202 * XL. LEGCMlNOS.t:. 



33, liAMPROLOBIUM, Bentli. 



Calyx deeply cleft, the 2 upper lobes united nearly to the top. Standard 

 orbicular, narrowed inta a short claw; wings obliquely oblong, free; keel 

 much curv^ed, obtuse. Staineiis all united in a sheath open on the upper 

 side; anthers unifonn. Ovary shortly stipitate, with several ovules; style 

 filiform, incurved, with a terminal stigma. Pod stipitate, oblong-linear, very 

 flat, 3-valved, with transverse partitions between the seeds, the valves coria- 

 ceous. Seeds oblong, with a fleshy strophiole. Endicie short, quite straight. 



Shrub, Leaves pinnate, without stipellie. Stipules minute. Flowers 

 yellow, small, solitary (or 2 or 3 ?) on terminal or lateral peduncles. Bracts 

 and bracteoles inlnute and veiy deciduous. 



The species is liniiteJ to a single species endcTtiic in Australia. In tlie structure ot tne 

 seeds, with a straig:lit euibryo, it differs from all Galegca except the S. American genera 

 Broiigniartia and llarjialtfce, 



1. L. fruticosum, Benni. An erect shrub of a man's height, tlie 



branches softly pubescent. Leaflets 3, 5 or 7, or rarely solitary in the upper 

 leaves, oblong, obtuse or nuicronate, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous or 

 sprinkled with appressed hairs above, silky-pubescent underneath. Peduncics 

 short, terminal axillary or extra-axillary and all apparently 1 -flowered ni the 

 specimens seen, but perhaps sometimes bearing a raceme of 2 or 3. Oal}X 

 silky-villous, 3 to 4 lines long, like that of some Crotalanas, the 2 upper 

 lobes falcate and united in a concave upper lip. Petals not exceeding the 

 calyx. Pod 1 to 1^ in. long, 3 or 4 lines broad, glabrous and smooth. 

 Seeds transverse. — Crotalarioides frulicoHa, Soland. ms.; Gli/cinelainprocarpay 

 A. Cunn. Herb. 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and^Solander^ A, Cunningham, 



34. TEPHROSIA, Pers. 



Calyx-teeth or lobes nearly equal, or the 2 upper ones more united, or lie 

 lowest the longest. Petals clawed; standard nearly orbicular, ^-^^'^^'^ 'f" 

 flexed ; wim^s slightly adhering to the keel; keel incurved, obtuse or scatce 



acute. Upper stamen free at the base, usually i^oniculate and at ft*'®*'""^,t 

 with the others in the middle in a tube or sheath, often quite fi'ce as tn 

 flowering advances; antliers miiform. Ovary sessile, with many or raiey^ 

 or 2 ovules; style in the Australian species glabrous, incurved or mtlcNC^ 

 more or less flattened with a teruiinal stigma, often slightly pcnicillate. 

 linear or rarely ovate, flattened, 2-valved. Seeds nflen with a small s^^^ 

 phiole. — Herbs undershrubs or, in species not Australian, shrubs. -Lp^^^ 

 pinnate; leaflets usually opposite with a terminal odd one, sometimes redu^^^ 

 to a single leaflet, eithe'r sessile or articulate oh the petiole, the veins i« » 

 species numerous, parallel and oblique with the midrib. Flowers refl F F^^^ 

 or white, in pairs or clusters, in terminal, leaf-opposed or rarely axilla»y ^^^ 

 cemes, the lower clusters occasionally or sometimes all in the axils o ^^^^ 

 leaves. Bracteoles none. Standard always and the keel sometimes p^i 

 cent or silky-villous with appressed hairs. . ■ .. ^^ 



A large genus, widely spread over the warmer regions of the New and tflc ^ 



