■iZi XL. LEGUMINOSiE. [I)cSmodiuV{» 



.elongated, ratliev stoiit, slightly pubescent. Leaflets 3^ lanceolate, obtuse or 

 acute, 2 to 3 in. long, glabrous or nearly so, strongly veined underneath, the 

 stipellee very conspicuous. Stipules striate, thin. Eaceraes mostly leaf-op- 

 posed, pedunculate. Flowers numerous. Pedicels solitai'y or in pairs, slen- 

 der but short. Bracts narrow, usually persistent. Calyx nearly l^ hnes 

 Ions:, the lobes Ioniser than the tube. Petals twice as lona:. Pod sessile, pu- 



bescent when young with short clinging hairs, the upper suture contmuous, 

 "tlie lower indented ; articles 3 to 6, about l-J lines long and broad, membra- 

 nous turgid or almost inflated when ripe, slightly reticulate, indehiscent, 



N. Australia. Fertile plains, Start's Creek, F. Mueller, 



^ 11. D. uemorosuxn^ F. MuelL Herb. Stems apparently tall, erect, 

 w^oody at the base, clothed as well as the under side of the leaves with soft 

 silky appressed hairs. Leaflets 3 or solitary in the lowest leaves, oblong- 

 elliptical, very obtuse, \\ to 2| in. long or the lateral ones smaller, glabrous 

 above. Stipules rather long, striate. Eacemcs terminal. Bracts broad, 

 membranous, acuminate, falling ott' long before the flow^ering. Flowers soli- 

 tary or in pairs; pedicels very short, rigid, recurved after flowering and not 

 exceeding the calyx when in fruit. Calyx nearly 2 lines long, the lobes ra- 

 ther broad, acute. Petals nearly twice as long, the lateral appendages of the 

 keel very prominent. Pod sessile, the upper suture continuous, the lower 

 rather deeply and broadly indented ; articles few, flat, 3 to 4 lines long and^ 

 about half as broad, indehiscent, pubescent with short clinging hairs. 



■ Queensland. Brisbane river, F. Mueller; Pine river, Flizalan, also in LeichJiardt^ 

 collection. The foliage and liabit ai'e nearly those of the E. ludiaa B. concinmm, but the 

 pod and flowers are very different. 



12. D, neurocarpum, i?e;^/7^. Stems slender, diffuse, loosely villous 

 with spreading hairs. Leaflets 3 or the lowef ones solitary, narrow-ohloiiSi 

 very obtuse, sometimes 1^ to 2 iu. long, but often under \ in. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, subulate, quite free. Flowers small, few, in long filiform racemes; 

 pedicels solitary, filiform, distant. Bracts small, lanceolate, falling off long 

 before the flowers expand. Calyx about 1 line long ; lobes acute, rather 

 longer than the tube. Pod sessile, the upper suture veiy slightly, the louer 

 one more deeply _ sinuate; articles 2 to 4, as broad as long, flat, indebsceni, 

 strongly reticulate, sprinkled with a few hairs. 



'. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. The inflorescence and ha^^^ ^ 

 those of B. Muelleri, with a very different i)od. , j^|] 



Var. gracile. Slender and apparently annual. Leaflets linear, riowers and pod s 

 — N. coast, K Brown, 



13. D. trichostacliyTim, BerdJi. Stems prostrate, filiform, ^^^\°^' 

 brous. Leaflets 1 or 3, very broadly obcordate, 2 to 4 lines or rarely a J ' 



.long, and sometimes broader than long. Stipules subiilate-acumiTia • 

 Flowers very small, distant, in filiform terminal simple or branclied ^'^^ff' 

 pedicels all solitary and filiform. Bracts mcmbranousjanceolate, falling o" « » 

 before the flowers open. Calyx about \ line long, divided nearly to the " ^ 

 into narrow acute lobes. Pod sessile, the upper suture straight, tlie lo^^^^ 

 rather deeply indented ; articles 3 or 4, small, as broad as long, tlun, o ' 



.brous, sU-ongly reticulate. 



