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than the tube. Petals twice as long. Pod sessile, minutely pubescent, the 
upper margin slightly, the lower deeply indented ; articles 4 to 6, 1 to If line 
long and broad, flat, thin and indehiscent. — W. and Arn. Prod. ii. 125. 
Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander ; Northumberland Islands, R. Brown ; Moreton 
Bay, C. Stuart; Rockhampton, Dallachy ; Broadsound, Bowman. 
The species is widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago. 
7. D. dependens (hanging), Blurne ; Miq. FI. Inch Batav. i. 249. “ Wai- 
gen,” Barron River, Cowley. A tall climber. Leaves 1-foliolate ; leaflet large, 
lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, about Gin. long, the under side somewhat pale, lateral 
nerves and veins somewhat prominent. Racemes pendulous, 1ft. or more long. 
Bracts linear-subulate. Pedicels 1 to 8 lines long. Bracteoles minute, subulate 
below the calyx. Calyx about If line, strigulose, teeth very short. Petals white, 
glabrous. Standard orbicular-ovate, the wings and keel much smaller. Stamens 
deciduous, free. Pod on long stipes, hispidulous, articles almost lanceolate. 
Hab.: Common in the tropical scrubs. 
Also in the Moluccas and New Guinea. 
8. D. brachypodum (shortly stipitate pod), A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. 
Exped. 434 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 232. A rather rigid, erect or decumbent 
perennial of 1 to 2ft., slightly pubescent, the specimens often assuming a bluish- 
black tint when dry. Leaflets 3 or in the lowest leaves solitary, from broadly 
ovate almost orbicular to oval-oblong, very obtuse, mostly 1 to 2in. long, rather 
stiff and strongly reticulate, the stipellfe long. Stipules rather broad, striate, 
acuminate. Flowers small, usually in pairs, the lower ones distant, in a long 
terminal rigid raceme. Pedicels very short and recurved. Bracts subulate- 
acuminate, persistent to the time of flowering but falling off soon after. Calyx 
If line long, the lobes not longer than the tube. Petals about twice as long. 
Pod sessile or shortly stipitate, pubescent with clinging hairs, the upper suture 
slightly, the lower deeply indented ; articles 4 to 6, about 2 lines long and nearly 
as broad, thin, reticulate and indehiscent. 
Hab.: Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Curtis , M'Gillivray ; Percy Island, A. Cunningham ; 
Rockhampton, Dallachy , Bowman ; Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, Leichhardt. 
9. ID. varians (various^, Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mm. i. 185 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 232. Stock woody with prostrate diffuse or ascending slender stems of 
f to lfft., the whole plant pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaflets 3, in the 
lower leaves or sometimes all broadly obovate or almost orbicular or obeordate, 
f to fin. long, the upper ones or sometimes nearly all ovate oblong or almost 
linear, f to lin. long. Stipules small, acute. Flowers very small, in distant 
pairs, in slender terminal racemes. Pedicels filiform, short when in flower, 
spreading and nearly fin. long when in fruit. Bracts small, persistent. Calyx- 
lobes acuminate, as long as the tube. Petals rarely 3 lines long. Pod sessile, 
the upper suture very slightly, the lower deeply indented ; articles 3 to 6, 
obliquely ovate, about 2 lines long and not so broad, flat, indehiscent, clothed 
with short clinging hairs. — Hedysarum varians, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 
71, t. 71. 
Hab.: Broadsound and Keppel Bay, R. Brown ; Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, C. Stuart. 
10. D. rhytidophyllum (wrinkled leaflets), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 233. A perennial with long procumbent almost trailing branches, 
softly rusty-tomentose or velvety-villous. Leaflets 3, ovate-rhomboid or the 
upper ones rather narrow, obtuse, mostly 1 to 2in. long, rather thick and softly 
villous on both sides. Stipules lanceolate, striate, often reflexed. Racemes long. 
Flowers rather small, in distant pairs. Pedicels slender, rather longer than the 
calyx. Bracts subulate-acuminate, persistent. Calyx about If line long, the 
