582 PLANTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



PAPERS READ. 



Plants of New South Wales — No. II. 

 By the Eev. Dr. Woolls, D.D., F.L.S., &o. 



Series III. CALYCIFLOEiE, (PoVypetala). 



Of this grand division of plants, which are generally charac- 

 terized by having the stamens and petals inserted on the margin 

 of a thin disk, the order Lcguminosce is by far the most extensive, 

 comprehending in this colony 52 genera and 279 species, exclusive 

 of those which are not indigenous. Amongst the 92 genera 

 common to other parts of Australia, 29 of the Papilionacese, 6 of 

 the Cresalpinieaj, and 5 of the Miinoseze do not occur in N. S. 

 "Wales. Comparing the leguminous plants of Victoria and 

 Queensland (so far as recorded in the Flora) with those of this 

 colony, they stand in the following order : 



Genera. Species. 



Queensland . . 73 . . 254 



New South Wales ..52 .. 279 



Victoria 29 .. 153 



Whils, therefore, the genera increase considerably in proceed- 

 ing from Victoria to the Northern parts of Australia, the species, 

 as yet known, do not increase proportionally. As, however, N. 

 S. Wales and Victoria have been more carefully examined than 

 the interior of Queensland, it is highly probable that many 

 species yet remain to be added to the Flora of the latter. The 

 genera, perhaps, may admit of little alteration. By the follow- 

 ing list, it will be seen, that of the genera not represented in N. 

 S. Wales, the greater part occur in Queensland, and are common 

 to India. 



1. PAPILIONACE/E. 



1. Jamonia, W.A. 4. Burtonia, Q.L., W. andN.A. 



2. Brachysema, W. and N.A. 5. Gastrolobium, Q.L., W.A. 

 •'). Isotropis, Q.L., W. and N.A. 6. Latrobea, W.A. 



