154 THE FLOBA 01" THE NOETHEEN TEEEITOEY. 



Stipules oblong, produced below their insertion, Pod at length nearly 

 cylindrical. — 2. P. Mungo. 



1. P. adenanthus, Meyer (P Truxillensis, H. B. and K. — Between 

 Fitzmaurice River and Macadam Range, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



2. P. Mungo, Linn.— Okey Creek, G. F. Hill (No. 765), 16/2/1912. 

 Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the N. Coast, R. Brown. 



3. P. vulgaris, Linn. — ^Nichol Bay and De Gray River, Ridley's Ex- 

 pedition. French Bean, a wild form of the well-known vegetable. 



54. VTGNA, Savi. 



[Scytalis and Strophostyles , E. Mey ; Plectrotropis, Schum.) 



Calyx-lobes acute, as long as the tube, the two upper united at the base 

 only. Keel with a long obhquely incurved beak. — 3. V. vexillata. 



Calyx-lobes short, the two upper ones united into one broad entire one. 

 Keel rather acute, but not beaked. 



Leaflets obovate, very obtuse. — 2. V. retusa. 



Leaflets mostly ovate, acute or acuminate, or narrow and lanceolate 

 or linear. 1. V. lanceolata. 



1. V. lanceolata, Benth. — Upper Victoria River, P. v. Mueller ; to the S. 

 of Will's Creek, Howitt's Expedition ; Arnhem S. Bay, R. Brown ; Albert 

 River, Henne. 



2. V. retusa. Walp. ( V. lutea, A. Gray). — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



3. F. vexillata, Benth. — SSa Range and Point Pearce, F. v. Mueller ; 

 Albert River, Henne. The pods have been used as a substitute for French 

 beans. 



55. DOLICHOS, Linn. 



1. D. biflorus, Linn. — Gilbert River, F. v. Mueller. 



Trigonella suavissima, Lindl. ; Lamprolobium megalophyllum, F. v.- M. ; 

 Smithia capitata, Desv. ; Lespedeza lanata, Benth. ; Sophora tomentosa, L. ; 

 Caesalpinia Bondv£ella, Flem. ; Adenanthera pavonina, L. ; Adenanthera 

 ahrosperma, F. v. M. ; recorded from North Austraha in National Herbarium 

 Census. 



ERYTHROXYLACEffi. 



1. ERYTHROXYLON, Linn. 



1. H. ellipticum, R. i5r.— Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 715), 13/1/1912. 



Recorded. Gulf of Carpentaria, on the mainland opposite Groote Eyland, 

 R. Brown. A valuable cabinet-wood, of a reddish-brown, close-grained and 

 nicely marked. 



ZYGOPHYLLACEiE. 



1. TRIBULUS, TouRN. 1735. 



{Ehrenbergia, Mart., 1827 ; Heterozygis, Bunge, 1836 ; Kallstroenia, Scop., 

 1777 ; Tribulopsis, R. Br., 1849). 



Leaves, at least the upper ones, opposite. Glands of the disk not promin- 

 ent. Ovules 2 or more in each cell. (Tribulus proper). 



