Leguminosee^ FLORA OF TASMANIA. 101 
Ovary many-ovuled. Pod of many joints, which separate from one auoth. r . 
from Seoyxos, a cha'hi, wlii.-li tin- jointed juxl resembles.) 
1. Desmodium Gunnii (Bcnth. MSS.) ; pusillum, caule basi lignuso, rums ijrarilihus tnvtibus 
glabris v. pilo- • acmninatis striatic, foliolis obovato-euneati 
sessilibus glabris pilosiusculisve, stipcllis subulatis, racemis fc-d-floris, prdi.vllis pobemUl b 
bracteis ovatis acutis, calyce pubescente breviter campanula!*), stamine vexillari liberOj Legum 
culati dense pubescentis sutura utraque sinuata, articulis elliptico-oblongis. {Cunn, 243.) 
Hab. Northern coast : Emu Bay, Circular Head, etc., Million, Gunn. (Fl. Feb. March.) 
Distrib. New South Wales. 
Very nearly allied to D. variant, Lab., which is theD. Tasmanicnm, F. Muller, a species however not found in 
Tasmania, and which has differently-formed joints to the pod, and the upper suture quite straight.— A small, win, 
straggling plant, 8-12 inches long. Stem woody, and prostrate at the base. Brandies ascending, 
Stipules ovate-acuminate, striate, | inch long. Petioles slender, * inch long. Leaflets three, n. ail . 
as the petioles, broadly obovate-cuneate or obcordate, glabrous or pilose. Flomn small, pedketted 
together, forming a few-flowered irregular raceme at the apex of tin- branches, \ mob long, rose-* - 
sometimes an inch long, very slender, pubescent. Calyx broadly o a m p an nl ate, narro* al the ba.n : 
short, broad. Stamens diadelphous. Pod nearly 1 inch long 
elliptical-oblong joints, covered with short hooked hairs, causing thej antfl to adhere to paper m drj 
curious little species is one of the most southern of the genus, and referal : 
(Plant. Junghuhn. p. 221), chaiacterited by the Ave upper stan 
the pod being almost as sinuate M the lower, whenoe the joints are not oblique, l>nt alnuM exactly oUoog 
Gen. XVII. KENNBDYA, Vent. 
Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bidentato, inferiore trifido. Yexillum obovato-oblongum, reilexum, 
alis jequilongum. Carina elongata, alas sequans v. superans. Stamina diadelpha. Ovarium pluri-ovulatum . 
Legumen oblongo-lineare, compressum, intus septis cellulosis pluriloculare. Semina strophiolata.— Frutices 
v. suffruticuli volubilesv. prostrali ; foliis alternu, stipulate, trifoliolatis ; peduneuhs am 
jloris, bracteatis ; floribus rubris. 
About seven species of this genus are known, all natives of Australia, ami scattered orer vara 
continent.— Shrubs or half-herbaceous twining or prostrate pianta, with alternate stipulate tafi 
axillary peduncles, bearing a few red large flowers. Calyx Nro-Kpp d. « md xrd ih 
as long as or longer than the wings. Stamen diadelphous. Ovary mai.y-ovui-d. I 
divided into many transverse one-seeded loculi by c^Uular septa. (Named in honour of M 
011 1. Kexmedya prostrata (Br. Holt Kew. ed. 2. iv. 200) ; pubescen, v. rill I 
prostratis, stipulis bracteisque late ovato-cordatis, foliolis petiolulatis orbieu! uibi 
datisve, pedunculis 2-floris, carina recta vexillo longior. . presso hnean-acumn.ato 
pubescente.-2H7. Prodr. ii. 383. Glycine coccinea, Cur!. 
Hab. Abundant throughout the Island in dry and stony places, etc.— (11. Oct. Nor.) {v. v.) 
Distrib. New South "Wales and South-east Australia. 
Avery common and handsome pubescent or villous plant.-flfeiw short, much branched; branches much 
divided 1-2 feet long, prostrate, slender. Stipule* and brack broadly cordate, acute. Petioles *-l inch long. 
Leaflets ym variable in shape, broadly obovate, obcordate or obcuneate. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, gene- 
rally two-flowered. Pedicels slender, pubescent. Calyx villous. Fleers 1 inch long, bright or dull red. Pod 
