140 THE FLOKA OF THE NOETHEEN TEEEITOEY. 



Series I. Simplicifolice. — Leaves simple, continuous with the short 

 petiole, the Australian species all herbs or undershrabs. 

 . Ovary and pod pubescent or villous. 



Leaves ovate. Stipules leafy, semilunar or falcate. Flowers blue. — 



12. C. verrucosa. 

 Leaves oblong, linear, or rarely ovate. Stipules setaceous or none. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Ovules 2. Pod usually 1-seeded, not exceeding the calyx. 



Flowers small. — 3. C. crispata. 

 Ovules numerous. Pod many-seeded, above 1 in. long. 



Flowers rather large. — 6. C. juncea. 



Ovary and pod quite glabrous. 



Upper leaves usually linear. Petals and pod not exceeding the calyx. 

 Calyx 3 to 4 hnes long, silky -pubescent or shortly villous, the two 



upper lobes united. — 7. C. linifolia. 

 Calyx 1 in. long, densely hirsute with long spreading hairs, the 

 upper lobes free. — 1. C. calycina. 



Upper leaves broad, oblong-cuneate or rarely almost linear. Petals 

 and pod much longer than the calyx. 



Leaves oblong-cuneate. Flowers large in loose racemes. Calyx 

 4 to 6 lines; pod 1| in. long. — 10. C. retusa. 



Leaves oval-elliptical or oval-lanceolate. Flowers numerous in 

 dense racemes. Calyx not above 3 lines, pod. under f in. 

 long.— 8. C. Mitchelli. 



Section II. UnifoliolatcB. — Leaves simple, the petiole articulate or geni- 

 culate above the middle. Stem shrubby. 



Flowers under f-in. long. ; standard obtuse. 



Leaves pubescent or villous, at least underneath. Stipules none or 



not decurrent. — 9. C. Novse-Hollandise. 

 Whole plant quite glabrous. Stipules decurrent. — 2. C. crassipes. 



Flowers 1^ in. long or more ; standard acute or acuminate. — 4. C. 

 Cunninghamii. ' 



Series III. Digitatce. — ^Leaves all or mostly compound, with 3 rarely 5 

 digitate leaflets. Herbs or shrubs. 



Ovules 2. Pod small, as broad as long. Herb with small flowers. — 11. 

 C. trifoUastrum. 



Ovules many. Pod oblong, much longer than the calyx. — 5. C. dis- 

 siti flora. 



1. C. calycina, Schrank. — Arnhem S. Bay, R. Brown ; S. Goulburn 

 Island, A. Cunningham. 



2. G. crassipes, Hook. — ^N.W. Coast, Bynoe. 



3. C. crispata, F. v. M. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Victoria, Fitzmaurice and Baines Rivers, F. v. Mueller. 



4. G. Gunninghamii, R. Br. — 70 miles N. of Camp IV., G. F. Hill (No. 

 386), 28/6/1911. Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 663), 7/11/1911. 



Recorded. Common on the sandy shores of the N.W. Coast, Bynoe ; 

 from Cygnet Bay, A. Cunningham to Victoria River and the Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 F. V. Mueller, Leichhardt ; Sandy Ranges of the Hammersley Range, F. 



