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301. Sesbania grandiflora Pers. 



A tree of 30-40ft. ; trunlv 15-20ft. ; diameter l-ljft. ; bark 

 dark-grey, longitudinally fissured, rough and corky ; 

 timber pale, soft and light ; flowers white or yellowish- 

 white. A " Cork-tree." 



In deep black soil adjacent to fresh water. 



302. »S. aculeata Pers., var. sericea Benth. 



Erect, slender, 3-5ft. ; flowers yellow, the standard blotched 



with dark- purple. 

 In moist sandy soil. 



Var. erubescens Benth. 

 Sturts' Creek (W.V.F.), near the junction of the Lennard and 



Barker Rivers (W.V.F.). 

 A graceful plant of 6- 8ft. in height ; flowers numerous, in lax 



pendulous racemes ; pale-purple, about fin. long. In wet 



black soil. Apjoarently a distinct species. 



303. Swainsona oligophylla F. v. M. 



East of Oscar Range (Alex. Forrest) ; Lawlers. Mt. Magnet 



(W.V.F.). 

 Stems spreading, under 9in. high ; flowers purple ; calyx-lobes 



short. 



304. S. Kingii F. v. M. 



Between Gascoyne and Fortescue Rivers (H. S. King) ; Black 



Flag (W.V.F.). 

 Of lax ascending habit, the stems l-l|ft. long ; flowers whitish. 



305. S. oroboides F. v. M. 



May and Lennard Rivers (W.V.F.) 

 On grassy fiats. 



306. S. unifoholata F. v. M. 



Annual, 2Jin. high ; stipules somewhat foliaeeous but small ; 

 flowers soUtary ; standard purple with darker striae. 



307. 8. colutoides F. v. M. 



Erect, l-3ft. ; flowers purple ; pods red, much inflated. 



308. ^schynomene indica L. 



Rootstock and stems corky ; erect, 2-3ft. ; flowers yellow. 



309. Desmodium trichostachyum Benth. 

 Upper Isdell River (W.V.F.) 



Stems prostrate, often covering 1ft. ; flowers white. In wet 

 soil. 



310. D. neurocarpum Benth., var. gracile Benth. 



Lennard River, between Napier and King Leopold Ranee 



(W.V.F.) 

 A small tufted plant growing in sandy soil. 



