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4 



Daviesia.] XL. leguminos.t;, ^ 73 



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descent with sliovt stiff hairs, tlie rest of the pLant <»;hibrous. Leaves often 

 opposite, orbicular-cordate, with a short pungent point, | to f in. diameter, 

 the margin undulate and slightly crenulate, rigid, shining and strongly reticu- 

 late. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, bearing an umbel of 3 to 5 

 or rarely 6 rather small flowers, subtended by 2 or rarely 3 or 4 oi-bieular 

 bracts, small at the time of flowering, but afterwards much enlarged, scarious 

 and much veined, attaining often 1 in. diameter, and closing over the fruit; 

 inner bracts small and narrow. Calyx not 2 lines long, the upper teeth broad 

 and truncate. Standard nearly 5 lines diameter; keel much shorter. Fila- 

 ments as in several allied species, folded inwards above tl\e middle. Pod 

 about I in. long and nearly as broad. — D. calydegia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 

 1853, i. 264 ; B.parifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 16. 



W. Australia, Between Swau River and Cape Riche, Drummond^ Mh ColL n. 40 

 (m Hower), and Wi ColL n. 30 (in fruit) ; Kojonerup hills, MaxwelL 



vx loicijr wuu a nnnute callous point, m most specmiens i to ;;5 m. Jong, uul 

 occasionally attaining 3 or even 4 in., thickly coiiaceous, with a thickened 

 margm, the veins few and only conspicuous on the young leaf. Feduncles 

 Hoout as long as the leaves, bearing an umbel of 3 to 6 flowers, subtended 

 by 2 or 3 orbicular very concave rigidly membranous slightly veined bracts, 

 ^'Inch are at first as long as the flowers and enlaroc often to above 1 in. dia- 

 i^eter, completely enclosnig the fruits. Calyx under 2 lines long, the teeth 

 ^ery short, the 2 upper ones broad and truncate. Standard about 4 lines 

 jnameter; wings and keel rather shorter. Five outer filaments much broader 

 tlian the others. Pod \ in. long.— Meissn. in PL Freiss. i. 55. 



W. Australia. King George's Soiiud, Px,. Brown, A. Cunuhi(/ham, Hitegel, Dnim- 

 'W, and others ; Mount Wiiljciiup, Prass.n. 836. 



5- D. alternifolia, Eudl. in Juu. IFicn. Mus. ii. 199. A slinib or 



luaershrub, with decumbent or asceiulmff stems of 1 to 2 ft., shglitly angul^ir 



«"hI often minutely pubescent. Leaves .-labrous, alternate or rarely opposite 

 ' in threes, linear-oblonjr or oblong-cuneate, rarely obovate-oblong, 1 to 2 

 "J- long, with a sliort rigid point or rarely obtuse, much narrowed below the 

 "JW'l e, ^vith a pair of minute teeth (stipu'les?) near the base, thickly conace- 

 «us. the veins uot luunerous nor very prominent. Peduncles rather longer 

 ^Mn the leaves, bearing an umbel usually of 3 flowers. Bracts usually 3, or- 

 cular, attaining at length nearly 1 in. diameter, fl<' 



Bracts usually 3, or- 



__^ flat or scarcely concave, 



tifoiiZ Calyx pubescent, above 3 



"^les ong, the teeth acuminate, the 2 upper ones broad, truncate and muted. 

 T^'^f} (according to Preiss) flame-coloured ; wings and keel rather shorter, 

 "J^atter purple. Pod about \ in. long.— Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 5o. 



othm". '^'''*T^"*- King George's Sound, Huegel, Brummond, ^ih Coll n. 31 and 

 tl ;"'" ^ll^^".v, Pr.Ls, n. 855 ; K.-Jga.i and King rivers, OUfield T^^ ^°""'" ,'.."; 

 the >1?;" ^'r^"' ••"•« soinetimcs reduced to sn.all realcs, whirh Endhcher considm s 

 bcCe Vam '' '^'■''^"'"""S t''*= "^^^'^'^ =>« pliylloJia; they all Lowc;cr appear to me to 

 ^- ^^>-»ata] Endl. 1. c, from the same loeality.. appears to me. from his description, to he 



