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axillaribus sessilibus pedicellatis ; hractels minutis ovatis scariosis ; cahjvu 

 turbinati dentibus inter se suha>qiialibus deltoideis obtusis ; vexillo reniformi 

 alto emargiiiato ;ilis oblongo-obovatis obtusissimis vexilluni carinninque ad- 

 seqiiantibus ; filamentis uliquantuluin compressis ; oiario oblonoo-falcato 

 stipitato glabro quani stylus longioro ; leyundne a basi lata falcalo acimiinato. 



Kaurnig ; G. W. Broivn (Hb. Stoward, 5G0). 



Uamuli patentes, sjepins 3-5 cm. lon<r. Folia ramorurn usqno 1 cm. long., 

 rainulorum mode 3'5-4-5 mm., in sicco viridia. Pedicelli sub flore I'S mm., 

 sub fructu 3-5 mm. ]on<r. Bractea; 1 mm. lono-. Calyx 3 mm. long.; 

 hujas denies '5 mm, Vexilluni 4'5 x 5 mm. Ovarii stipes 1 mm., ovarium 

 3 mm., stylus 1 mm. long. Legumen 12 x 8 mm. ; hujus stipes 2 mm. long, 



x\s regards foliage much like the eastern 1). uliclna, Sm., var. ruscifolia, 

 JBenth., but tlie branches are not spinous, the leaves are smrdler, and the pod 

 is broader- 



D. JUNCEA, Sm., vm\ spinescens, var. nov. Rami hac atque iliac spinis 

 firmis plerumque 2>atenti-n'curvis 3-5 mm, long, onusti : charactcres coteri 

 typi, Wickepin ; Sloivard, 108. WundoMde; Id, 2ijl. Kauring ; G\ W. 

 Brown (Hb. Stoward, 572). 



GASTROLOmUM Stowakdit, sp. nov. Fruticosum, ramosum ; rainis rigidis 

 subteretibus griseo-tomentosis postea glabris llavescontibusque; /o/i'/V ojtjiositis 

 subsessilibus oblongo-obovaus apice obtusissimis vel retusis ipso mucroiuitis 

 basi obtusis margino induratis aliquantulum revolutis obscurissime cienulatis 

 coriaceis sui)ra cito ghibris nItitJisquc subtus griseo-pubescentibus ; stipulis 



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fasciculaiis breviter 



podicellatis ; calycis tomcntosi segmentis triangularlbus aculis posticis qnam 

 cetera paullulum latioribus altiusque connatis ; vexillo suborbicidari alis 

 obtusissimis carinse a?quilongis ; ovario ovoideo villoso stipite serjuilon^ro 

 fere glabro suffulto 5 stylo incurve inferne pubesccnte supernc glabro. 



Dumbleyung ; Stoway^d^ 106. 



Folia solenmiter l-l'S cm. long., prope apicem 5-8 mm. lat.^ in sicco 

 griseolo-viridia ; costa centralis pag. sup. inq)res5a, pag. inf. eminens ; costio 

 latorales perpaucse, diificile aspectabiles ] reticulum arctissimum utrinquo 

 prominens. Stipula; 3 mm. long, Pedicelli 2-3 mm. long. Calyx totus 

 5"5 mm. long. ; segmenta postica 1*5 mm., cetera 2^6 mm, long. Vexillum 

 7x6 mm.; alse necnon carina 7 mm. long. Ovarium (stipite cxcluso) 

 2 mm. long. ; stylus 4 mm. long. 



Apparently nearest G. plicatum^ Turcz,, but, inter alia^ much smaller in 

 the leaf pubescent below (not glabrous) and smaller tomentose (not villous) 

 calvx. 



