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purple or rerl, in clusters of 3, 3 or more on lateral nodes in the upper por- 

 duous """^^^^^^^ peduncles. Bracts and bracteoles usually very deci- 



^ptrT'^^-^'^Y ^™'\''- ^^^l"^'"*^'^ o^er the warmer regions of the New and the Old World. 

 sT/pn. f "'' "^ cultivated in various countries have given rise to many forms published 

 lp?nl if'^'i ^l^^'°"S'i frequently undistinguishable except by their ori-iu. To these 

 generally cultivated species belong the only three hitherto found iu Australia.^ 



Stipules not produced below their insertion. Pod flattened. " 

 iiracteoles broad, striate, persistent, as long as the calyx. Plowers 



small, pale yellowish- white ,..■.,, \ p mlaaris 



iiracteoles su.all and very deciduous. Flowers large, pink or whitish 



stipules oblong, produced below their insertion. Pod at length nearly 



cylindncal . . q d ir 



3. P.Mungo. • 



r,\' ^* '^^e^"Sj ^"'»-; DC. Prod. ii. 392. Glabrous or silky-pubes- 



cent When young, dwarf and erect or tall and twining. Leaflets broad, acu- 

 n,ite, 2 to 3 in. long or more, the stipellaj small, obtuse. Stipules small, 



7 Pi'otluced below their insertion, Peduncles short, with few rather small 



calv -^ J^"S'"^P" OJ" whitish flowers. Bracteoles ovate, striate, as long as the 

 )x and persistent. Calyx- upper lobe very short, broad, obtuse and entire. 



PI -R °"t!^' linear, flattened, straight or slightly falcate.— Bentli. in Mart. 

 '• -Bras. Papil. 182, with the synonyms quoted. 



the mo^^^**^*^**' ^.^^^^^ ^^^ ^"^ ^e Grey river, Ridley's Expedition. The species ia. 

 probably f^""."''^^^' "cultivated in all warm and temperate countries. Its origin is uncertain, 

 cirpiimi ^"'^"'' '^^ ^^°t^ accompanies the Australian specimens giving any clue as to the 

 "reanistances under which they were gathered. S = • 



trafli f • '^J'^'^^llensis, H. B. and K. ; DC. Prod. ii. 391. Twining or 

 ster "^ ^''^^' &l''^'^''ous or more or less hairy, the hairs reflexed on the 



ti,sg"''Pf ^'S^ed or silky on the leaves. Leaflets usually broadly ovate, ob- 

 boid u f'^'^ acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, the terminal one somewhat rhom- 

 stinei] "^^^ ^^^^^ ^^'■y oblique, those of the upper leaves narrower, the 



Pelhi "^I ^'"^^'' °^^^"&- Stipules small, not produced below their insertion. 

 eels V ^^""^'y ^°"g' with few flowering nodes at or near the end. Pedi- 

 j-Jq '^'"y ^"0'"t. Bracteoles shoiier than the calyx and wtry deciduous. 

 Hi r* ^p''^^' ^^'''^^' '"i^ed purplish or pint and w'hite or the standard yel- 

 acut 7 -^^ "^^P^'" '°^^® ®^°'"*' ^'"^'T ^'■02^ ^"^ obtuse, the lowest nnirow 

 ]on/ \" r ^°"^ ^^ °^ ^^"Se^ tli'i" ^li<^ ^^^^^- Standard and wings nearly 1 in. 

 3 or 1 ■ • '''^™ing 2 or 3 coils. Pod flattened, straight or falcate, attaining 

 Hnr I"; '" ^^"gth and nearly i in. in breadth.— P. rodralus. Wall. PI. As. 

 ^^■'•56,t.63; Wight,Ic.t.34. 



of thp i^'Jf *r*^**- Between Fitzmauriee river and Macadam Range, F. Mueller ; islands 



FI 



lo 



iairir fl "^SO, Linn,; DC. Prod. ii. 395. More or less hirsute, the 



speci 



