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XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
[Desmodiwn. 
lobes longer than the tube. Petals about twice as long. Pod almost sessile, the 
upper suture slightly, the lower more deeply indented ; articles 3 to 6, about 
1^ line long and nearly as broad, flat, indehiscent, clothed with short clinging 
hairs. 
Hab.: Granite rocks between Dawson and Burnett Rivers, F. v. Mueller; near Rockhampton, 
Dallacliy. Common in south Queensland on forest land. 
The species is allied to D. varians, but much larger and coarser, with a different foliage and 
indumentum. — Benth. 
11. D. campylocaulon (bent-stemmed), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 233. Stem diffuse or trailing, elongated, rather stout, slightly pubescent. 
Leaflets 3, lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 2 to 3in. long, glabrous or nearly so, 
strongly veined underneath, the stipelhe very conspicuous. Stipules striate, thin. 
Racemes mostly leaf-opposed, pedunculate. Flowers numerous. Pedicels solitary 
or in pairs, slender but short. Bracts narrow, usually persistent. Calyx nearly 
H line long, the lobes longer than the tube. Petals twice as long. Pod sessile, 
pubescent when young with short clinging hairs, the upper suture continuous, 
the lower indented ; articles 3 to 6, about line long and broad, membranous, 
turgid or almost inflated when ripe, slightly reticulate, indehiscent. 
Hab.: Tropical parts of Queensland. 
12. D. nemorosum (found in scrubs), F. v. M. Herb.; Bcntli. FI. Anstr, ii. 
234. Stems apparently tall, erect, woody at the base, clothed as well as the 
under side of the leaves with soft silky appressed hairs. Leaflets 3 or solitary in 
the lowest leaves, oblong-elliptical, very obtuse, 1^ to 2^in. long or the lateral 
ones smaller, glabrous above. Stipules rather long, striate. Racemes terminal. 
Bracts broad, membranous, acuminate, falling off long before the flowering. 
Flowers solitary or in pairs ; pedicels very short, rigid, recurved after flowering 
and not exceeding the calyx when in fruit. Calyx nearly 2 lines long, the lobes 
rather broad, acute. Petals nearly twice as long, the lateral appendages of the 
keel very prominent. Pod sessile, the upper suture continuous, the lower rather 
deeply and broadly indented ; articles few, flat, 3 to 4 lines long and about half 
as broad, indehiscent, pubescent with short clinging hairs. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, F. v. Mueller ; Pine River, Fitzalan ; also in Leichhardt' s collection. 
Common in the southern riverside scrubs. 
The foliage and habit are nearly those of the E. Indian D. concinnum, but the pod and flowers 
are very different. — Benth. 
13. D. trichostachyum (hairy-spiked), Bcntli. FI. Austr. ii. 234. Stems 
prostrate, filiform, nearly glabrous. Leaflets 1 or 3, very broadly obcordate, 2 to 
4 lines or rarely ^-in. long, and sometimes broader than long. Stipules subulate- 
acuminate. Flowers very small, distant, in filiform terminal simple or branched 
racemes ; pedicels all solitary and filiform. Bracts membranous, lanceolate, 
falling off long before the flowers open. Calyx about + line long, divided nearly 
to the base into narrow acute lobes. Pod sessile, the upper suture straight, the 
lower rather deeply indented; articles 3 or 4, small, as broad as long, thin, 
glabrous, strongly reticulate. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; 
E. coast, A. Cunningham. 
14. D. polycarpum (fruit, the pods numerous), DC. Prod. ii. 334 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 235. An erect decumbent or ascending perennial or undershrub, 
1 to 2 or 3ft. high or rarely more, more or less pubescent, with short appressed 
or scarcely spreading hairs. Leaflets 3, the terminal one obovate or elliptical, 
1^ to 2in. long, the lateral ones usually smaller. Stipules striate, acuminate. 
Racemes terminal, dense, 1 to near 3in. long, often several together forming a 
short panicle. Bracts broad, lanceolate, imbricate at first, but falling off before 
