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XL. LEGIJM1N0S.E. [OxylobiuM. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate, toothed or shortly lobed .... 26. 0. triloUtum 

 Leaves deeply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes lanceolate and divari- 



^^^^' ••••,••, 27. O.staurophyllim. 



Callutachjs linaviaifolia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 117, is not recognizable from the very 

 short diagnosis given, but is most probably the nan'ow-lcavcd variety of 0. ellifticmtu 



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Sehies I. CALLisTACHYiE.— Leaves mostly ii-regulariy verticil late. In- 

 florescence termmal, very dense. Ovules about 8. Seeds without any or 

 with a very minute strophiole. The Gastrolobloidea differ chiefly in their 4 

 ovules and strophiolate seed. • 



1. O. Callistachys, BenfL A tall shrub, the young branches often 

 angular, more or less clothed with appressed silky hairs. Leaves mostly iu 

 irregular whorls of 3, from ovate-oblong and 1^ to 2 in. long, to lanceolate and 

 4 or 5 m. long, obtuse with a small, callous point, coriaceous, glabrous and 

 reticulate above, silky-pubescent underneath when young. Flowers yellow, 

 in dense tevminal racemes of 2 to 6 in. Pedicels short. Bracts and brac- 

 teoles setaceous, deciduous. Calyx about 4 lines long, hirsute with long silky 

 hairs. Ovary very shortly stipitate with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod at least i in. 

 long, acute, ngidly coriaceous, opening at the top only, more or less lined 

 with cellular tissue which often dries up into partial transverse dissepiments, 

 beeds without any or with a scarcely perceptible stvoiMok.-Cakfacki/s 

 lanceolata. Vent. Jard Malm. t. 115 ; I)C. Prod. ii. 104 • Bot. Erg. t-. 216 ^ 



f.Z7: '"" T'i^n 2 « ' , ^•. ^^«^«> Siins,Bot. Mag. t. 1925 (short broad- 



L^Tl KTr 'i??.- V?.^- "• J^^ ' Meissn.inPl. Preiss. i. 26 ; C. rc4.sa, 



well Gordon rue , Oldfield ; Champion Bay, Bowes. The genus Callutachm ori'nn-illv 

 fouuJed ou this pant hns been siibsequently distinj^uishcd from oJySfSfl^^^ 

 cellular tissue withm (he pod, which is usually abundant in this species but ocafrs S 1^1 

 Others, sometimes iu the form of transverse raised lines, someti.riryin, il h iHikeT^ 

 tZ L-f '"'''^ Frc'^Ptib'^, and rarely furnishes even ^ood speeiflc charaders The iu I - 

 plete dehiscrncc of the pod does however distinguish this species from all others. 



elUpt 



All erect 



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Til *. ' — --.'.'. ^^xjiv^ ^cf(/. ra- £i. 111. IU, i\ii erect 



shrub, ow and compact in mountain situations, tall, often strajvcHno- some- 

 hmes above 10 ft. high when luxuriant, the branch'es silky-pubescent oHo- • . 

 mento.e Leaves mostly in irregular whorls of 3, from oud-oblong or ellip- 

 tical and under 1 m. long to oblong-linear or lanceolate and 2 or I in W 



iTeTbov? ilkv'™P" T""1, "■ "^"!^^^^^ ^°"^^^-^' glabrous aid rS: 

 late above, silkv -pubescent or villous underneath. Stipules quite inconspicu- 

 ous. . Eaccines densely corymbose, terminal or in the upper\xi . PeSs 

 1 to 4 Imes long. Iraeteoles linear, deciduous. Calyx softl dllous 3 ^le 

 long or rather more; lobes as long as the tube, acuminatth upper o 

 urn ed much h^^her up. Standard much longer 'than the calyx ■ Ss u 

 keel shorter. Ovary nearly sessile, with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod 4 tT (T V s 

 . long, acummatc, very villous, opening to the base, glaln-ous inside Seeds 

 without any strophiole.-DC. Prod. ii. 104 , Hook. I PI. W i.Sl ; Bot! t 



