Brachjsema?^ XL, leguminos.e. 13 



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from the nodes, truncate and forming an obtuse notch at the upper end, 

 tapering downwards to the next node of the same side, glabrous and often 

 somewhat gLnucous, Flowers red, pedicellate and solitary in the upper 

 notches. ^ Calyx f to nearly 1 in. long, glabrous or slightly 'silky-pubescent, 

 deeply divided into narrow lanceolate segments, the 2 upper ones usually fi'ee 

 or slightly connate. Standard ovate, very shortly clawed, scarcely half the 

 length of the calyx, recurved between the upper lobes; wings nearly as long 

 as the calyx ; keel oblong-falcate, nearly twice the length of the calyx. Ovaiy 

 silky-villous, with numerous crowded .ovules. Pod nearly cylindric, turgid, 

 fuiTowed at the sutures, 1^ to 2 in, long. Seeds small, without any stro- 

 phiole; testa with an outer meuibranous coating, the inner coating thick and 

 cartilaginous, especially at the back of the embryo, but not truly albuminous. 

 Burgesia homalodada, F. Muelh Fragm. i. 222, 



W. Australia, Dynmmond, Uli Coll n. 37 ; White Peak, Murchisoii river, Oldfield 

 and Walcoit. 



CuniiiTigham's Herbarium contains specimens from York Sound, ou the N.W. coast, of 

 ^vhat, from the remains of a pedicel and calvx, I should suspect to he a Brachysema near 

 B. apki/llum and B, dossiccoides, but distinct from both. There being, however, neither 

 flowers nor fruit, it is useless to name or describe them, 



11. B. xaacrocarpum, Bcmfh, Stems numerous, from a woody, tufterl 

 stock, slightly branched, 1 ft, long or more, flat, with naiTow, coriaceous, striate 

 wmgs, more or less silky-hniry, or becoming glabrous with age, the nodes 

 distant and the scales very minute. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicels 

 sohtary or veiy few near the base of the stems, although not on separate 

 scapes. Pod 2 to 4 in. long, nearly cylindrical but tapering into a long 

 point. Seeds not seen, but the persistent funicles show them to have been 

 as least as numerous as in B. apltylUm. 



W, Australia. Dirk ITartog's Island, plentiful, Milne; sand plains, Murchison river, 

 Oldjield (the latter specimens too young to detennine with certainty). 



12. B. tomentosiim, BentJi, Barren stems erect and dichotomous, as 

 "I the following two species, but stouter, flattened to the breadth of 2 or 3 

 lines, densely and softly silky-pubescent, the ultimate branches flat and di- 

 vergent, and not spinescent. 'Flowering scapes short and tufted, and flowers 

 of ^, daviesioldes. Pod, also, as in that species, ovoid, turgid, acuminate, 

 but larger, almost exceeding the calyx, and more silky. 



"Wr, Australia. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Dmmmond. 



13. B. Cham'bersii, F. MuelL Herb, Barren stems erect, diehoto- 

 i^ous and spinescent as in B, daviesioidt% but silky -pubescent, terete or 

 slightly compressed, Flowering sc^npes short and tufted, but rather looser 

 than in B. daviesioides, the flowers rather larger, attairiing 1^ in., in one- 

 sided racemes. Calyx softly villous, deeply divided into narrow lobes, the 

 two ni>nr.r ^^^. ,.,.:^..i ^., ^„ it,. *^„ * Standard lanceolate, about two- 



louOTr than the calvx ; wings not 



tjvo upper ones united nearly to the top. 

 thu-ds the length of the ealjx ; keel rather 



^uite so long. Ovary very densely villous, with numerous crowded ovules. 

 l^od not seen.— Zr/;/rj5^;;;a CJiambersii, F. MuelL Bcp. Burdek. Exped. 8. 



N. Australia. Between the rivers limke and Stephenson, M'BouallSimrL 



14. B. daviesioides, BenlJi, Rhizome thick and wcody, emitting several 



