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'218 .XL. LEGUMiNOSii:. [Swamond, 



obtuse or retuse, 4 lines to 1 in. long. Stipules lanceolate or subulate- 

 pointed. ¥lowers rather large, yellow according to Mitchell, but apparently 

 purple in most of our specimens, in short racemes on long peduncles. Bracts 

 -small. Pedicels very short. Calyx silky- villous, about 3 lines long, the 

 lobes lanceolate, at least as long as' the tube. Standard about 6 lines dia- 

 meter, with thick almost confluent callosites almost ou the claw ; wing short, 

 rather broad; keel incurved, obtuse. Style slender and much incurved, but 

 not involute at the end. Pod sessile, oblong-linear, about 1 in long, turgid, 

 but coriaceous, silky-pubescent, the upper suture slightly indented." 



* w'*^'*^^*^^' ^' ^°'***' ^- ^''°^" • Mount Owen and Maranoa river, Mitchell. 

 N. S. TVales. Darling river, Victorian Expedition. • 



Victoria. Murray river, F. Mueller. 



S. Australia. Neale's River, M'Bouall Stuart ; soutt of "Wells' Creek nowitfs Esr-pe- 

 aition. 



_ Var. parvijiora. Leaflets fewer, usually narrow. Flowers smaller.— Darling and Laclilan 

 nvers, Neilson and others. 



• Var. grandijlora. Pubescence whiter, almost silky or mealy. Leaflets broadly oblong. 

 I lowers large. ■ j j * 



H. Australia. Nichol Bay and De Grey river, 'Ridley's Expedition. 



iJie callosities at the top of the claw in this and some of the following species, are vari- 

 able in shape and consistence, but are always very difFerent from the distinct plates of &y«- 

 legifolia, and never disappear entirely as in S. pkadfolia, lessertiifolia, etc, 



5. S. Burkittii, F. Mnell. Herb. Stems rather rigid and flexuose, 

 densely clothed as well as the foliage and inflorescence, with soft white 

 wooliy hairs. Leaflets 13 to 21 or more, obovate, rarely exceeding 4 Hues, 

 very obtuse. Stipules broad. Eacemes longer than the leaves, but often 

 flowering from nearly the base of the peduncle, the flow^ers numerous, rather 

 small on very short pedicels. Calyx densely and softly villous, about 3 

 lines long, the lobes lanceolate-acuminate, about as long as the tube. Stand- 

 ard about 5 Imes diameter, with transverse or oblique contiguous callosities 

 close above the claw; wings much shorter; keel exceeding the wings, in- 

 curved, obtuse or almost acute. Style slender, much inflexed at tlie end. 

 i od sessile, oblong, turgid, obtuse, rather above -\ in, long, very densely 

 woolly-tomentose, the seminal suture slightly intruded, 



N, S. Wales. Between the Lachlan and Darling rivers, BurUtt. 

 S. Australia. N.E. of Lake Gairdner, Herb. Mueller. 



6. S. Burkei, F. Muell. Herb. Apparently procumbent, the sterns 

 toliage and inflorescence clothed with soft white spreading or almost woo ly 

 hairs. Leaflets 7 to 11 or rarely more, obovate or broadly oblong, ven' ob- 

 tuse, ^ to a m. long or rather more. Stipules rather broad. Eacemes dense 

 • and ovoid before expanding, somewhat lengthened afterwards, on a peduncle 

 exceeding the leaves. Pedicels short. Bracteoles linear or subulate, ratlier 

 long. Calyx hirsute with soft white hairs, 3 to 4 lines long, the lobes subu- 

 late-acuminate, much longer than the tube. Standard 5 or 6 lines diameter, 

 with 2 more or less prominent contiguous callosities close above the clavv; 

 wings shorter ; keel exceeding the wings, much incurved, obtuse. Style 

 slender, inflexed at the end. Young pod sessile, very woolly. 



N. Australia. Burke's Creek, Newcastle Water, etc., M-Doual I Stuart. It apff 

 to vary m the size of the flowers; the standard, in the dried state, always looks purplish. 



