Mirbelia,] XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 339 
Leaves linear-oblong or narrow-linear, the margins recurved or revolute, entire. 
Ovules 2. 
Leaves oblong-linear, with recurved margins, mostly verticillate .... 1. M. reticulata. 
Leaves narrow-linear, with revolute margins, all alternate 2. 3/. aotoides. 
Ovules 8 to 12. Leaves narrow-linear, with revolute margins. 
Leaves pungent. Calyx-teeth very short, the upper lip broad and 
truncate 3. 3/. pungent. 
Leaves obtuse. Calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tube. Ovules about 12. 
Pod broadly ovoid 4. M. speciosa. 
Branches leafless, spinescent at the end. Ovules 2 ? Pod ovoid or almost 
globular, with prominent sutures 5. 3/. oxyclada. 
1. M. reticulata (netted), 8m. in Ann. Bot. i. 511, and in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. ix. 265 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 35. A low shrub with slender but rigid 
angular branches quite glabrous or very minutely pubescent. Leaves mostly 
verticillate in threes, oblong-linear with short pungent points, £ to fin. long, the 
margins recurved, glabrous, shining above with raised transverse reticulations, 
occasionally bordered by small tooth-like glands. Flowers small, bluish-purple, 
shortly pedicellate in axillary clusters or short terminal corymbose racemes. 
Calyx minutely pubescent, about li line long, the teeth much shorter than the 
tube, the two upper ones broad truncate and united nearly to the top. Standard 
about 4 lines long, slightly emarginate ; wings nearly as long ; keel very short, 
obtuse. Ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous, with 2 ovules. Pod ovoid, acute, 
rarely above 2 lines long. — Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 119; DC. Prod. ii. 114 ; Bot. 
Mag. t. 1211 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1371 ; Pultencea rubicefolia, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 
351 ; Mirbelia rubia folia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 126 ; M. anrjusti folia, Grab, in 
Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. 1838 (from the descr.) 
Hab.. Several localities in south Queensland. 
2. 1VI. aotoides (Aotus-like), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Viet. iii. 53, and 
Fragm. iv. 11 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 35. A rigid shrub with divaricate terete 
pubescent branches. Leaves mostly alternate, narrow-linear, obtuse or with a 
small recurved or straight almost pungent point, the margins closely revolute, 
rarely above -Jin. long, glabrous or pubescent when young, and often silky under- 
neath. Flowers (yellow ?) nearly sessile, axillary and almost solitary or in short 
terminal corymbs. Calyx about 2 lines long, pubescent with minute appressed 
hairs, the teeth very short, the upper ones truncate and united. Standard very 
broad, not twice as long as the calyx, the claw short ; wings nearly as long, 
narrow ; keel rather shorter, obtuse. Ovary sessile, glabrous, with 2 ovules. Pod 
broadly ovoid, very obtuse, shortly exceeding the calyx, separating into 2 closed 
hemicarpels, the endocarp remaining attached to the epicarp. Seeds ovoid. 
Hab.: Burnett ranges, F. v. Mueller. 
3. ]VE. pungens (sharp-pointed), A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 126 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 35. A small shrub or undershrub, with ascending stems, 
often under 1ft. high, the branches rather slender, pubescent. Leaves alternate, 
narrow-linear, with pungent points and closely revolute margins, under £in. long, 
glabrous. Flowers (bluish-purple ?) clustered in the upper axils on very short 
pedicels. Calyx slightly pubescent, rarely exceeding 2 lines and usually shorter, 
the lobes shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united in a truncate or shortly 
2-lobed upper lip. Standard twice as long as the calyx ; keel shorter than the 
wings but exceeding the calyx, obtuse or with a short erect point. Ovary 
glabrous or slightly hirsute, with 6 to 10 ovules. Pod ovoid, about 3 lines long, 
but not seen in a perfect state. — Chorizema Baueri, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 
ii. 71. 
Hab.: Southern Queensland. 
