Mirbelia.] XL. lequminos^. ' 33 



Keel about as long aa the wings. Leaves usually i in. long or 

 less. Calyx deeply lobed. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pointed 4. M, suhcordata. 



Leaves ovate, very obtuse, i to ^ in. long 5. J/, ovata. 



Leaves ovate, very obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long 6, M.oxylobioides. 



Leaves linear-oblong or narrow-linear, the margins recurved or re- 

 volute, entire. 

 Ovules 2. 



Leaves oblong, linear with recurved margins, mostly vertieillate 7. M, reticulata. 

 Leaves narrow-linear, with revolutc margins, all alternate . , 8. 3f. aotoides. 

 Ovules 8 to 12. Leaves narrow-linear, with revolute mp.rgins. 

 Leaves pungent. Calyx-teeth very short, the upper lip broad 



and truncate 9, M. pungens. 



Leaves obtuse. Calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tube. 



Ovules about 12, Pod broadly ovoid 10, M. speciosa. 



Ovules about 8. Pod oblou"; ' 11. M.fioribiinda. 



Plant thorny. ° " . 



Thorns lateral, subulate, rather longer than the small leaves. 

 Leaves linear with revolute margins. Ovarv sessile , , , . 12. M, spinosa. 

 Leaves flat or folded lengthwise. Ovary stipitate. 



Leaves 1 to 1^ lines long. Ovary glabrous with 6 to 8 ovules 14. M. microphyUa. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 lines long. Ovary pubescent with 12 to 15 ovules 13. J/. maUicanlis. 

 Branches leafless, spinesceut at the end. 



Ovules above 12. Pod oblong, deeply furrowed 15. M. daviesioides. 



Ovules 2 ? Pod ovoid or almost globular, with prominent sutures 16, M, oxyclados. 



1. M, dilatata, R. Br. in Ait HorL Keic. ed. 2, iii. 21. An erect bushy 

 shrub, with angular pubescent branches, or quite glabrous. Leaves numerous, 

 scattered or irregularly vertieillate, cuneate, much dilated and undulate at the 



long, mnch 



end With 3, 5 or 7 pungent-pointed lobes or teeth, | to \\ in. 

 narrowed below the middle and sometimes petiolate, rigidly coriaceous, 

 strongly reticulate. Flowers of a bluish-purple, shortly pedicellate, soli- 

 tary m the axils or formiug terminal leafy racemes. Calyx slightly pubos^ 

 Cf^nt, 2 to 2i lines long, the teeth or lobes short acute and nearly equal in 

 ength, the 2 upper ones rather bioader and more or less united. Standard 

 ijvice as long ns the calyx; wings nearly as long as the standard; keel rather 

 siiorter, obtuse. OvarV stipitate, villous in the originallv described form, 

 jvith 6 to 8 ovules. Pod oblong, about i in. long,— DC. Prod, ii, 115; 

 ^^iiHll. Bot. Reg. t. 1041 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1367,. 



V^' f^^®^»^ia- King George's Sound, iJ. Brown, Baxler, and others. - 



var. Meissneri. Leaves shorter and more lobcd than in the original form. Ovary gla- 



Dfous.^J/. Meissneri, Hook. Bot. :Maff. t. 4419 ; M. dilatata, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 76. 



0/1^ /J'"'"' ^"-""^^^ond, \si CoiL Preiss, «. 1049. Stirling ransre, Ma^rwell ; Vasse river 



''^J^^^d In some specimens the foliage of one form passes into that of the other, but 1 



ave only observed the villons ovarv in the Kins; Georije's Sound form. 



ry m tne Jving ireorg 



lo 



2. M. racemosa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 282. A shrub apparently 

 josely branched, perfectly glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, petiolate, oval- 

 Oblong, very obtuse, 1 tJ 1^ in. long, flat, coriaceous and shining, strongly 

 reticulate.' Stipules persistent. Racemes loose, terminal, several-flowered, 

 l^edicels 2 to 3 lines long. Calyx quite glabrous, 2^ to nearly 3 hues long 

 J^^e lobes short and broad, the 2 upper ones very obtuse or truncate, united 

 y^^y to the top. Standard i in. long, not emarginate, on a slender claw ; 



^^ngs nearly as long, keel short, shortly rostrate. Ovaiy stipitate, pubescent, 



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