densely packed. Cocci three, compressed, laterally wrinkled and pitted, obliquely obovate, the compressed dorsum
being produced upwards and backwai-ds.— Sieber’s specimen is a very bad one, and I canuot be positive of the
identification.
4 . Stackhousia flava (H o ok . fil. Journ. B o t. ii. 4 2 1 ) ; humilis, gracilis, caule basi ramoso, ramis
a scendeutibus tenuibus, fobis an gu ste Hnearibus carnosulis acutis, spicis brevibus densifloris obtusis, floribus
parris flavidis, calycis lob is late ovatis, carpellis stigmatibusque 2 - 3 .— Hook. I c . F I. 2 6 9 . [Gunn, 7 9 3 .)
H a b . W o o l n o r t h , i n p o o r s a n d y s o ü , Gunn.— (E l . N o v . )
A remarkably d istinct Httle species, much smaller, more slender, and smaller-flowered than any o f its Tasmanian
congeners.— Root perennial, sending up many simple stems, or one brandling much from the base. Branches slender,
ascending, 6 -8 inches high. Leaves very narrow, Hnear, 4 inch long, often subsecund, acute, di'ied ones with a
naiTOW thickened margin. Spikes oblong, cylindrical, blunt, many and dense-flowered, I - I 4 inch long. Mowers
shortly pedieelled, small, 4—i inch long. Bracts verj' minute, three to five, at the base of tbe pedicel. Calyx-lobes
blunt, short. P eta ls rather sharp at the tips. Ovaiy two- or three-lobed.
N a t , O b d . X X V I. LEGUMINOSÆ.
T h is is perhaps tb e large st N a tu ra l Order o f p lants in Austraba, and the species comprising it are
almost unexceptionaby confined to tb a t continent, and to very narrow ranges in i t ; th u s th e Sou th eastern
Australian Leguminosce are dilferent (often generically) from th e South-western o n e s ; and the
tropical (amongst which are several ividely-spread A siatic species) differ from both. The maximum o f the
Order is found in th e South-western districts, where also th e m o st peculiar genera occur. About 9 0 0
species are known, o f which upwards o f 4 2 0 inhabit th e South-western districts only, and about 2 0 0 the
tropical coasts, in c lu d in g 5 0 , which are common to other countries besides Austraba. Of this 9 0 0 upwards
o f 3 7 0 b e lo n g to tb e Podalyriece ; 2 7 0 to Mimoseee; w liilst Genistece number between 8 0 and 9 0 ; Galegece
and Fhaseolece each b etween 4 0 and 5 0 ; Casalpiniece (the most tropical tribe) 3 0 to 4 0 ; and the remainder,
Trifoliece, H ed y sa rea , D a lb e rg iea , and Sophorece, very few each.
The Tasmanian species amount to 6 4 , and th e Fodalyriece, Mimoseee, and Genistece stand in the same
order, as regards number o f contained species, as they do in aU Australia. Only 1 4 species are confined
to Tasmania, as far as is a t present known, and o f th ese some w ill n o doubt be found in South-eastern
Australia. I am greatly indebted to Mr. B entham for assistance in determining th e Tasmanian species,
and in lim itin g them I have always followed h is opinion. The drawing up satisfactory descriptions was
often a very difficult ta sk , for, as Mr. Gunn observes in h is note s, some o f the ir characters are extremely
v a r iab le ; thus he says that “ in the genera Oxylobium, Aotus, Pultencea, D a v ie sia , Hovea, Goodia, and
some others, th e pubescence ceases to be an available character whereby to discriminate species, and the
leaves are in many instances notoriously subject to variation.”
Gen. I . O X Y L O B IUM , And/r.
C alyx 2-labiatus, 5-fid u s, labio superiore 2-fido, inferiore 3-partito. Vexillum breve petiolatum, alas
oblongas superans. Carina oblonga, obtusa, alas requans. Stam in a 1 0 , libera, filamentis glabris. Ovarium
4 -m ulti-ovulatum. Legumen sessile, ovatum, acutum, turgidum, 1-loculare.— Erutices v . fruticuli;
fobis sparsis v e rtic illa tisv e , simplicibus, in teg ris ; floribus racemosis, lu fe is v. oroceis ; ovario villoso.
A large genus of shrubs, confined to Australia, and almost without exception to the extratropical parts. About
twenty-eight species are known, o f wbich the majority are natives o f South-west AustraUa, and none are common
to that country and to New South Wales. Several are described as being active poisons to cattle.—Zeapes whorled
or alternate, simple, entire, silky beneath, without stipules. Mowei's racemose, yellow. Calyx two-Hpped; upper
lip two-, lower three-lobed. Corolla with an orbicular standard, which is longer than the oblong ivings and keel.
Stamens ten, free, glabrous. Ovary villous, with four or more ovules. Rod sessüe, ovate, one-ceUed, ivith two or
more seeds. (Name from o ^ s , sharp, and \o0os, a p o d ; in allusion to the sharp-pointed pods.)
1. Oxylobium arborescens (Br. in Hort. K ew. ed. 2 . in . 9 ) ; ramis ramulisque incano-tomentosis,
fobis subternis verticillatisve anguste Hnearibus bneari-oblongisve aeutis mucronatisve coriaceis marginibus
recurvis superne glabris reticulatis subtus dense albo- v . fusco-tomentosis, costa valida, racemis densifloris
subcapitatis axillaribus, pedunculis calycibusque sericeo-vülosis, legumine ovato subrostrato acuminato
dense viUoso, ovulis 6 - 1 0 , seminibus 3 - 6 reniformibus atris.— K e r . B o t. Beg . t. 3 9 2 ; L o d d . B o t. Cab. 1 .1 6 3 ;
Sims, B o t. M a g . t. 2 4 4 2 ; B C . P ro d r . ii. 1 0 4 . {Gunn, 4 6 4 .)
H a b . On dry sandy soil in the northern parts o f the Island, Hampshire H ills, Emu B ay, and Yorktown,
Gunn.— (El. N o v . De c.)
D i s t k i b . N ew South W a le s, F ra ze r, M ‘A rth u r. (Cultivated i n England.)
A low or tall shrub, sometimes 6 -1 0 feet high, much branched, aud handsome.— Branches often whorled,
densely covered with appressed white tomentum. Leaves whorled in threes or more, or opposite, petioled (petiole
glabrous, short), narrow Hnear or Hnear-oblong, coriaceous, acute or pungent; margins reciuwed; upper surface
shining, reticidated; under densely downy witb fidvous-white, opaque or süveiy, appressed tomentum; 1 -3 inches
long, 4—4 inch broad. Mowers in dense-flowered axülary racemes which are much sliorter than the leaves. P e duncles
and pedicels short, covered (as is the calyx) w ith long silky villous hairs. Legumes about 4 inch long, ovate-
attenuated, almost rostrate at the top. Valves very convex, shaggy with soft hairs.
2 . Oxylobium ellipticum (Brown, 1. c . ) ; folus Hneari- v. e lliptico-oblongis obtusis mucronatis,
racemis capitatis terminalibus.— Gompholobium ellipticum, La b . Nov . H o ll. i. 1 6 6 . t. 1 3 5 . Calbstachys
elliptica. Vent. M a lm . t. 1 1 5 ; B C . P ro d r . ii. 1 0 4 . {Gunn, 2 3 4 , 1 0 5 0 .)
H a b . A bundant in heathy places in the southern parts o f tb e Island, aud in the mountains ascending
to 4 0 0 0 fe e t.— (FL Oct. N o v .) (Cultivated in England.) ip. v.)
This plant very much resembles the last in most characters, but is generally smaUer, bas much broader, smaller,
often elHptical or oblong, mucronate leaves, and terminal capitate flowers. It varies extremely in height, from six
inches to seven feet, in the colom and amount of the pubescence on the branches, peduncles, pedicels, calyx, and under
surface of the leaves, varying from süveiy-wlrite to yellow-browu. The inflorescence is almost capitate, and densely
VÜI0US; the capsules as in 0 . arborescens, but smaUer. The leaves vary ft-om 4 - 1 inch long, and from 4—4 broad.
Gen. I I . G OM PH O LO B IUM , Sm.
C alyx subtequalis, 5-fidus. Vexillum amplnm, alas oblongas superans. Carina oblonga, obtusa,
alas aq u an s. Stamina 1 0 , libera, filamentis glabris. Ovarium b reve stipitatum, miüti-ovulatum. Legumen
inflatum, subsphajricum,— Erutices v . herbm; foUis a lte rn is p a lm a tim 8 -5 - /o lio la tis im p a ri-p in n a tisv e ;
pedunculis \-f io r is , a x illa rib u s v. a d apices ramulorum racemosis ; flo r ib u s /a t :« .
A large Australian genus o f about tweuty-five species, found both on the east and west extratropical coasts of
Australia, but none are common to b o th ; a very few are tropical. The only Tasmanian species belongs to tbe trifoliolate
section, and is a very pretty and common plant throughout the Colony.— Herbs or shi-ubs, with alternate
impai-i-piimatc or trifoliolate leaves, and axülary one-flowered peduncles, with large yeUow floivers. Calyx nearly
equal, quinquefld. Standard broad, longer tban the oblong iviugs. Keel oblong, blunt. Stamens ten, free,