158 XL. LEGUMTNOSii:. [Bossm. 



^ in. broad, on a stipes fully twice as long as the calyx, tlie margins nerve- 

 like. 



N. S. Virales. Port Jackson, R. Broion, Sieber, ». 425 ; Mount Tomah, R Cm- 

 n Ingham. 



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6. B. KiamensiSy Benth, Branches rather slender, divaricate, minutely 

 hoary. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, entire, obtuse with a 

 sliort rigid point, 4 to f in. long, coriaceous, veined, glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent underneath. Stipules setaceous. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long, with 

 minute bracteoles a little below the calyx. Calyx % to 2| lines long, glabrous 

 or nearly so, the 2 upper lobes very broadly orbicular-falcate, as long as the 

 tube, the lower ones shorter. Standard not twice as loniif as the calyx ; winss 

 rather shorter; keel as long as tlie wings, broad and deeply coloured. Ovary 

 glabrous, on a rather long stipes, with 2 or 3 ovules. Pod not seen, 



N. S. Wales. Near Kiama, lllawarra. Backhouse. 



Series IL ERiocAUPiE. — Leaves alternate. Calyx upper lohcs aciinii- 

 niite acute or mucronate. Ovary very hairy. Pod nearly sessile, hairy. 



Ito 



In B, or?iala, the upper lobes of the calyx are so much narrower and longer tliaii in the 

 e.v,uera]ity of the genus, that the character was cousidered sufTicicnt to separate it under ilie 

 name of Lalage, they are however broader than the lower lobes, and, through the other spe- 

 cies of this series, they pass so gradrt;illy into the more usual shape ol)served in BomM, 

 that I have felt that Lafage could not be maiutaiued even as a section. 



7. B, ornata, Benili. An erect shrub or undershrub of 1 to 2 ft., tlie 

 branches terete or slightly flatteued, pubescent densely villous or rarely nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves varying' from broadly ovate almost cordate to narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, acute or scarcely obtuse, in some specimens f to 1 in., in others 

 2 in. long, flat or with recurved almost revolute margins, thinly coriaceous, 

 reticulate, glabrous or scabrous above, loosely pubescent underneath. Sti- 

 pules from lanceolate to setaceous, rather long or very small Pedicels usunHy 

 2 or 3 together, 1 to 3 or even 4 lines long, shortly pubescent or villous with 

 long hairs. Inner bracts and bracteoles oblong or linear, ofteu 2 or 3 lines 

 long, but so deciduous as to be rarely seen. Calyx 4 to 5 Hues long, very 

 hniry, the lobes all acuminate and longer than tlie tube, the 2 upper ones 

 broader and somewhat falcate, the lower ones narrow, but not shorter. Stan- 

 dard broad, often -J in. diameter, but variable in size; keel rather shorter, 

 wings still shorter and much narrower. Ovary sessile, very hairy, with 10 to 

 12 ovules. Pod sessile, about 1 in. long and \ in. broad, clothed or sprinkled 



d^ \st Coll and n- 



"with long hairs. 



Mvan Kiv. App. la, xMeissu. in PI. Preiss. i. 86, Faxt. Ma^^. ix. 171, Avith a fig., «'^1'' 

 lauceolate leaves with somewhat recurved margins; and L. anfjust'ifoHay Mcis5U. m 

 iss. 1. 8f), With linear or narrow-Iauecolate leaves, the mardus often almost revolute. 



