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LEGUMINOSJS. XXXV. BOSSISA. 



FIG. 27. 



usually compressed (f. 27.), rarely with terete branches (f. 27. 

 f. 28.). Leaves absent, but when present simple and alternate. 

 Flowers yellow, with the keel usually purplish or dark-brown. 



* Branches compressed, leafless. 



1 B. SCOLOPE'NDRIA (Smith, et R. Br. 1. c.) branches flat, 

 linear, leafless, toothed, with the teeth bearing the flowers ; keel 

 naked ; superior bracteas permanent, imbricate, equal in length 

 to the peduncles. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. Platylobium scolopendrium, Andr. bot. rep. 191. 

 Vent. malm. t. 55. Stems erect. Calyxes very smooth. Flowers 

 yellow, with the back of the vexillum and keel brownish red. 

 The leaves when present are ovate and smooth. 



Plank-plant Bossisea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 3 

 to 10 feet. 



2 B. ENSA'TA (Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 nov. holl. no. 434.) branches flat, 

 linear, leafless, toothed, the teeth 

 bearing the flowers ; keel almost 

 naked ; upper bracteas distant 

 from the lower ones, shorter than 

 the pedicel. Pj G. Native of 

 New Holland. Sweet, fl. austr. 

 51. B.rufa, Lodd. bot. cab. 1119. 

 but not of others. Flowers yellow, 

 with the back and base of the 

 vexillum of a brownish orange- 

 purple colour, and with the keel 

 brownish-purple. 



/Sword-branched Bossisea. Fl. 

 April, June. Clt. 1825. Sh. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



3 B. RU*FA(R. Br. l.c.)branches 



flat, linear, leafless, toothed, with the teeth bearing the flowers ; 

 keel fringed ; upper bracteas caducous, remote from the lower 

 ones. T? . G. Native of New Holland, on the south-west 

 coast. Sims, bot. mag. 1508. Calyxes quite smooth. Flowers 

 colour of the preceding. 



Rufous Bossisea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1805. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



* Branches compressed, leafy. 



4 B. LINOPHY'LLA (R. Br. 1. c.) branches compressed, leafy ; 

 leaves linear, with recurved margins; legume 1 -seeded. Jj. G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the south-west coast. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 174. Sims, bot. mag. 2491. 



Flax-leaved Bossiaea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. Shrub 1 

 to 4 feet. 



5 B. HETEROPHY'ILA (Vent. hort. eels. t. 7.) branches flat, 

 leafy; laaves obovate, linear or lanceolate, flat; legume many- 

 celled, in consequence of spongy transverse dissepiments. J-> . 

 G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Platylobium 

 lanceolatum, Andr. B. lanceolata, Sims, bot. mag. 1144. 



Variable-leaved Bossi&a. Fl. May, Dec. Clt. 1792. Shrub 

 1 to 4 feet. 



6 B. ROTUNDIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 117.) branches and 

 branchlets leafy, compressed ; leaves roundish or broadly ob- 

 ovate, somewhat mucronate, flat. Jj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the eastern coast. Leaves 4-5 lines long, and 5-6 

 broad, reticulately-veined. The whole plant very smooth. 



Round-leaved Bossiaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



7 B. RHOMBIFOLIA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl.no. 354.) branch- 

 lets compressed, leafy ; branches terete ; leaves rhomboidal- 

 orbicular, somewhat emarginate and mucronate ; legume on a 

 long stipe, falcate, f? . G. Native of New Holland. Plant 



quite smooth, and rather glaucous. Flowers yellow, the vexil- 

 lum having a red zonate mark at the base. Wings red at the 

 base. Keel brownish-purple. 



Rhomb-leaved Bossiaea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



* * * Branches terete, leafy. 



8 B. MICROPHY'LLA (Smith in Lin. trans. 9. p. 303.) branches 

 terete, leafy, spinescent ; leaves cuneiformly obcordate, glabrous. 

 J? . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern and southern 

 coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 656. Platylobium microphyllum, Sims, 

 bot. mag. 863. Platylobium obcordatum, Vent. malm. no. 31. 

 in a note. Young branches rather compressed and pubescent. 

 Flowers colour of the rest. 



Small-leaved Bossisea. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



9 B. LENTICULA'RIS (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 425.) 

 branches terete, leafy, at length spinescent ; leaves glabrous, 

 exactly orbicular. f-j . G. Native of New Holland. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 1238. Leaves hardly 2 lines in diameter. Flowers 

 like the rest in colour. 



Lentil-}ea\eA Bossiaea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Sh. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



10 B. FOLIOSA (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 347.) 

 branches straight, terete, villous ; leaves alternate, small, orbi- 

 cular, retuse, scabrous, with revolute margins, silky beneath ; 

 stipulas permanent, hooked, longer than the petioles. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland, in brushy forest land near Bathurst. 



Leafy Bossisea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 3 feet. 



11 B. OVA'TA ; branches straight, terete, smooth ; leaves ovate, 

 distich, alternate, quite glabrous. Tj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales. Platylobium ovatum, Andr. bot. rep. 266. The 

 flowers yellow, but with the keel purple. 



Ot'ate-leaved Bossiaea. Fl. May, Dec. Clt. 1792. Shrub 1 

 to 3 feet. 



12 B. BUXIFOLIA (Cung. in Field's new south wales, p. 348.) 

 branches leafy, attenuated, procumbent ; leaves broad-elliptic, 

 obtuse, mucronate, rather villous, with recurved margins, cine- 

 reous beneath, as well as the branches ; stipulas longer than the 

 petioles. J? . G. Native of New Holland, upon rocky brushy 

 hills. A diffuse reclining shrub. 



Box-leaved Bossieea. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. diffuse. 



13 B. CORDIFOLIA (Sweet, fl. FIG. 28. 

 austr. no. 20.) branches terete, 



crowded with leaves, villous; leaves 

 nearly sessile, cordate, acute, end- 

 ing in a spiny mucrone, scabrous 

 above, but pilose on the nerves 

 beneath, with recurved margins ; 

 peduncles bibracteate, about equal 

 in length to the leaves. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 yellow, the vexillum furnished 

 with a purple circle at the base, 

 and the keel is dark-purple. 



Cordate-leaved Bossiaea. Fl. 

 May, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 

 3 feet. 



14 B. CINE'REA (R. Br. 1. c.) 

 branches terete, leafy, clothed with 



woolly villi ; stem erect, much branched ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, scabrous above, and pubescent beneath, with recurved mar- 

 gins. Jj . G. Native of Van Diemen's Land. Ker. bot. 

 reg. 306. 



Grey Bossisea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1802. Sh. 1 to 3 feet. 



