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16. Indigofera. 

 xiii. 

 19. Lotus. 

 14. Swainsonm. 



XV. 



xvi. 

 xvii. 



2. Gompkolohhim. 



1.3. Kennedya. 



11. Desmod^um. 



14. Giymne. 



15. Qoodia. 

 18. Psoralea. 



xii. Shrub. Flowers pink 



Herbs 

 xiii. Leaflets five 



Leaflets many 

 xiv. Flowers mostly single 



Flowers in loose racemes ... 

 Flowers in dense or loose beads ... 

 XV. Flowers pale yellow 

 Flowers crimson . . 

 xvi. Flowers bluisb i-n terminal racemes 

 l^liii«<li in axillary Taeemes 

 Flowers yellow 

 xvii. Head dense, pod small, one-seeded 

 Sub-order Mimosem. Corolla regular, mimite. 



Stamens indefinite .. ... ... ... ... 20. Acacia. 



1. OXYLOBIUM. 



Pod short, broad, swollen, 4 to many seeded. Keel as long as the wings. 

 Stamens all free. Sepals united half their length. 

 Limited to Australia. 



O. ELLIPTICTJM, R. Br. Bush, .3-6 feet, erect. Leaves narrow, elliptical, simple, 

 J -I inch long, margins recurved, under surface silky, alternate, but gathered in 

 false wborls of 3 or 4. Flowers bright yellow, in rather dense terminal 

 clusters. 



Abundant ; also in yictoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Fl. Oct. 



Var. angustjfolium. Generally larger, with leaves 2 inches long. O. 

 arborescens, H. 



2. GOMPHOLOBIUM. 



Pod short, bi'oad, swollen, 4 to many seeded. Keel usually exceeding the 

 wings. Stamens all free. Sepals united at the base only. 

 Limited to Australia. 



G. HOBGELll, J3. A small, branched, depressed shrub. Leaves glaucous, 

 trifoliate ; the leaflets linear, ^-inch long. Flowers solitary or few, long-stalked, 

 in the terminal axils. Corollas pale yellow, | inch diameter. G. pedunculare, 

 Lodd. 



Common in heathy country ; also in Victoria and New South Wales. Fl. 

 Nov. 



3. SPH^ROLOBIUM. 



Pod small, globular, with 1 or 2 seeds. Keel about the length of the wings. 

 Stamens free. The sepals very unequal, the upper pair much larger than the 

 rest, and united. 



Limited to Australia. 



S. viMiNBUM, Sm. A small under-shrub, of few or many erect cylindrical 

 branches, 6-18 inches high. Leaves obsolete. Flowers numerous, in terminal 

 spike-like raceme ; flowers small, yellow. S. minw, Lab. 



Very common ; also throughout Southern and Eastern Australia. Fl. Nov. 



ViMiNAKiA DBNUDATA, Sm. Eeadily distinguished by the sepals, all being 

 equal. Common throughout most parts of Australia. Is included in 

 Mueller's " Census " as Tasmanian ; but it is doubtful. 



