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XL, LEGUMIISOS.^, • [Tejjhmkt 



Ylowers aliout 4 Hues. Ovules about 6. PoJ 1 to li in. long 13. 7. eriocarjja, 

 Ylowers in short dense teriniual racemes. Leaflets narrow, silvery- 

 silky luulenieath. 

 Pod straight. Standard aLout 4 lines diameter. leaflets usually 



silky on both sides U, T.pIiceosj}ema. 



Pod incurved towards the end. Standard nearly 6 lines diameter. 



leaflets usually green above 15. J. astray ((hides. 



Flowers in long or slender racemes. 

 Leaflets small, numerous, with a long terminal one. Flowers 



small. Pod long 16, T.jmcea. 



Leaflets few, or, if many, the terminal one not longer thau the 

 others. 

 Pod about 1 in. long, nearly straight. Seeds orbicular. 



Leaflets 7 to 15. Flowers rarely 3 lines long. Pod ob- 

 liquely acute, thin. 

 Racemes filiform, not 2 in. long, with few distant pairs 



of flowers 17. T.JIhpes 



Racemes long and slender . IS. T. remoiipra. 



Leaflets solitary or rarely 3 or 5. Flowers about 6 lines 



long. Pod coriaceous, almost obtuse 19- T- oIi(/oph!/lla, 



Pod above 1 in. long, more or less incurved. Seeds trans- 

 versely oblong. Racemes usually long. 

 Leaflets few, cuueate, glabrous, on long petioles. Calyx 

 lar^e, nearly dabrous ; lobes lanceolate. Standard very 

 silky. ". . , . 20. T. macrocnr;pa. 



Leaflets usually above 7. Calyx small, on a slender pedi- 

 cel : teeth subulate or very short. Pod glabrous pubes- 

 cent or loosely vUIous . . . .2\.T. purpurea. 



Leaflets usually few, long, and narrow. Calyx large, 

 densely rusty-villous ; lobes longer than the tube, in- 

 curveil, acuminate. Pedicels short. Pod softly and 

 closely pubescent . . . .^ • • • . 22. T. Bidmlh- 



Leaflets usually few, cuneate, silky on both sides. Calyx 

 small, softly silky. Pedicels short. Pod much curved, 

 scarcely flattened, densely silky-tomcntose 23. 2. rosea^ 



1. T. coriacea, Benlh, Branches softly puLescent. Leaflets solitaiy* 

 on a petiole of ^ to ^ in., or rarely 3, obovate, very obtuse or retuse t _^^ 

 in. long, coriaceous, minutely pubescent, the pinnae, veins, and reticulnie 

 lets promiucnt underneath, as in T.flammea. Tlowei's in axillary clusj^^^| 

 smaller than in T.jlammea, but impcrfeefc in our specimens. Calyx \ ^^^^j 

 the lobes long and acute, the lowest exceeding the others and '^^'^J^ ''^^ jJJ 

 as the tube. .Upper stamen free at the base, but not so geniculate 

 most species. Pod linear, slightly falcate, softly pubescent, above 1 iii- ^' 

 Seeds lenticular, with a small strophiole. . mj^ 



N- Aixstralia. Upper Victoria and Fitzraaurice rivers, F. Mueller. It ^^^**f^as 



that in other specimens the brauches may terminate in racemes, yet the "'^^^,^^^\Tjg^ gpe- 



known, and seeds appear to betiuite different from those of 1\ fammeay the only 



cies. The foliage is nearly that of the African Requienlas. . o 



2. T. flammea, F. MuelL Herb, An erect branching '^"^^^^^^'f^^gfl^ 

 to 4 ft., the branches clothed with a loose velvety-rusty pubescence. ^ ^^^^^ 

 5 to 9, or 3 in the uppermost leaves, broadly elliptical-oblong ^^^^'^^^pf 

 ovate or obovate, very obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long, shortly and softly P^ ^^, j^^j],jte 

 almost silky on both sides, the somewhat distant ])rimary veins and it ^^^^^ 

 veinlcts very prominent underneatli. Kacemes terminal or iu the uppt " 



