Piate 2777. 
ERICHSENIA UNCINATA, Hemsl. 
Lecuminoss, Tribe PopAtyriex. 
ichsenia, Hems/. Genus novum inter ceo et Daviesiam 
sed apolie calycis forma, mara leacg a diffe 
Calyx grea tose ; lobi leviter SR Be rotundati, tubo duplo 
biu ib 
breviores ; la superius xstivatione interius, loborum marginibus 
contiguis vilvatie’ ; labii inferioris lobus intermedius omnino exteri 
Petala omnia unguiculata ; vexi lu pointy ; ale dolabriformes ; 
de elope aha fo Folia alterna, simpli cia, ds bree atiplata 
Stipule bracteiformes. Flores mediocres, racemosi, bractea 
E, uncinata, Hems/. (species unica). Frutex nanus, a basi ramosus, 
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ut videtur, vagans et forsan interdum major quam specimina sub oculis. 
Caules ramique glabri, teretes, graciles, virides. ‘olia pauca, teretia, 
maxima semipollicari , apice uncinata tel, purpureo-striati, 
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mollibus herbaceis. Calyx pilis longis albis sericeis dense vestitus, 
oblique campanulatus, subbilabiatus, petalis plus quam dimidio brevior ; 
lobi_ rotundati labii superioris rabie? res. Petala, preter vexillum, 
. een glabra, omnino inclusa ; filamenta filiformia. 
ari brum, obliquum, oe filiformi curvato incluso ; ovula 2, 
pabcctiakeralia, distincte funiculata 
West AustratiaA: Railway between Cunderdin and Dedari, 
G.I. oo 
s genus is named after Mr. Frederik Ole Erichsen, with whom 
Mr. Thissite on-Dyer was associated as assistant at the official tests of the 
mping machinery for the Coolgardie Water * Supply. This gentleman 
Ve ae 776. 
here is s always some risk in establishing a new genus ‘in such a 
natural bo wi as the Leguminose, but the present plant is a very 
distinct one, and, su far as I can Measet had not pawusly been 
collected.—W. Borrine Hemsie 
Tee ig. * a olsen’ and stipules — - branch ; 2, calyx laid open and pers 
stamens removed; 4, ard; 5, a wing-petal; 6, keel spread o 
: ciel wees laid open. AU pk ang 
