74 XL. LEGUMiNos^. IDaviesia, 



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J 



the same species, in which the leaves of the side branches are occasionally ternately verti- 

 cillate. 



6. D. elongata^ Be?it/i. A glabrous shrub or unclershrub, with a.scend- 

 iwr angular stems, of ^ ft. or more. Leaves alternate, the lowest sometimes 

 obloug-cuneate, the others linear or linear-oblong, obtiise or with a short 

 callous point, 2 to 4 or even 5 in. long, thickly coriaceous, obscurely veined, 

 luu-rowed at the base, but without stipular teeth. Peduncles shorter'than the 

 leaves, bearing an umbel of 2 or 3 flowers, with 2 narrow-oblong or linear- 

 cuneatc bracts, not so long as the flower, but probably enlarging afterwards. 

 PloAvcrs apparently like those of D, oppositl/olia, the calyx quite glabrous, 

 with very short teeth. Truit not seen. ' » 



W- Australia, Lrummond, 2nd ColL n, 136. The species is evidently allied to, but 



distinct from />. opposiiifolia, although the specimens are not good enough for a full descrip- 

 tion. 



Series II. Umbellat^e.— Flowers umbellate at the ends of the pedun- 

 cles. Bracts all small and not enlarging. Leaves flat, horizontal, usually 

 small and rigid with pungent points. 



dunciilata 



A low 



shrub, the short slender terete branches occasionally pubescent. Leaves gla- 

 brous, oblonij; or alnriost linear, narrowed at both ends with a fine pungent 

 point, i to I in. long, ratlier thick, rigid, scarcely veined besides the midrib. 

 Peduncles slender, glabrous, much longer than the leaves or rarely about their 

 length, bearing a terminal umbsl of 3 to 6 flowers, and rarely a single flower 

 lower down. Bracts very small. Pedicels longer than the calyx, articulate 

 at some distance from it, and thickened above the articulation. Calyx \\ 

 Jmes long, without tlie narrow-turbinate stipitifonn base, the teeth short and 

 obtuse the 2 upper ones truncate and united. Standard twice as long as 

 tlie calyx, lower petals rather shorter. Pod only seen young.— Meissn-. in PI. 

 Preiss. .1. 53. ^ ^ o 



W.Australia. Swan River, Drimmond, \st Coll. and n. 229: Darling Range, 

 JrrfiisSj n. 1043. ' " 



Var minor. Leaves linear, not pungent, Konkoberup hills, Prehs, n. 1154 (I have not 



seen fnp «nprMmpnc\ i » > \ 



8. p. moUis, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 263. A shrub, apparently 

 decumbent, the branches leaves and peduncles in their ori'nnal form hirsute, 

 with soft spreading hairs. Leaves rather crowded, obovate, obtuse, with a 

 short often pungent pohit, i to f in. long, thick, coriaceous, not much veineJ 

 besides the midrib. Peduncles usually exceeding the leaves, bearing an umbel 

 of 3 ov rarely 4 or 5 flowers. Bracts minute. Pedicels about 2 lines long, 

 articulate a little below the calyx and there dilated into a rin<r Calvx 2 lines 

 long, pubescent, the teeth nearly as long as the tube, acuminate, the 2 upper 

 ones broad, tnmcate and united. Standard nearly twice as long as the 

 calyx ; keel shorter, much incurved, almost rostrate. Filaments less unequal 

 than in the preceding species. Pod about A in. long and broad. 



•W.A 



Ma.rurell. 



Var. mluor. Softly pul.c.cn.t or glab.uus. Leaves uuder I in. long, from broadly ob 



