318 XXVIII. KUTACE^. \_Boronia. 



m 



B. pubescens, Bartl. in PL Preiss. ii. 227 ; from W. Australia, Preiss, n. 2643, is un- 

 known to me, but from the description given it would appear to be a small-flowered variety 



of B. lanuginosa. 



25. B. pulcheUa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, ii. 163. An erect 

 branching slirub, perfectly glabrouSj or the young branches mimitely pubes- 

 cent or shortly hirsute. Leaves pinnate; leaflets usually 7 to 11, linear, 

 rather obtuse, rarely above 4 lines long, rather rigid, flat or the margins 

 slightly recurved, the pairs not crowded, the rhacbis often dilated. Flowers 

 large, of a rich pink, on axillary peduncles usually shorter than the leaves 

 and rather thickened under the flowers. Sepals short, broad and acute. 

 Petals attaining 3 to 4 lines, imbricate, glabrous. Filaments glabrous, capi- 

 tate and glandular at the top ; anthers scarcely apiculate. Ovary slightly 

 hirsute. Stigma capitate, rather large. Cocci glabrous. Seeds smooth, 

 opaque, but not seen quite ripe. — B. Drummondii^ Planch, in FL des Serrcs, 

 ix. 65, t. 881 ; B, tetrandra, LindL and Paxt. Ei. Gard. i. 33, t. 8, not Labill. ; 

 and perhaps also Paxt. Mag. xvi, 227. 



AV, Australia^ Brummond, ?z. 13; Uh Coll, n. 202; S.W. interior, MoJCwelL 



26. B. gracilipes, F.-Muell. Fragm. ii. 99. ' An erect shrub, the 

 branches pubescent or hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves pinnate ;^ leaf- 

 lets usually 5 or 7, rarely 9,- oblong-linear or lanceolate, rarely exceeding 4 

 lines, the margins entire, or when broad often denticulate, flat or slightly re- 



, curved. Peduncles slender, axillary, 1-flow^ered, often as long as the leaves 

 and scarcely thickened under the flower. Sepals broad, short and acute. 

 Petals attaining about 3 lines, imbricate, glabrous. Filaments ciliate, capi- 

 tate and glandular at the top; anthers minutely apiculate. Ovaiy pubescent. 

 Stigma ovoId-capItate, rather large, almost sessile. 



W. Australia. Prauklin and Mount Manypeak rivers, Plantagenet and Stirling 

 ranges. Herb. Mueller. This may prove to be a variety of B. pulchella, but, as far as our 

 specimens go, the hirsute branches, broader leaflets, and slender pedicels appear to be 



constant, 



X' 27. B. microphylla, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post 148. A low- 

 stunted shrub, ghibrous but often very glandular. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 5 

 to 11, obovate or oblong-cuneate, obtuse or acute, rarely above 3 lines long, 

 and usually about 2 lines, thick and rigid. Peduncles in the upper axils 

 1- to 3-flowered. Flowers of B. pinnata, or rather smaller, the anthers often 

 conspicuously apiculate. Stigma slightly enlarged. Seeds in oiu' specimens 

 shining and reticulate. — Eeichb. Icon. Exot. t. 72. 



It. S. Wales. Blue Mountains, Sieber, n. 3^ ; A, and R, Cu7intngJiam ; Para- 

 TTintta nnd Upper Clarence river, Ilerh.^nicller, The latter station rather doubtful, the 

 epecimen being very iacouiplcLe. F.Mueller unites this species with 5. pnnrr^^ / but, as 

 far as I have seen, the difference ia foliage appears constant. 



28. B. pinnata, Sm. Tracts, 290, L 4. A glabrous shnib, attaining 

 several feet, but sometimes dwarf or diffuse, the small branches more or less 

 angular. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 5 to 9 or rarely more, linear or oblong-hnn- 

 ceolate, acute, rigid, the pairs rather distant and the common petiole often 

 dilated between them. Plowers rather large, usually 3 or more together, in 

 loose axillary or subterminal corymbose cymes. Sepals small, acute. Petals 

 attaining 3 to 5 lines, imbricate, glabrous or minutely tomentose inside, 



