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XL. LEGUMINOS-i:. 



37. CLIANTHUS, Soland, 



(Doiiia, G, Bon.) 



Calyx-teetli nearly equal/ Standard acuminate, closely reflexed over tlie 

 calyx ; wings shorter, lanceolate ; keel about as long as the standard, erect, 

 incurved, acute. Upper stamen free, the others united in a sheath; an- 

 thers reniform. Ovary stipitate, with many ovules ; style subulate, incurved, 

 longitudinally bearded along the inside towards the end; stigma mhmte, 

 terminal. Pod turgid, oblong-acuminate, 2-valved. Seeds reniform, not 

 strophiolate. — Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves pinnate. Stipules herbaceous. 

 riowers large, red, in short axillary racemes. 



Besides the Australian species, which is endemic, the genus cora])rises one other from 

 New Zealand. The Norfolk Island climber, described as C. carneus, forma the very distiact 

 genus Slrebhrhiza^ Eiidl. 



1. C. Dampieri, A. Cam. in Tram. Hort. Soc. lonrl ser. 2, i. 522. 

 A perennial, with stout procumbent or ascending stems, of 2 ft. or more, 

 densely villous, with long soft hairs. Leaflets about 15 to 21, obovate ellip- 

 tical or oblong, obtuse or almost acute, mostly ^ to 1 in. long, nearly gla- 

 brous above, villous underneath. Stipules broad, embracing the stem. Pe- 

 duncles rarely exceeding the leaves, bearing a short dense almost umbel-like 

 raceme of large red pendulous flowers. Bracts lanceolate. Pedicels about i 

 in. long, with short hnear bracteoles. Calyx hirsute, nearly | in. bug, the 

 lobes lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the tube. Standard 2^ in. long, 

 ■^ith a deep purple or black shining blotch at the base; wingsli in. long, 

 acute ; keel nearly as long as the standard. Pod narrow-oblong, 2 to 2^ ui. 

 long, coriaceous, the seminal suture indented, softly pubescent outside, gla- 

 brous mside. Seeds small and numerous.— R. Br. in App. Sturt, Voy. 8; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5051 ; Lindl. in Paxt. FL Gard. t, 10 ; C. Oxleyi, A. Cunn. m 



ii. 468. 



/ 



^T-^*."^"**^*^'*- ^•'^- ™^st, Bi,7ioe; Dampier's Archipelago, A. CunningMm; 

 Nichol Bay, F. Gregoryls Ej:pedUion, 



near 



Goodwin. 



Wales/ lachlan to Darling rivers, A. Cunningham, Stnrt, Ballachj end 



S. AnstraUa. Mount Arden and Lake Torrens, R Mueller; Gawler mige,Efe; 

 liniders range, Howitfs Ex^ediiion. 



• 33. SWAINS ON A, Salisb. 



(Cyclogyne, Benth. ; Diplolobium, F. Muell.) 



_ CaTyx-teetli nearly equal. Standard nearly orbicular, on a short claffi 

 wings oblong, falcate or slightly twisted, free : teel broad, incurved, obtuse 

 or produced into a twisted beak. Upper stamen entirely free, the othe" 

 united m a sheath ; anthers reniform. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with manj 

 o\rules; style incurved, subulate or curled inwards at the end, more or le 

 longitudinally bearded along the inner edge, the stigma small or iiiconspiM' 

 ous at or near the end. Pod either ovoid membranous and inflated ; or nar 

 rovv and coriaceous, but turgid, the upper suture occasionally impressed, or _tn 

 pod divided by a longitudinal partition. Seeds usually small, reniform, wu 



