LEGUMINOSiE. XXX. Daviesia. XXX. Mirbelia 



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vexillum, Ov^fy pedicellate, 2-seeded. Style straight. Stigma flowers axillary, solitary 

 simple. Legume compressed, angular, bursting elastically at King George's Sound. 



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Native of New Holland, at 



the lower suture, which is dilated, almost semi-trapezoid. Stro- 



Thickened'\e^\ed Daviesia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh. 



phiola of seeds entire behind. — Smooth Australian, spmy 

 unarmed shrubs, w^ith the appearance of furze. Leaves either 

 simple or wanting. Pedicels axillary, bibracteate at the base. 

 Flowers usually yellow. 



* Leaves oval^ oblong, or lanceolate^ unarmed. 



or 1 to 3 feet. 



9 D. ACicuLA^Ris (Smith, 1. c.) leaves linear, with callous 

 somewhat revolute margins, pungent, straight, denticulately sca- 

 brous ; flowers axillary, solitary, on very short pedicels. ^. G. 

 Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1234. Flowers yellow, variegated with scarlet. 



1 D. LATiFOLiA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 3. p. 20.) leaves elHp- ^c/'cw/ar-leaved Daviesia. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1804. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



tic or oval, veiny, rather tapering to the base, mucronate, and 



10 D. ULiciNA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate or linear, with 



are unarmed as well as the branches; racemes axillary, many- smooth margins, and are as well as the branches spinescent at 



flowered, a little shorter than the leaves. ^ . G. Native of 

 Van Diemen's Land. Sims, bot. mag. 1757» Flowers yellow, 



the apex, spreading ; flowers axillary, solitary, on very short 



Native of New Holland, on the eastern 



pedicels. 



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with the vexillum copper-coloured, spotted. Bracteoles numer- ^^^^gt. D. ulicif olia, Andr. bot. rep. t. 304. Leaves half an 

 ous along the peduncles under the raceme. 



Broad-leaved Daviesia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



2 D. coRYMBosA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9, p. 258.) leaves 

 linear-oblong, flat, apiculated by a callous mucrone, and are as 

 well as the branches unarmed ; racemes solitary or twin, 3- 



inch long. Flowers yellow, with the vexillum copper-coloured 



at the base. 



Furze-like Daviesia. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1792, Sh. 1 tG3 ft. 



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Leaves cordate at the base. 



times shorter than the leaves, having many bracteas at the base, 11 D. squarr6sa (Smith, 1. c.) leaves cordate, acuminated, 



and bearing a corymb of flowers at the apex. Tj 



Native pungent, with scabrous margins, which are either reflexed or 



of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Flowers white, with a spreading ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, nearly the length of 

 violet keel. Leaves 1-2 inches long and 4 lines broad, with the leaves. I2 • G^. Native of New Holland, at Port Jackson. 



Pedicels furnished with concave obtuse bracteas at the base. 



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few veins. 



Corymbous'Qowered Daviesia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt, 1804. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 D. MiMosoiDES (R. Br. in hort. kew. 3. p. 20.) leaves linear, 

 lanceolate, apiculated by an innocuous point, and are as well as 

 the branches unarmed ; racemes solitary or twin, 4-times shorter 

 than the leaves, having many bracteas at the base, and corym- 

 biferous at the apex. ^ • G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south coast. Andr. bot. rep. 526. D, glauca, Lodd. bot. cab. 



Flowers yellow. Leaves nerved at the base ; the nerves 

 irregularly pinnate. 



Mimosa-like Daviesia. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1809. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



4 D. LEPTorHY'LLA (Cuug. mss.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 strongly nerved, obtuse and mucronate, quite smooth, coria* 

 ceous ; branches furrowed ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland. 



Slender-leaved Daviesia, Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824, Sh, 

 1 to 3 feet. 



* * Leaves lanceolate or linear^ spiny at the apex. 



5 D. PHYSODES (Cung. mss.) leaves sessile, somewhat falcate, 

 broadest at the apex and blunt, having 2 strong nerves, and 

 furnished with a spiny beak on the lower side ; branches fur- 

 rowed. 



Sqiiarrose Daviesia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1 824. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



12 D. corda'ta (Smith, 1. c.) leaves cordate, stem-clasping, 



reticulated with veins ; peduncles axillary, aggregate, corym- 



, G. Native of New Holland, at 



bose, many-flowered. 



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King George's Sound. Lindl. bot. reg. 1005. Stem angular. 

 Bracteas broad, usually subcordate. 



Corrffl/e-leaved Daviesia. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt, 1824. Sh. lto3ft. 



* * * * Leaves wanting. 



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Native of New Holland. 



Bladdery Daviesia. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. require to be nearly ripened. 



6 D. RACEMULosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 114.) leaves sublanceo- 

 late-linear, acuminated, pungent; racemes solitary, bracteate, 

 a little shorter than the leaves and somewhat corymbous at the 



13 D. ALA^TA (Smith, 1. c.) stem leafless, winged; umbels 

 lateral; calyx and bracteas fringed ; legume 1 -seeded, com- 

 pressed, dolabriform. T? . G". Native of New Holland, at Port 

 Jackson. Ker. bot. reg. 728. Stem having 3 wings, nearly 

 like those in Genista sagiitalis or mBossite'a scolopendria^ 



fT/n^erf-stemmed Daviesia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 



1 to 3 feet. 



14 D. ju'ncea (Smith, 1. c.) stem leafless, terete, furrowed, 



naked; umbels lateral ; calyx and bracteas beardless. ^2. G. 

 Native of New Holland, at King George's Sound. Bracteas 

 concave, lower ones imbricate. Teeth of calyx short- 



Rush^hke Daviesia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



Cult. See Pultencea for culture and propagation. The 

 species are very elegant plants when in flower. The cuttings 



apex. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, 

 long and 2 lines broad. 



Leaves 9-10 lines 



XXXL MIRBFLIA (in honour of M. Mirbel, a distin- 

 guished French physiological botanist, whose elucidations of the 

 reticulated structure of vegetables are well known). Smith, 

 ann. bot. 1. p. 511, Lin. trans, soc. 9. p. 265. R. Br. in hort. 



Lin. syst. 



Mon 



Bacemose-Roxsered Daviesia. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1823. kew. ed. 2. voL 3. p. 21. ^ D. C. prod. 2. p. lU. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 D. umbellula'ta (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 258.) leaves 

 lanceolate, terminated by a pungent point ; branches spinose at 

 the apex ; peduncles axillary, very short, bearing a few-flowered 



umbel at the apex. Tj 



Native of New Holland, on the 



eastern coast. 



Var. /3, angtistifolia (p. C. prod. 2. p. 114.) leaves hnear- 

 lanceolate. D. umbellata, Labill. nov. boll. I. p. 107. t, 137. 



Umbellulate-Rowered Daviesia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



8 D. iNCRAssA^TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 253.) leaves 

 cuneate-linear, compressed, vertical, oblique, thick, spiny ; 



Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. 

 Legume 2-seeded, longitudinally 2-celled, from the sutures on 

 the upper side being so much bent in. — Australian subshrubs, 

 having the fruit oi Astragalus, and the stamens and habit agree- 

 ing with the present tribe. Leaves 3 in a whorl. Flowers 



purple. 



1 M. reticllVta (Smith, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-linear, reti- 



culately-veined, quite entire, apiculated by a stiff* mucrone. 

 Fj . G. Native of New South Wales. Vent. malm. 119. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1211. Gompholobium reticulatum, Hort. Smooth, 

 with twiggy branches. Leaves opposite or ternately verticillate. 

 Flowers lilac, terminal, capitate, or axillary verticilate. 



