Dist r ib . N ew Sou th W a le s and South-easte rn Australia, K in g George’s S ou n d ? (Cultivated iu
England.)
This is one of the commonest and most Protean plants iu Tasmania, fonning a bush 2 -6 feet high, covered in
spring irith yellow blossoms ; it varies extremely in size, habit, and the characters of its foliage and flowers, especially
in pubescence, being sometimes covered with soft woolly down or villous haks, at others hoary, or almost
glabrous. Leaves scattered or whorled, 4 - 1 inch long, eoriaceous, liuear or oblong, bhmt, sharp or mucronated;
margin revolute, en tk e ; upper surface glabrous, smooth and polished, ot scabrid or pilose; imder gi-een, and
almost glabrous, or boaiy or tomentose or viOous ; midrib prominent, silky or hairy ; petiole very short. Flowers
axillary, solitaiy or two or three together. Pedicels short, stout, and as well as the calj-x densely villous. Corolla
about 4 inch across. Pods villous, broadly ovoid, compressed. Seeds kiduey-shaped, with a black opaque testa.—
There are two specimens o f tliis plant in the Hookerian Herbarium marked as coming from King George’s Sound,
but as there is scarcely a Leguminous plant common to the east aud west pai’ts o f extratropical Australia, I much
doubt the accuracy o f the habitat assigned.
Gen. V . S PHÆ R O L O B IUM , Smith.
Calyx 2-labiatus, labio superiore majore 2-fido, inferiore 3-partito. Vexillum latum, alas oblongas v ix
superans. Carina alas subæquans, recta v . incurva. S tam in a 1 0 , libera. Ovarium stipitatum, 2-ovulatum.
Legumen oblique stipitatum, subglobosum. Semina e strophiolata.— F ru ticu li; ramis v irg a tis, sa p iu s
a p liy llis ; foliis dum a d su n t pedunculis te rminalibus a x illa ribu sv e , p a u c iflo r is ; bracteis m in
u tis s im is ; corollis luteis.
An Australian genus o f ten or twelve species ; aU but tbe Tasmanian one confined to South-west Australia.—
Generally leafless msh-Hke undershrubs, with slender terete often leafless stems, and axülary or terminal peduncles,
bearing a few yellow flowers. Peduncles with minute bracteæ ; bracteoloe none or excessively minute. Calyx two-
hpped ; upper lip broad, bifid, witb diverging lobes ; lower three-parted. Corolla yellow. Standard broad-clawed.
Wings oblong. Keel oblong, straight or curved. Stamens ten, free. Ovanj stalked, two-ovuled. P o d smaU,
globose, obliquely stalked- (Namedfrom crejiaipa, a sphere, and Xo/Soç, a p o d ; in allusion to the form of the pods.)
1 . S p h æ r o lo b iiam v im m e v u n (Smith, A n n . B o t. i. 5 0 9 ) ; junceum, ramis ascendentibus parce ram
osis, foliis setaceis, pedunculis l - 2 -fioris infra florem artieulatis, calycis lobis subacutis, legurainibus
p a iv is monospermis, seminibus te sta maculata.— Smith in L in n . Soc. Trans, ix . 2 6 1 ; S ims, B o t. M a g . t.
9 6 9 ; B C . P ro d r . ii. 1 0 8 . S. m inus, L ah. N o v . HoU. i. 1 0 8 . t . 1 3 8 . {Gunn, 1 7 2 .)
H ab. Abundant, usually in m arshy and grassy places, in many parts o f the Colony.— (FI. N o v .) {v. v.)
Dist r ib . Soutb-eastern Australia and N ew Sou th W a le s. (Cultivated in England.)
A pretty rush-like little plant, a foot or so high, with slender terete striate branches, generally leafless, but in.
a young state furnished with a few minute thread-like or subulate leaves.—Flowers forming spikes or racemes
towards the ends of the branches; peduncles one- or two-flowered, with minute bracts at tbe base, jointed
beneath the flower. Flowers drooping. Calyx-lobes sharp. Corolla bright yellow, about 4 inch across. Pod
broader than long, inflated, nearly globose, on a slender pedicel that is as long as the tube of the calyx ;• valves
coriaceous. Seed sohtary, broadly-oblong or ovoid, with a mottled testa.
Ob s. Tlie allied Viminaria denudata, which is common in South-eastern Australia, and is also a leafless plant
like Splusrolobium vimineurn, has been stated by D e CandoUe (ü. 1 07) to have been coUccted in Tasmama; but Mr.
Gunn has never found it, and suspects some mistake ; it may be recognized by its general simüarity to Spharolohium,
but distinguished from it by the pod being indehiscent.
Gen. V I . D IL LW Y N IA , Smith.
Calyx campanulatus, breviter 2-labiatus, labio superiore bifido, inferiore 3-partito. Vexillum latissimum,
unguiculatum, duplo lon g iu s quam latum, bifidum, alas oblongas angustas superans. Carina alis
brevior, recta, obtusa. S tam in a 1 0 , libera. Ovarium subsessile, 2-ovulatum. Legumen ovatum, ventrico-
sum. Semina strophiolata.— F rútices ; foliis a lte rn is, simplicibus, ex stip u la tis ; infiorescentia corymbosa v.
c a p ita ta , te rm in a li v . a x illa r i ; pedicellis brevibus, 2 -hracteolatis.
Chiefly d istinguished fr-om Pultenæa by the broader vexiUum, bracteolæ on the pedicels, and absence o f stipules.
A genus of about ten Australian species, ffimost wholly confined to the South-eastern extratropical pai-ts, only one
OT two being West Australian.— Shrubs w ith alternate, simple, exstipulate, entke, generally subulate leaves, with revo-
lute margins. Inflorescence iu axillary or tenninal capitate corymbs. Pedicels bibracteolate. Calyx two-lipped ;
upper lip bifid ; lower three-parted. Standard broader than long, two-lobed or notched. Wings narrow-oblong.
Keel straight, blunt, shorter than the wings. Stamens ten, free. Ovary two-ovuled, sessüe. P od ovate, ventricose.
(Named in honour of I . W. Dillwyn, Esq., an eminent British botanist.)
1. DiUwynia glaberrima (Smith, in Linn. Soc. Trans, ix. 2 6 3 ) ; gracihs, erecta, vk gata, ramis
ramulisque gracüibus glabris pubescentibusve, foliis anguste lineari-setaceis filiformibusve rectis curvisve
obtusis V. a cutis teretibus antice sulcatis, floribus terminalibus subcapitato-corymbosis.— Sims, B o t. M a g .
f. 9 4 4 ; L o d d . B o t. Cab. t. 5 8 2 ; L a b . Nov . H o ll. i. 1 0 9 . t. 1 3 9 ; B C . P ro d r. Ü. 1 0 8 . {Gunn, 4 6 9 .)
H a b . Common in poor wet sandy soü, especially in tbe northern parts o f tb e Islan d .— (FL N o v .)
Dist r ib . N ew South W a le s and Soutb-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A graceful shrub, a few inches to 3 or 4 feet high, sometimes drawn up to 7 feet (Gunn). Branches slender,
glabrous or pubescent. Leaves numerous, filiform, 4 ~ 1 bicb long, smooth and glabrous, straight or recurved,
with a blunt or hooked recurved tip, inserted on small tubercles of the stem hy very minute petioles ; upper surface
gi-ooved down the front ; back rounded. Flowers in teiminal subcapitate corymbs. Peduncles two- to five-flowered ;
pedicels short, udth bracteolæ at the base. Calyx glabrous or süky, its lobes blunt, villous at the edges. Standard
4 inch across. P o d about twice as long as the calyx, broadly ovate, püose or süky. Valves coriaceous. Seed
sobtaiy, pale brown, obliquely ovoid, ndth a large lobed strophiolus.— The B . ericæfolia. Smith, B . p arvifolia, Br.,
and B . ramosissima, Benth., are probably states o f iliis plant.
2 . DiUwynia floribunda (Smith, E x o t. B o t. i. t . 2 6 ) ; suberecta, robusta, ramis ramulisque
robustis pubescentibus sericeisve, foliis acieularibus acutis glabris scaberubsve, junioribus sericeo-villosis,
floribus lateralibus solitariis binisve.— B C . P ro d r . i. 1 0 8 . D . ericæfolia, Sims, B o t. M a g . 1 . 1 5 4 5 , sub 2 2 4 7 ,
non Smith. D . sericea, Á . Cunn. in He rb. D . adenophora, E n d l. En. P la n t. H ü ge l. {Gunn, 6 7 0 .)
H a b . Common in dry stony and gravelly places in various parts o f tbe Colony, as near Hobarton and
Launc eston.— (FI. N o v .) {v. v.)
DiSTiUB. N ew Sou th W a le s and South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in E ngland.)
A shorter, much more robust plant than B . glaberrima, and at once distinguished from it by the lateral inflorescence.
Branches woody, 2 -1 0 inches long, often much branched, pubescent or tomentose, rarely glabrous,
densely vülous at tbek tips. Leaves patent, often recurved, rigid, acicular, acute, deeply grooved on the front, terete
on the back, scabrid, 4 - 4 inch long; upper süky or viUous. Flotcers generaUy solitary, axiUaiy, shortly pediceUed.
Calyx süky or hispid, its lobes blunt, rarely glabrous.— The B . sericea, A. Cunn., and B . adenophora, Endl., are
only states o f this plant ; the latter name is derived from the occasional presence o f a very deciduous gland at the
apex o f the calyx-lobes.
3 . DiUwynia cinerascens (Brown, in Sims, B o t. Mag. t. 2 2 4 7 ) ; gracüis, ramis decumbentibns
ascendentibnsve glabris cano-puberulisve, foliis glaberrimis filiformibus rectis curvisve apice subacuto,
peduucubs brevibus unifloris iu corymbis terminaUbus laterabbusve aggregatis, calyce sericeo.— L o d d . B o t.
Cab. t. 527 ; B C . P ro d r . Ü. 1 0 9 . {Gunn, 4 6 8 , 6 6 9 .)
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