134 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



Leaflets usually 6 to 10 pairs. (Eastern species). — 2. 



C. australis. 

 Leaflets usually 3 to 5 pairs. (Western species). — 3. 

 C. Chatelainiana. 

 Glands between the leaflets sessile, flat, obscure or none 

 (ovoid in C. leptoolada). 

 Very glutinous, otherwise glabrous. Leaflets usually 4 or 5 



pairs. — 7. C. glutinosa. 

 Glabrous or glaucous. Stipules leafy, semi-cordate. Leaflets. 



usually 3 to 5 pairs. — 14. C. pruinosa. 

 Glabrous, glaucous, hoary, or white-tomentose. Stipules; 

 small subulate or none. Flowers in very short 

 corymbose racemes. 



Leaflets 1 or more pairs, rarely none in the lower 

 leaves and then the phyllodineous petiole has a. 

 gland at the end. 

 Leaflets mostly 1 or 2 pairs, terete or Unear. — 6. C. 



eremophila. 

 Leaflets mostly 3 to 6 pairs, hnear-lanceolate, cuneate,, 



elUptical or almost obovate. — 16. C. Sturtii. 

 Leaflets 1, 2, or rarely 3 pairs, ovate, obovate, or 

 broadly oblong. Pod not above ^-in. broad. — 5. 

 C. desolata. 

 Leaflets 2 or rarely 1 pair, broadly obovate. Pod 

 nearly |-in. broad; very obtuse. — 13. C. 

 oligophylla. 

 Softly pubescent. Leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, elliptic£i.l-oblong. 

 Stipules small, setaceous. Flowers in an umbel of 4 

 to 6. — 12. C. oligoclada. 

 Glabrous and glaucous. Stems slender. Leaflets 2 pairs, 



obovate or oblong. Glands ovoid. 

 Stipules minute. Peduncles 2 -flowered. — 9. C. leptoclada. 

 (6). Flowers in simple racemes, either terminal or becoming lateral by the 

 elongation of the branch. Stamens 5 to 10 all perfect. Pod flat. Herbaceous. 

 Leaflets 2 pairs, obovate. — 1. C. Absus. 



(c). Peduncles, 1-flowered, solitary or 2 or 3 together in or just above the 

 axils. Stamens 5 to 10, all perfect. Pod flat. 



Leaflets usually under 12 pairs. Gland stipitate below the lowest 



pair. Sepals rather obtuse. Anthers 5. — 4. C. concinna. 

 Leaflets above 20 pairs. Sepals very acute. Anthers 6 to 10. — 10. 

 C. mimosoides. 



1. C. Absus, Linn. — Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



2. C. australis, Sims {var. glaucescens, Benth). — Hooker's Creek, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



3. G. Chatelainiana, Qaud. — 70 miles N. of Survey Camp IV., G. F. Hill 

 (No. 393), 28/6/1911. S. Lat. 17' degrees. Long. 132 degrees, G. F. Hill 

 (Nt). 455), 7/7/1911. 



4. C. concinna, Benth. — 70 miles N. of Survey Camp IV., G. F. Hill 

 (No. 386a), 28/6/1911. 



20 miles S.W. of Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 574), 7/9/1911. 

 Sandstone country, Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 604), 2/10/1911. 



