XL. LEGUMINOSiE. " G3 



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10, SPHJEROLOBIUM, Sm 



(RoeUj Iliieg) 



^ Calyx-lobes imbricafejtlie two upper ones larger, falcate, united into an upper 

 lip. Petals with short claws ; standard orbicular or reniform, emarginate ; 

 wings rather shorter, oblong, usually falcate ; keel longer or rather shorter 

 than the wings, straight or curved. Stamens free. Ovary stipitate ; style 

 much incurved, subulate or dilated at the base, usually with a longitudinal 

 membrane or a ring of hairs under the stigma; ovules 2, Avith short thick 

 fuiiicles. Pod small, stipitate, oblique, globular or compressed. Seeds 1 or 

 2, not strophiolate,— Glabrous shrubs or iindershrubs, with iiish-like stems, 

 often leafless. Leaves, wdien present, narrow, entire, alternate or irregularly 

 opposite or whorlod.* Flowers yellow or red, in terminal racemes or iu lateral 

 racemes or clusters. Filaments of the outer stamens often somewhat dilated 

 below the middle. Ovary always glabrous. 



The genus is limited to Australia. It is readily known by its habit, by the small stipitate 

 nearly globular pod, and, in all species except S, medium and S. euchilus, by the appendages 

 or the style; B, enchilus has also a somewhat dIfFcrcnt habit, but is nearer to this than to 

 any other geuus. 



Sect. T. B,oe2,.—Cal(/X'tuhe 7iarrow-tarlinale, longer than the lobes. Stigma sur^ 

 rounded hy a ring of white hairs. ^ Flowering stems more or less leafy, at least at the base, 

 kernes terminal. 

 Calyx 3 to 4 lines long. 



Leaves narrow-linear. Bracts persistent, at least the lower ones . 1. S. linophyllum. 



leaves lanceolate or cuneate. Bracts none 2. & nudiforum. 



^aJ.vx scarcely 2 lines long. Leaves very few and small. Bracts " 



none 3- S.gracile. 



icn^l' ^^' ^^^P^serolobium.— %^^ tviih a longiludiual wing under the stigma, or 



^iff^ottt any appendage. Flowering stems lea/ess.' 



Jf».vx-tube narrow-tnrbinate, longer than the lobes, llacemcs lateral 4. S. racemnlosum. 

 aijx-tuhe about as long as the upper lip. Flowers lateral, in clusters 

 orsohtaiy, ii i 



Stems winged 6. ^. alatum. 



Stems terete. 



Keel broad and obtuse, slightly curved. ^ c • • 



Ca yx not 2 lines long. Keel about as long as the wings ■ • 6. & vtmtnetm. 



Calyx 3 lines lonf?. Keel longer than the wings .... rj S gr,_ndrJforum. 



CaJfi^'^^y "^^^^h curved. Calyx U Hues long i. S. for meat um, . , 



)^-tube not above half as long as the upper lip. 



Keel longer than the standard. ^ ^ n <? ^- «, 



^ee narrow, curved, more or less acuminate, about 3 lines long 9. ^. "»f ^""';^^, 



^cel Kr'^id >f««' Li. 1 . t - 1- I " 10. S.scaorittscuaan, 



Kpfl >! 1 ' ^^^^^^o^t, very obtuse, nearly 6 lines long . . . • i"- ^•■'^"^ 

 "-^ oroad and obtuse, not longer than the standard. 



Braachlets dimicat; o; reVirVed, spi^^^^^^ ! ! i • • . 12. S. daviesioides. 



4T^'So' ^''^^^^^^^^^'~Cal!^:c^tube very short. Style subulate, without any appen^ 



y ' "^'""^^^^^^g ste7ns leafy, 

 ^ves narrow-liuear. Flower 



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Flowers axillary lo. • 



ly- I. RoEA.-Calvx-tube naiTOw-turbinate. longer than tji^ joljeB. 

 'gma surrounded at the' base by a membrane or fringe of hairs. Flo^^ernig 



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