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PLANTS OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

par infimum, racemo corymboso paucifloro cum pcdunculo suo folium paulo superaute v. sequante, calyce tomentoso.

Loc. In sandy brushes of the Western interior." D. Sturt.

Obs. Species proxima C. artemisisefohae De Cand. Prodr. quae Cassia glaucescens Cunningh. MSS. 1817, cui foliola teretiuscula, et raccmus corymbosus cum pedunculo suo folio brevior.

11. Cassia (canaUcidata), cinerascens pube tenuissima, foliis 2-jugis (raro 1-jugis) foliolis angustato-linearibus canaliculatis : glandula inter par inferius et dum unijuga inter terminale, calycibus glabriuscuUs, racemis corymbosis pauci-floris folio brevioribus.

Loc. "In the bed of the creeks of the Barrier Range, about thirty-six miles from the Darling, in lat. 32° S.″ D. Sturt.

Obs. Proxima C. eremophilae Cunningh. MSS. quae sequentibus notis a Cassia phyllodinea et C. zygophylla, Benth. facile distinguenda.

Cassia (eremophila), glabra, foliis unijugis raro passim 78] bijugis ; foliolis linearibus canaliculatis latitudine racheos linearis aversæ, corymbis paucilloris folio brevioribus.

Loc. In desertis prope fluvium Lachlan, anno 1817, detexit D. Cunningham.

Cassia (zygophylla), glabra foliis unijugis ; foliolis linearibus planis rachi duplo latioribus, corymbis paucifioris folio brevioribus.

Cassia zygophylla, Benth. in Mitch, trop. Austr. p. 288.

Another species nearly related to C. zygophylla is readily distinguished by the following character :

Cassia (platypoda), glabra, foliis unijugis; foliolis linearibus apiculo recurvo duplo angustioribus rachi aversa lanceolato-lineari.

Loc. Juxta fluvium Murray, anno 1841, detexit Domina Grey.

12. Cassia (phyllodinea), canescens pube arctissimè adpressa, phyllodiis apliyllis linearibus planis falcatis aversis, calycibus glabris, legumine plano-compresso.