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4. I. enneaphylla, Linn. — 60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (Nos. 

 285 and 287), 7/6/1911. 



Recorded. Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition ; Depuech Island, 

 Bynoe ; stony, chiefly basaltic, plains and hills, Upper Victoria River, F. v. M. 



5. /. haplophylla, F. v. M. — Sandstone Ranges, near Western Creek, G. F. 

 Hill (No. 772), 16/2/1912. 



Recorded. Rocky springs ai)d torrents on the Upper Victoria River, F. v. 

 Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



6. I. hirsuta, Linn. — N. Coast, R. Brown ; Victoria River and Amhem's 

 Land, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; Islands off the Coast, A. 

 Gunningham, Henne. " 



7. /. linifolia, Retz. — Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. Hill (No. 83), 

 13/3/1911. 



Recorded. N. Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham ; Victoria River, F. v. 

 Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; Sweers Island, Heime. 



8. /. monophylla, B.C. — Baudin's Expedition; Depuech Island, N.W. 

 Coast, Bynoe ; Nichol Bay and Fortescue River, F. Gregory's Expedition. 



9. /. parviflora, Heyne. — Nichol Bay and de Grey River, Ridley's Ex- 

 pedition ; stony hills and gravelly banks, Victoria River and Sturt's Creek, 

 F. V. Mueller. 



10. I. rugosa, Benth. — Bed of the Fortescue River, N.W. Coast, F. Gre- 

 gory's Expedition. 



11. I. saxicola, F. v. M. — Port Essington, A. Cunningham; grassy 

 stony plains. Sea Range, F. v. Mueller. 



12. I. trita, Linn.,f. — Gravelly Plains, Upper Victoria River, F. v. MueUer; 

 Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne ; and adjoining mainland, 

 Landsborough. 



13. I. viscosa, Lam. — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Brinkley's Bluff, 

 M'Douall Stuart ; Islands of the GuK of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Port Essing- 

 ton, Armstrong. 



I. trifoliata, L. ; /. Schultziana, F. v. M. (in National Herbarium Census), 

 and /. polygaloides Scott. ; (in Kew Bull, 1915), recorded from North Austraha. 



27. PSORALEA, Linn. 

 (Meladenia, Turn.) 

 In other parts of the globe some species of this genus are considered 

 poisonous to cattle. 



Series I. Keel not shorter than the wings. — 11. P. Schultzii. 

 Series II. Keel shorter than the wings. 

 Leaves all 1-foliolate. Leaflets entire or toothed. 

 Calyx lower lobe much longer than the others. 



Plant softly pubescent or silky- villous. Leaflets entire. — 2. 



P. badocana. 

 Plant hispid. Leaflets toothed. 1. P. Archeri. 

 Calyx-lobes nearly equal in length. Plant very dark and rough, 

 with glandular dots. 



Plant pubescent or villous. Flowers in nearly globular short 



racemes. — 3. P. balsamica. 

 Plant glabrous or shghtly hoary. Flowers small, in loose elongated 



racemes. — 6. P. leucantha. 



