]60 XL. LKGUMINOS.E. [BoSSm. 



IV B. foliosa, J, Cumu in Field, N. S. JFahs, 347. An erect shrub, 

 Avith numerous often distichous brandies, terete and hoary with a minute to- 

 mentum. Leaves broadly orbicular, rarely 2 lines diameter and often oiilv 1 

 line, with revolute margins, glabrous or scabrous above, hoary underneatli. 

 Stipules small, broad. Pedicels very short, with very small bracts. Calyx 

 pubescent, 1^ lines long, the upper lobes falcate, acute, not much larger than 

 the lovver ones, Standnrd twice as long as the calyx ; keel nearly os long. 

 Ovary stipilate, very villous, with about 3 ovules. Pod nearly orbicular, 

 about 3 lines diameter, on a short stipes, rusty-villous, valves slightly convex. 

 — F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 100; B. dldiclioda da , F. Muell. in Tnins. Phil. Soc. 

 Vict, i, 3y. and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 13. 



W, S. "Wales. Brushy forest land near Bathurst, A. Cunningham, 



Victoria. Iti the Australian Alps from the Mitta-Mitta to llic tributaries of tlie Snowy 



Jliver at ati elevation of 4 to 5000 ft., as well ou rockb as on the peaty margins of rivulets, 



F, Mueller, 



Seuiks in. NouMALEs.— Leaves alternate. Calyx 2 upper lobes rounded 

 or truncate, free or uuited in an upper lip. Ovary glabrous or rarely ciliate 

 on the edge. Pod sessile or stipitate, glabrous. 



12. B. cinerea, R. Br. in All. TIorL Keiv. ed. 2, iv. 268. . An erector 

 rarely straggling much-branched shrub of 2 to 4 or 5 ft., the branches terete 

 or slightly angular, pubescent or villous. Leaves from broadly ovate-lanceo- 

 late to linear lanceolate, tapering into a pungent point, about' ^ in. h^i^g ^r 

 shorter, rarely f in., often almost cordate at the ba^^e, ri^id, with recurved 

 margins, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs above, more pubescent or vil- 

 lous underneath. Pedicel^ slender with very small bracteolcs. Calyx gla- 

 brous, 2 to 2| lines long, the lobes much shorter than tlie 1ul)e, 3 upper ones 

 very broad and rounded, the lower ones smaU. Standard broad, fnlly twice 

 as long as the calyx ; keel about as long, deeply coloured. Ovary stipitiite, 

 giabrotis, w.th 4 to 6 ovules. Pod | to |.in. long, | in broad, ou a stipes 

 ftbout as long as the calyx ; valves thin, with nerve-like margins.— Bob Keg. 

 t. 306; DC. Prod. ii. 117; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. I. 95 ; B. cocchiea, Bonpl- 

 JanL xMahn. 128, t. 52 ■ B. cordlfoUa, Sweet, Fl. Austral, t. 20 ; B. tenni- 

 caulis. Grab, in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1840; Bot. Mag. t. 3S95. 



W. S. 'Wales. Near TwofoM Bay, F, Mueller. 



Victoria. From Brli^hton to iibout Melbourne, F, Mueller; and thence to the Gleiieig. 

 Jlobertson, 



^ Tasmania. Port Dalryn.plc, ^. i?yc-M;« ; abundant in dry situations througliout tlie 

 island, /. B. Hooker. • 



Var. (?) rosmarinjfolia. Leaves crowded, lineardanceolate or lir.ear, with short ]}^jf 

 pouits, i to 1 m. lonir, the margins revohite. Flowers rather small. — ^. rosmawtifi^^^^ 

 Lmd . m Mitch. Three Exped. ii. l78.-Mount AYiUiam iu Victoria, 3/ilcAed, F Mueller- 

 i follow 1^. Mueller m uiutmg this as a variety with B. cinerea but with some besitatioii, a» 

 Its aspect IS somewhat different, and I have seen no re^rular chain of iutermediatrs. 



13. B. biloba, BeutL in Ibieg, Enum. 36, Stems from a thick stock. [ 

 erect, liitle^brancheJ, | to 1^ It. higl,, rigid, angular, loosely pubescent oj 

 villous. Leaves liucar-cuneate, very obtuse retuse or 2-lobed, sometimes al 

 urulcr 1 in. and rather broad, sometimes narrow and 1 to 2 in. long, i"'?*^ 



with revolute mar^rlns, f^labrousand green, or sJiglitly hairy 

 dicels sliort, with soCtly setaceous bracteoles. Ca1vx*silkv-vi 



^...., ^ underneath, j^ 



lyx*silky-vilIou3,4to5l!nes 



