80 XL. LLGL'MINOSJ), * [Duvlem. 



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lar. Leaves sessile, broadly cordate, tapering into a pungent point, imder 



\ in. long, tliiclcj with a prominent midrib, but otherwise veinless. Flowers 



1 to 3 in the axils, on slender pedicels of 1 to 3 lines. Bracts very small. 



Calyx nearly 2 lines long, the turbinate base short; teeth very short, the 3 



xipper ones broad, truncate, and united. Petals twice as long as the calyx, 



the keel nearly as long as the others, much incurved, obtuse. Pod not 

 seen. 



VST. Australia. Between Swan River and Cape Riche, Harvey ; sandy plains near 

 Belganip, Oldjield. AUied to the eastern D. squarrosa^ but much more rigid, with larger, 

 broader, less acuminate leaves, and the flowers twice the size, with a much more distinct 

 upper lip to the calyx. 



DrTunmondi 



A rigid, glabrous 



shrub, the young branches prominently angled. Leaves numerous, rarely 

 exceeding \ in., obovate or obovate-oblong, tapering into a recurved pungent 

 point, nan-owed at the base, but sessile, very rigid, with nerve-like margins 

 and a prominent midrib, but otherwise veinless, often folded lengthwise. 

 Flowers h\y together in axillary clusters, on pedicels of 2 to 3 lines, slightly 

 thickened at the top. Calyx nearly \\ lines long, the turbinate base very 

 sliort, the teeth rather sbort, the 2 upper ones truncate and united. Petals 



rather acute, but not beaked. Pod not seen. 



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Swan River, Drummond, n. 227 ; near Kojouerup, Oldjield. 



26. p. filipes, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 363. Branches slender, 

 terete, virgate, softly hirsute in our specimens as well as the leaves. Leaves 

 oblong or oval-oblong, shortly puno'cnt-pointcci, luider \ in. long, veinless 

 except the uiidrlb. Tlowers solitary or 2 together, on filiform pedicels about 

 as long as the leaves. Bracts rery small. Calyx 1|- to 1| lines long, the 

 turbinate base rather short, the teeth short, the 2 upper ones broad, truacale, 

 tmd united. Standard twice as long as the calyx; keel rather shorter, in- 

 curved, obtuse. Potl only seen young. 



Queensland. On the Marauoa river, Mitchell. 



_ 27. D. squarrosa, Sm. in Ann. Bot. i. 507, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 IX. 257. A glabrous or pubescent shrub, with slciuler terete or slightly an- 

 gular branches. Leaves numerous, sessile, spreading or rellcxed, corda'te or 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, mostly 3 to 4 lines long, 

 vemless except the prominent midrib. Flowers small, solitary or 2 together, 

 on pedicels of 2 to 3 lines, with a few minute bracts at their base. Calyx 

 about 1 hue long, the turbinate base very short, the teeth rather short, the 2 

 upper ones broader and shortly united, but not forming a truncate upper lip. 

 btandard twice as long as the calyx ; keel rather shorter, much incurved, 

 obtuse. Pod about 5 lines long.— DC. Prod. ii. 114. 



_Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, li. Brown, Sieier, n. 348, anJ 

 The calyx ,s that of I) uhcma, from which this species is chiefly distinguished by 

 aciinauate leaves, tlu' slfiul^^r nf.j;««i. «»,i al^ _t ' ,. ., % i.r. 



others. 



41 . , • \ \ M , "— , *.-j*ii HU[i;u iiiis species IS cnieny aisiiiisi 



Ihe very acumuiate leaves, the slender pedicels, and the abscuce of thornv Lrauches 



Var. wy^ra Branches and younger leaves pubescent or wWlons.—D.villifera, A. Cnnn.; 

 Henth. m Ana. Wieii. Mas. u. 76. "^ 



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