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SWAINSONA galegifolia, var. albiflora. 
White small-leaved Swainsona. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LeguminosjE. Tribus Loteee Decandolle. 
SWAINSONA Salisb.—Calyx bicallosns, quinque-dentatus. Vcxillum 
explanatum, majus. Stamina diadelpha (9-1). Carina obtusa, alis sub- 
longior. Stigma terminate. Stylus posticte longitudinaliter barbatus, antic& 
imberbis. Legumen turgidum.-Suffrutices Novce Hollandice, habitu 
Lessertise. Folia impari-pinnata. Racemi elongati axillares. Flores pur- 
purei aut coccinei. Dec. prodr. 2. 271. 
S. galegifolia; caule suffruticoso erecto, foliolis 9-jugis ovalibus subemargi- 
natis, leguminis pedicello filamentis persistentibus evidenter longiore. 
Dec. prodr. 2. 271. 
<*. coccinea. 
Vicia galegifolia. Bot. rep. i. 319. 
Colutea galegifolia. Bot. mag. 792. 
Swainsona galegifolia. R. Br. in hort. Kew. 4. 326. 
jS. albiflora. 
Fruticulus ramis erectis, flexuosis, striatis. Folia pinnata, 5-11 -juga, 
foliolis parvis, ovalibus, obtusis, v. raro emarginatis. Flores albi, racemosi, 
terminates, foliis multb evectiores. 
Our drawing of this neat variety of S. galegifolia was 
made some years since, at Mr. Colvill’s. It appears to 
differ from the species to which we have referred it, in 
nothing except its colour, which is pure white, without 
any trace of the brilliant scarlet for which its prototype is 
remarkable. 
If we were accustomed to indulge in a kind of small 
criticism, which some modern writers seem to think equi¬ 
valent to scientific investigation, we should here remark, 
that the reference to the Botanist’s Repository is mis- 
