BY THE REV. DR. W00LLS, D.D., F.L.S. 585 



Australia." Of those endemic, 22 genera are represented in 

 N. S. "Wales, 17 in Yictoria, and 25 in Queensland, thus showing 

 that whilst the Flora of the last has many affinities with that of 

 India, it has also numerous forms peculiar to the continent of 

 Australia. On the whole, the Leguminosce form the most extensive 

 order in N. S. Wales, and next to the Mgrtacecs, it is the most 

 important when considered in relation to industrial and medicinal 

 properties. Some of the species have already obtained a place 

 in the Pharmacopeia, and when the Medical Botany of Australia 

 becomes more thoroughly investigated, it will be found that 

 N. S. Wales affords in her Leguminosce many valuable remedies. 

 Some are known to be highly injurious to sheep and cattle, 

 especially in dry and unfavourable seasons. Such are some of 

 the Swainsonias ; but those genera which have clone the most 

 mischief do not extend to New South Wales, but appear to be 

 most abundant in Western and North-eastern Australia. 



With regard to the introduced species of the Order, they are 

 not numerous. The following is a list of them : 



1. Argyrolobium Andreicsianum, (Stend.) 



2. Medicago sativa, (Linn.) 



3. M. denticulata, (Willd.) 



4. M. lupulina, (Linn.) 



5. M. minima, (Willd.) 



6. Trifolium pratense, (Linn.) 



7. T. repens, (Linn.) 



8. Vicia hirsuta, (Koch.) 



9. V. sativa, (Linn.) 



10. Ulex Europceus, (Willd.) 



11. Cajanus bicolor, (Dec.) 



These plants have established themselves for the most part in 



the Southern districts of the colony, for Cajanus bicolor, or the 



Pigeon-Pea alone seems limited to the Northern districts and 



Queensland. Medicago denticulata grows abundantly in moist 



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