222 XL. LEGUMiNOs^. . [Swauisona. 



15. S. oroboides, T. MnelL Herb, A small perennial, sometimes 

 appearing annual, scarcely exceeding 6 in. in any of our specimens, tlie young 

 parts silky-pubescentj at length nearly glabrous. Leaflets usually 3 or 5, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, the terminal one often above 1 in, long, the lateral ones 

 smaller, in the lower leaves often solitary, shorter, and more obtuse, in tlie 

 upper leaves sometimes 7, smaller and linear. Stipules' subulate. Flowers 

 small, usually few in a very short raceme, or almost umbellate on a rigid pe- 

 duncle, shortly exceeding the leaves. Calyx silky-pubescent, about 2 lines 

 long, the lobes rather longer than the tube, but not so fine as in S. oligophylla. 

 Standard 4 to 5 lines diameter, with a very slight callosity at the top of tlie 

 claw, sometimes scarcely perceptible ; wings short ; keel exceeding the wingSj 

 broad, incurved, obtuse. Ovary villous ; style slender, incurved. Pod ses- 

 sile, ovoid ovoid-globular of shortly oblong, often incurved, membranous, in- 

 flated, pubescent, about ^ in. long. 



Queensland. Near Warwick, Beckler, 



M". S, VTales. In the interior, Howiifs Expedition^ C. Moore; head of the Gwydir, 

 Leichhardt ; New England, C Stuart. 



Allied on the one hand to S, oligochylia, on the other to S. lessertiifolia ; it is readily 

 distinguished from both by the foliage. 



IG. S. lessertiifolia, DC, Prod, ii. 271. A perennial, with diffuse or 

 ascending stems of 1 to 1| ft., or shorter in mountain stations, glabrous ex- 

 cept the young shoots and foliage, or more or less clothed with a grey, rather 

 rigid, appressed pubescence. Leaflets 9 to 15 or rarely more, oblong, obtuse 

 mucronate or almost acute, 4 to 8 lines or rarely 1 in. long. Stipules rather 

 broad, obtuse or acutely acuminate. Flowers rather small, violet-pui-ple, in 

 short racemes, sometimes reduced to umbels or heads, on peduncles longer than 

 the leaves. Bracts small. Pedicels usually short. Bracteoles minute. Calyx 

 more or less pubescent with appressed black hairs, 2 lines long or ratlier 

 more, the teeth acute, shorter than the tube. Standard about 5 lines broad, 

 without callosities; wing shorter; keel very obtuse, almost hood-shapeJ. 

 Style not involute. Pod sessile, inflated, -f- to 1 in. long, transversely veined. 



n, ser. t. 17. 



efolia 



a. normalis. Foh'age nearly glabrous. Stipules broad. Keel not much curved. 

 Hf . S. MTales- Near Nan^as, M' Arthur. 



Victoria. Common on the S, coast, Rolertson^ F. Mueller, Gunn, and others. ^ 

 Tasmania. Kent's group, Bass's Straits, M. Brown ; common near Wooliiorth and m 

 the islands of Uass's Straits, /, D. Hooker. 



S. Australia. Guichen Bay, St. Vincent^s Gulf, etc., F. 3TiieUer and others, 



b, tephroiricha. Leaves clothed on both sides with ash-grey hairs. Stipules laDceoiflte 

 acute or subulate-acuminate. Flowers rather larger, with a more incurved but still vei^ od- 

 tnse keel.— 5. tephroiricha, F. Muell. in Linn^a, sxv. 392. 



Wr. S. "Walea. Blue Mountains and open forest land in the interior, A. Cunningnani: 

 Fraser, M" Arthur, and others; head of the Gwydir, Leichhardt; New England, C Stuart; 

 Darling desert, Neihon. . 



Victoria. Near Melbourne, Adamson ; Broughton, Hutt, and Hill rivers to Po" 

 PhilKp, Glcnelg and Murray rivers, F. Mueller. , p u 



S. Australia. Encounter Bay. WhittaJcer ; near Bethanic, Behr ; St. Vincent s Ouii, 

 Mount llemarkable, Bnrra-Burra, F, Mueller, ;. 



The two varieties appear to pass one into the other by small gradations, but many ^pec 

 mens are doubtful, beins very rarely in frxiit. 



