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of flowers, yellow and brown. G. cordatum (Tab. V. B) has remarkably neat roundish cordate leaves, and must be worth cultivation for its foliage alone; while G. parvifolium is a beautiful little species, with small, concave, erect, imbricated leaves, whose veins are so arranged as to give them the appearance of being tessellated. Aotus cordifolius, Endl. is a curious plant, with cordate leaves and yellow flowers; and the Daviesias rival Acacia itself in the strangeness of their


trilobis, lobis lato-lanceolatis integerrimis spinoso-mucronatis intermedio majore, racemis axillaribus terminalibusque numerosis laxis folio subæquilongis, calycis leviter sericei labio superiore longiore breviter bifido, ovario stipitato villoso.—Folia in hac specie insigniter, in affinibus obscurè pellucido-punctata. (Benth. mss.)

(53) Gastrolobium obovatum; foliis oppositis sparsisve obovato-cuneatis acutis mucronatis integerrimis junioribus ramisque sericeis adultis glabratis, racemis axillaribus densis paucifloris, calycis sericei labio superiore bifido, ovario stipitato villoso. (Benth. mss.)

(54) Gastrolobium spathulatum; foliis ternis sparsisve spathulatis apice dilatatis retusis v. emarginato-bilobis margine integerrimis basi longe angustatis junioribus ramisque sericeis adultis glabratis, racemis axillaribus abbreviatis subcapitatis, calycis sericei labio superiore emarginato-bifido, ovario stipitato villoso. (Benth. mss.)

(55) Gastrolobium ? acutum; ramis villosis, foliis ternis ovatis acutis mucronato-pungentibus integerrimis, junioribus subsericeis adultis glabris, racemis abbreviatis axillaribus paucifloris, calyce villoso subbilabiato, ovario sessili villosissimo. (Benth. mss.)

(56) Daviesia ramulosa; glabra, ramulis tereti-striatis angulatisve aphyllis, floriferis muticis minute bracteatis, sterilibus bi-trichotome ramosis apice spinescentibus, racemis terminalibus, calycibus bilabiatis labio superiore latissimo truncato inferiore acute tripartito. (Benth. mss.)

(57) Daviesia angulata; glabra, ramis 4–5-gonis angulis hinc inde anguste alatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis subfalcatis spinescentibus validis crassis substriatis basi non decurrentibus, racemulis plurifloris folio dimidio brevioribus.—Folia 8–9 lin. longa. (Benth. mss.)

(58) Daviesia polyphylla; glabra, ramis angulatis, foliis lineari-oblongis subfalcatis spinescentibus brevibus validis crassis substriatis basi non decurrentibus, racemulis plurifloris folia subæquantibus.—Folia 3–4 lin. long. (Benth. mss.)

(59) Daviesia quadrilatera; glabra, glauca, ramis teretibus, foliis oblongo-quadrilateralibus planis verticalibus angulo inferiore affixis, angulo superiore interiore rotundato exterioribus spinescentibus, spina superioris sursum inferioris deorsum tendente, racemulis plurifloris folio sublongioribus.—Folia, formæ singularis, his longiora quam lata. (Benth. mss.)

(60) Daviesia pedunculata; humilis, ramis subteretibus pubescentibus, foliis oblongis utrinque angustatis apice aristato-spinescentibus glabris, pedunculis folio pluries longioribus apice umbelliferis. (Benth. mss.)

(61) Daviesia longifolia; glabra, foliis longe linearibus compressis striatis apice subincurvis muticis, racemulis axillaribus laxis folio brevioribus.—Folia 3–6 pollicaria, 1–2 lin. lata. (Benth. mss.)