Swainsona.] .XL. leguminos.e. 



217 



Tr Britvn 'i'^tuiguishmg, evea as coastaut varieties, the two forms described 



2. S. galegifolia, R. Br. in Ait. HoH. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 327. A gla- 

 brous perenmal or undershmb, with erect flexuose branches, sometimes under 

 itt sometimes ascending or even climbing to the height of several feet. Leaf- 

 eis u to ^i ov rarely more, oblong, obtuse or emarginate, mostly 4 to 8 

 unes long btipules small, reflexed. Eacemes pedunculate, exceeding the 

 leaves and sometimes twice as long. Flowers rathef large, deep red in the 

 original variety. Pedicels rarely longer than the calvx, with minute biac 

 teoies near the top. Calyx glabrous, 2i to 3 lines long-, the lobes acutei 

 Short or nearly as long as the tube. Standard 6 to 8 lines diameter, with 2 

 DWique or almost longitudinal plate-like prominent callosities above the claw; 

 Hings shorter ; keel broad, obtuse. Style subulate, acute, not inflexed at the 

 ena, bearded longitudinally without any terminal tuft. Pod much inflated, 

 membranous, 1 to 2 in. long, on a stipes varying from 2 to 6 lines.— DC. 

 ? "• ^71 ; Vma galecjifoUa, Andr. Eot. Rep. t. 319 ; Colutea galegifolia, 

 pims iJot.Mag. t. 792 ; S. Odomii, Moore, in Card. Comp. t. 65, copied 

 into Lemair. Jard. Fleur. t. 304. 



W/zT^^fi^*'^*" ^^"^•"'ater Bny, R. Brown; Moreton Bay, Fraser; Wide Bay, Bid- 

 Rnr 1 rf ^'r'^''^^ '• Peak Downs, F. Mueller ; Mantuaii Dowus aud Balonne river, Mitchell ; 



MS w^ ^'^""^^^'^ ' Pl«>ns of the Condainiiie, LeicMardt. 

 bJh ^^^^^- Po'"t Jackson, Sieber, n. 508, and others ; Hunter's Kiver, 22. BrowH^ 



mJ^"T 'i ^ ''^'^'^ *° '^^''^ ^"Kla'id, C. Stuart; Macleay, Hoisting?, and Clarence 

 ,aeekler; and m the interior to the Macquarrie aud Darling, I, Mueller and others. 



a- Australia. U^yh P s,/-..„//.„ .,.:.i_..i .? -^ _.„.:_ 



t, 



Parad. Lend. 

 Reg. t. 994. 



S olhH r. ' ' "°^- "-''S- i-lY-o ; aua witli vvnile flowers, Uot. iteg. I. M'Ji, 



Wth f t'l •' ^^^' ^^'^^' "• ^^^ ' ^"'^'^- ■'^°*- ^^^- *■ ^^^^- '^^'^ differences in the 

 in fi,„ °i Stipes of tlie pod do not, as had been supposed, coincide with the differences 



'a the colour of the flower. 



th 'i , . ^^*^^y ^^^n* S'j Bentli. A perennial, glabrous or nearly so, with 



e habit of S. galegtfulia, but much smaller and more slender. Leaflets 



smSr^^-p' °'^^°"=' mostly narrow, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long. Stipules 



'T • llacemes on long peduncles exceeding the leaves. Flowers small. 



Pparently purple or red. Pedicels about as long as the calyx. Calyx 



icey above 1 line long, broad with short acute teeth. Standard about 5 



^nes diameter, with the oblique almost longitudinal plate-like appendages of 



^mtgifolia^ and the wings and keel also similarly-siiaped, but the style is 



me r ?7 ^^^S'^% bearded longitudinally and has the dorsal tuft of hairs im- 



^^ lately behind the stigina of S. microphylla, laxa, and Fraseri. Pod in- _ 



'^^ii "^T^'''"°"^' S^^l^ular or ovoid, 4 to 5 lines long, on a stipes exceed- ' 

 o ne calyx, but perhaps not quite full grown in our specimen. 



■''• J/T//**^****^' ^<>i'Ja"iine river aud Bailing Downs, LeicMardt; Burnett river. 



Wale 



New England, C. Stuart; Clarence river, Beckler. 



proc, 1 P^^*^°*des, Benin, in Milch. Trap. Austr. 363. A perennial, with 



leav fi?"^ '^r ascending stems of 1 to 1| ft., hoary-pubcscent as well as the 



' ^^' the young shoots silky. Leaflets 9 to 13, luiirow-oblong or linear, 



