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284 XL. LEOUMINOS^. . [Cussia. 



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6- C. ven'asta,\F. MuelL FragniA, 165. A tall shrub or small tree, 

 the young parts soffly silky-pubescent or villous^ becoming at length nearly 

 glabrous. Leaflets 10 to 15 pairsy or in smaller specimens 7 to 10 pairs, 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse and finely mucronate, 1 to 2 in. long, very 

 obliquely rounded at the base, rather coriaceous; glands verj'' small between 

 the leaflets of most pairs. Stipules ovate-cordate, acuminate^ rigid and per- 

 sistent, especially at the base of the peduncles, the margins usually revolute 

 at the base. Peduncles in the upper axils |^. to 1 ft. long, rigid, bearing in 

 their upper portion a raceme of flow^ers on short pedicels. Bracts membra- 

 nous, orbicular, imbricate before flowering, but soon falling off. Sepals 5 to 

 nearly 6 lines long. Petals rather longer. Perfect anthers 7 on short fila- 

 ments, 2 of them nearly twice as large as the others, 3 small imperfect sta- 

 mens. Ovary villous. Pod very flat, about 3 in. long and \ in. broad. Seeds 

 flat, rather distant. 



N". Australia. Cambridge Gulf and Bampier's Archipelago, A. Cunningham; granite 

 hills, Nichol " 



Arnhem's Land, , _ , 



the Melbourne garden from seeds gathered in M'Kinlay's Ex]}edUion. 



7. C. notabilis, J. Muell. Fragm. iii. 28. Villous with long soa hairs. 

 Leaflets 9 to 15 pairs, ovate-lanceolate or oval-obloiig, acute or the lower 

 ones obtuse and mucronate, sessile, very obliquely rounded or truncate at the 

 base, 1 to \\ iu, long; glands very small between the leaflets of most of the 

 pairs. Stipides narrow and deciduous. Racemes on elongated peduncles in 

 the upper axils. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, vei^ deciduous. Pedicels 

 short. Sepals villous, about 3 lines long. Petals shortly exceeding the calyx. 

 Perfect anthers 7 on very short filaments, of which 3 larger than the others ; 

 3 small imperfect stamens. Ovary glabrous. Pod not seen. 



W. Australia. Between Bonney river and Mount Morphett, M'Bouall Stuarfs Ex- 



ralia. Cambridge (rulf and Dampicrs Archipelago, A. Cunningham; grauiie 

 Bay, and Hamraersley Range, F. Gregorijs Expedition ; sandstone table-land, 

 [id, F. Mueller ; Attack Creek, M'Douall Siuarfs Expedition; raised also ia 



A tall erect 



^edition, and probably the same species, leaves only, from Strangways River 



8. C. pleiarocarpa, F. Mmll ^ ,„^ 



glabrous shrub. Leaflets usually 4 or 5 rather distant pairs, obloiig-lincar, 

 1^ to 2 in. long, rather thick; glands none. Stipules small, subulute, deci- 

 duous. Flowers loosely racemose in the upper portion of axillary peduncles. 

 Bracts membranous, broad, obtuse, veiy deciduous. Sepals thin, broad, 3 to 

 3^ lines long. Petals unequal, rather longer than tlie calyx. Perfect anthers 

 7, on short filaments, 2 of them nearly twice as large as the others and in- 

 curved ; 3 small imperfect stamens. Ovary glabrous. Pod stipitate, f^h 

 very obtuse, about 2 in. long and ^ in. wide, the valves thin with a msecl 

 longitudinal line along the centre, interrupted between each seed. Seeds 

 thick, cuneale-oblong, truncate, with a raised line across each near the end, 

 corresponding to that on the pod ; albumen copious. 



W. S. "Wales, Mount Goningberi, Barrier Range, Victorian Exj^loring Expedition. 

 W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldfield, 



^ Section IV. Psilorhegma. Sepals obtuse. Stamens 10, all perfect and 



similar or the lower ones rather larger; anthers oblong-linear, opening m slu 

 either short and terminal or extending more or less down the sides. /O 

 very flat and thin. Seeds flattened parallel to the embryo and lying verticaii^^ 

 in the pod (parallel to the valves) separated by more or less complete pai^ " 



