28 XL. LEGUMiNOSiE. [CAorizema, 



3. C. varium, Benth. in Bot, Reg. 1839, t. 49, An erect sTirub of 

 several ft,, with pubescent branches. Leaves cordate-ovate, more or less 

 prickry-toothed and undulate, 1 to 2 in. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent 

 above and coarsely reticulate, pubescent or tomentose underneath. Racemes 

 usually numerous, pubescent, the flowers not so distant as in C, cordatnm. 

 Pedicels short. Calyx about 3 lines long, like that of C. cordatnm^ but pu- 

 bescent. Petals of G, ilicifoUum, Ovary shortly stipitate, with numerous 

 ovules. Pod stipitate, 6 to 8 lines long, often obtuse. Seeds smooth aud 

 shining. — Meissn. in PI, Preiss. i. 32] Paxt. Mag. vi. 175, with a fig. 



MT. Australia. Swan River, Drummond, \st ColL and n, 184, Preiss. n. 1046, 

 Oldfield. 



4. C. cordatum, LindL Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 10. A glabrous shrub, 

 with slender weak branches, very nearly allied to C. ilicijolium^ but much 

 larger, attaining several feet. Leaves cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 

 2 in. long, bordered by small prickly teeth or lobes, which are neither so 

 deep nor so much undulate as in C. ilicifolium^ and often very small. 

 Flowers more numerous and larger than in tbat species, but otherwise similar. 

 Pod also larger. Ovules 20 to 30,— Maund. Botanist, t, 89 ; Meissn, in Pi. 

 Preiss. i. 32; Paxt. Mag. v, 97, with a fig.; C. Jlavum, Henfr. in Gard. 

 Mag. i. 73, with a fig. ; C. superbum, Lemaire, lUustr. Hortic. t. 29. 



"W. Australia. Swan Eiver, Drummond, \st CoU.^ also n. 185, and 2nd ColL n. 91, 

 Preiss. n. 1042, 



5. C. ilicifolium, Labill Voy. i. 405, L 21, and PL Nov. noil. ii. 

 120. A small weak shrub, flowering often the first year so as to appear 

 annual, with slender branches, sometimes erect and rigid, more frequently 

 diffuse or almost filiform, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs when young. 

 Leaves ovate to lanceolate, | to 1 in, long, undulate and bordered with prickly 

 teeth or lobes, often cordate at the base, glabrous, coriaceous and coarsely re- 

 ticulate. Flowers orange-red, few and distant in axillary or terminal loose 

 racemes. Calyx varying from under 2 to about 3 lines long, the lobes all 

 acute, the 2 upper ones falcate and united to the middle.- Standard broadly 

 reniform, twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard ; keel 

 shorter than the calyx. Orary nearly sessile, with 20 to 30 closely packed 

 ovules; style short. Pod oblong, \ in. long or shorter, — Bonpl. Jard. Malm. 

 t. 35; DC. Prod. ii. 102; PultencBa nana, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 434; Chorl' 

 ^ma«a««ff^, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1032; DC. Prod. ii. 102; C. triangulares 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1513 ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. L 32, and ii. 208 ; Paxt. 

 Mag. xiii. 73, with a fig. 



W. Australia. King George's Souud and neighbourhood, Lahillardlere, R. Brown, 

 Fretss. n. 1041, aud others, and thence to the Great Right, Maxwell; Swaa River Brum- 

 mond; Flinders Bay, Collie ; Blackwood river, Oldfield. 



6. C. rhombeum, R.Br, in Ait. Hart. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 9. An under- 

 shrub for herb ?\ with several ascendino- Qimnlp r^v clin-hiKr T^^ov.^u^ri ^fntn 



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iwiii a lu j-a iL. 1U1J-, more or less angular or compressed, or at length terete . 

 and often pubescent,' Lower leaves obovate or rhomboidal, passing into F 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, and under 1 in. long; upper ones often lanceolate 

 and longer, flat or the margins slightly recurved, veined, glabrous or sprinkled 



