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Gastrolobium.l xL. leguminos.e. 



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sfle with the 2 ovules at the base of the cavity. Style nearly straii?ht. Pod 

 sessile, acute, enclosed in the calyx. Seeds strophiJlate. 



W. Australia, Drummond, n. 212 j in tlie interior, Preiss, n. 839. 



11. G. obovatnm, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Riv. Jpp. 14. Branches 

 ratuer slender, tomentose-pubescent. Leaves more scattered than in most 

 species, from obovate to rhomboidal, under 1 in. Ion- tapering more or less 

 into a pungent point, narrowed below the middle, folded lengthwise, coriace- 

 ous reticulate, glabrous. Flowers axiUarj', in rather loose clusters, like those 

 01 Ix. spathulatum. Calyx about 2 lines long, silky- villous, the 2 upper lobes 

 united above the middle. Standard twice as long as the calyx; keel-petals 

 often free. Ovary on a rather long stipes. Pod not seen. 



Bak^^lf^P^**'*^'*'o„®'^''" River, D,«»?M«;?^, 1*^ Coll., also n. 74 and 206; Mount 

 i>ake«eil, Prem, n. 874 and (according to Meissuer) «. 800 in part. 



s]/5" ^'. «Pacridioides, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 72. A tall shrub, with 



naer, virgate, loosely villous branches. Leaves numerous, very spreading, 

 ovate, acuminate, with a pungent point. 4 to 8 lines long, coriaceous, very 

 ngici, shmuio above, glabrous, coarsely reticulate. Stipules none. Flowers 

 axiJJary, loosely clustered. Calyx silky-villous, nearly 3 lines long, the lobes 

 acute or acuminate, the 2 upper ones slightly uiiited'at the base. Standard 



Sh ,r^^^? ^^"° ^^ tlie ca'yx ; keel deeply coloured. Ovary shortly, but 

 iiiclJy stipitate. Pod ovoid, acute, about Z lines long, transversely veined, 

 loosely hairy. Seeds not seen. o, i > 



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George's S — 7 1 ^'^mmona,n. iVB; Darling Kange, Eraser, freiss, n. «3V ; Mng 



ound, Maclean, The' species is in many respects allied to Oxylohlum aculum. 



no/ ^ ' ^' *'^^®^^«»» dentil . in Lindl. Swan Riv. Jpp .13. Much-branched, 

 loii- t ""*' ^"'^ ^"'^^ glabrous. Leaves rhoinboidal or 3-lobed, i to 1 in. 

 oate" "^^^^."o ^^^^ ^ pungent point, the lateral lobes or angles veiy divari- 

 verv u°'"^i'''™^^ lanceolate, almost as in Oxi/lobium staurojphjllum, sometimes 

 Ienu4! ^^^ ^^^ short, always ending in pungent points, the leaf usually folded 

 prom'^^'^f' ^^^^ coriaceous, often glaucous, the fine reticulations scarcely 

 leaves"^ r "^^""'.^^'^ ^'^^' i" ^oose axillary racemes not usually exceeding the 

 lower i I, ''^^ 'l"'^*^ glal)rous or minutely pubescent, 2 to 2^ lines long, the 

 Irunp i' '''^"*^' ^^"^ ^ "PP*^^' ""''^ broad, united above the middle into a 

 petals "T"' ^^P" ^'^n^^'^i'^i a'^out twice as long as the calyx ; the lower 

 ' "'r^yy '""s long, the keel not so deeply coloured as in some species. 

 ^ stipitate. Pod not seen.— Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 66. 



Pisces nfrtvir"*" ^^"""^ nhcr, Drummojid, Ut Coll. and n. 87 (or 187?); sterile 

 ^eemosa }l It^^^' ^''^^^' ^' ^-^- ^''^ inflorescence is sometimes almost that of the 



> out the racemes are short and rarely more than 4-flowered. 



shrub t?* ^^^^*^*>li^m» Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 67. A tall, rather stout 

 cuneaf i ^f""" branches softly pubescent or villous. Leaves from nan-ow- 

 WlerH ^'^^^^y elliptical, li to 2 i in. long, obtuse acute or truncate, 

 very nr ■^^P*^^^'''^'.V above the middle, by a few pungent teeth, sometimes 

 ''rous p^"-"^"^ ^"d undulate, the leaf entire and tapering at the base, gla- 

 StinnlV 'T""^' smooth above, penniveined and finely reticulate underneath, 

 villous 2 t ^°"°- I^'l^wers axillary, densely clustered. Calyx silky- 

 ' * to 2i lilies long, the 2 upper loLes slightly united at the base. 



