves opposite, linear,

entii-e,

3 to 3 lines long, upper ones

and alternate, the floral ones reduced to minute bracts. Flowers solitary under each bract, very small and distant, sometimes scarcely forming a terminal raceme. Stamens 8. Styles Petals 4, not above \ line long. and ovules according to R. Brown's notes 4. Fruit a small as in TL mi<^rantha,

nearly globular, 8-ribbed.

W.
<

Atistralia.

To

suhajihyUa, few and very distant. S. coast, R. Brown.

^'ar. (?)

the E. of King George's Soun<l, J?. Broton {Herh. R. Br) Stems slender and wiry, 3 to 6 in. loiig, ahnost leafless, riowera

or ascending and veiy much branched, glabrous or sprinkled with a few rather ri^id hairs, branchlets 'filiform, very and acutely flexuose. or oblong, ovate-lanceolate Stem-leaves opposite,
23.

H.

intricata, Benth. Diffuse

coarsely serrate, under \ in. long, the floral ones alternate, small narrow bracts often as lonir as the flower. Eaccmes

mostly reduced to
filiform, flexuose,

form in

very

niuiute , cordate.

Flowers base. the leafy at panicles terminal much branched Calyx-lobes small solitary, distant, hispid with a few stiff hairs.

Petals 4, scarcely \ line long. ripe. seen ovules 4. not but angled, obscurely Fruit minute, globular,

Stamens usually

8.

Styles

and

W24.

Australia, D'nmmond, ^th

Coll.

n.Z%.

obscurely or entire oblong, opposite, Stem-leaves toothed, under i in Ion"-, narrowed into a distinct petiole; the floral ones Racemes slender ^Jteruate, small, yet all petiolate and exceeding the flowers. nexuose, paniculate leafy at the base. Flowers minute, solitary, distant, and cornot small, lobes long, nearly sessile. line urceolate, about \
branches slender, flexuose.

much annual, Apparently H. nodulosa- TFalp. Hep. v. ^ rigid hairs, short few a branched, rarely exeefcding with sprinkled ft., J
672.

Calyx-tube

date.

"lyat

Petals 4 scarcely ^ line long. Fmit about Styles and ovules 4.

Stamens

line

examined 4 long, globular and muncate

in the flower

the base,

Gowiocalyx-lobes. the by crowned with a narrow smootli neck

in PI. Preiss.
i.

'^'7'"

mdidoms, Nees

158.
1st Coll
;

River, Drnnnnond, ''^n distinguishes this from all the other species ""^y not be constant.

^- Australia.
25.

Swan

Preiss,^ -

2378.

the reduction in the

The urceolate number of stamens

species,

H. trichostachya,
II.

Benth.

small,

rather rigid, erect

probably annual, branched at the base, not 6 in. high including the panicle,

VOL.

4S3

XLV. HALORAGEiE.
I

{Haloragu.

at crowded ratlier Stem-leaves sprinkled with a few short appressed lialrs. nearly or entn-e oblong, or the base of the branches, opposite, linear-cuneate onesall thefloral petiole, short o mostly about \ in. long, narrowed into a tormmg hbtorm, Racemes reduced to minute alternate scale-like bracts. speother any than slender much branched leafless termin;d panicles more Calyx-lobes pendulous. sessile, riowers very small, distant, nearly cies hoodglabrous, long, line broad but scarcely cordate. Petals 4, about \ . sometimes perhaps but examined, flowers in the 6 Stamens shaped. piothe by 4-angled sometime^ 8-ribbed, small, Fruit 4. OTules and Styles hn-sute sometmres smooth, minence of -4 of the ribs, and quite glabrous and

and nearly globular.

N. Australia,

Drumwiond,

n.

205.

with annual, glabrous diffuse Herb. Brown, Tt. lanceolata, H. 26. ascending slender the habit nearly of the smaller forms of H. hexandra, the ol^W"^ opposite, Stem-leaves ^ branches rarely above 3 or 4 in. high. at uie narrowed entire, quite long, in. to nearly lanceolate, from under \ in. f lon^e all but base, rather thick, the floral ones alternate and much reduced, racem Fruiting than the flowers, which, however, I have not seen perfect. pe shortly micrantha slender, terminal, leafy, the fruits as small as in H. u 4-angiea ovoid, small, very reflexed, cellate, 2 or 3 together in each axil,

otherwise smooth, crowned by the 4 calyx-lobes.

Vr. Australia,
27.
slightly

Sr). R. {Eeri. Broton Marshes, King George's Souud, R.

H. micrantha,

^ greater p the height, under 6 in. high, but when very bixuriant twice that oi occupied by the panicle. Stem-leaves opposite, orbicular-cordate ^^ j^ diameter, in. rarely \ broadly oyate, serrate-crenate, 3 to 4 lines or ^^.^^^ loose a in filiform, ones reduced to minute alternate bracts. Eacemes _^|j cordate. not Calyx-lobes short, panicle. Flowers minute, solitaiy. ^^^^ nearly S^^^^^ _ small, Fniit Styles and ovules 4. 4, about I line long.
Hook, shining. and prominently 8-nerved, otherwise smooth
i

Wind. Voy. Jpp. 550. and slender or scabrous, much branched and difl:use
R.

Brown

glabrous or
evet, "siu

in

'

,,

H. Leila, Brongn. in Dupcrr. Voy. t. 68 B Thunb. DC. Prod. iii. G6 G. microcarpus, Thib.
121
; ;

Gomocarpusmc^^^^^^ in- ^^ v Procl. PC.

_

the diagnosis).

S. "Wales. Port Jackson, Jt. Brown and others renoe and Hastings rivers, Beckler. t iip^ Mount ^^' iiuiiei, Mount river, Victoria. Daiuleuong and Haidlnger ranges. Ovens parts fal, F. Mueller; Portland, Alliit, several ^ il in so sandy moist in Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, i?. Brown; abundant of the colony, J. B. Hooker. S, Australia. Mount Lofty range, F. Mueller. Also in New Zealand, Khasia, and Japan. ti
;

N.

New

England,

^,_^,. c^. ^ Siimri;

stricta, R. Br. Herb, Erect, ng-id^ ^^^"^" nearly glabrous in appearance but very scabrous.
28.
^

H.

but

sletider,

rat^^er^^^^
lartrer ones
'

teeth, ^ distant small or liaear-lanceolate, acute, entire or with i^^.^cts. ^ to^ reduced 1 to 2 in. long, the floral ones alternate, mostly gj^^aer terf^^"^p^^^|g pedicellate, about Flowers clustered within each bract, shortly 4^

^xi^ '^^f

minal racemes leafy at the base.

Calyx-lobes small, acute.

^-^

'

Ealoragis!]

XLV. halorage.^.

483
to E.

1 line
4.

long.

Stamens

8.

Styles

and ovules (according

(Ilerh.
pistil

Brown's notes)

Fruit small, hut not seen ripe.

Queensland.

Broad Sound,

i2.

Brown

. serra^ but the foliage

is different

and the

R, Br) 4-merous.

The

inflorescence

is

that of

Brongn. in Daperr. Foy. t. 68 A. A rather sleufler species, usually small, but sometimes 1 ft. high, glabrous or minutely scabrous, with erect or ascending stems. Stem-leaves all or mostly opposite, ueeply divided above the middle into 3, 5 or 7 linear or rarely lanceolate acute lobes almost digitate ; a few of the upper ones often alternate linear entue or nearly so, the floral ones smaller, the uppermost reduced to small bracts. Flowers like those of //. tetragyna^ small, solitary, or 2 together Within each bract, in slender terminal leaty racemes. Calyx scabrous, with snort lobes. Petals 4, in the males oblong, boat-shaped, about 1 line long, present also in some of the females, but shorter and hood-shaped. Styles
29.

H. heterophylla,

and ovules 4.

Fruit small, globular or nearly

Keppel Bay, U, Browti
;

so,

tubercular-rugose.
Mueller; Moreton Bay,

Queensland.
^*
_

Biudekin

river, JT,

Stuart; V^^Yvf'xck^Beckler.

Port Jackson, R, Brown and others; JTew Englaud, C. Stuart ; Arne fiver, Beclcler, also in Leichhardfs collection. Victoria. Portland, Allitt ; Snowy River, F. Mueller (rather doubtful). 5. Australia. Barossa range, Behr, Var. (?)Jiliformis, More slender, with narrower leaf-lobes. JS.filiformis, A. Gray, Bot. ^^er. Expl. Exped. i. C28. Hunter's Eiver, American Exploring Expedition, I have not ^en these specimens, but some of our N. S. Wales ones agree well with the description, l^enerally speaking, this species is readily distinguished from H. ceratophj/Ila by its slender it, opposite stem-leaves only divided above the middle, and by the small flowers of
^. tetragyna "le two.
;

N. S. "Wales.

but some specimens, mostly in an imperfect

state,

appear almost to connect

30,

H
to
in, or

1.

627.
marffin

Tall

|he leaves.

J^ear

Stem-leaves* opposite, deeply divided from nearly the base into lobes not broader than the rhachis, the larger leaves \\ to 2 in. long,

floral leaves alternate, the long; i I ^^'lear, Flowers of H. cerafopJiyUa, but the up])er ones entire and 'small. ^ther larger, solitary leafy terminal forming leaf, floral or bract within each *^cemes. Fruit only seen young.

lobes

even nearly

1 in.

Cassilis, C. near Expedition Exploring ; American Wales. Hunter*s River, 2^ore^ a single given by description the with weU agreeing Mueller, specimen in Herb. F. Gray, whose specimens I have not seen.

j^- S.

Stems decumBrongn, in Duperr. Voy, L 70. bent or Stemerect, 1 to 2 ft. long, scabrous -hirsute as well as the leaves. broadly lanceolate, ^^^^es opposite, oblong or petiolate, sessile or shortly ^^% i to IJ in. long, regularly and acutely serrate as in H, alata and IL *^^. rounded at the base. Flowers very small, alternate along the filiform branches of a at the base of the small leaves with panicle, long loose terminal Pnrt]ar\^ Calyx-lobes short. branches, the others reduced to small bracts.
,

31.

H. acanthocarpa,

[tal3

above | Fruit nearly 1 line lonff, narrow-oblong, muricate with 2 or 3 transverse ^ ^ 2 I 8

4, glabrous, rather
/

line long.

Stamens

8.

Styles

and ovules

/ ;

484

XLV. HALOKAGE^.

[Haloragis.

leptoUieca, calyx-limb.//. smootTi rows of tubercles, crowned by the snuill F. Muell. Fragin. iii. 33.

N.Australia.
vray
J

Yictoria river, F. 3Iudler; Port Essington,

the Gulf of Carpentaria, R.

Brown

Sims Islaud, A. Cunningham

^''^f^'f ' Gould Island,

;. M bitU-

hairs apprcssed with Rootstock apparently perennial, more or less scabrous b in., under soipetimesall stems branching, diffuse decumbent or ascending, hnear-lanceoiate, opposite, mostly Stem-leaves all or rarely above 1 ft. long. tall luxuni i except long, lu. elliptical or the lower ones ovate, rarely above ones floral the base the at narrowed usually cordate, and riant forms, not me than shorter bracts small to reduced mostly alternate and all all or almost slender bract, each Flowers small, nearly sessile, solitary withni flowers. panicles. narrow into usually one-sided tenninal racemes, often branching ""y""' above 1 rather males the in Petals Calvx'-tube not I line long. iiims ovules 4. and Styles 8. Stamens females. the smaller or none in be about t 'li'J^^^p nearly globular, 4-angled, transversely rugose, attaining
;

H,

tetragyna, Hook,

f.

Labill. letrar/pii'S, ^l-J^"^^-..;^^^' Gojiiocarpus V. Muell. Fragm. iv. 26 u. ^ow byst. Spreng. 39, t. 53: DC.' Prod. iii. 66; Huloragis gonocarpns, Goniocarpm tenellus, DC. Prod. iii. 66.
;
' ;

Queensland.

N.

S.

Wales,
C.

England,

Port Jacl.son to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown "?^'';f'^' Macieay and Hastings Uluart ; Head of the Gwjdir, Leichhardt ;
Australia Felix, F. Mueller ; Creswick, /. S.

Moreton Eav,

C. Stuart.

a,c-

'N'ew

Victoria.
colony.

Whan ;

proLaLly o^ er

me

Tasmania,

Common

in dry stony places, fields, etc.,/.

D- Hooker.

Barossa and' Mount Lofty raup;es, F. Mueller. lanceolate; Var. micrantha. Leaves longer thin in the southern specimens, and ^^ ij^.^^^^;^^^ To in as small as nearly racemes more slender and more branching, flowers (HaJorag'^^ scaler, this belong most of the northern specimens, and Gonlocarpus j^jg ^^ -ana ^ni 1 Archipelago, Indian 3cabra, Bcnth. Fl. Ilon-k. 139), from Khasia, the Bot to be specificnllv distinct. at narrowed f 11 i i Var. his/ida. More hirsute. Flowers small. Leaves rather ^"^"^''^yrK ^rt^yj^ hetv Gwyctir, the the base. Mount Mitchell, Clarence river, Beckler ; head of The southern form of the species is also in New Zealand,

S. Australia,

^^

"

A. Gray, BoL Amcr. or perennial, usually much coarser )arscr than //. tetragijna, s^^"^" op^^^^^^'^^'J^' cyj^ig^^ves .Stem-leaves . T i^-.n. .^"!' long. It. to 2 often 1 stems hispid with decundjent or erect jj^te at i"^^"^^^" serrate, acutely and posite, ovate or orbicular, deeply i^roaJ. ^j long inabove | the base, the larger ones f in., but mostly not ^^^^^ ^^^ Plowers rather larger than in 11. tetragijna, solitary ""^f shorter j^^j^^h m forming lower ones often opposite, the upper ones alternn.te, ^^^^^^ ^^^^ a tetragynd^ racemes and a much more leafy panicle than H. ^^^^ ^^^^^^ but tdragyna, If. Fruit of usually exceeding the flowers. Prod, ^T.f^Q iencrioiae, Goniocarpm tubercnlate and smoother between V\\&m. ^^^^ oi not a, iii. 06 ; //. elata, Hoolc. f. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 47 IT. Gunniiy He ok. f. PI. Tasm. i. 120. jnchhardh^'^
.

Expl. F.xped.

625

'"

ci

i'i

wS
'

'

N.
others.

S.

-Wale

;.

n. &>, Sieber, Mouutaius, Port Jacksou to the Blue

Ilaloragls,']

XLV. iialoragEvE.
r

4S3

Victoria-

Australia Felix, without the precise station, F, MueUer,

Port Dalrymple, R, Brown; abundant in wet shady places, /. D, Hooker. S. Australia. S. coast, R. Brown^ with smaller leaves. Australia- Princess Royal Harbour, R. Brown, Preiss, n, 2087, the specimens in both cases imperfect and scarcely in flower, and therefore doubtful. Preiss*s are referred by Necs ia PI. Preiss. i. 158, to Goniocarpus tetragynus, together with Preiss's s])ccimcns n. 2390, which are also bad, but do not appear to be of the same species. The whole species is united by F. Mueller with II. tetragynus.

Tasmania.

W_

Bather a toarse species, probably tall; Leaves opposite, the lower brandies loose, hirsute with spreading hairs. ones petiohite, oblong,, deeply and sharply serrate, mostly | to above I in. long, glabrous or nearly so 'the floral ones much smaller and ovate, but all opposite in the specimens seen, Plowers nearly sessile and solitary in the lobes axils of the Amoral leavesCalyx-tube globular, slightly 4-augled ovate-lanceolate. Petals 4, attaining nearly 1| lines, oblong, ciliate on the
3i.
Bentli,
; ;

H. scordioides^

keel.

Stamens

8.

Styles and ovules 4.

i?ruit

not seen.

W. Australia.'

Thomas

river,

Maxwell.

small species, diffuse or prowith minute strate, very much branched, glabrous in appearance, but scabrous wit under broad, \ usually cordate, , often asperities. ovate, Leaves all opposite, all but smaller, gradually in. and often not ones floral upper in. long, the

Flowers opposite or very rarely the upper ones of side-branches alternate. almost sessile, forming short interrupted terminal racemes, and similar to those of the smaller forms of //. tetragyna, except that the calyx-tube and fruit are smooth and shining, with 4 or 8 prominent nerves, not tubcrculate. Hook.
f-Fl.

Tasm.

i.

12o!
Useful aud

Victoria.
^.

Mount

Mouut

Cobberas, at an elevation of
.

4500

to

5000

ft.,

Mueller,

Tasmania.
dant in alpine

Port Dalrymple, Tabic monntaiu, and Cataract

situations, /.
cnp^ipfi

river>

R.Brown;

, abun-

and subalpine

B. Ilooker.
^
.

Also

ill

New

Thorn

fivo

Zealand. f . f^rrnc of f >,w

'.

sermllifoUa.

I^a^^"es

i o r . T^nr, long lines under mostly 3 .,

Hook. Ic. and 2. montana, Loud. Hook. f. Hook. ,m>fana, Leaves broar^er;- often cordate, 3 to 5 liues loug.-i^. Jouni. vi. 475, united with 7/. dejiressa in Fl. Tasm. 1. 120.
Hook.
f.

in

to 1 ft. 36. salsoloides, Benth. nearly or terete branches hairs, liigli, nearly olabrous or scabrous with minute opposite, all Leaves noddin-.^ so, the short tiowerin- summits abiiost always or obscurely quiteentire, long, in. narrow.linear, rafely above |

H.

Erect, often

much

brnnclicd,

the upper axils, solitary and opposite Flowers minutely toothed. J etals 4, Calyx-lobes short acute. "ather laroer than in K. Idnigym. f^ill of tlie the after long persistent l'ont 1 line long. Stamens 8, usually Fruit ovules ami 4. Styles petals, the filaiuents exceeding the calyx-lobes. in Steud. and Exs., PL Sieb. in not Reichb.
'"I'd

almost

terete,

^t^y,:~Gcmocarpm

sahololdeB,

Nom. Bot. ed. 2. W- S. Wales.

others.

Mouutaias, Blae the to Port Jackson

i?.

Broion, Siehr, n. 349, and

486
8.

XLV, HALOllAGE^.

MEIONECTES,
r

K. Br,

Petals 2, induplicate Calyx-tube or ovary somewhat compressed, lobes 2. penwith 2-celled 1 Ovary short. filaments Stamens 4 and boat-shaped. herb Diffuse 2-celled. small, Fruit 2. cell; styles dulous ovule in each Haloof inflorescence the and pinnatifid leaves, with alternate once or twice
;

ragis.
Halofrom differing only Australia, iu The genus is limited to a single species eBdemic ragis in the hinary not ternary or quaternary numbers of the parts of the flower.

1.

M. Brownii,

Hook, f.

in

Hook.

Ic.

PL L

306, and

FL

Tasm. 1 133.

branches the base, the at rooting A'glabrous slender herb, creeping and Leaves ft. to 1 luxuriant when or ascending sometimes to the height of 6 in., comraon the than broader 'not alternate, deeply pinnatifid with linear lobes and smaller leaves floral upper rhachis, the larger ones often again lobed, the upper the axils, upper the in more entire. Flowers in clusters of 2 or more glaPetals short. Calyx-lobes ones forming a more or less leafy raceme. hues to 2 brous, about 1 line long. Fruit ovate, slightly compressed, 1^
long, including the erect connivent persistent calyx-lobes,

more or

less tug^s^

and usually with the 2

Preiss.
i.

ribs

prominent on the edge. If.

swamps

Fremii, Nees

m i'h

224.

Victoria.
others.

Wet

pastures and

an Mueller F. colony, in various parts of the

,

Tasmania.

Pools of fresh water at Circular

Head and

nortnera the in places other

p ol
'n raiB,

parts of the island, /. i).

Hooker.

S. Australia.
F. Mueller.

time in inundated where Valleys of Mount Lofty ranges

-Sro^^ R. eastward, the Australia. Swamps, King George's SounJ and to are ge^^^ j' specimens western Sw an River, These _.^ n. 2385 Flinders Bay, Collie. , Preiss, ODES, .. 1 .1 . ... .1 m :_ and ..;i Victnrian ^'i^t^^**^^/'"^? coarser and 'rather larger in all their parts "than most of the Tasmanian ot nio some and hut some of F. Mueller's are almost if not quite as large as Preiss's,

W.

are quite as slender as those from Tasmania,

4.

MYKIOPHYIiLUM,

Linn.

scarcejj or Plowers mostly unisexual. Male fl. : Calyx-tube veiy short^ imbricate concave, any, lo])es short, petal-like or scarcely any. Petals 4,

half induplicate.

Stamens 4, 6 or 8. Styles minute and ^'^^^i^^^^^^'^ W^^ t none, or out any ovules. Female fl. Calyx-tube ovoid, lobes minute _^ usually none. Ovary 2- Or 4-celled, witli one pendulous ovule ^^^^^^^^^^^^jj styles as many as ovules, usually short and stigmatic from the ^^^*^' carpels, or 4 2 the plumose. Truit small, usually furrowed between ^^^
:
.

jj^jj

^^^^^^^^,| ^ small 1-seeded nuts. l^besj lower leaves w^hen submerged often pinnately divided into ^^P^ ^'^'^^^^^ entire. or divided those of the flowering extremities usually less ^^ ^^^ at length separate into as

many

a rarely or very small, in the axils of the exserted flowering leaves

^^^^
.^^^

^^^ the males, usually tirely in the submerged axils, the upper ones sp any females, sometimes dioecious, but perhaps not constantly so

^^^
^"

found in fresh waters nearly in every part of the globe. ^ i-ofropical eiuai i to extends tralian species, 3 are also in New Zealand, and one of these America, the remaining 9 arc endemic.

The genus

is

Myrioj)JiijUi(m.']

XLV. halorage.^.

487

Leaves

whorls of 3 to 8, the submerged ones pinnatisect with capillary segments, the emerged floral ones entire toothed or
all iu

shortly lobed.

Leaves usually more than 4 in the whorl, the emerged ones narrow-linear. Calyx-lobes conspicuous Leaves usually 4, the emerged ones oblong or broadly lanceolate, sessile. Calyx-lobes minute. Emerged leaves entire or slightly toothed. Plant rather large Emerged leaves piinialifid. Plant small or slender Leaves usually 3, the emerged ones linear-lauceolate, above \ iu.

1. J/. vanafoIi?im.

....

2.

3L

elai'moides.

3. if. verrucosunu

long, serrulate, narrowed into a petiole . Leaves all opposite or rarely in whorls of 3, pinnatisect with capillary lobes.

4. Af, latifolium.

Male flowers

1 or 2 together

on a

distinct peduncle,
^

each enclosed in a hood-shaped bract Leaves all opposite, entire. Small plants cree])iug iu mud.

5. 3f.

MuellerL
amphibium.

Leaves oblong. Carpels smooth Leaves linear. Carpels tuberculate or muricate

Leaves
all

.;..,,
segments.
Sta-

6. J/,

7- J^- yeditnculatum.

alternate.
capillary

Submerged leaves pinnatisect with

mens 8. Emerged floral

leaves entire, linear.

8, 3f. dicoccim. ^ Carpels 2, smooth j)um. car achy if. ir i 9. . , Carpels 4, tuberculate ,10. 3L gracile. . Leaves all pinnatisect with fine segments. Carpels 4 Leaves all linear and entire, or rarely with a few lobes ia 3/.
. ,

..-..

Drnmmondii.

Minute

filiform plants.
.
.

11. M.filiforme, Stamens 8, with oblong anthers loujier than the filaments Stamens 4 or fewer, with ovate anthers much shorter thaa the
filaments.
.
,

Leaves all entire. Carpels smooth Leaves occasionally with a few lobes.
1.

..,,...
Carpels muricate

-.^
.
.

\2,
13.

v rM. tntegnfohim.
ir

M. Dnimmonan.

Tarn. and 289, varisefolium, HooL L 123. Usually a rather large species, the erect flowering sianmits assuming 5 usually to from of 4 8, whorls almost the aspect of IHppurU. Leaves in floral emerged the !' lobes, capillary 6, the lower submerged oues divided into ones narrow-linear, all entire or tlie lower ones toothed, \ to above s m. long, Petals long. line above sometimes ^lale fl. | Calyx-lobes conspicuous and calyx-teeth apparent without small to \\ lines. Stamens 8, Female fl. qiute rarely or echiuate, or petals. Carpels 4, Small, tuberculate or almost

M.

/m

ffooL

Ic.

PL

/.

smooth.

Cunningham; A, river, Lachlan Woolh ; W. S. Wales. Port Jackson, B. Brown, Glendon and Newcastle, Leiclihardi ; Hastings nver, BecMer 7>^i...,^ J^*/'^^^^^Wendu and Glenelg Mueller; Victoria. Swan.i4 Tortlaud, F, n^^^' D, Hooker.
^

colony, J. the througliout waters Tasmania, Abnndant in fresli S. Australia. Torrens river, F. Mueller. j Brumnond, Sound, George's Australia. Swan River to King

W.
* 75,

A4h n n Wi \d ColL,
^
4

r..ii Coll.

'

Rarvei/, Oldfeld, Also in New Zealand.

rather large species.

divided ones submerged lower Leaves in whorls of 4 Jr rarely 5 or 6, the entire obtuse anceolate bro.dly ^nto capillary oues floral emerged lobes, the CalyxMale fl. long^ or scm-cely m. nearly to \ sessile. \ quite toothed Pcmale Stamens 8. long. Ime ^eeth scarcely perceptible. 1 Petals about
:

488
fl.

XLV. HALORAGEiE.
L

\Myrio]}hyllum,

Carpels 4, small, very small, witliout apparent calyx-teetli or petals. smootli or slightly tuberculate. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 121.
Victoria.
Australia Felix, F. Mueller ; Wendu river, Robertson. Tasmania. Tresh and brackish waters, Georgetown and in the Derwent, /. B. Hooker, S. Australia. Murray river. Lake Victoria, pools on !Moant Barker, F, Mueller.

Also
3.

in

New

Zealand and

in extratropical S.

America.

Usually much smaller and more slender than the last two species. Leaves mostly in whoils of 4, the lower submerged ones divided into capillary lobes, the emerged floral ones sessile, oblong or lanceolate, all pinnatifid with short obtuse lobes,

M. verrucosum,

LindL

in Mitch. Trop.

Audr. 384.

more

or less glaucous, mostly about 2 lines long.

Flowers

rtither smaller

than in M. elaiinoides. Calyx-lobes very small, but perceptible in both sexes > Staver)^ deciduous in the females. Petals in the males under 1 line long. mens 8. Females without petals. Styles 4, very short. Carpels 4, rarely above ^ line long, obtuse on the back, more or less tuberculate.
Albert river, Gulf of Carpentaria, . Mueller. Queensland. Bulonne river at St. George's Bridgre, MiicJiell ; Moreton Bay, C.Stuart, N, S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue riloniltains, R. Brown and others; waterholes io the Severn, Leichhardt ; in the interior towards the Barrier Range, Victorian Ex'
Victoria river,

N. Australia.

Bynoe

ji edition^

W.
The

Victoria. Waters on the GrampianS, muddy places by the Barwan, S. Australia, S. coast, R. Brown, Australia, Brummond, 3r^ ColL ?, n. 186, 4tk Coll, 7i. 80;
species has

etc., F.

Mueller,

pools,

Murchison

river, Oldfield.

northern M. verlicillatum as well as to the Asiatic M. indicum, but besides the differences in the floral leaves, the fruit is much smaller than in the former, much less fun-owed between the carpels than in tlie latter. As in the allied species, flowers are occasionally found also in the axils of the submerged leaves.

some

affinity to the

4.

M. latifolium^

F, Muell. Fragm.

ii.

87.

large species.

Leaves

of 3, the lower submerged ones divided into capillary lobes, but in the specimens seen always few^, those of the tall erect emerged summits lanceolate, seiTulate, f to 1 in. long, narrowed into a petiole. Plowers rather large, all sessile. Male fl. Calyx-lobes small. Petals 1| lines long. Stain wdiorls
:

mens

8.

Female

very plumose.

Calyx-teeth inconspicuous. Fruit not seen.

fl.
:

Carpels 4, styles short,

K.
5.

S. "Wales.

Port Jackson, R.

Brown;

Clarence river, Bechler.

Ma

merged.

suhentirely be Muelleri, Bond. Herb, The plant appears to Leaves opposite or rarely in whorls of three, all pinnately divided

into capillary lobes, those of the upper floral leaves however not quite so fine. Flow^ers monoecious in the upper axils, the males rather large, solitaiy or 2 together, on a peduncle of about 2 or 3 lines, each one enclosed before expand-

ing in an almost petal-like hood-shaped bract, the bracteoles remaining small. Calyx-lobes very small. Petals above 1 line long. Stamens 8. Kndimentary styles conspicuous. Female fl. sessile. Calyx-teeth almost imperceptible, pethe from tals none. Styles 4, erect, usually as long as the ovary, papillose base, but not plumose. Fruit-carpels about ^ line long, smooth.
Victcria, "Watery ihirsbcs, Melbourne, Adamson. S. Australia. Near Holdfast Bay, F. Mueller, "W. Australia. King George's Sound or to the eastward, Baxter,

Mi/nojjhyllum.']
I.

Xlv. halouage.e.
axils of the

489

The glaud^ observable in the

submerged leaves of many ifyiophyUums are

particularly conspicuous in this species.

Labill PL Nov, Holl ii. 70. L 220. A small plant, creeping in the raud, without capillary-Iobed leaves. Leaves opposite, oblong or sometimes almost obovate, entire, mostly 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers solitary in the upper axils. Males Calyx-lobes i to f line long. Petals
6.
;

M. amphibium,

about 1 line long, narrower than iu the other species. Stamens 8. Female flowers very small, the minute calyx-teeth scarcely perceptible. Styles often
rather long,

plumose at the extremity- Fruit about ^ line long; ovoid, smooth or scarcely punctate. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 132. Tasmania. Wet places about Recherche Bay, /. B. Hooker,

carpels

7.

IVt.
i.

pedunculatum,
i,

Tlook.f. in Hook, Lond, Journ, ri. 474,

closely allied to

and

Wl,

Tasm.

122,

2'6

B.

Very

M.

amphibiuni,

and perhaps a

the leaves from narrow-linear to linear-oblong, rarely 3 lines long, the flowers rather smaller, the males sonietimes, but not always, shortly pedunculate, the styles in the females very short, the carpels rather
smaller,

variety, differing in

covered with prominent tubercles.

Bogijy pastures, Australian Alps, F, Mueller, King's Island, ^. ^r(?/i?y* ; shallow parts and inundated water-banks, as-

Victoria,

Tasmania.
cending to

4000 ft., J, B. Hooker, ^^. Australia, Brmnmond, n. 20 J-.

Also in
8.

New

Zealand.

M. dicoccum,

F.

MnelL

in Trans,

TUL

Inst, T/c/.iii. 41.

rather

with capinnatisect ones submerged the Leaves pillary segments, the emero:ed floral ones hncar, entire, i tb | in. long, narbut not hermaphrodite, rowed at the base. perhaps or niale flowers Upper (Staseen perfect. line long. about Petals | inconspicuous. Calyx-teeth plushort and mens 4 ?) ovary 2 2.celled a with small, female flowers very
slender species.
all alternate,
fiiose styles.

Carpels 2, rather above \ line long, very smooth: W, Australia. Robinson river, F. MueUer.
9.

M, trachycarpum,

I. Mnell Fragm.

ii.

87.

slender species

^ith the habit of M. dicoccuni. Leaves all alternate, the submerged ones entire or linear, ones floral emerged pinnatisect with capillary segments, the Flowers small, soliscarcely toothed, 2 to 3 lines long, narrowed at the base. sma 1. very Calyx-teeth perfect. !'^y. the seen very

upper ones male, but hot I'etals under 1 line Stamens apparently 8. loug. Calyx-teeth quite inconspicuous. Carpels 4 or
conspicuously verrucosa
.

Female flowers very small. rarely 3, about ^ Ime long,

J?.

N. Australia.
10.

Macadam Range, F,

Island, Groote opposite Gulf of C,irpent..ria, Mueller {Herb, R^ Br. and F, MuelL)-

Brown; ponds

near

Leaves alternate, all, even or few with 5 pinnatisect (3, or Je uppermost floral ones, deeply pinnatifid Stamens MArachjcarpnm. ol fruit 7), narrow, rather short lobes. Flowers and ^ti the males 8, Carpels 4, small, tuberculate.

M.

ied to

gracile, Bmth. A J/, trachycarpum, and perhaps a

species nearly filiform almost slender small

variety.

Queensland, Bowman
11.

Moreton Bay, F, Mueller,

M.

filiforme, Benth.

Stems

filiform,

simple or scarcely branched,

490

XLV. HALOHAGEJE.

[Myriophyllum.

entire, linear-subulate, about 2 in. or rarely 3 in. long. male. ones upper the together, or 3 2 mostly minute, 1 to 2 lines long. Flowers filashort and anthers oblong with Stamens 8, Petals about \ line long. scarcely Styles minute. very Females species. ments as in all the preceding

Leaves

all alternate,

any.

Carpels 4, about \ line long, muricate.

Gulf of Carpentaria, mainland opposite Groote Island, R. Brown
to
illerh.

Wi2.

Australia. Br). With some resemblance

M. Drummondii,

this species is

much more

slender,

and has the male flowers qnite

different.

minute, A A. ^.23 123, 12. M. integrifolium, Hook,f, FL Leaves height. in in. exceeding 1 slender, simple or branched plant, rarely 1 entire, linear-subulate, opposite, all alternate or here and there irregularly uppermost the axils, upper the Flowers minute, sessile in to 2 lines long.
Tasni,
i.

2 usually males.

Calyx-teeth inconspicuous.

Petals 4, scarcely
fallen,

line long.

Stamens

4, often persistent after the petal^

have

and

diflering

from

all

much filaments, filiform their others of the genus, except M, Drummondii, in petals. or calyx-teeth without Females longer than the small ovoid anthers. to ripe when 4 Carpels 4, Styles scarcely prominent, with papillose stigmas.
papuminutely or smooth nearly \ line long, ovoid, separated by deep furrows, 475. vi. Journ. Lond. Hook. f. in lose.P^/o^zas/es integrifolia. Hook.
Victoria.
AYet places on the Murray, Dareblu Creek,

Emu

flats, etc.,

F. Mueller,

Tasmania.

Wet

places, lagoons, etc., frequeut, J.

D. Hooker.

S. Australia.

W.

!Murray river. Plenty Creek, etc, F. Mueller. Australia^ D/ummond, n. 686.

lieiglit, in in. 1 aLout of little plant 13. Drammondii, Benth. entire or naiTOW-linear, closely resembling M. integrifoUmn. Leaves alternate, here and there with a few linear lobes. Flowers entirely of M, integrifoliim anthers. small the uppermost 2 males, with 4 stamens, long filaments, and

M,

or m\mQ^{Q,Pelona8tes tuberculata.

tuberculnte prominently Carpels 4, of the same size as in that species, but 1^. 4 vi. Journ. Lond.

Hook.

f.

in

Hook.

W. Australia, Drummond, n.
of 3/, integrifolium,

18

Geographe Bay, Oldjield.

Perhaps

only variety a

B.
5.

Anomalous Genera.

GUNNER A, Linn.
(Milligaula, IIook,f.)

Flowers mostly unisexual. Male fl. Calyx of 2 or 3 minute specie Australian Petals none in the scarcely perceptible, without any tube. a terete 01 Stamens 2, with very short filaments. Female fl. Calyx-tube i p with 1 -celled, Ovary qular; lobes 2 or 3, very small. Petals none. styles, 4 rarely dulous ovule; styles 2, linear, stigmatic from the base or seedottena the drupe, or less counate in pairs. Finiit a small nut-like with ^ herbs, Stemless riug to the pericarp. minute. Embryo verj^ \^^^^^^ s^^^ American S. some creeping rhizome. Leaves radical, usually broad, in ^^ spe exotic in or clusters attaining an immense size. Flowers small, in spikes or racemes, crowded along the rhachis of a radical scape. The genus is spread over the cooler regions of the sonlhern heuiispliere, ^^^"^l"^i7b^ is enue species > ward aloug the Andes to the Gulf of Mexico. The only Australian
:
.

teeth, often

is

nearly dlied to

some

others from

New

Zealand aud Antarctic America.

Guniiera.']

XLV. halokageje.
IIool\f,

491

125. A small succulent fleshy herb, with a tufted rootstock, emitting creeping stolons, loosely hairy on the scapes and the edges and ribs of the leaves. Leaves radical, broadly ovate or orbicular, ^ to 1 in. diameter, crenate and sometimes oI)seurely lobed, on petioles nearly as long as the lamina. Scapes usually unisexual, the males attaining 2 or 3 in. bearing in their upper half clusters of flowers, which appear to consist each of 2 thick ovoid anthers, about 1 line long, surrounded by 4 or 5 linear or spathulate, slightly jagged bracts, the calyx-teeth so minute as to be difficult to find. Occasionally there are a few female flowers below the rhachis, but usually the females are upon separate scapes, nearly sessile, in a
1.

G. cordifolia^

FL

Tasm.

i.

dense almost globular head. Calyx-tube narrow, about \ line long, the lobes short. No petcds or stamens. Styles almost filiform. Drupes ovoid, slightly compressed, about 1 line long, with 4 ribs of which 2 more prominent. Milligania cordifolia, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. Pi. t, 299. Tasmania- Abundant about springs and iu marshes in alpiae situations, /. D^
short

Eook)\

6.

CEEATOPHYLLUM,

Linn.

Flowers unisexual, wittout any perianth, the males consisting of several (12 to 20) almost sessile anthers, the females of a 1-celled ovary, with 1 pendulous ovule and a simple filiform style. Fruit an oval uut, tipped by the perby a surrounded or prickles sistent style and often bearing 2 or 4 reflexed divided whorled, Leaves herbs. toothed or crest-like wing. Aquatic floating surone each axillary, small, into linear dichotomous segments. Flowers rounded by a whorl of minute bracts.
is conCalUtriche, like and world, The genus is found in fresh waters in most parts of the characterized several, iuto divided sidcred by some as containing hut one species, hy others in Jiurope both frequeut one by the excrescences on the rine fruit. is form The Australian and E. India.

perennial, glabrous 1. C. demersum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 73. wliorJed leaves the and floating like the submerged species of Myriophjllum, linear into divided piunately, in the same manner, but dicliotomously, not lowei;3 denticuUite and segments either fine and subulate or rather broader Iruit raucronate. oblong, males small, sessile in the axils; Anthers of the ong, in the Australian specimens ovoid, slightly compressed, 2 to d lines bearbut winged not margin more or less covered with minute tubercles, the

ing below the middle 2 to niersum, Linn. ; DC. 1. c.

variable very prickles, reflexed

m length. 0. mb-

Mueller, F. rivers, Burdekiu Suttor and S. Australia. Murray river, F. Mueller. : +!,<. nrtliprii ^n ^"'^^'"'^ ^^^^ J'" not form to a The correspond "^ very seen few fruits I have ^ ^"'='f Cham. tuberculatum, C. as Wisphere, and figui-ed in Wight, Ic. t. 1948, f. 3,

Queensland.

7.

CALLITRICHE,

Linn.

sing of a sinjrle ot consisting males the Flowers unisexual, without any perianth, of female the anther, 4-celled stamen, with a conspicuous filament and small sessile or stalked 4-celled ovary, with 2 filiform erect or ^^*;> ^-^^l^^f ^^; / the near from suspended laterally cell, ttiatic from each in 1 the base ; ovules
^^

493

XLV.

HALOUAGE^.

[CaUllriche.

top, the notclied at flattened, or less more small, rruit summit of the cell, obtuse edges the edge, double a by surrounded that is 4-Ci lied and 4-lobed3 by united carpels, disk-shaped 2-celled of 2 consisting and acute or winged, aquatic Slender albumen. oily an of axis in the Embryo their inner faces.

herbs.

Leaves

opposite, entire.
axis,

from the same

\vanting.

Flowers axillary, solitary or a male and female somethnes are which bracteoles, 2 small between one each

found in almost every part of the gloLe, and, according to some lotanisls, conthat belonging one Australian the two, divide it into sists but of a single species, others extend variously who Those range. geographical universal most case to the one which has the the genus to from 13 to 20 species, describe the commonest Australian form as endemic.

The genus

is

perennial, slender ghibrous iii. Linn.; DC. Prod. 70. 1. C. verna, as so young tlotvering in mud, rooting creepnig and water or either floating in water. the of depth the according to iri length varying to appear annual, lower the or long lines 6 1 to or oblong, obovate-orbicular Leaves either all upper the end, the at notched obtuse or submerged ones narrow-linear and all or water, the of surface on the tufts ones obovate and spreading in little diameter, line to 1 from Fruit submerged and linear; l^lowers minute: i at partly c, DC. 1. Linn;; autumnalis, C. with obtuse acute or winged edges.
least.

Brisbane river, F, Mueller, W. S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, and others. Victoria. Abundant In pools, Adamson^ P. Mueller^ and others. Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, Brown; commoti in still freshwater, margins

Queensland.

ot

rivers, etc., /.

B. Hooker:

Plenty river, towards Mount Disappointment, F, Mueller, ^V. Australia^ Drummond, n. 185, 2nd Coil, n, 09 {or 66). any almost in th'nn The Eastern specimens have generally the wings of the fruit broader Callitr. Monogr. Hepelm. Northern or tropical specimens, and constitute the C wacrojiieryx, some from distinguished 59; the Westfern atid sonre of the Tasmanian specimens cannot be l on obtuse quite are of our European forms ; in Brown's Tasmanian ones the fruit lobes

S. Australia-

edge.
k
t

Okder xlvi.

rhizophoee^.

it or above Calyx-tube usually adiiate to the ovary, sometimes prolonged Petals bud. rarely quite free ; the limb of 4 to about 1 2 lobes, valvate in the o jngg<?d or as many as the calyx-lobes, alternate with them, notched cut

rarely entire,

the margins usually induplicate and embracing the

antheis.

them with Stamens as many or twice as many as petals or more, inserted /versatile, or erect anthers the base of the free part or. lobes of the calyx; qui rarely celled, opening longitudinally! Ovary more or less inferior or cell, each in superior, 2- or more-celled, with 2 or few pendulous ovtiles a^i with style Undivided, rarely 1-celled by tlie obliteration of tlie partition so Seeds calyx. entire or lobeJ stigma. Fruit inferior or enclosed in the Leaves opP^^Uf taiy or few, with or without albumen Trees or shrubs. devery Stipules often large, simple, entire or slightly toothed, coriaceous. ciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary, clustered or in cymes.
;

small Order, almost entirely tropical, and chiefly Asiatic or African, with a *^^^^^^,-^^ to also extending ricau species. The four Australian genera are all Asiatic, one only

XLVT. ItHTZOPHOREiE.

493

and America. The Order is divided into two distinct tribes, Ly some considered as independent families I. Rldzophorea proper^ including the following genera: 'Rhizophora^ Ceriops^ and Bruguiera, consists of the Mangroves, all maritime evergreen trees, the seeds without albumen, and almost always germinating before falling off, the thick radicle enlarging rapidly, and protruding to a great length from the summit of the capsule. 2, Legnotidece, trees or shrubs, not strictly maritime, with usually smaller flowers, and the seeds albumiuous, not germinating before they fall. To this tribe belongs the genus Carallia.
:

Calyx-segments longer than the tube. Seeds without albumen, germinating before falling. Calyx-segments and petals 4. Stamens 8 to 12, Fruit more than
half superior

/I.
-

RnizoPKOHA.
Ceriops.

Calyx-segments and petals 5 or 6. more than half su])crior Calyx-segments and petals 8 to 15,
inferior

Stamens twice
Stamens twice

as

many. many.

Fruit
2.

as

Fruit
3-

Bruguiera.

Stamens twice as Petals 5 to 8. Calyx campnnulate, with short teeth. many. Fruit inferior. Seeds albuminous, not germinating before fallin-T ig

.......
Linn.

4,

Caeallta.

1.

EHIZOPHORA,
4,

filato 12 Stamens 8 Calyx-tube adnate, segments 2-celled, half-nifenor, Ovary connivent. acuminate, ments' short anthers long, Fruit 2-toothed stigma filiform style cell with 3 pendulous ovules in each base. the near from reflexed ovoid or conical, the persistent calyx-segments penetratmg radicle enlarged rapidly the Seed solitary, without albumen, axiUary. Cymes entire. Leaves Trees. through the summit of the fruit.

Petals 4, entire.

two, incluJiu seacoasts, tropical over ranging The genus consists of three species only, the Australian one, in the Old World, the third in Aznerica.

/lowers deciduous, very obtuse, oblong, entire. large, rather Stipules thict shoit of pair a with axillary dichotcmous cymes shorter than the leaves flojer each under and fork concave bracts, connate at the base under each the long in. Calyx sessile within the bracts, about i duplu-'i^^ t^ caly.., the than ^ down to the adnate part. Petals shorter by embraced sessile. 4 nearly Anthers 8, margins fringed with long hairs. the as long as nearly Style rather tl".ck, the ''petals, I between tl^m. Hist. i. 362. Nat. Ann. in long.-Arn. inpetals Fi-ult ovoid, 1 to

Trod. obtuse, oblong-elliptical, to ovate with thick branches. Leaves from brondly long in. to leaves), 4 old 3 with a projecting point (often worn off from the conaceous, narrower, and in the Australian specimens, but sometimes longer
X.

. mucronata ^wxx.*.., ^am. ; DC.

iii.

32.

A g abrous evergi-een tree,

^^ J^.J'Xate

Wight. Ic.

t.

238.
Port Essington, LeicUardt
;

N. Australia.
and others.

shores and islands of the

^ Gulf

of Car-

'"Qte/slfr^^Along
The

F. Mueller, Bro.n, n. tropic, the within islands and the coast

.

Asia. and Africa of species extends over the tropical shores

2.

CEEIOPS, Am.
!;;7;j:"::tt many

C.lyx.lbe ml usually with \ or

P*'^,^ rarely 6. adnate; scgu,cnls 5. twice bt.imtns top. He at seta; cbvate more

494
as petals
;

-XLYi.

EuizoPHORE^,
X

[Ceriops.

filaments filiform, longer tlian the oblong or linear anthers. Ovary

with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell; style filiform; Truit ovoid or conical, the persistent calyx-segments surstigma undivided. ronnding it below the middle. Seed solitary, without albumen, the rapidly Trees or shrubs, enlarged funicle penetrating through the summit of the fruit, with the habit and inflorescence of BMzoj)Iiora, but usually with smaller leaves
half-inferior, S-celled,

and smaller more numerous

flowers.
iho.

STTiall

genus, limited to the tropical seacoasts of

Old World, the Australian

species
it

being the commonest one in Asia. Although the genns appears to be universally adopted, can scarcely be considered as more than a section of Rhizophora.
1.

tall evergreen Arn. in Jun, Nat. IlisL i. 364. glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaves obovate or broadly oblong, ly to 3 in. Flowers in small or in luxuriant specimens 3 in. long, coriaceous, entire. dense almost capitate cymes, on short recurved axillary peduncles, with a pair of small short thick concave bracts under each ramification, and rather larger ones under each flower. ^ Calyx sessile within the bracts, about 3 lines long, divided down to the adnate part. Petals shorter than the calyx, emarginnte, with 2 to 5 clavate setae irregularly placed in the notch or on the lobes. Stamens alternately inserted opposite the petals and between them, but the anFruit thers embraced in pairs by the induplicate margins of the petals. conical, about ^ in. long. "Wight, Ic. t. 240; Ehizo^Iwm TimoriensiSy DC, Prod, iii, 33.

C, Candolleana,

A. Cunningham ; mangrove beach of the Yictoria river, i\ Mueller ; Arnbem N. Bay^ R. Brown ; Port Essington, Armstrong, Queensland. Islands of the N,E. coast, P. Mueller, and others. The species extends over the seacoasts of E. India and the Archipelago.
Careening Bay,

N. Australia.

N.W.

coast,

3.

BEUGUIERA,
;

Lam.

Calvx-tnbe turbinate or campanulate, adnate at the base to the ovary, tlie upper portion free, lined by the disk lobes 10 to 15 or rarely 8 or 9, narro^v and thick. Petals as many, 2-lobed, with or without setoe at the top. Stathe than shorter mens twice as many as petals; anthers linear, but usually filaments. Ovary inferior, 2- to 4-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each

Fruit turbinate, with 2 to 4 minute stigmatic lobes. crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes. Seeds solitary, without albumen, the Trees, rapidly enlarged radicle penetrating through the summit of the fruit. axshort on with the habit oi RhizopJiora. together, Flowers solitary or few illary recurved peduncles. two The World. The genns is widely spread along the tropical seacoasts of the Old
cell
;

style

filiform,

Australian species are both

common

Asiatic ones.
.

Flowers above 1 Flowers under 1

1.

in. long.
in.

Petals with several setec at the end.

Petals without seise at the end
.

1.

B^ Rheediu
B. ggmnorrhiza.
tree.

long.

2.

PI. Jav. 92. A narlong, in. Leaves ovate or oblong-elliptical, very shortly acuminate, 3 to 5 long, in. to 2 rowed into a rather long petiole, coriaceous. Stipules oblong, 1 withpeduncles, very deciduous. Flowers solitary, on short recurved axillary to lain. 1 out bracts. than Calyx very thick and rigid, from a little more

B. Rheedii, Bhme, Emm,

glabrous evergreen

in, long,

the narrow turbinate tube about one-third the

tne length, whole

Briiguiera,']

XLVi. khizophoke.!:.

495

prominent or sometimes quite obscure, the lohes usually about 12, but variable in number. Petals sborter than the calyx, densely hairy at the base, and the induplicate margins more or less hairy to the e*nd; setse usually 1 in the notch and 3 or 4 at the end of each lobe. Anthers embraced in pairs by the induplicate margins of the petals. Ovary very short and
crowned by the calyx-limb, which often falls off as the radicle protrudes, the latter assuming a narrow spindle-shaped form, obscurely notched, with about 6 prominent angles. Arn. in Ann. Nat, Hist, i. 367 B. auslralis, A. Cunn. in Arn. 1. c. ; B. Rheedii and B. RimFi-uit at first
;

angles scarcely

wholly inferior.^

i?/m,Blume, Mus. Bot. i. 138. N. Australia. Port EsBington, A, Cunningham (rather doubtful) islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Henne, Queensland. Shoal Eay passage, Jt. Brown ; along the coast, from Moreton Bay to Tones Straits, A. Cunningham, F. Mueller, and others,
j

Wight's figure of B. Rheedii, Ic. t. 239 A, as well as his specimens, differ in some slight Inspects, and are considered hy Blume as constituting a distinct species. The setae of the petals appear to be pretty constant in the Australian specimens, but it remains to be proved flow far their presence and number are really good specific characters.
2.
tree,

B. gynmorrhiza. Lam.; Blume, Mus.

clofely

Bot,

i.

136.

An

evergreen

resembling B, Rheedii,

Leaves usually smaller.

Flowers as

in

that species, solitary on short recurved axillary peduncles, but smaller, varying from f to nearly 1 in. in length. Calyx-tube marked with very prominent acute angles; lobes usually 8 to 10. Petals shorter than the calyx,

hairy
often,

on the margins, the lobes obtuse, without

setae,

but a very short seta,

F.

although not always, in the notch between them. Australia. N.W, coast, A. Cunningham; N. coast, R, Brown; Roper Smeller ; Port Essingtoii and Limnien ^x^imtx^Leichhardt,

river,

Queensland.

Broad Sound, R. Brown.

4.

CARALLIA,

Eoxb.

Calyx-tuhe adnate at the base, campanulate above the ovary, lined by the tnin disk, with Petals as many as calyx5 to 8 very short lobes or teeth. lo^es, clawed, Stamens twice as many orbicular, jagged or slightly toothed. as petals, inserted with them at the base of the calyx-lobes round the undulated

margin of the disk.

Ovary

the ovules, 4-celled or rarely 3- or

jell.

inferior or adnate as hii^h as the insertion of 5-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each

emalbumen copious with a ; Pruit succulent, globular. solitary, Seed l^^yo curved, Flowers shrubs. or Trees falis. seed the not growing before small^ in axillaiy, pedunculate, usually trichotomous cymes. A small genus, extending over tropical Asia, the Australian species the commonest o%'er
*^e

whol e range of the genus.

errxma , DC, Prod. ^^..

parts.

iii.

33.

Usually a

tree,

glabrous in

all

spe-Australian the in oblong, or Leaves sessile, obovate, elliptical 't^ ^^jens obtuse or obtusely acuminate, thinly coriaceous, 3 to 5 iru long, obtuse very Asiatic ones very often and consistence, and variable in breadth
^^

short- peon nodes, leafless old from Cymes axillarv or Calyx shortly and J^ncles, each short branch bearing 3 to 5 sessile flowers. hues broadly about globular, 3 Fruit campanulate, not 3 lines diameter.

much acuminate.

496

XLVi. RHizoPHORE.'E.

[CaralUa,

Benth. in Journ. diameter, crowned by the short connivent teeth of the calyx. Linn. Soc. iii. 74, with the synonyms there adduced ; C. zeylanica^ Arn.

Wight,
I^.

Illustr. t.

90.

Australia. Erunswick Bay and Yorlc Sound, N.W. codL?>i, A, Cunningham ; N, coast, R. Brown; Upper Roper river, M*Adam Range and Nicholson river, F. 3Iueller. Queensland. Endeavour river, R, Brown.
Widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago, extending to
S.

China.

Order XLYII, COMBRETACE-S].

Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary at the base, narrowed above it and sometimes elongated; h'mb usually carapanulate, with 4 or 5, rarely more, teeth Petals lobes or segments, valvate or very rarely induplicate or imbricate. none or as many as calyx-lobcs, usually small, imbricate or valvate. Stamens as many or twice as many as calyx-lobes, rarely ir definite, inserted on the
calyx; anthers opening in longitudinal slits or (in Gyrocarped) in 2 valves. Ovarj' inferior, 1-eelled, with 2 or more pendulous ovtdes, or (in Gyrocarpea) with 1 only; style filiform or scarcely any, with an entire terminal stigma. Fioiit coriaceous, chartaceous or dnipaceous, indehiscent (except in a few

pendulous, without albumen; cotyledons convolute or folded, very rarely flat inside and furrowed outside; radicle short, superior. Leaves alternate or Trees shrubs or woody climbers. racemes terminal opposite, entire, without stipules. or Flowers' in axillary bracsmall; spikes or heads, or (in Gyrccarpece) in cymes. usually Bracts teoles sometimes larger, often wanting. The Order is distributed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World, a ^tx)' few species extending beyond the tropics in S. Africa or in N. India. Of the four Australian genera, three are common to America, Africa, and Asia, one of them restricted to seaspecie's

not Australian).

Seed

solitary,

coasts, the fourth is endemic.

Anthers opening in slits. Ovules 2 or more. Flowers in racemes spikes or heads (Combretacese proper). Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary. StaPetals none. mens 10 . . . ^ Caljx-tube produced above the ovary. Stamens 10 Petals 5.
.

1.

Terminalia.

or fewer.

Ovules 2 to 5. Maritime shrubs . * , Bracteolcs enlarged aud forming wings to the fruiting-calyx. Ovules 10 to 12. Silky or tomentose shrubs Anthers openiug in 2 valves. Ovules solitary. Flowers small, in cymes. Petals none (Gyrocarpese)

Bracteoles small.

2.

Lumnitzera.

....
Linn,

3.

Macropteranthe..
Gyrocarpus.

4.

TERMINALIA,
(Chuncoa, Ruiz

and Pav.)

Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary ; limb campanulate or ^^'f^^'-'^J' fihtornK Style 5-cleft. Petals none. Stamens 10, longer than the calyx. o^" l^ with 3 or Ovules 2, rarely 3, Fruit ovoid, terete, angular, compressed species not Australian) 3 to 5 longitudinal wings. Cotyledons convolute. ^ niarke^ Trees or erect shrubs. Leaves alternate or rartly opposite, usually with minute pellucid dots, often only visible under a strong lens. * .J^^j^^ e sessi hermaphrpdite or polygamous, small, green, white or rarely coloured,

TerminaUa.']

XLVII. COMBKETACE-^.

497

loose spikes, rarely

me

Old nodes.

contracted into dense heads, either axillary or clustered on Calyx-tube usually small and narrow, the limb much broader.
^^'
'''^^^'
.

'

^^"^^ ^^ t^^ ^'^^'^ ^"t is most abundant in AfSr .^Tx ''^^^n't T'' "f'"'^^ ucaaudAsm. J he Australiau species appear to be all endemic, with the exception of '''''^^ '' ^''"^ ''' '^^^^^^'^^''^'^^ ""^^^^^ however are as yet insufficiently Ul^ Known Z?""' They are often not to be distinguished without the fruit, which, when succulent "^' '" ^''**'^^ ^^'"^^^^ '"^ herbarium specimens, and we do not as yet know ho^r
l,

.rV'

'

1 I

with broadly winged fruits have precisely t>.l f r ^"^ ^"^ flowers of others which have wingless fruits. The circumscription of species he le given crnmy^ therefore require much revision when more perfect materials arc obtained, itie subdivision of the genns into sections, or with some botanists into distinct genera, nas been founded on the fruit alone, and although the line of demarcation is often very inenmte, no better character has as yet been found. TJie Australian species are included ^^t/iuncoa, with 2 or S distinct wings to the fruit, Ca/appa with 2 wings, conliueut above ,^. ^ ^ completely to encircle the drupe, and 3I^ro^ahm(s without win^s; but in m f(?/6';7i' the wings are often slightly confluent so as to do away with all rcal'distinction

^^"^^^

^^''^ "^ ^^*^ ^^"^^ species.

Some

Chnncoa and Caiappa, and even between that and Myrobalams, the acute angles of - ^- ?>z^/<7?/(?m?7M almost pass into the wings of Cafappa, The section Pehiapiera wuT'^ li 4 or 5 wings to the fruit, is as yet unknown in Australia. Among the following spe1

e vveeii

several are

only

known from

very imperfect specimens, and

may

henceforth require

nch correction in their circumspription, althouG;h I do not think they will be & x i in ?

much reduced

number.

^^ig>
^"it,

Fruit with 2 longitudinal membranous or coriaceous wings^ or in thejirst 3 species, with a third narrow tving or pro7ninent nerve.
.

Catappa.

including the wings, nmch broader than long. i'^it. including the win^s, three times as broad as Ipng
quite distinct.

Leaves velvety-pubescent underneath '"UU, including the wings, not twice as broad as long wings often continent above and below. Spike Leaves nearly glabrous.
;

....
,

wings

1.

Z platgpfera.

slender, interrupted.

'

Leaves obovate,

much

reticulate.

p,

itcaves cuneate-oblong, fluent

'

much

Fruit-wings scarcely confluent reticulate. Truit-wings shortly cou-

2.

T. volucris,

3. T, oblongata,

including the wrings, rather longer than broad and quite surrouuded by the confluent wings. "^ves lanceolate or obloni:, silky-pubescen^. Spikes elongated,

*.

Fruits under | in. long . ^aves lanceolate or oblong, mostly silky-pubescent. Spikes short, Gense. Fruits f to above 1 in. long ^^aves obovate, Fruits | to above glabrous. Si}ikcs short, dense.' in. long
'

dense.

.."..'

i.

T. bursarina,

'

5. ^. circumalafa. T. jiterocarpa.

-l

....

...-.-

^'

orbicular, quite ^'ich reticulate,

snrrounded by a narrow wing. glabrous. Spikes slender . /

Leaves obovate,
7- 71 TIiozetiL

sUghily ovoid, terete or frequently more or globular W.YTohK\2Ln\xB. Fruit ^^pressed, or surrounded hy a prominent acute angle, but not distinctly winged,

Sect. II.

^ves

very obtuse, usually broad.

Flowers rather small

stamens

ot above leaves quite

lines loner,

glabrous.

leaves large, narrowed into a short petiole. '-alys-tube white, with oppressed hairs. Drupe glabrous, surrounded by a very prom-uent angle Calyx-tuhe quite rfabrous. Drupe ovoid, without any angle . leaves large, with Calyx tomentose. a^ short broad flat petiole.

%
9.

T. welanocarpa.
T,

Muellen.

Drupe ovoid, without any angle

^OL, II.

1^- ^- ^^^*^^^-

498

XLVii. coMBUETACEiE.

[TeminaUa,

Leaves large with a petiole of 2 to 3 in. Drupe acuminate, 11with 2 slightly prominent angles Leaves minutely hoaiy uuderueath. Drupe ovoid-gloLular, without
j^j^.|pg

T.

eauhs.

12. T. discolor.

Leaves loosely tomcntosc-puhesceut,

at least

uuderueath.
'.
,

Drupe ovoid glabrous Drupe ovoid or oblong, often acuminate, tomcutose Leaves mostly shortly acuminate. Howers rather small.

12>.

T.porphjrocarj^a.

.,.14.2'. pJatuphijua.
Stamens

not above 3 lines long. Leaves ovale. Leaves three or four times as long as the petiole, the pellucid dots very conspicuous under a Iciis Leaves not twice as long as the petiole, the pellucid dots quite microscopic Leaves lanceolate or narrow oblong-elliptical. Drupe acuminate . Leaves narrow^ obtuse. Flowers large. Stamens 5 to 6 lines long
.

15

x. microcarpa.

16. T. fetlolans. 17- T. eryihrocarpa.

18. T. grandijiora.
or

Section I. Catappa, Fruit with 2 longitudinal meuibranous coriaceous wings, or rarely with a third narrow wing or promuient nerve.
1.

DC

Muell. Fragm, ii. 151. a crowded Leaves brunches and petioles hoary-pubcscent or almost velvety. obtuse, very obovatc-oblong, the ends of the flowering branches, obovate or '1| to 2^ in. lung in our specimens, on a rather long petiole, velvety-pubesreticulate tlie above, cent on both sides when young, at length nearly glabrous veins prominent. Spikes tomentose, slender, interrupted, exceedmg ^ IoHq as about tube adnate leaves. CalvJf softly tomcntose inside and out, the glaorou.^ Filaments as the broad^campanulate lirab ; lobes short and broad. am long in. Style villous. IVuit 2-M'inged, tomentose-pubescent, about 1 distuic quite are in' broad, including the horizontally divaricate wings, which broadly obovate, plica tely veined.
V.

T. platyptera,

tree,

the

young

N, Australia.
fruit).

Aroheai's Laud, F, Jfueller (in tlower)

'

Lyud
more

(m leichhardt river,
,

iLgj
r

Var.

(?) fflabrata.

larger. Gilbert

river,

Minutely hoary or nearly glabrous F. Mueller.

leaves

coriaceuas and

shooU young 2. T. volucris, Herb, R. Br. Branches divaricate, the obova broadly very minutely hoary of silky.pubcscent. Leaves from decurrem^^^^ often oval-elliptical, 1^ to 3 in. long, narrowed at the base and the rather long p<;tiole, thin, pale underneath, the primary veins ^^^^^^^^.^ merous and less oblique than in T, pterocarpa, which this species ^^^'^^j^^^ ^P^ ^^^^^^^ without the fmit, and much and finely retieuUitc between them.
der, interrupted, usually longer than"^the leaves, especially

when

the

^^^^^^^^^

are chiefly males, the niore female spikes shorter and denser.

^^^-J^^L^ents

Disk villous. ^*' 3 jn pubescent, the broad limb as long as the ovarv. ' glabrous. Fruit 2.winged, ^^?"^^^^ Style glabrous or hairy at the "base. ei are which long, and twice that breadth including the broad wings, ^^^ ^^^ tiact or slightly continuous above or below the drupe or both; |'"^''^, ang longitutlinal frequently on oneftice of thednipe 1 or 2 prominent ^_^^ N. Australia. Port Keats and Cambridge Gulf, N.W. coast, A. '^''"'I'J^^g^'^iglanJ,

toriu

river,

P, Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

the interior,
lat.

R. Brown;

^^^^^.
t**

Eenne;
mens

in

18 35',
fruit,

M-DouaH
and are

t:tuarfs Expedllton.

are the only oues iu

good

those alluded to by hiiu

..^^.,peudix tn it

Tenmnalia,]

XLVii.

combretace^.
m

499

FJindeiVs Voyage under the name of C/mncoa. T have little doubt of A. Cunningham's and t. Mueller s specimens Lelougmg to the same species; the
others are very imperfect.

doubtful.

specimens from Broad Sound and Endeavour river, R. Brown, r.!^'^^^''^^'^ without fruit, appear to belong to the same I species. Var. (?) coriacea. Leaves larger, broader, more coriaceous spikes long lowest bracts sometimes leaiy. Lpper Victoria river, F. Mueller, Specimens not iu fruit and iLerefore
^"""^^
i
;

Mi
4

f^"-

Fragm,

11.

152.

small tree with spread-

brandies, glabrous or the )^oung shoots minutely lioary-pubescent. Leaves often clustered at the old nodes or on the short braiichlets, cuneateoblong, very obtuse or emargiuate, 1 to 3 or rarely

ing

and much exceeding^ the leaves. Calyx minutely lioarv^-pubesccnt outside, very hairy inside. Stamens an J style o-]abro us, pot 3 lines long. Fruit 2-u'inged, aboult 8 to 9 linea long and twice as broxid, including llie wings, wliich are very shortly continuous both above and below the drupe drupe in the ccuitre flat'tened on one face, the other with a projecting longitudinal angle sometimes dilated into a third narrow wing. N. Australia ? A specimen, iu leaf only, from the scrul?, lat. 17 30', in M'Bouall
^

a short petiole, tliin

3 in. long, nari*o\ved into reticulate. Spikes slender, interrupted, shortly

^uarf^

collection, appears to belong to this species.

Queensland,
hampton, T/iozeL
I.

Fitzroy, Suttor,

Dawson, and Burdekin

rivers,

Mueller;

Rock-,

(ivandlflora has ratich the foliage of this species^ but the flowers are

much

larj;cr

and

inc fruit is

not winged.

shrub or small tree, tne young branches and foliage softly silky-pubesceijt. Leaves usually crowded, mostly narrow-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, 1 to l^in, long, but occasionally passing into obovate or ovate, narrowed into a short petiole, the pnmary veins very oblique and reticulate between thein. Spikes pedunculate, aense, exceeding the leaves and sometimes 3 to 4 in. long, the rliachis and flowers softly silky. Calyx-tube about 1 line long, the limb about as long, not so broad aijd more deeply divided into narrower lobes than in the allied species. Drupe, according to F. Jlueller, 2r or rarely 3-wingcd, rather longer than broad, 2^ to 4 lines long.
T.

4.

T, bursarina,

MuelL Fraym/n, J49.

^' Australia.
**e

Drj

gravelly banks of Victoria river and frequent in low places round

Gulf of Curpeutaria, F, Mueller,

5.

T. circumalata,
and

i\ Mnell. Fragm,
fruit,

iii.

91.

Closely allied to T,

pk-

^'ocarpa,

with the same Howers and

inflorescence

and perhaps a narrow-leaved variety

less clothed

with a soft silky pubescence. Leaves oblong-cuueate or elliptical, 1 to 2 or sometimes nearly 3 in. ^*^ng, with very oblique primary veins, the reticulate vein lets few and scarcely Prominent, Fruits Flowers vejy silky, crowded in short pedunculate spikes. ^^cluding the wiuirs, obovate, the long, drupe entirely surin. 1 above to f

^ith the foliage

more or

^^ounded by a continuous wing.

Cape Pond, N.W. coast, ^. Cunningham ; Dcpuceh Island. Bpwe *>aritime rocks, Nichol Bay, F, Gregorys ExpedUion; in the interior, kt. IS'^' 35', M'Douall ^i^^^t'a^a-pedilion. The latter specimens and some of A. Cunningham's are less puhtsceut ^ith broader Other specimens leaves, and seem to connect the species with T. pterocarpa. ^^^ the islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Brown, may belong to T, circumalata, but
*'

Australia.

'

^^^

Dot in fruit.

600

XLVii. cosiBKETACE^:,

[Terminally.

perfectly tree, small A 152. 6. T. pterocarpa, F. Leaves lens. a under pubescent minutely very glabrous or the young shoots long,, in. to about 2 obtuse, \\ very hue, glaucous obovnte, of a pale somewhat obhque very the petiole, the on decurrcnt' narrowed at the base and shortly

Muell Tragm.

ii.

Spikes prominent-. very not and few pi-iraary veins and reticulate veinlets much Calyx-hmb glabroTis. or pubescent short, pedunculate, very minutely glabrous. stamens styles and Disk hairy ; shorter than the adnate tube. the including broad in. to in. long and \ Fruit 2-winged, about | to f hard the surrounding completely wings, which are confluent above and below, f^lmost dry drupe.

N, Australia.
Upper

Copclan*! Island,,

4. Cunningham;

the between table-land sandstone

Victoria river, Alligator river, and

Macadam Range,

F. Mueller.

specimen single a seen only 7. Bentl. Of this I have the and glabrous, resembling T, volucris in folingo, except that it is perfectly the ot euds the at fruit is very different. Leaves narrow-obovate, crowded seen, not Flowers branches, 2 to 3 in. long, reticulate as in T. vohcris. nearly glabrous, Fruiting-spikes slender, glabrous. Fruits quite sniooth and

T. Thozetii,

orbicular, about ^ in. diameter

including the two

drupe,

^igs, confluent narrow

which completely

encircle

tlie

they may

perfectly be however, not,

[

ripe in the specimen,

Queensland.

Eoclvhampton, Thozet,

Section

II.

Myrobalakus,

OC.

freqnently more^ or Fruit globular

acute prominent ovoid, terete or slightly compressed, or surrounded by a angle, but not distinctly winged.

There is no difference whatever in inflorescence or tiowers in the two sections, and "2/^^^ JHyr stant one in foliage, although in general there is a greater tendency to dry black in piomore are lalanus than in Caiappa, and the primary veins diverging from the midrib minent parallel and distant. .
8.

T, melanocarpa,

brous, exeept the silky-white evett or to 6 very obtuse or rnrely obscurely and very obtusely aeuininate, 3 petiole^ short 8 in. long and sometimes above 6 in. broad, narrowed into a

Mnell Frogm. iii. 92. A young buds nnd the flowers.

glausually tree, Leaves obovate,

primary veins prominent underneath and ieaje^, the as versely reticulate between them. Spikes loose, about as long the rhachis nearly glabrous." Tlowers numerous but not crowded. ^"^^,^ aDo\^^ ^titside, tube or ovary white with appressed hairs ; limb nearly glabrous 2 lines broad, densely woolly inside. Stamens and 'style glabrous. ^**"P^_ ovoid, somewhat compressed, obtuse or acuminate, about 1 iii- i^no' ^!^^ an the in rounded usually by a prominent acute angle, which sometimes ot but state almost assumes the appearance of a narrow thick wing, specimens is scarcely prominent.
coriaceous,
tlie

transdistnnt, rather

N. Australia.
Queensland.

Shaded valleys, islands of the N. Coast, Tl. Brown. g Edgecoiuu Snapper Island, A, Cunmnyhaw; Port Denison and

Titzalan, Dallachj.

small tree in the scrub, growing s Tninuteiy derable height in the ranges, glabrous or the young buds Leaves undistinguishable from those of T, melanocarpa, broadly obovate,
9.

T. Muelleri,

Benth,

cojj^ to a consi-

^^

Tenmnalirt.]
i

XLvii. combretage.i:-

501

tuse, usually 3 to the primary veins

T.

4 m. long, narrowed into a short petiole, rather coriaceous, prominent underneath and rather distant. Spikes loose as mdanocarpa, flowers rather larger, and the calyx-tube as well
as the

limb glabrous outside.

acid,

Drupe

ovoid, said to be blue

when

fresh

and rather

about |
iii,

in.

long, without wings or

angles. I', microcarpa, F. Muell.

Fragni.

92, not of Decaisne.

Jslauds of Howick's Group and off Ca])e Bedford and Cai)e Flattery.

Queensland.
/^

Mueller; Cape York, WGiUivray ; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy. Vai-. minor. Leaves uarroaer. Fruit smaller. Z'.V/^^m. R. Br. Herb., but scarcely of Koxb.-^Endeavour river, Banks and Solander- islands of Carpeotaria (no fruit), R. Brown.

Branchlcts glabrous with a loose bark. Leaves broadly obovate, 3 to 5 in. long, very obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous and glaucous, abruptly narrowed into a very short petiole, Which as well as the midrib 13 very broad and tlat, with the primary veins proniiuent and very divaricate. Spikes rusty-tomentose, about as long as the leaves. Flowers small, rather

10.

T. latipeSy

Benth.

numerous, tonientose. Drupe ovoid, straight, without wings or angles. N. Australia. Victoria river, Bi/noe.
A. Cunniiighaiu's herbarium contains specimens of a species apparently allied to the above, but with longer and more slender petioles and Slender glabrons spikes. They canuot, however, be deterrniucd fur want of the fruit,

lol. A tree, the fruiting specimens quite gLibrous. Leaves very broadljy^ ovate, very obtnse at both ends, 4 to 8 m. long, coriaceous with proniiuent distant primary veins, on petioles of 2 or 3 in. Flowers unknown. Drupes ovoid-obloiig/acUmiuatc, sometimes surrounded by a slightly prbminent angle and said to be yellowish when fresh.
11.
F. Muell.

T. edulis^

Tragm.

ii.

South Goull^uru Island, J. Cunninyham. The specimens are insnfficient for distinguishing them satisfactorily from T. me^anocarpa and several others the jjutloles are, however, longer than in ^ny other Australian speeies except T, petiolarisj which has very difFercntiy shaped leaves.
rivers, F.
;
;

N. Australia.

Victoria, Pitzmaurice,

and Alligator

Mueller

12.

T. discolor,

F, Muell, Fragm.

iii.

92.

tall

shrub, the branches

and young leaves hoary with a very minute pubescence. Leaves ovate or obovate, obtuse or shortly and obtiiscly acuminate, mostly 2 to 3 in. long, iiiore narrowed at the base than in T, Mudleri and the priinaiy veins less pi'ominent, coriaceous and at length shining above, pale or whitish with a Jiiiniite tomentum underneath. Flowers not seeh, but from the scars on the old rhachis the spikes are probably loose. Fruit only seen imperfect, ovoidglobular, without wings or angles, N. Australia. Hcaraon Island, Nichol Bay, P. Gregory s Expedition, The spccittiens are much too imperfect for a satisfactory diagnosis.
13.

T. porphyrocarpa,

T.

MuelL Herb,

A handsome tree, the yjoung

Leaves crowded on the short brauchlets, obovate, 2 to 3 in. long, on petioles rarely exceeding ^ in., loosely sjid softly tomeutose-pubescent on botli sides or 'becoming glabrous above ^'hen old, the primnry veins prominent underneath.- Spikes usually shorter than the leaves, rather dense. Calyx glabrous outside, the adnate tube about \\ iiucs long, the limb fully 2 lines diameter, densely woolly inside. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, w^ithout wings or angles, said to be blue or
purple.
c

branches and petioles deusely toinentose.

502

XlVii.

CoMbretaceA.
;

[Terminalla.

vwer Bowman. Queensland. Dalhtch^j Archer -Mount silky-tomeutose TT^e^iantka. Ovary aiul calyx densely as T. pormuch as platyptera T. foliage resemble in aad only, flower in are specimens These

Mount Archer, Rockhainptou, BaUach^

Fitzi-oy

of the ilowers larger the have hut fhyrocarpa,

latter species.
ii.

I. Mnell. Fragm. sott short a with rusty less lioary or or more petioles and branches the vounbroadly Leaves woolly. almost and tomentum or sometimes densely toraentose narshortly broad, in. to 4 2 ohovate or ovate, very obtuse, 4 to 6 in. long, longer rather specunens, some 1 in. in exceeding never petiole into a wed re above. glabrous nearly or sides others, coriaceous, softly pubescent on both ilowers, smal rather uuraeroits Spikes usually shorter than the leaves, with villous dense outside, villous y or sdky-pubescent Calyx crowded. or loose

14

T* platyphylla,

150.

moderate-sized tree

r-

wmgea. not acuminate, or Drupes tomentose, ovoid or oblong, obtuse inside. Victoria Ilemie; Brown R. Carpentaria, of Gulf the of Islands Australia. N. species he i Armstrong. Essington. ritzinanrice, and Roper rivers, F. Mueller ; Port sot punesits by ones obtuse-leaveJ distinguished amongst other large

appears to be chiefly latter the seen, speciniens few ^ the From "PFf cence and by the tomentose drupes. JJ ouaaea su. oltcn obtuse, In R. Brown's specimens they are ovoicl-oUong, Tariable in shape. re they nvcr Roper ironi Mueller's F. of in one angle obscure or promhient hy a slightly another the contracted at '^f<^;ii shortly and angle, prominent with a acuminate, obliquely minating battel ends, at both rounded oWgng, quite terete, straight, are they Mueller's, of F. abruptly in a narrow straight beak of about 2 Hues. , r n . i,f the tne but platyphylla, T. of foliage the has Bynoe. coast, N.W. A specimen -from the ine oi want for determiued be however, cauuot, It glabrous spikes. flowers in long loose
;

fruit.

microcarpa*
nutely pubescent.
shoillv

Young

slioots mi-

and obtusely
in.,

slightly tarely ovate-elliptical, Leaves broadly ^J.^^^^^' o petiole a into acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, narrowed
,

about'l

P^^^scenc miriute a with glabrous or slightly hoary underneath

thinly coriaceous, with distant primary veins

and

pellucid dots although small, yet

more conspicuous than dense y not but Flowers numerous Spikes attaining the length of the leaves. "villous densely tomentum, minute Calyx rusty outside with a crowded. on Decaisne, to according Drupe, fully expanded. not seen side, but
.

copious reticulations, iu most speci

shaped, acuminate, glabrous.

A^^^^^ seen J^ not have I Timor. in Also Erpedition. Eaudin's Australia ?, W. ^ b. the on lian specimens mentioned by Decaisne as having been gathered ^|f \{. .^-aiian a me in instances from one of those mistakes in the labels whieh occur in so many ^^^^ ni hanau :, e dlegib the to measure great owing in a Elerbarium, ^^.^ iu the Paris
collections

absurd orthography of the original labels of the gardener who accompanied ^^'^*: y. ^^.^isiie. Dv communicated tion. The above description is taken from a Timor specitnen ^^^^ The specie* may possibly prove to be a variety of T, Beledca, Roxb., ^^;^^,^'^ ".i,,tioa aesti s i Decaisne in stated E. India and the Archipelago. The leaves are ovate, as diagnosis. rather than obovate, as tliey are said to be by some mistake in the

A. Cunn. Herb, k tree, closely longer much are petioles crocarpa in foliage and inflorescence, but the the and portion to the lamina, the pellucid dots are quite microscopic,
16.

T. petiolaris,

/.W" resembling

^^ ^|^'^^j^

Young ^**^ , light. the when against pellucid seen reticulations appear ^^^^j shor * ovate, y broadly Adult leaves quite glabrous, nutelv pubescent. ^^ trom a of petiole obtusel-' acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, narrowed into a

TemhiaUa.']
2 in.

XLVil. combretace.^.

503
Fruit unJ. Cun-

Spikes slender, with numerous flowers, only seen in bud.

Point Cuuniugham, Cygnet Bay and York Sound,

known.

N. Australia.
ninc/Itam.

N.W.

coast,

17.

T. erythrocarpaj
glabrous.

F. Muell.

Fragm.

ii.

150.

A tree,

the fruiting

narrow-elliptical, or oblong-lanceolate Leaves specimens quite petiole a into base the towards narrowed shortly acuminate, 4 to 6 in. long, prommeut very midrib the reticulate, Hnely of I to 1 in., pennivcilied and Drupes flower. in seen not but leaves, Spikes shorter than the underneath. speour ripe yet not but beak, glabrous, endiug in a long
red,

ovoid,

cnnens.

N. Australia,
18.

tipper Victoria river, F. Mueller.

3 to retuse or obtuse cuneate, 1_2 Leaves linear-oblong or lenotii glabrous. a mto narrowed reticulate, and in. long, coriaceous, very obliquely veined larger much flowers with leaves, the short petiole. Spikes usually exceeding above ovary or Calyx-tube me. p than in any other Termmlia known to acum.lobes the diameter, in much lines loug, and the limb of the calyx as long in. about obular, 1 nearly Drupe g long. lines 6 nate. Stamens 5 to without glabrous, and smooth in tapering into a conical beak of about J
winsis or ana'les.

T. grandiflora,

Benth.

Branches and foliage

silky or

tlie

leaves at

S Arnhem and Carpentana N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of ^; ; ^'"JJ^ J^J; V.etor.a ^'^' "; between Fitziuaurice and i;-,,^^^ Port Essington, Jm,^r..y 7, ^ ^except glabrous quite leaves, narrow are two forms, oue witlr long morS ^^^^J^^ ;tl^eothem^ Jong .n f.dlyi stamens the and spil<es glabrous or slightly lilky. latiitr. tlowers hilky the and silky, the leaves broader shorter and more cuneate. much, smaller.
:

f"f

LITMNITZEBA
hnb the ted, contra scarcdy but ovary the above CalYX-tube produced Stamen Pehds 5, 5-toothed. or campanulate, shortly 5-lobed
10 or fewer.
filiform,

Ovules 2 to 5 ; style calyx, "!"^^-^^^^" persistcut the by ovoid-oblong, crowned J^'l"^^^^^^^^^^ cotyledons convolute with Seed hnear, ba.e hnrd nml -ilmost woorly. obobranches, the of ends the at crowded SlaritirareesoSs Leaves

with a

fP^^fg nunute st^ma

Frmt

^S^:^ZJ^:^or
2,-

Bracteoles

enlarged not but persistent calyx-tube, the of aclnate to the base

.,
,

slightly erenate

Flo^vers

shor^^

r^
a

after flowering.
to Atnca h. from the seacoasts of tropical Asia, extending long. ui. fully 1 Calyx Flowers scarlet, in terminal racemes.

i^

.tamen^
^ *

^^

^^^^.^^^^

twice as long as the petals"

'

rioN^ers white, in axillary racemes. * scarcely exceeding the petals .

Calyx about 4
*

iiI.es'lon'. Imesion^.^

Stamens
^ ^ ^

^^ L.

racemosa.

^^

-p^r.fi

*^lfi

trlabrous

bushy shrub or

504

XLVii.

coMBKETACE^.

[Lumuitzera.

somenito a narrowed and with continuous flowering, of time the at i in. long and broad short, hmb the of lobes ; lines 3 or 3 of pedicel flattened what as twice stamens hues about 2 by ; calyx-lobes the exceeding Petals obtuse. Pruitiiig-calyx abdve 1 in. long. long. swamps mangrove of edges Salander ; Queensland. Endeavour river, Bauh and
Cape York. M'Gillivray. We have precisely smaller rather usually have specimens Malayan common
3.
Islands ieejee the from form sa.ne the
flowers.
;

the

usually axillary all arc racemes the but coccinea, of L. foliage the with shrub, at Calyx white and about as long as the leaves, and the flowers are smaller

L. racemdsaj

Willd.

DC. Prod.

iii.

22.

glabrous tree or

tall

truit, when m. above not and \ lines long, 4 about flowering time of the stamens the and long, lines about Petals 1| short. very teeth or lobes the

very

little

longer.
Islands of .the

nver Titzioy Ilenne ; Cairncross Island, Torres' Straits, M'Gilhvray, and near Keppel Bay, Thozet. i a ; Asia. of tropical coasts the on Species two the of commonest This appears to be the

N.Australia. Queensland.

Gnlf of Carpentaria,

/2.

5/oitJ,

/A-m^.

3.

MACR6pTBRAWTHES, r.

Muell.

limb the contracted, Calyx-tube produced above the ovary and scarcely or iu Stamens Petals 5. rather broader, shortly 5-lobed or 5-toothed. stigma. minute a fewer. Ovules 10 to 12, pendnlous ; style filiform, with or biiky-wmie Seed . Pruit (oblong ?) crowned by the persistent calyx. noae the at clustered tomentose shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite* or tei'minaj j (or axillary Flowers in pairs on small obovate or oblong, entire. i calyx the of ; Bracteoles adnate in the centre to the base peduncles. Iruiui the ^ to wings forming margins free, milch enlarged after flowering,
.

calyx.

'" .j ^^^'^""S Lumntzera, to The eenus is endemic in Australia. It is very closely alicd not are species the wings o'f the fruitiug-calyx and in the numher of ovules, and

maritime.

Leaves almost

the nodes, oblong, silvery -white. . Bracteoles or calyx-wings much shorter thaa the fruitiug-calyx iiractcoles or calys-wings aS long as or longer tnan me iiuiuugsessile, clustered at

1.

^'

^^^^
JT kimc/tiL

c^lvx

Leaves distinctly petiolate, opposite, obovate, tomentose

1.

..*'' M
* '

a* -^* Leichhardtiu
.

M. montanai

F. MuelL Fragm,

iii.

91.

divaricate branclilets, occasionally spinescent.

small tree, no^^^^ the at Leaves clustered

AvitU rigid

m. nabout 4 with short lobes. Petals apparently oblong or obovate, n^^^^J calyx, the Stamens longer. Bracteoles about' two-thirds as long as
orbicular, the broad almost scarious free margins folded back, montana,Y. MuelL Fragni. ii. 119.
-i^^f

^^^^^^'^' petiole, short very ^*^^^^^^gj._ narrow-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a o alter Calyx on both sides. Flowers only seen loose and not perfect. out ing attaining nearly 1 in. but not yet ripe, densely silky-pubescent
>

Queensland.
2.

Arid

hills,

Newcastle Range, F. Mueller.

M. Kekwickii, F. MuelL

Fragm.

iii.

151. Branches

rigid,

proba

^y

spinescent, and leaves small, oblong, silvery-white, clustered

at the

no

>

iracrojderautJm.l
in if.

XLVll. coMBKETACEiE.

505

monfaha. Plo\rer3 in pairs, sessile at the end of axillary peduncles, Calyx silky-wliite, scarcely 4 lines long at the ratlicr shorter than the leaves. time of Qoweriug^ with the orbicular bracteoles about half as long, enlarged after flowering to 6 or 7 lines, with the bracteoles reticulate, almost scarious, Petals ovate, exceeding and quite as long as the calyx, or even exceeding it. Stamens rather longer. the calyx-lobes by about 1 line. N. Australia. Newcastle Water, lat, 17 30', M'Dotmll Staarfs Expedition.

more Apparently iii. 91. Fragm. MnelL 3, M. Leichhardtii, all crowded, less Leaves species. two other as the branched and not so rigid pea into narrowed long, in. to mostly obtuse, opposite, obovate, very | f
F.
as white not so but sides, both on silky-toinentose of 1 to 2 lines, softly Pedunin the other species, and 'becoining nearly ghibrous above with age. whicjx of flowers, pedicellate end 3 cles shorter th^n tlie leaves, bearing at the
tiole

with lines, to from 6 4 to flowering I have only seen tlie calyx, enlarged after the adnate bracteoles nearlv as long.

Queensland.
I

Ruined Castle Creek, Leichhardi.

4.

GYROGARPUS,

Jacq.
;

Vimh 4-- to 7 -cleft. stamiclub-shaped many as with Petals none. Stamens 4 to 6, alternating penduwith interior, 1 Ovary flowers. nodia, or fewer or none in the female dry, Drupe flowers. male the in lous ovule and a sessile sti-^'ma, abortive beed calyx-lobes, wing-hke spatliulate, crowtied by 2 much elongated, erect, round convolute petiolate. cotyledons oblong, pendulous, without albumen; J* lowers lobed. or entire broad, the radicle. Tall tree. Leaves alternate, cymes. corymbose dense in crowded polygamous, very small,

Calyx-tube adiiate to the ovary, or none in male flowers

consists of a single species common or Dumort., GyrocarpecB, of group and tropical Asia. It forms one of the small ^^^//J' ''^oence ^e the of account lilume, assoeiatcJ by many botanists with La.rinecB, chiefly on ^o as <! ad^'ng ,n correct '^' the anthers, f'^^"^ which LinJley is uo doubt more

The genus

to the tropical regions of Central

America

'^'"^ exemplified is anthers tace^. ^^^ The same dehiscence' of the e of t "J quite '=^-<l*;r The frn. and h Udece, without being constant in either Order. Illtgera between respects other many Combretace^,, and there is considerable affinity in other. the ou Hamamehdea and Combrclacea ou the one hand and

but

BeMa-

M^

^ll"f--Ji. 2, Coram, G. Jacquini, tbk the of ends the at crowded deciduous, 850. ^Leaves A talllrce. n_io.g to often trees 8 young on orbicular, }0 or branehlets, broadly ovate or entu-e and smaller usually and broad and detplv 3-lobed, on older trees
1.

Rovb.

PL

t.

copied into

Um.

broadly

o^ more " nsually ^idshortl/ lobed, ^-f ''""'f 'A sides thT petioe the ^^^^h on or at the base, glabrous or tomentose underneath the last above close or axils upper Peduncles in the varvin.r frok L to 4 in. bra-hed repeatedly a each ;.ybearing petioles, leaL,"rmSy exceeding the '>ea^^^^ glo^i'^l^'forming ^^^ with densely crowded exceedingly small flowers, with sometimes fe^J'^'^J^" males, entirely before expanding, sometimes the cyme or in scattered pbrodite i>r feimile flowers f / f^^^^^ erect, wings ^^^^".^ Drupes ovoid, usually about f in. long, the '^*^^|;^"^^f specian Au.tr.il "\the varying at the end, much naiowed below tlie midaie. about
1

ne

'

Jf

i^ens

from under 2

in.

to 2^ broad m. about i long and

in.

long and

506
5 lines broad. Pers. Syn.

XLVII. COMBRETACE.E.

^Gyrocarpns

XV

247
;

G.

asiatlcus,

143 ; WiUd. Meissn.

i.
;

G. amencanus, Jacq.
1.

c.

t. ; Endl. Iconogr. Br. E. spJienopterus, G. 1. c. K. Br. ; Meissn. 1. c. MueUer. Bynoe, F. river, Victoria Australia. N. ^ Fitzalan Denison, Port ; MueUer river, P. Oueenslaud. Gilbert

DC Prod. Meissn. 248 G. acumtnatus, Meissn. 43 ; Meissn. 1. c. ; G. rugosus,

;
;

and Archipelago, eastern Asia, the Also in Columbia and Central America, in tropical should species same the that believe All the writers who, unwilling to islands of the Pacllic. have Gyrocarpus, of species several have 80 wide a geographical range, have distinguished apwhen down break all assigned espressed Some hesitation in doing so, for the characters indunientum the differences The plied to other specimens than those actually described. locality same the from specimens different and shape of the leaf are often much greater in two in than striking more are None than between those gathered at the greatest distances. yoang the represent notes, Seemaun's specimens from theVeejee Islands which, according to ^i""^';^* deeply and cordate broadly brge, In the former the leaves are and the old trees. latter the sides both on ; fi-ured iu Jacq. To. Amer. t. 178, f. 80, and loosely tomentose lorm tne in than base the at acute they are quite entire, glabrous, oiore acuminate and more Amethe in longest usually are The fruit-wings characterized as G. acuminatns, Meissn. comparatively the even so uniformly rican shortest in the Australian specimens, bdt not occur filaments hairy less or Glabrous and more few specimens preserved in herbaria. thau inconstant more even The tomentum of the leaves is India as well as in Australia. Jinatrom but mislaid, R. Brown's specimens have been unfortunately any other character. specimens Australian of vai-iety licher's figure engraved from Bauer's drawin?, and from the species his that expressed I have seen, I have uo doubt that he was right in the suspicion he might not be different from the common one.

507

INDEX OP GENERA AND SPECIES.

The synonyms and

Abropliyllum

sp'ecies incidentally

mentioned are printed in

Page

italics.

Page
chrysobotrySi'Mdssn. 413 419 . . 77z^//i, R. Bn
cinerascenSy Sieb.
ctavata, Scblecht.
cochlearis,
.

437 ornans, Ilook.f. 437 Abrus . 270 270 paucifiorus, Desv. 270 precatorius, Lhm, sqiiamulosus E. Mey. 270 Acacia 301 ahietlnayWiM. .371 acaTithocIa(]a,7^. MuelL 352 332 acicularis^ R, Br, acinacea, Lindh 353 399 aciphylia, Benth, 404 acuminata, Benth. adenophora, Sprcng. 415 adunca, A. Cuun. 372 alata, R, Br. 320 alpina. R MaelL 397 amblygona, A. Cann. 37S aniciitifera, F. MuelL 392 auiocna, WendL 366 awcena^ Sieb. 366 anceps, BC. 355 . . anceps^ Hook. 390 atictira, F. MucU. 402 angvlata^ Dosv. 415 398 mgustifoUa, Lodd. anyustifoUa, Wendl. 309 dpici/Jaia, Meis^n. 3C9 arceuthos, Spreng. 332
.

Benih. barbiiiervis, Benth,

axillaris,
.

335 327

..,*
.
.

...
. .

422 hamltica, F. Muell. 342 Buueri, Benth. 328 Baxteri, Benth. . 346 Baxteri, Mcissn. 324 Benthamii, Meissn. 352 bidentata, Benth. 420 BidwiUi, Benth. 351 billora, R. Br, 351 bijlora, PaXt. dig/andidosa,Mehsw. 417 390 binervata, DC, 380 bi7iervosa^ DC. 380 . bivenosa, BC.
. . .
. . .

.
.

WendL

cochliocarpa, 3Ieissn.
colletioides,

406 358 324 397

...
. . .
.

.364 Blomei, Ohlciid. bomhycina^ Benth. . 374 bossiffioides, J. C?^?2. 320 hosd<BoideSy Seem. . 320
.

botrycephafa, Desf. brachybotrya, Benth. 373

.
.

414

brachyphylla, Benth. 337 322 brachyptera^ Benth. bracltystachya, Benth. 403

areuata, Sieb. argyrophylla.

.389

Hook. 373, 374 arida, Be^ith. 402 arraat^, R. Br. 347 . asparagoides, A. Cunn> 332 aspera, Lindl. 347 ^perulacea^Y. ll\idV 342 dstnnyens, A. Cunn. 362 ataxiphylla, Benth. 328 aulacocarpaj J. 6^?2. 410

...
.

...

Benth. brevifolia, Lodd. . brevipes, A. Cunn. Browniana, WendL Brownii, Steud, bruniades, A. Cnnn. Burkittii, P. Mueli. buxifolia, A. Cunn. Bynoeana, Benth. calamifolia, Sweet Ca/e-y/, A. Cunn. calyculata, ^. ^'^'?brevilblia,
.
.

. -

305 373 389

41 J

A. Cunn. 325 co!letioides,Y.^\\xt\\- 322 coraplanata, A. Cunn. 390 conferta, J. Cunn. . 343 346 . Congesta, ^(?w^>^. . couspersa, F. Muetl. 403 322 continua, Benth. . 385 * coriacea, 1)C. . 327 costatn, Benth. crassicarpa, A, Cunn. 410 349 crassistipula, Benth. ciassiuscula, Wendt. . 372 crassiuscutay Meissn. 368 349 crispnla, Benth. cultriformis, A. Cunn. 375 351 cuneata, Benth. . Cunuinghamii, Hook. 407 Cunninghamii fi-'Dow 325 333 cuspidata, A. Cunn. cyanophylla, /.?///- . 364 i^clophytla,Sc\i\iiQ\iL 353 388 . cyclopis, -i. C^rw/e.
. . . . .

. .

.
.

332 343 400 372 337 339 374 410

417 418 Cycnonm, Hook. 417 Cygnorum, Meissn. cyperophylla. F. Mueli. 400 BaiutreanayF.'Slwdl 390 Dallachiaua, F. MuelL 397 daphnifotia, Meissn. 364 dasjfphylla, A. Cuun. 354
Oijcnorum, Beuth.
.
. .

canipylophylla,5^^^.3:^6 41J Meissn. Candolieana,

deaibata, ZX\

.415
. .
.

dealhaia, A. Cunn.
decipiens,

41o cardiophylk^C/^. 341 Benth. cedroides,

-

B. Br.

decora, Reichb.
decurrenft.

aunculironni8,^.Cw.4ll
auronitens,

ceiastrifo/ia, Beath,

3 7
i

WUld.
.

.
.

decnssata^ Ten.

373 351 372 414 398

LindL

328

508

INDEX OF GENERA. AND SPECIES

Page

delibrata,

deltoidea,

A. Cunn, A. Cunn.
Benth,
,

404 378
847 360

jlorihnnda^ Willd.
Fraseriy Hook.
.
,

denslfoliay Beath.
dentifera,

farcifera^ Lindl.
fiirfiiracea, G.
galioides,

Don
.

Page 398 374 347 373

Page

demidafa, Lchm. dependeus, A. Cuun.

417 398 dermatophylla,^<?K^^. 346 374 dictyocarpa^ Benth. dictyophleba, i^'.iWw^//. 388 .332 diffusa, L'mdL
, ,
.

Benth.

342

genistifo/iayL\n\<. 325,332 genistoides, A. Cunn. 330

dilatata,

Benth, dimidiata, Benth.

.352
.

412
391

dineura, F. Miiell.

LindL discolor, Wind.

diptera,

.321 .414
.

dissitifiora , Beutli.

divcrgens, Benilu

,
.

dodonseifolia, Willd,

dolabriforrnis, Colla

399 350 359 351

doiabriformis^k.C\i\\iiA\2

doIahnformis^tu^X. 84 doratoxyloHj A. Cunn. 403

doratoxylon^ Meissn. 404 drepanocarpa^KJ/wt"//. 402 Druinmondii, LindL 419
dura, Benih.
.

dysophi/lla^ Benth.

356 356 324 413 422 380 381 359

echlnuia^

DC-

eglandulosa^ DC, elata, A. Cunn, .

elafa^

417 365 406 375 320 glaucoptera, Benth. 387 gtutinosa, F. Muell. 359 Guidium, Benth. gonocarpa, F. Muell. 401 gonoclada, F. MuelL 396 340 gonophylla, Benth. 340 grdminea^ Lchm. 417 . grandis, Ilbufr, graveolens, A. Ciinn. 858 S4S Gregorii, F. Muell. 850 Gunnii, Beiith. 367 hakeoides, A. Cnnn. harpophylla, F. MuelL 389 368 Harveyi, Benth. 349 hastulata, &m. hebecephala^ A Cunn. 382 hemignosta, F. MuelL 385 369 hemiteles^ Benth.
Gilberti, Meissn. gladiifonnis, ^. Cnmi. glaucescens, Willd. (/laucifofia, Bauui.
. .
.

339 331 juniperina, Willd. 324 lanigera, A. Ca7in. 330 lariciua, Meissn. 417 lasiocarpa,^Q'^\^' 391 latescens, Benth. 411 lati folia, Benth. 324 latipes, Bentk. 353 Latrobei, Meissn. 372 Leichhardtii, Benth. 364 leiophjlla, Beuth. leioiihyfla,\ViY.yit\^^n. 363 fo^//^^//^/,F. MuelL 420 3oo leprosa, Sieb. Icptocarpa, A. Cunn. 407 416 Icptoclada, A. Cnnn. 337 Icptoneura, Benth.
jnncifolia,

Benth.

/^jDfo?2tf/^r,var.Melssn.399

370 \QlAo\M^h^d,F. MuelL 395 leptophglla,Y.llvid\. 337 Icptospernioides, Bth. 383 406 leptostachya, Benth. leucadendron^ A.Cuna.406 384 leucophylla, LindL ligulata, A. Cunn. . 367 354 Meissn. ligustrina,
leplopetala, Benth.
.
.

limbata, F.

MuelL

39o

linarioides, Benth.

393

. . .

hetcroelita,

Roxb.

Meissn. heteroheura, Benth.

381

Lindleyi, Meissn..
linearis, Siws . lineata. A, Cumi. lineolata, Benth. liuifolia, mild.
.
.

3^0
3o^ ^^4 371 39J 3G1 4U/ 399 422 4UJ
3^9

ellijdica, A.

Cunn,
.

elonijata, Sieb.

emarginata^ AVendl. . Endlic\ri^ Meissu. .419 ephedroides, Bentk. . 399 340 ericifolia, Benth. . 345 , erinacea, Benth. , 329 erioclada, Benth. . . erythroce'phala^ A.
.

347 83a erythropuSy Ten. 390 excelsa, Benth. 340 extensa, Lindl. 858 extfdans, Liudl. 417 fagonioides, Beath. 361 falrata. Wiltd. 362 falciformis, DC. 365 faldnella^ Meissn. 373 falcinelta, Tausch. 386 farinosa, LindK 419 farnesiana, WilJd. fasciculifera.i^. i/tt^//. 3G1 400 fitifoiia, Benth. fimbriqta, A. Cunn, .371 391 flavesceiis, A. Cunn. 356 flexifolia, Jf. Cunn.
Cunn.
.

. .

'

387 hippuroides, ITeward 842 417 hispidissima., DC, 355 hispidvilii, Willd. holcocarpa, Benth. , 408 holosericea, A. Cunn. 411 homalophylla,_'^.Ci!/ww. 383 406 homomalla, Weiidl. 341 Ilookeriy Meissn. 350 horridula, Meissn. 345 Huegelii, Benth. 412 huiuifusa, A. Cunn. 348 hgbrida, Lodd. idioinorpha, A. Cnnn. 348 imbricata, F. Muell. 354 389 implexa, Benth. . 380 innpressa, F. Muell. 362 impressa^ LindL 351 incrassata^ Hook, 322 incurva, Beiith. 331 ingrata, Benth. intermedia^ A. Cunu. 398 398 iniertexta^ Sieb. 415 irrorala, Sieb. iteaphjlla, F. Muell. 363 387 ixiophylla, Benth. 405 julit'era, Benth, .
.
.

.399
.

lougifoiia,

frm.

longifolia, Paxt.

longispicata, Benth.

longissima, Wendl.

lophantha^'^m.
loxocarpa, Benth.
loxophylla,

Benth
.

Lndwigii. Ohlend.
lunata, Sieb.
lysiphloea, F.

^U

^(^

lycop.difolia,.4.^"-^4^

MuelL 3^^
.

macradeuia, Benth. Maitlandi, F. MuelL marginata^ R. Br. waritima, Benth. nicgalantha, F. MuelL
. .

^^^
3.^0

377

4U
3Jo

Meissnei-i,

micracantha, ^tj;> Benth. microbotrya, ^ 6^i luicrocarpa, F. MuelL * Meissn. microucura, ^^' 5^^A Mitchell],
. .
.

Lehm. ^VL 6W Br. F. melanoxylon, ^^o Pietr

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES,

Page
mwsta, Lindl.

509
Pap:e

334 415 tno/Hssiwa, ^Villd. montana, Benth. 357 398 mucronafa, Willd. 355 MneUeri, Benth. 325 mtiltinervin, DC. 400 niultispicata, Benth. Mun-ayana, F.MiielL 370 wyriohotri/a, Meissn. 363 myrtifolia, IFilld, 376
.

Page plagiopliylla^ Spreng. 361 ptcu/iophy/ta^F.MueW. 356 ptatucarpa, F. Muell. 391 321 fjlati/ptera, Liudl. plectocarpa, A. Cunn. 408
.

semiverticlttata j'KnVil.
.

334 360 sentis, F. Muell. 391 sericala, J. Cunn, sericophylla, F.MucII. 385 sertiforwiSj A. Cunn. 358
.

podalyriaefolia,^:/.(7M.374

sessiliSj Bciith.

polybotrya, 56'?^/A. , 4J4 polystaehya, -4. Cunn. 407 pravifolia, F. Muell. 378
pravissima,
i^. j^/^//.
.

setigera, A. Cuun.

.331 .336
.
.

setigera^

Hook. setulifera, Benth.

.
.

335 379

nematophylla^ F. Muell.

337,339 363 neriifolia, J. Cunn. 378 Nernstu, P. Muell. 346 nervosa, BC, neurocarpa^ A. Cunn. 412 418 nigricaus, R, Br,
.

Preissiana^ Lehm. . piocera^ Willd.

prostrata^ Lodd.
pruiiiosa,

375 418 422

Shuttleworthii, Meissn.

prouiineas, A. Cunn, 371

,333
. .

.,

iiititlula,

Benth, iiodiflora^ Benth,

, .

381

344 365 iiotalnlis, F. JHuell. iJj/ssophi/!la,Y, MxicW. 326 353 obliqua, A, Cu7in, 346 obovata, Benth. 418 obseura, A. i)C. 366 obtiisata, Siet). oltusifolia. A- Cunn. 398 404 Oldjieldii, F. Mueil. 373 oleafolia, A. Cunn. oligoneura, F. MnelL 405 omalophylta, A. Cunn. 383 409 oucinocarpa, Benth. oncinophylla, Benth. 401 0T7uihophora^ Sweet 348 orthocarpa, F. Muell. 401 384 Oswaldi, F, MuelL 335 ovoifiea^ Benth. . 334 oxycedrus, Sieb 341 oxyclada, F. MuelL fnchycarp^, F.Mneti, 408 421 pallida, RMue/L pattida,Y,^\ne\l{h\) 420 338 papyrocarpa, Benth. 348 paradoxa, DC. 329 patens, F. Muelt.
,
.

413 364 pteroclada, F. iMnell 322 ptychophylla,F.Jf^^//. 394 416 pubcscens, R. Br, pugiouiformiSjJr^Wi^/. 338 pugioniformis^V^ enil, 332 416 pulcheila, E. ^r. pnherulenta, A Cunn. 339 832 pnngenSy Spreng. 365 pycnantha, Benth. 368 pycnophylla, Benth.
A. Cunn. pterigoldea. Seem.
,
.

pycnostachTa,?'il//?'i?//.396
pyrifolia,

BC.

quadrilateral is,

DC,
,

376 338 360 368 358 336 410 362 392 333 335 337 368 364

348 eiculiformis, A Cunn, 329 Sieberiana, Schcele . 414 372 Sieberiana, Tausch. 404 . signal a, F. Muell, 382 Simsii, A. Cvnn. smilacifolia. Field. . 377 406 Solaudrij Benth. 398 Sophorce, R. Br. spathulata, F. Muell. 356 398 spathulata^ Tausch. spectabilis, A. Cunn, 413 331 . sphacclata, Benth. 323 spinescens, Benth, 344 spinosissima, Benth. 336 squamata, Lindl. . squamata, Morren . 336 stenophylla, A. Cunn. 335 321 stenoptcra, ^^?J//^
.

"

quadnsulcata,F.J/^^^//.328

stereophylla, Meissn.
stiaruaatophylla,
.

404

ramosissima, Benih, ramosisshna^ Benth.

reclinata, F. Muell.
resliacea, Benth, retinervis, Benth,

A. Cunn.

. .

retinodes, Bchlechi.
retiveuia, F, Muell.

refrorsa, Meissn.

.331
,

rhigiophylla,F.A/?^^//.

Riceana, Ilensl.
rigens,.^. Cunn,
rosteilifera,

Benth. rostettiffra. Seem.

roiundifQlia,
.

Hook. .353
.

Pawl'ikowsJciana, Ohlend.

377 383 pendula, A. Cunn, 362 penninerviSi Sieb. 417 pentadcuia, Liudl, 840 pentaedra, Kegel 365 pdiolans, Lehm. 323 Peace, F, Muell. phlebooarpa, F.MueU. 325 356 piligeraj A. Cuuu348 pilosa, Benth, 339 pinifolla, Benth. 400 pityoides, F. Muell.

366 rubida, A. Cunn. runc'iformis, A. Cunn. 354 333 rupicola, F, Muell, 334 ruscifolia, A. Cunu.
.

rutiefoUa.UnV,
salicina, Lindl,
saliijua,

.418
.

394 stipuligcra, F. MuelL 393 379 stipulosa, F. Muell. 326 striatula, Benth. 358 striata, ifil/d. .418 strigosa, Link 347 slrigosa, Lindl. Stuartiana,Y,y[nt\\. 329 369 suaveolens, Willd, 368 sulhinercia, Meissn. 369 subcEcrulea, Liudl, 420 suherosa, A, Cunn. 364 subfalcata, Meissn. 378 sublanata, Benth. subporosa, F. Muell, 382 subternata, F. MuelL 343 subtilinervis./^. AfuelL 396 370 subalata, BonpL
.

. .

Weiidt,

*
.

scabra, Benth.
scalpclliformis,

367 364 344

sulcata, R.

Br.
,

sulcipes, Sieb.
iuj-f/olia,

-327 .415
.
-

Ueissn.^ll

A. Cunn. iaxi/olia, Lodd.

.

325 335

scapnUformis, A.Cuun .375

schinoider,'^^^^^^
scirpifolia,

tenuifolia,

Meissn. scleropbylla, Lindl,

413 339 386

332 tenuissima. F, Muell. 401 326 teretifolia/i?^M. tetragonocarpa, Msn, 336

.

il/^^'//.

ft

10

INDEX OF GENKBA AXD SPECIES.

Page Page

tetragonophylla,

-P.

Achjronia
mllosay Wendl.
. .

330 Thozeiiana, Y. Muell. 422 405 torulosa, Benth, transluceiis. A, Ciinn. 379 351 iriangularis, Eunth, 377 trigona, A. DC. trigouopliylla,J/d'/.y.sw. 322 325 trinervata, Sleb. 381 trineura, F, MuelL 323 triptera, Benth, triptycha, F, Muell, 337

MnelL

Ackama
Muelleri, Benih,
. .

444 444

.4^3 Acrophyllum 443 veiiosum, Benth. . Hoolw. 444 yeriicil latum

.

Pa^e 92 lanigera, A. Cunn. 91 mollis, Benth. passerinoides, Meissn. 93 92 phylicoides, F. MuelL 91 Freissii, Meissn, procambens^ Meissn. 92
.

villosa. Sin.

Adenanthera, Linn,
.

triquctra,

Beuik.,
.

351-

trissoneura^ Y. Muell. 381

iristis,

298 226 ^sfhynomeue cachemiriana, Camb. 227 coluteoides, A. Ricli. 226 227 falcata, I)C, 226 indica, Liim, . mierantha, DC. .227
,

virgata^

DC.

... ...
.
, .
.

Wurthii, Kegel

90,

Apbanopctaluin

occidculale, F. Muell,

rebinosum, Endl. Arjrophylluin Lejourdanii, ZJJ/^//.

....
MuelL

Grah.

348
4.09

Aga ii
cocchfea, Desv.
.
.

Atylosia

tumida, F. Muell,
ulicina,
.

Meissn. .345 uinLcllata, ji. Cunn, . 394 mnhrosa, A. Cuiin. . 391 uncifera, Beath, , . 374 356 uncinatay Lodd. . . .341 uiKnuella, Benfh. . 348 widaJaia, Willd. . undulifolia, A. Cunn. 355 uniglandulosa^ Seem. 321 urophylla, Benih. . 377
.

formosa, F. Muell.
grandfjloya^ Desv.

Albizzia

Benth, cauescens, Benth, . Lebbeck, Benfh. lopliantba, Benth, . procera, Benth, , , Thozetiaua, ^. i/w^//.
basaltica,
.

312 212 212 421 422 423 421 421 422 422

ciucrca, F,
.-randifolia,

T.MuAL
.

inarniorata, Benth.
pluriflora, F,

MuelL

reticulata,

Benth, scarabaioides, Benth.

.

90 91 149 441 441 441 436 437 262 264 264 263 264 263 263

Barklya

Alcbeniilla

.
, .

.432
. -

varia/is, Beiith.
'

Benth. verniciflua, A. Cunn. vertieillata, Willd,

veiiulosa,
.

verticillatay Sieb.
vestita,

Ker

,
.

Victoritey Beiith.

367 388 358 334 332 375 300

387 359 359

432 432 vulgaris, Zinn, Alysicarpns 238 cylindricus^ Desv. 240 IfegneamjSjW .&, Am. 240 lon-ifoliu9, !F.^Am, 239
aivensis, Scop.

....
.

nummulariafoliuSy D(-.239

virgafa, Lodd.
viscidula,

.358
.

A- Cunn,
.

viscijfua, Y. Mucil.

mucosa, Scluad.
visneoidrs, Colla

.319

350 Wattsiaiia, F. Muell. 374 ^\'haiin, F, MuelL 386 "VVickhami, Benih, 392
vomeritbrrijiSj^.C'wwM.
.
.

239 sfgractfoiiMS, DC. 240 va^Mualia, D(?. 239 . WaUichu,\N,kkm. 240 Amp hodus ovatus, Lindl. 249 Ancistruniy Forst. . 433 410 Anodopetalum
rugosiis,
. . , .
.

BC,

275 syriiigirolia,-?:3/K^//. 275 447 . , . Baaera. Billardieri, J). Don, 447 448 . capitata, S.er. 448 . . galioideSj Sieb. 447 . kumilis. Sweet 448 . mlcrophijUa, Sieb. 447 vuhimfolia, Salisb. 447 rubioides, Andr. sesslliflora, F, Muell. 448 291 Banhinia 295 Carroiiii, f. 3IueiL
. . .
.

2% MuelL Leichhardtii,Y,mdl2r^
lloukeri, F.
.

Cunningbamii, Benth.

2t'5

Bossipca

'

'
,

aculeula^Y, Muell
Aqnifoliuin, Benth.
biloba, Beuth.
.

170 lo7

f.

biglaudulosum,^.C'.440
Aiioptcrus

Wilhelmsiana,

F.

MuelL

337.339
321 380 401
I

WilldenovAana^ Weiidl.
:tanthinaj Benth.
.
.

439 glaudulosus, Lahlll, 439 Maeleayaiius, F, MuelL 439

.

....
.

bracteosa, F,

MuelL
.

ICJ 1^"
163
j9

Aotus

'

oarinata, Meissn,
corditblia,

xylocarpa,
Aceeiia

A, Cunn,

Benth,

89 93 93

Behviana, Schlccht. . echinala, Nees . montana, J{ook,f, montevidensh^ Ilk. f. . ovina, A, Cunn, , saogiusorbcej Vahl . sarmeniosa^ Carrnicli. Accorombona, Eiull, ,
.

433 433 433 434 434 433 434 434

7

cordifalius, Liudl. and

Browuii, Benth, . buxifolia, ^. Cunn. calycina, Benth, . cariualis, Benih, oinerea, B. i?A coccineay Banpi'
.

.1^3
.

|^^
{

JJ

122 dillwgnioides,Vie\ssa. 150

ericoides^ G.

Paxt

concinna, Benth.

.
.

^^^ 1^^

Don
.

91

ericoides, Paxt.

148
91

cordifoHa, Sweet j^^ l^i Benih. cordigera, Ib^ Muell. l\ deeumbens,

.

ferrugivea^ Labill.
jjeiiistoides,

deutata. Benth.
disticha,

l^G

Turcz.

graeillima, Meissn,

intermedia, Meissn.

92 90 90

LindL

j"^

distichoclada, Muell. ^^^ Turc^. divarieata,

IW

INDEX OP GENERA AND SPECIES.

Page
egena^ F. Muell. . Endlicheriy Meissn.
eiisata, Sluh,
.

511

ensata, Ilook.
eriocarpa,
foliosa,

f,

ensata^ ^Mcissii.

Beutk. A. Cunn,

Gilberti, Turcz.

heterophylla, Ve^it.

170 159 167 166 366 159 160 159 165

I6;i

Page 13 daviesioides, Benth, 10 laiiceolatum, Meissn, 10 latifolium, R. Br, 13 inacrocai]>uiii, Benth. melanopeta!um,M\xe\\ 11 12 oxylobioides, Benth, 10 prscinorsum, Meissn, 11 subcordalunij Benth. 13 tonientosuni, Beuth.
.

humiiiSj MeissD.

undulatunij

Ker

11

Page 16 longifoHa, Paxt. 16 ovata^ Sims 23 oxylohioides^ Meissn. 18 . parvijforay Benlh. 16 reiusa, Lodd. 20 sparsa^ A. Cunn. 18 spaihulatuy Meissn. 22 teiragonaj Turcz. . 491 * Callitriche 402 autumnalis^ Linn.
.

158 kianieiisis, Benth. laiagoideSy F. Miu'll. 159 lanceolaiay Bot. Mag. 165 157 leuticularis, Sieb, 164 lenficularls, Lodd. 163 linno'oides^ G, Don 162 litiophylla, R. Br. 104 inicrophylla, Sm, 159 nervosa^ ISloiaaa. 163 nummularia^ EuJl. 158 ornata, Benth. 159 ovalifolia^ EuJl. ovata, G. Don 165 163 ovala, Sm 166 OTi/c/ada, Turcz. 166 f>a'icifo!tay Boiith. peJuncularis, Tuicz. 165 phylloclada, F. Muell. 16S 161 Preissii, Meissn. 162 prostrata, R. Br. 164 puk'hella, Meissn. 164 rhoinbifolia, Sieb. 161 rif/ida^ Tuitz. 166 ripana, A. Cuun, To.smarinifolin^ Liudl. 160
.
.

uuiQonim, R. Br, Bruguiera australiSy A, Cunn.

gyiniiorhiza,

12
.

TTt

Iter opt eryx^

H cgel ra
Don
.

Lam,
.

Khccdii, ^///w^

. .

Rumphii^ Bluine
Butliarda, DC.
.

494 495 495 494 495 450

13 49

verna, Linn,
Callotropis, G,

492 492
7

Calycomisy R. Br. verticillatay D. Don Canavalia . . . .

obtiisifolia,

DC.

440 444 255 256

Bnrgesia homalocIada^Y, Muell

Burtonia
conferta,

Cantharosperm um
pauciJoj-umt^'f.&kiu.2Cy^
Carallia

...

BC,

diosmijb/ia, Benth.
foliolosa,
,

. .

Benth. Hendersonii, Benth^ . minorj DC. * polyzyga, Benth. putchelta, Meis&u. scabra, 72. Br. , .
. . .

52 142 50
51

integcrrima,

DC
, .

.495
.
.

zeylanica, kvn.

495 496

Carpodontos
Incbda^ Labill.
.

45
51

Cassia

Absus, Linn.

.
.

446 279 290

285 286

52
51

aecliuis, F. Muell.

aciphylta, Benth.
arteniisioiLles,

sessitifoiiaj DC. subatpina,Y. MuelL

.

subulata, Benth.

. .

ten ella J Meissn.

villosa,

52 128 50 142
51

Meissn.

Bjblis

Rossii, F.

M ucU.
.
.

171

roiandffo/iaj
ruf'a,

DC.
.

. R, Br. rnja^ Mauiul rupicola, A. Cujm. sculo[)eiidria, Sm.

164 165 107

469 470 . ccBridea, Planch. . 470 fllfoliay Planoh. 470 gigantca, Lindl. Lindleyana^ Planch, 470 470 linifloraj Salisb.
. .
,

spinescens, Meissn.

zienophylla^
strigillosa,

F.Mudh
. .

Benth,
Grab.
.

162 167 160 ]69 157

171

sulcata^ Meissn.
teiinicauiis^

Hook. ^'alkeri, F. MuelL

virgata^

<

160 166 167

277 . Ceesalpiina 279 arbor ea^ Zoll. ferruginea, D, Dene. 279 277 liugn. Ait 277 paniculaia^ Desf. 277 sepiaria, Roxb, 299 Perr. and Guill. Caillea,
,

Callicoiua

Brachynevia
ornans, F. Muell. . 437 Brachyj)terum,V^ ,& kTn.212 9 Bracliysenia . . .
aph^lluin,

ferruginea, D.
serratifolia,

Don

Andr,
.
,

440 440 440

18 39 17 16 18 18

Callistachys
carinala, Meissn.
CHveifolia^

Hook,
Benth,
.

bossiseoidcs,
V
^

12 12

Sm.

ellipiica. Vent.

bracteolosuni, T.

Muell 11 10 ce/sianum, Lemaire

.

lanceolala^ Vent.
Ihianirfolia,

G.

Dun
.

Chambersii,
I

K Muell.

13

linearis, Benth.

288 285 . australis, Sims 283 Barctaynna, Sweet 285 Barrenjiddiiy Colla Brewsteri, F. MuelL 2S2 eanaliculata, R. Br. 287 Chatclainiana, Gaud, 286 2S6 circinata, Benth. 291 coiiciuua, Benlh. coronilioidesy A. Ciiun. 285 289 desolata, F. Muell, ereiiiophila, A. Cunn, 287 285 Fiehlii, Colla 286 glutiuosa, BC, 287 heteroloba, Lindl. 282 laevigata WitId. 283 laxiflura, Benth. 290 leptoclada, Benth, njagnifolia, F. Muell, 283 291 minjosoides, Linn, nemophila^ A. Cunn. 287 284 notabilis, F. Muell, oligoclada, F. MuelL 289 oligophvlla,i'.Jif^//. 289 287 phyllodinea, R, -Pr. 288 phdypoda. It. Br. pleurocarpaiP.ik//^^/A 284 286 pruinosa, F, Muell, 290 pumila. Lam.* .
Gand.
.
.
.

512

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES

Page
Pag:e

Page
Mitchelli, F. MuelL 182 NovK-'lIollaiKliajjDa 181

fumilay r. Muell.
retusa, Soland.

Henchmanni, R. Br,
285 286 283 285 283 288 285 288
285
, ,

revoiuia, Y. Muell.
schinifolia^

DC.

.
.

Scku/tesii, Colla

. -

heteroplujUuml^vx^z. . . huiuile, Tarcz. , ilicifoliunij LahiU, Leichhardtii.Y.Mx^^W. 40

liveare, F.

31 25 30 28 18

. Sophera, Linn, . Sturtii, R. Br, suflruticosa, Keen.

MuelL
.

ieielifolia, Lindl.

teretiuscula ^ F. Muell.288

wagnifolmm,)^ .^\y^^' ... nanum, Sims nervosum, T. Moore . ovatum. Liudl.

, ,

umlellata^ Reichb. veuusta, F, MuelL zygojihylla^ Benth.

. Castanospermuin australe, A> Cunn, CatJuato carpus

parviflorum, Be7ith.

284 288 275 275

parvifQlium,ywxQZ.
plaiylohioides^

DC.

pvbescens^ Turcz.
Pidtenea?, F.
retipnlatum,

34 28 27 29 30 27 34 18
31

183 184 r<3'?wi?^m/?/?^jF. MuelL 179 181 retusa, Linn. 183 Schimperi^ A. Rich. 180 steiiophylla, VogohIongifoliayWook. quiiiquefolia, Linn,
,
. ,

Sturtii,

R. Br.

-182
.

trifoliastrum,

WiUd.
.

verrucosa, Linn.

183 17^
9

Cri/ptosema pimeleoides, Meissn.

Cyclogyne

MuelL
Meissn,
.

Brewsteri, F. ^Muell. 282

Cathormion wonUiferum^ Hassk. 424

....'- 448 Cephalotus 449 follicularis, LahilL 442 Ceratopetalum 442 apetalum, I). Don 442 gummiferum, Sm, 442 moyitamim. D. Don
.

...

-.

. Ceratop helium . demersum, Linn. . siibmaisum, Linn.

.491
. .

491 491 iubercuUtumj Cham. 491

erecta^

Cercodia

Murr.

.
.

racemosa, Ceriops
Ckeilococca

DC.

CandoUeana,

Am.

480 480 493 494

154

30 28 rhumbeum. 7^. Br, 29 rkombenm, Lodd. rhynchotropis^ Meissn. 31 20 . . scandens, Sui, 11 sericenm^ Sm. 39 spartioideSy Lodd. 29 spectahile, LindL 28 su}} erh iim Lemaire 28 triangulares LindL . 30 . trigpnum, Turcz, 25 trtlchnm^ Sm. . 28 . vari.um, Benih. 496 Chuncoa . * 214 . Clianthus , 214 Dampieri, A. Cunn. 214 Ojcleyiy A. Cunn.
. .

221 procumhens^Y .^\\\^- 220 sn:a}nso7iioides^ Benth. 220 296 . Cyiiometra 296 . . . bijnga^ Span. . 296 ramifiora, Linn.
cayiescens^ Benth.
. . .
.

Dalbcrgia

.
-

270 272

densa, Benth. jf^;?.flf^-y, .Roxb.

.271
.

Dasystemon
catycinunij

DC,

,451
""
.

Daviesia

. -

141 abnormis,Y.Mnd\. acanthodada, Turcz. 174

81 86 adnata, F. MuelL ^^ alata, Sm 73 . altcniifolia, Endl, S9 . aucepsj Turcz. 86 . Benth. angulata, aphyHa, F. MuelL . 88 84 . Meissn, ^^wMa?z7, IrachyphjUa, Meissn. 84
acicularis,

Sm.

Clidanthera
psoraleoideSy R. Br.
Ciitoria
f

.....
*

apoajnlfoUa, Salisb, Chithonanthus

resilaceus,

australis,
Colli tea

Benth.

225 242 242 217 265 178

Chonzcma

26 aiigustifollum, Benth, 29 36 Baueri, Benth. 31 Baueri, Meissn. 20 . Baxieri, Grali, caUisfachys^ F. MuelL 16 29 copiUipes^* Turcz.
, . -

....

Lehm.

336

Sims Copisma, E. Mey.

galegifolia^

brcvifolia,

LindL
Benth,

84
7^ 73 79 78 83 82
'^

Crotalaria
(ifflnist

buxifolia,

DC.

anthyUoid^s^ calycina, Schi'anck

crassipes,

.183 D. Don ISO

.

cahjstegia, Turcz.

cardiophylla,f.iV/wf//.

180

Soak.
.

.182
. .

chordophylla, Meissn. colletioides, Meissn. ,

cordatum, LindL cordifoliuMy F. Muell.

.

28 19 22 . coriaeeuniy Sm- * 27 cosiatum^ Meissn. 31 cytisoideSj Turcz, daviesioidfSj Meissn, 38 denticulatum, Turcz, 29 27 Diclcsoui, Grak, . 29 diversifoliuni, A. Dfl.
elltpticum^ F. Mucll.
ericifolium, Meissn,
.

17

favum^ Henfr.

32 28

179 183 cubensis, Cunningliamii, R.Br. 182 184 dissitiflora, ^^///^. eremaa, F. Muell. . 184 herlacea, ScLweigg. 183 incana, Linn. . . 183 juncea, Linn. . 179 laburulfolia, Linn. 184 linitbliaj Llyin.f, 180 medicaginea^Y .^Ivl^. 183 melanocarpa^ Wall. , 180 Mitchell], Benth. . 181
crispata, F.
.
. .

MuelL DC. .

Cunn. coucinna, R, Br. .

colletioides, A.

condensata^ Turcz.
cordata, Sm.
,

151
<-

* .
.

7^
ra i^

corymbosa, Sm,
crenulata, Turcz.

daphuoides, Meissn.
decurrens, 'Meissn,

7
o7

. .

denudat a,

^^ Benth. divaricata, 80 Meissn. Drunimondii, 170 . . MuelL ^^^,r.

\Gr\i.
,

elongata, Benth.

74

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES.

Page
epiphylla,

613
Page

Meissn,
.

87
91

ulicifolia,
ulicina,

ericoides^ Pers.

Andr. Sm.
.

euphorbioides, Benih. filipes, Bentli, , .

Benth. . genistifolia, A. Cann. genistoides, Lodd. glauca^ Lodd. hakeoides, Meissn. . horrida, Meissn. . .
flexuosaj
,

...
.

/lumifusa, Sieb.
incrassata,

Sm,

incrassatay ileissn. juucea, Sm,

jitncea^ Pers.
lancifoiiaj Turcz.
latifolia,

... ...
.
.

Br,

. .

latipesy r, iiuell.

lepiopkylla, A. linear is, Lodd.

longifolia,

Cuua.
.

88 80 86 82 81 76 82 77 20 83 86 88 68 7^ 76 87 77

umlellatay Labill. nmbeilata, Sieb.

.

Page 81 81 81 20
75 81

Sm. nmbellulaia^ Hook. villifera, A. Cunn.

miibellalata,
.

f.
.

virgata, A. Cujui,

80 77

Beiidrolohiam

umhellatam^ .h^X'Q.. 231

Derria

scandens, Benth.
uliginosa,

. .

Benth.

Desmodiurn
atisfrale,

....
.

272 272 272 229

acautbocladiim, F.

DC.

M. 23 .231

'.

77

231 bracbypoduiiij^.^rizy 232 campylocanlon, J///^//. 233 233 . flagellarc, Benth.

biarticulafiun, Muell.
.

Benth, macrophylluy Eudl. microphyllaj Benth.

mlmosoides, R. Br. mollis, Turcz. .
neniatophylla,
nuditlora, Me?ss?i.

78 76 86 . m77wsoldes, Bot. Mag. 76

. .

MuelL
,
.

obovata, T^ri?^.
obtusifolia, i^.

77 74 78 79 78
77 73

232 233 Gunniif Hook. f. 235 Mnelleri, BentL nemorosuni,/'.^'/^^//. 234 Dturocai'jjum, Benth. 234
gangeticum, BC.
. . .

MuelL
. .
.

Novo- Hoi landicumy F. 245 MueU 235 parvifoliuio, DC. 235 polycarpum, BC. pulchellum, Benth, . 231
. .

opposititblia, !^/.

rhytidophylluTn,

F.

ovata,

BentL
r-!^/-(?r.

pachyliua,
paniciilata,

72 85 88 73 87

V'dchy[i\iy\h,F.

MuelL 82
,

Benik.

233 Muell 233 spartioides, DC. 235 tricliocauloLi, DC. tricbostachyuin, Blh. 234
.

136 divarieata, Benth. 151 eleganSy Eudl. 149 erieifolia, Sm. 147 149 ericifoUa^ Sims ericoideSy Sieb. 148 148 Jilifotia^ Endl. lloribuuda,jS';. 149 . glaherrima^ Sm. 149 29 gtgcinifoliay Sm. hispida, LindL 147 hisjndula, Sieb. 149 150 juuiperiua, Sieb. 151 laxiflora, Beuth. 148 microphglta^ Sieb. 144 myriifoiia^ Sm. . 144 obovata, Labill. 148 parvifoliay R. Br, 151 patula, F. MuelL peduncularisj ^Benth. 148 phglieoides, A. Cunn. 148 148 pinifolia^ Sieb. 149 Preissii, Benth. 150 pungens, Mackay ram osissim a, Benth. 148 149 rudist Sieb. 147 scabra^ Sehlecht. '. 149 sericea, A. Can a. seriphioideSy Eudl. . 148 148 . sprcwsaj Paxt. 147 subaphyllaj CoUa 14S tenuifolia^ Sieb. 149 teretlfolia, Sieb. 135 ienerioideSy Sieb.
cuneata, Sieb.
^ .
.

.
.

,
.

Biptolobiiun
Walcottii, F. Mnell. 220-

parlfolia, F. Muell. peclinata, Z/;?^/. .

unibellalnm,
variaus,

DC

. .

BndL

230 232
231 231 37 37 32 37 37 299 299 299

Doliehos

peduuculata, Benth,
pliysodes, A.
P<>b;pbylla,
Preissii,

Cuua.
. .
.

BentL

Meissn. . friovoides^ Meissn, pubigera, A. Cunn.

quadrilatera,

74 84 86 84
87

Bicerwa
biarticutatum^

DC.
.

pidchellnm,J)C.

Dichosema
microphgllum, Turcz. mu/ticaute,Tnrcz. raceniosum, Meissn, .
.

Benik,

racemulosa,
famiilosa^
reclinata,

DC.

. .

Benth.
.

A. Cunn, retimlaia, Sm. .119 reversifolia,i^.J/w^//. 83 rhouibifulla, Meissn. 79 rvscifojia, A. Cuua. 81

Bpiuosissinia,

75 85 75 38 77

spinosumy Henth. subinerrney Meissn.

Dichrostachys
eiuerea, IF. 4^
.

. . .

260 261 aj-illariSy E. Mey 261 biflorus, Linn. 261 gihhosuSy Thunb. 261 liguosus, Lin7i, 260 Inteolus, Jacq, 259 luteus, Swartz 264 retiadatus, Ait. rhynchosioideSy Miq. 262
.
.

ScUccht. rhynchosioideSy ^

261
ftniflorus,

Am,
.

Lam.

.261

Muelleri, Benth,

Donatia
JJonia

Dillwynia

acicularis, Meissn.

^^^ ,.151
.
.

450 Nov2e-Zelandise,Hk.f, 450

. .

Meissn,
,

85

acicutaris, Sieb.

aquarrosa,

80 . striata. Turcz. 85 teretifolia, i?. Br. 82 ternata, Endl. 73 Wgonopbylla, Meissn, 87

^.S/w.
. . . . .

adenophora, Endl. bruTiioides, Meissn. ciuerasceus, 5. 5r.

cinerascens,

DC.

clavata, Paxt.

151 149 150 151 150 149

formosaj Don
speciosa,

. .

Don

Drosera
Aicturi,

214 214 453

^0^*.

.456
.

auriculata, BacJch*

Banksii,

E. Br.

465 469

2 L

514

^l^ECIES. AND GENERA OF INDEX

Page Page

larUgera, Flanch. . Linataj LahilL

bulbasa,

400 4G1 459 4G8 461 460 46?

Rook. Burmauni, Vahl

calyciua, Flanch. dichotoma, Sm.

.
.

.
.

463 468 snbhirtella. Planch. 466 salfhurea, Lehm. AVhittakerii, Planch, 462 462 zouai-ia, Planch.
stolonifera, Endl,
. . .
,

viro;ataj

Benth.

144
268 269 269
,

Flemingia
capitaia^ ZoU.

involucrata, BpmUi,
lincata,

Drummondii, Lekm. Brummondii^ l^lanch. erythrorhiza, LindL

.

Diiubaria conspersa, Benth.

261 262

Poxh. parviflora, Benlh, pauciftoL'a, Benth.

.

268 269 269

254 255 255
7

Entada

filicaulis, Endl. tlabellata, Benth,

Pursofthuj

DO.
.

scandens, Btnth.
.

foliosa.

Hook.

f.

Ereinosyue
peclinata,

fulva^ Planch.
gigantea,
gracilis.

.
.

LindL
Hook.

glauduligcra,

ii"/^?/?.
f.
.

Erioseina chiueuse, Vog.

."....
* .
.

EndL

297 298 298 449 449 267 268

241

Galactia
Muelleri, Benth,
tenuiflora, IVilld,
. .

Galega
tricolor^ Ilook.
.
.

Gastrolobiuin

heterophylla, Lindf.

Huegelii,
hurailis,

EndL
.

Planch,

Ervitm hirsntum, Lkin. Erythrina biloha, P. Muell.

indica,

hidica, Li/m. intricata. Planch.

Lam,

vespertilio,

Benth.
. .

252 253 253 253

leucohlasta,
Lov.reiri,

BentL
,

Hook,

.277 Erythropblceum Laboucherii, P. MnelL 297

Etichilus
cahjcinns^ Turcz.
.
.

96 24 aciduMj Benth. 23 axil I are, Meissn. 106 bidens, Meissn. 107 bilobum, U. Br. 99 Meissn. Biownii, Callistaehys, Meissn, 105 104 calycinum, Benth.
,

<

lunata^

Ham.
LindL
.

cordatitm, Benth. corijmbosnrri, Turcz.

crassitbliuin,

21

107

macrautha, Endl.
tnacrophylia,
micra?ft/fa,

121

Meuziesii, E, Br,

crinipodus, F. Muell. 121 cvspidaim, F. Muell. 122

linearis,

Lehm.

mici'OphgUa, Endl. minuiijloraj Planch. Hiyriantha, Planch, .

Jieesii,

Benth. . ohcordatus^ R. Br.

purpiircKS, Turcz. roitmdifolius, Turcz.

spinnlosnSj Turcz.

68 121 119
121

105 98 cremilaftim, Turcz. 106 cuneainm, Henfr. 104 Meissn. Brnmwondii, 106 Turcz. emarginaium^ epacridioides, Meissn. 101
Benth.
gran.iiflorum, F. MuelLWi^

Lehm.

iiitidula,

Planch.

Eucrypbia
. .
.

paleacea,
pallida,

DC.

LindL
,
.

Billardieri, Spach Mdligani, Hook.

f.

parvula, Planch.
jpedaia^ Pers.
peltata,

Moorei, F,
Eiitaxia
.

MuelL
.

Sm,

Baxteri^

KnowL

.
,

.
,

peuicUlaris, Beiilk,

cunenta, Meissn.
densifolia, Turcz.

122 446 446 447 447 142 143 143

145

106 Meissn.. haniulosnni, 99 Meissn. . Hookeriy 122 H'legeliiy Henfr, 101 Meissn. ilicifoliuni, 98 . Meissn. Lchmanni,
. .

lineare, Meissn.

pendulijfora, Plauch.
petiolaris,

R. Br.
. .

joctiolaris, Sieb.

146 diffum, F. Muell. dillwynioides, Meissn. 145

.

Planchoni^ Hook.
porreefay
pnlcliella,

f.
.

platystigma, Lehm,

divarieata, Turcz. enipctnfolia, Schlechi. 145

151

105 104 Meissn microcarpum, 101 Benth. obovatum, 103 Jlenfr, ovalifolium, 104 Benth, oxylobioides, 106 Benth. parvifolium, 100 Turcz.
. , .

. plicatum, poh/cephalu7n, Turcz

98

Lehm.
Lehm.

epacrldioides, Meissn,
erieoides, Meissn.

primulacea, Schlotth.
.

pt(rpurascens,^ch\oit.

pygmsea, DC, . pggrn^a, Lehm.

ramellosa,
rosulata,

Lehm, Lehm, ^

rosulata^ Behr.
serpens. Planch.
fit^u-mosa,

scorpioides, Planch,
,

spalhulata, LahilL

.
.

Benth.

464 457 459 464 462 463 460 456 459 463

leptophyUa, Turcz. niyrtifolia, R. Br. obovata^ Turcz.

.

parvifolia,

Benth.
, .

patula, F. Muell. punctata, Turcz.

144 144 146 144 145 145 152 99

151

103 polystachvum,3/^'!>^^^- 1^^ ^U^ Meissn.

Preissii,
.

pulchellum, Turcz.
pyramidale,

l^o Bnih, pycnostachynm, 9b Moore T.

-

rcticulatum, Benth. retusum, Lindl. -

.
-

^^
j^
P^^

rotundifolium,MmJ.l^^
spathulatum. Benth. spinosum, Benth,
stipularc, Meissn.

pnvgenSj Sweet

99 sparsifidia, F. Muell. 152 143 Strangeanay Turcz. ,152.1 uncinata, Tuicz.

reticulata^ Meissn.
.

\^l 105 Turcz. stenophyllum,

.

tricu3pidatura,3/m^-

^^ l^^

. ,

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES.

Page 101
Page
peduneularey DC.
.
'

515
Page 505

trilobum, Beath,
tnincatuin, Benth,
velutiuuui,

LindL
,

verticil I at mn^'S\^\^?>n.

villosum, Benth,
Geissois

Tuhifoliay

F. MacU.

Geurn
renifoliumj F, Miiell.

urban uni, Linn,

99 106 102 102 445 445 427 428 428

peduncuiare^ Lodd. pinnatum, Sm. polymoipliurn, R. Br, poli/morphum^ Sieb. polijzygum^ F. Muell. 51 47 Freissii, Meissn. psomleafolium, Salisb. 43
.

44 43 48 43 48

Jacquini, Roxb,

rugosuSj R. Br. sphenopterus, R. Br.

506 506

Haloragis acanthocarpa, Brongn. aculeolata, Beuth. anutangula, F. MueU,

.

GUschrocaryon
EA)ei,

Eudl.

Glycine

bimacidata^ Curt.
claiidcstiiia,

WendL
.

coccinea^ Curt.
faicata,

Cumpttnianay Audr.

Bmtk.

Latrobcaiia, Beuih,

minrmcr, Wilid.

rubicuudaj Curt.
sericea,

472 242 246 243 250 247 243 244 244 249
245 244 243 224 225
.

52 45 seiifoHiun, Sicb. Shuttlevvorthii, Meissn. 49 56 spinosnnu Labill. steuophyllum, F. Muell. 50 50 suhidatum, Benth. 44 ieaae^ LiudL 45 tetrathecoides^ Sieb. 47 toMiuutosum, Lahdt. 46 uucinatuiUj A', Cunn. 44 venidos^nn^ Liii'lL 49 venustuui, R. Br,
scai)i'um^

Sm,

.
.

alata, Jacq.

*
.

aspera, Liudl.
cordigera, Fenzl depressa, Walp.

ceralophylla, Endl.
,

cyathiflora^ Feuzl
.

digyna, LabilL
clafn,

A. Ciinn, ^lata, Huuk. f. filiformis, A. Gray

.

473 483 477 478 479 478 478 476 475 485 475 476

.484
.

versicolor^ Liudl.

44
.
:

Benth. tabaciua, Benth, tomentosa, Benth.

. .

virgatum, Sieh. visciduluin, Meissn.

45 48

483 . 477 foliosa, Bentk, . 4/J glauca, LindL gonocarp/fs, Spreng. 484 484 Gunnii, Hook. f. hcterophylla, Brongn. 483
.
.

Glycyrrhiza

Goniocarpus cordiger^ Nces

bexandra',
.
.

F.MuelL

471

psoralioides,

Benth,
.
.

micranthus, Tfiunb.
nncroca)pns^ Thieb; mucronatus, Nees nodidosMS, Nees pithyoides, Neeis salsoloides, Reichb.
; .

Goinpholobium

. aciculure, Rtiuhb. aiuplexicaule, 3Ieissu.

aristatum, Benth,

40 47 42 46 43 46 46
4;!

a^paIathoides,k.C\x\\i\. 45

barbigernm^

DC.

scaber. Keen.
ienelius, 1)C.

Baxteri, Betith,

serpgllifolitis. Ilk.
, .

f.

burtonioidea, Mefssn, capitatum, A. Cunn* Bntmmondil, McisSu.

eliipticumy Labill.
.

tetragynusj
tetragyuiiSy
teuc.
i fides,

Iiblll.

46
17

Nees

DC.
.

Jimhriatfim^ Sin.

. .
.

43
51

irlfdffs,

Nees

foiiotosfUAj Bcuih.

vernicosuSy Ilook.

f.

476 482 482 476 481 476 485 484 485 484 484 485 484 475 485
176

fitrceiiatumy Boiipl.
-

57

Goodia
lotlfolia, Salisb.
.

48 glabratuni, DC. gfaucescenSy A. Cunu. 45 44 grandiflorum, Sm. 44 grandijioram^ Andr.

.

.177
177 177 177 177

rrjedicaginea,Y.'ii^^^^^'

polysperma, DC.
pubesceus, *SVw^
retusa, IMackay

ILendersoniiy Faxt. heterophyUiim, A.Cunu. 49

lluegelii.

51

shnphcifoiia, Sprcng.

U^
427 276 276
f^, 491 ^Od

Benth.

43

snbpvhescens, Sweet. 177

Kni'^'htianum, Lindli

Imadnm^ A. Cuau.
latifoliiun,

Sm.

htifolium, Labill.

49 47 42 43
45

Gryniania
salicifoUa, Fresl

Guilindiua Bouducclla, Linn.

macafatum^ Andr. marginatum, B*i?r. Uiiuus, Sm. .

nilidum, Sofand.
.

Gunnera

'

'

oboordatum, Turcz. ovatunt, Meissn, .

44 45 48 44 42

curdifolia,

Hook.f.

Gyrocarpus

...

5U0 Meissn. acuminattts, 506 . Jacq. americanus,

asiaticus, Willd.
.

506

481 482 484 482 485 475 niucrouata, Bodh. 481 nodulosa, Waip.^ odoutoL-arpa,/'.i/^'^^- 479 481 . puuiculata, R. Br. 483 piuuatifida, A. Gray piyivafijida. Hook. f. 478 476 pitliyoides, Be7ith, 478 Benth. pkilvcarpa, 481 pusi'lla, R. Br. 48U Labill. raccuiosa, 480 rotundifolia, Benth. 480 i Brnth. rudis, 485 salsoloides, Benth484 scfibra^^ Beuth. 477 scopaiia, Fentl scordioides, Benth. . 485 485 serpyllifolia, \Vaip. - 479 serra, Brongn, 4S3 . stricta, R. Br. 482 tenella, Brdngo. 477 tenuifolia, Benth. 484 tetraL7ua, Hook.f. 484 teucrloides, A. Gray trichostachya Benth. 481 475 trifida, Walp485 vernicosa, ^Valp. B46 Hardenbergia Couiptouiana. Benth. 247
Bedlh, . lanccolata, R. Br, leptotheca, F. MucU. micrautha, R. Br, moniana, Hook. L
iutricata,
. . . . .

. .

... ...
.

516

INDEX OF GENEKA AND SPECIES.

Page Page
reticulata,

cor data, Bcnth.

digitata^ Liiidl.
Ilaegeliii Benth.

. .

haplophylla,

RMuell. 196
.

hirsuta, Linn.

lasiantha, Y. Mnell.
Leschenaitltiiy I)C'.
liuifolia, i2^/2r.
. .

Livdleyi^ Meissu.

Makoyayia, Lenmire iDonophylla, Benth.

ovata^ Betith.
retusa,
.

monophyllaj DC. . ojtycarpa, F. Muell.

parvifloraj

198 201 197 195 199

Benth.

Reyne
.

Hedysarum
tuherculosum^ Labill
varianSj Labill.
.

240 235 233

171

pratensis, F. MaelL rugosa, Benth, saxicola, F. Muell,

syfvaticay Sieb.
* .

Hovea
acanlhoclada,
acutifolia,

timoriensisy
tiifoiiata,

DC.
.

MuelL 174

Linn.
.

.
<

trita, Linn.f. 174 Kaleniczenkia viscosa, Lam. 173 14 Turcz. daviesioideSy 173 Inga -^7 Kennedva 424 momliferay DC. 175 Ceisi^ Bon pi. 250 Hneg. are7iaria, 38 174 Isotropis chorizemifoiia, DC, 249 Meissn. Buuman?ii, atropurpurea, F. Muell. 40 176 crispa, Liudl. 250 Gaud. bracfeafa, 39 . biloba^ Beutb. 175 elli[)tica, DC. 250 Veyit. cocciuea, Drummondii, Meissn. 39 176 , elliptica, Meissn. 247 Link. Cornptoniana, 40 filicaulis, Benth. htier oiyhylhy A. Cuun. 172 246 LindL cordata, 39 juncea, Turcz. ilicifoliay A. Cunn. .175 251 Cunn. A. dilatata, 40 parviflora^ Benth. 173 lanceolata, Sims 250 LindL eximia, 39 striata, Benth. 173 lanigera^ Lodd. 252 Lindl. glabrata, 40 "Wtreeleri, F. Muell. 175 latifolia, Lodd. 251 Mackay heterophjlla, 174 leiocarpa^ Benth. 251 Lindl. inophylla, 52 . 172 Jacksonia . . linearis, R. Br. 2o2 MuelL F. lateritia, ,61 alata, Benth. 172 loiigi folia, R, Br, 246 Lodd. longiracemosay 62 angulata, Benth. 174 longipe:?, Benth. 252 Benth, macrophylla, 61 capitata^ Meissn. 176 Manglesii^ Liudl. 247 Lindl, macrojjhyllaj 61 capitata, Benth. , mucronaiay A. Cunn. 173 250 Lindl. MarryattiC, 55 carduaceaj Meissn, 173 patnioaa^ A. Ciinii. 251 Meissn. inicrophylla, 59 cornpressa, Turcz. . 176 pungens, Benth. 246 "Vent. monophylla, 60 Cupulifera^ Meissn, 173 purpurea^ Lodd. 249 Lindl. nigricans, 54 densiflora, Benth. 173 purpurea^ Sweet . 246 Sims ovata. 54 dilatata, Benth. 173 racemulosa, Beulh. 251 Meissn. parvittora, 57 dmnosuy Meissn. 173 ramulosa^ A. Cunn. 249 Hoffuiphaseolifoliay 57 fasciculata, Meissn. rosmarinifortajK.CvxwAT^ 252 Walp. physolobioides, EndL 55 floribnuda, . Tait. splendens, 176 249 Benth, procurrcns, 55 Jlorihunda, Meissn. 176 stricta, Meissn. 250 Br. R. prostrata, Turcz. 56 foliosa, * Benth. 175 trispernia, 249 Vent* rubicnnda. fuicellata, DC. . 57 ulicina. Meissn. 176 249 splendens,^\tn^^' 58 gracilis, Meissn. viliosa^ Lindl. 173 250 stlpnlaris, Desv. 55 greviUeoldes, Turcz. 252 LindL Stirlingii, Meissn. hakeoides, , 57 . . 194 Indigofera * 245 Labill. tabacina^ BC. . Lindl, horrida. koc(itpa, 225 57 acani 61 200 Junceay Turcz. angulata^ Lindl. 293 Lehmanni, Meissn. 60, 62 Labichea 199 australis, Willd. 293 Faxt. bipunctata, macrocalys, Meiss?i. . 62 200 brevidens, Benth. 292 Gand.. cassioides, wacrocarpa, Benth. 59 196 cordifolia^ Heyne 293 Benth. digitata, odontoclada, F. Muell. 55 coronilltefolia.^.C?/^^ .201 293 Meissn. diversifolia, piptonieris, Benth, 62 . 198 deflexay Hochst. 293 Benth. lanceolata, mccmosa, Meissn, . 60 enneaphylla, Linn. 196 293 Benth. nitida, ramosissiiua, Benth. 56 200 Meissn. ervoifJe,s. 294 BeJith^ punctata, Meissn, 60 rcstioideSj , 196 glandulosa, Willd.

A, Cunn. apieulatat A. Cunn, Becked, F. MnelL

.

198 197 198 199 199 200 197 197 197 198

119 59 scoparia, B. Br. 58 sericea, Benth. 56 spinosa, R. Br. 58 Sterubergiana, Hueg. 56 stricta, Meissn. 59 thesioides, A. Cunn.. 57 ulicinay Meissn.

DC.

i
'i

4.

umbellata, Turcz.
velutina, Benth. , vernicosa, F. MuelL

61
.

viminalis, A.

Cunn.
.

Jansonia

forinosa,

Kipp.

60 58 38 " 8

....

. .

. -

<

'

INDEX OF GENEHA AND SPECIES.

Page 293
Page
Eoei,

517
Pafje

rupestris,

Benth,

SMechL
DC.
.

Lourea
Laboucheria
chloroaiachys^ Muell. 297
obcordata, Desv,
.

reniformis^

472 238 238 238

procera^ Eoxb. pubescens, Yent. saligtia, LabiUscandens, Linn.

SopJtoray LabiU.
stricta,

.
-

422 416 364

298

Laiage dcuminata, Melssn. . 159 angustifolia^ Mei^su. 158 hovecefolia, Bcuth. . 158
ornata^ Lindl.
,
,

Lumnitzera

503 cocchiGSi, W,a7id J m. 503 504 mofdanay F. Muell. 504 racemosaj Willd.
. . . . ,

Andr.

luaveolens^ Sin.
ulicifolia, Sulisb.

.158
.
.

idicinay

Wendl.

siipularis, Meissu.

Laniprolobiiim

fruticosum, Benfh,

Latrobea Brunonis, Meissn.

diosinifolia, Benili,

geuistoidcs, Meissn,
hirtella, Bent/i.
.

159 202 202 140 141 142 141 140

Macro stigma
427 504 Macropteranthes Kekwickii, F. MuelL 504 505 Leichhnrdtii, MuelL 504 niontana, F. MuelL
ausiraley

verlicillata,
.

VlUr.

Hook.

Mirbelia
angustifolia, Grab.
aotoides, F.
,
.

398 359 369 332 333 334 32

35 35

MuelL

aphglla, F. Muell. . uspera, Turcz.

.
.
.

Medicago
denticulata, Willd.
.

Baxferi, Lindl.

.142
.

pungeiiSj Berith.

lupulioa, Li7in,
sativa, Linn,
.

.
.

Bentk. l/epiocyamus
tenclla,
lat'ifolius, Beiith,

.141
244 245 245 244
142 142

186 18G 186

Benth. . dilatala, IL. Br. floribunda, Benth.

daviesioides,

38 34 20 37 ^^ 36

clandestimtSy Bcnth.
.

Meionectes Browuii, Hooh.f. Preissii, Nees

.

486 486 486

190

grandiflora. Ait.

Meisstterif

Hook,

.
,

^f 33
37 37

micropbyllaj Benth.

serireus, F. Miiell.

.
.

Meladen ia
densijlora^ Turcz.

Tasmanicus, Benth. Lpptocytisus hirtellus, Turcz. . . tenelitis, Meissu, Leptolohium clandesiinmu Benth. ehyjgaiwniy Bentb. microphgllum, Beuth. iahacinum, Beuth. . (onientosum, Benth.
. . . .

Melilotus

Benth. . ovata, Meissn. oxyclada, P. Muell.

niulticaulis,

244 245 244 245 245

186 278 Mezoneurum brachycarpura, Benth. 278 211 Millcttia 272 Blackii, F. Muell.
pan-ifora, Desf.

....

oxylobioides,^. Jf^//. . pulchella, Meissn.

pungens, A. Cuun.
raceniosa, Turcz.
reticulata,
.

.....
Hook.
f.

34 38 34 36 35 33
35

Sm,

. .

megapernm,F.J/M^^/.211

MUligama
cordifoHit,

rubiafolia, G. spcciosa, Sieb.

Don

. .

491

speciosa, Sw^eet
spiuosa, Beuih.

Lepiosema

12 Chamhersli,^, Muell. 13 ory/r7/;iVnV/*e',y, F. MucU. 12 240 Lespcdezu 240 cuTieata, Don 241 juncea^ DC. 241 . laiiata, Benth\
hosslijeoides^'^^w^*
*
. . .
.

Mitr.osa angusfifofia, Jacq.

binervtSy

Wendl.

boir^^fcephaht. Vent.

cothlearisy Labill. decipiens, Keen. .

decurrens, Wendl.
disct)hr,Ai\^T.

Liparia

didachga. Vent.

. .

badocan a i^lsiwco Lonchocarpus . . Blackii, Boith.

Lotus
alhidus, Lodtl.
australis,

190 271

187 .......188

.271

dodonaifolia, Pcrs. . elegansy Andr. flonbunda^ Vent., ^randijlora, Soland.

hispidultt,

Sm.

Andr,

.188
.

Juniperina, Vent.
linearis,

189 coruiculatus, Linn, . 188 188 l<Bvigatus, Benth. tetragouolobus, Linn, 188 ^71 Loiidouia eoccinenSy Schlecht*
.

Wendl.

Hnifolia, Vent.
longifoliai

Andr..
-

mgrlifolia. Sin.
nigricans^ Labill.

'

aurea, Lindl.
ciirirta, F.

Bchrii, Schiecht.

Muell. flavescens^ J. Druiiini.472

472 472 472

ohlig^^i
obliqtia,

Lam..
.

<

obliqua^ Pers.

'

WendL

pa?iiculata, W^endl.

369 406 Mucuna p^ 254 . DC pjigantca, 414 ^86 Myriopbyllura 324 489 LabilL amphibium, 351 489 MuelL F. dicoccum, 415 490 Benth. Druinmondii, 414 . 487 Gaud. elatinoides, 422 489 Benth. filiforme, 359 489 . Benth. gracile, 422 490 integrifoliuni,i7(9>A./. 398 latifoliuni, T. MuelL 488 4^4 .^488 Muelleri, Sond. ^^ 355 pedunculatiim,F^o^./.489 332 489 MuelL trachycarpum, 371 /^;?o^-/ 487 variffifolium, 871 488 LindL verrucosus, 398 376 418 NeniatophgUum 170 F. JIuell. Hookeri, 369 300 319 Ncpluuia 300 Benth. gracilis, 361 300 MnelL mouosperma, 414
, .
.

subcordata, Turcz.

35 36 36 36 34

. .

518

INDKX OF GENEB
Page

AND SPECIES
1

Page
Plagiolobium
chdrizemifolium, S\v.
ificifoliujn.
.
-

Page

299 242 Neurocarpum^ Desv. 229 Nicolsonia, T)C. Nomismia, AY. and Arn. 265
tpicata, r. Muell.

426 Parinarium Qr\mh\^n\my Benth, 426

.

Noiida, F.

MaelL
f. f.
.
.

Sweet

175 175

Belonastes
inteyrifolia.

Plafychilum

Ononis
Natrix, Linyi. Orniocai-pura .
sennoides,
Oriliotropis
.

Hook. tuberculata^ Hook.

. .

490 490
279 279 185 185 291 292 426

ohlongum^ Pesv.

DO.

186 225 231 226

31

Pcltopliorum

ferrugiucura, Beuth,

Pentadynamis iucana, 72. Br,

Petalostyles
.

pungens^ Bcntli.

labichoides, R- Br.

Oxyclad'mm

Petrocarya^ Jack.

Oxylobium

....
.
.

Phanera
14 25

Benih, acututii, Benth, alpestre, F. Muell,

aciculiferuin,

296 Blancoiy Bunth. Cunninghamii^ Benth. 295

.

24

17 angnstffolium^X.Ciinn. 17 17 arboresc^ns^ R. Br. 17 argeuteumy Kuuze atropurpureum, Tnrcz. 22

.

Phaseolus Max^ Linn.

Mango, Linn

radiatus, lloxb.
rostratns. Wall.

, '

.,

256 258 257 258 257

175 152 . Platylobiiini . 153 formosum, Sm, 165 lanceolatum^ Audr. macrocalyx, Meissn. 153 165 viicrophyllumy Sims Murrayanum^ Hook. 153 165 obcordutum, Vent. obtusanguluin, Ilook, 153 165 ovatum, Audr. 154 ovatum^ Sieb. 154 parvijlorum Sm. 34 reticulatumy Sieb. scolopendriumy Veut. 167 159 spinosum, Turcz. 152 triaugiilare, R^ Br, 153 triangulares Sims

Cehianum^ Delaun.
. .

Boxburyhiiy

W.

and
.

102 hatilhiui. 16 Callistacliys, Benth, 23 . capitatumj Benth. 18 carinatiun, Benth, ^ 19 cordifoliurti, Andr,
Hook.
. . .

cuneatuin, Bentk,

dilatatam^ Beuth. Brnmmondii, Mcissu. ellipticum, R. Br.

. .

23 24 24 16

^enistoides, Meii^sn. hainulosuin, Benth.

.

30 20

hetcrophjllum, Benth. 25 17 . . lliicarc, Bentk, Tnicrophylliiin, Benth, 19 23 nervosum^ Meissu. . 24 obovatum, Beath.
obtusifoliura, Siceet
.

258 258 triuercius, Heyne truxillensis, H. B,K; 257 259 vexillatiis, Linn. 257 Vuljraris, Linn, Phyllodinm 231 pulchellum, Desv. 93 Phyllota 95 aspera, Beuth. 94 barbata, Benth, 95 . Baueri, Benth. 95 Bdlardieri, Beuth. . 95 cowosa, Benth. 119 diffusa^ F. Muell. 94 gracilis, Turcz,

Arn

Platyptelea 441 Drum. J. clematidea,

Plectrolropis, Schum. Pleurandra reticulata. Hook. Podolobium
aciculare,

258
17 31

DC.

25 Muell. F. aciculiferuai,

coriaceum^ DC< humifusumy Don

scandens, sericeum^

obovatum, A. Gray
,

DC. DC.
^

22 20 20 20
11 26 25

staurophylhm DC.
trilobatum^ R. Br.
.

Poiretia
elliptica^

grandijlora^ Benth.

95

18

humifusa, A. Cunn,
phylitoides, Benth.

98 22 ovalifolium, Jleissa. 24 parviflormn, Benth. procunibeas, F. Muell, 20 19 Pultenese, DC. 17 Pultenece, Lodd. 23 reticulatuni, Veissn. 22 retiisum, R. Br.
.

ovalifolium, and Paxt.

Liudl.

pllosa, Beuth.
pleiirandroides,
Sturtii, Beiiih,

95 95 95

linearis^

Sm. Sm.
.

Polyosma

175 172 438

^n

4(5 Cunninghauiii, Benn.

Muell
.
.

squarrosay Beuth.
.
.

96 95
95

Pongamia

.
,

glabra, Tent,

uliginom, DC.
Potentilla. anserina, Linn.
.

273 273 273

villosa, Turcz.

94

'
.

'

J^Q *^

Vhi/solohiuM
carinatuniy Benth.

Bcandeus, Benth. sericenm, Benth.

.
.

spathulatum, Benth. . spcotabile, Endl. .

11 18 21

251 253 . elafutn, Hueg:. macrophylh(m,Mei^sn.2o2 252 Stirlingu, Benth.

.

Poterium
P^oriilcft

Sanguisorba, Linn.

^
.

4^^

Pijjtomeris

225 Muell acanthocarpa, /' Muell. 1 ii adscendens,

.

122 spinosum, DC. Btaurophyllum, Benth. 26 tricllspidatu^1,^/mJ. 21 25 trilobatuin, Benth. . 22 \'\rg^X\\m,Hort.Kew.

aphylla, Turcz. .. Pithecolobiuin

62

Archcri. F.

mell.

190
1 9-^

423 grandiflornm, Senth, 424 Jungh//hnianum,'Bih. 424 moniliferum, Benth, 424 423 pruinosum, Bentk,
,

amtralasica, Schlecht.

i Benth. ^^ badocana, 191 Muell. balsaunca, F.

cephalantha,YM..\l^^ ^^ LindL cinerca,

. >

INDEX OF GENERA AND

Page

SPECIES,
Page 135 139

519
Page 133

Brummondii, Meissa. 1U2 192 eriantha, Benth, 194 Gunnii, Hook. f.

.

eucbiln, DC. fasciculata, BeniL

.

raceniulosay Sieb.
reticulataj

Benth.
.

119

lachnostachys, Miiell. 191 Leichhardiii, Muell. 196

leiicantha, F,

ferruginea, Rudjre filifolia, F. Muell.

flexilis,

134 140
135 135

reioria, "^'eudl.
retusa,
rigida,

Sm.

MnelL
,
.

parva, F. Muell.
patens,

LhidL
.
.

193 194 192

191

foliolosa,

A. Cunn.

fuscata, F. Maell.

191 * 193 tenax, LindL 278 Pterolobiuui * 279 nitens, F. Muell, 201 Ptychusciiia 201 pusillum, Benth, 107 Pultentca 131 acerosa, R. Bi\ 119 aeiphyllay Bciitli. 130 adunca, 'Jkircz. 123 altissima, F. Muell. 113 amaena^ Sieb. 126 argentea^ A. Cuun. 126 aristata, Sieb, aspalathoides, Meissn. 120 95 aspera^ Sieb. hmckeoides^ A. Cunn. 116

pluraosa, F. Muell. piistuiata, F, Muell.

...

133 141 genistoides,')Ath?>Vi. 125 glabra, Benth. 113 glaucescens, Sieb. 116 Gunnii, Benth. hibbertioides, Eook.f. 127 133 hispidula, B. Br.
.
.

130 128 rosea, F. MuelL. roswarimfolia^ Endl. 115 rosmarinifoliay Lindl, 115
,

Sm. B.Br.

,148 .113

...

rosmarinifotia, Sieb.
rotundifuiia, Benth,
riibicBfolia,
.

<

Andr. . scabra, R. Br.

selagiuoides,

91 121 35

.116
.

....
.

humilis, Benth.

.131
. .

setigera,

Hook.f. 136 133 A. Cunn.

.

hypolampra, Sieb. iiici/olla, Andr.

incarnala, Mackay
iucurvata, J. Cunn.
involucratn, Benth.

137 25 112

setulosa, 5^;?/A.

.132
.

spiaulosa, 5^rt//^

squarrosa, Sieb.
staphyleoides,
stipnlaris,
stricta,

121 95

124 138

Don .122
117
-

stevophjlla, A. Cunn.

.Junrea,

68 131 juniperiua, Lahill, 134 lanatay A. Cunn. 135 . lanata, Sieb. \?ivp^Qvei\s,F. Muell. 134 ' iaxa, Kunze ^}\
.

Wm.

Sm.
.

Sbns

.125 .112
.

strobilifera,

128 Meissn. styphelioides, J. Cunn. 122

subspicata, Benth.
.

subunibejlata.

Hook,
. .
.

137 124
1''5

laxitiora,

Benthamii, F. MuelL . hiloha^ R- Br, hrochyphfjUa, Turcz. hracteafa, Schrad. Bnmonis^ Benth. . calycina, Benth. canaliculata, F. MuelL candiday J.odd. canescenSj A. Cunn.
*
.

113

Benth. linophglla, Schrad.

.

. . .

I'^p

Sweet a, Don
teiiella,

Liu

s^lvalica, Sieb.

19

117

capilellata, Sieb.

comosay Sieb. confcrta, Benlh. . cordatoy Grab. cordifolia, Benth.

.

129 113 141 121 139 139 126 113 95 118

131 131

mycrophylla, Sieb. . mollis, Lindl.

. -

wontanay Lindl. mucrouata, f 3/?^^/A U4 115 jnucronata, Lodd. .138 Mueller! Benth. , myrtoides, A. Cunn. 114
.
,

117 128 117

5^/^MBr. teuuifolia,

.122
.

139

ternata, F.

MuelL
.

ihgniifoiia.Sich.

.
.

122 137
137 117 129 130

tnbercututa, Pers.

uncinatdy A. Cunn. urodon, Benth.

.

.124
.

vana,

Aiidr.

-28
.

neurocalyx, Turcz. obcordala, Boith.

. .

130 120 11^ 1^3

vcrructdosa, Tnrcz. verticillatay Turcz.

vcstita,

^. 5r.

obcordatoykn^'c..
obovata, Beyith. , ocbreata, Meissn.
paleiicea,

villifera, Sieb.

.132 .137
.

villosa,

Y^\
115

... virgata, Sieb. ...

villosa,

mild.

Andr.

134 91 91
236 236 236

crasaifolia,

Lodd.
.

U2

cuneata, Benth. daphnoides, WeudL

^

117 112 117 deltoidea^ Sieb- 136 densifolia, F. Muell, 125 dentata, Labill, . 118 dieme/iicaf Turcz. 119 diffusa, llook.f^ Druininondii, Meissn. 117 127 ec/nriata, Spr.
. ,
.
.

Willd.

viscosa, R.

132 118 pedunculata, ffooi; 15 11& Cunn. J. petiolaris, 93 Sieb. 9^ phglicoides, 126 iiieleoides^\oo\A.
parviflora, Sieb.
.

Pycnospora
nervosa^

....

Br,

.127
,

hedysaroidesj R. Br.

W. and Am.

Pyrrhotrichia
tuberosa, ^Y. and Arn.

268

pinifolia, Meissn.
plumosa. Steb. polifolia, J. ^^-

H^
. 126 Qnintiina Sieberi, ^.i)(7. . 115] Verdonii, P. Muell.
.

437 438 438

127 136 . elliptica, Sm, empctrifolia, Meissn. 129 123 ejiacrideay F. Muell. 129 pricifolia, Benth,
ech inula, Sieb*
.

<

proeambens,.<.6.133 ^'^^ 138 . B6^/iM. prostrata, 125 Sieb.

proteoideSy
.

Rafnia
retusa Vent.
y

169

l.<)r/^oi^^^ Sieb.

1^^
l

Bhizopbora . mucronata, Lam.

ericoides^

V^ciil.

91

triophora^ Lodd.

112

114 Muell, pycnocephala,

Timoriensis,

DC.

493 493 494

5 w

520

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES,

Page

Page
couferta,
sensifica,

Rhynchosia

265 acutifolia, P. MneiL 266 australis, Benth. 267 Cuiininghamiij Benth. 266
.

Sm,
j3,

W. &

228 A. 228
. . .

galegifolia,
gracilis,

R. Br. Benth, ,

Page 217

Sandera
macrantha, Lehtn.
Freissii,

ervoidea^Y^Vj,

. .

,267
, ,

Lebm.

laxiflora^ Caiiib.

medicagineay DC.

267 267

Sopbora
Praseri, Benth.

267 punctata, DC. . 267 rhomhlfoiia, DO. 267 rhomboidca,/'. J/w^//, 265 rostrata, Benth. 266 scarabaoides^ DC. 263 virgata^ Haniilt. 2%%
.
.

minima, D(7. nnda, DC

.267

juncea, Schrad.
tomentosa, Linn. Spadostyles Benthamii^ Eudl. concofor, Eudl.

469 469 274 274 68 274

grandiflora^ R. Br. Greyana, Lindl, .

laxa, U.

Br.

lessertiifolia,

DC.

F. MuelL iiiicrophyUa, A. Gray nionticola, A. Cimn.

luteola,

occidentalis,

F MuelL
.

Roea
Unophj/IIaj

Hueg.

nudijlora, Meissn.

64 64

Rosa
rubigiuosa, Linn,

432
185
.

Rothia
trifoliata,

Fers.

.185
42')

Rubus
eglantena, Tratt. GunniaimSj Hook, HilliU F. Muell. macropodus^ Ser. moluccanus, Linn. Moorei, F. MicelL parvifolius, Lhin.
.

431

132 135 Cunningkamii,BQnih. 122 Hueg e Hi, Eiidl. 132 ramulosa, Endl. 135 Sieberi^ Benth, . 136 ternatay F, Muell. . 122 Sp hteridlop ho rum abgsnnicum, Spach 195 linifolium^ Desv. 195 Sphserolobium 63 acHmiaatum, Bentb. 66 alatum, Benth, 65 crassirarneum, Meissn. 67
.
.

oligophylla, F,
ovoho\ilcs,,F.

Osbornit, T.
parvifiora,

MuelL MuelL Moore .217

.

220 216 216 224 2f2 223 223 223 219 219 222

223 pJiacifolia, F. MuelL 221 phaeoides, Benth. 217 procumbens, F. MuelL 220 sfipularis, F. Muell. 221
Benth.
.

. .

222 vicuefolio, F. Muell. 222 220 violaceUj Renders.

tephratricha,'F. Muell.
.

ribesifofiiiSj Sieb,
roseef(>liu3,

Sm,
. .

430 430 431 430 431 430 431 431

431
.

daviesioides, Turcz.

Brttmmondii, Turcz. enchilus, Benth. . , foHosum, P. Muell. . foruicatuin, Benth. . gracile, Benth. .
,

67 67

graudiflorunj,

K Br.
. .

liuophylluin, Benth,

Zahlbriicknerianns,

Endl.
Schtzomeria
ovata, J).

Tnacrantbnm, Meissn. ujudium, R, Br. . medium, Meissn, . .

miuiiSy Labill.

67 64 66 64 66 64 67 66 66
65 64 67 65

294 294 iiidicus, Linn. . 168 Templetouia 170 aculcata, Benth. . Druramondii, Benth. 169 . 170 * egenaj Benth. 169 glauca, Sims 170 Hookeri, Benth. 1G9 Muelleri, Benth. . 169 retus-d, R. Br.
Tamarindus
.
.

sulcala,

Benth.

171

Tephrosia

Don

442 443

nudiflorum, Benth.

Sclerothamnus
microphyllas^ R. Br. 146 Scottea
anguslifolia^ Lindl.
,
,

pulckeltum, Meissn. . racemulosuTn, Benth.

deatata^ R. Br. l(^ms, Lindl. .

157 156 156

scabriusculum, J!fmj>z. 66 stenoplerum, Meissju 65

vimineum, Sm.
Strophoslglesy E.

65

259 retusa^ E. Mey. . 259 Sesbania ... . . 212 aculeata, Pers. . 213 SB^yptiaca. Pers. 212 anstralls^ F, Muell. 213 cocchiea^ Pers. 212 grandiflora, Pers* 212 picta, Pers. 213 simpliciusculaj MuelL 213 Sieversia, R, Br. , 427 '. Sitiilliia , 227 eapitaia, Desv. . . 228
. .

Scy talis anomala. Yog.

Mey. 258 Stylobasium 427 lioeare, Nees . . 427 spatliulatum, D^.v/1 427 Swainsona 214 alhifloray G. Don 217 brachycarpa, Benth. 217 Burkei, F. Muell. 218 Burkittii, F. MuelL 218 cainpylantha, Muell. 219 canescens, F, Muelh 221 coruniltarfofia, Salisb. 217 "DruuiHiondii, Benth. 220 Fraseri, Benth. , 224

....
,

....
.

Froebelii^l^^tL

.216

202 astragaloides, R. Br. 208 210 JSaueri, Benth. 210 Bidwilli, Be7}th. bi'acbycarpa, F. Muell. 207 204 coriaeea, Benth. 205 * crocea, R. Br. 207 eriocarpa, Benth^ 208 filipes, Benth. 204 flanimea, F. MuelL grami n ifol ia, F. Muell. 206 206 * juacen, R. Br, * 207 leptoclada, Benth. 209 macrocarpa, Benth^ 205 oblongata, R. Br. oligophylla, Benth. . 209 phtjeosperma.i*'.^^/^//. 208 206 polyzyga, F. MuelL 206 porrccta, R. Br. 209 purpurea, Pers. remotiflora, F. MuelL 209 203 reticulata, R. Br. 211 rosea, F. MuelL siinpllcifolia, FMuelL 206
.
.

. -

-^

INDEX OF GTINERA AND SPECIES.

Page
Stuartiij

321
Pago

Page
recur va. Hook,/,
verticillariSj
.

Benth.

207

Teram n us

BC.
Hook.
.

244 Terminalia 496 bursarinaj F, MuelL 499 circumalata, F.Jfwe//. 499

clandestinuSj
.

Spr
,

verticillarisy

452 451 452

186 186 186 186 186 187 236 238 237 237 237
125 125

vexillata,

Benth.
.

villosa^ Savi
.

Tri folium

agrarium, Linn,
pratense, Linn,

Viminaria / denudata Sm. laterifloray Link Preissii, Meissu.

.

258 260 68 68
59

68

discolor, F.
edulis, F,

Muel!.
.

MuelL

erythrocarpa, Muel/.
fjlahra,
. .

R. Br. granditloraj Benth, latipeSj Benth. melanocarpa, /^.^/^/A 500 502 . luicrocarpa, Bene. wwo(?i?;p^.F. Mucll. 501
.

501 501 503 501 503 501

prociimbens, Linn. repcns, Linn,

.
.

Weinmanoia

Trigonella
suavissima,

LindL

Uraria
eercifolia, Desv.
.

444 443 australis, A. Ciinn. paniculata, F. Muell. 444 paniculosa, F. Muell. 444 445 rubifolia, F MuelL
.

....

cylindracea, Benth,

lagopoiJeSj
picta, Bes?K

BC.

500 BentK . oblongata, F. MuelL 499

Muellcri,
.

JJrodon
capitatus, Turcz.
.

Knowl. and 444 Westc. .185 Westonia, Spreug. Wistaria megasperm'', F. Muell. 211
venosa,

....
.

502 platjphylk, F. MuelL 502 platypti^ra, F. MuelL 498

petiolaris,

A. Cuy?n.

dasyphyllm,
Vachellia

Ttircz.

Xerocarpv.s,

Guill.

and

Per

185

porphyrocarpa,iIS/w6'/A 501

pteroearya,
volucris,

-F. ^?^/?/'?.
. .

Thozetii, Benth,
i2. jBr,
. .

T^tracarprca
Tasinatiica,

^^

Hook.

/*.

500 500 498 445 445 336 450 451 451 452 452 451 451 451

Farnesiana,y^
Vieia

&

A. 420

Zichga
anyiidifolia^ Lindl.
.

galegifoUa, Andr
birsuta,

Koch

sativa, Linn.

Tetracheifos

Meissnerif
Tilfen

Lehm,

Vigna anomala, Walp.

glabra^ Savi
hirta,
,

....

217 241 241 258 259

coccinea^ Hueg.
ght'hrafa^ Benth.

251 251

glahratay Meissn.
inophyllay Hueg. . Latrobeana, Meissn.

Nees colorata^ Nees vitrirata, Nees macrantha, Hook. f. minima, Miers peduncnlaiay Sieb.
adscendtrtis,

Hook. lancoolata, Betdh lutea, A. Gray

.

luteola,

Benth.

260 250 260 259 200

259 260 259

Molly, Hueg. pannosa^ Past, uriceay Hueg.

.

252 251 251 244 251 251 251

251

tricolor, Lindl.
villosa^ Lindl.
,

reiusa^

Walp.

mhereeia, Benth.
tnherosay A. Rich.

251 '228 . Zornia chatophora, F.'Muell 229 228 diphylla, Pers.

.

parpurata, Ilook.f.

JiND OF VOL. IL

PBINIEK, TITLOB, BDWABB JOHN

YTILD 1>N tlNCOLT^'S UXTI.B QITEEH STEBKT.

COLONIAL FLORAS.

I.

FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND.

r.E.S., V.P.L.S.

By
.

J.

D.

HOOKER,

M.D.,

Part

I. pp. 460, 16s.

II.

i^ow Beady.

ISLANDS. INDIAN WEST FLORA OF THE BRITISH

By
A. H. R.

GEISEBACH, M.D.
800 1.
17s.
III.

YIl. Part each 5*., VI., to Parts I. ^^""^yQd. i^'>^

FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS. By
P.L.S., assisted
pp.

G.

BENTHAM,

F.R.S.,
Vol.

by DR. F.

MUELLER,
IV.

M.D., F.R.S. and L.S.

.ao on 56S, 20s.

Beady. Just II. \yol. '-

By HONGKONG. OF FLORA
P.L.S.
1 vol., pp.

G.

BENTHAM,

F.KS.,

550 and Map,

16s.

V.

FLORA OF THE
By
J.

ANTARCTIC ISLANDS.
M.D., F.R.S.. V.P.L.S.
VI.

Illustrated.

D.

HOOKER.

2 vols. 4to.,

200

plates. 10.

plain. lOs. 7. coloured, 15s.

FLORA OF
HOOKER,

NEW

ZEALAND.
2
VII.

Illustrated.
vols. 4to.,

By

J^

D.
6.^.

V.P.L.S. F.R.S.. M.D..

130

plates, 13. 2s.

coloured, 9. 5^. plain.

FLORA OF TASMANIA.
10a\ plain.

Illustrated.

By J D.

HOOKER

In Preparation,

FLORA OF India:
THOMSON,
By DR.
B.

HOOKER, DR. By

F.R.S., and

DR

F.R.S.

FLORA OF THE
LOYELL REEVE &

VITI OR SEEMANN. F.L.S.

CO.,
^r.
. 5,

FIJI ISLANDS.

Illustrated

GARDEN. COVENT STREET. iiTnsj-RTT?TT/i IIENRIEliA biitii-i^i.

The Books in this^Oatalogue have been reduced {to net prices^ and are sent Post-free on receipt of remittance. All previous Catalog*ues are withdrawn.

LIST OF AVOEKS
ON

NATURAL HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY,

ANTIQUITY, AND SCIENCE.

CO:s"TENTS.
Pa are
I

Page

Botany
Ferns
,

3
7

Zoology
Antiquarian

13 13

Mosses

8
,

Miscellaneous

14
15

Fungi
A-LGM

8
8 9

Seuials
Victoria Licrauy.

16 16 16

Shells and Mollusks

Plates

Entomology
I

10

Forthcoming Works

PUBLISHED BY

LOVELL' REEVE &

6,

CO.,

Limited,

Goveenmknts. Indian and Colonial, Publishers to thk Home,

W.C GARDEN. NT HENKIETTA STREET, COVE

1
*

LOVELL REEVE & CO.'S

Crown
Scries of Natural History.
For descriptive
details^ see

Catalogue,

in popular while Volumes, These handy and well illustrated and method, in scientific strictly tyle to suit beg-inners, are are They works. advanced form excellent introductions to more admirably adapted for school prizes and presents.

British
Plates,

Beetles.

By

E. C. Rye.

2nd Edition,
16 Coloured

redsed by Rev. Canon Fowlek, M.A., F.L.S.

and "Woodcuts,

9*. net.

British Zoophytes.
F.L.S.

By Akthur
12.y.

S. Pennington,

24

Plates, 9s. net.

British Insects.

By

E. F. Staveley.
net.

16 Coloured

Plates and Woodcuts,

British Batterflies British Bees.

Plates,

and Moths. By H. T. Stainton.

9a'.

16 Coloured Plates, and Woodcuts,

net.

By W.
9.s.

B. Shuckard.

16 Coloured
16 Coloured

and Woodcuts, and Woodcuts,

9^. net.

British Spiders.
Plates,

By B. F.
net.

Staveley.

The Edible Mollusca of Great Britain and Ireland

with Recipes for Cooking them. By Edition. 12 Coloured Plates, 9*. net.

M.

S.

Lovell.

Second

Synopsis of British Mosses.

F.L.S.

By

Hobkirk, P. C.

Revised Edition,

6s. Qd. net.

British
Plates,

Grasses.

By M.
9^. net.

Plues.

16

Coloured

and Woodcuts,

Britisli Ferns.

By M.

Plues,
S. 0.

Plates, Coloured 16
i

and Woodcuts, 9^. net*

British Seaweeds.

By

Gray.

.16 Coloured

Handbook
F.R.S.

of the British Flora.

By

G. Bentham,

6th Edition, Eevised by Sir J. G.C.S.I., F.R.S., &c., 9s. net.

t-^r HooKEB, D.

Illustrations of

the British

Flora."

Drawn hy
AVooa 1315

AV. H. Fitch, F.L.S., and W. G. Smith, F.L.S net. 9s. enlarged, Engravings. 4th Edition, rerised and

Limited Co., and Reeve LoYELL

BOTANY.
Calcutta. Garden, Botanic Annals of the Royal fol.o, Small I., Part F.L.S. Br Geobge Kino, M.B., LL.D.,
104 IL, Appendix to Vol. L, 406. 20 IV. Vol. net. 70.. Plates, 174 III., Vol. 6d. 32... Plates, IT., Part 6d. 32.. Plates, net. Vol. V., Part I., 101
12 Plates, 10..
6d.

91 Plates in Portfolio, 25..

Part

II.,

137 Plates

Poftfoho.

Vol.

Plate., 70s.

Plates, 30. 9 99 Plates, 32s. 6d. "^f^^}-' 6.. G Portfolios), in 2 Parts VIII. (4 Vol. net. 40.. 119 Plates,

Vol.

VL, Part

I.,

plain

9s. coloured, net.

Plants. of History The Natural

By H. Baillon

Med,cal of Professor Paris, of Society Linn^an President of the the of Garden Botanical the of Director and Natural History VilJ., to I. Vols. 8vo. Super-royal Paris. of Medicine Faculty of net. each 21.. Engravings, Wood

with 3545

Handbook

of Description a Flora; British of the

naturalized .n or to, indigenous Ferns and Plants Flowering the B Amateurs. and Beginners use of the For Isles. British the I). J. Sir by revised Edition, 6th F.R.S. Geohge Bektham, net. 9s 8vo, Ciwn &c. r.R.S., G.C.S.I., HooKEE. C.B.,

British the of Illustrations f Dissections, with Wood Engravings, and F.L.S., Fitch, H. Drawings hy W.
fo

Flora; a
JJrit.sh

^eries of
Plauts

from

AY. G.

Smith. FX.S
"

Introductoiy as Botany, Elementary Outlines of New F.L.S. F.R.S., Bentham, Geokge By Floras.
to Local

and 1315

to Companion ^Illustrated an enlarged and revised Edition, 4th Floras. otiier British

Bentham's

Handbook

Wood

Engraving.^, 9.. net.

tbe m Described Familiarly Flowers, British Wild Plat... ColouveJ U F.L.S. Moo.b, Thcv.s ru,. Seasons, By
,

neu IS. net. Edition, 1.. iijaition,

TA

-I.

;i

^-^^r,

14s, net.

The Narcissus,
By
by
F.
J.

its
all

Culture and History

known
Species

v th

Coloured Figures of

-d Pnnc.pal^V.^^^^^^^^^
of
the

W.
G.

Review a and BuKBiDGE.

Ckssihc.hou

Bakek.

F.L.S.

Super-royal

8vo.

48

Colouied

Plates, 30.. net.

A 2

LovELL Reevb and

;

Co.j

Limited

The Botanical Magazine

of

Figures and Descriptions

for
tlie

and Eare Plants late F.R.S., O.B., G.O.S.I., GreenLouse. By Sir J. D. Hooker, Series, Third 8vo. Royal Director of tLe Eoyal Gardens, Kew. 6 with Monthly, Published Yols. I. to LIV., eacli 42*. net.
Plates,
3.?.

New

suitable

Garden, Stove, or

6d., coloured.

Annual Subscription,

42s.
to
;

Re-issue of the Third Sebies in Monthly

Subscribers for the entire Series, 36s. each.

Yols., 42*. each

Ourtis's Botanical
commencement
first

Magazine
end o 1897.
net.

complete from the

123
Vols.,

to the

and Index

to the

63 Vols, in 99 Vols., 130

;

The

Floral Magazine
4to.

New

to Enlarged Series,

Royal
for the

Pigures and Descriptions of the choicest

New

Flowers
Vols.,

Garden, Stove, or Conservatory. in handsome cloth, gilt edges, 36. each net.
Vols., with

Complete in Ten

FiEST Series complete in Ten

Plates,

560 beautifully-coloured

15

15. net.

The Young
By
the

Collector's Handybook Rev. H. P. Dunstee, M.A. 66 Woodcuts,

in

of

Botany.
3*. net.

Elementary Lessons
J. G.

Botanical Geography.

By

Bakee, F.L.S.

2s. net.

Report

on the Forest

Kesources

of

AVestern

Pl'D^ M.D., Australia. By Baron Feed. Mueller, C.M.G., ^0 4to, Royal F.R.S., Government Botanist of Victoria.
Plates of the Eucalyptus,
12.v.

net.

Flora Vitiensis
and Properties,
4t0:

of Plants a Description of the

Uses, History, the Viti or Fiji Islands, with an Account of their Eoja F.L.S. Berthold Seemann,

By

Dr.

Coloured Plates.

Part X., 25*. net.

;

Flora

Hongkongensis

Description

of

the
iiy
.

Hongkong, of Island Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Hanc D^Bentham, F.E.S. With a Supplement by

George
net.

Published under the authority of Her separately, Suppleuient The Colonies. for the State of

2U.

Majesty's Seci-etary 2.v. Gd. ne .

LovELL Kebvb and

Co., Limited

Flora of Mauritius and the Seyclielles

a Descrip-

By tion of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of those Islands. Published under the authority 24?. net. J. G. Bakek, F.L.S.
of the Colonial Government of Mauritius.

Flora of Britisli India.

G.C.S.I., C.B., F.E.S., &c.
plete
;

By
assisted

Sir J.
net.

D. Hookee,
Com'

by various Botanists.

in

Seven

Vols.,

cloth,

12

Published under the

authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council.

Flora of Tropical
F.R.S., F.L.S.

Africa.

By Daniel
each, net.

Oliver,
Vol. VII.,

Vols. I. to III., 20*-.

Continuation.

Edited by
27*.
6cl.

W.

T.

Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., F.L.S.

net.

First the of authority the under Published

Com-

missioner of

Her Majesty's Works.

tlie

Handbook
quarrie's
4,2s.

of

New
By

Zealand Flora; a Systematic

F.R.S.
ot

the and Zealand, New of Plants Description of the Native Macand Campbell's, Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's,
Islands.
Sir J.

D. Hookee,

G.C.S.I.,

net.

the of auspices the under Published

Government

that Colony.

Plants the of Description ; a Australiensis Flora R.S F Bentham, By Geobge Territory.

of the Australian

Botanist, Government F.R.S.. Mueiieh, Feepinand assisted by Pubnet. 4.. Vols.. / Seven in Complete Victoria. Melbourne. Australia. of Governments several the of auspices the lished nnder

Flora of tlie Britisli

Dr. Gkisebach. F.L.S.

West
42.. net.

Indian Islands.

By

auspices the under Published

Colonies. the for State of the Secretary of

Flora Capeiisis

Colony, Cap. the Plants of

tte of Description a Systematic Bj Natal. Port and CaHrana,

F.R.S., Protesso,of

W lIm
ft

H.'vKr, M.D.,
,

UoWty Vols. I. to in

Otto and Dnblin, of

W..BKLM

Botanj m So..KB Ph.D.

TmsEiToN-DTBii,

Cnt,T,uat. net. each. 18.. P.B.S. LL.D., C.I.E., C.M.G.,

I-

Edited bj

W.

1.

sHet

Vol. VII.. P.rts

and

II., 7s.

6*

eacl,, net.

"

LovELL Reeve and

Co., Limited

imprimis Exemplaria ad Plantarum, Genera

Bentham, Geoeqe definita. By servata Kewensibus Herbaiiis the of Director r.R.S.,late F.E.S., F.L.S., and Sir J. D. Hookeb, 2^. Vols., 8 3 forming Complete in Parts, 7 Royal Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Yorkshire

with an Account of the

Fbedekic By therewith. connection in Lithology and Climatology the for Recorder Lond., A.BNOLD Lees, M.R.C.S. Eng., I/.R.C.P. of Section Botanical the President of Botanical Record Club, and 21 . Map, Coloured with Union. 8vo, the Yorkshire Naturalists'
net.
L

Flora of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight,

with localities of the less

common

species.

By

P.

Townsend,

M.A., F.L.S.

With Coloured Map and two

Plates, 16*. net.

Contributions to the Flora of

Mentone, and to a

Winter Fiora of the Riviera, including the Coast from Marseilles 8vo. Royal F.L.S. to Genoa. By J. Trahehne Moggridge,
Complete
in

One

Vol., with 99 Coloured Plates, 63*. net.

British Grasses; an Introduction to the Study By M. PlxJE^of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland.
100
9*. net.

Wild Flowers

of the UnderclifF, Isle of Wight.

and C. Paekinsok.

By Chaelotte O'Bbien

Crown

8vo, 8

Coloured Plates, 7s. Qd. net.

Icones Plantarum.
tive Characters

Figures, with Brief Descripand Rare Plants,

selected

and Remarks, of New from the Author's Herbarium. By Sir New Series, Vol. V. 100 Plate.s, 3 La-. 6d.

W.
net.

J.

Hookee,

F.R-S.

Botauical

Names for English Readers.

8vo, 6s. net.

By Randal

H. Alcock,

A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants, selected

from the Subjects published iu Cui-tis's " Botanical Magazine since the issue of the " First Century." Edited by James BatbColoured i^jLH, Esq., F.R.S. Complete in One Vol., Royal 4to, 100
Plaleg,

5*. net.

Limited Co., and LovELL Reeve

B.B.H.

Monofrrapli of

Odontoglossum, a Genus

Plants. Orchidaceous of Section Va^deous Plates, Coloured 30 Vol., with One in folio, Imperial Esq., r.R.S. net. Qd. 16s. 6 cloth, Wood Engravings,

of tlie Bj James Batemak.

and

The Rhododendrons

of Sikkim-Himalaya

being

Rhododendrons the of Geographical, and Botanical an Account, Eastern of Mountains the ^^^^^^^^^ recently discovered in
Sir W. J. By P.R.S. Hooker, Sir J. D. net. 6i. 14s. 4 Plates, 30 Coloured

Hookeb, F.R.S.

Eol.o.

Insular Floras.

HooKKB, CB., ment of Science,

advancethe for Association before the British

at

by delivered Lecture

0-111 feir J. l^.

2s. brf. net.

Kottingham^August^866.

FERNS.
British Ferns
;

r,,

to Introduction an

tlie

St"dy

f of

";d^^^"Equiseta and the F.RNS, Ltcopobs, tivat.on^ ^^^Jf^.^; t u Structu.., ^^-^^f^r. the on Chapters With Isles. ei ns. of * Distribution ^y and Preservation, Diseases Uses, Wood o5 and Plates, Coloured 16 with 8vo.

M. P^ES.

Ci^wn

The

iritish Ferns

Descnpand Coloured Figures

nd ^-ahon

F,.ucMcat,on tU of tio, -ItU A.alpls S.r Iieland. and Britain Great Forns of net 36.. Plates, Eoval Svo, 66 Coloured

W
.

0^

d
_

FRS

Gardeu Ferns

ions Descrip and Figures Coloured

_.

Exotic Fevn,, adapted and Conservatory.

Culmaf
^^^__

^ ^^^

^^^^^ ^^^_

64

net. 36^. Plates, Coloured

-n^an^mfinn
'*
,

FUices Exotica ; .: Ferns. . ^ r._.. Exotic

of

Coloured ^^S-r'l^fJ>;''TSZ aoy&i F.K.b. -R.- Sir W. J. Hookeb,

^o
ix^.
^^^-^

100 Coloured

Flates,

aft^r^Ferns Ean^ble ; a Con^bes Ferny CH.B.^^ By Yalle,, of D.von.b,re

.d
IMition.

-n

V +I.0 aipTia n^^^^

a

reap.

8vo,

8 Coloured

and

Map

of the

County,
ri

3. 6rf. net.

4
1

LovELL Reeve and

fVI

Co-^

Limited

Synopsis of

Britisli

Mosses, containing Descrip*

Genera and Species (with localities of the rarer ones) found in Great Britain and Ireland^ By Chaeles P. IIoBKiRK, F.L.S., &c,, Sec. New Edition, entirely revised.
tions of all the

Crown 8vo,

6^. 6f/. net.

Handbook
are
21s, net.

of Britisli Mosses, containing all that

known to be natives of the British Isles. By the Eev, M. J. Bebkeley, M.A,, F.L-S. Second Edition, 24 Coloured Plates,

The

British Moss-Flora.
I.,

Bj E.BraithwaitEjM.D-,
50.^.

P,L.S. Vol.

Imperial 8vo, with 45 finely executed Plates,

6cZ.

Vol. II., with39 Plates, 42^.

Parts XVIL, XVII L, each 6*. net.

FUNGI. British Fungi, Phycomycetes and Ustilagineae.

By Geoege Masse e
8 Plates, 6^. 6d. net.
(Lecturer on

Botany

to the

for the Extension of University Teaching),

London Society Crown 8vo, with

Outlines of
M.
J.

British

Fungology.

By

the

Rev.

Berkeley, M.A., P.L.S. With a Supplement of nearly 400 pages by Worthingtojj G. Smith, F.L.S., bringing the work down to the present state of Science. Two vols., 24 Coloured Plates, 36^. net. The Suppiement separately, 125. nei

The Esculent Funguses

Preserving, &c.

of England.

Containing

an Account of their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious Properties, Modes of Cooking and

By

C.

D. Badham, M.D.

Second Edition.

Edited by F. Cuhret, F.E.S.

12 Coloured Plates, 12^. net.

Clavis Agaricinorum

an Analytical Key to the

6 Plates, 2s.
(id.

British Agaricini, witli Cliaracfcers of the Genera and Sub-genera.

WOET

net.

ALG/E
Britisli

Seaweeds

an Introduction to the Study of

8vo, with 16 Colonred Plates, 9s. net.

the Marine AiG^ of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands.

By

S. 0. GfiAY.

Crown

LovELL Reeve and Co., Limited

9*

The Potamogetons
scriptions' of
all

of

the
by

British
and

Isles;
Hybrids.

DeBy
P.L.S..

the

Species,

Varieties,

Alfked
Eoyal4to,

rnTEB,

Illustrated

Robert Moegan,

Sections 1 and 2,
;

containing parts 1-3, 4-6, each with

12 Plates, 21s. coloured

15. uncoloured, net.

Phycologia Britannica;

or,

History of

British

'

Specific and Generic Figures, Containing Coloured Seaweeds. Algae of Species all the of Descriptions Characters, Synonyms and H. W. Dr. By Islands. British inhabiting the Shores of the 360 vols. 8vo, 4 Royal New Edition.

Harvey, F.R.S.

Coloured Plates, 7 10*. net.

Phycologia Austrahca

Austrahan of History a

of the Descriptions and Figures Seaweeds, comprising Coloured Victoria. Wales, South New of more characteristic Marine Algce a and Australia Western and

Tasmania,

Hakyet. H. W. Dr. By Alg. Australian known all of Synopsis net. 13.. Plates, 7 Coloured 300 Vols., Five 8vo, Royal F.R.S.

South

Australia,

SHELLS AND MOLLUSKS.

Elements of
fom -hujh Animals the of and Shells, of History the Natural 62 Vols., Two 8vo, Royal F.L.S. Reeve, Lovb/l
them. By Coloured Plates, 2 I6s.
net.
;

Conchology

an

Introduction

to

Conchologia Iconica
and

or,

Figures and J^e^cr^*^""^

on re,aAs with of the Shell, of MoUusl,-,,

""'/"- ^^^,"ta^^tf
1

Geog^pLic. ,.,, P.L.S SowEEBT, F.L.S., and G. B.

"'P'" net. l/8 half-calf, PUtea, Coloured 2727 4to with be may Volame. Monograph, and
,

^^'Z.Z

vZ

d^

and Bntam Great of The Edible Mollusca

a]

tailed list of

la dand

Testac-et Atlantica

or. the

Land

^^J^^^^-^Z

Demy

8vo, 2is. net.

10

LovELL Reeve and

Co.,

Limited

ENTOMOLOGY.
llonographise EntomologicsB. I. A Monograph By E. M. Bowdiee Shaepe. of the Genus Teeacolus.
Parts 1 to
3,

4to, each with 4 Coloured Plates, 7s. Gd. net.

m
>/

Lepidoptera Indica.
Vol.
I.,

By

F.

Mooke, F.Z.S.

4to.

5,*.,

with 94, and Vol. II., with 96, Coloured Plates, each cloth 9 15s., half-morocco. Parts XXV. to XXXV.,
;

with Coloured Plates, I5y. each net.

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon.

of Ceylon,

By

F. Moore, F.L.S.

Three Vols., Medium 4to, 215 Coloured Plates, cloth, gilt tops, 21 12s. net. Published under the auspices of the Government

"The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera, and their Food Plants. By Owen S. Wilson. With Life-sized Figures drawn and coloured from Nature, by Elkanora Wilson. Super
royal 8vo, with 40 Coloured Plates.
63*. net.

The Hymeiioptera Aculeata

By Edwaed Saunders,
Structural
Plates,

of the British Isles.

P.L.S.

16*.
net.

net

Complete in One Vol., with 3 Large Paper Edition, with 49

Coloured Plates,

G8.y.

The Hemiptera-Heteropteraof the

By Edwaed Saunders,
Structural Plate, 14^.

F.L.S,
net.

British Islands. a with Vol., One in Complete

Large Paper Illustrated Edition,

with 31 Coloured Plates, 48^, net.

The Hemiptera Homoptera of the A Descriptive Account of the Families,

in

British Islands.

Genera, and Species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with Notes as to Localities, Habitats, Ac, By James Edwards, F.E.S. Complete

One

Vol., with 2 Structural Plates, 12. net.

,43^.

Large Paper,

Witt 28 Coloured Plates

net

Limited Co., and Beevb LovELL

11

Tbe Lepidoptera
Charles
12s. net.

of

tlie

British

Islands.

By

Vol. II.,
-

(Butterflies), Rhopalocera Vol. I., F.B.S. G. Bakeett, oo... ii.. riaies, Uolourea with Large Paper Edition, with Paper, Large net. 12s. Sphinges and Bombycas,

46 Coloured Plates, 63... net. 63s. net Plates, Coloured 50 with 12s net. Large Paper, Coloured with 48 Paper, Large Vol. IV., Noctuffi, 12.y. net;
Plates, 63*. net.

Vol. III., Bombyces and NoctusB,

Parts 49 to 56, 5s. each.

ADescriptive Islands. British TheOoleoptera of the

Great to indigenous Species and Genera, Families, the of Account &c. Habitats, Localities, to as Notes with Ireland, and Britain

By

the

Rev.

Structural

Canon Fowiee, Plates and Wood Engravings,

net.

M.A.,

F.L.S.

With

two

Illustrated Paper Large 4 net. figures, 14 2300 containing Plates,

^^^P^^^^^ "' J" ^ Edition, with 180 Coloured

Oatalo rue
or'

of

the

British

Goleoptera.

By

W.
printed on

W
Illustrated

net. Qd. 2s. labels, for side one

Europe; of Butterflies The M.D LANa, Chakles By Heney scribed.

and De-

F.L.S^ Complete

"two

conPlates, Coloured with 82 8vo, super-royal Voi.,

British I

A
PlaJ...

of Description Familiar

By

10

C^uted

and numerous

Wood

Ei;ravn,g., 12.. n.t.

B,.it,is.

Beetles

an Introduction
C.on
Engravmgs,

to^ tlie^
S,.

Stud,

Cr;p/ tZ^-Z. Wood

Sleel Plat...

le Co,o.ed

ad 11

9.. net.

an Bees; British

If

duction to

*e
c^o

S udy

^^

?s\rvw.rc^t
Plates,

.1 u CO...

and

net. 9,. Dissections, oodcuts of

12

LovELL Reeve and

Co.,

Limited
to-

Britisli Butterflies
tlie

and Moths

an Introduction

Study of our Native Lepidoptera. By H. T. StaintonCrown 8vo, 16 Coloured Plates, and Wood Engravings, 9.*^ net.

British Spiders ; an Introduction to the Study of the Araneid^ found in Great Britain and Ireland. By E. F.
Stayeley.
Ent^ravinojs,

Crown
9.y.

8vo,

16 Coloured Plates, and 44 'Wood

net.

Harvesting Ants and Trap-door Spider

and Observations on their Habits and Dwellings,

Notes
By
J.

T.

MoGGEiBOE, F.L.S. With Supplement, ment separately, cloth, 7*. 6t?. net.

17^.

The Supple*

Curtis's

British Entomology.

Illustrations

and

Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, containing Coloured Figures, from Nature, of the

most rare and beautiful Species, and in many instances, upon the plants on which they are found. Eight Vols., Royal 8vo, 770
Coloured Plates, 28 net.

Or in Separate Monographs.
Orderi.
jPlafes^

8.

d.
i

Orders.

Plates,

.
.

s.

d.

Aphanipteea COLEOPTEHA

2 256
1

2
12 16
1 1

Htmeuoptera
Lepidopteha Nexjeopteea
OilALOPTBBA

125 193
13

Debmafteea. DiCTTOPXERA. DlPTRA .

. ,

.
. .
,

. . .

9 13 13 6 5

1 103

. .

6
6 8

3
1

Obthoptema
Strbpsipteea

Hemipteea HOMOPTSBA

32
21

1 12

3
9

TmCHOFXisBA

"Curtis's Entomology," which Cuvier pronounced to have "reached the ultimatum of perfection," is still the standard work on the Genera
of British Insects.

The Figures executed by the author

price at which the

himself, with

wonderful minuteness and accuracy, have never been surpassed, even

if equalled.

The

work was

originally published

was 43

16s.

Insecta

Britannica

Diptera.

Vol.

III.
net

By

Fbancis Walker. F,L.S.

8vo, with 10 Plates, 2&s.

The Structure and

Life History of the Cockroach

the Study of Insects. By L. C. Miall, Professor of Biology in the Yorkshire College, Leeds, and Alfred Denny, Lecturer on Biology in the
(Periplaneta Orientalis).

An

Introduction to

Firth College, Sheffield.

Demy

8vo, 125

Woodcuts,

7^. 6rf, net.

LovELL Reeve and Co., Limited

13

ZOOLOGY.
Foreign Finclies
in

Captivity.

By Arthur
in
;

G.
4to,

Royal Vol. One Complete BuTLEB. Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S. Qd. 14y. 4 tops, gilt with 60 Coloured Plates, cloth,
morocco,

halt

5s. net.

Invertebrata. the of The Physiology cuts, 8vo, 81 Demy Geiffiths, PLD., P.R.S.E.
and Polyzoa found
net.

By

A. B.

15s. net.

the to Introduction British Zoophytes; an

droida. Actinozoa,

Hy-

and the Channel Islands. Crown Svo, 24 Plates, 9s.

By Abthue

in Great Britain, Ii^knd, S. Penkington. I .L.b.

Handbook

of

Fauna Vertebrate the

being a Catalogue of in found Fishes, and bians,

of Yorkshire AmphiReptiles, Birds, British Mammals, E.glk William By the County.

Svo, 8s.

Roebuck. Denison William Clarke and

M.

net.

Handbook
Capt.

giving the to guide a as intended "and

India; of Fishes of the Freshwater k"0.vn Specthe all of Peculiarities Characteristic By Office, D.sr.ct and Students^

R. Beayan, F.R.G.S.

Demy

Svo. 12 Plates, 10..

6.^.

net.

SaMarmg. H.M.S. of Voyage the The Zooloo-y of

uir th^cLmand
the Years 1843-46.

BeH^^^^^ Edvvard Capiin^Sir of

By

Professor

Owen,

^-^^.^^l^l

4*

10.y.

ANTIQUARIAN.
Archeology. British Manual of net. Plates, 9. Colou.d 20 Edition. li;iELL,M.A. Second Dictu^naryo^^ Popular a Sacred Archaeology;

By Charles

Modein to P"""tive from Institutions Ecclesiastical Art and

Walcott

cat,,.,. oTc^.,... ?rto.?a B.rX;

S., ...

ne..

14

LovELL Eeeve and

Co.,

Limited

MISCELLANEOUS.
Respiratory Proteids.
Chemistry.
Gs, net.

Researches in Biological
Crown
8vo,

By

A. B. Griffiths, Ph.D., F.E.S.E.

Collections

and Recollections of Natural History

and Sport in the Life of a Country Yicar. By the Rev. G. C. Author. the by Sketches from Woodcuts with Geeen. Illustrated

Crown

8vo,

6.*.

net.

Physical Geology, its of Account an West Yorkshire

;

Geography, Climatology, and Botany. By J. W. Davis, F.L.S., Plates, 8vo, 21 Edition, Second F.L.S. Lees, and F. Arnold many Coloured, and 2 large Maps, 21*. net.

Natal

a History and Description of the Colony,

Condition Industrial Productions, Features, including its Natural resident. years a many for Brooks, Hekry and Prospects. By

Edited by Dr, E. J. Mann, F.E.A.S., F.R.G.S., late Superintendent of Education in the Colony. Demy 8vo, with Maps, Coloured Plates, and Photographic Yiews, I85. net.

St. Helena.
Flora,

Physical, Historical,
its

and TopoGeology, 1 auna.

graphical Description of the Island, including

and Meteorology. By J. C. Melliss, AJ.C.E., F.G.S., F.L.S. In one large Vol., Super-royal 8vo, with 56 Plates and Maps, mostly coloured, 365. net.

The Young
Science.

Collector's
the Rev.

Handy Book

of Recreative
Cuts, 3^. net.

By

H. P. Dunster, M.A.

The

Geologist.

A Magazine of Geology, PalaeontEdited by S. J. Mackie, F.G.S,, F.S.A.

ology, and Mineralogy.

Wood
Vol. VII., 7^. 6d, net.

Everybody's Weather-Guide*
logical

The use

of Meteoro-

Instruments clearly explained, with directions for securnig By A. Steinat any time a probable Prognostic of the Weather, *' net. Is, &c. Sunshine and Showers," Author of Esq., METZ,

LovELL Reeve and

Co., Limited

15
Dr. T.

Meteors, Aerolites, and Falling

L. Phipson, F.C.S.
Frontispiece, 6^. net.

Stars.

By

Crown

8vo, 25 Woodcuts and Lithographic

Papers for tlie People. stamps.) in 7d. Post, (By 6d. 8vo, LAND. OUR Pliotoof Series a ; The Royal Academy Album

By One oe Them.

No

graphs from Works of Art

of Arts,
gilt edges,

in the Exhibition of fine

tiie

Royal Academy
clotli.

1875.

Atlas 4to, with 32

;

Photographs,

6s.

half-morocco,

7s.

net.
;

6s. b cloth, Photo-prints, The same for 1876, with 48 beautiful edges, gilt cloth, 4to, 63^. Royal half-morocco. 7 7s. Small Edit.

Manual of Chemical Analysis,

;

Qualitative and

new Edition, New QUALITATIVE," 6d 10.. "QUANTITATIVE, Notation, 6.. Part IL i.xhiand Cultivation, The Gladiolus its History, Is. B.A. HoKTWOOD^oMBEAiN, By the Rev. H. bition.
" L, Part Or, separately,
;

Noad, M. Henkt Dr. By Quantitative for the use of Students. 16*. Engravmgs, Wood 109 8vo, Crown Edition. F.R.S. New
^

SERIALS. Descripand Figures The Botanical Magazine. C.B HooKEB D^ Sir J. By Plants. Rare tions of New and Annua*
F.R.S.

Monthly,

with 6 Coloured

Plates,

3..

Gd.
,

subscription, post

free, 42.-. in

advance.

Re-issue of the Third

Series, in

Monthly

Vols., 42.. each

^

,
;

to

c Sub,

each. 36s. Series, entire scribers for the

The Potamogetons Plates, Coloured 4 4to. Royal I AL.RED Fkye.. Teracolus ^ilonograph of the Genus

of

the Britisli

Isles
7.. net.

By

By

M.

Lepidoptera Tndica.
with Coloured

By

F. 0.

Mooke.
,

In Paits,
,

net. each 15.. Plates,

t>^

rho

the of Lepidoptera

British

If^'n^^-^J

Ihe Naturalist.
4

Mouthly, 6i.

per annum, post

free, Gs., in

advance, net-

I
5

16

LovELL Keeve and Co., Limited

THE VICTORIA LIBRARY.

A New
Vol.
:

Series of Standard and Popular

Works

neatly volumes, pocket handy in Literatuve, in all departments of bound in whole cloth, yellow edges, price Is. each.
I.,

on Peel Union, on Pitt Independence, Grattan on Irish viz. Gladstone Democracy, on Jones Reform, on Bright Corn Laws, on Oaths. Thomas and Merlin, of Birth Dramas The Vol. 11. English
:

Speeches, famous Six containing OratokYj British

Lord Ci'omwelh
Vol. III.

On the Study anb

Dramas By
:

"Use

of Histoet
^,
''

t>
:

By

t ;i Lord
^
,

Bolingbroke. Vol. iV. English

Vol.

Congreve. World," and " The Mourning Bride."

The Way

ot the

V.

Tale of a Tub

By Dean

Swift.

With

notes and

Vol. ot analyses with orthography, beautiful passages in modernized words. archaic of explanations and Notes book. each M,A. Jacob, Evan T. By Pitt: Voh VII. Life of William
Vol.

VI. Spenser's Fairy Queen:

selection of the

most

VIII. Elizabethan Songs

anp Sonnets.

PLATESFloral Plates, from the Floral Magazine.

Beauti-

Flower-pamtmg, fully Coloured, for Screens, Scrap-books, Studies in Stamp. One varieties, 1000 Lists of over &G, Gd. and Is. each.

Botanical Plates, from the

Botanical Magazine.
and rare Plants,
6rf.

Beautifully-coloured Figures of new Lists of over 3000, Tliree Stamps, each.

and

Is.

FORTHCOMING WORKS.
The PotamoL^etons O
of

the

British

Isles.

-DJ

Alfred Fryke. Miss By Monograph of the Genus Teracolus. E. M. BowDLEE Shaepe. press the In Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. V. In the press. Plora CapeDsis. Vol. VII.
EontJon
A

LOVELL REEVE

Sc

CO., Limited,

GoVEENMENTS, InDIAN PUBLISHEES TO THE HOME, CoLONIaL, AND Stbeet, Covent Gakden. fi, Heneietta
OlLUIiEr

and

illVlNGXON,

LT). ST,

JOHN'S HOUSE, CLEBKENWELL,

B.C