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iXwo-^r^'^ 'P'^f ?' ""^ '^P^'-^^^^ ^t^™*^"^- Calyx l\ lines long, the 

 Sip^ V7 T^'' ^""Ser than the tube, the 2 upp^r ones united to the 



s^ n .pST T ,°''^"^f^"^"*^' «^"^^- K^^l ^"^^^d, obtuse. Pod 



cou^tjfzSj,"' ^^''''^' ^^"^ ^"glaiid. <^- -^^"^^^y Macleaj river, BecHer ; Argyle 

 Victoria. Ovens, King, and Broken rivers, F. Slueller. 



calLhpn!^^*^.i^f ^'^.■, ^PPaJ'ently shrubby, the branches leaves and 

 cai} xes densely clothed with a soft white nr hrnwm'^l, v^K-.f. ..tf.. T.„,... 



in .pS -11 '^^^P"^^^ and Vacts softly linear-subulate. Flowers ci-owdcd, 

 tliP In '!^ '^ clusters. Calyx about 4 lines loni?, the tube very short, 

 caL f '^n^ar-subulate, soft, shortly plumose. -Petals shorter than the 

 ^hVlifl .^""^^°^^ onisiAe ; standard orbicular, obtuse at the base ; keel 

 niH,! / ^"IS^^^d, obtuse. Upper stamen united with the others to the 



at tliB ' 1 ^'^^^^^^^^j fliit, obliquely semiovate, about 5 lines long, narrowed 

 at the end, softly torn entose. ^ ^ ' 



S. Australia. 



Mount Strzelecki, WDouall Stuart. 



'Jsuailvp ,.^'^^^^- — Herbs. Leaves abruptly pinnate, the common petiole 



Ppflnn.i "^ '" ^ ^^^^''^"^^ or iii a fine point. Flowers and fruit of Phaseolece. 

 Peduncles or racemes axillary. 



^liich T havp^*^ "J^i ^^^^^ ^^'^'"o^'^'^^is in Australia, unless the anomalous genus AhruSy 

 in many respe^r^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^"^ ^^ Phaseoleo', be referred to 7znV^, with which it is 

 species of V^^' ^ ^^^^^^^*^'^' ^ only give here the tiibual characters because some European 

 ^^^^ed colon/^^ ^ established themselves iu wastp and cultivated places in some of the 

 \ tndinallv on Ik' ■ S^^^is is characterized chieflv by the style which is not bearded longi- 

 - outside or all r ^^T^ ^*^*^ ^^ "^ Laihyrns, but has usually a tuft of hairs at the top on the 

 atout AcIcImM °-""l. ^^"^^^^ the stigma. Two s])ecies have been sent as naturalizeJ, especiaiJy 

 annual or K-'" ^"f^ Australia, V, sativa, Linn., var. Begetalis, Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. 3G1, 

 i sesMlp n. ^\?"^*'»^ f»-OTn a few in. to 1 or 2 {%, hiffh with about 4 to 7 pairs of leaflets. 



an 



^^'I sessile n 11 ■ '^"^ ^ ^^^^^ '^- ^*^ ^ ^^' ^ ^^- ^^^^ 



^"*=fJ slender h- solitary purple flowers ; and V, hirsufa, Koch {Ervum hir^utum, Linu.), a 



' ^^ Ptdnnp? 17 ^^^^^'^^ ^ith very small pale-blue Ifowcrs, 2 or 3 together on slender axil- 

 • ^ "Cics, the pod short and 2-seeded. 

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f erect or si Tj ^^^^^ole^,— Herbs usually twining or prostrate, rarely 

 ^f l-foj] 1^7^ y ^^ the base, yery rarely trees. Leaves piimately 3-folioIate 

 without St' ^/^^"^^^ ^- w 7-foliolate, with stipellae, very rarely digitate or 

 ^lie base ^^A^ i " ^PP^*" stamen usually free, at least at the base, or all but 

 ^^ ^aiitino. p ^^'^ unifonn or nearly so, or very rarely alternately smaller 

 fleshy. ^' ^^ ^^^* articulate, 2-valved. Cotyledons usually thick and 



^ f^^eptional^J^j^ natural one but very difficult to define, as it passes gradually through a few 

 ^Q^wn ])y theirT"*^^ species into several others. The great majority of species are at once 

 tf'^inau species t^^"'"^ ®'^^*^® ^^^^ pinnntely 3-foliolate stipellate leaves, and among Aus- 

 ^^^ twining h- kT^ ^^^ ^'*^^^ ^^"^ exceptions. Where there are 5 or 7 leaflets the stipcUaj 

 ^^th the foliaffo Vp^*'^^^ distinguish them from Galeyea. Erytkrinas are arborescent but 

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