M^chyno. 



XL. LEGUMINOS^. 



227 



divider} intn o V- .i ' P^'sistent. Calyx about 2 lines lon^ deenlv 



a lon» stiTiP« ;! °' ^''r °"^ ' ^^""^ ^^^^'i ''uiTed, almost acute. Pod on 

 tte seed ;^t^ e^^^^^^^^^ the lower slightly indented beUve^a 



405 ••i'.?-- i^ centre.— W. and Arn. Prod. 219- Wi-ht Ic t 



W. Australia. 



Mueller 



also in 7? » r .T^ i ^^'^ ^ ^''^""^ "vxr, F. . 



also m iJ. 5«^«'^ collection without any label 



Asm andlfrS*^ ^'"■''''''° "''"■' ^'''^■''^'^'*- '^^^^ ^P'^"«« '« ^'i-^dy spread over tropical 



^apil^i mT* V^' ^'■'''^- "• ^^^' ''''''■ P"'^'^'J"ff"> ^enih. in Mart. FLBra», 

 often under 1 ft .^T' ^"^ ^ f"^"^^ '^""'^ ^^^"^^ decumbent or ascending, 

 i«ts 7 to 11 ohn;r iT^ """"''y ^ *■*• ^°"- "^°'-^ «^ ^^^« pubescent. Le.t 

 at the base' Z7 \ . J"^ ""' cxmeate, truncate or emarginate, usually oblique" 

 d«eedb elo;?heV^"^.^ *« V^'^ 1™^- Stipules acute, striate, not p^ro- 

 Jeaves, mo Jl! r. o7'^"- P^^^^^Ies slender, as long as or longer than the 



'eaves, mostlv 9 nv q a - ^uuncies sienuer, as long as or ionge» tlian tlie 



and bracteo^ ""^ ^-flovvercd. Pedicels much longer than the calyx. Bracts 



^ded as Ion- ''!'i . f "''^''' ^^^^"^ ^^ ^^"^' ^''"^^ ^^'^ ^""^^^ all'equally di- 

 4 line's diamp°f ■ ' ^^^ ^ "PP^^ "^'^^ ^'^^^^^ broader. Standard 3 to 



a slender stlnr 'f"^'""" ^™'''*^ ' ^^"^^ '""''^ '^"^ved, almost rostrate. Pod oa 

 "fariy strnio-hf a ^^"^^' ^P^klcd with short hairs, the upper suture 



««ds; articles Tf ^°"*'""""^' ^l^e lower edge deeply indented between the 

 lower 'ede-p ^^a ^^ *" ^ ^^^^^ diameter, opening in 2 valves on the 



Prod ii |27 „^^'''''^^V separating from each other.— ^. mkrantlia, DC. 



adduced. ' "'' ^^"^ ^**"'^- ^^- ^''^P- "• 226, with all the synonyms there 



^'^to77/;^p]a^^f"p R^^?l^ ^^^^'^' -^ ^roK^«; on the Burdckin, Z Af/^^.V^r; Wide Bay, 

 ?**^ species is coim ^ . ^'™P*?"> Bowman, B all achy ; Moretou Bay, i?/^/n7/, F. Mueller. 

 ^^artiug»g atove nn"f^!i ri '^^^'^' where it divcrpjes into a nnmbrr of varieties mentioned in 

 variety there m^ ? * ^^^ Australian form appears to me quite identical with the 



'^^ich iB also i^l^^'^-^f'^^^f^^. which is the most common in S. Brasii and .Alontevideo. and 



^^e one found in S.E. Africa and Madagascar. 



Calv A • . *^' '^^^'^^I^' ^^^• 



^^tire 3-tootf ^1 ^^^^^^ ^^^° ^ ^^\}^-> the upper one entire or notched, the lower 

 *^'^^') wino- ^ \P'^ 3-lobed. Standard nearly orbicular, nan-owed into a short 

 sheath on°n ^^^L ^^^ m,^x\^ as long as the standard. Stamens united in a 

 "^ers renifor^" n ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^^"^^ splitting also on the lower side; an- 

 ^^•^ a smalU ' • ^^""^ ^^^^\\q or stipitate, with several ovules ; style filifonn, 

 ^Parated b ^^^'^^^ stigma. Pod consisting of 2 or more flattened articles, 

 ^lvx.-^j)j/ ^^^y naiTow contractions and folded over each other within the' 

 without stin"lT Q • ^^ ^^ ^*^^^ African species shrubs. Leaves pinnate, 

 ^% racem ^' P"^^^ membranous or scarious. Flowers yellow, in ax- 

 ^tent, ^ ^^ clusters. Bracts and bracteoles scarious or striate, per- 



^'^^'^n ODP^-! ^ considcrahle number of tropical Asiatic and E. African species, the only 



IS one of the commonest in E. India. 



