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very obtuse, about 2in. long and |in. wide, the valves thin with a raised longi- 
tudinal line along the centre, interrupted between each seed. Seeds thick, 
cuneate-oblong, truncate, with a raised line across each near the end, correspond- 
ing to that on the pod ; albumen copious. 
Hub.: Warrego and Maranoa. 
Section IV. Psilokhegma. — Sepals obtuse. Stamens 10, all perfect and 
similar or the lower ones rather larger ; anthers oblong-linear, opening in slits 
either short and terminal or extending more or less down the sides. Pod very 
flat and thin. Seeds flattened parallel to the embryo and lying vertically in the 
pod (parallel to the valves) separated by more or less complete partitions or thin 
pulp. — Shrubs. Flowers in very short corymbose racemes or umbels pedunculate 
in the axils, rarely reduced to 2 flowers. 
10. C. glauca (bluish-grey), Lam.; Encycr. A tall weak shrub, quite 
glabrous or the young branches inflorescence and under side of the leaves 
pubescent. Leaflets 6 to 10 pairs, obovate or broadly oblong, obtuse, mostly 1 to 
1-J-in. long; glands oblong or slender, usually stipitate, between those of the 1, 
2 or 3 lowest pairs. Stipules linear or subulate. Flowers in short umbel-like 
racemes in the upper axils. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, rather persistent. 
Sepals very obtuse, the inner ones 3 to 4 lines long. Petals broad, ^in. long or 
more, 2 or 3 lower ones rather larger than the others. Anthers all on short 
filaments, 2 or 3 rather larger than the others. Pod 3 to 4in. or more long, 4 to 
5 lines broad. — W. and Arn. Prod. 289 ; C. acclinis, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 13 ; 
C. suffruticosa, Koen ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 285. 
Hab.: Percy Islands, A. Cunningham; Rockhampton, Dallachy ; Edgecombe Bay and Port 
Denison, Fitzalan ; Ipswich, Nernst : Rosewood, and many other localities. 
11. C. retusa (retuse), Suland.; Vog. in Innncea, xv. 72 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 285. Shrubby and softly pubescent, especially the young parts. Leaflets 4 to 
6 pairs, obovate to oblong-cuneate, very obtuse or emarginate, J to above lin. 
long ; glands slender or stipitate between those of the 1,2 or 3 lowest pairs. 
Stipules linear, acuminate, deciduous. Flowers crowded in short almost 
umbellate racemes, on axillary peduncles shorter than the leaves. Bracts narrow, 
acuminate. Sepals broad, very obtuse. Petals not twice as long. Anthers all 
nearly equal. Pod stipitate, 2 to 4in. long, 4 to 5 lines broad. 
Hab.: Bustard Bay, Banks and Solander ; Shoalwater Bay, Broadsound and Thirsty Sound, 
It. Brown. 
The species is closely allied on the one hand to C. glauca , on the other to some forms of 
C. australis. 
12. C. australis (Australian), Sims Bot. Mag. t. 2G7G ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 285. A tall erect shrub, either quite glabrous or loosely pubescent, the young 
branches more or less angular. Leaflets usually 8 to 10 pairs, in some specimens 
reduced to 6 or 7, in others increased to 11 or 12 pairs, oblong lanceolate or 
almost linear, obtuse or acute, i to f or rarely lin. long, the margins usually 
recurved and sometimes revolute ; glands slender or stipitate between the leaflets 
of most or only of the lower pairs, or rarely almost none. Stipules subulate, 
deciduous. Flowers 2 to 6 in a loose umbel on peduncles usually shorter than 
the leaves, but sometimes longer. Bracts small, broad, obtuse. Sepals very 
obtuse, 2 to 3 lines long. Petals broad, iin. long or rather more. Anthers 2 or 
3 often rather larger than the others. Pod shortly stipitate, glabrous, 3 to 4in. 
long, 3 to 4 lines broad, straight or curved into a half-circle. Seeds shining 
black. — Bot. Reg. t. 1322 ; C. umbellata, Roichb. Icon. Fxot. t. 20G ; ('. Schultesii, 
Colla, Hort. Ripul. App. ii. 344, and iii. t. 10; C. Barrentiehlii (afterwards 
corrected to C. Fieldii), Colla, Hort. Ripul. App. iv. 23, t. 11 ; <’. roronilloiihs, 
A. Cunn.; Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 384. 
