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out any strophiole.— Herbs or undershrubs, glabrous or clothed, especially 

 the young shoots, with short rather rigid appressed hairs. Leaves unequaUy 

 pinnate, leaflets usually numerous, small, entire, without stipella}. Stipules 

 herbaceous, obhque with a broad base, rarely almost subulate. Flowers 

 violet-purple, blue, red, white or yellowish, in axillaiy racemes. Bracts mem- 

 branous, usually small. Bracteoles sometimes close to the calyx and pel-sis- 

 tent, sometimes on the pedicel, and rery small or none. 



• li^^** ^"v""^ '* limited to Australia, with the exception of a single New Zealand species, 

 allied to S.lesseriiifoKa. The European and Asiatic CoJuteas are however only to he dis- 

 nnguished by then- shruhhy habit and large prominent lateral stigma, and the S. African 



ii'^uf f *^ *"™'^ ^^ ^^'"^"^ ®° ^^^^ to ^- lesseHiifolia and its allies, as to make it veiy 

 uiincuJt to draw any but a geographical line between the two genera. 



A. Standard with prominent ohUgue or longitudinal plate-Me calli above the claw, 

 ^od stipitute, thin, inflated. 



Style bearded only along the inner side. Flowers large. Pod acute, 

 i to 2 m. lonsr. 





Ca yx densely white-tomentose 1. ^. Grei^ana. 



Ulyx glabrous, or nearly so ' %. S, galegifolia, 



oiyie with a tuft of small hairs behind the stigma on the back, besides 



tile longitudinal beard. Pod under \ in. long. Plowers small . , 3.5'. bracht/carpa. 



B. Standard with transverse or confluent callosities on the top of or close above the 



^jw, or the top of the claw much thichened. Pod sessile or ncarhj so, turgid^ often co- 



^dceous. 



Keel incurved, but neither twisted nor oblique. Style slender. Ovary 

 silky-villous. ^ J 

 I^eaflets usually more than 9. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. 

 -liant hoary or almost mealy-pubescent. Leaflets linear or ob- 

 long. Flowers large, few, on lorn? peduncles 4,. S, phacoides, 



i'iant densely villous with white woolly hairs. Leaflets obovate. 

 rlowers rather small, numerous, extending nearly to the base 



of the peduncle 5. S'. Burkdtn. 



-Leaflets usually under 9 (except' in* ^'/.B^i/fe)-' Calyx-lobes subu- 

 late or very short. Plants usually 'low or procumbent, 

 -i^iants softly villous. Leaflets obovate. Racemes dense, ovoid ^ 



before expanding . 6. j& Burkeu 



Rant slightly hoary. Leaflets obovate* Flowers small, few, in „ ,. , ,, 



short racemes , .• • • 1- S, ohgophglla. 



I'lant glabrous or sliirhtly hoary' Leaflets lanceolate or linear, 



KppI tr'^^'- Flowers few, in short racemes \^. S. oroboidei, 



^^ oblique or laterally twisted. Style firm, readily twisting. Ovary 

 glabrous or nearly so. 007 .% 



[^ajets few, lanceolate, acute. Ovary quite sessile 8- 5- campglaniha, 



-^eatlets numerous, oblong, obtuse. Ovary shortlv stipitate. Eowcrs 



i^umerous. Pod short, broad, divided into 2 closed henu. w , r. 



carpels . . 9. 5^. occidentals. 



.,^^» °iiJi^erous, small, cuneate, 'emarginate. Ovary shortly sti- 

 pitate. Flowers few, ^mall, distant \Q. S, gracilis. 



HHo ^^^''^''^'^ without amj callosities, the claw usually short broad and thin. Pod 



^ spirally twisted, without callosities. Pod sessile, oblong, 

 standard | to 1 in. broad. Pod above 1 in. long, the upper suture 

 intruded, but not completely dividing it . •. Ih S.procumbem. 



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