34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 



Sesbania aculeata Pers. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 62. Port 

 Moresby. 



Stylosanthes mucronata Willd. Port Moresby. 



Veiy abundant in the streets and roads of the town area : probably- 

 introduced. In North Queensland this plant has attracted considerable 

 attention as a fodder. 



Desmodium umbellatum DC. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iii), 

 42. Port Moresby (very common). 



D. pulcheUum Benth. F. Muell. Vic. Nat. Feb. 1885; 

 Pap. PL, ii (vi), 7. Sapphire Creek and Astrolabe Range. 



D. gangeticum DC. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (v), 88. Sapphire 

 Creek ; Yule Island. 



D. parvifolium DC. Sapphire Creek. 



D. Scalpe DC. Mafulu. 



D. triquetrum DC. F. Muell. Pap. PL, ii (vi), 7. Astrolabe 

 Range. 



D. papuanum n. sp. 



Fruticosa erecta, ramulis griseo-pubescentibus ; foliis 

 petiolatis, unifoliolatis vel raro trifoliolatis, foliolis oblongis 

 utrinque pubescentibus, terminali maxinio, lateralibus duplo 

 vel triplo brevioribus ; racemis terminalibus, rhachide pedi- 

 cillisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus, floribus violacois ; bracteis 

 late lanceolatis acuminatis striatis pubescentibus ; leguminibus 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus, articulis 7-9. 



An erect branching shrub about 3 ft. (1 m.) high. Branches 

 woody, clothed with grey hairs, young branchlets densely so. 

 Leaves usually 1-foliolate, sometimes 3-foliulato ; petiole about 

 I in. (2 cm.) long, grey-pubescent ; leaflets oblong, clothed 

 on both faces with long silky hairs, particularly the under 

 surface ; single or end leaflet 1-1 -J- in. (2"5-4 cm.) long, i-|- in, 

 (14-2 cm.) broad ; side leaflets when present much smaller, 

 about J in. (14 cm.) long and | in. (7 mm.) broad ; stipules 

 4 lines (9 mm.) long, silky-pubescent. Racemes terminal, 1-1^ 

 in. (2"5-3"8 cm.) long, rhachis closely and densely ferruginous- 

 pubescent ; bracts hirsute A\'ith yellow hairs, broadly lanceolate, 

 acutely acuminate, closely striate, about 5 lines (11 cm.) long 

 and 2 lines (4 mm.) broad. Flowers blue-violet ; pedicels 

 ferruginous-pubescent. 2-3 lines (4-7 mm.) long ; calyx about 

 1 line long ; standard 5 lines (1"1 cm.) across ; wings and keel 



