296 XL. LEGUMlNOSiJ::. [BanJiuiia, 



Some specimens of Lek'hhardt*s, in leaf only and therefore not determinable, referred by 

 i\ Mueller to the preceding species, appear to me rather to Belong to the present one. 



3. B. Hookeri^ F, MnelL in Trans. Vict. Inst. iii. 51. A large tree, 

 with a Spreading head, usually quite glabrous. Leaflets quite distinct, veiy 

 obliquely and broadly ovate or obovate, very obtuse, f to l^ in. long, finely 

 5- to 7:nerved, with a small thick point ternunating the petiole between 

 them. Flowers white, edged with crimson, fe\V in short terminal racemes, 

 the pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, 1 in. long or even 

 more, the disk-bearing base narrow-cylindrical, the free part about as long, 

 dividing nearly to the base into 5 narrow lobes. Petals clawed, ovate, neady 

 equal, Ihe lamina nearly l| in. loiig, slightly villous outside near the base. 

 Stamens 10, rather longer than the petals. Ovary on a long stipes; stigma 

 large. Pod stipitate, flat, 1 to 1| in. broad. 



N. Australia. Anihem N. Bay, S. Broicn ; Port ESsinglon, A. Cunningham. 



Queensland. Broad Sound, K Brown; Gilbert river, F. Mueller ; Suttor river, 

 jyOrsay ; Kockhamptou, Ballachy \ islands of Torres Straits, Henne. 



Var. j}uberula. Young shoots slightly pubescent. Calyx tomentosc, the free part 

 shorter than the disk-bearing base. Pod large aud broad.— Burdekin river, F. Mueller. 



The latter specimens come very near to B. (Fhanera) Blancoi, Benth. in PL Juogb- 

 i. 264, which we have from Siam and from the Philippine Islauds, and of which B. Hookeri 

 may prove to he a variety only. 



84. CYNOMETRA, Linn. 



Sepals very shortly united at the base, the free part separating into 4 imbri- 

 cate segments, the upper one rather broader (consisting of 3 sepals ?). Pe- 

 tals 5, oblong-lanceolate, nearly equal, the upper one iiineruiost. Stamens 

 10 or more, free; filaments filiform; anthers small. Ovary nearly sessile, 

 with 2 ovules-; style subulate, with a small terminal stigma. Pod obliquely 

 anJ broadly seraiorbicular, thicic, flcsliy, and turgid, 2-valved. Seed usual y 

 solitary, thick ; radicle short, straight.— Trees or shrubs. Leaves abruptly 

 pinnate, with 1, 2, or rarely more pairs of leaflets. Flowers small, usually 

 reddish, in axillary or lateral clusters or short racemes. 



The genus is distributed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. The 

 only Australian species is a eomiiion Asiatic one. 



I. Ci ramiflora^ Lhm. ; DC. Prod. ii. 509, var. hljuga. A tree, 

 either glabrous or the young shoots and inflorescence rusty-pubescent. Leaf- 

 lets in the Australian specimens 2 pairs or rarely 1 pair only, obliquely obo- 

 vate-oblong, very obtuse or shortly aud obtusely acuminate, coriaceous, peu- 

 niveiued, the terminal ones 2 to 3 in. long, the lower ones smaller. Flowers 

 in very short axillary racemes or clusters. Bracts dry, concave, at first im- 

 bricate, but Very deciduous. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long. Calyx and petals 

 not 2 lines long. Stamens 10, rather longer. Ovary very villous. I'l"".' 

 as broad as long, very thick and fleshy, | to | in. long and very rugose in 

 the dried specimens, probably larger and smoother when fresh.— *y-^" 

 Arn. Prod. i. 293 ; C. hijmja, Spanoghc, in ]\[iq. Fl. Lid. Bat. i. part i. /s^^ 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, J. Cnnninffkam.—^'i'^^^y sprea^ 

 over E. India and the Archipelago, most frequently with 2 i)airs of leaves in Ceylon ami 

 Archipelago, with one pair only on the continent of India, but the two can scarcely oc 

 tuiguibUed, even as varieties. 



