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 COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN STURT. 325

��PENTADYNAMIS.

Char. Gen. — Calyx 5-fitlus subaequalis. Vcxillum cx- plaiiatuin, callo baseos lamina3 in ungucm clccurrenti. Carina obtiisa, basin versus gibba, longitudinc alarum. Stamina diadelpha ; antlieris 5 majoribus linearibus, reliquis ovatis. Ovarium polyspermura. Slylus c basi arcuata por- rcctus, postice barbatus. Legumen comprcssum.

Herba (Suffriitex sec. D. Sturt), bipedalis sericco-incana ; caulc anfjulato erecto. Folia ternata ; foliolis sessiiidus, linearibus, obtusis. Tlores racemosi,Jlavi.

9. Pentadynamis incana.

Log. " On sand-hills with Crotalaria Sturtii." D. Start.

Desc. Herba erecta, ramosa, sericeo-incana. Folia al- terna, ternata ; petiolo elongato^ teretiusculo, foliolo ternii- nali longiore vix unciali. Racemi niultiflori, erecti ; pedi- celli subEcquantes calycem. Bracteolsc subnlatae, infra apiceni pediceUi, basin calycis attingentes. Calyx o-fidiis ; laciniis acutis tubum sequantibus. Corolla flava, calyce plus duplo longior. Vcxillum explanatum, basi absque auricuHs sed callo in ungucm decurrenti ibique barbato auctum. Carina infra medium gibba pro reccptionc baseos [77 styli. Staminum anthersc majores liueares, basi vel juxta basin affixae ; 5 minores ovatse, incumbentes. Ovarium lineare, pubescens. Stigma terminale, obtusum. Legu- men immaturum incanum^ stylo c basi arcuata porrecto tcrminatum, calyce subemarcido subtensum.

Obs. In the collection of the plants of his last expedition, presented to the l^ritish JMuseum by Sir Thomas Mitchell, there is a plant which seems to belong to the genus Penta- dynamis, which is probably, therefore, one of the species of Vigna, described by Mr. Ecntham.

10. Cassia {Sturtii), tomentoso-incana, foliis 4-jugis foliolis lanceolato-linearibus planis : glandula deprcssa inter

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