210 XL. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Tepkrosia. 



very sliort, the upper ones 6 in. long or more, with distant fascicles of 2 to 4 

 pinkish flowers. Calyx minutely pubescent, the tuhe aLout 1 line long, the 

 lobes subulate-pointed, variable in length. Standard about 4 lines diameter; 

 keel obtuse. Upper stamen slightly cohering wnth the others in the bud, 

 but very soon quite free. Style much flattened. Pod glabrous or pubescent, 

 about 1| ill. long, more or less falcate. Seeds transversely oblong.— f. 

 Batieri, Benth. in A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 408. 



N. Australia, Hills near Nichol Bay, F, Gregory's Ea-j)editlon ; Port Cooper, Herh 

 F. Mueller (very pubescent fragmentary specimens) ; Arnhem S. Bay, U. Browu» 



Queensland. Bowen river, F. Mueller; Port Denison, Fiizala?i, 



N. S. "Wales. Clarence river, ^^t?>CV^r ; Hunter's Uivev, A^nerican Explonng Expe- 

 dition. 



The species is very common in tropical Asia and E. tropical Africa, where it varies con- 

 siderably as to stature, iength of raceme, indumentum, etc., but where the calyx-lobes are 

 always subulate aud longer than the tube. Among the Australian specimens, those above 

 quoted are the only ones I have seen agreeing in this respect as well as in foliage with the 

 Asiatic ones. The following forms, which are probably varieties of the same species, do 

 not nevertheless appear to be represented out of Australia. 



Var. brevidens. More shrubby and erect, with the habit of the Pacific island variety 

 usually named T. piscaloria, Pers. ; hoary with a minute appressed pubescence. Leaflets 

 mostly 9 to 15. Racemes usually very long. Calyx-teeth very short or the lowest nearly 

 as long as the tube.— Various points of the N. and E. coasts, islands of the Gulf of Carpen- 

 taria, i?. Brown; Endeavour river, Banks and Solander ; Port Essingtou, Armsim^l 

 Cape Upstart, iIi'G27/2?;my; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Percy Island, A. Cunningham; Mac- 

 quarrie river, Boivman ; the latter specimen imperfect, . 



Var. rufescens. Habit of the var. brevidens, but the branches densely and softly mstf- 

 ■villous. Leaflets more numerous, often above 20. Eacemes long and many-flowaea. 

 Calyx-teeth short as in the var. brevidens .—Ko(tk\ hills, Gorman Creek, Moreton iiay, 

 C. Stnart; Port Buwen, A, Cunningliam ; Archer's Hill, Leichhardi. . . 



Var. longifoUa. Leaflets very narrow, obtuse acute or mucronate, often 1 to 2 i^- *°°o' 

 Eacemes long. Calyx-teeth subulate, but rather short.— Gulf of Carncntaria, 5. ^'^^^' 

 Lands b or ov gh ; Depot Creek, F.Mueller; Albert river, ^^?^;^(?/ , ^ 



Var. sericea. Leaflets numerous, narrow, acute, silky underneath. Calyx-teeth sbo . 

 — Broad Sound, R, Broivn, Bowen, 



Var. (?) la^va. Stems loosely decumbent. Leaflets few, broad, loosely P^^^f f \ ^ 

 villous, the veins parallel above, almost reticulate underneath. Calyx-teeth subulate, 

 \(LVY short.— Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, iJ. Brown^ Hemie. 



22. T. BidwiUi, Beyith. Eootstock woody, with ascending or erect 

 stems of 1 to 2 ft., more or less pubescent. Leaflets in the lower leaves 6 

 5, oblong or lanceolate, in the others 7 to 11, linear or linear-lanceolai^, 

 acutely acuminate, 1 to 2 or even 3 in. long, narrowed at the base, ^^^^"^^ . 

 pairs along a slender rigid petiole, green on both sides, but slightly P^^^^^.^ 

 underneath. Eacemes usually on long peduncles, the lower pairs of no^ 

 distant. Calyx densely rusty-pubescent, the tube about \i lines long, 

 lobes longer, incurved, naiTow, but not subulate, the 2 upper ones um 

 above the middle. Standard fully 5 lines broad ; keel much incun'ed, * 

 most acute. Style much flattened. Pod \\ to 2 in. long, slightly mcurn i 

 softly pubescent. Seeds transversely oblong. 



Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill; Buraett river, F. Mueller. 

 IV. S. Wales- Clarence and Macleay rivers, Beckler. . . ,. „ calvi 



V ar, (?) densa. Leaflets shorter and more silky ; inflorescence tiense, but wiln tnt . 

 oC T. Blflwilii. ^ 



W. Australia. Hills near Nicliol Bay, F, Gregonjs Expedition, 



