DesModium.] XL. leguminos^e. 



233 



jin. long when in fruit. Bracts small, persistent. ' Calyx-lobes acuminate, 

 as long <ns he tube. Petals rarely 3 lines long. Pod sessile, the upper suture 

 very slightly, the lower deeply indented ; articles 3 to 6, obliquely ovate, about 

 2 hnes long and not so broad, flat, indehiscent, clothed with short clinging 

 hws.-mdt/sarum varians, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 71, t. 71. 



Queensland. Broad Sound and Keppel Bay, R. Brown ; Moreton Bay, F. Mueller, 



C. Stuart. 



Ti>?rn?"i ^l^*^®^;^ ^,T^ Jackson, Banks, R. Brown, and others; Hastings river, BecHer; 

 Inerpool Plains, JFool/s ; head of the Gwydir, Leichhardt. ' ° ' ' 



F. IS"*" ^^'*'^^'^*'^'"-"^'^'^ mountains. Ovens and Delatite rivers, Bacchus Marsh, etc., 



Tasmania. N. coast, J. B. Hooker. 



\ar.a>iffmtifolia. Leaves mostly Imear.—JD^. spartioldes, DC. Prod. ii. 337 (from a 

 specimen formerly seen in Herb. DC). r , ' \ »■ 



_ Var. Gumii Leaves all broadly obovate orbicular or obcordate.— D. Gunnu, Hook. f. 

 fcl'lv ■"■'■/ ^, <J'fferences I had formerly observed in the fruit disappear in the 



iiy npe pod Tim variety is the only one in Tasmania and occurs also in Victoria and 



• a. nales, but these pass frequently into the narrow-leaved form. 



8. p. flagellare, Benth. Stems slender, trailing, hirsute when young 



as well as the racemes with soft loose hairs. Leaflets 3, mostly broadly 



Obovate, but varying from almost fan-shaped to narrow-obovate, broadly trun- 



c«te or emarginate, | to li'ln. long, glabrous above, sprinkled with rather 



n.? appressed hairs underneath. Stipules subulate-acuminate. Kacemea 



D?, slender, flexuose. Bracts lanceolate-subulate, persistent long after the 



Ojver opens. Pedicels mostly solitary, spreading, longer than the calyx. 



jaiyx cihate-hirsute, about l" liiie long, the lobes thiu and rather broad. 



^etals not seen perfect. Ovary sessile, hirsute, with 2 ovules. Pod of 1 or 



articles, each about 2 lines long and broad, the upper suture nearly straight, 



tisceT^^ ^^'^"'^te, thin, flat, densely pubescent with clinging hairs, inde- 



N-^ Australia. Beagle Valley, i^. JMV/^r. 

 tobeair'T't'^'^n* ^^^ ^°° far advanced for a satisfactorv description, but the species appears 

 "La to n. vanans, notwithstanding thai the ovules and pod-articles are 2 only. 



ciimh ^t* ^,^y*^^°P^yll^«»» F. Muell. Herb. A perennial with long pro-' 

 LeaflT <? * trailing branches, softly rusty-tomentose or velvety-villous. 



1 f„*i, . ' ^^'^^^-fho'^^oifl or the upper ones rather narrow, obtuse, mostly 

 ceolnt "1' ■ °' ^^^^^^"^ ^''^'^^ ^^^ ^^^^k villous on both sides. Stipules lan- 

 taut • ""*^' °^^^" reflcxed. Kacemcs long. Flowers rather small, in dis- * 

 acum^^'f ■ ^^'^^^^^^ slender, rather longer than the calyx. Bracts subulate- 

 tube ^^p' P*^^^'^*^^t- Calyx about U lines long, the lobes longer than the 

 sliolitl tl y ^'^^^^^ *^^^<^^ ^s ^ong. Pod almost sessile, the upper suture 

 and n 1 ^^'-'^ ™°'"^ '^^^P'y intlented ; articles 3 to 6, about 1^ lines long 

 nearly as broad, flat, indehiscent, clothed with short clinging hairs. 



Kookh?^'*.**^^^' ^'■atiite rocks between Dawson and Burnett rivers, F. Mueller; near 



Hacleav ■„ 1 n,^^" ^°'"* Jackson, R. Brown, Backhouse ; Paramatta, Woolh ; Hastings, 



The L "• •'^',f' ""''^' ^^'^'^■^^'•• 

 ^(lindumeuT ^^ '^'^'^ ^- «'«'•»«»■?- but much larger and coarser, with a different fohage 



• O. campylocaulon, F. Muell. Herb. Stem diffuse or trailing, 



