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10. T. leptoclada, SeniL Apparently annual, erect, much branclicd 

 at the base, loosely pubescent. Leaflets either single with a pair of stiptllae, 

 or 3 digitate at the end of the petiole, or rarely 1 or 2 pairs lower down the 

 petiole, hnear, often 2, 3, or even 4 in. lori^ when single, acutely acuminate, 

 glabrous above, pubescent underneath. Kacemes long, slender, with very 

 small flowers in distant pairs. Pedicels slender. Calyx-teeth subulate, 

 longer than the shoi't tube. Standard not 3 lines diameter. Pod long, 

 narrow, straight, pubescent. Seeds nearly orbicular. 



W. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 

 Queensland. Boweu river, Bowman. 



^}- T* ^""^chycarpa, F. Mtiell. Herb. An erect herb, not exceeding 

 10 in. m any of our specimens, with spreading, softly-pubescent branches. 

 LeaOets 3, 5, or rarely 7, oblong-cuneate obtuse or retuse, rarely above i in. 

 closely silky-pubescent, especially underneath. Plowers very sm.dl, either in 

 leat-opposed clusters of 2 or 3, or 2 or 3 pairs in a raceme of A to 1 in., with 

 a leaf under each pair. Calyx-lobes acute, the 2 uppermost and the lowest 

 as long as the tube, the lateral ones shorter. Standard broad, not 2 lines 

 ong; keel slightly carved, obtuse. Oyary with a single ovule. Style flat- 

 tened. Pod very villous, ovate, compressed, 3 to 4 lines long. Seed trans- 

 versely oblong. ' 1 ' 



N. Anstralia. Desert near Hooker's Creelc, F. 31uel!er. This has the flowers and 

 iriiit, although not the foliauie or inflorescence, oC the African Bfqmenias, which it is there- 

 lore necessary to unite as a section to the genus Tephro/iu. 



12. T. Stuartii, Beidh. A low erect herb, with the habit of T. hracliy- 



''^rpo, the branches softly villous. Leaflets 3 or 5, from obovate to. oblong- 



cuneate, obtuse with a small soft point, about | in. long, softly silky-villous. 



wwers about 3 lines long, sessile in leaf-opposed clusters of 2 or 3, or in 



sjort spikes with a leaf at the base of the cluster, so that the floral leaves 



"ten appear opposite, with the flowers in the axils of one of each pair. 



alyx-lo!)es about as long as the tube. Standard broad ; keel incurved, ob- 



^se. Ovai-y with 2 or rarely 3 ovules, style flattened. Pod oblong, straight 



^ith a hooked point, flat, softly villous, i to i in. long. Seeds 2 or 3, orbi- 



cular. 



latter 



N. Anatralia. 



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PedSn T ™P<^'"^^ct. somewhat doubtful specimen, with the flowers in pairs on a leaf-opposed 

 r™ neie. Phis species connects the anomalous T. hrachycana with the rest of the genus, 

 >"<! especially with the foil 



owing species 



^^- T. eriocarpa, Bentl. Branches densely tomentose-villous. Leaf- 



Dar n "'"^^0"'>ie, nearly glabrous above, silky-vmous uuueuiLdiu, ».iii 

 Firaliel obliqiie veins. Flowers in almost sessile le'af-opposed pairs, or in ra- 

 sk ? ^ } ^° ^ '^-^ '"^afy ft the base. Calyx softly villous, the tube very 

 ""' tol'es nearly 2 lines long. Standard about 4 lines diameter, but not 

 ^ perfect. Pod 1 to H in. long, straight or slightly recurved, densely 

 soltly villous^ the valves convex. Seeds orbicular, usually about 6. 



• Australia. Deserts of Start's Creek and Victoria river, I. Mueller. 



