1G4 



XL. LEGUJiiNOSJK. [Bossim. 



to 1 in. long, about 5 lines broad, tlie margins broad, the upper one miicli 

 thickened ; the stipes longer than the calyx. 



Queensland. Port Bowen, R. Broivn, also in LeicJiJiardf s Collection. Allied iii 

 foliage to B, buxifolia, but the pod is that of J?. rhonWfolia. 



23. B. rhomb if olia, Sieh. in BO. ProdAl 117. A tall much-braiiched 

 shrub, quite glabrous and often ghaucous, the young branches often flattened. 

 Leaves distichous, from obovate to broadly rhomboidal, usually mucroiiulate, 

 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long and broatl, coriaceous, flat, with a prominent 

 midrib. Pedicels shorter than the calyx, with small broad bracteoles below 

 the middle. Calyx about 4 liues long, the lobes mucli shorter than the tube, 

 the 2 upper ones very broad and falcate, the lower ones suiall but nearly as 

 long. Petals twice as long as the calyx, nearly equal in length. Ovary on a 

 long stipes, quite glabrous, with 2 or 3 ovules. Pod f to nearly 1 iu. long, 

 about 4 lines bi'oad, the margins, especially the upper one, broad and thick, 

 the stipes longer than the calyx, the seeds often separated by a cellular sub- 

 stance as in B. Tieterophjlla,—B. lenticular is, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1238, from 



the fig., not of Sieb. 



Queensland, Iu the gullies of the Mantuan Downs, Mitchell; Dogwood Creek, 

 Leiclihardt, o - 1 ni 



N. S. A?^rales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, It. Broion, Sieher, n, 3f)4, ^w 



J7. Mixt. n. 5fi8, and others. , 



B. rotandifolia, DC. Prod. ii. 117, from "eastern New Holland," must, from the cna- 

 racter given, be closely allied to the above, perhaps a hixuriaut variety, with the leaves 

 5 lilies long aud 5 to 6 liues broad, 



24. B. pulcheUa, Meissn. in PL Preiss, I 84, A much-branched 

 shrub of 2 or 3 ft., with rather slender terete or scarcely compressed branches, 

 minutely pubescent. Leaves broadly heart-shaped, mostly acute, 3 to o lui 

 long, coriaceous, glabrous. Pedicels very short, the small broad bracts con*- 

 eeous aud imbricate ; bracteoles 2| to 3 lines long, falling off betore 

 flower expands. Calyx 2| lines long, glabrous or nearly so ; lobes or tee 

 very short, the 2 upper ones united in a broad emarginate upper lip. ^/' 

 dard broad, more than twice as long as the calyx; keel nearly as long; ^^"^c 

 very narrow. Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous, with 2 ovules. Xoungp 

 with the upper margin mitch thickened. 



Vf. Australia. Swan River, Dnmmond, \st ColL and n, 250; Darling K^^"?^ 

 Treiss, n. 1032. 



mucb-branched shrub, attaining several feet, the branches terete or su;^ 



Ail 11 *.« * . . it 11 J<!*^^^ in 



bulate 



25. B. microphyUa, Sm. in Tram. Linn. Soc. ix. 303. A ^P^fff^jjJ" 



flattened, hoary witl\ a minute tomeuluin, the smaller ones ending in su 

 thorns. Leaves broadly obovate or obcordate, truncate, emarginate, or 

 a small recurved point, 1 to 3 lines long, coriaceous, glabrous above, sprin 

 with a few hairs underneath. Pedicels shorter or scarcely longer than ^^^ 

 leaves, usually without bracteoles. Calyx glabrous, 2 to 2| lines |^^^' ^^ 

 lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones very broadly falcate, the ^^^ 

 ones small but scarcely shorter. Standard and keel twice the length ^ ,,g* 

 calyx; wings narrow and shorter. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with a 

 ovules. Pod rarely above ^ in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad, on a ^^^P^,^ -qqI 

 as long as the calyx, the margins nerviform. — DC. Prod, ii. 117 ; ^^^ 



