172 XL. LEGUMiNOS^>. - [Ilocea. 



Leaves mostly above 1 in. long. No thorns. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate, prickl^-toolhed. Upper stamen 



free ,.,.•. 7. ^- cJiorhemifolia. 



Leaves entire or slightly crisped, the margins flat or recurved. 

 Upper stamen united with the rest. 

 Tall shrub. Leaves elliptical to narrow-lanceolate. Calyx 



lower lobes at least i as loug as the upper. Ovules 2. 8, H, elliptica. 

 Stems low or not much brancheJ. Leaves ovate to 

 linear. Calyx lower lobes very small. Ovules usually 



3 or more ♦.,,,,, 9, jff. trisperma. 



Leaves J to 1 in. long, narrow, rigid, the margins much re- 

 volute. 

 Leaves obtuse with a small scarcely pungent point . , .10. -H". dricia. 

 Leaves pungent -pointed ]L R,^nngens. 



' 1. H. linearis^ R, Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iv. 275. Apparciitlya 



low shrub, with erect not much -branched stems, of 1 to 2 ft., closely tomeatose 

 or pubescent or at length nearl^^ glabrous. Leaves nearly all narrowJinenr, 

 1^ to 3 in. long, obtuse with a small point, coriaceous with recurved margins, 

 more or less reticulate, quite glabrous or pubescent underneath, the lower 

 ones occasionally lanceolate or oblong-elliptical. Flowers rather small, soli- 

 tary or 2 or 3 in each axil, on very short pedicels. Calyx about 2 hues long, 

 more or less silky -hairy. Stauiinal sheath open on the upper side only. Ovary 

 glabrous. Pod sessile, glabrous, about 4 lines broad and long,— DC. Prod. 

 ii. 115; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1222?; Po/>'d^//a /i?/<^am, Sm. in Trans. Lina. 

 Soc. ix. 304. 



N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson, R, Brown, Sieber, n. 375, and others ; and northward 

 to (Clarence river, Beckier. 



This very much resembles the loug linear-leaved varieties of H, longifolin. It appears to 

 be a smaller plant, the leaves are not so coriaceous, the flowers smaller and the pod shorter, 

 and always quite glabrous. The spcchnens figured, Bot. Reg.t. 4C3, and in Paxt. Mag- xu. 

 7o, seem to connect this also with the following. 



2. H. heterophylla. A.. Cunn, in Hook J. Fl Tasm. i. 93,/. 15. Very 



closely allied to //. li^waris, aiul perhaps a variety only, although usually veiy 

 different in aspect. Stems decumbent or prostrate at the base, with ascend- 

 ing or erect slender branches, clothed with a short close toiuentum. Lower 

 Jeaves ovate, intermediate ones lanceolate, the u])pennost narrow, or sometimes 

 quite linear, and rarely above U in. long, obtuse or almost acute, the margins 

 often recurved, reticulate and glabrous or slightly hairy underneath. Flowers 

 of IL hnyifoUa or rather larger. Calyx 2 to 3 lines long, the lower lobes 

 sometimes nearly as long as the upper lip, but very narrow. Ovary and po« 

 of //. longlfoUa, but quite glabrous or shortly pubescent. 



Queensland. Stradbrooke Island, Fraser, J. Cunnim/ham ; Sandstone Hills, towards 

 Bnsbane, Leiehhardt. . 



N. S. -Wales. Paramatta, Woolh; grassy valleys, near Macnuarrie river, A. ^ 

 mngham ; Twofold B:iy, F. Mueller. ^ j > 



Victoria, Glenelg river, Robertson ; INIounts DandcnonK and Disappointment, ^ 

 Mueller; in the Tattiara country, /. E, Woods 



Ta 



Hooker. 



Tasmania. 



laiuara country, j, it'. Woods, j n 



Abundant in dry aad stony places in various parts of the island, ^' ^• 



3. H. longifolia, 72. Br. in AiL Ilort, Kew. ed. 2, iv. 275. A stout erect 

 shrub, attainuig 8 to 10 ft.; branches usually erect, softly tomentose or tn 



