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267. J. aculeata W.V.F. n. sp. 



An erect rigid much-branched shrub, glabrous or more or less 

 sericeous, branchlets short, rigid, striate, divaricate ; 

 leaves reduced to numerous small subulate pungent, 

 spreading or recurved scales ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 very shortly pedicellate ; bracts small, caducous ; brao- 

 teoles two, adherent to the base of the calyx-tube, small 

 subulate, pungent-pointed ; calyx sericeous, the lobes 

 broad-linear to narrow lanoeolar, terminating in slender 

 acute points, the upper ones connate to below the middle, 

 about as long as the tube, reflexed, persistent ; corolla 

 long, persistent ; standard comparatively broad and 

 slightly exceeding the calyx-lobes, wings slightly shorter ; 

 keel almost straight, obtuse, broader and shorter than the 

 wings ; ovary closely sessile, densely white tomentose, 

 2-ovulate ; style short, slightly curved, glabrous ; pod 

 obliquely obovate, turgid, the rigid base of the style 

 persistent, white tomentose and reticulate, scarcely as 

 long as the calyx, and perfecting one seed. 



South of the Fitzroy River (Mayo Logue). 



Height 3ft. or more. Calyx scarcely 2 lines long, the lobes 

 nearly 1 line long. CaroUa reddish-yellow. Throughout 

 " Pindan " and desert country. 



Affinity to the series Pungentes. 



268. J. thesioides A. Cunn. 



Isdell, Charnley, Calder, and Harm Rivers, Packhorse Range 



(W.V.F. ). 

 A graceful shrub 6-20ft. high ; branches often pendulous ; 



calyx frequently 3 lines long, sericeous ; flowers yellow. 



In sandstone and quartzite country. The foliage is 



eaten by stock. 



269. J. pteroclada F. v. M. 



Stems numerous from the one stock, ascending, 6-9in. ; flowers 

 yellow. 



270. Oastrolohiwm grandiflorum F. v. M. 



An erect much-branched shrub, 4-8ft. ; leaves opposite or 

 4-whorled ; flowers scarlet ; pod Jin. long, almost glabrous, 

 reticulate. The "Wall-flower Poison." 



271. Bossiaea phylloclada F. v. M. 



Forrest, Carson, Roe, and Drysdale Rivers (J. Bradshaw and 

 Allen) ; King and Isdell Rivers, near Grace's Knob 

 (W.V.F.). 



Erect, rigid, 3-5ft. ; branches often pendulous ; upper stamen 

 free or almost so. 



