130 XL. LEGUMiNOSJ::, \Piiltenm, 



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Bracteoles inserted under the calyx, oblong, acute. Calyx 2|- lines long, gla- 

 brous or with a few long hairs ; lobes lanceolate, acute, rigid but not striate, 

 as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones broader and slightly connate, the lower 

 ones usually with a dark spot in each sinus. Standard about half as long 

 again as the calyx ; keel shorter, deeply coloured. Ovary villous ; style su- 

 bulate. Pod shoiter than the calyx in our specimens. — P. veriicillata, Turcz. 

 in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 279. 



■^V. Australia^ Drummo7id, ^th Coll.n, 62 and 64. In inflorescence, this species con- 

 nects the preceding with the following two species, the bracts are peculiar, and in a young 

 state the acutely acuminate buds are very prominent* 



^ 48. P. adunca^ Tares, m Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 279. A slender heatli- 

 like erect shrub, the young branches silky-pubescent. Leaves linear-terete, 

 obtuse or with a hooked point, under \ in. long, channelled above, glabrous 

 or scabrous-pubescent. Stipules small. Flowers at first in terminal heads, 

 which soon grow out into leafy branches, leaving the flowers axillary near 

 their base, without any other bracts than small floral leaves. Bracteoles in- 

 serted under the calyx, linear. Calyx nearly 3 lines long, silky- villous; 

 lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones broad, falcate, united'to above 

 the middle ; the lower ones short and narrow. Standard half as long ^g^^ 

 as the calyx, dark-coloured with a yellow edge ; lower petals shorter, dart- 

 coloured. Ovary villous, tapering into a thick erect style, hooked at the top. 



Pod not seeu. 



W. Australia, Drummoiid, ^th Coll. n. 66. Tlie calyx-lobes are more unequal in lb« 

 species Ihan in any other one of the section. 



49. P. neurocalyx, Tarcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 281. A slender 

 but ngid, heatli-like, diffuse or divaricate shrub, with the habit, inflorescence, 

 and rigid calyx-lobes of P. empetrifolia, but at once known by the striate 

 bracteoles and calyx. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 1 or rarely 2 lines long, 

 obtuse, concave or channelled above. 1- or 3-nervcd underneath, usually glJi- 

 brous. Stipules none or very small. Flowers at first in small, teniiiti.% 

 sessile, leafy heads, which soon grow out into leafy branches. Bracts or 

 floral leaves ovate, striate, with scarious ciliate margins. Bracteoles inserted 

 under the calyx, ovate or oblong, 3-nerved. Calyx glabrous or slightly Pu- 

 bescent, about 2i lines long ; lobes all broadly lanceolate, scarcely acute, 

 rigid, 3- or 5-nerved. Standard half as lon^ attain as the calyx or rather 

 more ; keel mucb shorter. Ovary vnious, tapering into a thick erect style, 

 hooked at the top. Pod not seen. 



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Var. viajor I-caves 2 to 3 lines long. ' lowers larger, the calyx 3 lines long, 

 ranges, Mount Bland, Robertson's Brook, etc., Maxwefl. 



50 P. rigida, R. Br. Herb. A much-branched, rigid shrub, the )of. 

 branches terete, hoary-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, very rigi^l, tapenn? 

 mto pungent points, concave or conduplicate, glabrous or obscurely V^f] 

 veined. Stipules witli long subulate points. Flowers not seen. Fruit": 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, 1 to 2 Hnes long. Bracteoles inserted close und^ 

 the calyx, and as long as its tube, ovate-lanceolate. Calyx nearly 2 ^ 



