OF THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 185 
LEGUMINOSAZ. 
MIRBELIA MICROPHYLLOIDES, S. Moore, in Journ. Bot. xxxv. 
(1897) p. 164. A small subshrub about 3 Let high near Cool- 
gardie. August. Flowers yellow and red. 
OXYLOBIUM GRANITICUM, sp. nov. Fruticosa, elata, deinde 
fere glabra, foliis subverticillatis vel suboppositis rarius solitariis 
ovatis obtusissimis vel emarginatis brevipetiolatis tenuiter cori- 
ace's conspicue et arcte retieulato-nervosis, racem's axillaribus 
terminalibusve elongatis laxifloris folia excedentibus, alabastris 
albido-sericeis, calyce pedicellum superante puberulo, floribus 
modicis aurantiacis, ovario longistipitato dense albido-serieco, 
ovulis 6. 
Hab. Viget apud petras graniticas ad Bullabulling, mens. Sept. 
florescens. 
Frutex humane altitudinis vel paullo ultra, ascendens, erebro 
foliatus. Ramuli saltem sursum angulati, eximie striati, vires- 
centes. Foliorum lamina 4'0-5:0 em. long., 2°0-2°5 cm. lat, 
basi acuta apiee brevissime apiculata, nervo mediano dorso 
maxime eminente, nervulis utrinque conspicuis ; petioli 0:5 em. 
long. Stipule lanceolate, circa 0:2 em. long. Hacemi 10:0— 
12:0 em. long., deorsum nudi, sursum flores oppositos vel verti- 
cillatos raro solitarios cirea 10 em. long. ferentes. Bractew 
fugaces haud obvim. Pedicelli 02-08 em. long., juniores albo- 
pubescentes. Calycis lobi ciliati, superiores altius connati, ovati, 
obtusissimi, inferiores lanceolati, 0'3 cm. long., calyx totus 0*6 em. 
long. Vexillum reniforme, vix 10 cm. lat. Filamenta 0:8 em. 
long., deorsum dilatata ibique plus minus barbata. Ovarii stipes 
se ipsum mquans, sursum sericeus. Stylus compressus, apice 
leviter attenuatus. Legumen non vidi. 
A very distinct and handsome species, which may be said to 
combine the foliage of O. atropurpureum, Turez., and the inflores- 
cence of O. trilobatum, Benth., or O. parriflorum, Benth. 
PHYLLOTA LYCOPODIOIDES, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, stricta, sur- 
sum foliosa, sparsim ramosa, molliter villoso-tomentosa, foliis 
arcte imbricatis abbreviatis egre omnino sessilibus oblongo-ovatis 
breviter apiculatis fere planis, stipulis 0, floribus modicis glo- 
meratis glomerulis plurifloris terminalibus vel subapicalibus, 
bracteis bracteolisque lanceolatis acuminatis dense villosis, calycis 
villosi lobis tubum multo excedentibus axialibus quam abaxialia 
