36 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



3. P. fOEMOSUM, Sm. An erect, much-branched, spreading shrub, 3-6 feet. 

 Leaves opposite, mostly ovate, 1-2 inches long, strongly vein-marked. Flowers 

 few together in the upper axils, shortly-stalked. Pod about \\ inch long. 



Launceston, North and East Coast to Swanport ; also Eastern Australia. 

 Fl. Nov. 



9. BOSSI^A. 



Pod flat, seeds 4 to 8, valves revolute, and separating when old. Stamens 

 uniting in a tube round the style. Upper pair of sepals usually greatly exceeding 

 the others. 



Limited to Australia. 



Leaves opposite ... ... ... ... ... ... 1. B. cordigera. 



Branches flat, nearly leafless ... ... ... ... 4. B.riparia. 



Leaves acute ... ... ... ... ... ... 2. B. cinerea. 



Leaves blunt ... ... ... ... ... ... S. B. prostrata. 



1. B. COEDIGEBA, B. A small, wiry, procumbent shrub, 1-2 feet. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, ovate to nearly orbicular, about 2 lines long, in numerous pairs 

 along the short lateral branches. Flowers usually 1-3 in the terminal axils, 

 on long slender stalks. Pods f inch long. 



Common in many parts in the North ; also in Victoria. Fl. Oct.-Jan. 



2. B. CINEREA, R. Br. An erect, branched, rather rigid shrub, mostly 1-4 feet 

 high. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, tapering into a sharp point, \-\ inch long. 

 Flowers numerous in the upper axils, stalk slender, \ inch long. Corolla pale 

 yellow and purple-black, about \ inch diameter. Pod \-\ inch long. 



Very common in heaths ; also in South Australia, Victoria, and New South 

 Wales. Fl. Sept.-Nov. 



Var. rigida. Smaller, branches spinous. Leaves 2 lines long, broadly 

 oblong, with a short recurved point. Flowers with a greenish tinge. 

 Very close to B. microphylla, Sm. The Ilocks, near New Norfolk. 



3. B. PROSTRATA, R. Br. A very small decumbent shrub, usually of few 

 inches. Leaves broadly oblong, blunt, ^-^ inch long. Flowers few in the upper 

 axils, on long slender stalks, yellow. Pod about f inch long. 



Very common in dry places ; also Southern and Eastern Australia. Fl. 

 Oct.-Nov. 



4. B. RiPABiA, Cunn. A small, rigid, erect, shrub, 1-3 feet. Branches 

 flattened. Leaves none, or obsolete. Flowers rather numerous at the nodes, 

 shortly-stalked, yellow with a purple-black keel. Pod f-| inch. B. ensata, H. 



Common in numerous situations ; also South Australia, Victoria, and New 

 South Wales. Fl. Sept. 



10. HOVEA. 



Pod nearly spherical, but slightly flattened, with usually 2 seeds. Stamens 

 united, except above and sometimes also below, round the style. Upper pair of 

 sepals much larger and longer than the lower ones. 



Limited to Australia. 



Leaves about f inch, green beneath ... ... ... 1. B. heterophylla. 



Leaves 2 inches, pale beneath 2. H. longifolia. 



1. H. HETEROPHTLLA, Curm. Branches decumbent from a woody base, a few 

 inches long, sometimes sub-erect. Leaves from narrow to broadly-oblong, |-f 

 inch long. Flowers blue, rather small, solitary or few in the upper axils. 



Very common in dry heathy places ; also South Australia, Victoria New 

 South Wales, and Queensland. Fl. Sept. 



2. H. LONGIFOLIA, R. Br. An erect, branched shrub, often many feet high. 

 Leaves narrow, oblong, obtuse, or with a short mucronate point, mostlv 1-2 



