iO XL. LEGUMiNOSiE. [BracJtysemu. 



Section I. Eubrachysema.— Stems leafy. Ovaiy surroimclcd, witliin 

 the stamens, by an inner cup-sliapetl or shortly sheathing disk. 



1. B. preemorsum, Meissn. in Ft. Preiss. \. 25, A shrab of 2 or 3 ft., 

 the young shoots pubescent or villous, glabrous with age. Leaves mostly 

 opposite, shortly petiolate, obvcrsely triangular, truncate or broadly sinuate- 



• 8-lobed at the top, mostly 1 to l'| in. long and often as broad at the top, 

 rounded at the base, thinly coriaceous, reticulate and glabrous when old, 

 rarely a few smaller ones are obovate. Stipules setaceous, recurved, deci- 

 duous. Elowcrs red, usually 2, on short axillary leafy branches, or on pe- 

 duncles bearing a pair of small leafy bracts. Calyx villous, \ to nearly f in. 

 long, deeply divided into lanceolate segments, the 2 upper ones broader and 

 more or less united. Standard on a rather slender claw, lanceolate, concave, 

 reflexed, rather longer than the calyx if straightened ; wings nearly as long 

 as the keel, yvhich is fully 1 in. long, broadly falcate. Inner disk short and 

 cupular. Ovary short, densely villous, with 15 lo 20 ovules. Pod ovoid, as 

 long as the calyx. Seeds strophiolate. 



• W. Australia, Drummond ; Prestoa river, Preiss, n. 824 ; Vasse river, Mrs. Mollou ; 

 Kalgan, Gordon, aud Tweed rivers, Olilfield ; Hay river. Maxwell; Hampden, Clarke. 



2. B. lanceolatTun, Mc'imu in PI. Preiss. i. 24. A shnib of 2 or 3 ft., 

 the young branches silvery-white with a silky pubescence, at length glabrous. 

 Leaves usually opposite, from broadly ovate-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, 

 acute aud often mucronate, 1^ to 3 or even 4 in. long; occasionally, however, 

 they are all alternate, or some of them small and ovale, almost as in B. lati- 

 fohum ; all coriaceous, glabrous, and finely reticulate above, silvery-pubescent 

 or at length glabrous underneath ; stipules setaceous. Flowers red, axillary, 

 solitai-y or clustered on short pedicels. Bracts very small. Calyx narrow 

 campanulate, rather above \ in. long, silvery-white with silky hairs! the lobes 

 broad, acnmmate, shorter than the tube. Standard lanceolate, about as long 

 as the calyx ; wmgs longer, with a broad basal auricle ; keel broadly falcate, 

 about 1 in. long. Ovary shortly stipitate, with 15 to 20 ovules, surrounded 

 by a short inner disk. Pod oblong, loosely villous, as long as the calyx, 

 beeds rather large, strophiolate.— Bot. Mag. t. 4652, copied into Lemaire, 

 Jard. Fleur. t. 301 ; B. cehiamm, Lemaire?; Walp. Eep. v. 423. 



R9?^8of '^f*''^^-^' t/™"" ''^'''' ^^P^ ^''^^^' ^"("''"ond, Zth Coll. n. 20 ; Prehs, n. 81 5, 

 ^i£, «23 ; to Point Henrj', Salt river, and Vasse river, Oldfield. 



3. B. latifolimn, B. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 10. A diiTuse, 

 procumbent or half-climbing shrub, the young branches often silky-tomentose. 

 Leaves alternate or very rarely opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate or almost 

 orbicular, obtuse with a short often recurved point, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, sdky-tomentose or at length glabrous underueatL Flowers 

 red, axiUaiy, soLtary or 2 or 3 together, and then often on an elongated, 

 sometimes leafy peduncle. Calyx broadly campanulate, not above 4 lines 

 long silky-pubescent with short acute lobes. Standard obovate-oblong, 

 nearly twice the length of the calyx ; wings narrow, nearly as long as 

 the keel ; keel fully 1 ui. long. Ovary stipitate, with about 10 or 12 ovules, 

 $un-ouiided by a cup-shaped inner disk. Pod nearly globular or shortly 







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