Bossiaa.] XL. legumixos^. 165 



•Cab. t. 656 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 99 ; Flatylohiuin, micropht/llum , Sims, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 863 ; P. ohcordatum, Vent. Jartl. Malm, under n. 31. 



N. S. 'Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 355, auil 

 W. .Vi>^. ». 569, and others; northward to Clarence river, BecUer ; and southward to 

 Illawarra, Shepherd. 



Victoria. Wooded or hushj' hills, chiefly granitic, on the Tumbo and at the mouth of 

 Snowy River, F. Mueller. 



2 



6. B. peduncularis, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 287- A rigid 

 spreading shrub with terete or scarcely flattened branches, the short divaricate 

 branchlets endin<]; in slender thorns, pubescent with appressed hairs. licaves 

 oWong, very obtuse, \\ to 3 lines long, coriaceous, with recurved margins, 

 sprinkled on both sides with appressed hairs. Pedicels fili|brm, i to | in. 

 long, all inserted at some distance above the axils, with minute bracteoles 

 above the middle. Calyx scarcely 2 lines long, sprinkled with oppressed 

 liairs, the 2 upper lobes broadly falcate, as long as the tube, the lower ones 

 narrow and rather shorter. Standai'd and keel twice as long as the calyx. 

 Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with about 4 ovules. Pod not seen. 



W. Australia, Brumwond, hth Coll. n. 80. 



27. B. heterophylla. Vent. Jard. CeU. t. 7. A low glabrous and often 

 glaucous shrub or undershrub ; branches erect or ascending, irom under i Jt. 

 to 2 ft. high, often much flattened. Leaves distichous, often distant, the 

 lower ones ovate, obtuse or nearly orbicular, the upper ones gradually nar- 

 rower or sometimes nearly all oblong or linear, the larger ones j to 1 in. long, 

 i^ther thick and nearly veinless. Pedicels shorter than the leaves with siua 

 '^racteoles below the middle. Calyx 2i to nearly 3 lines long, the lobes all 

 fliort, the upper ones veiy broadly falcate. Standard very lJ'oa<l. tuice as 

 «"g as the calyx ; keel rather shorter, deeply coloured. Ovary stipdate, gla- 

 Wus, with about G ovules. Pod \ to 1 in. long, on a stipes o-'ger than tire 

 e^lyx, the margins much thickened, the seeds separated by cellular tissue 



C. Prod. ii. 1 17 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 271 ; Platylohum ^^^''^'f^^'^^f'^' ^"J^ 

 Y- %. t. 205 ; P. ocalu.>, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 266; Bossi^a lanceolata, 

 ^ot. Mag. t. 1144; B. ovata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. n. 12S. 



Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill, in Uook. i?^'-*''^^'Sf *''^\'TV,r« 353, and 

 ,N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, Banks and Solunder, IL Brown, Sieber. n. , 



°';™ ; Mount li.ilay, near Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 

 Victoria. Near Lake Victoria, Gii)ps' I-aud, F. Mueller. 



\ 28. B. rufa, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 267. ^Ud erect 

 ^l^brous shrub with flattened branches, sometimes ^P^"^^^^^"^'J^^^ ^^^^^t on 

 mrow wings, sometimes disappearing in leafy ^P^^""'^"^^ STob"-^^^^ 

 tl'^ eafless ones, with slightly indented nodes. Leaves f ^" ^^^^^J^f Pe. 

 ;• «Wou,. I to i in. long, very obtuse, rather thin, on f "^ P^^fy spe- 

 '''c<^k solitm-y or clustered, proceeding from lealless nodes ^^"^ «; '^^ut^ 2 

 £ens. liliibL, with very' s'mall bracleoks near ^^^^j^^Z^, 



."-'=>, nuTorm, with very small bracteoies nccu li.- ^.. ^ ^.n-imtp unner lip. 

 '"^« iong. the 2 upper lobes united in a broad r"'"*%f ^^nXe asTng ai 

 t ^er ones sii JLd acute. Standard l-ad^-- " i^^ T^^o^ 



1 



til 



lly 

 long, 



^}' calyx ; wings rather shorter ; keel much shorter, edged Mth a cmse^ 

 Ji".^e. Ovary'stipilate. with 8 to 10 ovules. , Pod i to ^^J^JJ^^^^^^ 

 '^'•««t i in. bi;>ad, the u nrgins nerviTorni, the stipes rather shorter or scaice.y 



