Fleroloblum^ XL, legumIxVOs.e^ 279 



Tlie genus contains very few species, dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa. The Aus- 

 tralian one is eudeiuicj but not quite certain as to its genus until the fruit has been seen. 



1. P. nitens^ F. MuelL Herb. A handsome woody climber, the branch- 

 lets and rhachis of the leaves minutely nisty-pubescent. Prickles very small, 

 except under the pinnae of the leaves. Pinnae 3 to 5 pairs ; leaflets 3 ^to 5 

 pairs, obliquely obovate or almost rhomboid, very obtuse, rarely exceeding \ 

 in,, shining above, glabrous or ciliate on the edge. Eacemes rusty -pubescent, 

 apparently paniculate ; pedicels much shorter than in tlie other species, scarcely 

 exceeding 1 line, Tlowevs ratlier small. Calyx lower lobe considerably 

 longer than tlie others. Filaments bearded at the base. Style slightly cla- 

 vate. Fruit not seen. 



Queensland. Mount Mueller, flear Edgecombe Bay, DallacJiy. Although I have not 

 »eeu the fruit, the 1-ovulate ovary, bearded stattiens and Style, leave little doubt that this 

 belongs to Pterolobium, 



78: PELTOPHORXIM, Yog. 



(Cscsalpiuia, sect. Brasilettia, DC.) 



Sepals 5, united in a cup at the base, much imbricate, nearly eqiial or the 

 lowest rather larger and more concave. Petals 5, spreading, undulate, the 2 

 lower outer ones rather larger than the^ others. Stamens 10, free ; anthers 

 uniform, oblong-linear. Ovary sessile, with 2 or^more ovules ; style W'j*5™« 

 with a broad peltate stigma. Pod oblong-lanceolate, thin ^^^^i^ fl^t'^V^de^^^^^^ 

 cent, tapering at the bj 



rmmg terminal panicles. 



The genu& consists of two or three tropical American species, one in S.E. Afri 

 perhaps two in the Indian Archipelago, one of which is the Australian one, 



1. P. ferrugineum, Benth. A large tree, the young branches petioles 

 and inflorescence densely rusty-tomentose. Pinna) of the leaves 8 to 1 u pau-. , 

 leaflets 10 to 20 pairs or fewer on the lowest pinn^, oblong, very ob u e or 

 ^•etuse, oblique at the base, l to f in. long, .hining above, J^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 o^entose underneath. Racemes 5 or 6 in. long or mdre, f J'^^JS ^^^^^^^^ 

 tenainal panicle. Pedicels very short. Bracts small ''^^^^f;\fj;7 

 %x 4 to 5 lines long, globular before opening. Petals [^^t^^^^^S^^;^^^^^^ 

 yate undulate, villous^at'the base. Pod about 3 to 4 in. ^^^^f; T^^^^^^^^^ 

 ;n. broad, shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base, f'^^^^^^^^"^^^^^^^^^ 

 ?. 2, or 3 seeds -r^../«/.4 /'.rr.^^V/.^, Dene. Herb. Tim.Descr 134 Miq. 



*!• Ind. Bat. 1, part i. Ill and 1081 ; C. arborea, Zoll. m ^^l^^^j^^^;; ^^ 



W- Australia, 5y«o^; islands of the N. coast. R. -^^f^" j!"fXV Some Malacca 

 ^^^^, Arm^tron;. lu the Archipelago from Timor to »^« P^ JPP'" ; £" the pod. 

 ^ecimcDs. perhaps belonging to a different alttough closely allied species, 1 



«»!« as bug, with 3 or 4 seeds. 



79. CASSIA, Linn. 



(Cathartocarpus, D. lion) 



Sepals 5, somewhat unequal, much imbricate, the outer ones the smaUest. 



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