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?► V. acris, F. Muelh Fragm. ii. 75. Branches and leaves softly pubes- 

 cent or hairy. Leaflets 3, broadly ovate, acuminate, crcnate, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 thin, hairy on both sides, pcnniveined with transverse veinlcts, the lateral 

 leaflets oblique, obscurely cordate, and more or less 5-nerved at the base, on pe- 

 tiolules of ^ to ^ in. Cymes loose and divaricate, on long slender peduncles, 

 the branches almost filiform and nearly glabrous. Flowers nearly globular, 

 nbout I" line diameter. Petals 4, apparently distinct. Disk veiy prominent. 

 Style short, conical. * " . 



Queensland, Between Burnett and Pine rivers^ F. Mueller, 



N. S, Wales- Richmond and Clarence rivers, Beckler, 



The foIia<j;e is that of F. moUmima^ Wall., from the Archipelago, from which the species 

 appears to differ chiefly in the very slender inflorescence and small flowers. These may, how- 

 ever^ not he full-grown in the very few specimens seen. 



8. V» trifolia, Lmii. Spec. PL 293. Softly hoary -pnbescent all over, 

 especially the yonng shoots, or sometimes nearly or quite glabrons. Leaflets 

 3, Ovate-acuminate, obovate or rhomboid, usually 1 to 2 in., rarely 3 in. lonj?, 

 coarsely and irregularly toothed or crenate, softly herbaceous, usually thick 

 and sometimes almost fleshy, the lateral ones very oblique, on short pctiolules. 

 Cymes many-flowered, divaricate, on long peduncles, hoary or pubescent. 

 Flowers nearly globular, about 1 line diameter. Petals 4, distinct. l)i::.k 

 yt^iy prominent. Style in some specimens short with a broad peltate stigma, 

 m others slender with a small stigma. Berry small, dcprcssed-globidar. 



C'mus caniosa. Lam. ; DC. Prod. i. 630 ; C. cinerea. Lam. ; DC, 1. c. 631 ; 

 0. crenata, Vahl ; DC. 1. c. ; Vitk carnosa, W. and Arn, Prod. 127 ; ^ Wight, 

 Ic. t. 171 (jx broad-leaved form) ; F. psoralifolia, F. MucU. Pragm. ii. 75. 



N, Australia. N. coast, R. Bmwn ; Victoria river, F, Mueller ; Albert river, Kenne. 

 Queensland. Cape York, M'Giflivray, 



The species is very common in East ludia antl the xirchipelago, and is probably described 

 WTidcr several names besides those above quoted. 



V, clematidea 



Minutely tomeiitose, pu- 



hescent, or glabrous. Branches angidar-striate. Leaflets usually 5, pedate, 

 petiolate, ovate, acuminate, coarsely toothed or lobed, usually 1 to 2 in. long, 

 narrowed at the base, herbaceous, rather thick and pubescent or thin and gla- 

 l>i'ous. Cymes divaricate, rather dense, on long peduncles, minutely hoary- 

 tomentose. Pedicels short. Flowers globular, about 1 line diameter. Petals 

 ''apparently separating. Disk very prominent, entire. Style filiform. Berries 

 (loprcssed-globidar, small. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Fraser, F Mneller. 



«- S. "Wales. Port Jackson, R, Brown; northward to Clarcuce river, Beekler ; New 

 ■England, C. Stuart i Newcastle, Leichliardt ; southward to Kiaina, Harvey. 



, 10. V. acetosa, F. Mi/elL Herb. Ghibrons or the young shoots and 

 juflorescence very slightly honry-toraentosc. Leaflets 5 to 7, pcdate, petioUi- 

 l^te or the central one nearly 'sessile, oblong or obovate-cuneate, obtuse or 

 ^^^lely sliortly acuminate, 3 to 3 in. long or rarely longer, entire or bordered 

 l^y small teeth or minute distant scrratures, narrowed at the base, her^ 

 l^accous, but rather firm, pale underneath. Cymes peduncidate, dense, divari- 

 cate or almost thyrsoid, the flowers often shortly racemose along the branches, 

 Q« short pedicels. Flowers purple-red, ovoid-globular, about 1 line long, 



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