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(b) Variety lungifolia, n. var. The longer leaves overtop 

 the scapes by 1 or 2 inches and the latter are mostly 5-7 inches 

 long. Cowcowing in lake country. M. Koch, 1904, No. 1144. 

 A specimen from N. of the Stirling's Range, 1887, appears to be 

 a young form of the same variety. Though so much larger than 

 the type, both varieties appear to be annual. 



Urodon. 



This genus was founded by Turczaninow (Bull. Soc. Imp. de 

 Nat de Moscou, 1894, iii., p. 16) for a specimen of Drummond's 

 (Coll. iv.. No. 21, llrodon capitatus), on the basis of the follow- 

 ing characters : — ■ 



'■ Calyx two basal bracts, unequally hilal)iate, two upper 

 teeth broad, all with setaceous acuminate points. Corolla 

 papilionaceous, petals clawed, standard broad eraarginate, carina 

 obtuse, wings slightly shorter. Stamens 10, filaments free. 

 Ovary shortly stalked, biovulate, villous. Style much longer 

 than the ovary, base scarcely dilated, pxibescent, the upper part 

 filiform and glabrous, stigma minute."" 



Urndon capitatus. A glabrous branching shrub, flowers in- 

 stalked involucrate heads, standard and wings red when dry, 

 keel dark purple. Related to Phyllota but distinguished by the 

 shape of the calyx, stalked ovary, carina and wings. 



At a later date Turczaninow distinguished a second species 

 U. dasyphyllus (1853, ii., p. 2'68) in a specimen from Drum- 

 mond's Vth. Coll., No. 47, which had been mixed with Sphaer- 

 olobium Drummondii. The leaves were longer, flowers larger, 

 stems and leaves hairy, etc. 



Bentham, evidently on superficial examination only, sup- 

 pressed the genus and both species, and raised a new species of 

 Pultenaea (P. Urodun, Benth.). Mueller equally incorrectly 

 transferred these plants to Phyllota U rodoii. F. v. M. Tlie 

 genus T'rodon, though intermediate between Phyllota and 

 Pultenaea, is quite distinct from both. It resembles Pultenaea 

 in the shortly-stalked ovary, the tln-ead-like style not dilated 

 below the middle, and the fiattened leaves not inrolled at the 

 edges nor heath-like. 



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