Bossicea,] XL. legumixosjE. 159 



Lalage acuminata^ Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 8G, and Z. stipularis^ Meissn. 1. c. 87, both 

 described from specimens of Prciss's, without Howcrs or fruit, n. 1003 and 1000, neither 

 •of which I have seen, appear from the descriptions given to come within the limits of 

 B. ornata. 



8. B. eriocarpa, Benth, hi Ilneg. Emmi. 36. A rigid shrub of 1 to 2 

 ft., with ash-coloured but scarcely pubescent branches, terete or slightly flat- 

 tened. Leaves narrow- oblono*. lanceolate or linear, verv obtuse but often with 



a setaceous recurved point, mostly -g- to f in. long, the margins recurved, 



very deciduous. Calyx 3 to 5 lines long, glabrous pubescent or silky-villous, 

 the lobes much longer than the tube, all acuminate, the 2 upper ones much 

 broader, slio-htly falcate and united above the middle. Petals red ; staiulard 

 twice as long as the calyx ; witigs and keel shorter. Ovary shortly stipitate, 

 very villous, with 4 to 6 ovules. Pod rather small, very villous, tlie valves 

 flat with nerve-like margins.— Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 83 ; B. otaUfolia, Endl. 

 Nov. Stirp. Pec. 21 ; B. Endliclieri, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 83 ; £. mrvosa, 

 Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 81. 



W.Australia. King Geortxe's Soand, Muegel ; Swan lliver, Drummond, \s( Coll., 

 ai'dn. 255 a»d 256 ; PreUs, w.'lOOO, 1001, 1005, 1009; Ijetween Moore and .Murcluson 



"?n?' ^^"m»'ond, &a Coll. n. 29. 

 Ine extreme forms of this variable species may be characterized as follows, but they are 



connected by mauy iuternieJiates. 



.„i,.. „i„T„.^.,o r^r. iMiliPttPciit brnrteolcs usually broaa, 



B. 



- ■-■•^ I ', ym. atiyusDjona, i\Jeissn. Ill rj. rreiss. i. oo ; x.. u««</.<, x...-. — V i.^''' 



^f'aS, 1. 285, from Gilbert's collection, n. 313, which 1 have not seen, must, from the cha- 

 fa«er given, be the same variety. 



.9- B. divaricata, Tnrcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 285. A rigid shrub 

 ^■i^h distichous divaricate branches, hoary as in B. eriocarpa, but frequently 

 fncling iu thorns. Leaves ^ to | in. long, lanceolate or almost linear, ncute 

 ^■'tli short straight points, otherwise veined and scabrous above and hoaiy or 

 pubescent underneath as in B. eriocarpa. Ploaers smaller than in that spe- 

 "es, hut otherwise similar. Calvx-lobcs all acuminate and longer than the 

 t"be, the 2 upper ones much broader than the others. Ovary very villous, 

 ^^'11 i to 6 ovules. Pod not seen.— 7?. lalagoides, F. Muell. Iragm. iv. 12. 



^- Australia, Drnwmond, Wi Coll. n. 83 ; Gardner river, Marwell. 



10 B. calycina, Beiith. A low rigid divaricate shrub with hoary 

 ""•Inches, the smaller ones ending in fine thorns. Leaves ovate or elliptical, 

 Jfii e or acuminate, 2 to 3 lines long, flat, rigid, transversely veined glabrous, 

 jedicels solitary, short, with small oblong or linear bracteoles about the mid- 

 2 t^alyx nearlv glabrous, the tube about 1 line long, the 2 upper obcs 

 Jjt^vate, mucronate, fully 3 lines long and almost scarious, the lower lobes 

 f^ut half ,s lono-, narrow and acute. Petals shorter than the calyx, nearly 

 ^qual in length. 



^^^'■cely exceeding tlic caly. ^-- 



""l^P^alylohiim? spinosum, Tnrcz. in Bidl. Mosc. 1S53, i. 284. 



■ "^wstraUa, BrummoiuK Uh Coll. ji. 84 or 85. 



Ovary nearly sessile, villous, with 4 or 5 ovules. Pod 

 the c'alvx and almost as broad as long, very hauy; valves 



