^66 ^L- LEGUMixos.?;:. \_RhjiicJiom, 



which, however, the dowers are !arge and the ovules solitary. These species helong to the 

 section NomivYiia, proposed as a genus by Wight and Arnott, difTeriug from the section 

 Rhynchosioides o^ Atyhsia^ in having never more than 2 ovules, 



2. R. acutifolia, F. MuelL Herb, {under Atylosia). Erect and shrubby 

 but slender, minutely and closely tomentose or rarely softly pubescent. Leaf- 

 lets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, | to 1^ in. long, almost acute or shortly acu- 

 minate, sometimes slightly rugose. Peduncles axillary, slender, bearing 3,. 

 3 or few flowers in an irregular raceme. Pedicels at first short, often at length 

 as long as the calyx and filiform. Plowers yellow, 5 or 6 lines long. Calyx- 

 lobes rather longer than the tube. Standard with 2 callosities inside; keel 

 obtuse, but veiy much incurved. Ovules 2. Pod coriaceous not acuminate, 

 minutely tomentose, slightly depressed between the seeds, 6 to 8 lines long, 

 fully 3 lines broad. Seeds with a thict fleshy strophiole. 



N. Australia, Victoria river, JP. Mueller, Bi/noe; Gilbert river, F. Mueller (a frag- 

 ment with loose fruits, one having had 3 ovules); N.W. Coast, A. Cunninf/ham -, Nichol 

 Bay, F. Gregort/'s Expedition (more tomentose, with the aspect of Jiylosia cinerea,\s^t with 

 the small flowers and 2 ovules of R, aculifolia). The species belongs to the section Fli/cho- 

 cenirum, W. and Arn., differing from the shrubby Atylosias of the section Bcaralaoidesxn 

 the 2 ovules. From the above-mentioned pod with the Gilbert River specimen ic appears that 

 there may be occasionally a third ovule as occurs also in R, minima; but I found t oun la 

 all the ovaries I examined. 



3. R,(?) rostrata, Benth. Erect* and shnibby, densely woolly-tomen- 

 tose or velvety. Leaflets ovate or rhomboidal, thick, soft, and very rugose, 

 rather acute, not \\ in. long in our specimens, but probably larger m napre 

 perfect ones. Flowers appareiitly clustered in the axils on a very short pe- 

 duncle. Calyx densely clothed with white wool, the tube about 2 lines, the 

 lobes naiTow, the upper and lower ones about 4 lines long, the lateral ones 

 shorter. Standard not exceeding the calyx, slightly tomentose outside, witii 

 2 prominent callosities inside; wings obovate, much falcate; keel nnich 

 curved, with a naiTow obtuse beak longer than broad. Ovary very brsute, 

 with 2 oviiles in the only flower examined. Pod unknown. 



N, Australia. York Sound, N.W. coast. A. Canmngham. The true ^^'''^f [*V^^J^ 

 specfes cannot be determined until the fruit and seeds are known, but it appears to be o g 

 to the section Pseiidocajan of Rkynchosia. 



4. R. Cunninghamii, Bcmih Twining to a considerable length, shoi-tly 

 and softly pubescent or velvety. Leaflets broadlv ovate-rhomboidal, acumi- 

 nate, 2 to 4 in. long, rather thin. Stipules subulate-acuminate, ^^rf^fr^^ 

 often present. Eacemes axillary, not exceeding the leaves, the pedicels I o^ 

 Knes long, often 2 together or the upper ones almost clustered. Calyx - 

 mentose, 2 to 2^ lines long, the lobes obtuse, shorter than the tube, f ^^*"[^'\ 

 fully twice as long, slightly callous inside ; keel obtuse. Pod sHgWly talca^ 

 and shortly acuminate, slightly contracted between the seeds, nearly i" ^^'^^^^^ 

 I in. broad, densely tomentose and often also hairy, valves coriaceous. ^^^ 

 ovoid, bluish-black", the hilum short, lateral, without any strophiole. 



Queensland. Endeavour river. Banks and Sol and er ; N.E. coast, A, ^}^^^^ZV^\y,i 

 Moreton Bay, (7. Stuart; Mount Elliott and Thozet's Creek, Flizalan. Dallachy- ^"^^^^^^ 

 eiea is very closelv allied to the common S. American R. pJiaseoloides, DC, ""\ ,, , :f 



some sligjht differences in the size of the flowers, the seeds in that species have usii ^ 

 not always, a large scarlet spot round the hilum. 



