4 BO 
XLiii. leuuminosai. 
[ Cassia . 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brown, A. Cunningham; Burdekin River and Peak Downs, F. v. 
Mueller; Rockhampton, Thozet ; Comet and Condamine Rivers, Leichhardt; Darling Downs, 
Brisbane River, &c. In flower September. 
The pods of this species have been known to bear the fungus Tubercularia leguminum. 
Var. revoluta. Leaflets narrow-linear and acute, the margins much revolute, glabrous or 
pubescent. — C. revoluta, F. v. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. 1852, 120; C. aciphxjlla, Benth. in A. 
Gray, Bot. Arner. Expl. Exped. i. 405. To this belong some of the southern specimens from the 
interior ; also Moggil Creek, Brisbane River. In flower and seed May. 
13. C. Chatelainiana (after — Chatelaine), Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. 485, 
t. Ill ; Bentli. FI. Austr. ii. 286. An erect glabrous shrub of several feet. 
Leaflets 3, 4 or 5 rather distant pairs, linear, obtuse, about f to lin. long, rather 
thick, flat ; gland usually long and subulate between those of the lowest pair 
only, but sometimes also of the next pair, or rarely wanting. Flowers rather 
large, in umbels at the end of short axillary peduncles with sometimes 1 or 2 
pedicels below the umbel. Bracts ovate or oblong, very obtuse. Sepals nearly 
3 lines long. Petals broad, \ to fin. long. Lower stamens rather larger than 
the others. Pod straight, often £in. broad. — Tog. Syn. Cass. 47. 
Hab.: Queensland (without locality), F. v. Mueller. 
Very nearly allied on the one hand to C. australis, in which, however, the leaflets when linear 
are usually revolute, and on the other to C. eremophila, which has fewer leaflets without the subulate 
gland. — Bentli. 
14. C. pruinosa (pruinose), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 48 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
ii. 286. A tall erect shrub, glabrous but often more or less glaucous. 
Leaflets 3 to 5 pairs, oblong-elliptical, rather obtuse, + to fin. long, rather thick 
and flat ; gland small and flat, usually between the leaflets of the lowest 1 or 2 
pairs. Stipules broad, leafy, semi-cordate. Flowers rather large, 2 to 5 together 
in umbels on axillary peduncles usually shorter than the leaves. Sepals coloured, 
obtuse, the inner ones fully 3 lines long. Petals twice as long. Anthers 3 or 4 
rather longer than the others. Pod stipitate, straight, apparently about 4 lines 
broad, but not seen perfect. 
Hab.: Glen Ormiston, Georgina River, J. Coghlan, who says that the cattle have their mouths 
dyed from feeding upon it. 
15. C. circinata (pod curved into a circle), Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 
384, and FI. Austr. ii. 286. An erect bushy shrub of several feet, glabrous 
or hoary with a minute silky tomentum. Leaves all phyllodineous without 
leaflets, or of a single leaflet, linear-terete, often almost filiform or very 
slightly vertically flattened, 1 to l£in. long, often clustered on the nodes of 
the previous year’s wood, and then sometimes not half so long ; gland 
none, or very obscure at or above the middle of the phyllodium. Petioles very 
short, clothed with spreading white hairs. Peduncles short, axillary, bearing 
1 or 2 flowers on slender pedicels. Bracts minute. Sepals obtuse, 2 to 2^ 
lines long. Petals twice as long. Anthers 2 or 3 rather larger than the others 
and on longer filaments. Pod fully 5 lines broad, very flat and thin as in the 
rest of the section, but usually curved into a complete circle. — R. Br. in App. 
Sturt Exped. 15. 
Hab.: Balonne River, Mitchell; Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller; Suttor River, D’Orsay ; 
Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Barcoo, &c. 
16. C. phyllodinea (leaves without pinnse), R. Br. in A])p. Sturt Exped. 15; 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 287. An erect rigid bushy shrub, hoary or white with a close 
silky tomentum. Leaves all phyllodineous, linear, vertically compressed but 
thick, obliquely obtuse truncate or even shortly 2-lobed at the end, 1 to lfin. 
long, narrowed at the base ; gland none, or a faint one on the upper edge. 
Peduncles short, axillary, bearing a very short raceme of several flowers on slender 
