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XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
[Mezoneuruw 
oblong, somewhat shorter than the lower canalicular-cymbiform blunt segments, 
all short-hairy at the back. Petals yellow, hardly longer than the calyx, bearded 
inside towards tho base, their lamina obovate, the claw of the upper petal rather 
elongate, of the others very short ; stamens shortly exserted. Filaments bearded 
along their lower half ; anthers ovate. Style and ovary glabrous ; ovules 2. Pod 
from 1^ to 2in. diameter, almost flat, obliquely rhomboid-orbicular, obtuse, some- 
what cartilaginous ; the ventral suture bordered by a broadish-linear firm 
membrane. Seed solitary, on an exceedingly short funicle, orbicular, opaque- 
greenish. — F. v. M. l.c. 
Hab.: South and north of Brisbane. 
Wood of the climbing steins close-grained and tough, of a brown colour. Given in Bailey’s 
Cat. Ql. Woods as M. brachyearpum, No. 123a ; the stems of which species as now understood 
are much smaller. 
78. PTEROLOBIUM, R. Br. 
(Pods winged.) 
Sepals 5, united in a cup at the base, much imbricate, the lowest longer and 
concave. Petals 5, spreading, the 2 lowest rather larger than the others. 
Stamens 10, free ; anthers ovate, uniform. Ovary sessile, with a single ovule. 
Style filiform or slightly clavate, with a truncate stigma. Pod sessile, samaroid, 
the lower seed-bearing part obliquely ovate or lanceolate, indehiscent, ending in 
an oblique oblong or falcate membranous wing. Seed attached near the apex of 
the cell, flat, without albumen. — Trees or woody climbers, armed with scattered 
hooked prickles, especially at the base of the pinnas of the leaves. Leaves 
abruptly bipinnate. Flowers in racemes, either simple or forming terminal 
panicles. Filaments usually bearded. 
The genus contains very few species, dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa. The Australian 
one is endemic, but not quite certain as to its genus until the fruit has been seen.— Benth. 
1. F. nitens (shining), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 279. A 
handsome woody climber, the branchlets and rhachis of the leaves minutely 
rusty-pubescent. Prickles very small, except under the pinnte of the leaves. 
Pinnae 3 to 5 pairs ; leaflets 3 to 5 pairs, obliquely obovate or almost rhomboid, 
very obtuse, rarely exceeding |in., shining above, glabrous or ciliate on the edge. 
Racemes rusty-pubescent, apparently paniculate ; pedicels much shorter than in 
the other species, scarcely exceeding 1 line. Flowers rather small. Calyx lower 
lobe considerably longer than the others. Filaments bearded at the base. Style 
slightly clavate. Fruit not seen. 
Hab.: Mount Mueller, near Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Wide Bay, Leichhardt, and Rock- 
hampton, Thozet (F. v. M.) 
Although I have not seen the fruit, the 1-ovulate ovary, bearded stamens and style, leave little 
doubt that this belongs to Pterolobium. — Benth. 
79. PELTOPHORUM, Vog. 
(Shield-bearing ; form of stigma.) 
(Ca:salpinia, sect. Brasilettia, DC.) 
Sepals 5, united in a cup at the base, much imbricate, nearly equal or the 
lowest rather larger and more concave. Petals 5, spreading, undulate, the two 
lower outer ones rather larger than the others. Stamens 10, free ; anthers 
uniform, oblong-linear. Ovary sessile, with 2 or more ovules ; style filiform, 
with a broad peltate stigma. Pod oblong-lanceolate, thin and flat, indehiscent, 
tapering at the base, the margin thin and faintly marked within them by a longi- 
tudinal nerve but not distinctly winged. Seeds 1, 2 or rarely more, very flat, 
