P o d inflated, almost spherical.with glabrons filaments. Ovary shortly stipitate, many-oiaded. (Name from
yoii(f>os, a wedge, and Xo/3oy, a p o d )
1. Gompholobium latifolium (Sm ith , in A n n . o f B o t. i. 5 0 5 e t ii. 5 1 9 ) ; decumbens, ramis ascen-
dentibus, foliis sessilibns v . breve p e tiolatis 3-foliolatis, foliolis lineari-oblongis obovatis v . anguste linearibus,
pedunculis gracilibus folio longioribus, carina fimbriata.— Smith, L in n . Soc. Trans, ix. 2 4 9 ; L a b . Nov .
HoU. i. 1 0 5 . 1. 1 3 3 ; B C . P r o d r . ii. 1 0 5 . G. fimbriatum, Sm. E x o t. B o t. t. 5 8 . G. psoraletefolium, Salisb.
P a r . Lon d . t. 6 . G. H ü g e lii, E n d l. E n . P I . H iig e l. [Gunn, 2 4 , 4 7 5 .)
Var. a ; folio lis lineari-obovatis oblongisve.
Var. ß - , folio lis anguste linearibus.
H a b . A bundant in heathy places throughout th e Colony, L a h illa r d ih e , etc. — (FI. N o v . D e c .)
(v . V.)
D i s t r i b . N ew South Wales and South Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
Very' variable in size and habit.— Roots woody, descending, giving off many slender decumbent branches, with
slender, ascending, glabrous or pubescent or pilose, flaccid or rigid branches, 4 - 8 inches long. Petioles 1 - 2 lines
lo n g ; leaßets three, inch long, variable in form, from narrow linear to linear-obovate, glabrous, deep green
above, paler below, uniform in size throughout the individual specimens. Peduncles slender, axillary, one-flowered,
twice as long as the leaves or more, gi-adually thickened upwards from above the middle to the calyx. Mowers very
variable in size, from 4 to 1 inch across, pale or deep yellow. Calyx-lobes blunt, margined with down. Pods broadly
oblong, ventricose, two or three times as long as the calyx.— Gimn considers that there may be two species included
under this, but neither Mr. Bentham nor I have been able to discriminate th em ; the paler colom- of the flowers of
one is the only character Gmm alludes to.
Obs. Gompholobium tomentosum. (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 106. t. 134) is erroneously described as a native of Tasmania
in De Candolle’s Prodromus.
Gen. n i . D A V IE S IA , Smith.
Calyx campanulatus, angulatus, jequaHs v. subbilabiatus. Vexillum lo n g e unguiculatum. Carina alas
subsequans, incurva. Stam in a 1 0 , lib e ra ; filamentis dilatatis. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, 2-ovulatum.
Legumen plano-compressnm, obliquum, sutura altera recta, altera valde incurva. Semina strophiolata.—
Eru ticu li e t frútices h a b itu p o lym o r p h i; ramis te retibus, a n gu la tis, a la tis p h y llo d in e is v e ; foliis n u llis v.
oppositis V. v e r tic illa tis j inflorescentia va ria .
A genus weU marked by the character of the pod, which is short, flattened, and very oblique, with a
straight upper edge and much curved lower edge, whence it is often triangular; this distinguishes it from all the
decandrous Leguminosa with free stamens and two ovules. Tbe habit o f the genus is very variable, and many
Australian species assume the most singular forms, so that it is often impossible to guess the Natural Order
to which they belong when without the flower or fru it; this is especiaUy the case with the South-west Australian
ones. Upwards of forty species are known, of which about tiventy inhabit the southern and eastern coast of
Australia, and a few are tropical. (Named in honour o f the Rev. E . Davies, F.L.S., a Welsh botanist.)
1 . Daviesia tunbellulata (Smith, Linn. Soc . Trans, ix . 2 5 8 ) ; ramis angulatis rigidis, foliis parvis
lanceolatis ovatisve p ungentibus, floribus breve pedicellatis in umbellulam paucifloram dispositis rarius ses-
silibus.— i J a P r o d r . ii. 1 1 4 .
Var. a ; glabra, ramis sp ineseentibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis. {Gunn, 7 9 9 , 1 0 5 6 .)
Var. ß -, ramis laxioribus v ix spineseentibus, fo liis longioribus lineari-lanceolatis.— Var. ß . acuminata,
B C . P ro d r. I. c. D . umbellata, var., L a b ., N o v . H o ll. i. 1 0 7 . t. 1 3 7 . {Gunn, 1 3 6 , 1 7 7 .)
Var. y ; ramis spineseentibus foliisque interdum pilosis. {Gunn, 1 8 1 , 1 0 5 7 .)
Hab. Mo st abundant throughout the Colony.— (El. Sept. to N o v .) {v. v )
D i s t r i b . N ew South W a le s and Southern Australia. (Cultivated in En g lan d .)
This is one of the most common plants in the Colony, growing in light as weU as stiff soil, and forming a harsh
rigid spmous bush a few inches to several feet high, sometimes being absolutely prostrate, and at others erect, with
a short trunk.—Branches grooved, angled, and generally spinescent, glabrous or pDose. Leaves 4 -1 inch long, vei-y
woody, rigid, sessile, ovate or lanceolate, tapering to a rigid spine, glabrous or pilose. Flowers small, blue, in
lateral few-flowei-ed umbels or racemes which are shorter than the leaves ; pedicels with bracteoles at their bases.
Fods 4 inch long, ivith an arched upper edge and much curved lower, pointed ; vahes smooth and glabrous. Seed
kidney-shaped, red broivn.
2. Daviesia la tifolia (Br. Hor t. Kew. ed. 2 . iii. 2 0 ) ; foliis amplis ellipticis oblongis e lliptico-lanceolatisve
mucronatis reticulatim venosis ramisque inermibus, racemis axillaribus densifloris.— Sims, B o t. M a g .
1 7 5 7 ; B C . P ro d r . i i . 1 1 3 .
Hab. Common th roughout th e Colony.— (El. Oct. N o v .) {v. v )
D i s t r i b . N ew S ou th Wale s and S outh-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A small evergi-een bush 2 -5 feet high, w ith slender angled and sulcate branches.— Leaves 1 -3 inches long, very
vai-iable in shape, from broadly elliptical-oblong or almost orbiculai- to eUiptieal-lanceolate, blunt, sharp, acuminate
or mucronate ; mai-giu with a thickened edge ; sui-faces alike, and both strongly reticulated. Racemes erect, axillary,
many-flowered, usuaUy solitary and simple. Flowers very numerous, crowded, covered in bud with sheathing coriaceous
concave oblong blunt scales 4 inch long. Calyx with short blnnt lobes. Corolla yellow and blue, 4 inch
long. Pods nearly | inch long, veiy gibbous on the lower edge ; valves smooth.
Gen. IV . A O T U S , Smith.
Calyx ebracteolatus, campanulatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore 2-fido, inferiore 3-fido. Vexillum alas
oblongas superans, unguiculatum, orbiculatum. Carina incurva, obtusa, alas subæquans. Stam in a 10,
libera; filamentis glabris. Ovarium subsessile, 2-ovulatum. Legumen coriaceum, ovoideum. Semina
estrophiolata.— Frú tic es ; foliis sp a rsis v . te rn a tim v e r tic illa tis , ex stip u la tis ; pedicellis a x illa rib u s ebracteatis
\ - f lo r i s ; floribus
An Austraban genus o f about ten known species, which witb very few exceptions are confined to South-west A ustralia.—
SluTibs or under-slmibs, with alternate or whorled exstipulate leaves, and small solitarj' axillary y ellow flowers.
Pedicels and Jlowers without bracts. Calyx campanulate, two-lipped ; upper lip bifid ; lower ti-ifid. Standard broad-
clawed, longer than the oblong ivings. Keel inciu-ved, blunt. Stamens ten, free. Ovary tivo-ovuled. P od ovoid,
two-seeded. (Named from a, without, and ovs, an ear ; in allusion to the calyx uot having bracts at its base.)
1 . Aotus villosa (Curtis, B o t. Mag. t. 9 4 9 ) ; ramis foliis subtus calycibusque tomentosis, foliis
spai-sis oblongis linearibusve obtusis acutis mucronatisve margimbus revolutis superne glabris scabrisve,
subtus costa valida pilosa.— Smith, in Simms, Ann. B o t. i. 5 0 4 ; L in n . Soc. TVans. ix . 2 4 9 ; Brovrn, H o rt.
K e u ) . e d . 2 . ï \ \ . \ 4 ; B C . P r o d r . a . \ 8 8 . A . i&vmguxca, L a b . N o v . H o l l . i . l 8 4 . t .V à % . Pultenæa ericoides,
Vent. M a lm . t. 3 5 . P . villosa, An d r. B o t. R ep . t. 3 0 9 . {Gunn, 2 1 2 , 3 6 1 ,4 7 3 .)
V a ria i insigiiiter ramis canis pubescentibus tomentosis villosis v. tomentosis e t p ilosis fo lio rum forma
magnitudine et dispositione, apicibus obtusis acutis mucronatisve, pagina superiore polita, opaca, pilosa v.
scaberula, inferiore glabrata, cana, pubescente v. tomentosa-,— indumento calycis e t magnitudine fiorum.
IIa b . Mo st abundant throughout th e Colony, and often covering many acres of ground.— (El. Oct.
De c.) {v. v )