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GoDipJiolohinm.'] XL. LEGUMiNOS.f:. 45 ^ 



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249. A glabrous, erect, branching shrub. Leaflets 3, on a very short com- 

 niou petiole, narrow-linear, with a short almost pungent point, ^ to 1 in. long 

 or rather more, the nmrgiiis revolute, the veins inconspicuous. Flowers large, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 together, shortly pedicellate, terminal or on very short 

 axillary leafy branches. Calyx about | in. long, glabrous, except minute 

 hairs at the edge of the lobes. Standard broad, fully f in. long; wings 

 shorter; keel as long as the wings, broad, not fringed. Ovules varying from 

 8 to 14. Pod scarcely exceeding the calyx.— DC. Prod. ii. 105 ; Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 484? (the pedicels figured much longer than I have ever seen them); 

 G. maculatum^ Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 427. 



N. S. "WTales. Port Jackson, to the Blue Mountaius. R. Brown, Sieber, n. 358, and 

 others. 



Victoria. A specimen from I.atrobe river, -F. Mueller, appears to be this species^ but 

 being in fruit only, it is doubtful. 



Var. seiifolimn, DC. Leaflets narrower. Flowers rather smaller.— 6^. setifoHtm, Sieb. PL 

 Exs.; G. glaucescens, A. Cunii. in Field. N. S. "Wales, 346. Blue Mouutaius, R Brown^ 

 ^ieber, n, 363, .4. Cminmgltam, aud olLers. 



9. G. virgatum, Sieh, in DC, Prod, ii, 105. An erect glabrous shrub, 



closely allied to Q, grandiJJorum, and diflering chiefly in the sliorter and less 

 revolute leaflets and smaller flowers. Leaflets 3, the comnion petiole very 

 short or scarcely any, linear, the margins always recurved, althongh rarely ab- 

 solutely revolute, | to f in. long or rarely none. Flowers yellow, termnjal, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 together, the pedicels rarely so long as the calyx. Calyx 

 4 to 5 Hues long. Standard 6 to 7 lines ; keel shorter, not fringed. Ovary 

 ^vith about 8 ovules. Pod about as long as the calyx.— Reiehb. Icon, lixot. 

 t. 97. 



Queensland. Sandy Cape. It, Brow7i ; islands of Moreton Bay, F^ Mueller, 



W. S. Wales. Toi-t Jacksou, B. Brown, Sieler, n, 360, and FL mrf. «. 578, and 



others; Port Stepheas, J/' Jr^y^^^r. i. i r . 



Var. asjialathoides. I.eaflets aarrower and more revolute, not above \ in. long— o-.i^J- 

 nlaiholde., A. Cunu. ; Benth. in Ann. ^Vicn. ^lus. ii. 72, Wellington valley.^lins eona-s 

 near to some forms of Q. minus, but is quite glabrous, the leaves are longer and the ovnies 

 much fewer. 



^ 10. G. minus, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 251. A raucli-branched 

 slu-ub, sometimes low and decumbent, sometimes attaining 2 or 6 it., in^ 

 branches more ov less pubescent, at least \Yhcn yonng. Leaflets d, on a very 

 short eommon petiole, linear or almost subulate, obtuse, with a small strai ut 

 or recurved poi.it, under \ in. long, the margins revolute, glabrous. \^ lowe s 

 O'ellow ?) usually 2 or 3 together, the pedicels rarely exceeding the calyx and 

 usually much shorter. CaWx H to 4 lines long. Standard o or rarely 6 

 h'les long ; wings and keel rather shorter, the keel not fnnged._ Ovary « itli 

 12 to 20 ovides. Pod shortly exceeding the cds^.^Surlouiammor, UL. 

 ^J-od. ii. 106 ; Gompholobium Mratliecoides, Sieb. in DC. Prod. u. lUb. 



J; S. Wales. Port Jackson, 12. Brown, Sieher, n. 359, and others. 



Victoria. Uom\i KhTMni, F. Mueller : \\ mmer^, DallacAi/. „ti, nf the Glenck 



S Australia. Lofty KanVs, F. Mueller; r.nola, J. floods; mouth of the txlenclg. 



''it 1 Kan^'aroo Isliind, Water/iouse. , , , „^p„„:onal1v with a 



2':- '^'r^'Ma. Flowers rather larger, pedicels rather longer; I'fJ °!f ~J,\ ^f' th' . 

 ttiMc edgiug of white hairs. Ovules often above 20. To this variety belong most ol tu^ 



