Damesia.] XL. leguminos^. 75 



ovate or orbicular to iiarrow-obovaf c or oblong, or iu some specimens all oblong ; nan'owcd 

 at both euds, or almost lanceolate. Flowers smaller, with the calyx-teeth less acaminate 

 tlianiu the ordinary form.— Z). lancifoiia, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc, 1853, i. 263. Brnmmond, 

 hill Coll. n, 28, and sfippl. n. 23 ; W. Mount Barren, McurwelL Besides the shorter leaves, 

 tMs may be always distinguished from B. pednnculaia by the very short base of the calyx 

 aud by the truncate dilatation of the pedicel. 



9. D. concinna, R. Br. Ihrb. Branches elongated, slender, sliglilly 

 angular-pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, tapering into a pungent 

 point, not exceeding \ in., almost veinless except tlie midrib. Flowers small, 

 in umbels of 3 or 4, on a common peduncle about as long as the leaves. 

 Bracts very small. Pedicels slender, 2 to 4 lines long. Calyx about 1 line 

 rorig. Petals and pod of 2). iimMliilata, from which the species differs 

 chiefly in the broad, less coriaceous leaves, and more umbellate inflorescence. 



Queensland. Rock hills. Pine Port, IL Brown. 



«. S. Wales. Hastings river, Beckler {herb. R, Br, and F, MiielL). 



Sekies hi. Racemos.'e. — Flowers racemose, the common rhachis elon- 

 gated, either flowering from the base, or the pedicels crowded towards the 

 f^tl, but not so distinctly umbellate as in the 1st and 2nd series. Bracts 

 small, under the pedicels, or the lower ones at the base of the peduncle with- 

 out flowers. Leaves flat, horizontal, obtuse or more or less pointed in the 

 first 2 or 3 species. 



^ 10. D. umbellulata, Sm. in Ann, Bat, I 507, and in Trans. Linn. Sac 

 I^* l^^' ^ slender much-branched shrub, i^hibrous or sparingly pubescent, 

 the branches snlcate. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, i to | in. long, 

 "gJcl with a pungent point, 1-nervcd, flat, not reticulate. Racemes in some 

 specimens shorter than the leaves, in others twice as Ions:, flowering from the 

 «JKl(IIe upwards or at the end oidy. Pedicels usually 2 to 3 lines. Bracts 

 Ji^out i hnc long. Calvx about 1 line long, the teeth short and obtuse, the 

 ^^^0 upper ones broad,\riincate and united nearly to the top. Petals twice 

 f ong as the calyx. Pod about 5 lines long.— Z>. racemulosa, DC. Prod. a. 

 ^^^(h'oui the character given). 



.JjJJ^^^^and, Peele's Island, .Aloreton Bay, Fraser, J. Cunningham; Wide Bay, 



Sidwill, 



. K- S, Wales 



This 



and 



don 

 V 



■nges 



te speeie, has considerable affinity on the on.- Laud with the western ^- ^^^'"^^f'f?' 

 gated ''"'^ ^''"''^ spcciineus of D. ulicina in which the inflorescence is slightly 



ir/'''!' ''^'■'^^^Ws9hort.-ZJ.j««i.>.m, A. Cunn.; Benth. •» ^•'"; ^^f'/^; ":; jl 

 E ^ tm'V'"'^^. ^"'^ g-««y ^-^^^^-^ ^''^ C.^'^^-.on^. river. N of Bathurst A Cun^un^ 

 teeTh of n* '^"^"' ^"^ ^^^ ^^^^t of D. squarrosa. with the leaves of J). uhct»a b"t the p'tr 

 C° "'«/''Iyx are more united and truncate, and the inflorescence is evidently a aduccd 

 "'"1 ot that of 7) «.„/,./7../... 



,1 J" "'^ »iiuic Ulll 



^^^^ oi B. umbellulata. 



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