Rhynchosia.] 
XLIII. LEGUMIN08-E. 
441 
R. punctata, DC. Mem. Leg. t. 56, and Prod. ii. 385 ; R. nuda, R. ervoidea, R. 
inedicaginea, and R. rhombifolia, DC. Prod. ii. 385, 386 ; II. lawijiora, Camb. in 
Jacquem, Voy. t. 54 ; and numerous other synonyms cited in Mart. FI. Bras. 
Papil. 204. 
Hab.: Broadsound, Keppel Bay, It. Brown; Bowen and Burdekin Rivers, Bowman, Dallachy ; 
Moreton Bay, C. Stuart. 
The species appears to be abundant in almost all tropical or subtropical countries. — Bentli. 
4. It. australis (Australian), Bentli. FI. Austr. ii. 267. Slender with 
trailing or twining stems as in R. minima, with the same foliage and inflorescence, 
but the flowers are much larger, usually nearly 5 lines long, bright yellow, without 
streaks on the standard. Calyx-lobes all narrow, subulate-acuminate, rather 
longer than the tube, the 2 upper lobes more united than in R. minima. Pod 
falcate, acuminate, narrowed at the base, above fin. long, hirsute with long hairs 
besides the minute tomentum of R. minima. Seeds not strophiolate. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, Bidwill ; Rockhampton, Thozet, Dallachy, Bowman. 
If a variety of R. minima, this is yet different from any of the numerous forms assumed in 
other countries by that ubiquitous species, approaching in some respects the S. African R. 
yihba. — Bentli. 
66. ERIOSEMA, DC. 
(The standard woolly or silky-villous.) 
Calyx 2 upper lobes usually free. Standard obovate or oblong, with indexed 
auricles at the base, rarely callous inside ; keel slightly incurved, obtuse ; wings 
usually longer, narrow. Upper stamen free, the others united ; anthers uniform. 
Ovary sessile, with 2 ovules ; style filiform, incurved above the middle and some- 
times slightly thickened. Pod flattened, obliquely orbicular or broadly oblong, 
2-valved, not divided inside. Seeds oblong, oblique, not strophiolate, the funicle 
attached to one end of a long linear hilum. — Herbs or undershrubs, erect, pros- 
trate or rarely twining, tomentose or glabrous, the resinous dots less conspicuous 
than in Rhynchosia. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate, usually without 
stipelhe. Stipules lanceolate, free or united opposite the leaf. Flowers usually 
yellow, in axillary racemes or clusters, the standard often silky-villous. Bracts 
very deciduous ; bracteoles none. 
The genus is numerous in S. American and African species, with a single tropical Asiatic one 
which is the same as the only Australian one. Formerly considered as a section of Rhynchosia, 
it differs in the position of the seeds and generally in habit. — Bentli. 
1. 3ES. chinense (Chinese), Voy. in PL Meyen. 31 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 268. 
“ Torakal,” Palmer River, “ Pand-ja,” Cooktown, “ Kal-lar,” Butcher’s Hill, 
N.Q., “Nar-gul,” Middle Morehead River, Roth. Rhizome a perennial oblong 
tuber. Stems erect, £ to 1ft. high, simple or branching at the base only, more or 
less hirsute with long rust-coloured hairs, intermixed with a short pubescence. 
Leaflets solitary, nearly sessile, from oblong-lanceolate to linear, 1 to 2in. long, 
sprinkled with a few long hairs on the upper surface and on the veins of the 
lower one, otherwise glabrous above, hairy or glaucous underneath. Peduncles 
axillary, exceedingly short, with 1, 2, or rarely 3 flowers, about 4 lines long. 
Bracts small, narrow. Calyx pubescent or villous, the lobes either shorter than 
the tube or with long subulate points. Pod 4 to 6 lines long, 3 to 4 lines broad, 
covered with long rusty hairs. — Pyrrhotrichia tuberosa, W. and Arn. Prod. i. 238 ; 
Rhynchosia virgata, Hamilt. in Wall. Cat. n. 5508. 
Hab.: Endeavour River, Banks and Solander, A. Cunningham. 
The species is frequent in the hilly districts of N. India, also in Ceylon, Burmah, the Philip- 
pines, and S. China. — Benth. 
Roots roasted, skinned before eating; localities l.c. — Roth. 
