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258. C. neurophylla (W.V.F.). 



A diffuse shrub, green and glabrous, the branchlets angular ; 

 leaves shortly stalked ; stipules small, subulate ; leaflets 

 in 2-^3 rather distant pairs ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 mucronate, flat, thinly coriaceous, the venation promi- 

 nent ; glands large, acutely conical, between each pair 

 of leaflets ; peduncles axillary, shorter than or scarcely 

 exceeding the leaves, bearing an umbel of three flowers 

 on pedicels longer than the calyces ; bracts setaceous ; 

 sepals broadly ovate ; petals roimdish ; stamens 10, 

 occasionally eight ; anthers all on short filaments of which 

 the lower are slightly the longest ; ovary glabrous ; pod 

 oblong falcate, verj' flat ; valves thinly coriaceous ; seeds 

 parallel to the valves. 



Bdkins Range, hills near Barker River (W.V.F.). 



Height l-3ft ; leaflets f-ljin. long, bright yellow ; anthers 

 dark yellow. Pod li-l|in. long by Jin. broad. 



In crevices of quartzite rocks. 



Affinity to O. Chatelainiana Gaudich. 



259. C. sophera L. 

 Lennard River (W.V.F.). 



Diffuse, 3-4ft. high or more. In stony river bed. 



260. C. retusa Sol. 



Denham and King Rivers (W.V.r.). 



A shrub 3-4ft. high ; leaflets 2-3 pairs, often .mucronate ; 

 peduncles slender, frequently longer than the leaves, 

 3-5 flowered ; pedicels slender. Among quartzite gravel. 



261. C. australis Sims. 



Near Native Well, between Derby and Meda Station (W.V.P.). 

 Erect, from 2-3 to 10ft. high, often diffuse, leaflets fewer 

 than in the type, 1-lJin. long. In sandy soil. 



262. C. mimosoides L. 



Stems ascending to 1ft. ; flowers yellow. 



263. C. glutinosa DC. 

 Erect, 3-4ft. high, viscid. 



264. C. cladophylla W.V.F. n. sp. 



A small diffuse shrub, the branches and leaves closely invested 

 with short spreading white or yellowish hairs ; leaf- 

 rachis about half an inch long, terminating in an acute 

 point or sharp thorn, the whole leaf resembling a short 

 leafy branch ; leaflets in two pairs, obliquely-obovate, 

 terminating in a bent mucro, not verjf thick and rather 

 soft, the upper pair much the largest, the gland between 



