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Desc. Ilcrba, vel suffrutex, erecta^ bipcdalis, glabriuscula. 

 Ramiili aiigulati. Tolia cum iinpari pinnata, 4-5-juga; 

 foliola opposita, laiiceolata, subtus glandiilis crebris j)arvis 

 nianifestis, niarginibus scabris. Si)ica3 dcnsac, multiflorcC. 

 Calyx 5-fidus, pai'uiu inaequalis, acutiis, extiis glaiidulis 

 dense coiispersus. Corolla : Veonllum lamina oblonga sub- 

 conduplicata ncc cxplanata, basi simplici absque auriculis ; 

 ungue abbreviato. Ala vexillo paulo breviores, carinam 

 aequantcs, laminis oblongis, auriculo baseos brevi. Carinm 

 petaJa alis conformcs. Stamina diadelpha, simplex et 

 novemfidum ; antlierae subrotundae v. reniformes, valvula 

 ventrali anthera dimidio minore subrotunda. Ovarium 

 hispidum ovulo reniformi. Legumen basi calyce sube- 

 marcido cinctum, ecliiuatum. Semen renifornie, absque 

 stropliiola ; integumeiito duplici. Embryo viridis ; cotyle- 

 dones obovatae, accumbentes. 



Obs. This plant, which in some respects resembles cer- 

 tain species of Glycyrrhiza, appears to be not un frequent 

 in the southern interior. It was found in one of the early 

 expeditions of Sir Thomas Mitchell, and Mrs. (Capt.) Grey 

 observed it on the flats of the Murray. 



7. Swain SON A {(/randijlord) sufFruticosa pubescens, foliis 

 8-10-jugis inexpansis incano-tomentosis ; foliolis oblongis 

 obtusis retusisve : adultis semiglabratis : rachi subincana, 

 racemo multifloro folium superante, bracteolis lanceato- 

 linearibus acutis aequantibus tubum calycis albo-lanati [75 

 quinquefidi : laciniis acutissimis longitudine fere tubi, 

 vexillo bicalloso. 



Loc. " Common on the rich alluvial flats of the Murray 

 and Darling." D. Sturt. 



Obs. This plant is, perhaps, not specifically distinct from 

 S. Greyana, Lindl. Eot. Kcgist. 1846, tab. ^Qi, of which 

 the figure is a good representation of S. grandiflora in every 

 respect, except in the form and proportions of the teeth of 

 the calyx and lateral bracteae. In these points it exactly 

 agrees with complete specimens, for which I am indebted 

 to Mrs. Grey, from the banks of the Murray, and ^Ir. Eyre's 

 station (Moorundi), about 98 miles from Adelaide, where it 



