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Gastrolobium pauciflorum C. A. Gardn. sp. nov. 
Section Axillares. 
Friitex divaricate rainosus, ramis teretibus, junioribus cano- 
pubeseentibiis; foliis oppositis. petiolatis, obovatis vel lato-oblaneeolatis, 
obtusis aeutis vel mucronatisj siibplanis, glabris, glaucds, rigidis, eoriaeeis, 
jxromineiitei’ pallide retieulatis; stipulis setaceis, fiiscis; lloribus 1-3, 
axillaribus, brevitev pcdieollatis; braeteolis parvis, rigidis, cuneatis, 
tridentatis, pul)cs(-(*nti})nSj pedicelli excodentibus; calyce dense sericeo- 
])ube.seeiite, lobis qnnm tubus brevioribus, 2 su}.)erioribus truncatis vel 
emarginatis, bttioribus; petalis (juam calyx vix duplo longioribus, vexillo 
flavo, latissinio emarginato, alis vix brevioribuSj carina purpurascenti 
obtusissinia : ox ario longe stipitato, dense villoso, 2-ovulato, stylo faleato, 
lateraliter conipresso, glabro. 
Frutox forsan 50 cm. altus; folia usque 2 cm. longa, 8-10 mm. lata; 
petioli 3 mm. longi; pedicelli 2-3 mm. lougi; calyx 5 mm. lougus; vexillum 
1 cm. loiigum ac latum. 
Hab. in dLsti-. Iiuvin, ca. 9 km. a Three Springs oecidentalem versus, in 
fruticetis aja-rtis areiiosis, fl. m. Septem. TF. E. BlacJcall 4895. 
Affinity to G. ohovatim Benth., differing in the flat, not complicate leaves, 
fewer- floAvered clusters without any evident peduneh', the shorter pedicels 
etc. The flowers are frofjiiently solitary in the axils. 
Gastrolobium Bennettsianum (\ A. Gardn. sp. nov. 
Section Racemosre. 
Frutex erectns vel ]mtens, 1 m. altus, ramis ramulisque anguiatis, einereo- 
puberulis; foliis ternis vel oppositis, breviter i)etiolatis, oblanceolato-com- 
plicatis, a.pice recurvatis, obtusis, pungento-mucronatis, eoriaeeis, glaucis, 
erectis; stipulis setaceis, firmis, petiolo aequilongis; racemis terminalibus 
vel axillaribus, folia multo excedentil)us, densi-floris, rhadie puberula; 
braeteolis ovato-laneeolatis, obtusis; calyce parce pubescente, segmentis 
230stieis altius eonnatis; vexillo reniforme-orbiculare, alis obtusissimis carina 
aequilongis; ovario anguste-ovoideo, villoso, stipitato, stylo iiicurvo, latera- 
liter com])resso, inferne villoso, eeterum glabro. 
Folia 2 cm. longa; stijuilae fuscae, 2-2.5 mm. longae; racemi 4-5 cm. 
longi; pedicelli 1-1.5 mm. longi; ovarium 2 imn. (stipes 2.5 mm. cxcepta); 
■stylus 1 mm. longus. 
In collibus glareosis regionis Encalifpii reduncae distr. Avon pro- 
l)rium. Adest ad Yorkrakine i>ro[>e Tanmiin meridiem versus ad usque 
AVagin, fl. m. Septem. Typus est North Bimgulla, Gardner vSept. 1936. 
Collogae assiduo in herhis venenatis investigandis, excellentissimo vii‘o 
Haroldo Gulielmo Bennetts, scieutiae veterinaris doctori, gratissimo dedicatnm. 
This species lias a close affinity to G. microcarimm Meissu., and G. flori- 
hnndum S. Moore. It differs from both, however, in the recurved apex of tlie 
leaf whi('h is furthermore distinctly pungently mucronate. In tliis respect it 
•closely resembles G. oboimtum Benth., with which it might easily he confused 
when not in flower or fruit, but in G. obovaium the leaf is always aenfe or 
acuminate. From G. niicrocarptim and G. oxylobioides Bentb, it differs in 
the complicate leaves, as Avell as in the shape of the leaf blade which does not 
taper to the apex. The loaf texture, and a cross section of the same is much 
like that of G. floribundutn, ])ut the shape, ns well as tlie floral characters 
ure quite different. 
