Iiidigofera.'] XL. leguminos^e. 197 



long. Racemes slender, pedunculate, scarcely exceeding tlic leaves. Calyx- 

 lobes much longer than the tube, but much shorter than the petals. Standard 

 narrowed at the base, but not clawed; keel obtuse. Pod straight, rather 

 slender, cylindrical, spreading, often 1 in, long or rather more. 



N, Australia. Rocky springs and torrents on the Upper Yicloria river, F, Mueller ; 

 islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, K Brown. 



6. I. trifoliata, Liuii. ; BO. Prod. ii. 323. Stock perennial, with seve- 

 ral ascending or erect rather slender stems of | to 1 or \^ ft., the pubescence 

 very short and scarcely hoary. Leaflets 3, on a slender petiole, obovate-ob- 

 long cuneate or narrow-oblong, mostly | to 1 in. long, green or slightly 

 toary underneath. Eacemes sessile, exceedingly short- Flowers veiy small. 

 Calyx-leeth much longer than the tube, but scarcely so long as the claws of the 

 lower petals. Standard about 2 lines long, narrowed into a short broad claw ; 

 keel obtuse, pubescent and glandular as well as the standard. Pod slender, 

 rettexed, about | in. long, with 4 prominent angles or narrow longitudinal 

 ^vings, manv-seeded.— W. and Arn. Prod. 201 ; Wight, Ic. t. 3 1 4 ; F. Mnell. 

 Fragin. iii. 104. 



Queensland. Bustard Bav, Bajilcs and Solander ; Northumberland island, 5. Broim; 

 Glasshouse mountaius, F. Mueller ; along the coast and adjoining islands, A, Cunningham, 

 ^I'Gtllivray, Ilenne, Lallachy, also in Lelchhardts collcctiou. The species is widely 

 spread over E. India and the Archipelago. It is always much more slender than /. irita, 

 With more closely sessile short spikes or clusters of much smaller flowers. 



7- I. trita, Linn. f. ; DG. Prod. ii. 232. A deenmbeut or subercct per- 

 ennial of \ to 1|- ft.,' pale or hoary with a minute pubescence. LeaHets 3, 

 l^i* very rarely 5, on a rather rigid petiole, from broadly obovate and 3 or 4 

 lines long, to elliptical-oblong and above 1 in. long. Flowers small, veiy 

 nearly sessile ; the racemes sometimes short, dense, and nearly sessde, some- 

 times pedunculate, interrupted, and attaining several inches. Calyx-teeth much 

 longer than the tube, but not exceeding the claws of the lower petals. Standard 

 ''e/irly 3 lines long, narrowed at the base but scarcely clawed ; keel almost acu- 

 minate. Pod rather rigid, usually incurved, obscm-ely quadi-angular, with 

 '"ckened sutures, 1 to U in. long or even more.— Hook. Conip. Bot. Mag i t. 

 l^J W. and Arn. Prod. 203 ; Wight, Ic. t. 315, 336; P. Muell. Fragai. m. 103. 



N- Australia. Gravelly plains, Upper Victoiia river, F Muetter ; islands of the 



en river, 



^ul^ of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne ; and adjoining m^y^X^ni Land.horough 

 Queensland. In t!ie interior, Mitchell: Peak Downs, F. Mueller: Bon 



J- S. Wales. Between Darling river and Cooper's Creek Neikon 

 . The speeies is widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago L f ^*f f/^"' " f * 

 • ^^l'}fnenm, DC. Prod. ii. 223, which have been referred to /. trrfohaia, both belong to 



An erect herb of 1 



I 



i- trila. 



parviflora. Ileuue : W. 



^ 2 ft., pale or hoar/ with a minute pubescence. Leaflets 9 to 13 or raiely 

 f If , linear or rarely oblon-, mostly \ to 1 in. long. Rncemes usually shoit. 

 f l^fr loose, rarely lengtheiring out to 1 or 3 in., and ilowenng abaos from 

 ^^ l^ase. Calvx small, the lobes nmch longer than the tube but much shoiter 

 ^ '-•" the petals. Standard 2 to H lines long, narrowed mto a shor claw 

 S^brous or nearly so; keel terminating hi a Unear obtuse pomt pi-otrudng 

 '^^iond the wings. Anthers siiiall, tipped witli a minute pomt. Pod nearly 



