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XLIII. LEGUMINOSrE. 
[Bossieea. 
8. B. heterophylla (leaves various), Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 7 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 165. A low glabrous and often glaucous shrub or undershrub; branches erect 
or ascending, from under 1ft. to 2ft. high, often much flattened. Leaves 
distichous, often distant, the lower ones ovate, obtuse or nearly orbicular, the 
upper ones gradually narrower or sometimes uearly all oblong or linear, the larger 
ones f to lin. long, rather thick and nearly veinless. Pedicels shorter than the 
leaves, with small bracteoles below the middle. Calyx 2f to nearly 3 lines long, 
the lobes all short, the upper ones very broadly falcate. Standard very broad, 
twice as long as the calyx ; keel rather shorter, deeply coloured. Ovary stipitate, 
glabrous, with about 6 ovules. Pod f to lin. long, on a stipes longer than the 
calyx, the margins much thickened, the seeds separated by cellular tissue. — DC. 
Prod. ii. 117 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 271 ; Platylobium lanceolatum , Andr. Bot. Rep. 
t. 205; P. ovatum, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 266; Bossiaa lanceolata, Bot. Mag. t. 1144; 
B. ovata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 128. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill, in Hook. Herb., but possibly some error; Burleigh Heads, Rev. B. 
Scortechini. 
9. B. ensata (sword-shaped stems), Sieb, in DC. Prod. ii. 117 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 167. An erect or procumbent glabrous leafless shrub, very variable in 
aspect, branches flat and winged. Flowers small, on short pedicels, with small 
bracteoles. Calyx rarely above 2 lines long, the keel much shorter than the 
standard, and glabrous. Ovary distinctly stipitate, glabrous, with about 6 ovules. 
Pod broad stipitate. — Sweet, FI. Austr. t. 51 ; B. rufa, Maund, Bot. t. 81 not 
of R. Br. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller. 
10. B. Armitii (after W. E. Armit), F. v. M. Frgam. ix. 44. Plant leafless, 
branches f to fin. broad, wings very shortly dentate. Pedicels solitary, almost 
as long as the calyx. Bracts and bracteoles minute. Calyx 2 or 3 lines long, 
the upper lobes oblique-semiovate, the lower ones deltoid-lanceolate, bearded on 
the margin. Standard and wings shorter than the keel petals. Pod almost 
oblong, on long stipes. Seeds few. 
Hab.: Gilbert River, in the fissures of rocks, R. Daintree ; Herbert River, W. E. Armit. 
11. B. phylloclada (branches leaf-like), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Viet. iii. 
52 ; Tragm. ii. 120 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 168. A tall glabrous, glaucous, leafless 
shrub, the branches flattened and very broadly winged, the wings forming angles 
projecting under the nodes from f to fin.; sometimes acute and pungent-pointed ; 
sometimes shorter and obtuse. Pedicels solitary or more frequently clustered, 
rather slender, with small narrow bracteoles about the middle. Calyx 4 or 5 
lines long, the 2 upper lobes as long as the tube, broadly obovate and distinct, 
the lower ones very small. Standard not twice as long as the calyx ; wings shorter 
and narrow ; keel as long as the standard or rather longer, woolly-ciliate on the 
edge. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, with 10 to 12 ovules. Pod above lin. long, 
fin. wide, very flat, with slightly thickened margins. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Br. 
19. TEMPLETONIA, R. Br. 
(After J. Templeton.) 
(Nematophyllum, F. v. M.) 
Calyx, 2 upper lobes or teeth completely united or rarely distinct, 2 lateral ones 
often shorter, lowest one the longest. Standard orbicular or obovate, usually 
reflexed ; wings narrow, usually shorter than the standard ; keel as long as the 
standard or shorter, the petals slightly united. Stamens all united in a sheath 
