ludlgofera,'] .XL. LEGUMINOS^E, * 201 



Standard densely silky-pubescent. Pod always pubescent or tomcntose, nt 

 least ulien young.—/, lasmniha, F. Muell. in Eep. Greg. Exped. 6. 



N.Australia. McDonnell Range and up to l^t 2^"" W, JWDouall Stuarfs Expe- 

 dihon. . ^ 



Queensland. St. George's Bridge on the Ealoniie, mtcheJl ; Peak Downs, YMuel- 

 ler; in the scrub north of Expedition Range, Leichhardt ; also iu Bowmads1^•^A other 

 collections. 



N. S. Wales. On the Darling, Wilson and others. 



S. Australia. Cooper's Creek, A, C. Gregory; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warhurion. 



W.Australia. Mnrchison river, Oldjield, 



Var. uncinata. Stipules persistent, broader at the base, recurved and sometimes spi- 

 nescent. 



Var. (?) ^^^^^offl'^^, R. Br. branches softiv tomcntose ; leaflets numerous, very white 

 underneath. Pod snidl, loosely pubescent.— Cuinberhuid Islands, R. Brow7i, 



17. I. coronillaefolia, J. Cnmi. Herb. Shrubby, the branches very 

 white with a dense soft tomentum. Leafl(ts 15 to 21 or more, sessile, 

 broadly ovate or orbicular, very obtuse, 2 to 4 lines long, thick, veinless, and 

 almost glabrous, the common petiole white-tomentose. Eacemes about as 

 long as the leaves. Calyx distinctly but shortly toothed. Petals hoary- 

 pubescent. Pod straight, nearly terete, about 1 in. long, glabrous. 



W. S. Wales. In the barren rocky country west of "Wellington Valley, A. Cunmug- 



am; Castlereagh, C. Moore, The species requires further investigation from more perfect 



specimens, but the foKage gives it a dilFereut aspect from any forms of /. ausiralls or of 

 •'• orevidens, 



A fragmeut from M'Douncirs Range, M'Douall Stuart's Expedition, with the Icollcts 

 ^hite tomeutuse on both sides, has some affinitv to L coronillipfolia, but is too imperfect 

 for determination. * 



32, PTYCHOSEMA, Beiith. 



Calyx turbinate, the 2 upper lobes united in a truncate emarginate upper 

 ^'P- Petals on rather long claws; standard nearly orbicular, emarginate; 

 ^niigs falcate-oblong, free ; keel shorter, nearly straight, obtuse. Stamens all 

 united in a sheath open on the upper side; anthers uuifonn. Ovary sessile, 

 ^ith several ovules; style short, inflexed, the stigma oblique outwards. Pod 

 • • .—Herb. Leaves unequally pinnate. Peduncles terminal, 1-flowered. 



'Hie genus is limited to the single Austi-aliau species, apparently alHed on the one hand to 

 ^oodia, on the other to Tephrosil 



1- P. pusUIum, Benlh. in Lhidl. Swan R.'v. Jpp. 16. A small, slender, 

 Dearly glabrous perennial, the diffuse stems mostly 2 to 3 In. long. " Leaflets 



' to 11, fro^i^ obovate to liiiear-cuncate, obtuse or acute, mostly 2 to 3 lines 



oiig, much nan-owed at the base, i^reen on both sides, the primary veins very 

 Pi-ominent underneath. Peduncles slender, terniinnl, 1 to 2 in. long, articu- 



'■•te and bearing 1 or 2 small bmcts at about two-thirds of their length, the 

 "Pper portion or pedicel bearing 2 bracteoles at some distance from the calyx. 

 \p\ slightly hirsute, about 3 lines long, the lobes about as long as the tube, 

 je 3 lower ones lanceolate, acute. Standard about 4 lines diameter, 



"'"Ugly striate-vcined outside, without callosities inside. Ovules 4 or 5. 

 ^0^1 unknown. 



^' Australia. Swan River, Dnmmond, Id ColL, and n, 251. 



