264 Dr. Smith's Specific Characters of 



longitudinal ribs. Their upper side, in a dry state, is of a palish 

 opaque green ; the under of a dark purplish hue, almost black, 

 but in some degree shining. Footstalks broad and very short. 

 Stipulas very small, ovate, minutely fringed. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, on shortish stalks, with 2 or 3 pair of oblong bracteas. 

 Calyx precisely like that of all the foregoing. Petals apparently 

 deep yellow, with a pale lemon-coloured spot, surrounded with 

 red, at the base of the standard. I have not seen the fruit. 



*5. D. glycinifolia, foliis ovatis linearibusque revolutis reticula- 

 tis, floribus racemosis. 



Some difficulties attend the determination of the genus of this 

 plant, which is one of those from King George's Sound given 

 me by Mr. Menzies. In habit it accords with none of the fore- 

 going genera nor species, but might rather be taken for a simple- 

 leaved Glycine. The stems are weak, seemingly decumbent, 

 about a foot long, branched, smooth, angular upwards. Leaves 

 scattered, on short thick footstalks, coriaceous, reticulated, pun- 

 gent, revolute, entire, paler and often hairy beneath; the upper 

 ones linear, an inch or more in length and a line in breadth ; the 

 lower much broader, shorter and ovate. Stipulas minute, awl- 

 shaped, rigid. Flowers in longish, loose, terminal clusters, often 

 accompanied by similar axillary clusters from 2 or 3 of the 

 uppermost leaves. Bracteas small, scattered, ovate. Flower- 

 stalks and calyx clothed with scattered, white, close-pressed 

 hairs. Calyx bell-shaped, very slightly angular at the base, its 

 teeth nearly as long as the tube, lanceolate, almost equal and 

 uniform, but the 2 uppermost are united halfway up, rendering 

 the calyx distinctly 2-lipped, and they are moreover so divari- 

 cated and oblique, as to indicate the character of a Dillwynia. 

 The dried petals are purplish ; the standard short and broad, 



pale 



