Flemut(/ia.2 XL. LEGOMINOS^, • 2C9 



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tomentose, the foliageal length nearly glahrous. Leaflets 8, from obovate- 

 cuneate to elliptical -oblong or broadly lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 1|^ to 3 in. 

 long. Stipules and bracts small, usually persistent. Flowers small, secund 

 and loosely racemose along the branches of small irregular axillary or terminal 

 panicles. Calyx minutely tomentose, about 3 lines long, the lobes much fal- 

 cate, longer than the tube. Standard broad, scarcely exceeding the calyx ; 

 keel at least as long, much curved, acute; wings rather shorter. Pod very 

 oblique, about 4 to 6 lines long and 3 lines broad. — Wight, Ic. t. 327. 



, N. Australia. Victoria river, Ticachery Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller ; Port 

 Essington, Armstrong. 



Queensland. Hockhamptoii, Tliozet ; Burdekin river and Deuison Creek, Bowman ; 

 Port Denison and Edgecombe Bay, Ballachij. 



The species is widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago. 



2. F. pauciflora, Bentli. A low perennial or undershrub, with the 

 liabit of l\ parr.lfora, but softly silky-pubescent or villous all over. Leaflets 

 3; from obovute to elliptical-oblong, obtuse or softly mucronatc, 1 to 2 in. 

 long. Stipules narrow, acuminate, often persistent. Flowers small, 2 or 3 

 together, almost sessile, on short axillary peduncles. Bracts narrow, silky, 

 persistent. Calyx silky, the tube very short, the lobes narrow, acuminate, often 

 3 lines long. Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes. Standard rather broad ; 

 l^eel obtuse. Pod very oblique, as broad as long, attaining nearly \ in. 



N. Australia. Victoria river, F. Mueller; Gulf of Carpentaria, Landshorough. 



3. P. parviflora, Benth. A low perennial or undershrub, with rather 

 slender prostrate or ascending stems, rarely exceeding 1 ft., loosely pubescent, 

 almost silky when voung. Leaflets 3, from obovate-cuneate and 1 to \\ m. 

 long, to ovate-lanceolato and 3 to 4 in. long, usually very rugose. Stipules 

 ^ery deciduous. Flowei 



sile in the axils. Bracts , , ,, . , - , ,i 



pubescent, about 2 lines long, the upper lobe rather longer than the tube, the 

 lowest still longer. Petals shortly exceeding the calyx ; standard ovate, ob- 



:arly straight, obtuse. Pod 4 to 5 lines long, not 3 Imes broad. 



Queensland. Shoal Ray Passage, iJ. Brown ; Brisbane river Moreton Bay, F.Muel- 

 ^^• Burdekiri river. Bowman; Port Denison, Dallac?,:, ; Lynedoeh ^"'l*^^' ^«^;^^^^^ 

 Nearly allied to the E. Indian F. proslrala, Roxb., but in the latter speeics the floweis aie 

 considerably larger, althouuh the petals arc shorter than the calyx. 



4- r. involucrata, Benth. in PL Jurujli. i. 246._ An erect stout peren- 

 wal or undershrub of 2 to 4 ft., more or less villous with sott spreading hairs, 

 l^^aflets 3, ovate, rather acute, 2 to 3 in. long. Stipules lanceolate very de- 

 "'luous. Flowers in dense globose heads of 1 in. diameter or rather more 

 sessile or very shortly peduncfdate in the upper axils and at the ends of the 

 ^^^^'-•J'es. Outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, striate, pubescent forming an n- 

 [olucre round the head ; inner ones much nan'ower. Calyx covered ^ h 

 'o'lg soft hairs, the upper lobes about 4 lines, the lowest nearly 6 "^es long 

 "^ much broader than the others. Standard rather shorter than ^"^^ ^f^^' 

 ^^Y' ^^"V'ite ; keel scarcely shorter, almost acute. Pod enclosed in he 

 5fyx, scarcely 3 lines long, usually 1-seeded by abortion.-/, capdata, LoW. , 

 %Fl.Ind:Bat.i. parti. 166."* . 



Q^eeasland. Endeavour river, iJ. .Br^^'-^. Also in N. E. India and m Java. . 



•3 small, pink, in short dense spike-like racemes ses- 

 i lanceolate, silky-hairy, very deciduous. Calyx silky- 



tase ; keel near 



