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LEGUMINOS^. XXXV. Bossi^ea. 



(f. 



quite smooth, and rather glaucous. Flowers yellow, the vexH 



f. 28.)- Leaves absent, but when present simple and alternate, lum havmg a red zonate mark at the base. 



Wings red at tie 



Flowers yellow, with the keel usually purplish or dark-brown. 



Branches compressed^ leafless, 



1 B. scoloi'e'ndria (Smith, et R, Br. 1. c.) branches flat, 

 linear, leafless, toothed, with the teeth bearing the flowers ; keel 

 naked ; superior bracteas permanent, imbricate, equal in length 

 to the peduncles. T2 . G. Native of New Holland, on the 



base. Keel brownish-purple. 



Rhomh-leaved Bossisea. FL April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



1 to 3 feet. 



* * Branches terete, leafy. 

 8 B. microphy'lla (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 303.)branclifl 



^'^ 



eastern coast. 



Pktyl^bium scolop^ndrium. Andr. bot. iep. 191. terete, leafy, spinescent ; Ws cuneiformly obcordate glabro^ 



>, r^ ^ .u T?i b G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern and southern 



Vent. malm. t. 55. Stems erect. Calyxes very smooth. Flowers ^ ' y- ^ ^, , / u r^r PlUvlr»l.mm miVrnnhv'llnm Sims, 



_.„!! !.!, .!.„ i.„„n ^f A.^ ,..^;ih,x^ an^ T.o^l Kv..wr.i«T. ro^ coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 656. Platylobmm raicropliyilum, Mms, 



Platylobium obcordatum, Vent. malm. no. 31. 

 in a note. Young branches rather compressed and pubescent. 



Flowers colour of the rest. 



Small-leaved \ios%\^d.. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrubl 



yellow, with the back of the vexillum and keel brownish red. 

 The leaves when present are ovate and smooth. 



Plank-plant Bossi^a. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1793. Shrub 3 



bot. mag. 863. 



FIG. 27. 



our, and with the keel 



9 B. lenticula'ris (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 



to 2 feet. 



425. 



branches terete, leafy, 'at length spinescent; leaves glabrouj 



" Native of New Holland. Lodi 



Flowers 



exactly orbicular. 



h. G. 



cula 



to 10 feet. 



2 B. ensa'ta (Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 nov. holl. no. 434.) branches flat, 

 linear, leafless, toothed, the teeth 

 bearing the flowers ; keel almost 

 naked ; upper bracteas distant 

 from the lower ones, shorter than 

 the pedicel. ^ . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Sweet, fl. austr. 

 51. B.rufa, Lodd. bot. cab. 1119. 

 but not of others. Flowers yellow, 

 with the back and base of the 

 vexillum of a brownish orange- 

 purple col 

 brownish-purple. 



Sw or d-hr inched Bossiaea. Fl. 

 April, June. Clt. 1825, Sh. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



3 B. ruVa (R. Br.l.c.)branches 

 flat, linear, leafless, toothed, with the teeth bearing the flowers ; 

 keel fringed ; upper bracteas caducous, remote from the lower 

 ones. ^2 . G. Native of New Holland, on the south-west 

 coast. Sims, bot. mag. 1508. Calyxes quite smooth. Flowers 

 colour of the preceding. 



ifM/bw5 Bossiaea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1805. Shrubl to 3 ft. 



Branches compressed, leafy. 



4 B. linopiiy'lla (R. Br. 1. c.) branches compres-ed, leafy ; 

 leaves linear, with recurved margins ; legume 1 -seeded. Tj . G. 



Native of New^ Holland, on the south-west coast. Lodd. bot. austr. no. 20.) branches terete, 

 cab. 174. Sims, bot. mag. 2491. 



Flax-leaved Bossixa. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. Shrubl 

 to 4 feet. 



bot. cab. 12.38. Leaves hardly 2 lines in diameter. 



like the rest in colour, 



- Lentil leaved Bossiaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. bi. 



1 to 3 feet. ., 



10 B. FOLIOS A (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 34^j 

 branches straight, terete, villous ; leaves alternate, small, orh- 



, retuse, scabrous, with revolute margins, silky beneath; 

 stipuias permanent, hooked, longer than the petioles. 'J."' 

 Native of New Holland, in brushy forest land near Bathurst. 

 Leafy Bossiaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 3 te^ 



11 B. OVA TA ; branches straight, terete, smooth ; leaves ovatf: 

 distich, alternate, quite glabrous. ^2 . G. Native of M 

 South Wales. Platylobium ovatum, Andr. bot. rep. 266. ^« 



flowers yellow, but with the keel purple. 



Oiaie-leaved Bossiaea. Fl. May, Dec. Clt. 1792. 



Shrub 1 



* « 



to 3 feet. o(Q^ 



12 B. BuxiFOLiA (Cung. in Field's new south ^^1^^' ?' ,. .*; 

 branches leafy, attenuated, procumbent; leaves broad-emy 

 obtuse, mucronate, rather villous, with recurved margins, ^ 

 reous beneath, as well as the branches ; stipuias longer than 



Native of New Holland, upon rocky brusuj 



petioles, 

 hills. 



h . G. 



A diffuse reclining shrub. ..^^ 



Box^leavedBoss\^a. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. di^"^* 

 13 B. coRDiFOLiA (Sweet, fl. 



FIG. 28. 



crowded with leaves, villous ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, cordate, acute, end- 

 ing in a spiny mucrone, scabrous 

 5 B. heteropiiy'^lla (Vent. hort. eels. t. 7.) branches flat, above, but pilose on the nerves 



leafy ; leaves obovate, linear or lanceolate, flat ; legume many- 

 celled, in consequence of spongy transverse dissepiments. Tj . 

 G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Platylobium 

 lanceolatum, Andr. B. lanceol^ta, Sims, bot. mag. 1144. 



Fariable-leaved Bossiaea. 

 1 to 4 feet. 



beneath, with recurved margins ; 

 peduncles bibracteate, about equal 

 in length to the leaves. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers 



Fl. May, Dec. Clt. 1792. Shrub yellow, the vexillum furnished 



with a purple circle at the base, 



6 B. ROTUNDiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 117.) branches and and the keel is dark-purple, 

 branchlets leafy, compressed; leaves roundish or broadly ob- Cordate-leaved Bossiaea. 



ovate, somewhat mucronate, flat. ^ . G. Native of New Hoi- May 



land, on the eastern coast. Leaves 4-5 lines long, and 5-6 3 feet. 



FL 



Clt. 1824. Sh, 1 to 



broad, reticulately-veined. The whole plant very smooth. 

 Round- leaved Bossiaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



1 to 2 feet. 



7 B. RHOMBiFOLiA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov, holl, no. 354.) branch- 



14 B. cine'rea (R. Br. 1. 



) 



lets compressed, leafy; branches terete; leaves rhomboidal- gins. T2 . G. Nati 



orbicular, somewhat emarginate and mucronate ; legume on a 

 long stipe, falcate. T2 



branches terete, leafy, clothed with . ^^ 



woolly villi; stem erect, much branched; leaves ovate-ia^ 

 late, scabrous above, and pubescent beneath, with recurve ^ 



ive of Van Diemen^s Land- *^er. 



reg. 306. 



Native of New Holland. Plant (7reM Bossisea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. Sh. 1 w 



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