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S" i'^xwr^}^^' y^'^°^^^ '''''^^^ -^^^^^' ^- ^^^^eller; Gulf o? Carpentaria, Lanchhoroitgh. 

 J\. S. "Wales. Lachlan and Darling rivers, J. Cimnwgham, Mitchell, Ballachj and 



W. Australia. Between Moore vcaA Murchison rivers, Brummond, Wi Coll. n. 33* 



10. P. leucantha, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst iii. 5^. A tall iinfler- 

 fihnib or shrub with spreading branches, minutely hoarv-tomcntose or i^labrous. 

 Leaves piiinately S-foIiolate or some of them J-folioJate; leaflets oblong or 

 lanceolate, mncronate but otherwise obtuse, entire or bordered by sjnnll°ci'e- 

 imtures or prominent glands, 1^ to 3 or even 4 in. lono-, hoary-tomentose or 

 jiearly glabrous. Flowers small, white with a blue keef, pedicellate in ratlier 

 loose pedunculate ]'acemes of 2 to 3 in. or sometimes longer, often clustered 

 l^ong the rhachis. Calyx about \\ lines long, tlie lobes of nearly equal 

 length, the 2 upper ones united, the lowest broader than the othcj's. * Petals 

 twice as long as the calyx; standard obovate; keel rather shorter. Pod 

 iiearly glabrous, exceeding the calyx, very oblique and much wrinkled. 



«. Australia. Hammcrsley range, Nichol Bay, F. Gregon/s Expedition ; gravelly 

 ^Ks of the Victoria river. F. Mneller, B^fuoe ^ Attack Creek, M'Bouall Sinart ; Am- 

 ^s Land, F. Mueller; Gnlf of (\ir])cutana, Landshorongh, 



V^sensland. Bowen river. Bowman ; Bogie river, and Edgecomhc Bay, Ballachy. 



^1. P. tenaK, Lhidl. in Milch. Three Exped, ii. 10. k perennial with 



oecurnhent or ascending rather slender branching- stems of 1 to 2 ft., glabrous 



or muuitely pubescent with apprcssed haii-s. Leaves digitately 5- or 7-folio- 



'^le with linear-lanceolate or oblong-elliptical ncute leaflets of '| to 1^ in., or 



he lower leaves with 3 broader and more obtuse leaflets, all quite entire, gla- 



j'ous or sprinkled underneath with a few apprcssed hairs. Flowers small, 



]ue (or purple?), very shortly pedicellnte in dense or interrupted racemes of 



Y^ in., on vei-y long peduncles. Calyx 1 to \\ lines long, the lobes acute, 



f *Q^ig as the tube, the 2 upper ones united to the middle, the lowest one 



I'oad. Standard usually not half as long again as the calyx ; keel shorter, 



^use. Pod ovoid, slightly pubescent, about as long as the open fruiting 



lank 



Wal 



Can n ing- 



_ Ft-cise statioa. 



Standard nearly twice as long 



A perennial 



«8 thT ^\ "^^^^^^ ^^^^^^s «11 3-folio]ate with hronder lentlcts. Standard 

 calyx.— N. S. Wales, A. Cnnningham ; Moreton Bay, C Stuart. 



J?' ^' adscendens, F. MuelL in Travis. Vict. _ . 



a woody rhizome and stra-diiio- or ascending branching stems of 1 to 2 

 •or more, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves digitately 3-loliolate ; 

 . "«s mostly lanceolate or oblong-eliiptical, quite entire, 1 to 2 or even 3 

 %^T^' glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs, those of the lower leaves 

 OToir "^"^"^ ^''oader. Flowers purple pink or white, nearly sessile in dense 

 te ' ,^,^^'^^"^i'i<>al spikes of f to 3 iu., rarely fewer-flowered and almost m- 

 sofmf ''''' ^^^'y long peduncles. •" Calyx 2 to 2 i lines long, clothed with 

 eqird * ^liite or black hairs, lobes scarcely so long as the tube and nearly 

 \;^- Standard about lialf as long again as the calyx; keel short, lod 



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