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oiig, tlie lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones united into a broad 

 tmicateemarg-iuate upper lip, the lower ones lanceolate, nearly as long, all 

 silky inside. Standard broad, nearly twice as long as the calyx ; wings' and 

 kee shorter. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with about 6 ovules. Pod "i to f 

 in. long, rather broad, on a short stipes, but not seen perfect.— Meissn. in 



Pi. Preiss. i. 85. 



1 ?y'^/^'*^*'■*^•*■ ^"'S George's Sound, Rue^el, Oldfield ; Swau River, Dyummond, 

 iit loll. andn. 264, Freks, n. lOGl ; S. Ilutt and MurcUisou rivers, Oldjield. 



^t ■ ?• P^®*SSii, Melssn. ill Tl. Preiss. i. 83. A glabrous mucli-branched 

 shrub, the branches terete or angular, the smaller ones sjiinescent. Leaves 



long, the lobes or teetli very short, the 2 upper ones united in a broad trun- 

 cate emarginate upper lip. Standard more than twice as long as the cal.vx, 

 orbicular; wings and keel as long as the standard. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, 

 "ith 12 to 15 ovules. Pod elongated, rather broad, on a stipes longer than 

 tbe calyx.— 5. rigida, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 285. 



W. Australia, Lrummond, Ztk Coll. n. V9, /. S. Roe; King George's Sound, Bax- 



w; rocky sterile places near Cape Rielie, Preiss, n. 986; upper Kalgau river, Oldfield; 



^ojonerup and grassy flats on Salt river, and eastward to Cape Arid and Cape Le Grand, 



«j-Kr//, 1 have not seen Preiss's original wild specimen, but a cultivated one from the 



aniburg garden is certainly conspecific with the wild ones examined from other collectors. 



15. B. concinna, j?e'??//^. A glabrous spiuescent shrub allied to jP. 

 ^ymnii, but with smaller flowers, different in the proportion of the petals and 

 ail almost sessile pod. Branches angular, the smaller ones often reduced to 

 short leafless thorns. Leaves oblong or cuiieate, obtuse, 1^ to 3 lines long, 

 . ^iii'gins often slightly recurved. Pedicels about as long as the leaves, 

 ^^•th small deciduous bractcoles. Calyx 2 to 2^ lines long, the 3 upper lobes 

 united in a broad emarginate upper lip nearly as long as the tube, the lou er 

 Jobes scarcely shorter. Standard twice as long as the calyx; lower petals 

 considerably shortei-, the keel slightly fringed on the edge. Ovary shortly 

 stipitate, glabrous, with 5 to 7 ovules. Pod f in. long, narrow, almost ses- 

 " 6. out not quite ripe in our specimens. 



W. Australia, Drtmmond, hth Coll. n. 81, and Suppl. n. 41 (very spinescent speci- 

 i^f"s with dark-coloured flowers); Grass-tree plains between M'Calluni and Stokes Inlets, 

 ^"■fx^ell (more leafy and less spincscent, with apparently bright yellow flowers). 



16. B. carinalis, Beulh. in Mitch. Trop. Amir. 290. A shrub with 

 ^^ habit almost of B. rlo.nhifolia, but with flowers near those of B. dcntcda. 

 J^fanches terete, softly pubescent. Leaves distichous, ovate or broadly ovate- 

 jceolate, mostly cordate, mucronulate or scarcely obtuse, 4 to 6 hues long, 

 « ten oblique at the base, coriaceous, prominently veined, minutely hoary or 

 gabrous. Pedicels short, with small bracteoles. Calyx 4 to 5 lines long 

 H«ite glabrous and rather thick, the lobes much shorter than the tube, the 2 

 2P °"es united in a broad emarginate upper lip, the lower ones narrow and 

 [«iher shorter. Standard very broad, half as long again as the calyx ; wmp 

 '7^ as long, and keel incuiVed, rather narrow, three times as long as the 

 "^l^- Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous, with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod not seen. 



