S(^hora.] XL. leguminos.^, 275 



Queensland. Moreton Bay, Fraser ; Murrura-Murrum Creek, LeicJihardt ; Pine 

 river, Fitzalan ; Ipswich, Nermt, 



N. S. Vrales, Clareace river, Beckler, 



73. CASTANOSPERMUM, A. Cunn. 



Calyx-teeth very short and broad. Standard obovate- orbicular, recurved, 

 narrowed into a claw; wings and keel-petals shorter than the standard, all 

 free and nearly similar, erect, oblong. Stamens 10, all free ; anthers linear, 

 versatile. Ovary on a loqg stipes, with several ovules, tapering into an in- 

 curved style ; stigma small, terminal Pod large, coriaceous, almost woody, 

 !v u ^"^/^^^^d* spongy inside. Seeds large, neai-ly globular; cotyledons 

 thick ; radicle scarcely prominent, straight. — Tree. Leaves large, unequally 

 pmnate. Flowers large, yellow, in loose axillary or lateral racemes. Bracts 

 small; bracteoles none. 



The genus is hmited to a single species, endemic in Australia, 



1. C, australe, A, Ctum, in Hook, Bat. Misc. i. 241, /. 51, 52. A tall 

 glabrous tree. Leaves 1 to H ft. long ; leaflets 11 to 15, ovate-elliptical 

 or broadly oblong, shortly acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, shortly petiolulate. Ea- 

 cemes under 6 in. long, either in the axils of the older leaves or on the leaf- 

 less older wood; pedicels nearly 1 in. long. Calyx about 8 lines long, in- 

 cluding the turbinate base. Standard above 1 in. diameter. Pod 8 or 9 in. 

 |o^g, about 2 in. broad, slightly falcate, almost terete, the valves hard and 

 fhick, the spongy substance inside dividing it into 3 to 5 cells, each contain- 

 ing a large chestnut-like seed. 



Queensland, Endeavour river, Banlcs and Solander ; Brisbane river, Moretoii Bay, 



Th ]^^^«S' Clarence river, BecHer. 

 Aiie seeds aj:e eaten roasted, like chestuuta. 



73. BARKLYA, F. Mucll. 



Calyx-teeth very sLort and obtuse. Petals all free, obovate, erect, similar 



m nearly equal, on long claws, the upper outer one or standard rather 



oroader than the others. Stamens 1 0, all free, longer than the petals ; anthers 



jigittate. Ovary stipitate, with several ovules, tapering into a short style with 



minute terminal stigma. Pod stipitate, flat, the valves thin and scarcely 



• J^Pi'ratmg. Seeds flat, albuminous ; cotyledons obovate, flat ; radicle lu- 



'p-T'^^ee. Leaves simple (unifoliolate), petiolate. Flowers small, 



i ow, in dense racemes. Bracts very small ; bracteoles none. 



the Jl^i'"'' H ^""''f^d ^0 a single species, endemic in Australia, approaching in habit and ip 

 ntioTr/'P'"'" ^°^'«rs to some C<fsaMniea allied to Bauhinia, but with the floral asti- 

 " '""^ t^e embryo of Fapilionacea. 



i \^' ^y^i^gifolia, T. Miiell in Jonrn. Linn. Soc, iii. 158, and Fragm. 

 yon^' I ^' ^ handsome tree, attaining from 20 to 60 ft., glabrous or the 

 Jaf. ".shoots and inflorescence rusty-tomentose. Leaves veiy broadly cor- 

 enti 1 . y «curainate, 2, 3, or even 4 in. long and often as broad as long, 

 bas/' A *" 7-ncrved, on a petiole of 1 to 2 in, slightly thickened at the 

 KolrL ""} *^^ top. Stipules small, ovate, deciduous. Flowers of a bright 



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