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23. T. rosea, F. Muell. Serb. A perennial or underslirub, with as- 

 cending branches closely but rather densely silky-tomentose. Leaflets 

 T% 1 ?^^ ' ^'^'oi^g-cimeate or obovate-oblong, very obtuse or retuse, green 

 Md slightly pubescent above, silky underneath. Racemes lohg and rather 

 ngid. flowers small, in clusters of 2 or 3. Pedicels usually shorter than 

 ne calyx. Calyx silky-tomentose, the tube about 1 line long, the teeth or 

 11 about as long. Standard about 3 lines diameter, the claw short. Style 

 mucn flattened. Pod narrow, densely silky-pubescent, much curved, the 

 sutures scarcely thickened, the valves very convex. Seeds transversely ob- 



^^tC^tek^F^Mu f'"^^''^'^'' ^''''""^' ^•'^' ^°^'*' ^- CunnhgJiam ; Victoria river and 

 ^^■^ Mgustifolia. Leaflets linear, elongated. Pod softly villous. 



insnffl^- ■ w*^^^" Between Darling river and Cooper's Creek, Neilson, The specfanea 

 iDsuacieut for aecurate determiuatiou. 



35. MILLETTIA, W. and Am. 



Calyx broad, truncate or with short teeth or lobes, the 2 upper ones often 

 ttnitea. Standard broad, usually reflexed ; keel incurved, obtuse. Upper 

 aamea free or cohering with the others in the middle ; anthers uniform. 



^arj sessile or rarely stipitatc, surrounded at the base by an angular or cup- 

 j aped dibk, with several ovules; style inflexed, terete, glabrous, with a small 

 .eiffiinal stignia. Pod broadly linear-lanceolate or oblong, flat and hard, or 



convex, thick and woody, opening at length in 2 valves. Seeds orbicular 



i-enitorm, not strophiolate.— Trees, tall shrubs or woody climbers. Leaves 



"]jj"^"y P.iiiiiate ; leaflets penniveined with reticulate veinlcts, usuaUy stl- 



bn k' ^^P*^^^ small. Racemes terminal or paniculate at the ends of the 



the"}) V ■^^^^^^''^ usually pui-ple pink or white, clustered or scattered along 



rnachis. Bracts and bracteoles usually veiT deciduous. 



A'lstral?^ genus, ranm'ng over the warmer regions of Asia and Africa, with one endemic 

 ■" the 1 ^''n^P*''^''^^" " differs from the North American and Japanese genus Wisiayia, only 

 liseent ■ '^.'""^^y ^^"^ or thick pod, not opening so readily, although not absolutely inde- 

 i^s in the Dalbergiea, 



Wood ^* "J^Sasperma, F. Muell. {under Wistaria). A tall evergreen 

 Paui f ^ ^^'■^ glabrous except a slight hoariness on the young shoots and 

 to 2 1 '^^^'^^^^ 7 to 13, obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 1|- 

 6 in T" "^' ^^"^^^''i^t coriaceous and green on both sides. Racemes 4 to 

 Purnl /^^'^^^''^^ in a terminal almost leatiess panicle. Plowers scattered, 



hn r °T^ united into a veiy broad truncate upper lip. Standard above 

 calloi °^ roinutely silky-pubescent, with a slightly prominent transverse 

 stinit t "PP^'^''''^»^ inside above the claw. Upper stamen quite free. Ovary 

 oiitsid ^°^ ^^°^' ^ ^"- ^^"o. thick, hard, almost woody, densely velvety 

 jQ^ ^' oeeds large and thick. — Wistaria viegasperma, F. Muell. Fragm. i.. 



Creel^*^*'^^f ^^" ^ine river, near Moreton Bay, W. HUL F, Mueller ; Nurrum-Nurrum 



• vValea, Ricliiuond river, C. Moore. 



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