the Decandrous papilionaceous Vlants of New Holland. 255 



racters of Chorozema and Gompholobium, as applying less cor- 

 rectly to these genera than to Vuitenaza and Daviesia. The more 

 we study any papilionaceous plants, the more we shall be aware 

 of the importance of this part, on which Linnaeus has so much 

 depended, in defining their generic characters. 



5. Daviesia. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 4. 220. 



Calyx angulatus, simplex, quinquefidus. Corolla papilionacca. 

 Stylus subulatus. Stigma simplex, acutum. Legumen com- 

 pressum, monospermum. 



1. D. acicularis, foliis linearibus revolutis pungentibus strictis 

 denticulato-scabris, floribus axillaribus solitariis. 



A hard rigid branching shrub, with very numerous scattered 

 spinous leaves, about an inch long, all linear, rough to the touch, 

 narrow, revolute, except a few of the first upon seedling plants, 

 which are lanceolate and nearly flat. The flowers are copious, 

 axillary, solitary, on very short stalks with a few concave smooth 

 bracteas. Calyx bell-shaped, divided half way down into 5 

 teeth. Corolla yellow variegated with crimson, but, in drying, 

 the yellow changes to white, and the crimson becomes purple, 

 as appears to be the case in this whole genus. The pods are re- 

 markable, of a semiovate form, pointed, chesnut-£oloured, and 

 so highly polished as to seem varnished ; they are twice as large 

 as the flowers. On a careful examination a pair of minute awl- 

 shaped stipulas are found, one on each side of the insertion of 

 the leaf, which I had hitherto overlooked, nor can I find any, 

 except in one species, besides. 



*2. D. incrassata, foliis cuneato-linearibus eompressis verticali- 

 bus obliquis incrassatis spinosis, floribus axillaribus sol itariis. 



This most singular, and hitherto nondescript, species was dis- 

 covered 



