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wquante, alis vexillo brevioribus carina longioribus rarius iisdem 
subzquilongis, staminibus omnibus pzne ad dodrantem connatis, 
stylo glabro, germine plurigemmulato, legumine complanate sub- 
oblongo oligospermo in stipitem brevem attenuato intus lvissimo, 
seminibus lato- v. globoso-ovatis, strophiola turgente incurva 
levi. : 
In loeis rupestribus v. arenosis montium collium riparumve per 
magnam Australi: extratropicze partem dispersa, nuspiam autem 
vulgata et per longos tractus deficiens, ad sinum Moreton Bay et 
in insulam ''asmaniz progrediens, in alpes adscendens. 
Frutex 1—6' altus, interdum statu juvenili pilosulus. Rami 1—6" 
lati, rarius latiores, subtiliter striati, alternatim distanter et bre- 
viter passim grosse dentati, nonnunquam spinescentes ; costa media 
plus minusve flexuosa, plerumque insigniter prominens; nervi e 
costa ad dentes divergentes ; dentes squama persistente complicata 
acuta muniti. Folia raro et tunc nonnisi in planta juvenili evoluta, 
forma orbieulari v. ovata v. oblonga variantia, petiolo fere 1" 
longo przdita, patentinervia, anastomosanti-venosa, semuncialia 
v. breviora, plana, Stipule semilanceolatz v. deltoidez, petiolis 
breviores, persistentes. Flores e dentieulis ramorum sigillatim 
nascuntur. Pedicelli 3" longi v. s:pius varie breviores. Bractez 
basales abbreviatz et spe barbellatz, superiores bracteolis satis 
conformes. Braecteole à-11" longe, lineari- v. oblongo-cymbi- 
formes, opposite v. suboppositz, persistentes v. demum decidua. 
Calyx 11—3" longus, extus glaber v. raro parece v. parcissime 
appresso-pilosulus; labia tubo parum v. duplo breviora; dentes 
wstivatione valvati, labii superi divaricati et plus minusve con- 
fluentes, Vexillum orbiculari-reniforme, 2316" longum, glabrum, 
ecallosum, ungue 1-2" longo canalieulato, intus luteum, ante basin 
rubro-imbatum, extus plus minus atropurpureum et rubro- et 
luteo-striatum. Als lutez v. rubicundz, obtuss. Carina lutea, 
apicem versus purpurascens v. omnino atropurpurea, obtusa, sua 
latitudine nune parum nune duplo longior, petalis infra apicem 
cobzrentibus et hine nonnunquam paulo barbatis. Filamenta 
sub anthesi parte supera triente libera, interdum state magis sece- 
dentia. Antherc minutz, lutez, didymo-rotundz, introrso. Stylus 
circiter 1" longus, capillaris, glaber. Stigma minutum, capitel- 
latum. Legumina 3-17" longa, 2-6" lata, glabra, apice obtusa v. 
subtruneata, margine tumida, faciebus plana, extus fusca. Semina 
, exalbuminosa, 1-13" longa, glabra, levia, parum nitentia. Funiculi 
incurvi, vix 1" longi. Strophiola livida, circiter 3" longa. 
Planta alpestris, cujus fructum. nondum vidi, differt paulo a 
formis normalibus statura majore, ramis latioribus et profundius 
dentatis, squamis ramorum majoribus interdum fere 3" longis, 
bracteis etiam majoribus sepe ad 2" longis arcte imbricatis et 
non solum pedicellum sed etiam calycis partem majorem obtegen- 
tibus, denique calycis labio supero profundius inciso, 
