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19. O. reticulatum, Meism. in PL Freiss. i. 29. Very nearly allied to 



• 0. capilatum, witli the same iudumentum and inflorescence. Leaves mostly 

 opposite, obovatc or broadly ovate-oblong, very obtuse or emargiuate, with or 

 without a minute recurved point, rarely above 1 iu. long, very coriaceous, 

 strongly reticulate and glabrous when full-grown. Flowers and pods rather 

 smaller than in 0. capitatum^ but otherwise the same. 



^V. Australia. Saud-hills on the seashore and in the interior, FreisSy 7i, 840 and 

 831, Brmnm07idy w. 95 and 205 {or 215 ?). , 



Var. gracile. Branches slender. Leaves rather smaller, often undulate on the edges, the 

 reticulations not quite so coarse. Flowers and pods rather smaller. — GastroloHum axiUare^ 

 Meissn.in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 29. — Drummond^ ^th ColL n, 22. — These specimens agree per- 

 fectly with the diagnosis of Meissner, who refers to the same umnhcr of Drummond's, except 

 that I have found in all the flowers that I have examined 4 ovules instead of 2. 



20. O. capitatuxn^ Benth. inllneg. Emim, 28. A shrub or undershrub 

 of 2 to 3 ft., with rigid, bnt not thick branches, minutely hoary or silky- 

 pubescent when young. Lowest leaves sometimes obovate, all the otiiers 

 oblong, lanceolate or linear, 1 to 2 in. bug, obtuse, with a short, usually re- 

 curved point, rigid, glabrous and reticuhite above, minutely silky-pubescent 

 or glabrous underneath, with a stout, prominent midrib. Stipules usually 

 recurved. Flowers in axillary clusters or sometimes forming a terminal, 

 compact, corymbose raceme or head. Bracts very deciduous. Calyx silky- 

 villous, 3 or rarely nearly 4 lines long, rather broad, divided to about the middle 

 into acuminate lobes, the 2 upper ones nnited at the base. Standard nearly 

 twice as long as the calyx ; wings and keel much shorter. Ovary shortly 

 stipitate, with 4 or rarely 6 ovules. Pod ovoid, scarcely acuminate, about 4 

 lines long, villous, often more or less lined with cellular tissue. Seeds with 

 a rather lai-ge strophiole.— Bot. Eeg. 1843, t. 16 ; Meissn. in Pi. Preiss. i. 

 80 ; O. nervosum, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 12 ; Cullistachjs oxjjlobioides, 

 Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 27. 



"W. Australia. Swan River, Lrummond, 1st Coll, Preiss, n, 8U, 842, 843, 844; 

 stony places, foot of Mount IMaiivpeak. Preiss, n. 805, 814 ; Vasse river, Mrs, MoUoy ; 

 Buiibury, Canning river, and Cape Leschcnanlt, (9/^^^/^; between Moore and Murchison 

 rivers, Briimmond, Uh ColL n, 21. 



21. O, cuneatum, Bentli. in LindL Sican Riv. App. 12. An erect, 

 rigid shrub, attaining several ft., the specimens usually assuming a yellowish 

 or a glaucous tint when dry, young branches angular, minutely tomentose- 

 pubescent or almost silky. Leaves mostly opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, 

 from broadly obovate-triangnlar or spathulate to almost linear-euneate 

 rounded, truncate or emargiuate at the end, mostly 1 to 3 in. long narrowed 

 to the base, usually folded lengthwise, coriaceous, glabrous or slightly silky- 

 pubescent underneath, the reticulate veins scarcely prominent except when 

 the leaf is thin. Flowers yellow or the lower petals purple, in dense coiym- 

 bose racemes or clusters, either all axillary or also ternimaL Bracts narrow, 

 very deciduous. Calyx about 3 lines long, silky-pubescent or villous tlie 

 lobes lanceolate, the upper ones slightly united and somewhat falcate, btan- 



• dard nearly twice as long as the calyx. Ovary almost sessile, with 4 ovules. 

 l*od ovoid, acuminate, rigid, 4 to 5 lines long. 



W, Australia. From King George's Sonud to Swan River and Murchison river, 

 J^rummond and others. 



