18 • * ' XL, LEGUMixos.^. [Oxylobinm. 



m 



or rather smaller. Ovary stipitate, with about 30 closely -pa clced ovules. Pod 

 ovoid, acute, rarely above 5 lines long. Seeds minutely stropliioUite. — Calli- 

 dacJiys linearis, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 27 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3882 ; Meissn. in 

 PI. Preias. i. 27 ; C, farmflora^ Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 26 ; Meissn. in PI. 

 Preiss. i, 26 ; C. Unari^foUa^ Gr. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 117 ; CJwrizema Unea?'e, 

 F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 17. 



"W, Australia. Swan River, Fraser, Huegel, Freiss, n. 853, and others; nortlnvarJ 

 to Murcliison river, Oldfield; southward to Preston river, Toby's Inlet, etc., Freiss, n, 851, 

 852, 854; Vasse, Gordon and Tone rivers, OldfielcL The breadth of the leaves, the size 

 and colour of the flowers vary in almost all stations, without having any relation to each 

 other. The short:leaved specimens sometimes much resemble Gastrolobium Callutachys. 



5. O. carlnatum^ Benth, A low shrub, with ascending or erect simple or 

 branched stems, often under 1 ft., but attaining 3 or 4 ft., more or less hirsute. 

 Leaves scattered, oblong or lanceolate with a small rigid recurved point, often 

 under \ in. and rarely nearly 1 in. long, coriaceous, often undulate, glabrous or 

 slightly hirsute, with a prominent midrib and transverse reticulations. Flowers 

 bright yellow, in terminal racemes of 1 to 2 in. Pedicels short. Calyx 3 to 

 4 lines long, silky-hairy, the lobes narrow and acute, the 3 upper ones scarcely 

 connate. ^ Petals often scarcely exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary shortly sti- 

 pitate, with about 10 ovules ; style rather thick with an oblique stigma. Pod 

 ovoid, acuminate, 3 to 4 lines long without the stipes. Seeds shining black, 

 without any strophiole.— C«?Z/.s^ac/^y5 carinata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 27 ; 

 Chorizema pnbescens; Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 256, 



V;*. Australia, Bnanmond, Wt Coll. n. 33 ; south side of Konkobemp hills, Freiss, 

 ». 1068 j Kalgan river, Ohlfield. The species bears some resemblance to Gastrolobium 

 parvifohum, 



6. O. spathulatum, Benth. A shrub allied in appearance to 0, cari- 

 natum, biit evidently taller and more branched, the branches hirsute. Leaves 

 alternate, linear-cuneate or almost oblong, with recurved points, mostly \ to 

 f in. long, rigid, with a prominent midrib, recurved margins and a few trans- 

 verse reticulations. Racemes terminal, rather dense, 1 to 2 in. long. Pedi- 

 cels short. Bracts linear-subulate, very deciduous. Calyx 4 lines long, silky- 

 villous, the lobes lanceolate-subulate, the 2 upper ones rather broader and 

 more connate. Petals larger than in 0. carimUum:, although scarcely exceed- 

 itig the calyx. Ovary^ shortly stipitate, with about 10 ovules ^ style rather 

 thick, stigma oblique. Pod almost sessile, ovoid-oblong, acuminate. Seeds 

 without any ^tvo^\iiQ\t, — Callidachys spathulata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. ii. 308. 



"W. Australia, Drummond, 2nd ColL n, 89. 



7. O. obtusifolium. Sweet, FL Judral. t. 5. Stems 1 to Ii ft. long, 

 difiuse or procumbent, httle branched, minutely silky-pubescent or at length 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate or irregularly whorled in threes, linear, obtuse 

 and recurved at the end, f to 1 in. or rarely ]i in. long, tlie margins much 

 rcvolute, coriaceous and transversely reticulate above, the under side silky- 

 liairy l)ut usually almost concealed. Flowers orange-red, in terminal often 

 ]_-suIed racemes of 1 to 2 in. on very short pedicels. J^raets and bracteoles 

 linear, very deciduous. Calyx silky-pubcsccnt, 4 to 5 lines lono-, not so 

 broad as in other species and scarcely divided below tlie middle, the 2 upper 



