Jaiisonia.] XL. leguminos.^. 



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of about 4 lilies, the lamina of the keel about 6 lines. Ovary very villous 

 Ovules about 5. — Cruntosema mmeleoides. Meissn. in PI. Pvt^iss. ii. 207. 



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2. BRACHYSEMA, E. Br. 



(Leptoscina, Benih, ; Kaleniczcnkia, Turez, ; Burgesia, F. MaelL) 



Calyx-lobes nearly of equal length, the 2 upper oucs often united higher 

 lip. Standard shorter and narrower than the wings, usually recurved; 

 wings narrow; keel usually broader and longer than the wings, incurved.. 

 Stamens free. Ovary* sessile or stipitate, with several ovules ; style filiform, 

 with a small terminal stigma. Pod ovoid or elongated^ turgid, the valves 

 usually coriaceous. — Shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate 

 and simple, or all reduced to small scales. Rowers red or rarely yellow- 

 green or almost black, terminal or axillary, solitary or several together, or 

 crowded on short radical scapes, the pedicels usually recurved so that the keel 

 is turned uppetuiost. Eraeteoles none, except in B, bracteoloaum. 



The genus is limited to Australia. 



Skct. 1. Etibrachyseina. — Stems leafy. Ovary surrounded^ within the stamens, by 

 an inner cup-shaped or shortly sheathing disk. 



Leaves usually opposite, broad, truucate. Calyx deeply divided into 



lanceolate lobes 1. B. pramorsnm. 



Leaves mostly opposite, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Calyx tub ular- 



campanulale, the lobes shorter than the tube % B. lanceolatum* 



Leaves various. Calyx shortly and broadly eampuuulate, the lobes 

 ^ shorter than the tube. 



• Keel 3 times as long as the calys. Bracteoles none 3. J?, latifoUum, 



Keel not twice as long as the calyx. Bracteoles none. : 



Leaves mostly alternate. Ovules about 20 4. ^. nndnlahm, 



^ Leaves mostly opposite or vvhorled. Ovules 4 ...... 6. ^. suhcordaimi. 



Keel not twice as long as the calyx. Bracteoles 2, orbicular . . 6. 5. bracteolosum. 



Sect. 2. Iieptosema. — Stems leafless^ except small scales. No inner disk round the 

 ovary. 



Stems wingeJ, bearing the flowers at their notch-like nodes. 

 Keel scarcely exceeding the calyx or shorter. Pod ovoid. 



Flowers mostly chistered. Bracts imbricate. Pod not exceed- 

 ing the calyx • T. B. bossictoides. 



Flowers solitary. Bracts minute or none. Pod more than twice 

 as long as the calyx. 

 Wings of the stem 2 to 3 lines broad on each side, striate. 



Calyx and pod hairy . 8, -B. oxylobioides. 



Wings of the stem not 1 line broad on each side. Calyx al- 

 most and pod quite glabrous 9. 5. tmiflorum. 



Keel twice as long as the calyx. Pod long and cylindrical. 



Pedicels at the upper nodes of the branches ,,,..•, 10. 5. aphjllmu 

 Pedicels 1 or 2 at the base of the stem ....*..-. IL B.macrocarpum. 

 1^ lowers crowded on short radical scapes. Barren stems erect, dicho- 

 tomous and leafless. 

 Barron stems flat, softly silky, not spinous. Flowers scarcely 



1 in. long . . , , 12. 5. iomentosiim, 



BariTn stems nearly terete, silky-pubescent, often spinesceat. 

 Flowers 1^ in. Ion*' 13. -B- Chambersit. 



iiarren stems terete, glabrous, spinesccut. Flowers scarcely 1 in. 

 long . , , . 14, i?. davicsioides. 



