KenneJi/a.'] XL. leguminosje. 



251 



vr 



Pedicels rarely onger tlian tlie calyx. Calyx rusty-villous, 3 to 3 |Iines lon. . 

 Standard broadly orbicular ; wings shorter j keel still shorter, very obtuse 

 Style sometmies filiform at the end as in the other species, sometim'es dilated 

 at the back immediately behind the stigma into a toolh-like appendage. Pod 

 flattened, the upper suture thickened, li to 3 in. long. Seeds on a very 



fcA r' ti;^^-^^™^- "• ^^3 ' ^"'^'^^' ^1- A«^tr. t. 23 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 2_66:t ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1126 ; Paxt. Mag. ii. 99, with a fig. ; Zichmcoc 



ciuea, Hueg. ; Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 40, and in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 123 ; 



Maund Botanist, t. 130 ; K. imphjlla, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1421 ; Zkhja 



xnopiylla, Hueg. ; Benth. 1. c. (a broad-leaved very silky form) ; K. dilatata, 



A. Liinn.; Liadl. lu Bot. Beg. t. 1526; ^. hekrophjlla, Mackay, in Loud. 



noit Jirit. 314 ; Zichi/a Molly, Hueg. Bot. Arch. 1. 1 ; Benth. 1. c. ; Meissn. 



n_ 11. Breiss i. 93 ; Z. sericea, Ilueg. ; Benth. 1. c. ; Meissn. 1. c. ; Z 



I'-icoor, Lmdl. in Bot. Eeg. 1S39, t. 52; Meissn. 1. c. ; Z. angvdi folia, 



Lindi. in Bot. Eeg. 1839, under t. 52 ; Meissn. I. c. ; Z. villosa, Lindl. in Bot. 



fteg 1842, t. 68; Meissn. 1. c. 92; Z. glahrata, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. 



1- y^, but not of Benth. ; Z. panno^a, Paxt. Mag. viii. 147, with a fig. 



■ Australia. King George's Sound and neighbouiliood to Esperance Bay, E. Brown, 

 "rmnmond Preh,, n. 1086, 1088. lO'JO, 1096, 10'J7, Ohlfield, aud others. 

 let<! • +1"°- / °^ synonyms is owing to great differences in the shape and size of the leaf- 

 out' hV h '" ""^"*'"".' !'"«' hi the style with more or less of an appendage or entirely with- 

 now fi 'I (1,"^^ ^^^^ striking when we had only single specimens of various forms ; but we 

 med" , . ^^'^ leaves are very variable even on the same plant, there is every intor- 



witli d /T*^" ^^^ ^''«^'^'^'^' pubescent aud the vf ry silky-villous specimens, aud I find styles 

 to f Y^t "^ ^^^ appeudage in combination with each of the most prominent varieties as 



7._ K. microphylla, Mdssn. in PI. Freiss. i. 91. A small jjrostrate 



species, sprinkled with a few short stiff hairs. Leaflets broadly obcordate, in 

 ^onie specimens all under 2 lines long, in others nearly attaining i in. Sti- 

 pules broad, herbaceous, striate. Flowers the smallest of the genus, rarely 

 ' aiinng 5 lines, solitary or rarely 2 together on axillarv peduncles ; pedi- 

 (^is short; bracts smalland deciduous. (Jalyx nearly 2'lines long. Stan- 

 m orbicular ; keel obtuse, as long as the wings. Pod linear, flat or with 

 »^ex valves, the upper suture slightly thickened. Seeds small. 



1009 ■ t^,'^**''^^'*J ^rummoud, Uh Coll. n. 04; boi'lcrs of Lake Matilda, Pmw, «. 

 ^^ ' ^«Js^'n ri\ er, ]Ua.rweN. 



. ?•. K'Parviflora, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 91, ii. 232. Prostrate or 

 ,jj.''jJ'"o' glabrous or hirsute wnth spreading hairs. Leaflets 3, obovate 

 ^ Droadly obcordate-truucate, sometimes as small as in K. microphglla, but 



'en above 1 in. long. Stipules leafy, acute, veined, 3 to 6 lines broad, 

 ^i "^'"^.^•"aller than in any species except K. micropJiijUa, and usually solitary, 

 artio^l ^^^^ longer than the peduncle, with small persistent leafy bracts at the 

 jj- '!""on. Calyx 2 to 2i lines long. Standard orbicular, nearly i in. 

 Bsinll 'i '^^^^ "'"ch curved, obtuse, nearly as long as the wings. Pod 

 p . Y f^^ 4 in. long, very turgitl, coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent, 

 icle of the seeds very ^liovt —PJipohbiim cariHatu,i>,'Bcn\\\. in Hueg. 



^- 39, and in Aim. Wieu. Mus. ii. 124 ; Meissn. in PL Pi'eiss. i. 91. 



■fiaj'/^l ^'^'*'"*^**- *^'"g George's Sound and nciirhboiirhood to Cape Richc, Iliirgel, 

 ^^ ^rummond, 2nd Coll. n. 120, Preiss, n. 1084, lO'J'J ; Vassc river, Oldfield (with 



