424 XL. LEGUMiNOS^. [PiiliecoMinm. 



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or glabrous. PiniiEe very irregularly in 1 or 2 pairs, wifa or without an odd 

 one, the petiole and each rliaclus varvinjr from 1 to 6 in. long ; leaflets 



3 or 4 pairs on the terminal pinnse, but very irregular in number, size, 

 and shape, mostly broadly oblong or rhomboidal and acuminate, rarely veiy 

 obtuse, tlie larger ones often 2 to 3 in. long, but mostly smaller. Peduncles 

 2 or 3 together in the upper axils or shortly racemose. Flowers numerous, 

 in globular umbels, on pedicels of about 2 lines. Calyx small, shortly 

 toothed. Corolla fully 2 lines long. Pod several in. long, 7 to 8 lines 

 broad, flat but much curved and twisted, the upper inner margin thickened 

 and continuous, the outer one much sinuate and undidate, the valves 

 smooth and reddish inside. Seeds ovate, transverse; funicle rather thick, 

 but terete, folded under the seed. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, A. Cannhmham and others; Eockhamp- 

 ton, T/wzef, Bnllachj. 



W, S. "Wales. ITunter'a Uiver, Asli Island, R. Brown and others; Clarence and Kich- 

 niond rivers, C. Moore; Liverpool plains, A. Cunningham ; southward to Kiama, Earn}}; 



Jllawarra, Ralston. 



Tae Javanese P. J ungkuhnianum ^ Bcnth., scarcely diffors from this species 



mouiliferum 



A tree, 



with the young shoots usually pubescent, at length glabrous. Pinn^ 1 or 3 

 pairs, the eommon petiole ^ to 1 in., each rhaclus 1 to 2 in. long ; leaflets 4 

 to 7 pairs, obliquely obovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, very oblique at the base, 

 shuinig and reticulately penniveined above, opaque and les^ veined under- 

 neath, the terminal ones 1, 1^ or nearly 2 in, long, the others smaller. Pe- 



forrain 



1^ lowers numerous, iu globular umbels, the pedicels about \\ in. long. Calyx 

 n:ar}y 1 line, corolla about" 2 lines long, minutely silky-pubescent. Stamens 

 more than twice as long, the united part nearly as long, as the corolla. Pod 

 usually falcate, 3 to 4 in. long, f in. broad, very thick and hard, indehiscent 

 but separating into closed 1-seedetl articles. Seeds transverse, oblong, flat 

 but thick ; funicle very short.— %« moniUfcra, DC. Prod. ii. 440 ; Calhr- 

 mvm moniUferim, Plassk. Iletzia, 231. 



W. Australia. Point Pearce, Victoria river, F. Miiener ; islands of the Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria, R. Brown; along all thu watercourses rouud tlie Gulf of Carpentaria, Leichham- 

 Ihe spccips was originally described from Timor, and is iu several islands of the tn(uau 

 Archipelago. 



. 3. P. (?) grandifiorum, Benin. A beautiful tree of 30 ft., or, nccord" 

 mg to some, a tall shrub, glabrous or nearly so. Pinnse 1 or 3 pairs, tne 

 common petiole and each rhachis about 2' to 4 in. loni; r leaflets 2^ too 



■nnii-;. ^„„t., • L ^ .... . . . \ -,• . .,,.rl firmer 



, , pi'nicle scarcely ...^^v. _ . .„ 



much arger than in any other Flthecolobium. Calyx campaiudate, sinuaie- 

 toothed nearly 3 lines long. Corolla f in. long, funnel-shaped, 5-lobec, 

 sdky-pubescent outside. Stamens of a rich crimson, the tubular pornoi 

 nearly as lon^ as the corolla, the free part exceeding it by about 1 m. ^"^ 

 unknown .—Mimom grandijlora, Sola nd . ms . „ , , 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Banh and Solmder ; Cape York, W. U^; l-'P' 

 combe Bay, Dallachy. 



