} 



Gadrolohium.l xl. leguminos.e, 103 



and often glaucous. Racemes terminal or in tlie upper axils, with few large 

 flowers in distant pairs or whorls of 3. Bracts larj^er and more membra- 

 nous than m any other species, ovate, concave, often 4 or 5 lines long, be- 

 SKles a long point. Calyx 5 to nearly 6 lines long, the lobes rather lonoer 

 fiau the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, rounded at the end, and united above 

 ine middle._ Standard about f in. diameter ; keel deeply coloured, rather shorter 

 mail the wings. Ovary on a very short stipes.— Mei'ssn. in PI. Preiss. i. 69. 



God^^h^Tfw^p" .^"''''1 J^'J"-' Drummond, \st Coll. and n. 203; Jfount Bakewelland 

 the York-TJ Tp *' ""' "'""^ ^"^' Blackwood river, Oldjield, where it is ki.owQ as 



t!ie York-Road Poison. 



25. G. Callistachys. Melss 



2 or 3 ft., with 



An erect shrub, of 



or d tt., vvith virgate branches, minutely and closely silky-pubescent. 



eaves like those of Oxyloblum lineare, alternate or irregularly' verticillate, 

 iiear, obtuse or sometimes refuse, and minutely mucronulate, 1 to 2 in. long, 

 iidi or With recurved ■mnvm'no rrl-il->v^„o ^_ .;ii,„ «,.k^„^^^* „„j ^.l 



yr wuu recurved margins, glabrous or silky-pubescent underneath, 

 iowers rather large, in terminal racemes of 3 to 4 in. Bracts not seen, 

 ^a yx silky-pubescent, fully 3 lines long, the 2 upper lobes broadly falcate, 

 „ "i *^«[ceiy connate. Standard nearly twice as long as the calyx ; wings 

 dua keel scai-cely shorter. Ovary stipitate, with a rather thick style. Pod 

 P f. ^ ™*i« ^f'ng. broadly ovoid, scarcely acute, on a stipes of 1^ lines.— 

 ^. iwmre, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 30 (leaves scarcely narrower, calvx 

 rather less pubescent). ^ 



and ^In''^?•^*''*^**' ^*^^^ '^'ner, Drummond, Srd Coll. n. 90, Cook ; between Moore 

 asonP .e7u^°^ "'■^''^' ^>«»"'iond, 6/A Coll. n. 25 ; Kalgan woods, Oldjield. This is sent 

 one of the Swan River poison-plants. ' ' 



lea^ ' 1^*1 ^^i^^^^'^y^^^"^' '^'"'^^- ^" ^"^^- ^^°-^^- 1853, i. 275. An erect, 

 ^eav 1 ' vi'^gate than G. Callistachys, {\xq branches [saky-"i'bp«r'<>nt. 



dves alternate or irregularly verticillate, linear, obtuse, with a mi 



-pubescent, 

 minute point. 



^'lien * ^^' ''^' ^^'^^''^ lengthwise or the margins involute, silky-pubescent 

 (lensp^°h"^' '"'V^"?'^^ glabrous, transversely reticulate. Racemes cylindrical, 

 21 li ' ^ , ^' 1 1"- lonj?- Bracts small, narrow. Calyx silky-pubescent, 2 to 

 dard n^iT'^' *''^ ^^PP^^ ^^^"^^ broader, obtuse, united to the middle . Stan- 

 stanrl ^^^^^ ^^ ^°"^ ^^ ^^^ calyx ; lower petals not much shorter than the 

 «am. Ovary shortly stipitate. Pod not seen. 



■ Australia, Drummond, Uh Coll. n. 52. 



27 o 

 '"'mbiin^'n ''t^*^^®^^^™^ ^'^'^^^^- ^" ^'■^^*' "Sid shnib, very much re- 

 Branch'' ^^''^^'■"■^ parvlfloruw, but \vith thicker and more rigid leaves.' 



'Ws ?n,.!"°"^f^' ^'^''•y "^ioLitely silky-pubescent. Leaves opposite or in 



"'''"'" "" ' " " - -' • long, very 



,.v.u- tl • "o ^"^' g.au.uu, ui »..««.wv >^-v i^n'jescent when 



cempf „r/ ^^"® °^*^" scarcely conspicuous. Flowers small, in terminal ra- 



'Ws n °"'^^' ^^'7 minutely silky-pubescent. Leaves opp( 

 ri^id ' °f^'^°;^-oWong, obtuse, with a minute point, i to l^ in. 

 ^Ixx^^T.^ ^'^^d^d lengthwise, glabrous or minutely silky-pubei 

 •seines ' of iT"^ °^*^" scarcely conspicuous. Flowers small, in t( 

 "PPer'ln ^ y ^"- ^^^^^ sparingly pubescent, about 2 lines long, the 2 

 calyx. 1 ""^"^^^ "^''^^^ ^0 the top. Standard about twice as long as the 

 loiitr ' p^^j^^ P^tf»'s shorter, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary-stipes rather 

 ine '^•■0^% ovoid, obtuse, 2 to 2^ lines long, on a stipes of about 



Uin 



32. 



