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Piillencea.] XL. LEGUMiNOS.i:. 127 



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39. P. viscosa, R. Br. Herh. An erect slirub of 3 to 4 ft. ; brandies 

 virgate, terete, pubescent or villous. Leaves linear, acute or nearly so, \ to 

 f in. long, concave, glabrous or silky-jjubescent underneath, tlie midrib ob- 

 tuse or slightly prominent. Stipules subulate, with recurved points. Flowers 

 in terminal heads, sessile within the last leaves, though each flower is shortly 

 pedicellate. Bracts scarcely longer than the pedicels. Bracteoles inserted 

 under the calyx, ovate-lanceolate, rather large. Calyx villous, nearly 3 lines 

 long, lobes lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to 

 the middle. Standard half as long again as the calyx; lower petals rather 



snorter. Ovaiy villous ; style subulate. Pod ovate, acuminate, about 3 lines 

 long. 



N. S. Wales. Paramatta, R. Brown, Wool Is ; southern districts?, Mossmtzn ; Wom- 

 baya Ranges, F. Mueller. 



Victoria. Mount Sturgeon, Roherlson. 



From R. Brown's name, it would appear that the plant is more or less viscitl when fresh. 

 l^nis character does not show ia the dried specimens seen eitlier iu his or other herbaria, 

 "e species is closely allied to P. liibbert'ioides, but the leaves appear to be constantly open 

 on the upper side, not slender and terete as in the latter species. 



40. P. echinula. Slab, in DC. Prod. ii. 112 (spelt ecJnnata in Spreng. 

 sjst. Cur. Post. 173). Apparently a straggling shrub, the older brandies 

 denuded of leaves and tid)erculate or echinate with the remains of their pe- 

 tioles. Leaves crowded on the youngjpr branches, often incurved, linear-terete, 

 flinost subulate, mucronate, rarely exceeding \ in., channdled above by the 

 involute margins, often tuberculate outside and soraetiines hirsute with soft 

 «airs. Stipules rather long. Flowers In dense heads, sessile within the last 

 jenves, with few bi'acts besides the stipules of the floral leaves. Bracteoles 

 inserted under the calyx, oblong or lanceolate. Calyx 2^ lines long, glabrous 

 <jf mi-iutc] lobes lanceolate, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Stan- 

 ji'irtl not twice as long as the calvx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary vil- 

 lous ; style subulate. Podnot seen.— Reichb. Icon. Exot.t. 19G. 



Qiieensland. Brishane river. J'w.ser .^ . , 



"• S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Monntains, Sieber, n. 3S4, E. Cunmvgham. 

 yi; 7,'' ^ ^Pe'-'imens have the uiJi.cr leaves more hairy than W. Cunningham's, whilst in the 

 and I'l, f '"'■^'^ ^' """"«' ^^Ji't^h in Sicbor's is glabrous. Eraser's specimen is past flower 

 'le leaves are nearly smooth, but all appear to belong to the same species. 



41- P. hibbertioides, Jlooh. f. Fl. Tasm. I 89. A much-branched 

 *ffuse shrub, forming large bushes of 1 to 2 ft., u.ore or less clothed wi h 

 T^ f ? spreading hairs. Leaves linear-terete, obtuse or shortly actUe, mostly 

 J^t \ lu. long, dianndlcd above by the involute margins, glabrous, pu- 

 ; scent or softly villous. Stipules with long subulate points, llowers not 

 J«»erous, iu dense heads, sessile amongst the last leaves, but each flower on 

 Pedied of 1 Ibe or rather more. Biacts imbricate, bifid, the inner ones 

 /e 2 lines long, usually striate. Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, 

 2^cave and keded, at least as long as the calyx. Calyx 2 to 2i lines long ; 



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abo 



]nl>. \^ n^ccitu, at least as ions as lue caiyx. v>iu^^ -^ -- --^ — ^ - 



;, ; all actite or acuminate, the 2 upper oiies rather broader. Standard 

 fi ^"■'''^ «« lo»S 'IS the calyx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary vil- 

 'ojs, tivpering into a subulate style. Pod rather narrow, acute or acuminate, 

 ' '<> 3 lines lon<r ^ 



•ctoria. BuffiJo ranges, ^. A/«f//^r. 



