56 XL. LEGUMiNos^. {JacksQuia. 



1 line, the 2 upper lobes often connate to the middle. Petals shorter than 



the calyx ; keel shortly acuminate, broader than the wings and longer than the 



standard. Ovaiy sessile. Young pod densely villous, turgid, but not seen 

 ripe. 



M 

 1 



■ W, Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller, also WBouall Stmrfs expedition, 

 lat. 17 58. 



. 6. J. ramosissima, Bmth. in Mitch. Trop. Justr. 258. Glabrous, 

 very densely branched. Barren branchlets crowded, linear, angular or some- 

 Avhat flattened, the small scales at the nodes often rigid and spreading. 

 Flowers in short terminal racemes, on pedicels scarcely exceeding the sub- 

 tending scales. Bracteoles ovate, adnate to the base of the calyx and often 

 as long as its tube. Calyx sparingly pubescent, about 4 lines long, mem- 

 branoiis, the 2 upper lobes broader, falcate and often cohering above the mid- 

 dle. Petals shorter than the calyx. Ovary sessile. Pod ovoid-oblong, acu- 

 minate, hnsute, shorter than the calyx. 



Queensland. Suttou river, F. Mueller ; Belyando river, Mitchell. - 



t 



Series III. Pun gentes.— Branchlets either barren or flower-bearing, spi- 



nesceut subi)hynodineou3 but not flat, divaricate, simple or branched, terete 



or aiignlav, sometimes resembling short lateral prickles, sometimes terminating 

 all the branches. '^ ' ° 



* 



7. J. foliosa, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 260. "Rhizome thick, with 

 several ascendmg or erect rigid stems of ^ to 1 ft., simple in the lower part ' 

 and usually beanng a few petiolate obovate or orbicular toothed leaves, the 

 upper portion leafless with numerous rigid divaricate paniculate branches, 

 o ten slight y flattened and stnate or angular, the whole plant minutely silky- 

 pubescen the ultimate branchlets divaricate and often pungent. Flowers 

 few, shortly pedicellate below the summits of the branchlets. Calyx 3 to 4 

 Jmcs long. Petals and ovary of /. sjyinosa. Pod not seen 



but with a different habit. 



8. J. spmosa, R. Br. in Ait. Ilort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 1.3. A ri-id much- 

 branched shrub of 2 to 4 ft. or sometimes more slender and twice as high, 

 g abrons or very mituitely hoary, the branches angular or striate, the smaller 

 °m^ll ,t?'"9°"-'.??"'fi' "?^^ '^^ pungent-pointed. Flowers rather 



3 ites nl"' k i^'f ^«1^^ "'^r*'- ^"^>'^ "^^""tely silky-pubescent, about 

 of iTarlv ef ;. n h' "?' ??^'';- ^'^^^^^ "^^"* ^^ '°"S «« the calyx and all 

 the has/ Toi f'^n ' if d««Ply .floured. Ovary slightly contracted at 



Trod n 0?' ^f '^°"^' "'^"^ ^^'^^*^' 3 *° 4 "'• ^^'^"5 lines long.- 



Labill PI Nov H^lhtlOT'. t"l36. "^""^ ' '' ' ^^Z''^^^^^-- */---' 



S«S:7£f ^i;?' ^f ^^?^!!r' ^- ^-"^ -3 others ; towards 



DC 



•wr 



Hav, 



Isou's 



Cape Riehe, Harveij, BrununondVrdcJ'JTr 7^^^^^^ ^^ ,""'' '"'' ''^''*'"' *°' 



mUu; Two-i4led Bay and G 1' ter P;;:!'^^'?* TTu" "^^^'7^, .-, 

 Inlet, Olc/Jidd; Mount Barker Old/ie/J In'tC ifl ■' ^""'^ "•''""^ '"'"'^ ^^ '''"," 



areJessious;anatLcflowers^„ratndJ.Vi;.;:r;^^ ''^ "--'"^ ^-^'^^^ 



m. in BoL Zeit. 1855, 27. Possibly a small-flowered 



stncta. Met 



