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Leaves usually thick, hoary or white, vertically compressed. 
Peduncles several-flowered. Pod straight or slightly curved . 10. G. phyllodima. 
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 linear 17. C. eremophila. 
Leaflets mostly 3 to 6 pairs, linear-terete, channelled above . . 18. C. artemisioides. 
Leaflets mostly 3 to 6 pairs, linear-lanceolate, cuneate, elliptical 
or almost obovate 19. C. Sturtii. 
Leaflets 1, 2, or rarely 3 pairs, ovate, obovate, or broadly oblong. 
Pod not above Jin. broad 20. G. desolata. 
Leaflets 2 or rarely 1 pair, broadly obovate. Pod nearly fin. 
broad, very obtuse 21. G. oligophylla. 
Softly pubescent. Leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, elliptical-oblong. Stipules 
small, setaceous. Flowers in an umbel of 4 to 6 22. C. oligoclada. 
Glabrous and glaucous. Stems slender. Leaflets 2 pairs, obovate or 
oblong. Glands ovoid. Stipules minute. Peduncles 2-flowered . 23. C. leptoclada. 
B. Floivers in simple racemes, either terminal or becoming lateral by the elongation of the branch. 
Stamens 5 to 10, all perfect. Pod flat. (Absus.j 
Herbaceous. Leaflets 2 pairs, obovate 24. C. Absus. 
C. Peduncles 1-flowcred, solitary or 2 or 3 together in or just above the axils. Stamens 5 to 10, 
all perfect. Pod flat. (Chamascrista.) 
Leaflets usually under 12 pairs. Gland stipitate below the lowest pair. 
Sepals rather obtuse. Anthers 5. 
Petals scarcely longer than the calyx. Stigma peltate 25. G. pumila. 
Petals twice as long as the calyx. Stigma small 26. C concinna. 
Leaflets above 20 pairs. Sepals very acute. Anthers 6 to 10 27. G. mimosoides. 
Section I. Cathartocarpus. — Sepals obtuse. Stamens 10, 8 or 4 upper ones 
small ancl imperfect ; 5 or 4 equal, perfect, with short filaments and oblong -or 
linear anthers, opening in terminal pores and sometimes also in short slits ; 
2 or 3 lower ones with long filaments and short ovate anthers opening on the 
inner face in short slits. Pod long, hard, thick or terete usually indehiscent. 
Seeds more or less flattened and lying horizontally in the pod (the flat sides at 
right angles to the valves), separated by complete partitions. — Usually trees. 
Flowers in axillary pedunculate racemes. 
1. C. Brewsteri (after David Brewster), F. v. M. 4th Ann. Bep. 17 ; Bentli. 
FI. Austr. ii. 282. A shrub or small tree, attaining 30 to 40ft., usually glabrous 
in all its parts. Leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, from narrow ovate or obovate and about 
fin. long to narrow-oblong or oblong-lanceolate and 2in. long, obtuse or 
emarginate, narrowed at the base, the common petiole without glands. Racemes 
3 to Gin. long. Bracts minute or none. Pedicels slender. Sepals about 3 lines 
long. Petals stipitate, narrow-ovate, rather obtuse, about 4 lines long. Fila- 
ments of the 3 long lower stamens longer than the petals, swollen into a globular 
appendage about the middle, with ovate anthers, the other stamens shorter than 
the petals. Pod often exceeding 1ft. long, about 12 lines wide, thick but slightly 
compressed, the edges persistent after the inside has fallen away. Seeds thick, 
ovoid, the testa pulpy when soaked ; albumen copious. — Cathartocarpus Brewsteri, 
F. v. M. Fragm. i. 110. 
Hab : Hilly pastures and river banks on the Burdekin, F. v. Mueller ; Rockhampton, Thozet ; 
Port Denison and Fitzroy River, Bowman ; Clermont. 
Wood pale-yellow, close-grained, and nicely marked. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 124. 
Var. sylvestris (of the woods), Bail. Bot. Bull. 3 ( C. Fistula, var. silvestris, Rumph. 
Herbarium Amboinense ii. 88, pi. 22), A tree of medium size, erect trunk with dark 
rough bark ; branchlets angular, nearly glabrous. Leaves linear in outline, slightly 
hoary ; leaflets of about 8 or 9 pairs, broadly ovate, the terminal ones 2Jin. long, slightly 
glossy on the upper surface, pale beneath, on short petiolules. Flowers as above. Pod glabrous, 
glossy dark-brown, about ljft. long, and about Jin. broad and nearly as thick, compressed, 
cylindric, deeply indented between the seeds, suture margin entire and straight, about 1 line 
broad, internal arrangement as above. Seed not so glossy as the first form, roundish, about 3 
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