70 - XL, LEGUMiNOS^. [Daviesia. 



Pedicels articulate close to tlie calyx and there expanded into a ring 8. B. mollis^ var. 



Leaves obovate or orbicular 8. D. mollis. 



Leaves broadly ovate-cordate^ tapering into a pungent point . . 9. D. concinna. 



Series III. Racemosae. — Flowers racemose^ the common rhachis elomjated^ either 

 jlowerlng from the hme^ or the pedicels crowded towards the end. Bracts small. Leaver 

 Jlaty horizordaL 



Leaves (under 1 in.) linear or linear-lanceolate, pnngent, not reti- 

 culate. Racemes flowering above the middle. Bracts vcrv small 10. D. nmhellulata. 

 Leaves broad, obtuse or acute, young buds y^^vY obtuse." Pods 

 under ^ in. 



Leaves (under 1 in.) ovate or orbicular, cordate or very obtuse at 

 the base, sessile, not reticulate. Racemes flowerin"' from 

 the middle Bracts small \ ^ . W. DAuxlfolia. 



Leaves (i to 6 in.) ovate or ovate-lanceolate, reticulate. Ra- 

 cemes flowering from the base. Bracts ovate or oblon<' 



nearly as long as the pedicels ^\ \2. B. latifolia. 



Leaves narrow, elongated, tbe lower ones rarely ovate-obluno- not 

 pungent. "' 



Branches slightly angular. Flowers numerous. Calvx 1 to U 

 line lonp;. 



Howenng. branches all leafy, never spinesccnt (Eastern species) 13. B, corumhosa. 

 Upper flowering branches often spinescent and leafless (Western 



species) ■ . . 14. ^. horrida. 



Branches very angular. IWrs few, distant. Calyx above 2 lines 15. B. reclinata. 

 Leaves rounded at the end or emarginate. Young buds shortly 

 acumuiate. Pod nearly 1 in. (Western species) 



t'"'''?.!^""^^^ Calyx-teeth obtuse, the 2 upper miited and rounds 16. B. obtusi folia. 

 Iea.e.obo^ate. Calyx-teeth all acuminate and distinct . , . H. B. ohovata. 



Eiicemcs loose. Leaves striate. 



Leaves llat re 71 7 ■/• /■ 



Leaves terete • ' ' ' 18- ^- lovg^foha. 



Eaccues or clusters ver, short. Leaves' no't striaie. '.^ t.-et^ SO.' 1 '^^^ 



Leaves above 1 in long, oblong, lanceolate or* almost ovate, nar- 

 rowed at the base (Western species). 



?io>vedn"/,;ife;rte^Sfl"''"'VT'''°r'"''^'^^^'^- ^eel obtuse . 21. D. daphrwides. 



l^ ^^:^ -^;:^^- C^y. .ith a trun- 

 Branches glabrous, very ri'^id 



Itav-cs „„fa 1 i„. l„,g, ooritcovak, li^^Ia'ce '« linear ' cjyx ^"^ ^^^ ■^''^"' 

 5-toothed (Eastern species). ^^ 



Branches not spinescent. 



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27. D' squarrosa 



