Victorian Plants. 45 



219. Leaves absent, rudimentary or imperfect ... ... 220 



Leaves nearly always present ... ... ... 221 



220. Upper lobes of the calyx united and much larger than 



the lower. 



Almost herbaceous or shrubby plants ; stipules obliterated ; 

 petals yellowish or of species elsewhere red ; fruit globu- 

 lar ; seeds without any appendage. Sphaerolobium. 962 



Lobes of the calyx nearly equal. 



Tall and slender, not rarely arborescent shrub; leafstalks 

 very elongated ; petals yellowish ; fruit minute, ovate, 

 indehiscent. Viminaria. 963 



221. Fruit very inequilateral. 



Shrubby plants, from dwarf to tall, rarely arborescent; 

 leaves simple, scattered, or in species chiefly elsewhere 

 quite absent ; petals yellowish or red ; fruit oblique- 

 triangular ; seeds with an appendage (strophiole). 



Daviesia. 964 



Fruit slightly inequilateral 222 



222. Leaves opposite. 



Shrubby plants, seldom tall; leaves simple; stipules ob- 

 literated ; petals yellowish ; fruit ovate ; seeds with an 

 appendage ; calyx unsupported by bracteoles. 



Eutaxia. 970 



Leaves scattered or irregularly crowded, rarely whorled 223 



223. Stipules developed. 



Leaves simple ; calyx supported by almost membranous 

 bracteoles ; petals yellowish, rarely pink ; fruit nearly 

 ovate ; seeds with an appendage. Figure 46. 



Pultenaea. 971 



Stipules undeveloped ... ... ... ... ... 224 



224. Calyx supported by leafy bracteoles. 



Shrubby plants ; leaves simple, scattered or irregularly 

 crowded ; fruit nearly ovate ; seeds without any ap- 

 pendage. Phyllota. 1002 



Calyx unsupported by bracteoles ... ... .. 225 



