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coriaceous, about 2in. broad, 6iu. long or shorter according to the number of 
seeds ripened . — Phanera Cunninyhamii, Benth. in PL Jungh. i. 264 ; Bauhinia 
Leichhardtii, F. v. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. iii. 50, partly. 
Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in Mueller’s Census of Austr. Plants. 
3. B. Carronii (after W. Carron), F. v. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. iii. 49 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 295. “ Pegunny ” and “ Thalmera,” Cloncurry, Palmer. 
A tree, with the foliage and inflorescence of B. Cunninghamii, or with rather 
narrower leaflets, but undistinguishable without the flowers or fruit, both of 
which are narrower. Calyx slightly tomentose, about Jin. long, the disk- 
bearing base narrow-turbinate, the free portion about the same length, very 
shortly 5-lobed. Petals obovate, silky outside, the lower ones exceeding the 
calyx by about 5 lines, the others rather shorter. Stamens and pistil of B. 
Cunnini/hamii. Pod coriaceous, not quite ljin. broad, the valves 'coriaceous, 
slightly convex when ripe. 
Hab.: On the Burdekin, F. v. Mueller ; in the interior, Mitchell; Georgina River. 
Wood light-brown, becoming much darker towards the centre, hard, heavy, with a close grain ; 
suitable for cabinet-work. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 125. 
Some specimens of Leichhardt’s, in leaf only and therefore not determinable, referred by 
F. v. Mueller to the preceding species, appear to me rather to belong to the present one. — Benth. 
4. B. Hookeri (after Sir W. J. Hooker), F. v. M. in. Trans. Viet. Inst. iii. 
51 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 296. A large tree, with a spreading head, usually 
quite glabrous. Leaflets quite distinct, very obliquely and broadly ovate or 
obovate, very obtuse, f to ljin. long, finely 5 to 7-nerved, with a small thick 
point terminating the petiole between them. Flowers white, edged with crimson, 
few in short terminal racemes, the pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous or nearly 
so, lin. long or even more, the disk-bearing base narrow-cylindrical, the free part 
about as long, dividing nearly to the base into 5 narrow lobes. Petals clawed, 
ovate nearly equal, the lamina neai’ly ljin. long, slightly villous outside near the 
base. Stamens 10, rather longer than the petals. Ovary on a long stipes ; 
stigma large Pod stipitate, flat, 1 to If in. broad. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brown; Gilbert River, F. v. Mueller; Suttor River, D'Orsay; Rock- 
hampton, Dallachy ; islands of Torres Straits, Henne. 
Var. puherula. Young shoots slightly pubescent. Calyx tomentose, the free part shorter than 
the disk-bearing base. Pod large and broad.— Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller. 
The latter specimens come very near to B. ( Phanera j Blanqoi, Benth. in PI. Jungh. i. 264, 
which we have from Siam and from the Philippine Islands, and of which B. Hookeri may prove 
to be a variety only. — Benth. 
Wood, the outer of a light-brown, the inner dark-brown, nicely marked, hard, heavy, and 
close-grained; very suitable for cabinet-work. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 126. 
Yields a brownish-yellow gum, which can be used like arabie gum if soaked in water for some 
time. It contains 12% of arabin and 67% of metarabin. — Lauterer. 
5. B. monandra (only one fertile stamen), Kurz, F. v. M. in Census of 
Austr. PL Leaflets 1 to ljin long, almost ovate, semi-orbicular, connate for 
about two-thirds of their length, each with 5 principal nerves, glabrous above, 
pale beneath, and as well as the branchlets clothed with a short down. Stipules 
linear-semilanceolaie. Flowers in corymbs ; rather large pedicels and slender 
calyx-tube also downy; the limb spathaeeous, J to fin. long, membranous, 
downy on the outside. Petals spreading, membranous, glabrous, rhomboid- 
ovate with cuneate elongated base, pale-colored, 1 to lfin. long, the uppermost 
marked with numerous dark-red spots, and its base ciliated. The upper petal 
innermost while in the bud. The one fertile stamen glabrous, about the length 
