890 XLIII. LEGUMINOSrE. [. Indigofera . 
Hab.: St. George’s Bridge on the Balonne, Mitchell; Peak Downs, F. v. Mueller; in the scrub 
north of Expedition Range, Leichhardt ; also in Bowman's and other collections. 
Var. uncinata. Stipules persistent, broader at the base, recurved and sometimes spinescent. 
Var. (?) galegoides, R. Br. Branches softly tomentose ; leaflets numerous, very white under- 
neath. Pod small, loosely pubescent. — Cumberland Islands, R. Brown. 
81. LAMPROLOBIUM, Benth. 
(Pods smooth.) 
Calyx deeply cleft, the 2 upper lobes united nearly to the top. Standard 
orbicular, narrowed into a short claw ; wings obliquely oblong, free ; keel much 
curved, obtuse. Stamens all united in a sheath open on the upper side ; anthers 
uniform. Ovary shortly stipitate, with several ovules ; style filiform, incurved, with 
a terminal stigma. Pod stipitate, oblong-linear, very flat, 2-valved, with transverse 
partitions between the seeds, the valves coriaceous. Seeds oblong, with a fleshy 
strophiole. Radicle short, quite straight. — Shrub. Leaves pinnate, without 
stipellae. Stipules minute. Flowers yellow, small, solitary (or 2 or 3 ?) on 
terminal or lateral peduncles. Bracts and bracteoles minute and very deciduous. 
The genus is limited to a single species endemic in Australia. In the structure of the seeds, 
with a straight embryo, it differs from all Galegece except the S. American genera Brongniartia 
and Harpalyce. — Benth. 
1. L. fruticosum (shrubby), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 202; Hook. Ic. PI. 1024. 
An erect shrub of 5 or 6ft., the branches softly pubescent (the pubescence 
of an old-gold colour). Leaflets 3, 5 or 7, or rarely solitary in the upper leaves, 
oblong, obtuse or mucronate, 1 to 2in. long, coriaceous, glabrous or sprinkled 
with appressed hairs above, silky-pubescent underneath (nerves and reticulations 
prominent on both sides). Peduncles short, terminal axillary or extra-axillary 
and all apparently 1 -flowered in the specimens seen, but perhaps sometimes 
bearing a raceme of 2 or 3. Calyx (greenish-yellow) silky-villous, 3 to 4 lines 
long, like that of some Crotalarias, the 2 upper lobes falcate and united in a 
concave upper lip. Petals not exceeding the calyx ; (standard yellow, cordate, on 
a short claw, the other petals yellowish -green, all shorter than the calyx. Upper 
stamen slender but quite free, not geniculate). Pod 1 to l£in. long, 3 or 4 lines 
broad, glabrous and smooth. Seeds transverse, — Crotalarioides fruticosa, Soland. 
ms.; Glycine lamprocarpa, A. Cunn. Herb. 
Hab.: Endeavour River, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham (Hook. l.c. 10) ; Lizard Island, 
Walter (F. v. M.) ; Irvinebank, F. Bennett. 
The bracketed words denote in which the Irvinebank specimens differ from Bentham’s 
description given in the FI. Austr. ii. 202. 
32. "GALEGA, Linn. 
(From the Greek ; supposed to increase the supply of milk in 
animals (goats) fed with the plant.) 
Calyx-teeth unequal ; standard obovate-oblong, on short narrow claws ; wings 
oblong, slightly adhering to the keel ; keel slightly incurved, obtuse. Stamens all 
connate in a tube ; anthers uniform, or with alternate smaller ones. Ovary 
sessile ; ovules numerous. Style subulate, incurved, not bearded ; stigma small, 
terminal. Pod linear, somewhat terete, continuous within, 2-valved, obliquely 
striate. Seeds transverse, oblong, estrophiolate. — Tall, erect perennial herbs. 
Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets entire. Stipules semisagittate. Flowers white or 
blue, in terminal or axillary racemes. Bracts narrow, often persistent ; bracteoles 
none. 
1. Gr. officinalis (officinal), Linn. Goat’s Rue. Plant of a few feet high. 
Leaflets lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Stipules broad-lanceolate. Flowers in 
racemes, blue or white. 
Hab.: Southern Europe. Met with as a stray from cultivation on the Darling Downs. 
