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XL. LEGUMlNOS.Ii:. [Bosntfri. 



Queensland. Sandstone gullies of the Mantuau Downs, Miichell ; also iu Lekh- 



hardVs collection. 



17 B. rupicola, A. Cmin. Herb. A slirnb with the liabit and flo^vers 



of B. carimUs, but very diflerent leaves. Branches terete, pubescent. Leaves 

 distichous, narrow-lanceohite, acute, | to 1 in. long, rarely 2 lines broad, nar- 

 rowed or scarcely obtuse at the base, coriaceous, vemless except the niuluD. 

 Pedicels short, the small bracteoles near the base. Calyx 3 to 3^ hues lonp 

 the large upper lip nearly as lotig as the tube, the narro\Y lower lobes scarcely 

 shorter. Standard broad, rcflexed, rather longer than the calyx ; wmgs longer, 

 obovate-falcate ; keel broad incurved, exceeding the calyx by 5 or 6 lines. 

 Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous, with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod with broad tluek 

 margins when young, not seen ripe. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Fraser ; Mount Lindsay ^at an elevation of 5700 ft., 



Hi 



An erect 



mucli-braiiclied shrub of 2 to 4 ft., tlie brandies ratlier slender, flattened when 

 young, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves numerous, narrow-linear, 

 obtuse or shortly pointed, -| to 1 in. long or rarely raore, the ij^^^^^^ ^^\ 

 curved, glabrous or sprinkled when young with a few short hairs. Pedice s so- 

 litary or 2 together, filiform, shorter than the leaves, with small "^'^^7^^^^ Jj"^^^! 

 teoles near the calyx. Calyx glabrous or sprinlvled with a few hau's, 



about 

 ited 



X 



2 



li lines long, the lobes much shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones umm 

 in a broad truncate emarginate upper lip, the lower ones shorter. "^^/^^^^ 

 fully twice as long as the calyx ; wings nearly as long ; keel shorter. An 

 small, almost globular. OvaVy stipitate, glabrous, with about 6 oviues. ^ 

 to f in. long, the margins nervitbrm, the stipes much longer than the c y' 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2491; DC. Prod. ii. 117 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 174; iMeiss^^' 

 in Pi. Preiss. i. 83; ii. 221; Maund, Botanist, t. 68. , 



W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Broicn, -'^^"^'"''J^J^I 

 2nd CoIL n. 121, Freiss, n. 1011, 1012, 1013, and others; to Stirling range and i>i^ 

 Gairdner, Maxwell ; Blackwood liver, Oldfield ; Vasse river, Mrs, Molloy. 



19. B. disticha, LindL BoL Heg, 1841, t. 55. A shrub with weij^^ 



straggling slender terete or slightly flattened branches, softly P^^*^^?^^ |^ 

 villous. Leaves distichous, ovate or oblong, very obtuse, but often ^^^^|^ j'^ 

 mucronate, mostly under ^ in.- long or on luxuriant branches -f- m., j^^ ,._ 



aceous, sprinkled with appresscd hairs on both sides. T*^^^'^^^^.^^? ^^'/^.ux 

 tary or 2 together, the small narrow bracteoles above the middle. ^) 

 softly pubescent, 2 to 2^ lines long, the lobes rather shorter than t*^^^^^| 

 the 2 upper ones broad rounded-falcate, the lowTr ones nearly as long; ia 

 late. Standard twice as long as the calyx ; wings and keel shorter, 

 stipitate, usually ciliate on the sutures, with 6 to 8 ovules. ^^^^ » . ^^ ja 

 unfler 1 in. long, rather broad, the stipes sliorter than the calyx.— Meiss ■ 



PL Preiss. ii. 221. 



VT. A 



Meissncr, 



'ording 



to 



aH 



20. B. prostrata, R. Br. in AiL IToH: Kew. ed, 2, iv. 268. A s^^^^ 

 ihrub or undcrohrub with a thick woody stock and slender prostrate 



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