14 * XL. legvmiin'os.^. \_B7^achpema , 



erect, I'igid, leafless, ban*en stems, |- to f ft. high, glabrous^ nearly terete, 

 striate, with numerous dichotonious corymbose branches, the ultimate bvauch- 

 lets subulate and spinescent. Scales veiy minute at the base of the principal 

 ramifications, and a few larger ones at the base of the stem. Plon'ers red, 

 nearly sessile, in short unilateral or dichotoraous racemes on very short 

 scapes, forming very dense radical tufts, 2 or 3 in. high and often 3 to 4 in. 

 diameter, witli ovate or lanceolate, villous scales under the branches and very 

 short pedicels. Calyx f to nearly 1 in. long, reddish and villous, very 

 deeply divided, the lobes nan'ow, the 2 upper ones united to near the to|). 

 Standard cordate-lanceolate, about two-thirds the length of the calyx ; Avings 

 narrow, nearly or quite as long as the calyx ; keel rather longer and broader, 

 the petals shortly connate above the middle. Ovary sessile, short, villous, 

 tapering into a long style ; ovules very numerous and crowded, on slender 

 funicles. Pod ovoid, turgid, acuminate, sliorter than the calyx. Seeds not 

 %cm,~Kaleniczenkia daviesioides, Turcz. in BulL IMosc. 1853, i. 252, 



^?ir. Australia. DnimmMul Xil r.nll <» 9fi 



3. OXYLOBIUM, Andr. 



(Callistachys, Vent, ; Podolobium, J2. Br) 



Calyx-lolies nearly of equal length, the 2 upper ones usually broader and 

 united higher up. Petals clawed. Standard orbicnlar or reni'fonn, emargi- 

 nate, longer than the lower petals ; wings oblong ; keel broader than the 

 wmgs and about the same length, straight or slightly curved, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens free. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with several (4 to above 30) ovules, 

 on straight, filiform funicles ; . style incunx'd, iiliform or thickened towards 

 the base, with a small terminal stigma. Pod sessile or stalked, ovoid or ob- 

 long, turgid, continuous inside or rarely with a cellular tissue forming irregiilar 

 transverse half-dissepimcuts, or shghtly lining the cavity ■ valves iTsually co- 

 riaceous. Seeds with or without a strophiole. — Shrubs or rarely undershi-iibs. 

 Leaves on very short petioles, more or less distinctly verticillate or opposite, oc- 

 casionally scattered or ]-arely all alternate, simple, entire or rarely with ])imgcnl 

 lobes. Stipules setaceous, sometimes minute or none. Flowers yellow, or 

 the keel and base of the standard, or rarely entirely, pui-ple-red, in terminal or 

 axillary racemes, either loose or contracted into corymbs or wborl-like clus- 

 ters. Bracts and bracteoles very deciduous. Staminal disk usually very 

 short. Ovary very villous, except in 0. daurophjllnm. 



Tlic genus is limited to Australia. It differs from Chonzema, clucflv in ha1.it and in the 

 proportions of the lo«Tr petals ; from Gadrohbium ouly iu the n.nnber of ovules. 4 or more, 



Z2 „7lv 4 r'r '^'"''", "'A' f"'"'- ^' ^''^" '"^^ °f Gadrololium, arc sent as the poison 

 plant of W. Australia, especially 0. Imeare, capitatum, and parviflontnu 



terminal, venj dense. Ovules alout 8. Strophiole none or minute. 

 Racemes oblong or elongated. Pod very hard, opening at the top 



racemes "short/corynibos'e. ' Pod opening to thobase! ' ' ' • ^' ^- CaUutaclp. 

 Stipules inconspicuous. Pod smooth inside .... <y, n .;/;„/,>„,„ 



Stipules conspicuous at the upper leaves. Pod silky inside \ \ %. 6. alpcslre 



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