^^^i^3:ia,] XL, LEGUMINOSiK. 145 



QT^A;"^-^^*^^^^^^' ^'^'^^^ '^nev, Ilud^el, Brummond, \st Coll. and n, 245, Trem, n. 

 S77, Oldjie/d; King George's Sound and Mount Manypeak, Maxwell The soutlieni spe- 

 cimeas have the calyx-lobes rather less acuminute, but do not otherwise differ. 



^' ^^ Aensiiolx^^ Ticrcz, in Bull, Mosc. 1853, i. 371. Closely allied 

 on the one hatid to E, pam/oUn and on the other to E, dillwynlokU. Leaves 

 crowded, narrow-linear oblong-linear or lineaf-cuneate, acute, mostly 3 to 4 

 lilies long, concave above, the midrib prominent underneath. Flowers soli- 

 tary HI the upper axils, but often crowded at or near the ends of the branches, 

 rather larger than in E, parvifoUa, the calyx-lobes much more acuminate, and 

 tlie linear bracteoles often nearly as long as the calyx and more or less herba- 

 ceous. Pod not seen. 



W. Australia, Drummond, Uh ColL n. 7^ ; Russell Range and Mount Bland, 3Iax' 



well 



dillwynioides 



A much-branched 



heathdike glabrous shrub, with the habit of E. parvifolia, but differing from 

 &11 others of the genus in the narrow-linear leaves with the margins involute, 

 so as to be usually terete and only channelled above, obtuse or with a 

 ^aoit callous point, 2 to 4 lines or rarely nearly ^ in. long. FJowers so- 

 ^tary in the upper axils, but often crowded towards the ends of the branches. 

 I'edicels about 1 line long, recurved after flowering, with linear bracteoles 

 slJove the middle. Calyx about 3 lines long, obscurely 5-nerved and more 

 or less reticdate ; lobes* all acuminate, longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones 

 "nited ubo\'e the uu'ddle. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; keel con- 

 smerably shorter. Ovary nearly sessile, villous ; style short, erect, hooked 

 "^ ^^P- Pod nearly flat, obliquely oval-oblong, about 3 lines long, 



W. Australia, Drummond ; in the interior, Preiss, n, 1191. 



j. '• ^* Parvifoiia, BenlL in Ilueg. Emnn, 34, and in Jmi. fHen. Mm. 

 '• ^0. A much-branched shrub with the habit of mmy Epacridea, glabrous 



^|*^^i(^ young shoots very slightly pubescent. Leaves crowded, obovate or 



^"^'Ong^ mostly obtuse and 1 to 2 lines long, rarely on luxuriant branches nar- 

 OHer ahnost acute and 3 lines long, concave al)ove, either nerveless or 1- or 

 •nerved underneath. Flowers solitary in tlie upper axils, but often crowded 

 J f>r near the ends of the bi-anches. Pedicels short or rather long, with 

 nong or linear bracts above the middle. Calvx about 2 lines long, finely or 



^^mnvU 5-nerved ; lobes all acute or acuminate, longer than the tube, the 

 per ones united to about the middle. Standard not twice as long as the 



8t-rS ^^^ exceeding the calyx-lobes. Ovary villous, nearly sessile; 



ov ] 11^' nnich-curved or hooked above the middle. Pod flat, obliquely 

 ' "i-obiojjg^ almost falcate, about 3 lines long.— Meissn. in PI. Preiss, i. 65 ; 



"^*«^^'^«, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 271. 



'M o^^^^n*"^^'*- ^^"S George's Souud, R. Brown, A, Cunningham, UuegeU Baxter, 

 '^ers, Drummond, Uh Coil, n, 73, and SiippL n, 46, Preus, n. 1020. 



i^^^J^^^^N XL ScLERoTiiAMNus.— Pod turgid. Style subulate, elongated, 



'■^ed. Leaves small, rarely above 3 lines long. 

 Jy^^ «»npetrifolia, ScJdechL Linn<ta, xx. 667. A glabrous divaricate 

 som 7'"^^ shrub with rigid branches, sometimes sliort ending in slender spines, 

 ■^etmies elongated slender and erect. Leaves usually elliptical-oblong or 



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