m 



'Atylom.l XL. legumikos^. 263 



ft 



Stems erectj shrubby at the base. Pod coriaceous. 



Leaflets very rugose, thick and soft. Pod villous, with long hairs. 

 Terminal leaflets at some distance from the lateral one . . , 4. ^. grandifoHa, 

 Terminal leaflets close between the 2 lateral ones 5. ^. pluriflora. 



Leaflets scarcely rugose, silky-hoary or silvery-tomeutose. Pod 

 tomcntose, without long hairs 6. ^. cinerea, 



1, A, marmorata, Benth. Stems rather slender, trailing or twining, 

 pubescent or hirsute. Leaflets very broadly obovate orbicular or broader 



than long, very obtuse, 1 to 1^ in. long, softly pubescent when young, rather 

 rigid and nearly glabrous when old. Peduncles solitaiy or 2 together, often 

 slightly exceeding the leaves, eitlier 1 -flowered or bearing 1 or 2 pairs of 

 flowers. Calyx slightly tomentose, about 4 lines long, the lobes rather longer 

 tlian the tube. Petals 5 or 6 lines long. Ovary with about 4 ovules. Pod 

 very flat, about 1 in. long, and nearly \ in, broad, mottled with purple and 

 tliinly hairy, the valves very thin and marked with fine transverse reticidations, 

 the transverse depressed lines between the seeds very faint. — Glycine marvio- 

 rata, E. Br. Herb. 



K. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller ; islands of the Galf of Carpentaria, 

 *• Brown, Eenne. 



Queensland. Nebo Creek and Bowcn river, Bowman ; Port Denison, FUzalau. 



Ihe species is allied to the E. ludian A. 2ilatycarpa, Benth., but the leaflets are differently 

 waped, the pod straighter, etc. These two species belong to the section Rht/nchosloides, 

 thich only differs from the section Nomismia of Rki/nchosia, in the number of ovules. 



. 2. A. scarabaeoides, Bentk. in PL Jungh. i. 242. Trailing or twin- 

 ing, slender, but often extending to sevei-al feet, softly toraentose iu all its 

 parts. Leaflets obovate or elliptical, obtuse or the upper ones narrower and 

 almost acute, 1 to li in. long, rugose and soft. Peduncles very short or 

 almost none, bearing 1 to 5 shortly pedicellate flowers, about 5 lines long. 

 * Calyx-lobes falcate, acute, rather longer than the tube and nearly as long as 

 tlie petals. Ovary with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod about | to 1 in. long and 3 to 

 4 hues broad, softly tomentose and hairy, the valves coriaceous, marked be- 

 tween the seeds by deep transverse lines and {\mov!s.-—Bhjnclmia (?) sca- 

 rabfsoides, DC. Prod. ii. 387 ; Cantharospermum pauciflorum, W. and Arn. 

 Prod. 255. 



Queensland. Port Denison, Burdekin river, etc.. Boicman, Ballachy. The species is 



from the 

 common form. This and all the following species belong to the section Cantlmroapermum, 

 <»rrespoudiug to the section Ptychotenlnm of Rhynchosia. 



3. A. reticulata, Benth. Stems elongated, trailing or rarely t^^uing, 

 '^ther coarse, i-usty-hii-sute or velvety. Leaflets ovate or rhomboidal, ob use 

 Ij to 3 in. long, rugose and softly velvety-toinentose. Peduncles usual y 2 

 I 3 m each axil, of unequal lengths, bearing at the end a cluster or short 

 f '^eme of about 3 to 9 flowers, the pedicels at first very short, ^"t often at 

 ^ngth as long as the calyx. Calyx rusty-viUous, fully 6 lines long, the lobes 

 ""ear acuminate, the upper or lower on^s about 3 times as long as the tube, 

 ^"e lateral ones rather shorter. Petals scarcely exceeding the calyx. Uvary 

 *! t foxxi 6 ovnlcs. Pod about 1 in. long and 4 lines wide, very villous, 

 nh long hairs, the valves coriaceous, marked with deep rather oblique trans- 



vjueensland. Port Denison, Burdekin river, etc., Bowroan, Dallachy. lac spc 

 ^mmon in E. India and the Archipelago, extending from the Manritius to S. China. 

 Austrahan specimens have the leaflets rather narrow, but do not otherwise differ frc 



