Latroiea,] XL. LEGUMixoSi^ii. ' 141 



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much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels mucli shorter than the calyx, with a 

 very small ovate obtuse bract at their base, and 2 rather larger bracteoles a 

 htt e higher up. Calyx scarcely 1|- lines long, thin, glabrous, the teeth short 

 and equal. Petals twice as long as the calyx ; standard obovate-oblong ; keel 

 slightly uicurved ; wings scarcely so long as the other petals. Ovary elon- 

 gated, glabrous, with 2 ovules ; style subulate, incuiTed, Avith a small stigma. 

 M not seen. — Daviesia alnormis, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 106. 



W 



Mi 



2. L. genistoides, Meusn. in PL Preiss. ii. ^19. An erect, glabrous 

 often glaucous shrub, closely allied to L. Bnmonis, but with larger flowers 

 and broader leaves. Leaves cuneate-oblong or elliptical, sometimes almost 

 ova! 4 to 8 lines long, obtuse or with a small callous point, concave, rather 

 thick and nerveless. Flowers on short axillary leafy shoots, witli the lower 

 Itaves reduced to scales. Calyx thin and membranous, not larger than in Z. 

 mnoms, the teeth very short. Standard j in. long ; keel nearly as long. 

 Urary slightly hairy, on a rather long stipes. Pod not seen.—FuUenaa ge- 

 nidoides, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 73. 



n/!!^^; ,^^^*'"*^^*- Ki"S George's Sound, Collie, Preiss, n. 1021 and 1101, Eancy, 

 0%/f/, and others. 



\f^' ^^^^®^5s, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. ii. 219. A glabrous^shrub of 2 



^ It., the young branches angular. Leaves linear or linear-cuueate, obtuse, 



under | in. long, rather thick, concave above, nerveless underneath. Stipules 



none Flowers apparently axillary, but really terminating very short axillary 



«'oots bearing a few small leaves of whicl^the lower ones or sometimes all 



are reduced to short scales. Eractcoles none. Calyx broadly campanulate, 



mt 1 line long, very obtuse at the base, thin and membranous, the teeth 



oit and broad. Petals on very short claws; standard nearly 4 lines dia- 



^eer; keel nearly as long. Ovary elongated, almost sessile, villous; the 



J , distant on slender funicles ; style subulate. Pod ovate, acuminate, 



^uc 1 longer than the culyx.—FuW'na-a Brunonis, Benth. in Ann. Wicn. Mu.'^. 



"•»i; Meissn. ill PI. Preiss. i. 73. 



2)„,^^^J**^alia- King George's Sound, R. Brown ; near Albany, Preiss, n. 876, also 



(. ^7^°^ ^^- Leptocytisus, Meissn. (as a genus).— Calyx-tube 10-ribbed, 



mid ■? "^*^^' ^^ ^°"» ''^^ °'' ^*'"Sei' than the tube, each with a prominent 

 ^'ilJ- Flowers solitary, few or many in a dense corymb or head. 



^nder^r^^ "' '" ^^^ ^^^^ ^''^ already indicated X. Rrmoiiisam} L. diosmifolia as congeners 



mifolia. 



Wnnrl *®^®lla, Benth. A heath-like shrub, with long slender yirgate 

 J. cues, quite glabrous or slightly pubescent when young. L(!aves narrow- 

 te ' !" ^\ s^'^ulate, obtuse or acute, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Flowers small, 

 short" *°^'^'''0' or 2 or 3 together in short racemes, on slender pedicels, 

 Ci]/'"/*'' scarcely longer than the calvx. Bracts and bracteoles none. 

 ' J^ i to nearly 2 lines long, glabro'us ; tube exceedingly short ; lobes 



