40 XL. LtGUMiNos.^. [Isolropis. 



atropurp 



A bushy shrub or 



undershrab of 1 to 2 ft., densely clothed with a short, velvety nisty or 

 whitish tomentum. Leaves of a single leaflet, nearly orlucular, ovate or ob- 

 long, very obtuse, | to 1 in. long, always articulate on a petiole of 3 to 3 

 lines. Flowers in loose terminal racemes, on pedicels of 1 to 3 lines. Sti- 

 pules, bracts, and bracteoles small and narrow. Calyx tomentose, nearly 4 

 lines long, the lobes not reflexed. Petals deep purple, the broad somewhat 

 striate standard not much exceeding the others, all rather longer than the 

 calyx. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 20 ovules; style 'usually short, but 



occasionally much longer and filiform. Young pod oblong, softly tomen- 

 tose. 



If. Australia. Ilararaersley Range, F. Gregory' s Expedition; Attack Creek and 

 between Mount Morpliett and Bonuey river, M'BouaU Stuart. 



5. I. filicaulis, Benth. in Arm. Wien. Mus. ii. 71. Stems erect or 

 ascending from a perennial base, often above 1 ft. high, slender as in I.jiincea, 

 but more branched and terete, glabrous or pubescent with appressed hairs. 

 Leaves consisting of a single leaflet, articulate on a rather short petiole, linear 

 or lanceolate, acute, 1 to nearly 2 in. long, or rarely small and linear-cnneate. 

 blowers smaller than in /. jimcea, in loose slender racemes, mostly leaf- 

 opposed. Pedicels ratlier longer than the calyx. Bracteoles minute or none, 

 talyx nearly 3 hues long, pubescent, the lobes lanceolate, broader than in /. 

 juncea. btandard very broad, shortly exceeding the calyx, slightly streaked ; 

 wings and keel nearly as long. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 20 ovules. 

 Pod Iniear, pubescent, often exceeding 1 ix,.—Cliorizema LeichMrdtiL Y. 



Muell. Fragm. iv. 20. 



^SzSSw/'"^"'^^" ^"^' ^- ^'•'"'-'" '■ 1'--^ ^"««' ^^'^^-^^-'^^ '■ ^Vide Bay 



parviflora, BentJt. in Ann. JFien. M, 



J' 



^^.7. ~, 1 ' . " ■^^'^' -^""o. li. 11. very \\^i\Y 1. uu- 



mrdis, and perhaps a variety. Stems slender, decumbent, branched, pubes- 

 cent Leaves of a smgle leaflet, articulate on a rather short petiole. Plowers 

 smaller than m/.//^.««^..s, in all the specimens seen on short axillary or leaf- 

 opposed pedicels. Calyx pubescent, about 2 lines long. Petals of /. faicaidii, 

 but smaller. Pod linear, pubescent, about 1 in. lon<^. 



Australia 



Islauds of the Gulf of Carpentaria, It. Brown, 



clothed .^r J'l f ^"'\ ^^''\ ^ ^"'^^ ^"^'^y broom-like shrub, 

 nen tev/l^ \ ' 11 i^ ^^ '^'^' '^°''^' ^""^'^ tomentum. Leaves few, 



few "n 4ort ^ n LT ' ^"'^ "^'''' P^'"^*^- ^'°^^^^-^ '^^ther small and very 



ce7s' Im er tl n Z ^'"'''n ?'''"^''' '''^'''''^ ^^ ^ ^i^gl*^ A^^ver. Pedi- 

 cels si oiter than the calyx. Calyx tomentose, about 3 lines Ion- Petals 



ratlier longer and nearly equal in length, the sta'ndard broad and striate 



S. Australia. Bctweeu Stokes Range and Cooper's Creek, Wheeler. 



GOMPHOLOBIUM 



in. 



Calyx deeply cleft, the tube very short, the lobes lanceolate valvatc the 3 



npper ones sometimes more falcate or sli<rlitlv coliPruHr '].„+ 3 

 petals very shortly clawed, StauJa,cl o.bkZ or IS j W c' 



connate, 

 ger than the 



