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50. RHYNCHOSIA, Loto. 



(Nomisma, W. and Am. ; Copisma, E. Mey.) 



Stems erect and shrubby. 



Leaflets minutely tomentose, slightly rugose. Peduncles slender, 1 



or few- flowered. Keel obtuse. Seeds strophiolate. — 1. R. 



acutifolia. 

 Leaflets softly tomentose, very rugose. Pedicels short, axillary. 



Keel beaked. — 5. R. rostrata. 

 Stems trailing or twining. Flowers racemose. 



Pod nearly as broad as long, membranous, transversely reticulate. 



Seeds strophiolate. Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube. — 



4. R. rhomboidea. 

 Pod falcate, much longer than broad. Seeds not strophiolate. 



Flowers scarcely above 3 lines long. — 3. R. minima. 



Flowers nearly 5 lines long. — 2. R. austrahs. 



1 . R. acutifolia, R. v. M. — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Bynoe ; Gilbert 

 River, F. v. Mueller ; N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's 

 Expedition. 



2. R. australis, Benth. — ^Port Essington, Armstrong. 



. 3. R. minima, D.C— Lower McArthur River, G. F. Hill (No. 675), 

 8/11/1911. 



Recorded. Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition and Ridley's Expedition ; 

 Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Goulburn Islands, A. Cunningham ; New Year's 

 Island, R. Brown. 



4. R. rhomboidea, F. v. M. — ^Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



5. R. rostrata, Benth. — ^York Sound, N.W. Coast, A. Cuimingham. 



51. ERIOSEMA, D.C. 



1 . E. chinense, Vog. — Amhem N. Bay, R. Brown ; Port Essington, 



Armstrong. 



52. MOGHANIA, St. Hil. 



(Flemingia, Roxb.) 



Flowers in small loose panicles. — 1. M. Hneata. 



Flowers 2 or 3 on a short axiUary peduncle. — 2. M. pauciflora. 



1. M. lineata,{Roxb.), Taub. — Edith Creek, Gilruth arid Spencer, July- 

 August, 1911. Victoria River, Treachery Bay, GuU of Carpentaria, F. v. 

 Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



21. parviflora, {Benth.), Tavh. 



Batchelor Farm, G. F. HiU (2nd Series, No. 81), 17/7/1913. 



2. M. pauciflora, (Benth.), Taub. — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; GuU of 

 Carpentaria, Landsborough. 



.53. PHASEOLUS, Linn. 



Stipules not produced below their insertion. Pod flattened. 



Bracteoles broad, striate, persistent, as long as the calyx. Flowers 



small, pale yellowish- white. — 3. P. vulgaris. 

 Bracteoles small and very deciduous. Flowers large, pink or whitish 



with the wings purple. — 1. P. adenanthus. 



