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XLIII. LEGUMINOSjE. 
[Tephrosia. 
8. T. astragaloides (like an Astragalus), R. Br. Herb , (under Galega); 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 208. “ Too-ta,” Cloncurry, Roth. An erect undershrub of 
1 to 2ft., the branches softly pubescent or silky. Leaflets usually 7 to 17, rather 
crowded, oblong-cuneate or almost linear, ^ to lin. long, obtuse or retuse, slightly 
pubescent and green above, softly silky and almost silvery underneath. Racemes 
short, leafy, with crowded rather large flowers, or very rarely elongated with 
distant clusters. Calyx 2 lines long or rather more, the lobes narrow, acute, 
rather shorter than the tube, the 2 upper ones united above the middle. Standard 
5 or 6 lines diameter ; keel incurved, obtuse. Style less flattened than in the 
other Australian species, and almost terete at the end, with a penicillate stigma. 
Pod above lin. long, incurved towards the end, tomentose. Seeds orbicular. 
Hab.: Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown, A. Cunningham; Dunk Island, M'Gillivray ; Burdekin 
Expedition, F. v. Mueller; Rockhampton, Thozet, Dallachy ; near Marlborough, Bowman; 
Charters Towers, C. F. Plant. 
The leaves bruised and thrown into water to poison fish. — Roth. 
Var. (?) macrostachya. Raceme elongated. Leaflets silky-villous on both sides. Pod of T. 
astragaloides. — Bowen River, Bowman. 
9. T. juncea (Rush-like), R. Br. Herb, (under Galega) ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 
208. An annual or perennial, with erect, slender but rigid and virgate, not 
much branched stems, of 1J to 2ft., glabrous or hoary-pubescent. Leaflets above 
20, on a long slender common petiole, the terminal one oblong-linear, f to above 
lin. long, the others very much smaller, obovate, obcordate, or cuneate, from 
under 3 to nearly 5 lines long, glabrous above, hoary or silky underneath. 
Flowers small, in distant pairs, in long slender terminal racemes. Calyx about 
1 line long, with very short teeth. Standard nearly 3 lines diameter. Pod l^in. 
long or more, narrow, usually incurved towards the end, glabrous or slightly 
pubescent. Seeds more or less transversely oblong. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Endeavour River and Bustard Bay, 
Banks and Solander ; Broadsound , R. Broicn ; Gould Island, M‘Gillivray ; Wide Bay, Bid will ; 
Rockhampton, Thozet; Elliott River, Bowman; also in Leichhardt's collection. 
10. T. filipes (thread-like racemes), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 208. A perennial, 
with slender diffuse or ascending branching stems, rarely above 1ft. long, minutely 
silky-hoary. Leaflets 7 to 15, narrow-oblong or linear, those of the lower leaves 
obtuse, of the upper leaves acute with straight or recurved points, all rather rigid, 
glabrous above. Racemes filiform, 1 or rarely 2in. long, with usually only 2 
distant pairs of small flowers, or the terminal ones more rigid, leafy at the base. 
Pedicels longer than the calyx. Calyx about 1 line long, including the short 
teeth. Standard about 3 lines diameter. Style flattened. Pod about lin. long, 
straight, glabrous or nearly so. Seeds orbicular. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Browne, Henne ; Croydon, R. C. Burton; 
Northumberland Islands, R. Brown; Dawson River, F. v. Mueller ; Endeavour River and Percy 
Island, A. Cunningham; May Day Island, Armstrong; Wide Bay, Bidwill; Erythrina Creek, 
Leichhardt ; Brisbane River, and many other southern localities. Flowering in December. 
Var. latifolia. Leaflets cuneate-oblong, silky underneath.— Endeavour River, Banks and 
Solander. 
11. T. oligophylla (leaflets few), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 209. Rootstock 
woody, with ascending stems of £ to 1ft., glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaflets 
1, 3, or rarely 5, broadly oblong-cuneate to narrow-oblong, f to l^in. long, obtuse 
or retuse with a small point, glabrous or sprinkled underneath with a few hairs, 
the primary veins not so close as in most species. Flowers usually numerous, 
rather large, the racemes not very long. Bracts subulate, persistent. Pedicels 
short. Calyx-tube nearly glabrous, about 1 line long, the teeth rather longer, 
subulate-acuminate. Standard fully 4 lines diameter ; keel much curved, obtuse. 
Style flattened. Pod straight or slightly recurved (not incurved), about lin. long, 
glabrous or nearly so. Seeds orbicular. 
Hab.: Cape York, M'Gillivray ; Albany Island, F. v, Mueller, 
