Cassia.] 



XL. LEGUMINOS.'E. 291 



the end, with a broadly peltate stigma. Pod narrow, 1 to 1^ in. long, ob- 

 lique or slightly curved. 



il ^"^.^^f,^^^^^- Port Curtis, M' Gillivray ; Bovveu river, Bowman. Pedicels longer 

 tuan m the ludian specimens, but the style and other essential characters are qmtc the 



same. 



26. C. concinna, Benth, A diffuse perennial, woody at the base, more 

 . or less pubescent, with the habit of C. pumMa, but at once known by the 

 much larger flowers and by the style. Leaflets 8 to 10 or rarely 12 to 15 

 pan-s, rather crowded, linear-falcate, mucronate, 2 to 3 lines long ; gland sti- 

 pitate below the lowest pair. Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary, usually longer 

 than the leaves, with minute bracteoles at or above the middle. Sepnls 3 

 imes long, obtuse or minutely mucronate. Petals nearly twice as long. Sta- 

 mens 5 ; anthers nearly equal. Style incurved, not thickened, with a sjnall 

 terminal stigma. Pod rarely above 1 in. long, about 2 lines viiAe.—C.Pumila, 

 I'.Muell. Fragm. iii. 47,notofLam. 



W. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



Wneensland. Keppel Islands, M'GilUvray ; Wide Bav, Bldwill; Broad Sound, 



rw«^« ; Rockhampton, Thozet, Ballachy ; Morcton Bay, C. Stuart. 



«• S. Wales. Mount Flinders, LeichJiardl. 



j ^' "^inaosoides, Lbm. ; Tog. Syn. Cass. 68. An annual or per- 

 ennial of short duration, with a hard almost woody base, and numerous diffuse 

 or ascenduig wiry stems, of 1 to 2 ft. or rarely more, usually pubescent. 

 eaves 1^ to 2 in. long; leaflets numerous (20 to 50 pairs), linear-falcate, 

 ucronate, seldom above 2 lines long; gland depressed, below the lowest 

 PW. Pedicels axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 together, unequnl, but rarely above 



\a' 1 ^' ^^P''^^^ ^'*^''^ acute,'above 8 lines long. Petals 3 to 4 or rarely 5 



es long. Stamens 7 to 10 ; anthers all similar, but rather unequal in size. 



.^iie slightly dilated at the end with a truncate stigma. Pod 1^ to 2 in. 



4g °' ^^^''^^ely 2 lines broad, oblique or slightly curved.— F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 



thp P, ■^'?^'"*^^*- Victoria river, F. Mueller: Port Essington, Armstrong; islands of 



On ?'''P<="ta'i«. «• Brown. 

 colonv • • '^^^ ^™^'^ ^°"'i'^ ''"'^ Northumberland islands, R. Broicn ; common m the 



» S ^^^ Pastures, A . Cunninghnm, F. Mueller, and others. 



• *»• Wales. Clarence river, Beckler. 



80. PETALOSTYLES, E. Br. 



stami r — ^^"i-'^i, iiie ceus opening mwaruiym luuj^iiuuuun oiii,^, « o^.c.^ 

 sever l/^^^^^ acuminate Imperfect anthers. Ovary nearly sessile, with 

 ovarv °\^'^^ ' ^^^'^^ ^^^'^^ '''"^^ petal-like, saccate immediately above the 

 cave flT' -^ ^'"^'^^ ^^^^^> 2 short ones in front, the other much longer, con- 

 sli<r,i, T^^^^ prominent inside and terminating at the top in a small 

 eomnV' a^^ ^^*' ^^long-linear, oblique, 2-valved. Seeds ovate-oblong, 

 tinct f testa shining; funicle expanded into a fleshy appendage dis- 



siniplv ^ '^^ ^^^^ ' albumen copious ; cotyledons flat.— Shi'ubs. Leaves 

 r J pinnate. Flowers yellow, on axillary peduncles. 



