^^^^^•1 XL. LEGUMlNOS.il. 



91 



•A bushy heatli-like shrub, the branches terete, often long and viro-ate usuallv 

 densely tomentose or softly villous, rarely hoary or almost ^labrmis Leaves 

 narrow-hnear or rarely oblong, obtuse or with recurved points, 3 to 6 lines 

 Jong the margins closely revolute, glabrous or pubescent above when young, 

 rte under surface pubescent, but usually concealed. Flowers yellow, with a 

 CLT '^''^-f'''''.f keel, axillary, solitary or In clusters of 2 or 3, often 

 tomiug long eafy spikes or racemes below the ends of the branches. Pedi- 



wt°f 'fl' ?,'*', T ^'•^'ct^o'^s- Calyx pubescent or villous, li lines 



ng or rather more, the obes as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones biiader. 



S^-n I T "^ *°/^ ^"'^^^"^- ^''''"■^''^ *"-^^« '^^ ^«i^ ^' the calyx 

 On f S; ; , I Pfi^'' "'"'^y •'^^ ^°"S' the keel incurved, very obtuse. 

 .SL'^'P^l'^f- ^.P^'i 2 to 2i lines long, somewhat turgid. Seeds not stro- 



K f~ri"*rr^^"-.*- 9^9; DC. Prod. ii. 108; Lodd Bot. Cab. t. 1353; 



iZl'!'- h T- '• ^^ ' ^«^^«'''^« ^il^osa, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 309 ; Tul- 



4?f ';7'^f ' Ve«t. Jard. Malm. t. 35 ; Davlesla ericoide,, Pers. Syn. i. 



»*; Aotmferruginea, Labill. PL Nov. Holl. i. 104, t. 132; Jotus ericoides, 



viv . ^'^t- "• 12^ • Pidteium rosmarinifoUa and P. viroata. Sieb. 



^i _iixs. ; Aotus virgata, ])C. Prod. ii. 108. • 



and othTrs ■ P.?r+^^; i^"""* ^'"-^.T' ^- ^'"""''^ ^''^"'' «. 387, 389; Fl. Mixt. n. 581, 

 otners, Port Stephens and Tllawarra, M' Arthur. ' 



etc., V Miller ^^^^^ ^^ wooded valleys and heath ground, Gipps' Land, near Brighton, 



Tasm 



^ound / ^^Jj j^^^ abundant throughout the island, occasionally covering many acres of 



in 



they are full T*^ ^^^ specimens the leaves are all short and broad, almost ovate, in othera 

 ^^-s^, aud with th^' \' ^^'^^'^ ^"*^ nearly glabrous, but obtuse, as iu other forms of ^. vlU 

 ^Jien the bud ^ ^^ ^^^ species. Minute truncate bracts may occasionally be seen, 



— «'to auorr • Branches short, divaricate and often spinescent* 



'^^k. and othm °^^^°^''~^" *1^^ Murray Desert, on the Wimmera, etc., F. Mueller, Dal- 



ttoto n °^?** ■^^"^^- ^^ ^^^^^^- Trap. Auslr. 236. Nearly allied to J. 



Var 7„/ • "■' '^^ J'*^* °"'y ^ li"e long. 



Cs swf '"'f '"*• Closely to.„e,.tuse. 

 V^-s snort and narrnw i« 4t.„ at 



^lllom. 



*to sV ^'!"^^*^® densely vclvcty-tomcntose. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 ^onieuto ^^^ I ^' ^^^ margins revolute, softly pubescent above, densely nisty- 

 reo^im- , ^^^^^^y^^eath. Mowers clustered in the axils, often arranged in ir- 

 ^^y de ^\ ^vliorls, nearly sessile. Bracts about 1 line long, truncate, 



Petals not l^*^^^' ^'^^^^ villous, nearly 2 lines long, the lobes nearly equal. 

 Ovarv sh iT *^^ ^^ ■'^^^^ *'*^ ^'*^ calvx, the keel dark and veiy much incurved, 

 ^fi'ophiolate ^^^^^^^^'^' ^^^ ^'^^^^^ l^^S^i' than in J, villosa. Seeds not 



^' S "wlill^" -^i^*" ^'^^ Mantuan Downs to the Maranoa, Mitchell 

 ^•^'8 may prove t*K England, C. 5/««r/; Clarence river, Beekler, It is possible that 



*^^aracters th ^ variety of A, villom, but, besides the indumentum and other minor 



' more regular calyx appears to be constant. 



4 A Tk ■ 



ascendinc ^^^®^"> il/"m*«. in PL Preisa. ii. 214. A low shrub, with 

 Wes \a^ ^^^f stems, apparently not exceeding 1 ft., pubescent or hirsute, 

 '^'^rous T' ^ ^"^*^' ^^1'% »^ove | in. long, the margins much revolute, 



'"rsute. Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered, as in A. mllosa. 



