Temj)leiouia,'] XL. LEUUMINOS/E. 169 



L T. retusa, R. Br. in Jit, KorL Kew, ed. 2, iv. 269. A tall, gbbroiis, 



often somewliat glaucous shrub, the branches angular and more or less sul- 

 cata Leaves from broadly obovate to narrow cuneate-oblonor, sometimes all 

 under | in., sometimes all above 1 in. long, obtuse emarginate or minutely 

 mucronate, thickly coriaceous, nearly sessile or articulate on a short thick pe- 

 tiole. Pedicels shorter orlono-er than the calyx, ri^id, with obtuse bracteolcs 

 near the middle, thickened and sulcate under the calyx after flowering. Calyx 

 3 to nearly 4 lines lon^i^, with 4 very short broad teeth, the lowest rather more 

 prominent. Petals red or rarely w'hite, 1 to 1^ in. long, all narrow, on short 

 claws, and of nearly equal length. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 10 to 

 15 ovules. Pod \\ to nearly 2 in. long and about 6 lines broad, oblique, 

 with a rijrid hooked point, the stipes loniier than the calyx; valves very coria- 

 ceous.— DC. Prod. ii. 118 ; Bot. Keg.^t. 383 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2334 ; Lodd. 

 Bot. Cab. t. 523 ; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 88 ; Jiafnia retusa, Vent. Jard. 

 Malm. t. 53 ; T. glanca, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2088 ; Bot. Keg. t. 859 ; Lodd. 



Bot. Cab. t. 644; DC. Prod. ii. 118. 



S. Australia. Mernorv Cove, R. Broicnj from Port Lincoln arouiiJ Spencer's Gulf 

 to Lake Torrens and Flinders Range, F. Mueller, WhUtaker, Warbnrtort, and others 



W. Australia. From the Great Australian Bia;ht to King George's Sound and Stirhng 

 Range and thence to Geographe Bay and Swan Eiver, Fraser, Collie, Brunmond, n. iii, 

 Preiss, n. 1082 and 1083, Oldfield, and others ; Dirk Harlog's Island, Milne. 



The dissiniilaritv of the anthers is not so stiiking as in other species, yet on examination 

 5 will always be found longer and attached by the base, and 5 attached near the middle, all 

 are much narrower than in Bossi(Fa. 



2. T. DrummoTidii, Bmth. Stems in our specimens ascending from 

 a thick rhizome, not 6 in. high, simple or branched, glabrous, angular-stnate. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical-oblong, mucronate, | to 1 in. long, ngul, glabrous, 

 glaucous, -articnlate on a petiole of 1 to 4 lines. Stipuh s mimite. lt«i^*^^| 

 3 to 4 Hues long, the bracteoles rather below the middle. Calyx about S! 

 lines long, the 4 teeth or lobes nearly equal, much shorter than the tube, tlie 

 uppermost broad and obtuse, the lateral ones rather smaller and almost acute, 

 the lowest rather longer. Flowers not seen. Pod above 1 ni. long. 4 to a 

 lines broad, on a verv short stines : valves coriaceous, very convex. 



W 



Muelle 



-^"v-K ana asccndmg or erect vlr-ate stems ot i to -^ u., mu'^ "' ......^—' 



fnate. Leaves few, the lower ones narrow-oblong, the upper ones Imeai i 

 *o Ii iu. long or in some specimens attaining 3 in., obtuse or wi li sho t le- 

 ^ved points, flat or concave, coriaceous, continuous or rarely when na ow 

 slion'in.r n t„.„i„..„.. . .:_...,.:_„ c.;.,.,i„. miin.te. Pedicels solitary 



Calyx 2 to 



