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XL. LEGUMiNoSiE. [Chorizema, 



W. Australia. King George's Souud, Baxter , Swan Eiver, Lrmnmond, \st Coll. 

 and %nd Coll n. 92, 93,94; Harvey river and Mount Barker, Oldficld ; S. coast, from 

 King George's Sound to Cape Riche, Maxwell. 



'-15. C. ericifolium, Mehm. hi PL Prelss. ii. 209. Erect and much 

 bvauched, 1 to 1^ ft. high, tlie branches rather slender, but rigid, striate, gla- 

 brous, often irregularly verticillate, the smaller ones sometimes spinescent. 

 Leaves few and small, alternate or irregularly opposite or verticiUate, linear, 

 with revolute margms, 2 to 3 lines long. Flowers small, rather numerous, 

 often verticillate, m termmal loose racemes, of 1 to 2 in. Pedicels very short. 

 ■Unlyx silky-pubescent, from 2 to nearly 3 lines long, the lobes shorter than 

 the tube the 2 upper ones broad, obtuse, and united nearly to the top. 

 btandard scarcely twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter ; keel much 

 shorter, obtuse or with a very short recurved point. Ovary nearly sessile, 

 with about 10 ovules ; style incurved or hooked, with a capitate stigma. Pod 

 ovoid or almost globular, about 2\ lines long, with a short flat point. Seeds 

 usuaJlytew, not ^i^o^\no\&i&.~I)ichosemaracemosum, Meissn.inPl.Preiss.i. 78. 



n^'/A^'^^^'*^}^' ^>'T"!°"'^' ^""^ ^"^^^ «• ^6 ; Murchison river and Champion Bay, 



S?' Tl . r^/ ^J'T ""• ^^^- ^'"'^ ^P'^'^^"^^ ^'ff^--^ i" I'^^it from all others, ai,- 

 proaching hat olMirheha chwienoides, but there is no trace of auy intrusion of the endo- 



for^th^ ■ T^\ ^"^ P*?'^; ,^°"'' s,)eeimeus from Bowes river. Oldfield, are remarkable 

 for the size of the flowers, with the calyx-lobes narrower and more acute. 



5. MIRBELIA, Sm. 



(Dichosema, Benth., Oxyeladium, F. Muell.) ■ 



Calyx-lobes nearly of equal length, the 2 upper ones often broader and # 

 urnted higher up. Petals clawed ; standard orbicular or reniform, emarginate 

 or entire, longer than the lower petals ; wings oblong ; keel broader than the 



Wing 



Stamens free. Ovary ses- 



sile or_ stipitate with 2 or several ovules ; style usually short, incurved, with 

 a terminal capi ate stigma. Pod ovoid or oblong, turgid, divided longitudi- 

 nally into 2 cells by a fiilse dissepiment projecting into the cavity from the 

 lower suture and overlapped by or connate with the projecting placentas, 

 beeds without any strophioIe.-Shrubs with the habit nearly of OxLhium or 

 . ot_ thonzema Leaves opposite verticillate or alternate, simple entire or 

 prickly-toothed. ^.Stipules small, setaceous or none. Flowers yeUow pnrple- 

 red or blue, solitary or clustered in the axils of the leaves, or in axillary or 

 termmal racemes. Bracts and bracteoles small or none. Ovary glabrous or 

 but ri • ii'^°'''''P °^ *^'' P'^'^ separating from the epicarp in some species, 



The 



a eadv mor^o; fp f ^ f^' '\^^^ i-«'"«ri<a^lc 2-eelled pod, the false dissepiment being 

 an eatij moie or less apparent m the ovary at the time of flowering. 



■ 1 lant not thorny. Leaves obtuse or pungent. 



WS ottVvatl\?.^ W° ' \° ^ • • • ^-^ M. dilataia. 



i.eayes ovate ovate-lanceolate or broadly oblong entire. 



Keel much shorter than the wings. 



Leaves about 1 to 1^ in. long, quite glabrous. Flowers race- 

 mose. Ovary stipitate .... a ,. 



Leaves silky underneath. Mower's axillary 'or in termind c'lus- ' 



tcrs, Uvary sessile , . * . n -^m j,, 



^ 3. M. grandi flora. 



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