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Order LEGUMINOSZ. 
Trine PHASEOLEA. 
G. varians (sp. nov.) Stems eailhift See a thick fusiform root 
rok phous ae more or less angular. Leaves very variable in 
form and size, often near the base reduced toa pei ie hla leaflet, 
der 1 in. long, the larger leaves bearing as many as 12 leaflets, 
pedicels of about 3 lines. Flowers, only a few at the end of the 
raceme upon the specimen examined, seem to be pale-e touted some- 
what stained with purple, softly hairy on the outside of the pe etals. 
er. 
one much longer than the others. Pod 2 in. long, st fight, ‘ot 
ab 
Hen Seeds about 7, smooth, of a grey colour and elegantly 
ulate. 
reticul 
_. Hab.: Coolgarra, Matthew Butler, J.P., who with the Pare ad the 
pit int hee statement about its medicinal Lape rs sen foe 
Decem T was sent for to ‘make the will of an old m 
thought, dying of rheumatism. . . In a fit of sdelsackiaas le pulled ‘up p the 
root and ate it. ‘Fancying it gaye him: relief, he Pane aoe boiled it and 
the liquor. Within a week there was a marked change in him, and now ithe 
March) he is quite well and looks ten years youn miner, who has 
been suffering for over two years from a scrofulous affection, took a decoction of this 
root for a fortnight, and his skin seems ten. perfectly clear, and he tells me he 
& new man. Thad a slight touch of rheumatism in the leg err") 
Pe leds the root, ak the result, aha the pain has gone and t the 
Order RUBIACEA. 
= NAUCLEA, Linn. 
owers crowded in globose peduncled, iaiagar es lege ‘a 
subpanicled heads. Calyx-tube a ee obconie ; lob ngually 
tipped with valvate processes. Corolla somgatetunnelhapes throa 
m 5, on th 
glabrous; lobes short imbricate. Sta ns 5, on oe 
corolla, filaments none or short or long. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform, 
stigma capitate, cylindric or submitriform ; ovules man dans 
adnate ascending placentas. Fruit of 2 dehisce : ae 
Seeds imbricate, testa win embryo clavate in fleshy pei 
Trees or shrubs. Leayes usually large, Bath or pee ; stipules 
large, caducous or subpersistent.— Hook., t. Inst. 
WN. Gor doniana (sp. nov.) (After P. ‘ estes: Chief Inspector 
of Stock, in recognition of the great interest he has always ene mn : 
oral scaly bark. Leaves lipti-encoolate, ols 
in. ee = from 1} to 2 in. broad a 
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