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Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown , Henne ; and adjoining mainland, 
Landsborough ; in the interior, Mitchell ; Peak Downs, F. v. Mueller ; Bowen River, Boxvman : 
and many other localities north and south. 
The species is widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago. I. Leschenaxdtii and I. 
timoriensis, DC. Prod. ii. 223, which have been referred to I. trifoliata, both belong to I. trita. — 
Benth. 
7. I. parviflora (small- flowered), Heyne ; W. and Am. Prod. 201 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 197. An erect herb of 1 to 2ft., pale or hoary with a minute 
pubescence. Leaflets 9 to 13 or rarely fewer, linear or rarely oblong, mostly f to 
lin. long. Racemes usually short, rather loose, rarely lengthening out to 1 or 
2in., and flowering almost from the base. Calyx small, the lobes much longer 
than the tube but much shorter than the petals. Standard 2 to 2f lines long, 
narrowed into a short claw, glabrous or nearly so ; keel terminating in a linear 
obtuse point protruding beyond the wings. Anthers small, tipped with a minute 
point. Pod nearly glabrous, linear, with thickened sutures, 1 to lfin. long, 
straight except an incurved or hooked end. — I. deflexa, Hochst. in A. Rich. FI. 
Abyssin. i. 178 ; I. oxycarpa, F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 103. 
Hab.: Walloon and Peak Downs, Bowman; the Leichhardt district, and other localities. 
The species is common in the E. Indian peninsula, also in Abyssinia and Cordofan. 
8. X. viscosa (sticky), Lam.; DC. Prod. ii. 227 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 198. 
A slender wiry annual or perennial, with much-branched decumbent or erect 
stems of f to 1ft., more or less clothed with spreading glandular viscid hairs, 
mixed with the ordinary pubescence of the genus. Leaflets 9 to 15, ovate or 
oblong, sometimes all under 2 lines, sometimes 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers very 
small, distant, in slender racemes rather shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes 
much longer than the tube, but not exceeding the claws of the lower petals. 
Standard almost sessile, about 1 1 line long ; keel obtuse, the lateral spurs very 
short. Pod slender, straight, spreading or pendulous, f to fin. long, torulose, 
with viscid hairs mixed with the ordinary pubescence. — W. and Arn. Prod. 200 ; 
Wight, Ic. t. 404 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 104. 
Hab : Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Endeavour River, Banks and Solander, 
R. Brown; Port Curtis, M'Gillivray ; E. coast, A. Cunningham; Port Denison, Fitzalan; 
Rockhampton, Bowman ; Comet River, Leichhardt. 
The species is widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa. 
9. I. hirsuta (hairy), Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 228 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 198. 
A decumbent or ascending branching annual, 1 to 2ft. high, remarkable for the 
spreading hairs which clothe the branches, petioles, inflorescence, and calyx. 
Leaflets 7 to 11, obovate or oblong, f to lin. long, with stiff appressed hairs. 
Racemes usually dense, shortly pedunculate, 1 to 4in. long. Calyx with scarcely 
any tube, the subulate lobes often nearly as long as the petals. Standard fully 
3 lines long, narrowed into a distinct claw. Pod about fin. long, straight, 
quadrangular, reflexed on the peduncle, very hirsute. — W. and Arn. Prod. 
204 ; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. t. 24 ; Benth. FI. Hongk. 76 ; F. v. M. Fragm. 
iii. 105. 
Hab.: Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solander; Keppel Bay, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; 
Rockhampton, Bowman ; Taylor’s Range, Eraser ; Brisbane River, F. v. Mueller ; very common. 
The species is widely distributed over tropical Asia and Africa, and now introduced also into 
some parts of tropical America. — Benth. 
10. *X. argentea (silvery), Linn. DC. Prod. ii. 224 ; Hook, in FI. Brit. Ind. 
ii. 98. A shrub several feet high, with sulcate branches. Leaves 1 to 2in. long ; 
leaflets opposite, subcoriaceous, persistently argenteous, f to lin. long, petioles 
fin.; stipules minute, setaceous. Racemes subsessile, 12 to 20-flowered, shorter 
