Uraria.] 
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An Asiatic and African tropical genus, with one or two species naturalised in some parts of 
tropical America. Of the Australian species, two are common Asiatic ones, the third appears to 
be endemic. — Benth. 
Upper leaves of 3 or 5 long narrow leaflets. Eaceme long and slender. Pod 
of 3 to 6 articles 1. U. picta. 
Leaves mostly of 3 oblong leaflets. Raceme cylindrical, dense and spike- 
like. Pod of 2 articles. Bracts persistent 2. TJ. cylindracea. 
Leaves mostly of 1 very broad leaflet. Raceme oblong, dense and spike-like. 
Pod of 2 articles. Bracts deciduous 3. 17. layopoides. 
1. U. picta (painted), Desv.; DC. Prod. ii. 324; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 237. 
An undershrub with ascending or erect stems of 1 to 3ft., loosely pubescent or 
villous. Lower leaves occasionally of 1 ovate leaflet, the others of 3, 5, or rarely 
7 leaflets, from ovate lanceolate to narrow oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 4 or even 5in. 
long, obtuse or almost acute, glabrous or scabrous-pubescent, the Asiatic speci- 
mens often variegated with white along the midrib. Racemes long and slender, 
often attaining 6 to 8in. in fruit. Bracts ovate, falling off long before the flower 
expands. Pedicels short, hispid-villous. Calyx-lobes setaceous, plumose, rather 
above 1 line long, the upper ones rather shorter. Petals more than twice as long. 
Pod of 3 to 6 small glabrous articles. — Wight, Ic. t. 411. 
Hab.: Broadsound, It. Brown; Rockhampton, Thozet, Dallacliy ; Bowen River, Bowman; 
Logan River, Rev. B. Scorteckini. 
Widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa and introduced into the West Indies. The 
Australian specimens have the leaflets usually all green, and often 3 or 1 only, but in some the 
leaves are nearly all 5-foliolate, as in the Asiatic ones. —Benth. 
2. U. cylindracea (cylindrical), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 237. An undershrub 
with decumbent or ascending stems, loosely pubescent or rusty-villous. Leaflets 
3 or very rarely 1, ovate-oblong, obtuse, the terminal one usually \\ to 3in. long, 
the lateral ones smaller, slightly scabrous above, softly pubescent underneath. 
Racemes dense, but more elongated than in U. layopoides, often attaining Sin. 
when in fruit. Bracts broadly ovate, softly villous, persistent. Pedicels rather 
longer than the calyx. Calyx-lobes subulate-plumose as in TJ. layopoides, but the 
upper ones much shorter. Pod of 2 articles, the pericarp thin but strongly 
reticulate. 
Hab.: Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Sweers Island, Henne. 
With the inflorescence and habit of U. lag opus, DC., which has not yet been found in 
Australia, this species has the 2-ovulate ovary and the pod of U. layopoides. — Benth. 
3. U. lagopoides (like hare’s foot), DC. Prod. ii. 324; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 
237. Stock short and woody or shortly creeping, with procumbent or ascending 
stems of | to l^ft., pubescent or loosely villous. L eaflets solitary or 3, the single 
or terminal one from orbicular-reniform to broadly cordate-ovate, always very 
obtuse, 1 to 2in, long, slightly scabrous or loosely pubescent, the lateral ones 
when present smaller. Stipules subulate-acuminate. Racemes contracted into 
a very dense oblong obtuse hirsute spike, of 1 to 2in., nearly sessile above the last 
leaves. Bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, usually very deciduous, except some- 
times at the base of the spike. Pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx lower 
lobes (turned upwards by the inflexion of the pedicel) subulate-plumose, 2 to 3 
lines long, the upper ones much shorter with a broad base. Petals not much 
longer than the calyx, on slender claws. Ovules 2. Pod of 2 ovate, somewhat 
turgid, reticulate articles, each about 1^ line long, glabrous or rarely pubescent. — 
Wight, Ic. t. 289 ; U. cercifolia, Desv.; DC. Prod. ii. 325. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brown; Brisbane River, F. v. Mueller; Rockhampton, Thozet. 
Widely dispersed over E. India and the Archipelago. 
