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XL. LEGUMINOS^.. {ludhjofera. 



Queensland. Endeavour river. Banks and Sohmder ; Shoalwater Bay, R.Brom; 

 Dtiwson river, K Mueller; Rockharapton, T> all achy ; Bremer river, Fraser i also in Leich- 



Jiardfs collection. 



N. S. Wales. Saudy banks of Hunter's River, A, Ciinmngliaw. 

 The species is commoTi in tropical Asia and some parts of Africa. "Wight, Ic. t. 313, re- 

 presents a short broad-leaved variety not found in Australia. 



2. I. cordifolia, i7^y//6>; DC. Trod. ii. 222. A diffuse or prostrate 

 brandling amiiial or perennial of a few inclics or rarely extending to nearly 

 1 ft., lioary or white witli forked hairs, not so appressed as usual in the 

 gcnu3. Leaves simple, nearly sessile, broadly ovate-cordate, mostly about ^ 

 in. long-. Flowers very minute, in short sessile spikes or clusters. Calyx- 

 tube scarcely any; lobes subulate, about 1 line long. Petals scarcely exceed- 

 ing the calyx; standard narrowed into a long claw; keel acuminate. Ovary 

 with 2 ovules. Pod about 2 lines long, pubescent, usually 2-seecled. 



W. Australia. Port E^sington, Armstrong. Found also in tropical Africa, E. India 

 and Timor, 



8. I. enneaphylla, Linn. ; BO. Prod. ii. 229. A. prostrate straggling 

 or rai:ely erect perennial of 1 to 1^ ft., hoary or almost silky-pubescent, the 

 branches angular with the hairs sometimes spreading. Leaflets 5 to 9, mostly 

 alternate or scarcely opposite, obovate or oblong-cuneate, 3 to 4 or rarely o 

 lines long. Flowers very small, in sessile spikes which are short and dense 

 when in flower, rarely \ in. long in fruit. Calyx-teeth much longer than the 

 tube and shorter than the petals. Standard about 3 lines long, narrowea 

 into abroad claw; keel narrow, almost acuminate. Ovary with ^2 or rare} 

 3 ovules. Pod terete, about 3 lines long, usually 2-seeded.— W. and Arn. 

 Prod, 199; Wight, Ic. t. 403; F. MueU. Fragm.'iii. 102. 



IV. Australia. Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition ; Depucch Island, Bynoe ; stony, 

 chiefly basaltic, plains and hills, Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



Queensland. Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solander ; Keppel Bay, R- ^''^^.\ '^^^. 

 river, F. Mueller ; Fitzroy river, Ballachy ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Connor's River, 

 man. 



W. S. V/ales. Between Darling river and Cooper's Creek, Neihon. 



The species is common in the plains of India. 



An annual or pereiifil 



4. I. glandulosa, Willd. ; DC. Prod. ii. 223. - ., , i, . 



with the habit nearly of /. tri/oUata, but usually rather stouter a»^^ jj'|'^^|; 

 more pubescent, and conspicuously marked with glanduhir dots, especw > ^ 

 the under side of the leaflets. Leaflets 3, from obovate to narrow-oblonj,. 

 obtuse, f to 1 in. long, more hoary than in I. trifoliata. Flowers veiy sm^^. 

 in sessile racemes very short at first, but lengthening out to nearly -^ n^- ^^^ 

 lyx glandular and hirsute, about 1 line long, the lobes subulate, much wn^ 

 than the tube. Standard about 2 lines long, narrowed at the base, F'^''*^^, 

 and glandular outside. Ovules 2. Pod reflexed, ovoid-oblong, ahnos 

 angled, about 2 lines long, glandular and pubescent. — W. and ^^^' ^ 

 199; Wight, Tc. t. 330 ; Psoralea LeichJiardtii, F. MueU. Fragm. iv". i^- 



Queensland. Comet river, Leichhardt, The species is widely spread over 

 If has tlie habit and foliage of /. trifoHata, with the pod of /. enneaphylla. 



' 5. I. haplophylla, F. Muell Fragm. ill 102. An erect or ^'^^^'^V ^^^^^^^^^ 

 brancbing herb of 1 ft. or rather more, pale or hoary with a slight puue=> ^ .^^^ 

 Leaves simple, almost sessile, linear or verj^ narrow-oblong, mostly I 



