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94 XL. LEGUMiNos^. [PJiyllota. 



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J. humifusa. Flowers axillary or terminal. Bracteoles often leaf-like, in- 

 serted under the calyx and usually closely pressed to it. Ovary small very 

 villous. ' ^ 



_ The genus is limited to Australia. It difFcrs from LiUwi/nm, which it resembles ia 

 habit, m the revolute. not involute, margins of the leaves, and "in the absence of any stro- 

 phiole ; from Aotus m the presence of bracteoles ; and from both, as well as from all other 

 allied genera, in the tendency to a union of the filaments with the petals. 



Mowers axillary, either along tlie branches or forming apparently 

 terminal leafy heads or spikes. 

 Keel acute. Style bearded upwards on the inner side. 



Flowers J in. long. Pedicels very short . . . ". 1 p barhafa 



Howers \ in. long. Pedicels filiform, 2 or 3 times as long 



as the sinuate leaves on -j- 



xr^ ^ t.\. ^.L '^";''^ • 2. F. gracilis. 



Keel rather obtuse, as long as the standard ; wings much smaller 



Style slender, not bearded, but hairy to the middle . , . ! 3 P Siurin 

 Keel obtuse not longer than the wings. Style glabrous, much 

 dilated below the middle. 



Erect shrub. Mowers usually crowded towards or at the ends' 



01 the branches ^ A P 7 7' ' £ 



Slender procumbent shrub. Flowers few' !!'**' ^ V Vlm^f^^J^^ 



6« P, pleurandroides. 



Flowers sessile, in clusters of leaves, terminating\he* branches or 

 very short axillary branchlets ...... 



Hueg, Fmum. 33, and in Ann. JFien. Mus 



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78. A heath-hke shrub of several ft., with pubescent or villous branches. 

 Leaves Imcar obtuse, rarely exceeding i in., the margins closely revolute, 

 glabrous, scabrous or sparingly hairy. Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly 

 sessde, usually longer than the leaves. Bracteoles leafy, dilated at the base, 

 aslong as or longer than the calyx. Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes acu- 

 mmate rather onger than the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. 

 Petal-claws rather short ; standard more than | in. long, acuminate ; keel 

 nearly as long deeply coloured, rather narrow, incurved and acute or acumi- 

 nate ; wmgs shorter and imrrower. Five at least of the filaments adnate to 

 the petal-claws at the base. Style dilated downwards, longitudinally fringed 

 fiom the muldle upwards, and on the inner side with dense white woolly hairs. 

 Pod ovoid-oblong, turgid, 2 to 3 lines long. Seeds not seen.-Meissn. in Pi. 



Preiss. i. 59. 



whfchthav; iTl- '"^ ^""; *^°«<=- 1S^3, i. 267, from the same district. GMerf, n. 255, 



«nd'v!!;^^''P^l^"''^-.V'- ^"^^- ^^''- 1853, i. 267. Brandies Ion- 

 rarelv aTovfl''!- "^^ ^"'^ " '^''' pubescence. Leaves linear, obtuse, 

 Flowers fel ni fivT "^^^'mi^^' '^'"^''' '^^''^y ^^^ol^^^e. hoary-pubescent. 

 Brarteolernvl u"'"" ""'^^"''y P^^''^^'^' ^ to 3 times as long as the leaves, 

 fhan fts tuh^ V • "Tr^' ^''^''^' '^"^'^ »«der the ca^x and shorter 



W th.n ti,. uf"" ""Tf?^ ^''''^' "^°"t li ^="«« J°"g. the lobes rather 

 lb° S Jndnrd pi l' ^"' '^'' ^- "^P^^ ^"^^ ""'t^^ into a truncate upper 

 iip. Standard 2j lines long; wings shorter; keel nearly as long as the 



their base. . Style thickened downwards, incurved attenuate and pubescent 



