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1037. Leaflets of the upper leaves narrow. 



Stem and branches slender, much beset with often reflexed 

 hairlets ; leaflets rather small and flaccid, those of the 

 lower leaves generally obovate, those of the upper from 

 lanceolar to broad-linear ; flowers in racemes, or at the 

 lower portion of the plant clustered and then imperfect 

 and still smaller ; upper lobes of the calyx conspicuously 

 separated ; fruit narrow, compressed ; seeds of the lowest 

 fruits generally in shape different to those of the upper 

 fruits. G. clandestina. 



Leaflets of nearly all the leaves broad. 



Stems and branches short and often simply prostrate, much 

 beset with reflexed hairlets; leaflets small, from obcordate 

 and orbicular to obovate and lanceolar-elliptical, those of 

 the lower leaves the broadest ; racemes spike-like, few- 

 flowered, long-stalked ; flowers small ; upper lobes of the 

 calyx much connate ; petals often lilac-colored ; fruits 

 compressed, often of two forms ; seeds of the shorter 

 fruits more roundish. G, Latrobeana. 



1038. Leaflets of the lower leaves broad. 



Stems and branches somewhat elongated, much beset with 

 reflexed hairlets ; leaflets rather firm, from ovate to 

 elliptical- and linear- lanceolar or those of the lower leaves 

 from obovate to roundish and even obcordate, their venules 

 generally reticular-prominent ; racemes spike-like; flowers 

 rather small ; fruit broad-linear, considerably compressed; 

 seeds black, shining. G. tabacina. 



Leaflets of nearly all the leaves narrow. 



Stems and branches somewhat elongated, the latter and par- 

 ticularly the leaves invested with grey shining appressed 

 hairlets ; leaflets mostly from lanceolar- to broadish-linear, 

 nearly always acute ; racemes spike-like ; flowers rather 

 large ; fruit beset with silky shining hairlets ; seeds black, 

 smooth. G. sericea. 



INDIGOFEHA. 



1039. Lobes of the calyx, unless the lowest, considerably 

 shorter than the tube. 



Somewhat shrubby ; leaflets from orbicular-ovate to linear- 

 elliptical ; flowers in racemes ; calyces small, often as 

 well as the stalklets closely beset with short dark -colored 

 hairlets ; fruit linear-cylindrical, straight, rather elon- 

 gated, glabrous. I. Australis. 



