88 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Phyllodia linear-lanceolate, slightly falcate, with an 

 oblique sharp but not rigid point, the upper part of the 

 phyliode often dark coloured. Narrowed towards the base, 

 9-12 cm. (3|-— 4f inches) long, 10-13 mm. broad, thin, 

 with 3 to 5 prominent nerves, and numerous very fine 

 parallel ones between them. An elongated gland at the 

 base. Stipules acute, brown, scarious. 



Spikes solitary or in pairs in the axils, thin, up to 4 cm. 

 long on peduncles up to 1 cm. and more, flowers 5-merous, 

 closely packed on the spike. Floral bracts foliaceous and 

 ciliate. Calyx deeply lobed, the sepals narrow, about half 

 as long as the corolla, ciliate. Petals ciliate down the 

 median line, united to about the middle. Pistil hairy. 



Pod linear, 7-11 cm. (or say 2J-4^ inches) long, 5 mm. 

 broad, slender and with thin valves, with thickened mar- 

 gins, flattish, slightly moniliform, seeds longitudinally 

 arranged, black, shining, with a thin funicle which soon 

 becomes a ribbon-like mass, in two or more folds, and passes 

 into a small basilar arillus. 



In honour of Dr. William Botting Hemsley, f.r.s., late 

 of Kew, who for many years helped Bentham in the 

 elucidation of this genus, and indeed the Australian flora 

 generally, for the "Flora Australiensis," I dedicate this 

 beautiful and interesting species. 



Range. A tropical species, extending from North West 

 Australia (Kimberley district) through the northern por- 

 tions of the Northern Territory, to Northern Queensland 

 (at no great distance from the Gulf of Carpentaria). 



The following specimens have been examined by me: — 

 1. Fitzroy River, 8 miles above Hann River junction. 



June, 1905. In flower. (W. V. Fitzgerald, No. 1177; this I 



constitute the type. 



