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verse fun*o\vs between the seeds, — BoUchos reticulatm^ Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 

 iii. S3; DC. Prod.ii. 400. 



N- Australia, Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 

 Queensland. Endeavour river. Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham ; Shoabvater 

 Bay, R. Brown; Rockhainpton, Ballachy,, . , . 



4, A. grandifolia, F. MuelL Herb, An erect branching, rusty-tomen- 

 tose or softly villous shrub, closely resembling in other respects J.7'eticulata, 

 Leaflets broadly ovate or rhomboidalj obtuse or rather acute, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 veiy rtigose and soft. Flowers in irregular clusters or short racemes, pedun- 

 culate in the upper axils, the upper peduncles short, forming an irregular ter- 

 minal leafy panicle. Pedicels at first very short, or rarely attaining the length 

 of the calyx. Calyx rusty villous, about \ in. long, the lobes about twice as 

 long as the tube. Petals scarcely exceeding the calyx. Pod as in A. reticu- 

 lata, about 1 in. long and 4 lines wide, very villous with long hairs, the 

 valves coriaceous, marked with deep transverse furrows between the seeds. 



lU. Aastralia. Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpcutariaj, 

 7?. Brown, . . 



■_ Queensland. Burnett ranges, F. Mueller; Burdekia Espcdition, Fitalan; Fitzroy 

 river, Bowman; Port Denison, Ballachy, , 



Var. calyeina. Leaflets very thick and rugose. Calyx -lobes longer and broader Ihauin 

 the ordinary form, the tube very short. Pod very broad. — Victoria river, /. Mueller. 



5, A» pluriflora, V. Maell. Herb. Erect and shmbby, clothed with a 

 soft woolly or silky tomentum, usually very white on the branches. Leaflets 

 from obovate, very ol)tuse, and about 1 in", long, to elliptical-oblong, obtuse 

 or almost acute and near 2 in. long, more or less rhomboid, very rugose and 

 soft, the terminal one inserted close between the lateral ones instead of being 

 raised at some distance above them as. in all the other Australian species. 

 Peduncles in the upper axils bearing an irregular head or umbel-like cluster 

 of flowers, the pedicels at first very short, at length nearly as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx softly villous, 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes not much longer 

 than the tube. Petals exceeding the calyx, attaining about 7 lines. Ovary 

 with 4 to G ovules. Pod about 1 in, long, very villous with long hairs, the 

 Valves coriaceous, marked with deep transverse furrows between the seeds. ^ 



Queensland. Broad Sound, J?. Brown; Burdekin Expedition, i^//r^te; Rockhanip- 

 ton, Tkozet ; near Princhester, Bowjnan ; Thozet's River, Ballachy, 



6, A. cinerea, F. Muell. Herb, A shrub of 2 or 3 ft., more slender 

 than the last two species, hoary or silvery with a soft but close and short to- 

 mentum. Leaflets ovate obtuse or rather acute, 1 to 1^ in. long, strongly 

 reticulate underneath, and sometimes rugose above, but much less so than m 

 A, (jrandifoUa. Peduncles axillary, bearing usually a short irregular raceme 

 of rather large flowers. Pedicels rather thick, often as long as the calyx- 

 Calyx tomentose or silky, 4 to 5 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, rather longet 

 than the tube. Standard and keel 8 or 9 lines long. Ovaiy with 4 to ») 

 ovules. Pod 1 in. long or rather more, nearly 4 lines broad, ^softly tomen- 

 tose, but without long hairs, the valves coriaceous, with transverse furro^^s 

 between the seeds. 



W.Australia. Nichol Bay, F, Gregory's Expedilion ; Victoria river. F M^^^^''^: 

 Some of these sixicuuens may at first sight be confouuded with the more tomentose forms 

 Rhynchosia acidifoha, which however has smaller flowers and only 2 ovules in a^ 



