Crolakria,] . XL. LEGUMINOs.e. 181 



N. Australia. Arohem S. Bay, E. Brown ; S. Goulburn Island, A. CunnlngJiam. 

 Queensland. Endeavour river and Broad Sound, /?. Brown ; Kockhanipton, Tkozet ; 

 Fitzroy river, BallacJuj ; Port Denisoo, Fitzcdan, 



6. C. retusa, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 125. An erect perennial or under- 

 slirub of 1^ to 3 ft., with few stiff erect branches, hoary with a short pubes- 

 cence. Leaves simple, cuneate-oblong, yery obtuse or rctiise, \\ to 3 in. 

 long, frlabrous above, hoary or silky-pubescent underneath. Flowers yellow, 

 rather large, pendulous. Bracts and bracteoles as in the other Australian 

 species small and narrow. Calyx 4 to 6 lines long, slightly pubescent, the 

 tube broad, the lobes longer than the tube, the 2 upper ones rather broader, 

 the lateral ones shortly united with the narrow lowest one. Standard broadly 

 orbicular, | to 1 in. diameter. Ovary sessile, glabrous, with 18 to 20 ovules. 

 Pod glabrous, much inflated, often attaining 1^ in. in length.— Bot. Yk^'g. t. 

 2o3; Bot. Mag. t. 2561 ; W. and Arn. Prod. 187 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 5 1. 



T j' '***''*1^*' Saudy rocliy situations on Victoria river, aud Sea Range, Arnhem's 

 ^and, F, Mueller ; Albert river, Henne. 



Queensland, Bowman ; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachj. 

 ., ^^^ species is widely spretM over the warmer regions of tLe globe, both in the New and 

 the Old World, but chiefly near the sea. 



J. C. MitcheUi, Benth. in Mitch. Trap. Austr. 120. A perennial with 

 ft thick stock and erect branching stems of 1^ to 3 ft., more or less pubescent 

 ^ tomentose. Leaves ovate-elliptical, ovate-lanceolate or rarely almost obo- 

 ""le or narrow-oblong, obtuse but usually less so than in C. retusa, 2 to 3 or 

 J'feiy 4 in. long, glabrous above, hoary or loosely pubescent underneath. 



"■■■ers much smaller and more numerous than in C. retusa, in a dense ter- 



Flow 



ttiinal raceme often attaining 4 to 6 in. Calvx rarely 3 lines long, slightly 

 pubescent, the lobes scarcely longer than the'tube. Standard 5 to 6 lines 



'liaraeter. Qvary sessile, Klabrous, with 8 to 10 ovules. Pod under 1 iu. 



long. ^ 



?■ Australia. "WiUs's Crect, Uoiciii's Ej-pcdilion. 

 i.^"*®°sland. Bed of the Baloniie river, Mitchell; Dawson and Erishane rivers, H. 



\aV^'^^ Hay, Bidtcill ; Rockiiamptou, Thozet, Balbchj ; Port Deuison, Tdz^lan 

 G™;. %^ales. Hunter's lliver, R.Brown; Clareuce river, Bcckler ; head of the 



" wa, and the pellucid dots are much less conspicuous. 



Sbeies IL Unifot.iolat^.— Leaves simple, the petiole articulate or ge- 



'"wjate above the middle. St'em shrubby. 



Jlo!l" f'T ''°"°"'"g spe^es' appear to be auoraalous in the develoivraent of their flowers. 

 If '''.? «P<='--'mens of C. Novce-Hollandia have the lower buds of _the raceme stdl un- 



«Pmeut of the lower bud's has beeu from some cause retarded after their first appta.auce. 



8. C. Kovae-HoUandiae, DC. Prod. ii. 127. An erect shrub of 2 or 



ll> ^vith terete or angular closely tomentose branches. Leaves ova -elipti- 



Ir 1^^^"g. very obtuse. 2 to 3 in. long, glabrous or pnbescent above. 



"^J -pubescent, tomentose or villous underneath, the petiole from i to f in. 



