80 FABACEAE 
prominent. Leaf rachis 12-45 mm long; stipels 
+persistent, c. 4 mm long; leaflets elliptic or obovate, 
40-115 mm long, 15-75 mm wide, L/W 1.7-3.8, base 
cuneate or rounded, apex acute to obtuse. 
Inflorescence of dense contracted panicles to 60 mm 
long, heads subtended by broad bracts; bracts 
persistent, brown, ovate, 10-15 mm long, striate. 
Pedicels c. 1 mm long. Calyx 10-17 mm long; lobes 
3-5 times as long as tube, densely hirsute. Corolla * 
mauve-pink; standard obovate to suborbicular, 9-12 
mm long, with a narrow transverse callus, hairy and 
with pyriform vesicular glands on back; wings 
lamellate, with pyriform vesicular glands and 
occasional simple hairs on back; keel pouched at basal 
lobes, adhering towards apex on both margins, 
glabrous. Alternate staminal filaments dilated below 
the anthers. Style twisted, incurved; stigma flattened, 
ciliate. Pod dark brown, subglobular, c. 5.5 mm long, 
c. 3.5 mm wide, thinly tomentose. Seed 1, black, 
depressed globular, c. 4 mm long, 3.5 mm wide, 
Flowering: Feb - July; fruiting: Aug. Fig. 23 
Widely distributed in the Old World tropics from 
India to tropical Australia. In Australia from the 
Kimberley to Qld, but uncommon in the DR. On 
clayey soils, in depressions in open habitats. 
Aboriginal people in central Arnhem Land are 
recorded as having eaten the lateral roots (N.G. White 
pers. comm.). 
F. lineata (L.) W.T.Aiton 
Maughania (““Moghania’’) lineata (L.) Kuntze 
Erect evergreen shrub to 2 m high. Stems tomentose 
with simple hairs and few vesicular glands. Stipules 
deciduous, free or partly connate, 3-4 mm long. Leaf 
rachis (3)8-40 mm long; leaflets oblanceolate, 
lanceolate, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 21-157 mm 
long, 6-60 mm wide, L/W 2-5(7.2), strongly 3-nerved 
at base, tomentose or glabrate below or glabrate 
throughout, with vesicular glands below and 
sometimes throughout, base attenuate, apex acute to 
rounded. /nflorescence of axillary or terminal panicles 
to 130 mm long, rarely longer; branches densely 
covered with glandular based and simple hairs, calyx 
densely glandular hairy and vesicular-glandular; 
bracts c. 1.5 mm long. Pedicels 1-4 mm long; 
bracteoles caducous, at base of pedicel. Calyx 4-10 
mm long, green, lobes 1.5-3.5 times as long as tube. 
Corolla variously coloured, the standard often white, 
the keel and petals pink or purple, often streaked; 
standard 6-8 mm long; wings obscurely lamellate. Pod 
pale brown, 10-13. mm long, 5-7 mm wide, thinly 
tomentose with glandular based and simple hairs and 
vesicular glands. Seeds olivaceous to black, c. 3 mm 
diam. Flowering and fruiting: May - Oct. Fig. 23 
Widely distributed in the Old World tropics from 
Flemingia 
India to tropical Australia. Relatively uncommon in 
the DR. On stream margins, edges of monsoon forests 
and similar mesic habitats. 
F. parviflora Benth. 
Maughania (“Moghania’) parviflora (Benth.) Kuntze; 
F; schultzii (F.Muell.) Maconochie; FE. racemosa Domin 
Prostrate or erect rhizomatous subshrub with 
annual stems to c. 0.5 m high. Vegetative parts 
tomentose and with minute black conical vesicular 
glands on leaf blades and rachis. Stipules caducous, 
3-10 mm long. Leaf rachis (25)50-100 mm long, 
ridged or narrowly winged; leaflets lanceolate, 
elliptic or ovate, 32-125 mm long, 15-75 mm wide, 
L/W 1.6-2.7, bases rounded to cuneate, apices 
rounded to acute. Inflorescence of 1(2) dense 
axillary racemes to 60 mm long arising from erect 
leafy stems or from leafless horizontal stems or 
rhizomes; rachis, pedicels and calyces finely 
tomentose with scattered glandular based hairs and 
red or black vesicular glands. Calyx 5-11 mm long; 
lobes 2.5-5 times as long as tube. Corolla white, 
green or rarely pink; standard 6-10 mm long; wings 
lamellate; keel petals pouched. Pod 12-14 mm long, 
4-7 mm wide, tomentose with scattered black 
glands. Seeds black, c. 2.5 mm diam. Flowering and 
fruiting: Sept - June. Fig. 24 
Australian endemic from the Kimberley to southern 
coastal Qld, in Eucalypt savanna on well drained soils. 
Common in the DR. This species flowers near ground 
level in the late dry season and after dry season fires. 
F. pauciflora Benth. 
Maughania (“Moghania’’) pauciflora (Benth.) Kuntze 
Erect or prostrate evergreen rhizomatous shrub. 
Vegetative parts grey-velutinous with simple hairs; 
underside of leaves and calyx with pale yellow 
vesicular glands obscured by tomentum. Stipules 
persistent, partly connate, 6-12 mm long. Leaf rachis 
9-50 mm long; stipels absent; leaflets dorsiventral, 
oblanceolate, obovate, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 
15-65 mm long, 7-36 mm wide, L/W 1.5-3.6. 
Inflorescence of reduced axillary racemes of 1-several 
flowers, 15-30 mm long; also subterranean flowers 
and fruits may be present; bracts persistent, 2-6 mm 
long. Pedicels 2-3 mm long; bracteoles absent. Calyx 
5-8 mm long, lobes attenuate, 3-7 times as long as 
tube. Corolla bright red; standard c. 6 mm long. Pod 
brown, 12-15 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, thinly 
tomentose. Seeds mottled brown-purple, c. 4.5 mm 
diam. Flowering and fruiting: Jan - Aug. Fig. 24 
An Australian endemic, from the Kimberley to 
western Qld, in grassland on heavy clay soils. Not 
known from the DR. 
