148 THE FLORA OF THE NOETHERN TERRITORY. 



1 . S. aculeata, Pers. — Crescent lagoon, Gilruth and Spencer, July- August, 

 1911. McArthur River, G. F. Hill (No. 672), 8/11/1911. Hodson Downs, G. 



F. Hill (No. 827), 5/4/1912. 



Recorded. Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller ; GuK of Carpentaria , Lands- 

 borough ; also M'Kinlay's Expedition. 



Pea-bush ; yields a rope fibre worth £30 to £40 per ton (Mueller). 



2. S. aegyptiaca, Pers. — Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller. 



3. S. grandiflora, Pern.— North of 15 degrees, W. S. Campbell, 5/9/1911. 

 Recorded. Near Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition and Ridley's 



Expedition ; Glenelg River, N.W. Coast, Claekson ; Fitzmaurice River, 

 Arnhem's Land, F. v. Mueller. 



4. 8. simpliciuscula, F. v. M. — Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



8. brachycarpa, F. v. M. ; recorded from North AustraUa ia National 

 Herbarium Census. 



31. CLIANTHUS, Soland. 

 (Donia, G, Don.) 



C, Dainpieri, A. Cunn. {D. speciosa, 0. Don.) — ^N.W. Coast, Bynoe ; 

 Dampier's Archipelago, A. Cunningham ; near Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's 

 Expedition. 



32. SWAINSONA, Saiisb. 



(Gyclogyna, Benth. ; Diplolobium, F. v. M.) 



Keel incurved, but neither twisted or oblique. Style slender. Ovary 

 silky- villous. 



Leaflets usually more than 9. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. — 4. S; 



phacoides. 

 Leaflets usually under 9 (except S. Burkei). Calyx-lobes subulate or 

 very short. Plants usually low or procumbent. 



Plants softly villous. Leaves obovate. Racemes dense, ovoid 



before expanding. — 1. S. Burkei. 

 Plant glabrous or slightly hoary. Leaflets lanceolate or linear, 

 acute. Flowers few, in short racemes. — 3. S. oroboides. 

 Keel obUque or laterally twisted. Style firm, readily twisting. Ovary 

 glabrous or nearly so. — 2. S. ocoidentahs. 



1. 8. Burkei, F. v. ilf.— 38 miles N.W. of Camp IV., Lander Creek, 



G. F. Hill (No. 378), 24/6/1911. 



Recorded. Burke's Creek, Newcastle Water, etc., M'Douall Stuart. 



2. 8. occidentalis, F. v. M. — ^N.W. Coast, Depuech Island, Bynoe ; fre- 

 quent in sterile places about Nichol Bay, F. Gtregory's and Ridley's Expedition. 



3. 8. oroboides, F. v. if .—60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (Nos. 284 

 and 286a), 7/6/1911. 



4. 8. phacoides, Benth {var. grandiflora, Benth). — ^Nichol Bay and De Grey 

 River, Ridley's Expedition. 



Swainsona, sp.— -10 miles W. of Eva Downs, G. F. Hill (No. 521), 19/8/1911. 



8. oligophylla, F. v. M. ; 8. stenodonta, F. v. M. ; 8. oroboides, F. v. M. ; 

 8. Kingia, F. v. Id. ; 8. microphylla, A. Gray ; 8. Macullochiana, F. v. M. ; 

 (in National Herbarium Census), and S. cylocarpa, F. v. M. ; (in Vict. Nat. 

 VIII., 1891), recorded from North Australia. 



