352 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
hypogynous ; lobes nearly free, or only connate at very base, valvate'; 
2 superior a little broader. Petals shortly unguiculate; standard 
orbicular or reniform; wings obliquely obovate or oblong; keel 
shorter than wings, obtuse. Stamens 10, free, scarcely perigynous. 
Germen sessile or stipitate; ovules 2; funicles elongated, thickened 
at apex, dilated into obturators above micropyle, curved or folded 
one upwards, one downwards; style incurved more or less dilated at 
base ; apex minutely stigmatiferous. Legume ovoid or subglobose 
inflated, oblique at base. Seeds 1, 2, exarillate—Shrubs or under 
shrubs; leaves alternate, simple digitate, or pinnate; terminal 
leaflet sessile ; stipules small or 0; flowers’ racemose in superior 
axils, or racemose or subumbellate at ends of branches; bracts small 
bractlets inserted at bottom of pedicel or half-way up (Australia’). 
250. Jacksonia R. Br.’—Receptacle obconical very short. Calyx 
gamosepalous at very base; lobes elongated equal or 2 superior 
broader ; preefloration valvate. Corolla and stamens of Burtonia. 
Germen sessile or stipitate; ovules 2, very rarely 3-6 (Piptomeris’), 
reniform, shortly funiculate; style subulate incurved, apex minutely 
stigmatiferous. Legume ovate or oblong, compressed or subturgid. 
Seeds 1, 2, exarillate—Shrubs or undershrubs, rigid leafless, twigs 
sometimes angular rush-like, or spinescent, sometimes phyllodineous 
simulating leaves; leaves minute scale-like; flowers’ scattered 
along branches or in terminal racemes or spikes; bracts and 
bractlets small scale-like (Australia’). 
251. Spherolobium Sm.’—Receptacle obconical, often elongated. 
Calyx gamosepalous; tube longer (Roea*) or shorter than lobes; 
lobes imbricate ; 2 superior larger or very large, connate. Corolla 
and stamens of Burtonia, very perigynous. Germen stipitate ; ovules 
2 (of Jacksonia); style incurved subulate or dilated at base, above 
1 Yellow, orange, or purple-blue. 
2 Species 7. Dertzss., Icon. Sel., iii. 37, t. 
61.—BEnNTE., Fl. Austral., ii. 50.—Bot. Reg., 
t. 1600.— Bot. Mag., t. 4892, 4410, 5000.— 
Watp., Rep., i. 569; v. 426; Ann, i. 203; ii. 
310. 
3 In Att. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, iii. 12.—DC., 
Prodr., ii, 107.—EnvL., Gen., n. 6434.—B. H., 
Gen., 469, n. 16. 
4 Turoz., in Bull. Mosc. (1853), i. 258. 
5 Yellow or purple-variegated. 
§ Species 28. Lasixu., Nouwv.-Holl., i. 107, t. 
136 (Gompholobium).—BonPu., Jard. Malmais., 
30, t. 11 (Gompholobiwm}.—Sa., in Trans. Linn. 
Soc., ix. 256 (Daviesia).—HvxaG., Bot. Arch., t. 
3.—Bentu., Fl, Austral, ii, 52.—Watr., Ann., 
ii, 310; iv. 454. 
7 In Ann. of Bot.,i. 509; in Trans. Linn. 
Soc., ix. 261—DC., Prodr., ii. 107—Enp1., 
Gen., n. 6437.—B. H., Gen., 469, n. 17. 
8 Hurd., Enum., 34.—BrEntu., in Ann, Wien. 
Mus., ii. 77. 
