COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN STUET. 323 



Desc. Herbaj vel suffrutex, erecta, bipedalis, glabriuscula, 

 Ramuli angulati. Folia cum imparl pinnata, 4-5-juga; 

 foliola opposita, lanceolata, subtus glandulis crebris parvis 

 manifestis, marginibus scabris. Spicse densee, multiflorse. 

 Calyx 5-fidus, parum insequalis, acutus, extus glandulis 

 dense conspersus. Corolla : Vexillum lamina oblonga sub- 

 conduplicata nee explanata, basi simplici absque auriculis ; 

 uiigue abbreviato. Alee vexillo paulo breviores, carinam 

 aequantes, laminis oblongis, auriculo baseos brevi. Carinee 

 petala alls eonformes. Stamina diadelpha, simplex et 

 novemfidum j antherge subrotundae v. reniformes, valvula 

 ventrali anthera dimidio minore subrotunda. Ovarium 

 hispidum ovulo reniformi. Leguraen basi calyce sube- 

 marcido cinctum, echinatum. Semen reniforme, absque 

 strophiola \ integumento duplici. Embryo viridis ; cotyle- 

 dones obovatse, accumbentes. 



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

 tain species of Glycyrrhiza, appears to be not unfrequent 

 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. SwAiNSONA {ffrandiflora) suffruticosa pubescens, foliis 

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

 obtusis retusisve : adultis semiglabratis : rachi subincana, 

 racemo multifloro folium superante, bracteolis lanceato- 

 linearibus acutis sequantibus tubum calycis albo-lanati crs 

 quinquefidi : lacixiiis acutissimis longitudine fere tubi, 

 vexiUo 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. Bot. Regist. 1846, tab. 66, 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 bractese. In these points it exactly 

 agrees with complete specimens, for which I am indebted 

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

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



