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XL1II. LEGUMINOSiE. 
[ Tephrosia . 
Flowers in long or slender racemes. 
Leaflets small, numerous, with a long terminal one. Flowers small. 
Pod long 9. 2’. juncea. 
Leaflets few, or, if many, the terminal one not longer than the others. 
Pod about lin. long, nearly straight. Seeds orbicular. 
Leaflets 7 to 15. Flowers rarely 8 lines long. Pod obliquely acute, 
thin. Racemes filiform, not 2in. long, with few distant pairs of 
flowers 10. T. filipes. 
Leaflets solitary or rarely 3 or 5. Flowers about 6 lines long. Pod 
coriaceous, almost obtuse 11. T. oligopliylla. 
Pod above lin long, more or less incurved. Seeds transversely 
oblong. Racemes usually long. 
Leaflets usually above 7. Calyx small, on a slender pedicel ; teeth 
subulate or very short. Pod glabrous, pubescent or loosely villous 12. T. purpurea. 
Leaflets usually few, long and narrow. Calyx large, densely 
rusty-villous ; lobes longer than the tube, incurved, acuminate. 
Pedicels short. Pod softly and closely pubescent 13. 2'. Bidwilli. 
Leaflets usually few, cuneate, silky on both sides. Calyx small, 
softly silky. Pedicels short. Pod much curved, scarcely 
flattened, densely silky-tomentose 14. T. rosea. 
1. T. flammea (flame-coloured), F. v. M. Herb.; Bentli. FI. Austr. ii. 204. 
An erect branching undershrub, of 3 to 4ft., the branches clothed with a loose 
velvety-rusty pubescence. Leaflets 5 to 9, or 3 in the uppermost leaves, broadly 
elliptical-oblong or almost ovate or obovate, very obtuse, 1 to 2in. long, shortly 
and softly pubescent or almost silky on both sides, the somewhat distant primary 
veins and reticulate veinlets very prominent underneath. Racemes terminal or 
in the upper axils. Flowers usually orange-red, numerous, clustered and rather 
large. Calyx-tube 2 lines long, the lobes lanceolate, as long as the tube. 
Standard fully 4 lines diameter, callous at the base above the claw ; keel much 
curved, almost rostrate, but obtuse. Upper stamen and an adjoining portion of 
the staminal tube hairy. Pod long, linear, rusty-villous, but not seen perfect. 
Seed nearly orbicular, with a small oblong strophiole. 
Hab.: Islands Gulf of Carpentaria. 
In inflorescence this species seems to connect the sections Brissonia and Reineria ; the very flat 
glabrous style is more that of Reineria. The venation of the leaflets differs from that of any 
extra- Australian species . — Bentli . 
2. T. reticulata (netted), R. Br. Herb, (under Galega) ; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
ii. 105 ; Fragm. ix. 64. Rootstock perennial, with prostrate or ascending stems, 
of 2ft. or more, minutely pubescent with appressed hairs. Leaflets 5 to 11 or 
more, petiolulate, ovate or oblong, obtuse, thinly coriaceous, the primary veins 
scarcely more prominent than the reticulate veinlets, glabrous or loosely pubescent 
underneath. Stipules sometimes lanceolate, the lower ones reflexed. Racemes 
long and rigid, terminal or leaf-opposed. Flowers rather small, in distant pairs, 
on pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx scarcely 2 lines long, the lobes shorter 
than the tube.. Standard 4 lines long, slightly silky outside ; keel incurved, 
obtuse. Pod 2^-in. long, 3 lines broad, broadly linear, nearly straight or 
recurved, pubescent, the upper suture thickened, the valves very flat. Seeds 
orbicular. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Sim’s Island, A. Cunningham; 
Endeavour River, Banks and Solander (a more glabrous form) ; Herbert River and Rockingham 
Bay, Dallachy. 
3. T. crocea (orange), R. Br. Herb. ( under Galega) ; Bentli. FI. Austr. ii. 
205. Stems or branches diffuse or ascending, attaining 2ft. or more, softly silky- 
villous. Leaflets usually 11 to 17, from obovate to narrow-oblong, ^ to lin. long, 
obtuse or mucronate, nearly glabrous above, softly silky underneath, the primary 
veins anastomosing and reticulate. Stipules lanceolate or linear, reflexed, per- 
sistent. Racemes long, terminal, leafy at the base. Flowers (pale yellow, R. Br.) 
