144; XL. LEGUMiN-0SA\ [Entam, 



the calyx of E. myrtifoUa, l)ut rather larger solitary flowers, and the foliage of E. parvU 

 folia, ' . 



2. E, myrtifolia, B, Br, in Ait. Hort. Keic. ed. 2, iii. 16. A glabrous 

 shnib of 2 to 3 ft., with rather slender branchlets, angular when young. 

 Leaves from obovate-oblong or elliptical to linear, mostly \ to f in. long, 

 tapering into a sharp usually pungent point, more or less concave above, 

 darker-coloured underneath, witli a prominent midrib and sometimes also 2 

 lateral nerves. Flowers yellow wath a dark-orange keel, axillaiy, 2 to 4 toge- 

 ther or rarely solitary. Pedicels short, with very small bracteoles above the 

 middle. Calyx 2 to 2| lines long, the tube 6-ribbed, the sixth rib between 

 the 2 upper lobes; lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones broadly fal- 

 cate and united into a truncate emarginate upper lip. Standard nearly twice 

 as long as the calyx ; keel much shorter. Ovary villous, slightly contracted 

 at the base, tapering into a rather thick erect style, hooked near the eui 

 Pod ovate, 2 to 3 lines long, the valves convex. — Bot. Mag. t. 1274 ; DC. 

 Prod. ii. 1 09 ; IMcissn. in PL Preiss. i. 66, ii. 216 ; Blllwyma vnjrlifvlia, Sm. 



.in Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. 263; B. ohomta, Labill. PI. Nov. liolL i. 110, t. 140. 



W. Australia. King George's Sound, Menzies^ R. Broton^ Preiss.n. 1019, Dfu/ii- 

 mond^ 2nd Coll. n, 110, and others ; and eastward towards the Great Bight, MaxtcelL 



A specimen, without flowers, with larger almost obovate leaves, from Rottenest Island, 

 A. Cunningham^ may possibly belong to this species. 



3. E. epacridioidesy Meissn, in PI Preiss. i. 64, ii. 215. A glabrous 

 shrub, with the habit and foliage nearly of E, myrtifolia, but in our specimens 

 the branches are more rigid and virgate. Leaves from narrosv-oWong to 

 linear, i to f in. long, tapering into a short sometimes pungent point, con- 

 cave above, dark-coloured or very glaucous underneath, the midrib less con- 

 spicuous than in E, myrtifolia. Flowers usually 2 together in each axil, ap- 

 parently of the size of those of E, myrtifolia, but only seen faded. Calyx 

 3 Hues long or rather more, the tube lO-ribbed ; lobes all acuminate, the 2 

 upper ones broader and united to the middle. Petals, according to Preiss. 



red. Pod almost sessile, flat, obliquely ovate, slightly hairy, about 3 liaes 

 long. 



Mr. Australia, Drummond, Srd Coll ?z. 128 ; near Mounts Melville aud ElpUnstone, 

 Preiss, n. 412 mid 867, 



Unea. Edum. 34. and in Ann. Jfien 



V« 



80._ A glabrous slirub of 2 to 3 ft., with long slender virgate or rarely di- 

 varicate branches. Leaves oblong-linear or linear- cuneate and about \ ^'^■ 

 long on the principal branches, narrow-luiear and much smaller on the smaller 

 ones, obtuse or acute, but not pungent, concave above, tlie midrib slig!itI.V 

 prominent underneath or inconspicuous. Flowers solitary in each axil, but 

 sometimes crowded near the ends of the branches or in pairs terminating 

 sliort axillary shoots, rather larger than in E. myrlifoUa. Pedicels short, 

 with linear-lanceolate bracteoles about the middle. Calyx 3 to 2^ lines Ion,?. 

 6-nbbed, the sixth rib between the 2 upper lobes ; lobes all acute, the 2 np- 

 per ones united to about the middle. Standard fully twice as long as the 

 calyx ; keel short and narrow. Ovary very shortly stipitate, villous, tapering 

 into a ratlier thick style, hooked at the top. Pod flat about 3 lines long- 

 i/. ertcoldes, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 63. ' 



