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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS 

 FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By J. IT. Maiden, F.L.S., and R. T. Baker, F.L.S. 



(Plates L.-Liii.) 



Leguminos^. 



Davibsia recurvata, sp.nov. 



(Plate L.) 



A small shrub with erect branches, hirsute, branchlets terete, 

 not slender. 



Leaves very rigid, small, appressed, numerous, lanceolate, articu- 

 late, thick with recurved margins, the midrib only showing at the 

 base on the underside, acuminate, gradually tapering to a straight 

 rigid pungent point; usually about 2 lines long, rarely 4 lines, 

 mostly under a line in breadth, often glabrous on the underside 

 which has a scurfy appearance; the hairs on the upper surface 

 have a basal gland. 



Flowers solitary or clustered on filiform pedicels, either shorter 

 or longer than the leaves. Bracts prominent. 



Calyx under 1 line long, the turbinate base short, teeth not 

 long, the two upper ones truncate and rather broader than the 

 others, united at the base. Standard about 1^ times as long as 

 the calyx, dark coloured. Keel short, incurved. 



Pod not seen. 



Analysis showing its relation to cognate species : — 



D. filipes. Branches hirsute. Leaves oblong or oval-oblong, 

 not reticulate, straight-pointed, under J in. Shortly pungent- 

 pointed. Bracts very small. 



D. recurvata, sp.nov. Branches hirsute; leaves lanceolate, much 

 acuminate, recurved margins under 4 lines (mostly 2); bracts 

 prominent. 



