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racemes, on pedicels scarcely exceeding the subtending scales. Braeteoles ovate, 
adnate to the base of the calyx and often as long as its tube. Calyx sparingly 
pubescent, about 4 lines long, membranous, the 2 upper lobes broader, falcate 
and often cohering above the middle. Petals shorter than the calyx. Ovary 
sessile. Pod ovoid-oblong, acuminate, hirsute, shorter than the calyx. 
Hab.: Sutton River, F. v. Mueller; Belyando River, Mitchell; Bowen, E. Fitzalan ; Cape 
River, R. Daintree. 
4. J. vernicosa (varnished), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 58. 
Shrub 8ft. high, branches very numerous, slender, striate, but scarcely angled, 
usually glabrous, the young shoots apparently somewhat glutinous. Flowers not 
numerous, in terminal racemes, on very short pedicels. Braeteoles minute, 
adnate to the base of the calyx. Calyx 4 lines long, slightly pubescent, the 
lobes not twice as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones broader and falcate, the 
tube campanulate, 10-ribbed, lined nearly to the top by the staminal disk. 
Petals shorter than the calyx. Ovary sessile, short, tapering into' the style. Pod 
sessile, villous, turgid, shorter than the calyx, but exposed, owing to the calyx- 
lobes being reflexed or deciduous. 
Hub.: Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller. 
5. J. rhadinoclona (shoots slender), F. v. M. Cens. Austr. PI. Shrub, 
often slightly spinescent, the branches slender, sulcate, nearly terete, minutely 
silky. Flowers dark-purple, spicate. Braeteoles persistent. Calyx short, silky- 
hairy, persistent. Petals scarcely exceeding the calyx, wings shorter. Style 
short, glabrous, deciduous. Pod ovate, turgid, silky-hairy, shortly stipitate. — 
Moore’s FI. N.S.W. 182. 
I have never seen specimens of this plant, and Baron Mueller only briefly referred to it in 
Fragm. x. 37. 
Hab.: Thomson River, Birch (F. v. M., l.c.) 
6. J. thesioides (Thesium-like), A. Gunn.; Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 
74, and FI. Austr. ii. 59. A tall shrub, with the habit of J. scoparia. Branches 
numerous, elongated, not spinescent, with 2 or 3 very prominent angles, minutely 
silky-hoary or quite glabrous. Flowers yellow, smaller than in J. scoparia, sessile 
or shortly pedicellate in terminal one-sided racemes. Braeteoles minute, just 
below the calyx. Calyx about 2 lines long, minutely silky-hoary, the lobes a little 
longer than the tube, which is 10-nerved and lined at least half-way up by the 
staminal disk. Standard and wings about as long as the calyx ; keel a little 
shorter. Ovary sessile, tapering into a short style. Pod oblong, somewhat 
incurved, turgid, 2 to 2\ lines long. 
Hab.: Prince of Wales’ Island, Thursday Island, <fcc. ; Endeavour River, Banks and Solander, 
A. Cunningham, W. Hill; Cape Flinders, A. Cunningham; Lizard Island, M l Gillivray. 
Flowering in June. 
7. J. scoparia (broom-like), R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Few ed. 2, iii. 13 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 59. Dogwood ; “ Mamboo,” Bundaberg, Keys. A tall shrub 
or small tree, usually entirely leafless, but occasionally the young plants or the 
base of the branches have a few petiolate, oblong or oval-elliptical, herbaceous 
leaves, f to 2in. long. Branches numerous, erect or pendulous, elongated, not 
spinescent, angular, glabrous or minutely hoary-pubescent. Flowers yellow, in 
one-sided racemes, either terminal or from the upper nodes. Pedicels rarely as 
long as the calyx, without braeteoles. Calyx membranous, minutely silky-hoary, 
2i to 3 lines long, divided nearly to the base. Standard rather longer than the 
calyx, lower petals rather shorter. Ovary stipitate. Pod flat, oblong, usually 4 
to 6 lines long, on a stipes of 1 to 2 lines, tipped by the persistent style. — DC. 
