Fultenm.] XL. leguminos.e. , 121 



ill the upper axils or forming a short terminal leafy head. Bracteolcs imme- 

 diately mider the calyx, small, linear. Calyx pubescent, 2 to 2^ hues long, 

 the tube very short, the 2 upper lobes large, ohovate, obtuse, the lower ones 

 much shorter, linear- lanceolate, ciliate. Standard half as lonsr airain as the 



t> "to 



calvx; lower petals rather shorter, the keel deeply coloured. Ovary villous, 

 contracted at the base but scarcely stipitate. Pod ovate, flattened, as long as 

 ih Cii]yx.—I!uckiliis ohcordatiis,\. Br. in Ait, Hort. Kew. ed. 2. iii. 17; 

 Lodd. Bot. Bab. t. 60; Bot. Eeg. t. 403 ; Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. 72. 



V ' ^^stralia. King George's Sound, R. Brown^ Baxter, Drummond, and others, 

 Freiss, n, 804 ^ and from theiice along the coast eastward to the Great Bight, 3Ia:twelL 



23. P. rotundifolia, Benfh, A diffuse shrub, with slender terete pu- 

 bescent branches. Leaves smnll but not crowded, opposite, broadly obovate 

 or orbicular, very obtuse, 1 or rarely 1^ lines long, the margins recurved, 

 glabrous above when full-grown, strigose or hirsute underneath with a pro- 

 Jiunent midrib. Stipules small. Flowers small, on filiform pedicels often \ 

 in. long. ^ Bracteoles immediately under the calyx, linear-subulate. Calyx 

 aWit 2 lines long, slightly pubescent, the tube very short, 2 upper lobes 

 large, obovate or oblong, somewhat falcate, the lower ones much shorter, nar- 

 row-lauccolate. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; lower peUils shorter, 

 tne keel deeply coloured. Ovary shortly stipitate. Pod rather longer than 

 ™ calyx, obliquely ovate, the valves i\im.—Enchilus rotmidi/oUus, Turcz. in 

 l^ull. Mosc. 1853, i. 277 ; Enchilus crini^odm, F, Muell. Fragm. i. 145. 



W. Australia, Dmm^nond, Ith CoIL n. 78; E. Mount Barren, PhilliiJS and Fitz- 

 gerald ranges, MaxwelL 



, 24. P, calyciua, Benth, Branches minutely hoary-pubescent. Leaves 

 Regularly opposite or in whorls of three, oblong-linear or slightly cimeate, 

 obtuse, 4 to 6 lines long, rigid, slightly concave, the midrib prominent and 

 jhe veins more or less reticulate underneath, glabrous or with a few silky 

 ™rs when young. Stipules small. Flowers in the upper axils or in a short 

 jemiinal leafy head, on pedicels of about 1 line, with small stipular bracts, 

 ^ructeoles immediately under the calyx, narrow, concave. Calyx hairy. 3 to 

 ^ ii|^es long, the 2 upper lobes large, obovate-oblong, very obtuse, the lower 



Standard broad, rather longer 



^- Australia, Dr 



nmmoyid^ hth ColL ». 75. 



br u ^P^^^losa, BeniJi. Much branched and apparently diffuse, the 

 yinchlets slightly hairy. Leaves opposite, crowded, lanceolate, with a fine 

 J^ost pungent point, 3 to 4 lines long, rigid, concave, keeled and trans- 

 Ion rp^^c^late, glabrous or with a few long hairs. Stipules often 2 lines 

 "p Flowers in the upper axils on very short pedicels, Bracteoles close 

 l" '1^ the calyx, long, linear- subulate, ciliate. Calyx nearly 3 lines long, 

 J.'7 f ^^ii-y, the tube very short ; 2 upper lobes large, oblong, with fine 

 F mts lower ones much shorter, lanceolate-subulate, ciliate. Petals scarcely 

 ' '^^^ing the calvx ; the keel dark-coloured. Ovary villous, contracted into 



