Bardenberffia.] -XL. LEGUMINOS^. 



247 



^ 2 H. Comptoniana, Bentk. in Hueg. Emm. 41. Leaflets 3 or 5, and 

 rntlic latter case the lateral ones in 2 opposite pairs, not opposite in distant 

 pairs as m other 5-folioLate PhaseolcfS, varjdng from ovate to linear-hmceolate, 

 rather obtuse, usually 1^- to 3, sometimes 4 to 5 in. long, rounded or truncate 

 at the base. Flowers of the same size, colour and structure as those of //. 

 monophjlla, in pairs or clusters of 3 or 4 along the racemes. Pod cylindrical, 

 very turgid, coriaceous, attaining 1^ in. in length, quite free from any pithy 

 pulp inside. Seeds almost sessile and longitudinal.— Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 

 D4; Glycine Comptoniana, Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 602 ; Bot. lleg. t. 298 ; Ken- 

 wdya Comptoniana, Link, Enum. ii. 235 j DC. Prod. ii. 383 ; K. macropJiylla, 

 M. Bot. Eeg. t. 1862; Ilardenhergia Iluegelii, Benth. in Ilucg. Enum. 

 41; H. difjitata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 60; H. Lindleiji, Meissn. in PI. 

 i'leiss. 1. 94; H. Matcoyana, Ch. Lem. Tllustr. Hortic. v. t. 179. 



W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown; aud thence to Swan River, D,um- 

 fond, IH Coll. and n. 271, Hueyel, Preiss, n. 1093, WH, and others. 



o. H, (?) retusa, Bmth. A tall twiner, the young shoots and inflores- 

 cence silky-pubescent, the foliage at length glabrous, the branches usually 

 ■mgular. Leaflets 3, broadly obovate-truncate, obcordate or broadly and ob- 

 tusely 2-lobed, the midrib usually produced into a short point, 1|- to 3 in. 



ong, somewhat coriaceous, rather shining above, pale underneath. Stipules 

 ovate or lanceolate, striate, reflexed. Flowers like those of the other species, 

 or rather larger and more numerous, usually several together in each cluster, 

 . '^ ™chis of the cluster sometimes slightly developed, the racemes axillary or 

 "1 terminal panicles as in the other species. Calyx about 2 lines long, hoary- 

 pubescent, the teeth very short and obtuse. Standard nearly 5 lines dia- 

 '^eter, broad and emarginate; wings nearly as long, falcate; keel rather 

 snorter, much incurved, obtuse. Ovary nearly sessile, with about 10 ovules. 



yJe rather thickened and inflexed at the base, then straight and slender, 

 a] V ^i"^-^^^ terminal stigma. Pod broadly liiK'ar, flattened, silky- villous, 



)out 2| in. long, without pilhv partitions' inside. Seeds strophiolate.— 



Mich 



OS oLcordatus, A. Cunn. Herb. ; Glycine retusa, Soland. mss. 



^p^n^^^^^^^- Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham ; Dunk Island, 

 than ■ Tu^ ' ^^''^"y ^^^'1"''. ^- ^I^ieller; Cnpe York, W. Hill. The keel is rather larger 

 ^ V" the other species, but the other characters and habit are quite those oi Uarden- 



53. KE]S"Tfl"EDYA, Tent. 



(Physolbbium, Huey. ; Zichya, Sueg. ; Amphodus, Lind!.) 



"alyx-lobes about as long as the tube, the 2 upper ones united in an emar- 

 Jinate or 2-toothed ujiper lip. Standard obovate or orbicular, narrowed into 

 kep? °^ V^" "'' '^^^^^ minute inflexed auricles; wings falcate, adhering to the 

 unit t incurved, obtuse or rather acute! Upper stamen free, the others 

 ovui ' ''^"thers uniform. Ovary nearly sessile or shortly stipitate, with several 

 fiatt 'j**^'^ filiform, rarely toothed at the top, stigma terminal. Pod linear, 

 Stan 1 ''y^i'^'^"^^^ or turgid. 2-valved, more or less divided by a pithy sub- 

 verv '^'"^^'^fi the seeds. Seeds ovoid or oblong, laterally attached, with a 

 stem P""*^"^'"^"! strophiole.— Perennials, with prostrate trailing or twining 



•IS, usually pubescent or villous. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate or very 



