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villous. Seeds often only 1 or 2, not stropliiolate, embedded in a pitliy sub- 

 stance lining the cell. — Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 31. 



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^V. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st Coll., J. S, Roe^ Freiss, n, 798 and 

 80i, where it is said to be one of the worst of the poison plants ; S. coast, at various points, 

 from Phillips river to the Great Bight, MaxioelL Very nearly allied to Gmirolobium 

 crassifoliiim, but I always find 4 ovules, besides that in that species the leaves are somewhat 

 folded lengthwise, the margins never recurved, 



24. O. (?) heterophyllum, Bentli, Branches apparently diffuse, slen- 

 der, minutely pubescent. Leaves mostly opposite, oblong-linear or lanceo- 

 late, or the lower ones obovate-obloug, obtuse, with a small point, f to 1^ in. 

 long, the margins recurved, glabrous and reticulate above, loosely pubescent 

 or villous nndcrneath. Flowers not seen. Fruiting-raccmes slender, 1 to 3 

 in. long. Pedicels 1 to 2 lines long. Calyx about 2 lines long, pubescent or 

 hirsute, the lobes short, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard 

 about 3 lines diameter; keel nearly as long; wings rather shorter and nar- 

 row. Ovary stipitate, with 8 ovules. Pod shortly stipitate, oblong, 3 to 4 

 lines long, scarcely acute, haiiy. Seeds not stropliiolate. — Ckorizema Jtetero-- 

 phyllum, Turcz. in BuU. Mosc, 1853, i. 255. 



^V. Australia, Brummoud, Wi ColL n. 27; gravelly soil, Oldfleld river and mouth 

 of Young river, Maxwell, 



25. O. aciculiferxim, Bentlu Apparently a slender shrub; branches 

 pubescent. . Leaves lanceolate, wath a fine pungent point, about 1 in. long^ 

 rounded or truncate at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous and shining 

 above, with transverse reticulate veins, minutely pubescent and at length 

 glabrous underneath. Stipules long and bristle-like. Kacemes slender, 

 axillary or terminating short leafy branches, the flowers few and distant. , 

 Calyx slightly silky-pubescent, about 2 lines long. Petals fully twice as long. 

 Ovary stipitate, with 4 ovules. Pod not seen. — Podolobium acicidiferum, F. 

 Muell. Fragm. i. 75. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, W. EilU a sinj^de specimen. 



26. O. trilobatum, Benth. A shrub of several ft., sometimes almost 

 glabrous, more frequently with pubescent branches. Leaves mostly opposite, 

 from broadly ovate to lanceolate, 1 to 2 in. long, with pungent points and bor- 

 dered by a few, distant, pungent teeth or lobes, of which 1 or 2 on each side 

 near the base are usually larger than the others, coriaceous, glabrous, shining 

 and reticulate above, pale and sometimes minutely pubescent underneath. 

 Mowers yellow, in loose axillary or terminal racemes, often exceeding the 

 leaves. Calyx slightly pubescent, about 2 lines long, the lobes shorter than 

 the tube, the 2 upper" ones united nearly to the top. Petals fully twice as 

 ^ong as the calyx. Ovary stipitate, silky-pubescent, with 4 or rarely 6 ovules. 

 I*od stipitate, oblong, 3 to 4 lines long, straight or incurved, pubescent and 

 turgid as in other Oxylobiums, but much narrower. Seeds not stropliiolate. 

 —PuUenaa ilicifolia, Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 320 ; GJiorizema trilobum, Sm. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 253 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 19 ; Fodolobiim trilobatum, 

 ^- Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 9; DC. Trod. ii. 103; Bot. Mag. t. 

 1477; Bot. Eeg. t. 1333. 



Queenslaad. Cabbage-tree Hills, Moretou Bay, TV. IIlll. 



