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TRIBULOPIS (Solandri.) foliis bi-trijugis, foliolis subovatis
inaequilateris, coccis basi quadrituberculatis.
LOC. In ora orientali intratropica Novae Hollandiae prope Endeavour
River, anno 1770. D.D. Banks et Solander.
TRIBULOPIS (angustifolia), foliis 3-4 jugis (raro bijugis), foliolis
linearibus, tuberculis baseos coccorum abbreviatis.
LOC. Ad fundum sinus Carpentariae annis 1802 et 3. R. Brown.
TRIBULOPIS (pentandra), foliis bijugis, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis pari
superiore duplo majore, floribus pentandris, petalis lanceolatis.
LOC. In insulis juxta fundum sinus Carpentariae anno 1803. R. Brown.
4. CROTALARIA (Sturtii) tomentosa, foliis simplicibus ovalibus utrinque
sericeo-tomentosis, petiolis apice geniculatis, racemis terminalibus
multifloris.
LOC. "On the top of the ridges in pure sand, from S. Lat. 28 degrees to
26 degrees." D. Sturt.
DESC. Frutex 2.3-pedalis (D. Sturt). Folia alterna, ovata passim ovalia,
obtusa, sesquipollicem longa, utrinque velutina; petiolus teres basi vix
crassiore apice curvato. Racemus terminalis; pedicellis approximatis
calycem vix aequantibus apice bibracteatis. Flores sesquipollicares.
Calyx 5-fidus; laciniis lanceato-linearibus acutis subaequalibus tubum
paulo superantibus. Corolla sordide flava, calyce plus duplo major.
Vexillum magnum, basi simplici nec auriculata, late ovatum, acutum. Alae
vexillo fere dimidio breviores, basi semicordata. Carina longitudine
vexilli, acuminata, basi gibbosa, ibique aperta marginibus tomentosis.
Stamina 10 diadelpha, simplex et novemfidum. Antherae quinque majores
lineares, juxta basin affixae; quinque reliquae ovatae, linearibus triplo
breviores, incumbentes. Ovarium lineare, multi-ovulatum. Stylus extra
medium et praesertim latere interiore barbatum. Stigma obtusum. Legumen
desideratur.
OBS. A species very nearly related to C. Sturtii, having flowers of
nearly equal size, and of the same colour and proportion of parts, found
in 1818, by Mr. Cunningham, on the north-west coast of Australia, and
since in Captains Wickham and Stokes' Voyage of the Beagle; may be
distinguished by the following character:--Crotalaria (Cunninghamii)
tomentosa, foliis simplicibus ovali-obovatis utrinque sericeo-tomentosis,
petiolis apice curvatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris.
5. CLIANTHUS (Dampieri) herbaceus prostratus sericeovillosissimus,
foliolis oppositis (rarissime alternis) oblongis passim lineari-oblongis
obovatisve, pedunculis
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