Bossuea.] XL. leguminos.e. 



157 



e. anffusfifo/ia. Leaves hastate-laDceolatc to almost linear, the margins revolule.— &o«ra 

 angnsiifalin, Liiidl. in Bot. lleg. t. 1266 ; Meissii. in PI. Fieks. i. ?>1.—Preiss, n. 1035, 

 and other collections. 



2. B. Aquifolium, Benth. A irlabrons slinib, with slender terete 

 branches. Leaves opposite, brojully cordate, almost renifonn, pungent- 

 pointed, deeply siiuiatc and prickly-tootlied, i to | in. broad and nearly as 

 long, Flowors solitary, yellow, oil pedicels shorter than the calyx. Inner 

 bracts and bractcoles "2 to 3 lines long, rigid, but very deciduous. Calyx 

 Jibout 2i lines long ; lobes short, the 2 u]ipcr ones broad, rountled-truucate, 

 lower ones narrow, not much shorter, blandard nearly three tin;es as long 

 as the calyx ; lower petals rather shorter. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 

 about 4 ovules. Pod in our specimen f in. long and about lialf as broad, 

 thickened at the upper suture. 



W. Australia, Drammond, 2nd Coll. n. 130 , Harvey river, C/arke. Evideully 

 nearly allied to B. dmtata, although the proportion of the petals is so diflcreiit. 



3. B. strigxUosa, BeuLli. l^ranches divaricate, rigid, rather slender 

 clothed when young, as well as the under side of the leaves, with sliort ngid 

 almost appressed hairs. Leaves o])posite, broadlv obovate-orbicular, with a 

 recurved point, mostly about 2 Hues long am! broad, very rigid, with recurved 

 margins, obtuse at the base, glabrous and veined a!)ove. Siipulcs subulate, 

 recurved. Pedicels short. Braettoleslauceolate-subulate. Calyx pubescent, 

 the upper lobes large and rounded, the lower ones small and narrow. 



W. Australia, Drammond, oth Coll. ?, n. 81. I have seen neither f»ll-bIo«-n flowers 

 »or fruit, but the petals and stamens in the young bud, and the reuinuis ot truitmg pedicels, 

 are sufficient to ind;i;ate the genus. 



4. B. cordigera, TimtU. in Hook. f. Fl. Tarn. i. 95, t. 16. An ele- 

 gant strasrgling or rdmost trailing shrub, with lumu rous slender ^terete 

 blanches, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves opposite, on short s.cnjlei 

 pKliules, broadlv orbicular-cordate, acute or mucronulate, IJ- to 3 lir.es flin- 

 '"rter, g!abrou/or minutely pu!)C5Ccnt underneath. Pedicels hlitorin usually 

 ^evei-i,l times as long as th*e leaves. J^ra.teoles small, a little below he ra.yx 

 ^■='lvx about 3 lines^long, the 2 upper lobes broadly orbicular, a little .ongcr 

 'l>au the tube, lower ones very small. Standard bdly Iwk'C as long .s the 

 ^■«lvx ; wings an.l keel rather shorter. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, »'t » ^ to S 

 "vules. F°l 1 to I in. long, about \ in. bread, on a stipes longer than the 

 ^k\ the margins nerve-like.— P. Muell. Fragm. ui. 100. 



Victoria. Uow\i },\wgi\o\\, F. Mueller. <• *; „ ;.i.,,„1 rn.m the sea- 



Tasmania. W idclv distributed over the northern parts of the ..laud, from the sea 



'evd to 4000 ft. elevation, J. D. Hooker. 



•5. B. lenticularis, Sid. in DC. Trod. ii. 117, not of i^aa a 8u g- 



i?l'"g dill-use glabrous shn.b, with numerous slender terete brauehlets Leaves 

 opposite. orbK-tdar, very obtuse, U to 3 lines diameter, ra hei ' g^- J'* *_ 

 f»ks minute. Pedicels rarely above twice as long as the ^^^b^. ^ft " arhu 

 'f and bearing the usual bracts a little above the base, .^^'^^f ^^^JJ^^^^^ 

 ;>ove the middle. Calvx about 3 lines long, the 2 upper ^^ ^^"S^™ 

 l^e tube. broa<lly orbietdar ; lower lobes "-^^*^'«'-'^^\"'^ " Xt'^ho il ' 



'"•^I very broad, Uvicc as long as the calyx , ^vntgs and keel atl^e^hoi^^^^^^ 

 ^^■"'y stipitate, glabrous, with about 4 ovules. Pod \ to f i". long, about 



