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ab?(iua 



foliolis auguf^tioribvis 



proxima^ ao?(lua jam 



dcutibus calycum rninus acutis discrimino. 



magis copiosis et 



Tephrosia graudiflora 



(Pcrs. Syu, ii. 329), ex hortis aufugita, nunc fero tanquam spon- 

 tanea occurrit ad urbem Eockhampton sec. cL Thozet. 



Tcphrosia juncea in exemplaribus ad portum Darwinii repertis 

 (Schultz 72) paria foUolorum usque 40 ostendit. Eandcm specicni 

 reperiunt ad flumen Suttori E. Bowman, ad siuum Rockinghumi 

 J. Dallachj. Nomen specificum Brownio infausto sclectum. 



Tephrosia reticulata, 



(Sect. Reineria.) Benth. Flor. Austr, ii. 205. 



Fruticiilosa, jroZa'5 distanter paucijugis ciim petiolis ramisqtie 

 glahris^foliolis crasse chartaceis mojusculis ovali- v.frcquenfins 

 angusto-oblongis prominenfer reticulato-venosis glahtis concolori- 

 bus opacis, racemis elongatis dissitifloris, pediccllis calyce florente 

 vix k>ngioribus solitariis geminis vel rarius tcrnisj calycis sparsc 

 pilosuli ilentihus inferioribus lougius subulato-acuminatis, petalis 

 flavis^ alis ghibris vexillo vix brevioribus carina pllosula loiigi- 

 oribus latiusculis, stylo glabro, stigmate imbcrbl, lcguuiinc ek)n- 

 gato recto glabrato, seminibus rotundo- v. oblicpio-ovatis opacis 



viridi-fuscis. 



Ad sinum Rockingham*s Baj, praesertim secus flumcn Herberti ; 

 Dallachy. 



Planta ad ulnam alta, nisl altior, Petioli satis longu Stlpula? 

 lanceolari- v. subulari-lineares, 3'" attinentes, diu pcrsistcntes. 

 Folia 2-4-juga, rarius uni-juga, scilicet foliolo impari addito^ 

 rarissimc ad unicum foliolura reducta. Foliola 1-1 1" perraro 

 2" longa, 2-8"' lata, breviter v. brevissime v. rarissime longe 

 petiolulata; nervi quoque primarii laterales flexuosi et anasto- 

 mosantes, Calyces circiter T' longi ; dentcs uunc fere deltoidci, 

 mmc fcrc scmilanceolati. Petalum superum ahsquc ungui ad 4 

 longum, cxtus pcrtenui-sericeum. Anthera^ ovatEe. Stylus com- 

 pressiusculus. Germen leni-sericcum. Legumina ad 2^" longa, 

 ad 3'" lata, leniter turgidula. Semina septis spuriis Impcrfcctc 

 intercepta, 1^-2'" metientia, turgida, in leguminc longitudinaliter 

 sita, funicuhs adnatis sessilia, strophiolam nullam conspicuam 

 gerentia. Radicula cotyledonibus accunibens. 



iif 



Plantam Bentharai non vidi; nostram paulo divcrgentcm prius 

 sub nomine T. lutcie distribui. 



Tephrosia lamproJohiodes. 



(Sect. Reineriu.) 



Humilior^ patentim ramosa ; /o/u'5 ad foliolam unicuni ovafum 

 vel ohlongo - lanceolatum majnsculum prominentcr reticuluto- 

 venosum reductis, racemis ramos sericeos terminantibus di^sitc 



