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DavieEsia virGatTa. Twicey Davissia. 
KEK KEE ERE KEKE KERR 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx angulatus ebracteatus 5-dentatus interdum sub- 
bilabiatus. Cor. carina vexillo breviore. Ovarium pe- 
dicellatum dispermum. Stylus strictus. Stigma simplex. 
Legumen compressum angulatum elastice dehiscens ad 
suturam infer. dilatatum, fere semitrapezoideum. Strophi- 
ola seminis postice integra.—Frutices Australasici glabri, 
spinosi aut inermes. Folia simplicia aut nulla. Pedicelli 
bast bracteolati axillares. DC 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Daviesia* virgata; foliis subspathulato-linearibus (uncia- 
libus) verticalibus nervosis, mucrone innocuo apicula- 
tis, margine crassiusculis, racemis axillaribus solitariis 
subquadrifloris folio triplo brevioribus basi bracteatis, 
ramis inermibus virgatis. Cunningh. 
Daviesia virgata. Allan Cunningham, MSS. 
Descr. Frutescent. Stem erect, bearin’ twiggy, 
alternate branches, which are green, angular, and slender. 
Leaves remote, alternate, erecto-patent, linear, obtuse, with 
a short mucro, attenuated at the base, but destitute of peti- 
ole, vertical, striated, one to two or three inches in length. 
Flowers small, in short, somewhat corymbose racemes, aris- 
ing from the axils of the leaves, or from above the scar 
whence a leaf has fallen, much shorter than the leaves. 
Pedicels 
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* Named in compliment to the Rev. Hueu Davies, a well-known Welch 
otanist, 
