

Platylobium.] ■ xL, LEGUMINOS.E. ]53 



ft 



stems, rarely exceeding l\ ft. Leaves broadly triaiigul cordate-hastate, 



the angles terminating in short pungent points, or the lower leaves rarely 

 broadly cordate, with the lateral an->le3 rounded, mostly | to 1 in. lon^, 

 veined and glabrous or scabrous above, glabrous or pubescent underneath. 

 Pedicels in the upper axils \ \o \ in. long, the bracts at the base obtuse, 

 striate, |- to 1 line long, the bracteoles under the calyx rather longer and 

 narrower. Calyx clothed with long appressed hairs, 4 or rarely 5 lines long. 

 Standard reniform, deeply emarginate, about twice as long *as the calyx ; 

 lower petals not exceeding the calyx. Ovary stipitate, villous or ciliate, with 

 6 to 8 ovules. Pod above 1 in. long, besides a stipes of 1 to 2 lines, usually 

 glabrous or slightly ciliate when ripe.— P. Murrayantan, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 

 3259; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 9G. ^ . . S 



Victoria. Forest land near Portland, Robertson; mouth of the Glenclg, AintL 



Tasmania. Port Dalryrnple, R. Brown ; li-'ht sandy soil near Eocky Cape and 

 George Town, Gunn. ° ' ' ^ 



2. P. obtusangulum. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3358. A slender shrub, but 

 ess straggling and more erect than P. triajigulare, the stems and leaves gla- 

 brous or nearly so. Leaves from broadly triangular to ovate-cordate, hastate 

 or cordate-lanceolate, mostly f to 1 in. long, with a small terminal pungent 

 Poiut the lateral angles either acute and pungent, as iu P. triamjidan, or 

 rounded and obtuse, as in P.formosum. Pedicels very short and completely 

 concealed by the imbricate bracts at their base, of wliich the inner ones are 

 ully 2 Hues long, overiappiug the bracteoles under the calyx, which often 

 attain 3 lines. Calyx about i in. long, very hairy. Standard shortly ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, lower petals shorter. Ovary sessile, hairy, with about 4 

 ovules. Pod sessile, rarely 1 in. long, hairy all over.--P. triangulare, Sims, 

 ^ot- Mag. t. 1508 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 96, but not of R. Br. ; P. macro- 

 '^"Ip, Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. 80. 



A,T'f°"*' ■^"'■*' P''il'il'. -R. Bjowii; common about Mfilbourne and to the Gleuelg, 

 ^oertson; not rare in itei-ile ranges and heath ground, F. Mueller; Wimmera, Dallachy. ■ 

 rinm ^°'^''**' Common in many parts of the island, /. D. Hooker. R. Brown's herba- 

 Ke™ '^""t,»"'s no Tasmaaiau speciraeus of this species, but it appears from th«.' llortus 



ensis that it was raised from seeds gathered bv him in the island, 

 ran"" "^^^^^'^^ia- -Encounter Bay and about A Jolaide, Whiltaker ; Barossa and Lofly 

 t^^ht. Mueller; Kangaroo Island, Waterhouse. 



i,^; ^' formosum, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Sac. ii. 350, and Sot. Nov. IIolL 



:'' ^- 6. A handsome shrub, attaining often 4 or 5 ft., the branches more 



ooust than in the preceding species, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves 



rom broadly heart-shaped to ovate or rarely ovate-lanceolate, acute, with a 



u ' y'^ point but without lateral angles, 1 to 2 in. long, strongly reticu- 



e and rather coriaceous, glabrous or slightly pubescent underneath. Pedi- 



jc's hau-y, often fully i in. long, always exserted from the bracts at their 



r^'-^y^»ch, as well as the bracteoles. are usually as large as in P. oMimngu- 



o!' f ;'iJi-ous or more or less hairy. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long, very hairy. 



Jjjo^'ird neariy twice as long ; wings and keel shorter. Ovary stipitate, 



;. ,"* all over or near the sutures only, with about 8 ovules. Pod 1 to U 



"• '°"S. on a stipes of from one-fourth as long as to longer than the calyx. 



