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Oxyhbium.'] . xl. leguminos^. . 19 



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lobes united nearly to the top. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; 

 lower petals much shorter ; keel obtuse, rather shorter than the wings.' Ovary 

 on a rather long stipes with above 20 ovules. Pod not seen. 



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i his species is m many respects aUied to Chorizema cytlsoides, but the keel is quite tliat of 

 . Vxf/Iobium, ^ 



Series III. Ericoide^.— Slender hcatli-likc slirubs. Leaves small (] to 

 3 or rarely 4 lines long), mostly vcrticillate. Flowers axillary or few in short 

 terminal umbel-like racemes. Ovules 8 to 10. Seeds not stropliiolate (ex- 

 cept perhaps in 0. TultenecB).' 



8. O.cordifolium, Andr, Bot, Reg. t 492. Branches slender, diffuse, 

 pubescent or hirsute when young. Leaves irregularly vcrticillate in threes, 

 ovate-cordate, 1| to 2 lines or the upper ones 3 or rarely 4 lines long, the 

 margins revolute, often hirsute when young, nearly glabrous when full-grown, 

 -rlowcrs orange-red, usually 3 or 4 together in little terminal heads or umbels, 

 the pedicels short and hirsute. Calyx villous, about 3 lines long, tlie lobes 

 longer than the tube, lanceolate, acuminate, the 2 upper ones shortly united, 

 standard about 4 lines long and broad; keel equal to or rather longer 

 than ^the Avings. Ovary almost sessile, with about S ovules. Pod ovoid, 

 acuminate, 4 or 5 lines Ions:, scarcely coriaceous. Seeds without any stro- 

 phiole.— DC. Prod. ii. 104^ Bot. Mag. t. 1544 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 937 ; 

 CJiorizema cordifoUnm, F. MuelL Fragm. iv. 17. 



W. S. Wales. Botany Bay, Banks and Solander ; Port Jackson, iJ. Brown. Iras€i\ 

 and others. 



9. O. microphyllum, Benth. A much-branched diffuse or divaricate 

 shriib, the branches minutely tomentose-pubescent. Leaves scattered, about 

 1 line long, ovate, obtuse, with recurved margins. Flowers small, apparently 

 dark-coloured, axillary and solitary, shortly pedicellate. Calyx about 1^ hnes 

 ^^lo' deeply divided iiito broad acute lobes, the 2 upper ones rather more 

 tinitcd. Petals nearly of equal length, shortly exceeding the calyx. Standard 

 very broad; keel broad, obtuse. Ovary on a rather long stipes, with about 

 8 ovules. Pod not seen, 



,^' Australia. Flats of E. Mount Barren, Maxwell. This has much the aspect of 

 Mirleha oxylobioides^ but the leaves are much smaller, the flowers all axillary, and I see no 

 trace of any dissepiment in the ovary slightly enlarged after flo\vcriii<5; there are, however, 

 none much advauccd in the specimens I have seen. 



10. O, Pulteneae, LC, Trod. ii. 104. A heath-like shrub, with slender 

 branches, glabrous or minutely pubescent when young. Leaves i ~ 



^'regularly vcrticillate m threes, from ovate-lanceolate to linear, 2 



J^^iJ?, the margins much rcvolute, glabrous or scabrous above, minutely pubes- 

 cent underneath. Flowers few, in short terminal racemes usually contracted 

 ^nto umbels. Bracts very deciduous. Calyx 3 lines long or rather more, 

 pm-scent with appressed hairs, divided to' below the middle into lanceolate 

 *'icnminate lobes, the 2 upper ones shortly comiate. Standard longer than the 

 ^alyx; wings and keel scarcely exceeding it. Ovaiy shortly stipitatc, Mitli S 

 to 10 ovules. Pod nearly sessile, acuminate, 3 to 5 lines long. Seeds stro- 

 pniolate according to Do Candolle; I have not seen them.— Bid fen m sylvatica, 



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alternate or 

 to 4 lines 



