muitiovulatum. Legumen lineare, rectum, cylindraceum, polyspermum, uniloculare v . septatum.— Herbie
erectfB V. diffuse procumbente s ; íoYús a lte rn is, tr if o lio la tis ; stipulis lib e ris, f o lia c e is ; pedunculis a x illa rih u s
terminalibusque, apice flo r if e r is ; ^orihxis p le r isq u e umhellatis, alb is roséis v . f la v is .
A veiy large European and especially Mediten-anean genus, o f wliicb. tlie four or five xVustralian species are
almost the only ones knoivn in the Southern Hemisphere ; none inhabit New Zealand, nor the tropics, nor extratropical
xYfrican or Sonth America. What renders the xkustralian distribution o f tho genus most remarkable is tbe
occurrence o f L . corniculatus, one of the European species.—Herbs, generally prostrate, with trifoliolate alternate
leaves, and large leafy stipules. Flowers generaRy sessile and iimbeUate at tbe apex of slender peduncles, with a
bract at the base o f each. Calyx five-toothed. CoroUa papiRonaceous, with an acute almost rostrate keel. Fod
cylindrical, straight, two-valved, one-ceRcd or divided by many septa into as many ceRs, many-secded. (Name of
unknown derivation.)
1. Lotus corniculatus (L in . Sp. PI. 1092) ; caulibus prostratis, stip u lis ovatis, foliolis ovalibus
obovatisve obtusis v. subacutis, bracteis foliaceis, pedunculis e longatis, capitulis depressis 3 -S -flo r is, floribus
flavis, calyce campanulato, lob is acutis corolla m ultotie s brevioribus, legum in e tereti, seminibus reniformibus.
— B C . P r o d r . ii. 214; Engl. B o t. t. 2090. {Gunn, 8 3 .)
H ab. Abundant iu rich soil and marshy places, affording good pasturage, ascending to 4000 feet,
L am-ence, Gunn.— (PI. D e c .)
D i s t r ib . N ew Sou th YVales aud S outh-east Australia. Throughout Europe and W e s t Asia, from
Br itain to th e mountains o f Afghanistan, and along th e Himalaya to N ip a l. N o r th Africa, Abyssinia, and
th e Canary Islan d s.
A straggling herb, with many ascending branches spreading from the root, and bearing erect pedimcles crowned
with a smaR capitulum or depressed umbel of yeRow or reddish flowers.— Leaves glabrous in tbe Austraban specimens.
Stipules large, ovate or oblong. Petioles short, i inch long; leaflets sessile, 4 - 4 inch long, more or less
obovate. Flowei-s sessRe, with leafy bracts at the base. Calyx glabrous or pilose, its segments acute, narrow. Pod
1 4 -2 mches long, 4 inch in diameter, divided into many ceRs by spongy dissepiments. Seeds smaR, kidney-shaped,
black.— This appears to be undoubtedly indigeuous in Austraha and Tasmania, and is so abundant in many places
as to afford an excehent pasturage.
2 . Lotus australis (Andr. B o t. E ep. 6 2 4 ) ; pubescens, caule procumbente diffuse ramoso, stipulis
bracteisque ob longo-lanceolatis, foliolis obovato-lanceolatis subacutis, pedunculis elongatis brevibusve, floribus
roséis breviter pedicellatis, calycibus pilo sis laciniis subulatis, legumine tereti, seminibus reniformibus.
B o t. Mag. 1 3 6 5 ; B C . P ro d r . ii. 2 1 2 . L . albidus, L o d d . B o t. Cab. 1 . 1 0 6 3 . L . Imvigatus, Benth.
in M itch , J o um . p . 6 2 .
H a b . Sandy shores on th e north coast, Gunn. Maequarrie Harbour, A . Cunningham.— (El. D e c .)
D i s t r i b . N ew South Wales, from th e tropic southwards, S outh-east Australia, I s le o f P in e s (New
Caledonia). (Cultivated in E ngland.)
A m u c h la r g e r a n d m o r e r o b u s t sp e c ie s tl i a n L. corniculatus, g e n e r a lly v e ry p u b e s c e n t, w ith n a iT ow c r s tip u le s ,
le a f le ts , a n d b r a c ts , s to u t e r p e d ic e ls , a n d la rg e r r o s e - c o lo u re d o r pm -pR sh flow e rs . I t is a v e ry h a n d s om e p la n t.
G en. X I I I . P SO R A L E A , L .
C alyx campanulatus, quinquefidus. Vexillum marginibus reflexum. S tam in a 1 0 , diadelpha; antheras
conformes v . alternm steriles. Ovarium 1-ovulatum. Legumen calyce inc lusum, indehiscens, membrana-
cenm, monospermum. Semen interdum cum endocarpio leguminis coalitum.— Erutices v . he rbie; foliis im-
p a r ip in n a iis , tr ifo lio la tis v . unijugis, s tip u la tis ; floribus sp ic a tis cap ita tisv e .
A very remarkable genus, which abounds in the tropical aud warm parts o f North and South America, and in
South Africa. About ten Australian species ai-e known, chiefly natives o f tlie south-east coast, two or three being
tropical and South-west AustraUan. The majority of the species are glandidar and slnnbby; but ah the Australian
ones are lierbaceous.— ieaac s alternate, pinnate-trifoliolate, or ivitli but one leaflet. Flowers generaRy capitate, or
spiked. Calyx five-cleft. Stamens diadelplious. Ovary one-ovuled. P od smaR, included witliin the calyx, membranous,
indehiscent, one-seeded. (Name from y¡/copd\eos, scu rfy; in aRnaion to the hairs on the calyx,}
1. P soralea Gunnii (Hook, fib ) ; caulibus graciiibus elongatis prostratis glabris v . parce pilosis,
stip u lis ovatodanceolatis, pe tiolis gracilibus, foliis trifoliolatis, foliohs e lliptic is v . oblongis v. lanceolatis
Imeari-oblongisve acutis atro-punctulatis, pedunculis axillaribus e longatis gracilibus sulcatis superne pilosis,
capitulis ovoideis densifloris, calyce glanduloso strigoso-piloso, p ilis atris. {Gunn, 1 0 6 1 .)
H a b . W oolnorth, Gunn.— (FL De c.)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia.
A slender straggling plant.— a foot long and upwards, sparingly bianclied, decumbent, striate, glabrons
or covered witb small black hairs. Prfiofss 2 - 4 incbes long, slender. Lenfid, three, sessile, elliptical or oblong or
linear, glabrons, entne, covered witb small black glandnlar dots, i - H inch long. very long, slender,
and deeply grooved, 6 -1 0 incbcs long. Capitula about au inch long, ovoid or oblong. Flowers crowded. Calyx
covered witli rigid black hairs, divided beyond the middle into five narrow lo h e s ; bracts broadly ovate, acuminate,
glandular, shorter than tlie calyx. Standard .orhicidar, emarginate, contracted into a broad shoid claw.
Wings linear-oblong, produced behind into a lobe over the claw. Keel adherent to the wings, its leaflets connate at
the apex. Fad broadly oblong, deeply wrinkled on the sm-face, rather fleshy. Seed filling the cavity ot the pod.
transversely oblong, with a shining pale brown testa and small stropbiolns.
Gen. X IT . IN D IG O F E R A , L in n .
Cahjx parvus, urceoiato-campaniilatns, qninquefldns. r e x illu m reflexum. S tam in a 1 0 , diadelpha.
Atdke rai conformes y . alternee steriles. Ovarium 8 -mnlti-ovulatum. Legumen tei-etiuseninm v . tetragonum,
rectum v. feloatum, 2-polyspermum, in tu s septis membranaceis mnltiloculare. Semina cnbiea.— Herbm v.
ixcMexs, p t l i s sx pm in ie media affixis m u n iti; foliis im p a rip in n a tis, ple rum qu e m u ltiju g is : stipulis p e tio lo
in fe rn e a d n a tu ; peduncnhs a x illa r ilm , u n ip a u c ifla ris ra cem o sisv e ; pedic ellis u n itr a c te a tis ; floribus roséis
A very extensive tropical genns, inclnding the Indigo plant. Many o f the species abound in a blue eolonring
mailer. About twelve are Australian, and most ot them tropical, several being also natives ot India.— Herbs or
shrubs, ivith alternate, stipulate, pinnate leaves, the latter occasionally reduced to a few or one leaflet. Floioers
usually racemose, pedieelled with a bract at the base o f the pedicel. Oalgx broad, m-eeolate, flve-toothed. Corolla
with a reenrved standard. Fod many-seeded, rarely few- or one-aeeded, terete or angled, narrow, divided mtemallv
mto many loculi by transverse septa. Seeds angular, cubical. (Name from Indigo aud fe ro, to bear.)
1 . Indigofera australis (Willd. Sp. P i. iii. 1 2 3 5 ) ; frutex erectus, foliolis 5 -1 0 - ju g is breve petiolulatis
Imean-oblongis obtusis retusisve v. apice bilobis subtus tenuissime appresse pilosis, racemis asillari-
b us ranltifloris nntaiitibus, bracteis parvis, pedicellis calycem snbmquantibus, legnmine tereti polyspermo
seminibus opacis p im e t a t i s . - i i a F ro d r. ii. 2 2 6 . I . australis e t I . gracilis, S ie ie r, P I . E x sico .; B o t. M a ?
I. 3 0 0 0 . {Gunn, 4 6 3 .)
H a b . Abundant in many places throngliont the Islan d .— (F i. Sept. Oct.) {v. v.)
D i s t r ib . Subtropical Eastern Austraba, throughout N ew South Wales and Soutli-easfern Australia.
(Cultivated in England.)
A very common and handsome shmb, 2 -3 feet high. Stems and branchs erect, brittle, glabrous, angled.
Leaves 2 -4 inches long. Leaflets in six to ton pairs, shortly petiolulate, linear-oblong, i - l i inch long, bliuit, retuse