174 XL. LEOUMlNOS.f:. [Ifom. 



4. H. acutifolia, j4, Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 126, A tall shrulj, 

 allied to the var. pannosa of II. longifoUa^ but with the leaves always nar- 

 rowed at both ends. Branches densely toraentose-villoiis. Leaves elliptical- 

 oblong or lanceolate, acuminate or acute, narrowed at the base, mostly 2 to 3 

 in. long, and the larger ones 1 in. broad in the middle, the margins slightly 

 recurved, densely but .minutely reticulate above, loosely tomeiilose-^dllou3 

 underneath, the primary veins tew, nearly transverse or arcuate. Flowers in 

 clusters of 2 or 3, like those of //. longifoUa, var. pannosa or rather larger. 

 Ovary sessile, tomentose-villous. Pod not seen. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Fraser, A, Cunningham, F. Mueller, and others; Pine 

 river, Fifzalan. 



5. H. longipeSy Benth, in Iliieg, Emm. 37. A tall shrub, resembling 

 at first sight some forms of H. longifolia, but readily distinguished by the 

 venation of the leaf as well as by the tlower and fruit. Branches, under side 

 of the leaves and calyxes hoary or slightly rusty, with a close or soft toiiieu- 

 turn. Leaves from oval-elliptical to oblong or lanceolate, obtuse Avith a 

 minute callous point, f to 1^ in. long, coriaceous with slightly recurved 

 margins, glabrous above and marked with numerous oblique parallel slightly 

 reticulate primaiy veins. Flowers usually 2 or 3 together, each on a pedicel 

 longer than the calyx, wdth 2 minute bracteoles near the end. Calyx veiy 

 broadly campanulate, scarcely 2 lines long, the lobes or teeth all very sliort, 

 the upper lip broad and trnncate, but scarcely exceeding the lower lobes. 

 Standard very broad, twice as long as the calyx. Ovary quite glabrous. Pod 

 4 or 5 lines broad and long, very coriaceous, quite glabrous, on a stipes from 

 the length of the calyx to twice as long. — H. leiocarpa, Beuth. Mitch. Trop. 

 Austr. 289. 



Queensland. Keppel Bay, R Brown; dry forest nnd sheltered valleys, ^lantuan 

 Downs and Marnnoa river, MiickeU ; Burdekiii river, F. Mueller; edge of the scrub, near 

 Kockhampton, Thozet ; Fitzroy river, Bowman, 



N. S. TVales. Clarence river, Beckler. 



6. H. acanthoclada^ F. MnelL Fragm. iv. 15. A rigid spreading di- 

 varicately branched shrub, with the habit of some of the spinesceut Bosskas; 

 branches closely rusty-tomentose, the smaller ones ending in slejider thorns. 

 Leaves scattered or clustered, rarely 3 lines long, lluear-oblong, obtuse, with 



. revolute margins, glabrous above, rusty-tomentose underneath. Flowers 

 usually solitary, on short pedicels. Bracteoles minute. Calyx minutely to- 

 mentose, turbinate-campanulate, about 2 lines long, the upper lip truncate, 

 with acuminate angles, the lower lobes or teeth much shorter. Petals and 

 ovary not seen. Staminal sheath open on the upper side. Pod obliquely 

 ovoid, glabrous, on a stipes as long as the calyx-tube. — Daviesia acanihoclada, 

 Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1853, i. 262, 



^V. Australia, Lrummoiid, ^th Coll. n. 96; Phillips riTer, Maxwell. This specie* 

 cotmects in some measure Kovea with Bossiaa, but the pod is entirely that of the forme 

 genus. 



7. H. choHzemifoUa, DC. Prod. ii. 116. Usually a stout branching 

 shrub of several ft., although occasionally the stems are nearly siinplt' from ^ 

 thick stock; branches rusty-tomentose, 'villous or nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 from ovate to lanceolate, pungent-pointed, sinuate and prickly-toothed, ottefl 



