ilightly pubescent and green above, softly silky and almost silveiy 

 ath. Racemes short, leafy, with crowded rather h\rge flowers, or very 



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14.. T. phseosperma, F. Maell. Herb, A shrub of about 2 ft., tlie 



branches closely but densely silky-tomentose. Leaflets 5 to 9 or rarely 11, 

 oblong- cuneate or linear-oblong, obtuse or almost acute, mucronate, 1 to 1^ 

 or rarely nearly 2 in. long, rather rigid, more or less silky on both sides, and 

 strongly marked with oblique parallel veins. Flowers clustered, in dense ter- 

 minal racemes of 1 to 2 in. Pedicels short. Calyx silky, the tube about! 

 line long, the lobes at least as long, subulate-acuminate. Standard about 4 

 lines diameter ; keel much curved, almost acute. Pod straight, rarely above 



1 in. long, slightly pubescent; valves broad and coiiaceous. Seeds nearly 

 orbicular. 



N. Australia. N. coast, A. Cunningham ; Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller. 



15. T. astragaloides, R. Br, Herb, {mder Galega). An erect under- 



shrub of 1 to 2 ft., the branches softly pubescent or silky. Leaflets usually 7 to 

 17, rather crowded, oblong-cuneate or almost linear, -^ to 1 in. long, obtuse or 

 ret use, s 

 imderne 



rarely elongated with distant clusters. Calyx 2 lines long or ratlier more, 

 tbe lobes narrow, acute, rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united 

 above the middle. Standard 5 or G lines diameter; keel incurved, obtuse. 

 Style less flattened than in the other Australian species, and almost terete at 

 the end, with a penicillate stigma. Pod above 1 in. long, incurved towards 

 the end, tomentose. Seeds orbicular. 



Queensland. Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown, A. Canmngliam ; Dunk TslanJ, ^VOilh- 

 vrag; Burdt-kin Expedition, Z Jf«^//^r; Rockhatnptoii, Thozett B all achy ; near Marlbo- 

 rongli, Boicman. 



Van (?) rnacroslachga. Raceme elongated. Leaflets silky-villous on both slJcs. Pod of 

 T. astragaloides. — Bovven river. Bowman. 



16. T. juncea, E. Br. Herb, {under Galega). An annual or perenninl, 

 with erect, slender but rigid and virgate, not much branched stems, ot l^ ^^ 



2 ft., glabrous or hoary-pubescent. Leaflets above 20, on a long ^\^^^^^ 

 common petiole, the terminal one oblong-lincnr f to above 1 in. long: tne 

 others very much smaller, obovate obcordate or cuneate, from under 3 to 

 nearly 5 liiuis long, glabrous above, hoary or silky underneath. Flow^i= 

 small, in distant pairs, in long slender terminal racemes. Calyx about lii^i^ 

 long, with very short teeth. Standard nearly 3 lines diameter, ^od I3 i"_ 

 long or more, narrow, nsnally incurved towards the end, glabrous or slign y 

 pubescent. Seeds more or less transversely oblong. 



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Iff. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown. ^ ^^ 



Queensland, Endeavour river and Bustard Bay, Banks and Bolander ; ^'^=^^1^^ / ■ 



R. Brown; Gould Island, M'Glllhray; Wide Bay, Bid will ; Rockhampton, if^^^ ' 



Elliott river. Bowman; also in Leichhardt's collection. 



. 17. T. filipes, i?^///A. A perennial, with slender diffuse or ascend'n? 

 branching stems, rarely above 1 ft. long, minutely silky-hoary. Leaflets / 

 15, narrow-oblong or linear, those of the lower leaves obtuse, of ^^^^ ^jP^^.^ 

 leaves acute with straight or recurved points, all ratlier rigid, glabrous ubo\ ■ 

 Eacenics lilifurni, 1 or rarely 2 in. long, with u?ually only 3 ^i^^^^^^ P^r p|g 

 small flowers, or the terminal ones more rigid, leafy at tlie base. ^^"^ , 

 longer than the calyx. Calyx about 1 lino long, including the sliort tee 



