220 XL. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Swainsona. 



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and separating wlien ripe into 2 closed hemicurpcls, each ripening nsually 

 only 1 or 2 seeds. — Biplolobliim JFalcoltii, ^. Muell. in Trans. Bot. Soc. 

 Edinb. vii. 489. 



W. Australia. N.W. coast, Depuech Island, Bi/noe ; frequent in sterile places about 

 Nichol Bay, F. Gregory* s a?id Ridley^ s Expeditions. 



"^V. Australia. Raised in our gardens from Drummond^s seeds , limestone hills, Mur- 

 chiaou river, Oldjield (these specimens not iu fruit). 



10. S, gracilis, Benth, Glabrous, with slender ascending or erect 

 stems of about 1 ft. Leaflets 9 to 15, from obcordate to liiiear-cuneate, 

 emarginate, rarely 3 lines long. Eacemes loose and slender, with few small 

 purple flowers. Pedicels almost as long as the calyx, clothed with short 

 thick black hairs. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, not 2 lines long ; the lobes 

 shorter than the tube, slightly ciliate. Standard nearly 4 lines broad, but not 

 so long, with 3 transverse callosities above the claw; wings nearly as long; 

 keel much inflexed, slightly twisted and almost rostrate but obtuse. Ovary 

 shortly stipitate, slightly hairy at the base; style flattened, inflexed, and 

 twisting readily, but not involute. Pod not seen. 



*%V. Australia. Murchison river, Oldjield. 



11. S. procumbens^ F. Muell. Fragm. iii, 46. Glabrous or the young 

 shoots and foliage slightly silky, or sometimes pubescent or hirsute, with 

 procumbent ascending or erect stems of 1 to 3 ft. Leaflets 11 to 21 or 

 more, varying from oblong or almost linear and i to ^ in. long, to lanceolate 

 or linear-acute and above 1 in. long. Stipules herbaceous, rather large. 

 Plowers large, fragrant, violet or blue, in a loose raceme on a peduncle often 

 attaining 1 ft. Bracts often as long as the pedicels ; bracteoles lanceolate, 

 shorter than the calyx-tube. Calyx about 3 lines long, the lobes at least as 

 long as the tube, ciliate inside. Standard in the ordinary form above 1 iQ. 

 broad, deeply emarginate, without callosities, the claw very short; wings 

 shorter, narrow, slightly twisted; keel much incurved, produced into a long 

 ,obLuse spirally twisted beak. Style very long and slender, spirally twisted 

 with the keel, the slender tip sometimes hooked but not involute. Fod ses- 

 sile, above 1 in. long, acute, turgid, very coriaceous, often incurved, the semi- 

 nal suture either depressed or slightly prominent. — Cydogyne sicainsonioides, 

 Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 397; C, prociwihens, F. Muell. in Linnifia, 

 XXV. 393 ; ;S'. violacea, Menders. Illustr. Bouq. t. 19. 



Queensland. Plains of the Condamiue, Leichhardt ; near Ipswich, Nernst, 



N. S. VTales. Liverpool and Dundas plains, Fraser, M' Arthur, Leichhardt; oi* 



downs on the Gwydir, Mitchell; Darling river, Goodwin and Bdlachj ; Castlereagn, 



Moore, 



Victoria. "Wimraera, Ballachy. 



S. Australia. Towards St. Vincent's Gulf, Z Mueller. Hrj 



Var. (?) minor. Leaflets shorter, broader, and more frequently hirsute. Rowers smauu, 



the keel less twisted. Pod shorter and more turgid.— Wimmera, Ballachy. 



12. S. Dmmmondii, Benlk. Slightly pubescent, Leaflets numerous, 

 narrow-oblong, obtuse, above ^ in. long in our specimen. Stipules broach 

 Eacemes loose. Flowers much smaller than in S. procumhens, but neai y 

 similar in shape. Calyx-teeth or lobes ciliate inside. Standard about 3 i^J 

 broad, but much shorter, deeply emarginate, without callosities, on a sDO 



