56 ICONES PLANTARUM, 
I have dedicated the genus to my friend Francis Guthrie, Esq., 
LL.B., Professor of prey ve Reinet College, my earliest 
teacher in botany, and companio many botanical expeditions; and 
whose name may fitly siatiiatad with the plant of a district to 
which he has rendered invaluable educational services.—H. Bou 
Fig. 1. Male flower laid open. 2. Female shh 3, Transverse section of ovary. 
= Capea with persistent style and corolla. 5. Seed. 6. Same longitudinally cut 
ugh. 
PLATE 1162. 
PLAGIOCARPUS AXILLARIS, Benth. 
Lecuuinosz, Tribe GaLecen ? 
Petula breviter EN ane sa pecan tet a. Vewillum late ovatanie 
basi late subcordatum. Al@ liberw, oblongss, basi conspicue hine auri- 
culate. Carina oblonga, apice obtuso breviter incurvo, petalis basi 
vix auriculatis. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata, 
anthers subequales alterne basifixe, alternse versatiles. Ovariwm 
- (v. 2- P) o 
uto oo Legumen oblique ovatum, tur eidulum, valvis 
coriaceis, Semen unicum events strophiolatum. ae seven Foliola 
3-foliata. Plorss axillares solitarii. 
P. axillaris, Benth. sp. nov. unica. 
Tropical Australia, Regent’s River, Greville Island, &c., 
orth west coast, A. Cunningham ; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 639. 
Caules e rhizomate y. basi crassa lignosa erecti, ramosi, foliosi, 
dales v. longiores, tenues at duri, pilis appressis mollibus canescentes 
v. rufescentes. Stipule vix conspicue, inter pilos occulte 
nullee viola 3 in caule sessilia, petiolo communi nullo, oblongo- 
elliptica, obtusa, 6—9 lin. longa, membranacea, utrinque pallide virentia, 
tenuiter pubescentia, pennivenia; versus basin caulium sepe solitaria. 
: 2 
snlus, lobis acutis Hie paullo longioribus. Pefala ad 4 lin. longa; 
ale more Genistearum transverse bh con se, Legumen semipollicare, 
valde cbliquum, Sate duris nitidis 
long known this plant in Cunningham’s collections, and could 
not refer it to any known genus, but was s unable to characterise it for 
