184 \h. LEGUMiNos^. [Crotalam. 



13. C. dissitiflora, Benf/i. in Mitch, Trop, Jmlr. 386. ■ An erect per- 

 ennial, of 1 to 2 ft., the branches hoary or silky-tomentose. Leaflets usually 

 3, broadly obovate, oblong, or rarely almost linear, very obtuse, rarely above 



1 m. long, and often much smaller, usually glabrous above and hoary-tomeii- 

 tose or^silky underneath, rarely glabrous or villous on both sides. 'Flowers 

 yellow, in a rather loose terminal raceme, often elonoating to 5 or 6 in. Calyx 



2 to 3 lines long, the lobes rarely longer than the tube/and all nearly equal. 

 Standard broad, twice as long*as the calyx; keel rather shorter. Ovary 

 shortly stipitate, more or less pubescent or villous, with 10 to 12 ovules. 

 Pod pubescent, tomentose, or nearly ghbrous. ' ■ . 



lU. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsho rough, 



Queensland. Raloune river, Milckell ; Sattor river, F. Mueller , Broad Sound, Boic- 

 maa; Ruckhampton, Thozei, Dallacky ; heads of the Isaacs aud Boweo rivers, Bm- 



man. 



Var. erema>a. Leaflets narrow, the lateral ones often small or wanting, softly tomentose 

 hoary or white.— (7. erem^ea, F. Muell. Rap. Greg. PI. 5; referred io'a dissilipra, F. 

 MucII. Frairm. iii. 56.— Flooded border of WiUs's Creek, Murray, also— 



N. S. Wales. Between the Darlinjj; and Cooper's Creek, Neilson. 



S, Australia. Cooper^s Creek, C. A, Greyory ; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warhurton. 



YY,rayom, Leaves soft, silky-viilous on both sides. Plowers small.— Start's Creek 

 and Newcastle "Water, F, Mueller. 



Var. (?) grandiflova. Very silky- villous. Flowers much larger.— Hammerslej Range, 

 F. Gregory's Ej-jjedition ; Port Nichol aud De Grey River, Ridley s Expedition. 



14. C. laburnifolia, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 130. An erect glabrous 

 shrub of several feet, with rather slender terete branches. Leaflets 3, petio- 

 liilate, ovate, mostly acute, 1 to 2 in. long, on a rather long coiniuon petiole. 

 Flowers large, yellow, in loose terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Calyx 5 to 

 6 hues long, the lobes acuminate, much longer than the broad tube. Standard 

 bro.ndly ovate, shortly acumiiiat^^ fully | in. long; wings not half so long, 

 broad, with the transverse folds particularly prominent ; keel with a long 

 ^frm.rlif beak, as long as the standard. Ovary on a long stipes, glabrous 



to 30 or more ovules. Pod 1^ in. lon^r or more, on a stipes ninch 



lounger than the calyx.— W. and Arn. Prod. ] 93 ; F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 53. 



d. Cape Cleveland,^. Cunningham; Cape Upstart, M'GUlivray; san-ly 

 urdekin, Dawson and Burnett rivers, F, Mueller; Port Denison, Fii^alan; 

 lowen rivers. Bowman. 

 The species is common ou the saudy coasts of East India. 



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15._C. quinquefolia, Zm«.; DC. Prod. ii. 135. An erect annual, 



straight 

 with 20 



Queensland. 



shores oF the B 



Buidckin and Bowen rivers. Bowman. 



attaining 3 



^ 3 or 4 ft., with a hollow stem, glabrous or silky-pubescent, l^eal- 

 ets usually 5, lanceolate or linear, obtuse, U to 3 in. long or the central one 

 longer, almost sessile on a rather long common petiole, llowers large, 

 yellow, 111 loose terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Bracts lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, reflexecl. Calyx 5 to 6 lines long, the lobes broad, acuminate, scarcely 

 longer than the tube. Standard broad, very obtuse, about | in. diameter; 

 wings rather shorter; keel with an acute curved beak. Pod glabrous, about 

 2 111. long, on a stipes equal to or longer than the calyx.— W. and Arn. Prod. 



Queensland. Ou the lower Burdckin river, Bowman. The species is generally da- 

 persL'ii over E. fndia and the Archipelago, 



