Zeguminosa.] FLORA OF Tasmania 85 
simum, unguiculatum, duplo longius quain latum, bindum, alas oblongas august as superans. Carina alia 
brevior, recta, obtusa. Stamina 10, libera. Ovarium subsessilr, B-ovulatum. Lrr/ui/irn ovatuin, ventrico- 
sum. Semina strophiolata. — Frutices; fcina aifouM, mmpliciHi, tmtifmltUiti mflomomiiui corymbota v. 
capitata, term in a ti r. axil far i ; pedicellis brevibus, 1-bracteolalis. 
Chiefly distinguished from Pultenaa by the broader ve\ ilium, bracteolae on the pedicels, and absence of stipuh s 
A genus of about ten Australian species, almost wholly confined to the South-eastern extratropieal pari-, only UM 
or two being West Australian.— Shrubs with alternate, simple, exstipulate. entire, generally Bubulate has, s . with revo- 
lute margins. Inflorescence in axillary or tenninal capitate corymbs. Pt-dich bflmoteokte, Calyx two-lipped , 
upper lip bifid ; lower three-parted. Standard broader than long, two-lobed or notched. Wings narrow-ol.lontr. 
Keel straight, blunt, shorter than the wings. Stamens ten, free. Ovary two-ovuled, sessile. Pod ovate, ventricose. 
(Named in honour of L. W. Dillwyn, Esq., an eminent British botanist.) 
1. DiUwynia glaberrima (Smith, in Linn. Soc. Trans, ix. 263) ; gracilis, erecta, virgata, raim> 
ramulisque gracilibus glabris pubescentibusve, foliis angustr limari-setareis 1ilifurmil>u>w rectis nirvitfC 
obtusis v. acutis teretibus antice sulcatis, floribus terminalibus subeapitato-corymbosis. — 6 
t. 944; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 582; Lab. Nov. lloll. i. 109. t. 139; DC. Prodr. ii. 
Hab. Common in poor wet sandy soil, especially in the northern {'arts of the Island. — (l'l. Nm. 
Distrib. New South Wales and South-east, in Australia, .("ultivai, d in !. 
A graceful shrub, a few inehes to .'3 or 4 led fa i up to 7 feet ((ninii). />/• 
glabrous or pubescent. leaves numerous, filiform, \—\ inch Iodl'. -inootii and <;]ahrous - 1 1. 1 : _r f 1 1 or reeuned. 
with a blunt or hooked recurred tip, inserted on small tnbereles of the stem by very minute petioles; upper surface 
grooved down the front ; back rounded. Flowers in terminal subcapitatc corymbs. PvdnncU 
pedicels short, with bracteolse at the base. Calyx glabrous or silky, its lobes blunt, vdlous at the edge* 
iinch across. Pod about twice as long as the calyx, broadly ovate, pilose or silky, 
solitary, pale brown, obliquely ovoid, with a large lobed strophulus.— The D. ericafolia, Smith, D. parnfolia, Hr.. 
and D. ramosissima, Benth., are probably states of this plant. 
2. Dillwynia floribunda (Smith, Exot. Bot. i. t. 26) ; suberecta, robusta, ramis ramulisque 
robustis pubescentibus sericeisve, foliis acicularibus acutis glabris scaberulisve, junioribus sericeo-villosis, 
floribus lateralibus solitariis binisve.— DC. Prodr. i. 108. D. ericsefolia, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1 5 
non Smith. D. sericea, A. Cunn. in Herb. D. adenophora, End/. En. Plant. Huge!. {G* 
Hab. Common in dry stony and gravelly places in various parts of the Colony, as near Hobarton and 
Launceston.— (Fl. Nov.) {v. v.) 
Distrib. New South Wales and South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
A shorter, much more robust plant than D. glaberrima, and at once duanguunea ion t .t 
rescence. Branches woody, 2-10 inches long, often much branched, | 
densely villous at their tips. Leaves patent, often recurred, rigid, MMukr, eente, dei ply grooved on ue room, terete 
on the back, scabrid, £— \ inch long; upper silky or riDona I »en ■-< n 
Calyx silky or hispid, its lobes blunt, rarefy glabr >.— I'.-- D. xericea, A. Cunn., and 
only states of this plant; the latter name is derived from the occasional presence of a very deciduou- 
apex of the calyx-lobes. 
ascendentibusve glabris cano-puberulisve, foliis glaberrimis filifonmbus rectis curvisve apice subacute, 
pedunculis brevibus unifloris in corymbis terminalibus lateralibusve aggregatis, calyce sericeo.— Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 527 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 109. (Gunn, 468, 669.) 
