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XLIII. LEGUMINOSiE. 
[Aty Ionia. 
Stems trailing or twining. 
Pod broad, thin, transversely reticulate. Leaflets broadly obovate or 
orbicular 1. A. mannorata. 
Pod coriaceous with deeply depressed transverse lines between the seeds. 
Leaflets rhomboid ovate or elliptical. 
Pedicels axillary, solitary or clustered with scarcely any common 
peduncle 2. A. scarabteoides. 
Peduncles axillary, often exceeding the leaves 3. A. reticulata. 
Stems erect, shrubby at the base. Pod coriaceous. Leaflets very rugose, 
thick and soft. Pod villous, with long hairs. 
Terminal leaflets at some distance from the lateral one 4. A. yrandijlora. 
Terminal leaflets close between the 2 lateral ones 5 .A. pluriflora. 
1. A. marmorata (marbled or mottled pods), Bentli. FI. Austr. ii. 268. 
Stems rather slender, trailing or twining, pubescent or hirsute. Leaflets very 
broadly obovate orbicular or broader than long, very obtuse, 1 to l^in. long, 
softly pubescent when young, rather rigid and nearly glabrous when old. 
Peduncles solitary or 2 together, often slightly exceeding the leaves, either 
1 -flowered or bearing 1 or 2 pairs of flowers. Calyx slightly tomentose, about 
4 lines long, the lobes rather longer than the tube. Petals 5 or 6 lines long. 
Ovary with about 4 ovules. Pod very flat, about lin. long, and nearly 4in. 
broad, mottled with purple and thinly hairy, the valves very thin and marked 
with fine transverse reticulations, the transverse depressed lines between the seeds 
very faint. — Glycine marmorata , R. Br. Herb. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne ; Nebo Creek and Bowen River, 
Bowman ; Port Denison, Fitzalan. 
The species is allied to the E. Indian A. platycarpa, Benth., but the leaflets are differently 
shaped, the pod straighter, Ac. These two species belong to the section Rhynchosioides, which 
only differs from the section Notnismia of Rhynchosia in the number of ovules. — Benth. 
2. A. scarabaeoides (beetle-like), Benth. in PI. Jungh. i. 242, and FI. 
Austr. ii. 263. Trailing or twining, slender, but often extending to several feet, 
softly tomentose in all its parts. Leaflets obovate or elliptical, obtuse or the 
upper ones narrower and almost acute, 1 to l^in. long, rugose and soft. 
Peduncles very short or almost none, bearing 1 to 5 shortly pedicellate flowers, 
about 5 lines long. Calyx-lobes falcate, acute, rather longer than the tube and 
nearly as long as the petals. Ovary with 6 to 8 ovules. Pod about f to lin. 
long and 3 to 4 lines broad, softly tomentose and hairy, the valves coriaceous, 
marked between the seeds by deep transverse lines and furrows. — Rhynchosia (? ) 
scarabaoides, DC. Prod. ii. 337 ; Cantharospermum gaueijiorum , W. and Arn. 
Prod. 255. 
Hab.: Port Denison, Burdekin River, Ac., Boioman, Dallachy. 
The species is common in E. India and the Archipelago, extending from the Mauritius to S. 
China. The Australian specimens have the leaflets rather narrow, but do not otherwise differ 
from the common form. This and all the following species belong to the section Cantharo- 
spermum. corresponding to the section Ptychocentrum of Rhynchosia. — Benth. 
3. A. reticulata (netted), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 263. “ Korlbun,” Endeavour 
River, Roth. Stems elongated, trailing or rarely twining, rather coarse, rusty- 
hirsute or velvety. Leaflets ovate or rhomboidal, obtuse, 1^ to Sin. long, rugose 
and softly velvety-tomentose. Peduncles usually 2 or 3 in each axil, of unequal 
lengths, bearing at the end a cluster or short raceme of about 3 to 9 flowers, the 
pedicels at first very short, but often at length as long as the calyx. Calyx rusty- 
villous, fully 6 lines long, the lobes linear acuminate, the upper or lower ones 
about three times as long as the tube, the lateral ones rather shorter. Petals 
scarcely exceeding the calyx. Ovary with about 6 ovules. Pod about lin. long 
