BracJiJjsema.'] XL. legcminos^. H 



oblong, about as long as the calyx or ratlier longer.— DC. Prod ii 105- Dot 

 Reg. t. 118 J Bot. Mag. t. 2008 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 411. " ' ' " 



MaTwell ^'■"'"'"''^^' ^'".^ ^''^^- «• 86 ; aud eastward to Cape Arid and Cape Kuob, 



4. B. undulatum, Ker, in Bot. Reg. t. 642. An erect slirub, with weak 

 ^ ailtuse or pendulous branches, silky-pubescent when young. Leaves usually 

 alternate, from broadly ovate or almost orbicular to naiTOw oblong or almost 

 Imcar, obtuse, with or without a small point, | to H or rarely 2 in lono- 

 coriaceous, glabrous above, minutely silky-white underneath or at len-th <da^ 

 brous, the margins generally undulate when the leaf is broad, recurved when 

 It IS narrow. Flowers yellowish-green or almost black, rarely red, axillary 

 solitaiy and pedicellate, or 2 or 3 together on a common, sometimes leafy pe- 

 jluncle Calyx veiy broadly campanulate, silky-pubescent, about 4 lines 

 long divided to about the middle into broad obtuse or scarcely acute lobes 

 ■ btandard ovate-lanceolate, rather longer than the calyx ; wings nearly as long 

 as the keel; keel bi-oad, not twice as long as the calyx. Ovary 15- to 20° 

 ovulate, surrounded by a short inner disk. Pod ovoid, very hairy, usually 

 exceeding the calyx.— DC. Prod. ii. 105 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 778; CJioro- 

 zmasenceum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 253; Podoloblum (?) sericeum, 

 I^C. Prod. 11. 103 ; Oxyhbhm (?) sericeum, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 70 • 

 Brachymna melanopetalurfi, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 11. 



W. Australia. King George's Sound aad adjoining districts, Menzies, R. Brown, 

 Brummond, Zrd Coll. n. 87, Preiss, n. 808, 809, and others. 



y^^^. angustifoliwn. Leaves mostly narrow-oblong.— Gordon, Tone, and Blackwood 

 rivers, Oldfield. Dark-tlowered aud jiale yellow-flowered specimens occur in both varieties.. 



F 



1 r"+ ^' ®^^*^°^d3't^°^> Benth, A rigid shrub, apparently erect, with the 

 liabit of an Oxylohiim, the young branches minutely silky-pubescent. Leaves 

 rather crowded, opposite or in whorls of 3, very shortly petiolate, broadly 

 cordate-ovate or almost orbicular, obtuse with a minute point, coriaceous 

 with undulate margins, glabrous above, silky-pubescent undeniealh, or glabrous 

 with age. Flowers apparently red, axillary, solitary or several on a short 

 . common peduncle, like those of B. mdulatmn, but much smaller. Calyx 

 about 3 lines long, silky-tomentose, broadly campanulate, the lobes broad 

 juul^shorter than the tube. Standard rather exceeding the calyx, broadly ob- 

 ong truncate, reflexed, on a broad ereet claw ; wings as long as the keel ; 

 ^eei broad, curved, half as long again as the calyx. Ovary very hirsute, with 

 4 to 6 ovules. Pod not seen. J J J . 



"W. Australia, Brummond, ^th Coll. n. 21. 



Ii ^' .^* ''^'acteolosum, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 10. Leaves alternate, oblong, 



niear or lanceolate, obtuse, 2 to 4 in. long, glabrous and coriaceous when 



' grown, with rcvolute margins, silky-hairy underneath when very young. 



lowers red, axillary, solitary or 2 together on short slender pedicels, with 2 



roadly orbicular bracteoles, nearly 3 lines long, close under the calyx. 



and "^1 ^^^^^'^ campanulate, silky-villous, f in. long, the lobes broad, obtuse, 



r .fl . '?^^'" ^''^" ^^''^ i^c. Standtu-d on a long claw, shorily ovate, concave, 



^xcil, shortly exceeding the calyx ; wings exceeding the standard, but 



