Sesbama.] XL. leguminos^. 213 



augled Leaflets usually under 20 and often not 10 pairs, oblong, obtuse, 

 4 to 8 Jmes long or when luxuriant nearly L in. Flowers rather large, yellow 

 or with a purple vexilluin, in loose pendulous racemes, shorter than the leaves, 

 iiracts and bracteoles very deciduous. Calyx about 3 lines long, without the 

 narrow-turbmate almost stalk-like base, the teeth very short and broad, 

 standard about f in. broad ; keel much incurved, broad, obtuse, with" an 

 acute angle at the base. Pod when perfect 8 to 10 in. long and 2 to 2i 

 iines^ broad, but often much shorter by the abortion of many of the ovules. 

 -;\.and Arn. Prod. 214; Wight, Ic. t. 32; S. plcla, Pers.; Bot. Eeg. 



N. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Slueller. The species is common in tropical 

 Asia aad Africa. ^ 



3 S. aculeata, Pers. ; DC, Prod. ii. 265." An erect herb, usually of 4 



to 5 ft., but sometimes twice that size, glabrous or the young shoots slightly 

 pubescent, the branches terete or slightly angular. Leaflets from 20 to 

 nearly 50 pairs, narrow-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 4 to 8 lines long, on a 

 conimon petiole often | to 1 ft. long and sometimes armed with small tuber- 

 cles or prickles, which are however often very minute or quite wanting, 

 iuowers yellow, much smaller than in S. mgyptlaca^ in loose erect racemes, 

 shorter than the leaves. Bracts and bracteoles verj^ deciduous. Calyx about 

 h hues long, including the short turbinate base, the teeth short, broad and 

 acute.^ Standard scarcely \ in. broad; keel very much incurved, broadly ob- 

 use m froiit. Pod long, naiTOwer than in S. mjyptiaca^ the sutures more 

 thickened.— W, and Arn. Prod. 214 ^ S. australis, T. Muell. in Trans. Yict. 



v?^'. ''^^****'^^^a- Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller; Gulf of Carpentaria, Land^horough, also 

 ^ ^nlaf s Expedition, 



Queensland. In the interior. Mitchell; Roclchampton, Dallachy. 



R A ■ "^ales. Darling river, Rerl). F, Mueller, 



»■ Australia. Cooper's Creek, HowiU's Expedition. 



^^.iencea. Young branches and foliage silky-puhescent.— KW. coast, Br/noe; Niehol 

 i\^^n :,^^'^^^^y^ Expedition; Start's Creek and I'liuders iIsqt, F. Mueller ; islands of 

 tlifi Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brotvn. 



>ar, (?) erubescens. Flowers rather longer, the standard pinkish. Branches more an- 

 ^«'ar.— Start's Creek. F. Mueller. This may possihly be near S. punctata, Pers., which 



""TV^ s^^ai-cPly specifically distinct from S. aculeata. 

 ^ ^' v) parvijlora. Flowers very much smaller and more numerous.— Albert river, 

 enne; Newcastle Water, MDouall Stuarfs Expedition. 



., *; S. simpliciuscula, F. Muell IlerL An erect herb, of 5 to 10 ft., 

 ne branches angular, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves long, with very numerous 



^^^rlets as in S. aculeata, but the leaflets usually longer, linear-oblong and 



^ore mucronate. Flowers yellow, nearly as large as in S. cpgyptiaca, but 

 oi*e numerous, in short loose erect racemes. Stipules bracts and bracteoles 



^taceous and more persistent than in any other species. Calyx-teeth about 

 ? hues long, without the turbinate base, the teeth subulate-pointed, nearly 



®^ ^ong as the tube. Standard not spotted. Pod not seen. 



^' Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



