LEGUMINOS/E. XXX. DAVIESIA. XXX. MIRBE'LIA. 



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vexillurn. Ovary pedicellate, 2-seeded. Style straight. Stigma 

 simple. Legume compressed, angular, bursting elastically at 

 the lower suture, which is dilated, almost semi-trapezoid. Stro- 

 phiola of seeds entire behind. Smooth Australian, spiny, or 

 unarmed shrubs, with the appearance of furze. Leaves either 

 simple or wanting. Pedicels axillary, bibracteate at the base. 

 Flowers usually yellow. 



* Leaves oval, ollong, or lanceolate, unarmed. 



1 D. LATIFOLIA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 3. p. 20.) leaves ellip- 

 tic or oval, veiny, rather tapering to the base, mucronate, and 

 are unarmed as well as the branches; racemes axillary, many- 

 flowered, a little shorter than the leaves. Tj . G. Native of 

 Van Diemen's Land. Sims, bot. mag. 1757. Flowers yellow, 

 with the vexillum copper-coloured, spotted. Bracteoles numer- 

 ous along the peduncles under the raceme. 



Broad-leaved Daviesia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 2to 4 ft. 



2 D. CORYMBOSA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 258.) leaves 

 linear-oblong, flat, apiculated by a callous mucrone, and are as 

 well as the branches unarmed ; racemes solitary or twin, 3- 

 times shorter than the leaves, having many bracteas at the base, 

 and bearing a corymb of flowers at the apex. J? . G. Native 

 of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Flowers white, with a 

 violet keel. Leaves 1-2 inches long and 4 lines broad, with 

 few veins. 



Corymbous-fiowered Daviesia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1804. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 D. MIMOSOIDES (R. Br. in hort. kew. 3. p. 20'.) leaves linear, 

 lanceolate, apiculated by an innocuous point, and are as well as 

 the branches unarmed ; racemes solitary or twin, 4-times shorter 

 than the leaves, having many bracteas at the base, and corym- 

 biferous at the apex. T? . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south coast. Andr. bot. rep. 526. D. glauca, Lodd. bot. cab. 

 t. 43. Flowers yellow. Leaves nerved at the base ; the nerves 

 irregularly pinnate. 



Mimosa-tike Daviesia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1809. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



4 D. LEPTOPHY'LLA (Cung. mss.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 strongly nerved, obtuse and mucronate, quite smooth, coria- 

 ceous ; branches furrowed ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland. 



Slender-leaved Daviesia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



* * Leaves lanceolate or linear, spiny at the apex, 



5 D. PHYSODES (Cung. mss.) leaves sessile, somewhat falcate, 

 broadest at the apex and blunt, having 2 strong nerves, and 

 furnished with a spiny beak on the lower side ; branches fur- 

 rowed, fj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Bladdery Daviesia. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



6 D. RACEMULOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 114.) leaves sublanceo- 

 late-linear, acuminated, pungent ; racemes solitary, bracteate, 

 a little shorter than the leaves and somewhat corymbous at the 

 apex. lj . G. Native of New Holland. Leaves 9-10 lines 

 long and 2 lines broad. 



.Racemose-flowered Daviesia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 D. UMBELLULA'TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 258.) leaves 

 lanceolate, terminated by a pungent point ; branches spinose at 

 the apex ; peduncles axillary, very short, bearing a few-flowered 

 umbel at the apex. ^ Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. 



Var. /3, angustifolia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 114.) leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. D. umbeMta, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 107. 1. 137. 



Umbellulate-fiowered Daviesia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



8 D. INCRASSA'TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 253.) leaves 

 cuneate-linear, compressed, vertical, oblique, thick, spiny ; 



Native of New Holland, at 

 Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh. 



flowers axillary, solitary. Tj . G. 

 King George's Sound. 



T/iickened-\ea\ed Daviesia. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



9 D. ACICULA'RIS (Smith, 1. c.) leaves linear, with callous 

 somewhat revolute margins, pungent, straight, denticulately sca- 

 brous ; flowers axillary, solitary, on very short pedicels. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1234. Flowers yellow, variegated with scarlet. 



4cicular-\eaved Daviesia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1804. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



10 D. uticiNA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate or linear, with 

 smooth margins, and are as well as the branches spinescent at 

 the apex, spreading ; flowers axillary, solitary, on very short 

 pedicels, fj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern 

 coast. D. ulicifolia, Andr. bot. rep. t. 304. Leaves half an 

 inch long. Flowers yellow, with the vexillum copper-coloured 

 at the base. 



Furze-like Daviesia. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1792. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



* * * Leaves cordate at the base. 



11 D. SQUARROSA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves cordate, acuminated, 

 pungent, with scabrous margins, which are either reflexed or 

 spreading ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, nearly the length of 

 the leaves. Ij . G. Native of New Holland, at Port Jackson. 

 Pedicels furnished with concave obtuse bracteas at the base. 



Squarrose Daviesia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



12 D. CORDA'TA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves cordate, stem-clasping, 

 reticulated with veins ; peduncles axillary, aggregate, corym- 

 bose, many-flowered. J? . G. Native of New Holland, at 

 King George's Sound. Lindl. bot. reg. 1005. Stem angular. 

 Bracteas broad, usually subcordate. 



Cordate-leaved Daviesia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



* * * * Leaves wanting, 



13 D. ALATA (Smith, 1. c.) stem leafless, winged; umbels 

 lateral ; calyx and bracteas fringed ; legume 1 -seeded, com- 

 pressed, dolabriform. fj . G. Native of New Holland, at Port 

 Jackson. Ker. bot. reg. 728. Stem having 3 wings, nearly 

 like those in Genista sagittalis or in Bossice~a scolopendria. 



Winged-stemmed Daviesia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



14 D. JU'NCEA (Smith, 1. c.) stem leafless, terete, furrowed, 

 naked ; umbels lateral ; calyx and bracteas beardless. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, at King George's Sound. Bracteas 

 concave, lower ones imbricate. Teeth of calyx short. 



Kush-\ike Daviesia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



Cult. See Pullence a for culture and propagation. The 

 species are very elegant plants when in flower. The cuttings 

 require to be nearly ripened. 



XXXI. MIRBE'LIA (in honour of M. Mirbel, a distin- 

 guished French physiological botanist, whose elucidations of the 

 reticulated structure of vegetables are well known). Smith, 

 ann. bot. 1. p. 511. Lin. trans, soc. 9. p. 265. R. Br. in hort. 

 kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 21. D. C. prod. 2. p. 114. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. 

 Legume 2-seeded, longitudinally 2-celled, from the sutures on 

 the upper side being so much bent in. Australian subshrubs, 

 having the fruit of Astragalus, and the stamens and habit agree- 

 ing with the present tribe. Leaves 3 in a whorl. Flowers 

 purple. 



1 M. RETICULA'TA (Smith, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-linear, reti- 

 culately-veined, quite entire, apiculated by a stiff" mucrone. 

 Fj . G. Native of New South Wales. Vent. malm. 119. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1211. Gompholobium reticulatum, Hort. Smooth, 

 with twiggy branches. Leaves opposite or ternately verticillate. 

 Flowers lilac, terminal, capitate, or axillary verticilate. 



