Loltii*] ^ XL. LEGUMJNOSJfi. 189 



W. Australia. Flinders Bay, Collie ; between Moore and Murchisoa rivers. Drum- 

 mond, C)t/i ColL n, 32, Oldfieid. 



y^x.parviflorus. Leaves small, usually broad. Flowers often solitarv or only 2 or 3 together 

 on the peduncle, very much smaller, and often but not always deeply coloured, the calyx- 

 lobes very fine and scarcely so long in proportion to the tube as usual in Z. auslralis.^ 

 Lcocmieus, Sehlecht. Linn^ca, xxi. 452.~Patcrsou's River, R. Brown; Peel's liange, A. 

 Cminghain ; in the M array desert and numerous S. Australian localities, Behr, F, Mueller, 

 and others; between Moore and Murchison rivers, Dnmmond, Wi ColL n. 31, Oldfield ; 

 ftichol Bay and De Grey river, Ridley s ExpedUion, Most of the specimens have a very 

 different aspect from those of the normal Z. ansfralis, but there are also too many interme- 

 diate forms to admit of characterizing it as a distinct species. 



TiuBR V, Galege^. — Herbs not twining, shrubs or rarely tall trees or 

 woody climbers. Leaves pinnate, rarely reduced to 1 or 3 leaflets. Stipellte 

 Jione, or setaceous in a few pinnate genera. Upper stamen usually free, at 

 least at tlie base, the others united in a sheath, ve.iy rarely all united ; fila- 

 ttients filiform. Ovules usually 2 or more. Pod not articulate, 2-vaIved, 

 except in Pnoralea, 



riiis tribe comprises a larae number of genera from all parts of the world, generally dis- 

 tinguished by their stems not twining, pinnate leaves without tendrils, diadelphous stamens, 

 and 2-valved pod ; but to all these characters there are exceptions, connecting them with 

 almost all the other tribes of Papilionaceie. Thus, amongst Australian genera, Psoraha is 

 couuecte.l with the 1-seeded Hedijsarem bv its indehiseeut 1 -seeded pod; Piychosema and 

 ^mprolobium have the stamens of Genisie^ ; and J////^///« lias the habit of Dci/i^/yzVrff. 

 ^oodid^ plfi(.g(j jjj Genistea, mii^ht be nearlv as well inserted next to Pft/chosema, among 

 ^alegea; and in several genera of Phaseolea, there are species which, by their erect stems, 

 ^' or 7-foliulate leaves, or evanescent stipellse, connect that tribe with Galege<B. 



30. PSORALEA, Linn. 



(Meladenia, Tare::.) 



Calyx-lobes nearly equal or the lowest the largest, or the 2 upper ones 

 ^.t-*^/''. ^t''*"^^^!'^! ovate or orbicular; wings slightly adhering to the keel, 

 ^^hich is slij>litly incurved, obtuse, and shorter than the other petals. Upper 

 stamen frt^e or more or less adhering to the others; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 ^'th a single ovule; style filiform or dilated at the ba.e. Pod small, ovate, 

 i»ot dehiscent, the pericarp usiudlv adhering to the seed.— Herbs undershriibs 

 jrrarel^V shrubs, dotted with black or transparent glands. Leaves of 3, 5 or 

 ' ^Jgitate entire leaflets, or of 1 or 3 pinuafely arranged entn'e or toothed 

 '^^flets, or in species not Australian pinnate with several leaflets. Stipules 

 attached by a broad base. Flowers purple pink blue or white, usually small, 

 J^^i m the Australian species, in axillary spikes or racemes. Bracts mem- 

 ^^^^lous, deciduous, each usually with 2 or 3 flowers in its axil. 



n \j^}-'^^ genus, widelv distribnted over various parts of the globe, but most abundant in 

 J' Afnca and N. America. Of the Ansti-alian species, one is also a native of the ndian 

 iS^^^ the remainder are endemic, but some are very nearly aUied to some of the E. 

 ^'terraneaa species. 



J^« all l-toliolate. Leaflets entire or toothed, 

 a'vx i^^ver lobe mnch longer than the others. , « z ^ 



* ^ ant softly pubescent or siikwillous. Leaflets entire . . .LP. badoca.a. 



Plant hispid. Leaflets toothe'd ' 2. P. ^rc^m. 



aj^x-lobes nearly equal in length. Plant very dark and rough, 

 ^ith glandular dots. 



