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XL. LEGUMINOS/B. [_FuUe)m. 



\ in. and sometimes only I in. long:, flat or concave, rigid, glabrous, darker- 

 coloured or somewhat silvery imderneath, the midrib rarely visible. Stipules 

 small. Flowers in dense terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves.' 

 Bracts very broad, imbricate, the inner ones 1^ lines long. Bracteoles in- 

 serted on the calyx-tube, ovate or oblong, bifid with a third central subulate 

 lobe. Calyx sdky-villous, 2 to 2i- lines long, the lobes rather shorter tlian 

 the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle. Standard about twice as 

 long as tlie calyx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary villous, tapering into 

 a slender style. Pod 2 lines long or rather more, ovate, acute or rarely ob- 



•""^•-TP^- ^'"°^- "• 1^^ ' H'^^'^- f- ^'1- Tasm. i. 88 ; P. argentea, A. Cuiin. 

 in Pield. N. S. Wales, 347; P . pimeleoldes, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 88. 



• "; ®" "^.'^^^s- I'ort Jackson, R. Brown ; barren rocky hills. Cos's river, A. Cun- 

 ninfiham ; Illawarra, M' Arthur. 



Victoria. Moist, grassy places, Australia Felix, F. Mueller. 



Tr 1 "?^'*.\*' ^oi"' I'alryinple, R. Brovjn ; northern parts of the island. Rocky Cape, 

 ^\ oolnorth, Hampshire Hills, etc., Gunn, J. I). Hooker. 



I his species varies much in the size of the flowers, those of Cunnitigham's specimens are 

 me smallest, those described as P. pimeleoides the largest, but I have been unable to mark 



out distinct varieties. la M'Arthur's specimens they are as larse as in the commou Tas- 

 inanian ones. ■» b 



37. P. aristata, Sieb. in DC. Frod. ii. 112. Branches erect, virgate, 

 glabrous. Leaves crowded, linear, rarely above | in. long, obtuse or acute 

 with a long bristle-like point, which wefJrs off on the lower leaves, concave 

 or with involute margms, darker-coloured underneath, the midrib inconspi- 

 cuous, glabrous or ciliate with a few long hairs. Stipules narrow, rather 

 long appressed or with spreading points. Flowers in dense terminal heads, 

 sessile withm the last leaves and usually not exceeding them. Bracts few, 

 narrow, bihcl. Bracteoles inserted on the calyx-tube and as long as its lobes, 

 linear, cihate vvith long hairs and occasionally with a brown seta in the axil. 

 Lai} X about 4 Imes long ; lobes nearly equal, subulatc-acinuinate, longer 

 than the tube, cdiate or hirsute with long hairs. Standard not half as long 

 agam as the caljx ; kce.l rather shorter, incurved. Ovary hirsute with long 

 hairs ; style slightly dilated downwards. Pod not seen.— lleichb. Icon. Exot. 



t. 195. 



"Wales 



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Port Jackson, Sieber, n. 383, 77. Mixt. n. 555 ; Hlawarra, M'Ari^^- 



38. p. plumosa, Sleh. in DC. Prod. ii. 11]. Branches erect, virgate, 



« --—9 -->'. ".. j^y^. x/uu. n. 11 J. urancncs ereci, vii„""' 



glabrous or silky-hairy. Leaves crowded, narrow-oblong or slightly cuneate, 

 under ^ m. long, obtuse or scarcely mucronate, concave and glabrous above, 



aarker-colourprl unrlprnoafk +l,„ _-.•-! -1 . . ° _n.. oo. 



daiker-coloured underneath, the midrib scarcely conspicuous, usually, es- 

 pecially the upper ones, hirsute with long silky* hairs. Stipules long i^d 

 otten cihate. Flowers m dense terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves, 



with vei7 few bracts besides the stipules of the floral leaves. 



•without any or 



-R.:rV ■^- ' ,7 ''=7 ^^"^ '^•■^^ts besides the stipules of the floral leaver- 

 Biacteoh^s inserted under the calyx, linear, ciliate, with 3 broad stipules- 

 Calyx hirsute or ciliate with soft hairs, 3 lines long or rather more; lobes 

 acuminate longer than the tube, tlie 2 upper ones 'much broader and more 

 united. bt,andard about half as long again as the calyx ; keel shorter. Ovajy 

 with a few long hairs tapering into a subulate style. ' Pod not seen.-E^iclib. 

 Icon. Lxot. t. 193; P. canescem, A. Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales, 316. 



W.S.Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, ^jVi^r,^. (7«««wyi^«- 



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