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COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN STURT.

TRIBULOPIS.

Calyx S-partitus deciduus. Petala 5. Stamina decem (nunc 5). Filamenta quinque, sepalis opposita, basi glandula stipata. Ovaria 5, monosperma. Cocci, præter tubercula 2 v. 4 baseos, læves.

Herbæ annuæ prostratæ; foliis omnibus alternis!

Tribulopis (Solandri) foliis bi-trijugis, foliolis subovatis inæquilateris, coccis basi quadrituberculatis.

Loc. In ora orientali intratropica Novæ Hollandiæ prope Endeavour River, anno 1770. DD. Banks et Solander.

Tribulopis (angustifolia), foliis 3-4 jugis (raro bijugis), foliolis linearibus, tuberculis baseos cocconim abbreviatis.

Loc. Ad funduni sinus Carpentariæ 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 Carpentariæ anno 1803. R. Brown.


4. Crotalaria (Sturtii) tomentosa, foliis simplicibns ovalibus utrinque sericeo-tomentosis, petiolis apice geniculatis, racemis terminalibus multifloris.

Loc. "On the top of the ridges in pure sand, from S. Lat. 28° to 26°." 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 æquantibus apice bibracteatis. Flores sesquipollicares. Calyx 5-fidus; laciniis lanceato-linearibus aculis subæqualibus tubum paulo superantibus. Corolla sordidè flava, calyce plus duplo major. Vexillum magnum, basi simplici nec auriculata, late ovatum, acutum. Alæ vexillo fere dimidio

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