BY J. H. MAIDEN. 27 



latitudine valde mutantibus (2-9 cm), basin versus valde attenuatis, in 

 petiolum fere 2 cm terminantibus, falcatis, asymmetricis, pai-te dorsale 

 margine uudulata, in modo ilicifolii, iobos triangulares saepe formantibus 

 in glandulam terminantibus, 1-nervis, prominenter et tenuiter penniveniis. 

 Racemis 8 cm longis, laxis, minus 20 capitulis globosis, 5-meris. Ehache 

 laeve. Calyce sinuato-lobato, margine ciliata, sparse piloso, dimidio 

 corollam aequante. Fetalis glabris, infra lobis cohaerentibus. Pistilli 

 parte superiore pilosa. Legumine recto, symmetrico, 17 cm longo, 1.5 cm 

 lato, valvis nitentibus, nigris, reticulatis, marginibus planis, seminibus 

 longitudinalibus, funiculo dujlo plicato, hemen bis circumcingente. 



A glaucous shrub of about G feet, forming stools of 

 several ^^eet in diameter, branchlets round, though with the 

 tips angular. 



Ph3'llodia obovati- to lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, 

 usually 12 to 18 cm (say 5 to 7 inches) long, and varying 

 greatly in width, sa}' from 2 to 9 cm ; much narrowed to- 

 wards he base, terminating in a distinct petiole of nearly 

 2 cm. Falcate, asymmetrical, the main nerve nearer the 

 dorsal portion which has often a holly-leaved undulate 

 margin, the lobes often forming triangular processes 

 terminating in a gland, 1 -nerved and prominently and 

 finely penni veined, the margins nerve-like. 



Racemes of bright yellow flowers, about 8 cm long, 

 loose, with under 20 globular heads of flowers, sometimes 

 two in each axilla, 5-merous. The rhachis smooth, with a 

 small bract. 



Calyx sinuate-lobed, with ciliate edge, and scattered 

 hairs running up from the base, about half the length of 

 the corolla. Petals glabrous, united below the lobes. 

 Pistil smooth when young, but the upper half hairy Avhen 

 more mature. 



Pod straight, symmetrical, 17 cm long and l.o cm broad, 

 the valves shining, black, reticulate, the margins flattish 

 and grooved, the seeds longitudinally arranged, elliptical, 

 duU, Avith a funicle bent double and twice encircling the 

 seed and terminating in a clavate arillus. 



This interesting species commemorates the Bancrofts, 

 father and son, the former the late Dr. Joseph Bancroft, 

 and the latter Dr. Thomas Lane Bancroft, who have done 

 splendid work in the elucidation of the flora of Queensland 

 (to mention only one phase of their scientific activities). 



