74 
Serres PInNATE 
D. oxyptera, Fv. I, Fragm. i. 74 ; Fl, Austr. i, 484, A shrub 
of several feet, the branches virgate, terete, pubescent, as well as the 
leaves, and more or less viscid. Leav es pinnate, the rhachis angular, but. 
meet? dilated ; leaflets = dined 5 to. see ree -oblong or Be 
about 1 lin af ong. Anthers obtuse, not excee eding the calyx, Hi 
hirsute. Capsule small, sliehtly hairy, the axis 2 or three lines ont 
the wings rigid, divergent, almost triangular, and acute.—Fl. Aus 
Hab. : Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Flora Australiensis. 
Order LEGUMINOSA. 
Trrrz TRIFOLIEZ. 
MELILOTUS, Tournef. ‘ 
M.alba, Lam. ae common white Melilot. An erect, wiry-stemme 
plant of 2, re ft. high. Stipules linear acuminate. 4eay Las 
pinnately 3-foli sta ies leaflets > gap ae y toothed. Ra ite 
slender, attaining the length of 5 in. Flowers small ys 1 
Calyx-teeth lanceolate, haar Jen 6 
tube. Cor ae 4 
times the length of the calyx. Pod 1 to 1} lines, obtuse, and mar 
nid ese wrinkles 
eed on the cultivation paddocks about Pittsworth. This plant is 
becdele as a riled yi weed in the fields and vineyards of Southern Hurope- 
Trine GALEGEZ. 
Lg Aeart g Linn. - 
I. saxicola, Ff. v. M., Fl. Austr. ii. 199. A shrub of 8 case 
broad and didkies:. Mandir’ sessile, 3 ar long or ae me 
keel acute. Pod terete, spreading, } to $ in. long, stralg ti 
Atets - €. 
Hab.: Queensland, F. v, WM. 
Triszk INGEX. | 
PITHECOLOBIUM, Mart. 
P. Lovellz (n. sp.) A small tree, 20 to 30 ft. high, with ih do 
smooth bark, the young shoots and inflorescence clothed with 
haw light-brown hairs, Seenteiug of lighter colour on the older P 
ane Leaflets 2 cea each on the lowest and 4 on ‘th gt 
pinne, nearly sessile, ovate to nearly dines from under 
2 In. long; upper surface sparingly hairy, the under surface ¢ 
tomentore, margins revolute, Panicle terminal, rather sh 
m the specimen to hand) ; the sessile flowers in irregula 
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