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DaviesiA ACICULARIS. NEEDLE-LEAVED 
DAVIESIA. 
Class aad Order. 
Drcanpnta, ‘Moxoernis, 
Ganarie Character. 
Cal. angulatus, ebracteatus. “Cor: begitiiianes: carina 
_ vexillo brevior. Germ. pedicellatum, dispermum. Stylus 
strictus. Stigma simplex. gumen compressum, angu- 
latum, elastice dehiscens. i he apo seminis postice ‘in- 
tegra. R. Brown. 
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Specific Chora and Synonyms. 
- Daviesia acicularis ; foliis linearibus revolutis pungen-- 
tibus strictis denticulato-scabris, floribus axillaribus 
: solitariis. Smith in Lin. Soc. Tr. A. p. 255, Spren- 
Ff gel Syst. Veg. 2. p. 352. 
~ Davissia acicularis ; foliis lined uy margine callosis sub- 
revolutis pungentib s strictis denticulato-scabris, flo- 
ribus axillaribus solitariis brevissime pedicellatis. 
Decand. Prodr. Syst. Nat. ve 2. p. LIA. 
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A low, rigid, branched drab, hich bears a multitude 
_ of pretty flowers on very short peduncles, in the axils of 
_ the leaves, during the months of May and June. 
Native of New South Wales, Requires the protection 
of the greenhouse. Introdticed in 1804, by Grorce His- 
_ Bert, Esq. of Clapham, where our drawi _was taken. 
_ It is not recorded in the last edition of the Hortus Kew- 
ensis, and we doubt if it still exists in any collection in this . 
country. We believe no nee of it os been heretofore . . ee 
publiea. ae. 
