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250. Neptunia gracilis Benth. 



Stmt's Creek (F. v. il.) ; Fitzroy, May, Lennard, Barker, 

 Isdell, Adcock, Hann, Barnett, Charnley, King and Ord 

 Rivers (AV.V.F.) 



Stenas form a few inches long and prostrate or procumbent to 

 erect and 4-6ft. high. 



251. N. monosperma F. v. i\I. 



Stems almost prostrate and several feet long to erect and 



2-3ft. high. 

 In the majority of North-West Austrahan examples, the leaflets 



are fewer than those of the type. 



252. Albizzia procera Benth. 



From the Adcock to the Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.). 



An evergreen tree of iOft. ; trunk to 15ft. ; diameter 6-9in. ; 



bark grey, moderately rough ; timber brown, hard and 



tough. In stony soU. 



253. A. lebbek Benth. 



Sprigg and Barker Rivers and tributaries (W.V.F.). 



A deciduous tree of 25-30ft. ; trunk to 8ft. ; bark dark-grey, 

 rough and longitudinally fissured. ; timber very dark- 

 brown, ghstening, soft and hght ; leaves of a vivid green ; 

 corolla greenish-yeUow ; stamens J— lin. long, yellow in the 

 lower half and including the anthers, green in the upper 

 half ; pod often lOin. long and 2in. broad ; seeds brown, 

 orbicular, compressed about 3| Knes, broad. 



254. A. monilifera F. v. M. 

 Goose HiU, Ord River (W.V.F.). 



A tree of 30— 40ft. ; trunk to 12ft. ; diameter 1ft. ; bark 

 greyish, rather rough ; timber dark-brown and rather 

 hard ; stipular spines sometimes entirely suppressed, 

 others above lin. long ; flowers white. In sandy loam. 



C^SALPINIOIDEiE. 



255. Bauhinia Cunninghamii, Benth. 



A tree of between 30-40ft., the branches spreading ; trunk 

 10ft.; diameter l-2ft. ; bark dark grey, rough ; timber 

 purplish, soft, but very tough, flowers scarlet. " Bau- 

 hinia." 



256. Cassia notabilis F. v. ]M. 



A spreading shrub of 3ft. in height ; pod compressed, thin, 

 1— l^in. long, above -J-iu. broad ; seeds dark-greyish, obovate 

 retuse, thick and reticulate. 



257. C. venusta F. v. M. 



Erect, 2-4ft. ; seeds black, obovate, thick, reticulate. 



