24- XI. LEGUMINOS^. [Oxylohlum. 



The following forms have been described by myself and others as distinct species, but dif- 

 ferent as some of them appear at first sight, we now find that they all pass into each other 

 by inscLsible gradations, the only difference consisting really in the relative breadth of the 

 leaves. All are closely allied to 0. reticulatum and 0, capifatum, but have the leaves more 

 or less cuneate, not so coarsely reticulate, and a more dense inflorescence. 



a. emarginatum. Leaves oblong-cuneate, mostly emargiuate, rather small; aiillary pe- 

 duncles often growing out into leafy branches with terminal inflorescences.— 0. Briiminondii^ 

 Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 30.— Swan Kiver, Brnmmond, w. 72 and2l0, FreisSy n. SOO/in my 

 set. This variety almost passes into 0. capitatum. 



b. cnneifolmm. Leaves linear-cuneatt, rounded at the end, mostly about 1 i to 2 in. long. 

 Swan Elver, Drnmmond, 1st Coll., also n, 71 and 201 (partly). 



c. ohoxatum. Leaves very broadly cuneate, truncate, mostly about \\ in. long. — 0. 

 obovaium, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 12; Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 36; Meissn. in PI. 

 Preiss. i. 29 ; Paxt, Mag. x. 243, with a fig.— Swan River, Drummond, Isi ColL, also n. 70 

 a?id 207 (partly). 



d. dilalatim. Leaves very nuich dilated at the end, so as to be almost 2-lobed when 

 truncate, or 3-lobed when also acuminate, and abruptly narrowed below the dilatation. — 0. 

 dilatatum, Eenth. in Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 12 ; Meissn, iu PI. Preiss. i. 29.— Swan River, 

 Drummond^ \st Coll., also w. 71. 



22, O. acTittim, Benth. Apparently a small shrub, our specimens^ all 

 *vitli the root, from 1 to 1| ft. high ; branches few, erect, softly pubescent or 

 villous. Leaves in whorls of 3 or scattered, ovate-elliptical or almost oblong, 

 tapering into a pungent point, i to f in. long, rigidly coriaceous, reticulate, 

 silky-villous when young, glabrous when fall-grown. ' Flowers all axillary, ia 

 loose clusters, shorter than the leaves. Calyx about 3 lines long, silky- 

 vIUous, the 2 upper lobes shortly united. Standard about twice as long as 

 the calyx; keel much curved, deeply coloured. Ovary nearly sessile, with 4 

 ovules. Pod acute, rather coriaceous, shortly exceeding the calyx. — Gastro^ 

 loblum acutum, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Eiv. App. 14 ; Eot. Mag. t. 4040. 



. "W". Australia. Swan River, Brummond, 'ist ColL, aha n. 67 and 213. At first 

 sight this much resembles Gastroloblum epacridloides, but the ovary is more sessile and 

 always with 4 ovules. 



V ■ 



Series VI. Podolobie^.— Leaves mostly opposite. Flowers in loose 

 or slender axillary or terminal racemes. Calyx nearly glabrous. Ovules 4 

 or very rarely 6. Seeds (where known) not strophiolate. 



The first two species of this series have the habit of the racemose species of GaslroU- 

 Imm, but the ovules are 4 and the seeds Lave no strophiole. The remaining three species 

 are alhed to the Laxiflora;, but with only 4 ovules and a narrow pod, which, with a some- 

 what peculiar habit, had induced the establishment of Podolobimi as a distinct genus But 

 I find no character sufficieutly distinct or consonant with habit to maintain it as such. 



parviflorum 



A tall 



spreading shrub, the young shoots hoary with a mlimte silky pubescence. Leaves 

 alternate, opposite or m threes, narrow-oblong, slightly cuneate or linear, ob- 

 tuse or eraarginate, mostly about 1 in., long, coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 muiutcly silky-pubescent underneath, the margins usually recurved. Flowers 

 small, orange-yellow and purple, in slender racemes, terminal or in the upper 

 axils, often 2 to 3 m long. Calyx about 2 lines long, minutely pubescent, 

 the lobes scarcely so long as the tu])e, acute, the 2 upper ones broader, falcate, 

 and united nearly to the top into a truncate upper lip. Standard nearly 4 

 lines diameter, the lower jjctals rather shorter. Ovary on a rather long stipes, 

 With 4 ovules. Pod stipitatc, acuminate, 4 to 6 lines lon<', pubescent or 



