Bilhcynia^ XL. leguminos.^. 151 



F 



as long:, the claw shorter than the calyx ; wings nearly as long as the stan- 

 dard; keel much shorter, obtuse. Pod ovoid-oblong, exceeding th*e calyx. 

 — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1502; Eataxia pungens, Sweet, Fl. Austral. 't. 28; 

 Davmla condemata, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 265. 



^' Australia. King George's Sound, R.Brown^Baxter ; southern districts, 2)r/m»z(7«rf, 

 ^th Colin. 50; Phillips Ranges, Maxwell; Canning river, Oldfield. The uj^per lip of the 

 • calyx IS longer than the lower lobes, but not so much so as represented in Svveet^s figure. 



8 D. cinerascens, R, Br. in Bot, Mag, t. 2247. A heath-like shrub, 



slightly hoary or nearly glabrous, resembling some forms of i). eridfoUa, but 

 usually more slender, and in some western specimens the branchlets often 

 end m slender thorns. Leaves ^ to |^ in. long or even more, rather slender, 

 not keeled nor twisted, obtuse or with a short point, and usually more or less 

 recurved at the extremity. Flowers in small terminal almost sessile corymbs 

 or short racemes or rarely also in the upper axils. Calyx 2 to 2^ lines long, 

 slightly pubescent, the turbinate base exceedingly short; lobes short, the 3 

 |ipper ones united into a broad slightly emarginate upper lip, longer than the 

 ^ower ones. Petals persistent ; standard not twice as broad as long; wings 

 pearly as long ; keel much shorter, obtuse. Pod ovate, very obtuse, exceed- 

 p the calyx.— Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 537 ; Benth. in. Ann. Wien, Mus. ii. 79 ; 

 Jlook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 85 ; D, acicidaris, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 63, not of 



N. S. Wales. Hunter's River, Oldfield ; Bendinine, M' Arthur, 



Victoria. Jjuffalo Range, Wilson's Pi omoutory, vicinity of Melbourne, etc., f. J/«^//^r; 



i^mera, Ballachy ; mouth of Gleuclg river, Robertson, Jllitt, 



rsu^T^^^^^' l^erwent river, R. Brown ; common in grassy and heathy places throngh- 

 out the colony, /. i>. //^^^.^^, 



»■ AustraUa. Forest Creek, F. Mueller. 



w. Australia. Swan River, Hiiegel, Drummoud, ColL 1 and n, 243 md 244, 



Pl.?n'^' '!* ^^^' ^^Ij Barling Range, Collie, Preiss, n. 873; Blackwood river, Victoria 

 ^^ams, etc, Oldfield. o a , , > 



mor^fl ^^ ^'^-ri/^/a. Leaves crowded, rather long and erect. Racemes rather longer, with 

 J>ie lowers.— i>. laxljlora, Bcuth. in llucg. Bot. Arch. t. 9, and in Ann. Wien. i\Ius. u. 

 £n Ar^'''' I^iver, Oldfield.~B, acicularis, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 109; Benth. mAnn. 

 youn A ^'' '^^' ^' P'-obably the same variety, but the flowers in Siebcr's specimens are still 

 "^> and there is a variety of D. ericifolia, which is near it in foliage. 



vilf' ^* divaricata, Benth. Branches divaricate, softly 

 lous. Leaves scattered or rather crowded towards the ends c 



tomentose or 



i}iA * o — *»v.o oi;uLti^ruu ur rainercruwucu i,u>»aiiAo i/«^ -"«- ol ine * , 



7"t o to 8 lioes long, obtuse or with a minute caUous pomt. not keeled, 

 g'abrous or tomeutose. "Flowers solitary or few together, almost sessile, 

 2f'^A and shorter than the last leaves. Calyx Splines long, silky-villous, 

 JMiise at the base, lobes as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united into a 

 iX ?"'^*'^ emarginate upper lip. Petals persistent ; standard not twice 

 l^?oV' ^^"ff^ ^"^gs "eirly as long; keel shorter, obtuse Pod ovoid, 

 ^\°^t 3 hues lon^.-Eutaxia divaricatl Turcz. in Bull. Mose. 18.3, i. 270. 



10. D. 



Muell 



Branches divaricate,^ loosely 



.r^-P^nJ^nrr nr rf^CUrVcd* 2 tO 3 



S 7?' '-^thcr thiek, obtuse: Flowers solitary or several together ou short 

 P^^''cels at the ends of the branches. Calyx silky-villous, about 3 lines long, 



