120 XL. LEOUMiNos^. . [PulkncEa. 



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V^. Australia. King George's Sound, 3IenzieSy R, Brown^ Iliiegel, Drumraond^ 2nd 

 ColL n. 108 ; Sussex district, Stirling Terrace and near Albany, Preiss, n. 833, 847, and 

 848 ; Kalgan and Vasse rivers, Oldjield, 



. 20. P. ochreata, Memn. in PL Preiss, i. 75, and ii. 219. A tall erect 

 slirub allied to P. reticulata^ the branclies much more slender, glabrous or 

 minutely pubescent. Leaves obovate oblong or almost liiiear, very obtuse, 

 rarely above \ in. long, rigid, concave with flat margins, glabrous and strongly 

 reticulate on both sides, the midrib prominent underneath. Stipules rather 

 broad. Flowers of P, reticulata^ but rather smaller, solitary and terminal 

 Bracts not 1 line long. Bracteoles immediately under the calyx, short, nearly 

 orbicular. Calyx broad not above 2 lines long, the lobes very acute but not 

 pungent. Ovary villous; style filiform. Pod villous, broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 3 to 4 lines long, the valves coriaceous and turgid. 



VT. Australia, Brummond, %nd Coll. w. 107 ; WeUington district, Preiss, n. 103S. 



21. P. aspalathoides, Meissn, in PL Preiss, i. 73, audil 219. A shrub 

 of 2 or 3 ft., the branches terete, silky-pubescent when young. Leaves dis- 

 tant along the branches, crowded on the smaller branchlets and round the 

 flowers, narrow-linear, i to f in. long, rigid, tapering to a fine point, but 

 scarcely pungent, concave, glabrous or hirsute witli soft fine hairs, strongly 

 reticulate on both sides, the midrib prominent underneath. Stipules narrow. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together, almost sessile within a dense 

 tuft of floral leaves, with a very few ovate concave bracts. Bracteoles imme- 

 diately under the calyx, oblong, concave. Calyx silky-villous, nearly 2 lines 

 long ; lobes acute, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Standard more 

 than twice as long as the calyx ; lower petals rather shorter, the keel much 

 incurved. Ovary villous; style filiform. Pod broadlv ovate, almost acute, 

 about 2 lines long, much flatter than in P. reticulata. * 



W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Broicv, and others, Bmmmond, Srd Coll- 

 «. 96; near Albany, Freiss, n. 83S, and 1195 ; near Mount Barker, Maxwell; WUsous 

 luJet, Oldjield, 



Section III. Euchilus.— Leaves all or mostly opposite or ia whorls of 



three, flat or concave, or in some species the margins slightly recurved, often 

 l-_or 3-ncrved or penniveined, somewhat reticulate in a few species. Flowers 

 axillary or crowded at the ends of the branches. Two upper lobes of the 

 calyx much larger than the others. Ovary often contracted at the base into 

 a very short stipes. Style often broad at the base. 



The opposite or verticillate leaves, the remarkable development of the upper lobes of the 

 calyx, the much dilated base of the style and shortly stipitate ovary, all characters more pronu- 

 nent in this ttian in any other section, might have justified the retaining it as a distinct genus, 

 did they aU generally accompany each other in the same species, but each one is most pro- 

 minent in a difTerent species, and each one may be traced in almost as great a degree in some 

 one or more species belonging to other sections. 



22 P.-obcordata, Benih. An erect much-branched shrub, the young 

 branches tomentose-pubescent. Leaves opposite or in whorls of three or 

 scattered, broadly obovate or obcorJate, 2 to 4 or rarely 5 lities long, "^^"^ 

 obtuse truncate or emarginate, coriaceous, rigid, softly pubescent when yoa"?. 

 at length nearly glabrous and obscurely reticulate above, tomeutose-pnljescei« 

 underneath with the margins slightl/ recurved. Stipules minute. Flowers 



