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XL. LECUMiNos^. [Bmclii/sema. 



shorter and naiTOwer than the keel; keel falcate, not twice the len-th of the 

 calyx. Ovaiy very silky-haiiy, with 6 ovules in the flower examined. 



"W. Australia. Cape Riche, Herd. Mueller; Kojonerup, Herh. Oldfield. 



Section II. Leptosema.— Stems without any leaves, except small scales 

 at the nodes. No prorament disk round the ovary within tliat which bears 

 the stamens and lines the base of the calyx. 



fln7' ^fl ^ossiseoides, Benth. Stems apparently erect, slightly branched, 

 t fnUw 1 ?l^ ' ''f coriaceous wings descending from the nodes, and 

 f:r « ^ 1 T^"'"^' '''? *° ^^'^ "^^^ 1^^^'^^t node on the same side, gla- 

 nn^lo'fr ^f'^n f '^* '^^? y°^"«- ^^"^^^'•^ -^l^^tered or rarely solitary, 

 ^Wf °1^ f the lower nodes, with several imbricate bracts on the vciy 

 short peduncles. Calyx about 4 lines long, silky-hairv, deeply lobed the 3 



of the kil V f T^^ '' T'"°' ""''°^^' ^''"^^ two-thirds to nearly the length 

 tence tt i ' ft ' * ' n °"^ '% ^^' ^^^^'^^ ^'''''^^'' ^" ^ °f « ^^'^^r consis- 

 acumin.te lt^''''''^'■ r^"'S '^"r^' ^^^^^'^ ^ °^"1*^^- ^^^^ broadly ovate, 

 cS uuJe ,1ffW 'f "° *^' '^''^'' '^^"'^'' *"^^^'^' «^P«"^"V towards the 



s eu le ?;„/. 7 .^^^ ' f ^' •"' •? ^'^-^^^"^ ^^ ''^^'^^^^ heart-shaped. Seeds not 

 seen n^e.-Lej>iolo5ium bommoide,, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 84. 



N. coast, i2. Brown; Sims Island, ^. Cunningham. 



stMk VuTfl""?,!*'^ f ""■ S'T' "PP'-"-™'ly several from the same 

 SMKK, miliise 01 subereot, 1 or more ft. bng, flat, witli coriaceous striate 



wrngs dcscendmg fn,m the ratler distant „ode°s and abou 2 or iSv 3 l" J 

 F. MuelL Rep!Bnrdek. Exped. 8. '^^^^^^^«^-^^/^^**-« a.^^.5/./^... 



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Herbariuin, marked T^ci.r\Tt,; ' £oe L^ Tt!! ""' t° 'P'^'r ^°^ '^^ ^^'^ Hookerian 

 Bpecific name is unfoitunately chos^r, nff i/p/ " , ^^ '"^ ^"''^"^^y ^^^i" ^st'-^ke. The 

 the flowers are very nnlS ^ ' ''''' '' "" ^^'^^'^ 'J'^^'^^ of 0.ryfoi;«« known, and 



wings^f t^^'ftrv"^' Lw tf '"'•. i''^^^* «^ ^- oxylollolde., but the 

 wings rarely exceTdiltVC' ^ ""^""^ ^''''^'^ ^^ ^^^ branch with the 3 

 nodes, on relex d Sieet of it'tT^^' ''T'' ^^'"'''^ ^^^^azy at the 

 lloides, but otheUe imilar Cnf '' i ''"^'^' '?.^"^'* ^^'''' "^ ^- ^-^^y^^' 

 Ovary- sessile, slight yvSs Po^^' 'f ^ rP\ '"°^^*^^ ^ilky-pubescent. 



glablLs. Seeds: acLdin^io 1^™'; no£ tbout t ' ^^^ ^^^°^' ^^^^^ 



10. B. aphyllum, //w/t. J?oiJ jf^^ / 4,j.qi o. * 



-era. a. iong, „at, wit'h rigid, eori/artlt^^iaf ^w'i ",TSdt' ^ 



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