55 
* BOSSLAA disticha. 
Double-rowed Bossiea. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LeGum1nos# or FaBACER, § PAPILIONACES. 
BOSSLZA. Botanical Register, vol. 4. fol. 306. 
B. disticha ; ramis junioribus teretibus, foliis distichis ovatis obtusis muticis, 
stipulis petiolo longioribus, floribus solitariis axillaribus, pedicellis folio 
longioribus. Supra misc. no. 67. p. 38. 
Frutex debilis, erectus, pubescens, ramis filiformibus. Folia disticha, 
ovata, obtusa, plana, feré avenia, lavia, pilis raris appressis sericea, nullo modo 
coriacea, subsessilia ; stipule setacee, scariose, petiolo longiores. Pedunculi 
solitarii, axillares, capillares, patentim pilosi, apice bibracteolati, folis Sere 
dupld longiores. Calyx sericeus, subequaliter 5-dentatus, dentibus triangula- 
ribus margine tomentosis. Vexillum flavum, bilobum, basi luteum sanguineo- 
fusco limbatum. Ovarium stipitatum, basi glabrum, caterium parce pilosum 5 
ovula 4-5, 
A pretty little shrub, raised in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society from Swan River. seed, presented by Capt. 
James Mangles, R.N. and flowering in March. 
It has an erect habit, but its branches are slender and 
weak, and covered with leaves in a two-ranked manner ; the 
latter are ovate, obtuse, not at all hard, and scarcely half the 
length of the capillary flower-stalks. The flowers are rather 
large for the size of the plant, and showy ; the standard is 
pale yellow, with a darker spot at the base of the same colour, 
bordered first with crimson and then with dusky red. The 
wings are stained with the same colour at the base; other- 
wise they are pale yellow. 
Fig. 1. represents the stamens of this plant; fig. 2. the 
pistil, with the ovary laid open to shew the number of ovules 
it contains. 
* See folio 306. 
