Tas. 4416, 
SWAINSONA Greyana. 
Grey's Swainsona. 
Nat. Ord. LeaumMinosm.—DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx dicallosus.(?) 5-dentatus. Vewillum explanatum majus. 
Stamina diadelpha (9 et 1). Carina obtusa alis sublongior. Stigma terminale. 
Stylus postice longitudinaliter barbatus, antice imberbis, Legumen turgidum.— 
Suffrutices Novee Hollandize, habitu Lessertize. Folia impari-pinnata, Racemi 
elongati axillares. Flores purpurei aut coccinei. De Cand. 
SwAINsona Greyana ; suffraticosa incano-tomentosa, foliolis 3-8 -jugis oblongis 
retusis, racemis multifloris folio longioribus, calycibus lanatis bibracteatis, 
leguminibus glabris inflatis stipite andreecio longiore. Lindl. 
SwaINsona Greyana. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 66. 
The finest, by far, of all the Steainsonas, and much resembling 
the handsome Cyclogyne canescens, Benth., of Swan River. ‘The 
generic characters, however, are very different as seen upon an 
analysis of the flower, and our. plant belongs to a different region 
of Australia, having been found exclusively, we believe, on the 
banks of the Murray, where it was first detected by Sir Thomas 
Mitchell, and in the neighbourhood of Port Adelaide, South 
Australia. We possess fine native specimens in a collection 
from the latter country, presented to us by the Dowager Countess 
of Stradbroke. 
The species requires the protection of a cool greenhouse, and 
would probably bear our summers in the open border. It 
blossoms from’ June to August, and has been cultivated most 
Successfully by Mr. Ingram of the Exotic Nursery, ee ee 
to whom we are indebted for the specimen here figured, whic 
had been raised from Port Adelaide seeds. ak 
Dzscr. A half shrubby plant, about two feet high, hairy wit 
short down. Stems obscurely striated, branched. Leaves, a 
span long, pinnated with about eight pairs of oblong, obtuse or 
retuse Jeaflets, and an odd terminal one. Stipules ovate, acumi- 
hate. Racemes often a foot long, axillary, peduncled, much longer 
DECEMBER Ist, 1848. 
