95 
bn d 
bracteolatis, calycis labio supera minuto brevissime bidentato v. 
leniter emarginato, corolla parva imberbi, filamentis ad dodrantem 
connatis, germine bi- v. trigemmulato, legumine sessili obovato 
tenui-marginato 1-2-spermo intus levi faciebus leniter convexo, 
strophiola granulari-carnosa. 
In collibus arenosis et planitiebus apricis ad flumina Murray et 
Avoca, lacum Tyrrell versus. 
Frutex 1—-2' altus, rigidus, erectus. Rami faciebus leniter sen- 
simque convexi (nec complanati nec costa percursi) 2-3" lati, 
alternatim et satis distanter dentati, apice acutiusculi v. interdum 
leniter spinescentes. Pedicelli floriferi brevissimi, fructiferi ad 
lineam longi. Bracteole rotundatz, persistentes, 2-1" longs, 
glabre, demum fisse, ciliolat:». Calyx quasi 4-dentatus ; tubus 
dentibus fere duplo longior, pzne 2" longus; dentes labii inferi 
semilanceolato-deltoidei. "Vexillum alis carinaque paulo longius, 
ecallosum, suborbiculare, brevi-unguiculatum, pene 3" longum, 
marginem versus sordide flavescens, centrum basimque versus 
gilvum, inter marginem et centrum aítro-purpurascens. Ale 
obtuse, dente basali acuto. Carina fere semicirculari-cymbea, 
bilinearis v. paulo longior. Filamenta in columnam antice fissam 
connata. Antherz subovatz, luteze, perminute, conformes. Stylus 
circiter 1" longus, adscendens, glaber. Stigma minutissimum, 
capitellatum.  Legumina circiter 5" longa, compressa sed non 
complanata, extus nigro-fusca. Semina 2-21" longa, subovata, 
funiculo brevi crassoque affixa.  Strophiola fere cupularis, livida. 
Testa levis, fusca. Albumen nullum. Cotyledones plano-convexz, 
basi breviter bilobe. Radicula ellipsoideo-cylindracea, linea paulo 
brevior, inter cotyledones semioeculta. —— 
Speciem nuneupavi in honorem amici Guil. Ross, cujus benig- 
nitati plura specimina hujus plante debeo. 
A. B. suleata (Meisn. in Lehm. Pl. Preiss. i. 81) secundum ejus 
descriptionem distinguenda est statura humili, ramulis vix unquam 
pungentibus, calycis labio supero latius et obtusius dentato, ger- 
mine sepe bigemmulato et forsan notis carpologicis in illa nondum 
divulgatis. 
Bossiea scolopendria. 
Smith, in Transact. Linn. Soc. ix. 302; R. Br. in Ait, Hort. Kew. ed. ii. vol. 
iv. p. 266; Loddig. Cabin. t. 1747; Bot. Mag. 1235; B. ensata, Sieb. in 
Cand. Prodr. ii, 117; Sweet, Flor. Austr. t. 51; Meisn. in Lehm. Plant. 
Preiss. i. 81; J. Hook. Fl. Tasm, i. 94; B. rufa, Lodd. Bot. Cabin. 1119; 
Platylobium scolopendrium, Andr. Rep. t. 191; Vent. Malm. t. 55. 
Aphylla v. rarius statu juniore parcissime foliata, glabra, erecta 
raro decumbens, ramis bialato-complanatis, pedicellis solitariis 
calyce brevioribus raro eidem zequilongis prope medium bracteolas 
2 suboblongas gerentibus, calycis ciliolati labio supero lato subtrun- 
cato leniter rarius profunde bilobo longitudinem labii inferi sub- 
